Diane Lauderdale

..The relative risk of poor birth outcomes was significantly elevated for Arabic-named women and not for any of the other groups...

..Income was independently associated with sleep latency and efficiency. Sleep duration and quality, which have consequences for health, are strongly associated with race, sex, and socioeconomic status...

..Previous research about discrimination has focused on race/ethnicity. Because immigrants are clustered in certain racial and ethnic groups, failure to consider immigration status could distort race/ethnicity effects...

..After peak density is reached in early adulthood, there is age-related decline. We ask whether bone density, as height, reflects economic conditions...

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..The extent to which self reports of sleep duration are similar to objective measures and whether individual characteristics influence the degree of similarity are not known...

..Few previous studies have recognized that the heterogeneity of the Asian American population, with respect to both nativity (foreign- vs U.S.-born) and ethnicity, may be related to osteoporosis risk...

..Although randomized controlled trials have found that reduced visit schedules for low-risk women do not lead to worse maternal or perinatal outcomes, the cost-effectiveness of more intense visit schedules is not known...

..Although South Asians are at higher risk for coronary heart disease (CHD) than most other U.S. racial/ethnic groups, very little research has addressed this disparity...

..SROH may not be comparable across cultural groups. We assessed if differences in SROH between non-Hispanic whites (NHW), Latinos, and Asians were explained primarily by differences in socioeconomic status (SES) or language and nativity...

..To study neighborhood-level determinants of smoking among Asian Americans, we examined 3 neighborhood factors (ethnic enclave, socioeconomics, and perceived social cohesion) and smoking prevalence in a population-based sample...

..We conclude that RTA obtained using a portable instrument has a potential as a noninvasive method to enhance identification of patients at increased risk of osteoporotic fractures...

..Our objective was to examine both cross-sectional and longitudinal associations between objectively measured sleep and BP...

..Hysterectomy (TAH/TVH) with bilateral salpingo-oophorectomy (BSO) remains prevalent in the general population; however, current risk tools do not account for the potential impact of BSO on breast cancer risk calculations in family members...

..This study was undertaken to describe bariatric surgeons in the United States today and to determine whether those who are members of a major bariatric surgery specialty society differ from nonmembers...

..Bariatric surgical procedures provide greater and more durable weight reduction than behavioral and pharmacological interventions for morbid obesity...

..To determine (1) whether short sleep has increased over 31 years; (2) whether trends in short sleep differed by employment status; (3) which sociodemographic factors predict short sleep; and (4) how short sleepers spend their time...

..To describe the stability of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and the Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS) scores over 1 year among a population-based sample of black and white early middle-aged adults...

..To identify sociodemographic and clinical predictors of patient selection in bariatric surgery...

..We expected that the 2 measures of sleep would be strongly correlated and that the time-diary sleep would be more strongly associated with overweight risk because it is likely the more accurate measure of sleep...

..To describe the day-to-day and year-to-year variation in sleep characteristics among early middle-aged adults...

..The mechanism underlying the cross-sectional association is not clear...

..To examine bed times and wake times in US adolescents aged 15 to 17 years using time diaries to determine whether adolescent sleep has changed in recent years and what factors determine bed times and wake times...

..This investigation compared the performance of the Kessner index, the GINDEX, the adequacy of prenatal care utilization (APNCU) and certain variants of the APNCU in such outcome models...

..To examine whether sleep duration and quality are associated with fasting glucose, fasting insulin, or estimated insulin resistance in a community-based sample of early middle-aged adults...

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..Criterion validation studies with an external gold standard should be pursued to determine the sensitivity and specificity of chemotherapy codes in the Medicare NCH files...

..We found that death rates for elderly Asian Americans are lower than those for whites, and that socioeconomic differences between subgroups do not translate into like differences in mortality...

..We hypothesized that screening for IPV during computer-based health-risk assessment would be acceptable to patients and improve detection...

..First, estrogens may be etiologic in the development of breast carcinoma and protective of CHD. Second, a common therapy for breast carcinoma (tamoxifen) may be associated with cardiac protection...

..Among parous women, 13% reduced risk was associated with every 6 months increase in breastfeeding per child. The authors conclude that extended breastfeeding is associated with a reduced hip fracture risk among Chinese women in Beijing...

..Little prior work has evaluated whether women with breast cancer are at a decreased risk of osteoporotic fracture...

..However, RIF/PZA requires intensive patient and laboratory monitoring for hepatotoxicity...

..Results suggest that although the education--cognition relationship may in part reflect an SES gradient, the association is more likely due to the process and consequences of education itself...

..The degree to which U.S. bariatric surgeons use multidisciplinary methods to evaluate patients is unknown...

..The role of ST-segment changes and symptoms with stress testing in asymptomatic women does not provide additional prognostic information...

..Regular physical activity reduces the risk of these diseases, yet little is known about physical activity in Asian Americans and how it changes after immigration...

..Inclusive state policies may overcome this effect...

..Qualitative methods explore the complex meanings and logics of risk and prevention that quantitative approaches overlook...

..To improve our understanding of the burden of AE-COPD and to ensure that quality of care initiatives are not misdirected, a validated approach to identifying patients hospitalized for AE-COPD is needed...

..Recent studies have found that sleep duration is correlated with established risk factors for calcification including glucose regulation, blood pressure, sex, age, education, and body mass index...

..CONCLUSIONS: Striking immunization delay still exists during the infant and toddler years. Targeted efforts are needed to increase on-time immunization rates and to decrease racial disparity in immunization coverage...

..While controversy continues about the appropriateness of routine ultrasound screening, there are little data on actual clinical practices or trends in the United States...

..Pediatricians and participants in the VFC program were more successful at designing catch-up regimens for children with immunization delay...

..The critical review thus provides insights into the diverse ways that the relationship between culture and health is measured in this complicated and growing literature...

..The hypothesis that reduced exercise capacity is associated with an increased risk of death was investigated in a cohort of 5721 asymptomatic women who underwent baseline examinations in 1992...

..Patients are often advised to initiate a physical activity program by walking for transportation or leisure. This study explored whether neighborhood factors beyond the individual might affect compliance...

..Although obesity is frequently associated with poverty, recent increases in obesity may not occur disproportionately among the poor. Furthermore, the relationship between income and weight status may be changing with time...

..Our objective was to see whether the "Back to Sleep" campaign, which involves an effective, easy, and free intervention, has reduced social class inequalities in SIDS...

..We sought to estimate the effectiveness of NSAIDs in CRC prevention in the population of elderly Medicare beneficiaries, minimizing this selection bias...

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..The results of these analyses will provide novel insight into historical trends in sleep behavior. Sleep duration may be on the causal pathway between sociodemographic factors and health and may contribute to health disparities. ..