Unhee Lim

Summary

Affiliation: University of Hawaii
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Dietary and lifestyle factors of DNA methylation
    Unhee Lim
    Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA
    Methods Mol Biol 863:359-76. 2012
  2. ncbi A prospective investigation of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and risk of lymphoid cancers
    Unhee Lim
    Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    Int J Cancer 124:979-86. 2009
  3. ncbi Susceptibility variants for obesity and colorectal cancer risk: the multiethnic cohort and PAGE studies
    Unhee Lim
    Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    Int J Cancer 131:E1038-43. 2012
  4. ncbi Susceptibility variants for waist size in relation to abdominal, visceral, and hepatic adiposity in postmenopausal women
    Unhee Lim
    Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    J Acad Nutr Diet 112:1048-55. 2012
  5. ncbi Dietary vitamin D and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: the multiethnic cohort
    Eva Erber
    Cancer Research Center of Hawai i, University of Hawaii, 1236 Lauhala Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    Br J Nutr 103:581-4. 2010
  6. ncbi Legume, soy, tofu, and isoflavone intake and endometrial cancer risk in postmenopausal women in the multiethnic cohort study
    Nicholas J Ollberding
    University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Epidemiology Program, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 104:67-76. 2012
  7. ncbi Asian ethnicity is associated with a higher trunk/peripheral fat ratio in women and adolescent girls
    Yukiko Morimoto
    University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    J Epidemiol 22:130-5. 2012
  8. ncbi Type 2 diabetes risk variants and colorectal cancer risk: the Multiethnic Cohort and PAGE studies
    Iona Cheng
    Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96817, USA
    Gut 60:1703-11. 2011
  9. ncbi Birth size and later central obesity among adolescent girls of Asian, White, and Mixed ethnicities
    Rachel Novotny
    Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, University of Hawai i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
    Hawaii J Med Public Health 72:50-5. 2013
  10. ncbi Leptin, adiponectin, and obesity among Caucasian and Asian women
    Shannon M Conroy
    University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Cancer Epidemiology Program, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    Mediators Inflamm 2011:253580. 2011

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi Dietary and lifestyle factors of DNA methylation
    Unhee Lim
    Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA
    Methods Mol Biol 863:359-76. 2012
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  2. ncbi A prospective investigation of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and risk of lymphoid cancers
    Unhee Lim
    Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    Int J Cancer 124:979-86. 2009
    ..Although our findings suggest that circulating 25(OH)D is not likely associated with overall lymphoid cancer, they indicate a potentially protective effect on short-term risk of NHL...
  3. ncbi Susceptibility variants for obesity and colorectal cancer risk: the multiethnic cohort and PAGE studies
    Unhee Lim
    Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    Int J Cancer 131:E1038-43. 2012
    ..No heterogeneity was observed across race/ethnic groups. Our findings suggest that the obesity risk variants are not likely to affect the risk of colorectal cancer substantially...
  4. ncbi Susceptibility variants for waist size in relation to abdominal, visceral, and hepatic adiposity in postmenopausal women
    Unhee Lim
    Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    J Acad Nutr Diet 112:1048-55. 2012
    ..If replicated, these genetic variants can be incorporated with other biomarkers to predict high-risk body fat distribution...
  5. ncbi Dietary vitamin D and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma: the multiethnic cohort
    Eva Erber
    Cancer Research Center of Hawai i, University of Hawaii, 1236 Lauhala Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    Br J Nutr 103:581-4. 2010
    ..High dietary intake of vitamin D did not show a protective effect against NHL within the MEC except among African Americans, possibly because vitamin D production due to sun exposure is limited in this population...
  6. ncbi Legume, soy, tofu, and isoflavone intake and endometrial cancer risk in postmenopausal women in the multiethnic cohort study
    Nicholas J Ollberding
    University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Epidemiology Program, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    J Natl Cancer Inst 104:67-76. 2012
    ..Phytochemicals found in soy and other legumes have been speculated to reduce the risk of endometrial cancer; however, inconsistent findings have been reported in the few epidemiological studies conducted to date...
  7. ncbi Asian ethnicity is associated with a higher trunk/peripheral fat ratio in women and adolescent girls
    Yukiko Morimoto
    University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    J Epidemiol 22:130-5. 2012
    ..We used dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) to evaluate adiposity measures among adult women and their adolescent daughters, who were of predominantly Japanese and white ethnicity...
  8. ncbi Type 2 diabetes risk variants and colorectal cancer risk: the Multiethnic Cohort and PAGE studies
    Iona Cheng
    Epidemiology Program, University of Hawaii Cancer Center, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96817, USA
    Gut 60:1703-11. 2011
    ..Diabetes has been positively associated with the risk of colorectal cancer. This study investigated whether recently established risk variants for diabetes also have effects on colorectal cancer...
  9. ncbi Birth size and later central obesity among adolescent girls of Asian, White, and Mixed ethnicities
    Rachel Novotny
    Department of Human Nutrition, Food and Animal Sciences, University of Hawai i at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
    Hawaii J Med Public Health 72:50-5. 2013
    ..0.1 or 10% higher central body fat distribution for every 0.01mm shorter length). If confirmed, these findings would suggest that linear growth may be more relevant to metabolic programming than growth in mass...
  10. ncbi Leptin, adiponectin, and obesity among Caucasian and Asian women
    Shannon M Conroy
    University of Hawaii Cancer Center, Cancer Epidemiology Program, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    Mediators Inflamm 2011:253580. 2011
    ..64) and with adiponectin (β=-0.95 versus β=-0.75) than Caucasians. Compared to Caucasians of similar BMI, Asians may experience a higher chronic disease risk due to lower levels of adiponectin despite their lower levels of leptin...
  11. ncbi Common immune-related risk factors and incident non-Hodgkin lymphoma: the multiethnic cohort
    Eva Erber
    Epidemiology Program, Cancer Research Center of Hawai i, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
    Int J Cancer 125:1440-5. 2009
    ....