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Epidemiology and global impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseDavid M Mannino
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky School of Medicine, 800 Rose Street, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Semin Respir Crit Care Med 26:204-10. 2005..Resources aimed at smoking cessation and prevention, COPD education and early detection, and better treatment will be of the most benefit in our continuing efforts against this important cause of morbidity and mortality...
Do insomnia complaints cause hypertension or cardiovascular disease?Barbara Phillips
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY 50636 0284, USA
J Clin Sleep Med 3:489-94. 2007..We prospectively investigated odds ratios (ORs) for development of hypertension or cardiovascular disease by endorsement of sleep complaints...- Fibrinogen, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and outcomes in two United States cohortsDeepa Valvi
Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 7:173-82. 2012..Fibrinogen is a marker of systemic inflammation and may be important in the pathogenesis and progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)... 
Asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, and mortality in the U.S. populationEnrique Diaz-Guzman
Division of Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 740 S Limestone Street, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
COPD 8:400-7. 2011..S. population and can coexist. Our goal was to determine the prevalence of self-reported, physician-diagnosed asthma and COPD in a sample of the U.S. population and their association with lung function impairment and mortality...- Interpreting lung function data using 80% predicted and fixed thresholds identifies patients at increased risk of mortalityDavid M Mannino
Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, 121 Washington Ave, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Chest 141:73-80. 2012..This study investigated mortality in a representative sample of the US adult population with COPD by comparing abnormality determined using GOLD criteria to that determined using LLN criteria... - Fibrinogen, COPD and mortality in a nationally representative U.S. cohortDavid M Mannino
Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Lexington, USA
COPD 9:359-66. 2012..Fibrinogen is a marker of systemic inflammation and may represent an important biomarker for the progression of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD)... - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and hospitalizations for pneumonia in a US cohortDavid M Mannino
Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, 121 Washington Avenue, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Respir Med 103:224-9. 2009..To better understand risk factors for pneumonia hospitalizations in people with impaired lung function... - COPD prevalence in southeastern Kentucky: the burden of lung disease studyJennifer N Methvin
University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Limestone, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Chest 135:102-7. 2009..The Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) initiative provides a standardized way of measuring the prevalence of COPD... - Pre- and post-bronchodilator lung function as predictors of mortality in the Lung Health StudyDavid M Mannino
University of Kentucky, College of Public Health, Lexington, KY, USA
Respir Res 12:136. 2011..We used pre-and post bronchodilator lung function data from the Lung Health Study to determine whether these measures differ in their ability to predict mortality... - Global burden of COPD: risk factors, prevalence, and future trendsDavid M Mannino
Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Lancet 370:765-73. 2007..The challenge we will all face in the next few years will be implementation of cost-effective prevention and management strategies to stem the tide of this disease and its cost... - Tobacco use: a chronic illness?Naomi L Hudson
Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, 121 Washington Avenue, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
J Community Health 35:549-53. 2010..These data suggest that current smoking should be approached as aggressively as other chronic diseases that are amenable to interventions... - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the older adult: what defines abnormal lung function?David M Mannino
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 740 S Limestone, K 528, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Thorax 62:237-41. 2007..70 as a threshold. Since the FEV(1)/FVC ratio declines with age, using the fixed ratio to define COPD may "overdiagnose" COPD in older populations... - Association of smoking and chronic pain syndromes in Kentucky womenMichael D Mitchell
University of Kentucky College of Public Health, 121 Washington Avenue, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
J Pain 12:892-9. 2011..PERSPECTIVE: This paper presents the association between smoking and musculoskeletal pain syndromes among Kentucky women. This finding may provide additional opportunities for intervention in patients with chronic pain... - Lung function decline and outcomes in an adult populationDavid M Mannino
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical Center, 800 Rose Street, MN 614, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 173:985-90. 2006..Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is an important cause of morbidity and mortality... - Outcomes of severe COPD exacerbations requiring hospitalizationPraveen R Chenna
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, Kentucky 40536, USA
Semin Respir Crit Care Med 31:286-94. 2010..Preventing severe AECOPD and their sequelae is a critical component in treating our patients with COPD... - The effect of sex on asthma control from the National Asthma SurveyJames Temprano
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Allergy and Immunology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40508, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 123:854-60. 2009..Previous studies have demonstrated conflicting results with regard to differences in asthma control between the sexes... - The epidemiology and economics of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseDavid M Mannino
University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, 740 South Limestone, K 528 Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Proc Am Thorac Soc 4:502-6. 2007..Better public health and medical interventions that target both the risk factors for COPD and look toward earlier intervention may decrease the growing public health impact of COPD... - Does insomnia kill?Barbara Phillips
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington, KY, USA
Sleep 28:965-71. 2005..We investigated the prevalence and hazard ratios for insomnia complaints in a large cohort of middle-aged men and women... - The natural history of chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseDavid M Mannino
Department of Preventive Medicine and Environmental Health, University of Kentucky College of Public Health 121 Washington Avenue, Lexington, KY, USA 40536
Pneumonol Alergol Pol 79:139-43. 2011..Finally, a more holistic view of what comprises COPD progression, looking well beyond the traditional lung function decline paradigm, may also provide additional insights in how to better care for our patients... - Significant bronchodilator responsiveness and "reversibility" in a population sampleHeather A Prentice
University of Kentucky, Lexington, 40536, USA
COPD 7:323-30. 2010..2%) changed categories. Our findings suggest that significant bronchodilator responsiveness is not the same as "reversibility" of "obstruction", even though these terms are often used interchangeably... - Airway obstructive diseases in older adults: from detection to treatmentEnrique Diaz-Guzman
Division of Pulmonary, Sleep and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA
J Allergy Clin Immunol 126:702-9. 2010..Smoking cessation is essential for smokers, and pulmonary rehabilitation must be considered regardless of the age of the patient... - The role of body mass index and diabetes in the development of acute organ failure and subsequent mortality in an observational cohortKatarina Slynkova
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky Medical Center, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Crit Care 10:R137. 2006..The goal of our study was to examine this relationship prospectively with particular attention to the influence of concomitant diabetes mellitus (DM)... - The association of adverse pregnancy events and cardiovascular disease in women 50 years of age and olderSara M Freibert
University of Kentucky, College of Public Health, Lexington, Kentucky, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 20:287-93. 2011..This study investigates the association between a prior history of pregnancy complications and cardiovascular disease (CVD) among Kentucky women aged ≥50 years... - Race-ethnicity as an effect modifier of the association between HbAlc and mortality in U.S. adults without diagnosed diabetesKatharina G Kehl
Department of Epidemiology, College of Public Health, University of Kentucky, Suite 213, 121 Washington Avenue, Lexington, Kentucky 40536 0003, USA
Eur J Endocrinol 165:275-81. 2011..In this study, we investigated the association between HbAlc and mortality with a particular focus on the impact of race-ethnicity. Design Cohort study... - Gender specific differences in the pros and cons of smoking among current smokers in Eastern Kentucky: implications for future smoking cessation interventionsDana A Hazen
University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Int J Environ Res Public Health 5:230-42. 2008..94 points (95% CI: 1.94, 5.93) for male smokers. Interventions targeting the "pros" and "cons" of smoking may need to be gender specific... - Gender and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: why it mattersMeiLan K Han
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 176:1179-84. 2007.... - Changing the burden of COPD mortalityDavid M Mannino
Pulmonary Epidemiology Research Laboratory, University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, 740 S Limestone, K 528, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis 1:219-33. 2006..The possibility that these treatments reduce mortality is being investigated in ongoing large-scale clinical trials... - Occupational chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: an updateEnrique Diaz-Guzman
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, 740 South Limestone Street, L543, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Clin Chest Med 33:625-36. 2012..This article summarizes the literature on the subject and provides an update of the most recent advances in the field... - 24/7 in-house intensivist coverage and fellowship education: a cross-sectional survey of academic medical centers in the United StatesEnrique Diaz-Guzman
Department of Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536 0284, USA
Chest 141:959-66. 2012.... - Active and passive smoking and blood lead levels in U.S. adults: data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyDavid M Mannino
University of Kentucky School of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 7:557-64. 2005..Active and passive smoking is associated with increased blood lead levels in U.S. adults... - Global Initiative on Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) classification of lung disease and mortality: findings from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) studyDavid M Mannino
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, University of Kentucky Medicial Center, 800 Rose Street, MN 614, Lexington, KY 40536, USA
Respir Med 100:115-22. 2006..To determine whether a modified Global Initiative on Obstructive Lung Diseases (GOLD) classification of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) predicts mortality in a cohort of subjects followed for up to 11 years... - Race and gender differences in acute respiratory distress syndrome deaths in the United States: an analysis of multiple-cause mortality data (1979- 1996)Marc Moss
Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Crit Care Med 30:1679-85. 2002..In this study, we have attempted to evaluate trends over an 18-yr period in deaths associated with ARDS in the United States... - Cardiorespiratory hospitalizations associated with smoke exposure during the 1997, Southeast Asian forest firesJoshua A Mott
Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Int J Hyg Environ Health 208:75-85. 2005..When an air quality emergency is anticipated, persons over age 65 with histories of respiratory hospitalizations should be preidentified from existing hospitalization records and given priority access to interventions... - Pulmonary embolism mortality in the United States, 1979-1998: an analysis using multiple-cause mortality dataKenneth T Horlander
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Arch Intern Med 163:1711-7. 2003..The analysis of pulmonary embolism mortality trends and comorbidities may elucidate how well we treat and prevent the disease as well as identify additional risk factors... - Obstructive and restrictive lung disease and markers of inflammation: data from the Third National Health and Nutrition ExaminationDavid M Mannino
Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Med 114:758-62. 2003 - What is the cost to employers of direct medical care for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease?Tursynbek Nurmagambetov
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Environmental Health, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
COPD 3:203-9. 2006..The cost of COPD to employers is high, but the cost could be reduced by programs aimed at preventing new cases of COPD, reducing hospitalizations, and providing more outpatient services to COPD patients... - Surveillance for asthma--United States, 1980-1999David M Mannino
Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, USA
MMWR Surveill Summ 51:1-13. 2002..g., limited decreases in asthma hospitalization and death rates), the continued presence of substantial racial disparities in these asthma endpoints highlights the need for continued surveillance and targeted interventions... - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease surveillance--United States, 1971-2000David M Mannino
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, Mailstop E 17, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Respir Care 47:1184-99. 2002..This surveillance summary reports trends in different measures of COPD during 1971-2000... - International variation in the prevalence of COPD (the BOLD Study): a population-based prevalence studyA Sonia Buist
Oregon Health and Sciences University, Portland, OR 97239, USA
Lancet 370:741-50. 2007..We aimed to measure the prevalence of COPD and its risk factors and investigate variation across countries by age, sex, and smoking status... - Characteristics of adults dying with COPDPamela A Meyer
Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road NE, MS E-17, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Chest 122:2003-8. 2002..CONCLUSIONS: A significant proportion of COPD-related deaths occurs in never-smokers. Factors such as a history of asthma and being underweight are associated with COPD mortality and may provide additional opportunities for intervention... - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease surveillance--United States, 1971-2000David M Mannino
Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health
MMWR Surveill Summ 51:1-16. 2002..INTERPRETATION: COPD is a major cause of morbidity, mortality, and disability in the United States. Despite its ease of diagnosis, COPD remains an underdiagnosed disease, chiefly in its milder and more treatable form... - Involuntary smoking and asthma severity in children: data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyDavid M Mannino
Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Chest 122:409-15. 2002..We sought to determine the indicators of asthma severity among children in the United States with high and low levels of tobacco smoke exposure... - Understanding COPD hospitalizations: the devil is always in the details!David M Mannino
Chest 132:1731-2. 2007 - Influenza vaccination coverage among adults with asthma: findings from the 2000 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemEarl S Ford
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
Am J Med 116:555-8. 2004 - Second-hand smoke exposure and blood lead levels in U.S. childrenDavid M Mannino
Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Epidemiology 14:719-27. 2003..Lead is a component of tobacco and tobacco smoke, and smokers have higher blood lead levels than do nonsmokers... - Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: definition and epidemiologyDavid M Mannino
Air Pollution and Respitatory Health Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Respir Care 48:1185-91; discussion 1191-3. 2003..Resources aimed at smoking cessation and prevention, COPD education, early detection, and better treatment will be of the most benefit in our continuing efforts against this important cause of morbidity and mortality... - The role of infection and comorbidity: Factors that influence disparities in sepsisAnnette M Esper
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Department of Medicine, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA
Crit Care Med 34:2576-82. 2006..The differential distribution of specific chronic comorbid medical conditions may contribute to these disparities. Large cohort and administrative studies are required to confirm discrete root causes of sepsis disparities... - Asthma phenotypes, risk factors, and measures of severity in a national sample of US childrenColleen F Kelley
Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
Pediatrics 115:726-31. 2005..CONCLUSIONS: Asthma risk factors and measures of severity vary between children with different asthma phenotypes... - "Haeso cheonsik" and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in KoreaDavid M Mannino
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 172:795-6. 2005 - Prospective association between lung function and the incidence of diabetes: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiologic Follow-up StudyEarl S Ford
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 4770 Buford Hwy, MS K66, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Diabetes Care 27:2966-70. 2004..To determine whether impaired pulmonary function is a significant predictor of the incidence of diabetes... - Comorbidity and mortality in COPD-related hospitalizations in the United States, 1979 to 2001Fernando Holguin
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA
Chest 128:2005-11. 2005..COPD is one of the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in the United States, yet little is known about the prevalence of comorbid conditions and mortality in hospitalized patients with COPD... - Alcohol intake is associated with altered pulmonary functionJoseph H Sisson
Pulmonary and Critical Medicine Section, Internal Medicine Department, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE 68198 5300, USA
Alcohol 36:19-30. 2005..Our analyses indicate that alcohol consumption, even at very modest intake levels, is associated with less lung restriction... - Lung disease and asthma severity in adults with asthma: data from the Third National Health and Nutrition ExaminationAmanda Savage-Brown
Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Asthma 42:519-23. 2005..To further examine the role of these factors in predicting poor lung function among adults with asthma, additional information is needed on these patients' asthma therapy, natural history, and environmental exposures... - Forced expiratory volume in 1 second and physical activity in the general populationDon D Sin
Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Am J Med 117:270-3. 2004 - Dietary intake, physical activity, body mass index, and childhood asthma in the Third National Health And Nutrition Survey (NHANES III)Isabelle Romieu
National Institute of Public Health, Cuernavaca, Morelos, Mexico
Pediatr Pulmonol 38:31-42. 2004..Low vitamin C intake was marginally related to self-reported current wheezing in children aged 6-16 years. Our results show that increased BMI may influence asthma prevalence in children, but further investigation is needed... - The epidemiology of sepsis in patients with malignancyPajman A Danai
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30303, USA
Chest 129:1432-40. 2006..There are significant racial and gender disparities in the incidence and outcome of sepsis among cancer patients that require explanation... - Sex differences in COPD and lung cancer mortality trends--United States, 1968-1999Neely Kazerouni
Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 13:17-23. 2004..To determine the magnitude of these increases, we compared the mortality trends for males and females in the United States for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and lung cancer for 1968-1999... - GOLD stage 0 COPD: is it real? Does it matter?David M Mannino
Chest 130:309-10. 2006 - Respiratory symptoms: a reason to obtain spirometryDavid M Mannino
Respir Care 51:1116-7. 2006 - Coexisting asthma and COPD: confused clinicians or poor prognosticator?David M Mannino
Chest 134:1-2. 2008 - Population distribution of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein among US men: findings from National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2000Earl S Ford
Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30341, USA
Clin Chem 49:686-90. 2003 - Will recommendations against spirometry make chronic obstructive pulmonary disease harder to treat?Thomas L Petty
Ann Intern Med 149:512-3; author reply 513. 2008 - Looking beyond the cigarette in COPDDavid M Mannino
Chest 133:333-4. 2008 - Self-reported asthma and health-related quality of life: findings from the behavioral risk factor surveillance systemEarl S Ford
Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Rd, MS E17, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Chest 123:119-27. 2003..Few population-based data regarding the impact of asthma on health-related quality of life in the US adult population are available... - Weight-loss practices and asthma: findings from the behavioral risk factor surveillance systemEarl S Ford
Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Obes Res 11:81-6. 2003..To describe weight-control practices and receipt of weight-loss advice among obese people with asthma... - The epidemiology of sepsis in the United States from 1979 through 2000Greg S Martin
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy, and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, USA
N Engl J Med 348:1546-54. 2003..We investigated the epidemiology of sepsis in the United States, with specific examination of race and sex, causative organisms, the disposition of patients, and the incidence and outcome... - Tobacco smoke exposure and decreased serum and red blood cell folate levels: data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination SurveyDavid M Mannino
Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta GA, USA
Nicotine Tob Res 5:357-62. 2003..Tobacco smoke exposure is associated with decreased folate levels, which may be a mechanism for some of the health effects of active and passive smoking... - Low lung function and incident lung cancer in the United States: data From the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey follow-upDavid M Mannino
Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Arch Intern Med 163:1475-80. 2003..This finding may be useful clinically and in studies evaluating the utility of new tools for the early detection of lung cancer... - C-reactive protein concentration distribution among US children and young adults: findings from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2000Earl S Ford
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS K66, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Clin Chem 49:1353-7. 2003..The distribution of C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations among children and young adults in the US is not known at present... - COPD: epidemiology, prevalence, morbidity and mortality, and disease heterogeneityDavid M Mannino
Air Pollution and Respiratory Health Branch, Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road, MS E 17, Atlanta, GA 30333, USA
Chest 121:121S-126S. 2002..Resources aimed at smoking cessation and prevention, COPD education and early detection, and better treatment will be of the most benefit in our continuing efforts against this important cause of morbidity and mortality... - Serum antioxidant concentrations among U.S. adults with self-reported asthmaEarl S Ford
Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Asthma 41:179-87. 2004..However, lower vitamin C concentrations were observed among people with current or former asthma than among people who never had asthma (p = 0.014). In the United States, people with asthma do not have manifest antioxidant deficiencies... - Determinants of quality of life among people with asthma: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance SystemEarl S Ford
Division of Adult Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Asthma 41:327-36. 2004..Furthermore, among people with asthma, the elderly, women, poorly educated, and low-income participants are especially likely to experience impaired quality of life... - Country of birth as a risk factor for asthma among Mexican AmericansFernando Holguin
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 171:103-8. 2005..6-5.5). In conclusion, the prevalence of asthma was higher in U.S.-born than in Mexican-born Mexican Americans. This finding highlights the importance of environmental exposures in developing asthma in a migratory population... - Time trends in obesity among adults with asthma in the United States: findings from three national surveysEarl S Ford
Division of Adult and Community Health, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Asthma 42:91-5. 2005..Because excess weight may adversely affect the respiratory health of people with asthma, weight management for overweight and obese patients with asthma may be an important component in the medical care of these patients... - The effect of age on the development and outcome of adult sepsisGreg S Martin
Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care, Department of Medicine, Emory University, USA
Crit Care Med 34:15-21. 2006..These findings have implications for patient care and health care resource prioritization and provide insights for expanded scientific investigations and potential patient interventions... - Asthma prevalence among US adults, 1998-2000: role of Puerto Rican ethnicity and behavioral and geographic factorsDeborah Rose
Data Analysis and Quality Assurance Branch, Division of Health Interview Statistics, National Center for Health Statistics, 3311 Toledo Road, Room 2320, Hyattsville, MD 20782, USA
Am J Public Health 96:880-8. 2006..We hypothesized that high prevalences would be observed among Puerto Ricans and in the Northeast census region... - Tobacco and other drug use among high school students with asthmaSherry Everett Jones
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, USA
J Adolesc Health 39:291-4. 2006..High school students with current asthma used cigarettes, cigars, marijuana, and inhalants (huffing) at rates equal to or greater than high school students without current asthma... - Women and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: does sex influence survival?David M Mannino
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 174:488-9. 2006 - COPD and lung cancer have come a long way ...babyDavid M Mannino
Am J Respir Crit Care Med 176:108-9. 2007 - Hospitalization for patients with sarcoidosis: 1979-2000Marilyn G Foreman
Channing Laboratory, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
Sarcoidosis Vasc Diffuse Lung Dis 23:124-9. 2006..3%. CONCLUSIONS: Sarcoidosis hospitalizations have increased over this time period. Hospitalization rates are highest among women and African-Americans and are frequently associated with comorbid diseases... - Regional differences in hospitalizations for asthma in the United States, 1988-1996David M Homa
Division of Environmental Hazards and Health Effects, National Center for Environmental Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA
J Asthma 39:449-55. 2002..3% decline in the age-adjusted rate for all hospitalizations in the region. These results indicate a greater rate of hospitalization for asthma in the Northeast than in other regions, suggesting that asthma there may be more severe...