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| Mark J PletcherSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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Association between marijuana exposure and pulmonary function over 20 yearsMark J Pletcher
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, 185 Berry St, Ste 5700, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
JAMA 307:173-81. 2012..Marijuana smoke contains many of the same constituents as tobacco smoke, but whether it has similar adverse effects on pulmonary function is unclear...
Incidence and antecedents of nonmedical prescription opioid use in four US communities. The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) prospective cohort studyMark J Pletcher
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, 185 Berry Street, Suite 5700, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 85:171-6. 2006..Nonmedical use of prescription opioids has emerged as a major public health problem during the last decade, but direct measures of incidence and predisposing factors are lacking...- Menthol cigarettes, smoking cessation, atherosclerosis, and pulmonary function: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) StudyMark J Pletcher
Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 185 Berry St, Lobby 4, Suite 5700, San Francisco, CA 94143 0560, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:1915-22. 2006..African American smokers are more likely to experience tobacco-related morbidity and mortality than European American smokers, and higher rates of menthol cigarette smoking may contribute to these disparities... - Cocaine and coronary calcification in young adults: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) StudyMark J Pletcher
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Am Heart J 150:921-6. 2005.... 
Prehypertension during young adulthood and coronary calcium later in lifeMark J Pletcher
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco General Hospital, San Francisco, California, USA
Ann Intern Med 149:91-9. 2008..High blood pressure in middle age is a well-established risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but the consequences of low-level elevations during young adulthood are unknown...- Unintended consequences of a quality improvement program designed to improve treatment of alcohol withdrawal in hospitalized patientsMark J Pletcher
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, USA
Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf 31:148-57. 2005..New guidelines, accompanied by an educational campaign, introduced standardized monitoring of withdrawal severity while emphasizing prophylactic fixed-schedule benzodiazepine (BDZ) treatment of at-risk patients... - Alcohol consumption, binge drinking, and early coronary calcification: findings from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) StudyMark J Pletcher
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA
Am J Epidemiol 161:423-33. 2005.... - Uncomplicated alcohol intoxication in the emergency department: an analysis of the National Hospital Ambulatory Medical Care SurveyMark J Pletcher
Division of Clinical Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, USA
Am J Med 117:863-7. 2004 - Nonoptimal lipids commonly present in young adults and coronary calcium later in life: the CARDIA (Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults) studyMark J Pletcher
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94107, USA
Ann Intern Med 153:137-46. 2010..Dyslipidemia causes coronary heart disease in middle-aged and elderly adults, but the consequences of lipid exposure during young adulthood are unclear... 
What does my patient's coronary artery calcium score mean? Combining information from the coronary artery calcium score with information from conventional risk factors to estimate coronary heart disease riskMark J Pletcher
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco 500 Parnassus Ave, MU 420 West, Box 0560, San Francisco, CA 94143 0560, USA
BMC Med 2:31. 2004..We sought to combine information from the CAC score with information from conventional cardiac risk factors to produce post-test risk estimates, and to determine whether the score may add clinically useful information...- Using the coronary artery calcium score to predict coronary heart disease events: a systematic review and meta-analysisMark J Pletcher
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, 500 Parnassus Ave, MU 420 West, Box 0560, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
Arch Intern Med 164:1285-92. 2004..Measurement of coronary artery calcium has been proposed as a way to improve risk assessment, but it is unknown whether it adds predictive information to standard risk factor assessment... - Trends in opioid prescribing by race/ethnicity for patients seeking care in US emergency departmentsMark J Pletcher
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94107, USA
JAMA 299:70-8. 2008.... - Comparing impact and cost-effectiveness of primary prevention strategies for lipid-loweringMark J Pletcher
University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94107, USA
Ann Intern Med 150:243-54. 2009..Lipid-lowering therapy is costly but effective at reducing coronary heart disease (CHD) risk... - Racial differences in incident heart failure among young adultsKirsten Bibbins-Domingo
Department of Medicine and the Division of General Internal Medicine and the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, USA
N Engl J Med 360:1179-90. 2009..The antecedents and epidemiology of heart failure in young adults are poorly understood... - Projected effect of dietary salt reductions on future cardiovascular diseaseKirsten Bibbins-Domingo
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
N Engl J Med 362:590-9. 2010..The U.S. diet is high in salt, with the majority coming from processed foods. Reducing dietary salt is a potentially important target for the improvement of public health... - The rate of leukocyte telomere shortening predicts mortality from cardiovascular disease in elderly menElissa S Epel
University of California, San Francisco, Department of Psychiatry, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
Aging (Albany NY) 1:81-8. 2008..0 (95% CI: 1.1 - 8.2). This is the first demonstration that rate of telomere length change (TLC) predicts mortality and thus may be a useful prognostic factor for longevity... - Adolescent overweight and future adult coronary heart diseaseKirsten Bibbins-Domingo
Department of Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, CA 94143, USA
N Engl J Med 357:2371-9. 2007..The effect of adolescent overweight on future adult coronary heart disease (CHD) is not known... - Cost-effectiveness of statin therapy for primary prevention in a low-cost statin eraLawrence D Lazar
Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Circulation 124:146-53. 2011..We projected the cost-effectiveness of expanded statin prescribing strategies using low-cost generics and identified conditions under which aggressive prescribing ceases to be cost-effective... - The rate of leukocyte telomere shortening predicts mortality from cardiovascular disease in elderly menElissa S Epel
University of California, San Francisco, Department of Psychiatry, San Francisco, CA, 94143, USA
Aging (Albany NY) 1:81-8. 2009..0 (95% CI: 1.1 - 8.2). This is the first demonstration that rate of telomere length change (TLC) predicts mortality and thus may be a useful prognostic factor for longevity... - Addiction to prescription opioids: characteristics of the emerging epidemic and treatment with buprenorphineJohn Mendelson
California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, St Luke s Hospital, and Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California at San Francisco, San Francisco, CA 94110, USA
Exp Clin Psychopharmacol 16:435-41. 2008.... - Validation of triage criteria for deciding which apparently inebriated persons require emergency department careKeith Flower
Addiction and Pharmacology Research Laboratory, California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute, San Francisco, California, USA
Emerg Med J 28:579-84. 2011..Sensitivity and specificity for modifications to these criteria were also investigated... - Short wait times for patients seeking cosmetic botulinum toxin appointments with dermatologistsJack S Resneck
Department of Dermatology and Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine, San Francisco, California 94143 0316, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 57:985-9. 2007..Many factors affecting physician workforce adequacy and patient access have been explored, but little is known about the impact of increasing numbers of doctors offering cosmetic services... - Etiology of pruritic papular eruption with HIV infection in UgandaJack S Resneck
Department of Dermatology and Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, CA 94143 0363, USA
JAMA 292:2614-21. 2004..The resulting scars are disfiguring and stigmatizing. Despite the substantial prevalence of pruritic papular eruption (PPE) among HIV-infected Africans, the cause has been elusive... - Medicare, Medicaid, and access to dermatologists: the effect of patient insurance on appointment access and wait timesJack Resneck
Department of Dermatology, Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California San Francisco, USA
J Am Acad Dermatol 50:85-92. 2004.... - Do medications affect vital signs in the prehospital treatment of acute decompensated heart failure?Karl A Sporer
Albert Einstein School of Medicine, New York, NY, USA
Prehosp Emerg Care 10:41-5. 2006..Vital sign changes have been proposed as clinical endpoints in the evaluation of prehospital treatment for this condition... - Hepatitis C and hospital outcomes in patients admitted with alcohol-related problemsJudith I Tsui
Division of General Medicine, General Internal Medicine Section 111A1, San Francisco Veteran Administration Medical Center, University of California, 4150 Clement Street, San Francisco, CA 94121, USA
J Hepatol 44:262-6. 2006..We examined the impact of HCV infection on hospital mortality and length of stay among hospitalized patients with alcohol abuse problems... - Frequent use of emergency medical services by the elderly: a case-control study using paramedic recordsNiels Tangherlini
Emergency Medical Services Division, San Francisco Fire Department, San Francisco, California 94107, USA
Prehosp Disaster Med 25:258-64. 2010..To identify the factors that lead to increased use of emergency medical services (EMS) by patients 65 years of age and older in an urban EMS system... - Use of coronary calcification scores to predict coronary heart diseaseMark J Pletcher
JAMA 291:1831-2; author reply 1832-3. 2004 - The association of cigarette smoking with self-reported disease before middle age: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) studyAtsushi Hozawa
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Prev Med 42:193-9. 2006..Thus, prevention, cessation, and avoiding passive smoking should remain strong goals among young people... - Illicit drug use in young adults and subsequent decline in general health: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) StudyStefan G Kertesz
Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, 1530 3rd Ave South, MT608, Birmingham, AL 35294 4410, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 88:224-33. 2007..We assessed whether drug use predicted decline in general self-rated health (GSRH) in a community-based cohort, healthy at baseline... - Self-reported racial discrimination and substance use in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Adults StudyLuisa N Borrell
Department of Epidemiology, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10032, USA
Am J Epidemiol 166:1068-79. 2007..These associations were similarly positive in Whites but not significant. Substance use may be an unhealthy coping response to perceived unfair treatment for some individuals, regardless of their race/ethnicity... - Aspirin, statins, or both drugs for the primary prevention of coronary heart disease events in men: a cost-utility analysisMichael Pignone
University of North Carolina Division of General Internal Medicine, and RTI University of North Carolina Center for Health Promotion Economics, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7110, USA
Ann Intern Med 144:326-36. 2006..Aspirin and statins are both effective for primary prevention of coronary heart disease (CHD), but their combined use has not been well studied... - Nomogram for exercise capacity in womenMark J Pletcher
N Engl J Med 353:2301-3; author reply 2301-3. 2005 - Active and passive smoking and development of glucose intolerance among young adults in a prospective cohort: CARDIA studyThomas K Houston
Deep South Center on Effectiveness Research, Birmingham Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Birmingham, AL, USA
BMJ 332:1064-9. 2006..To assess whether active and passive smokers are more likely than non-smokers to develop clinically relevant glucose intolerance or diabetes... - Coronary calcium scoring and cardiovascular risk: the SHAPE of things to comeMark J Pletcher
Arch Intern Med 168:1027-8. 2008 - Aspirin for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in women: a cost-utility analysisMichael Pignone
Department of Medicine, Division of General Medicine, University of North Carolina, 5039 Old Clinic Building, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
Arch Intern Med 167:290-5. 2007..The cost-effectiveness of aspirin for primary prevention of cardiovascular events in women is unclear. We sought to perform a cost-utility analysis to address this issue...
Research Grants
- Serum Protemic Patterns Associated With AtherosclerosisMark Pletcher; Fiscal Year: 2006....
- Opioid Prescribing Patterns in the U.S.Mark Pletcher; Fiscal Year: 2007....