Brian W Whitcomb

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Affiliation: University of Massachusetts
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Maternal serum granulocyte colony-stimulating factor levels and spontaneous preterm birth
    Brian W Whitcomb
    Epidemiology Branch, DESPR, NICHD, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, Maryland
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:73-8. 2009
  2. ncbi Assessment of skewed exposure in case-control studies with pooling
    Brian W Whitcomb
    Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
    Stat Med 31:2461-72. 2012
  3. ncbi Association between bilirubin and cardiovascular disease risk factors: using Mendelian randomization to assess causal inference
    Patrick F McArdle
    Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 660 West Redwood Street, RM, 492, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    BMC Cardiovasc Disord 12:16. 2012
  4. ncbi Quantification of collider-stratification bias and the birthweight paradox
    Brian W Whitcomb
    Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 9304, USA
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 23:394-402. 2009
  5. ncbi Ovarian function and cigarette smoking
    Brian W Whitcomb
    Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA, USA
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 24:433-40. 2010
  6. ncbi Treatment of batch in the detection, calibration, and quantification of immunoassays in large-scale epidemiologic studies
    Brian W Whitcomb
    Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 9304, USA
    Epidemiology 21:S44-50. 2010
  7. ncbi Realignment and multiple imputation of longitudinal data: an application to menstrual cycle data
    Sunni L Mumford
    Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 25:448-59. 2011
  8. ncbi Endogenous reproductive hormones and C-reactive protein across the menstrual cycle: the BioCycle Study
    Audrey J Gaskins
    Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 175:423-31. 2012
  9. ncbi Effect of daily fiber intake on reproductive function: the BioCycle Study
    Audrey J Gaskins
    Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 90:1061-9. 2009
  10. ncbi The use of follicle flushing during oocyte retrieval in assisted reproductive technologies: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Gary Levy
    Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Hum Reprod 27:2373-9. 2012

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Publications20

  1. ncbi Maternal serum granulocyte colony-stimulating factor levels and spontaneous preterm birth
    Brian W Whitcomb
    Epidemiology Branch, DESPR, NICHD, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Rockville, Maryland
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:73-8. 2009
    ..G-CSF, a hematopoietic cytokine, mediates the increase in leukocytes in pregnancy and may play a role in placentation. We evaluated the association between maternal serum G-CSF in the first and second trimesters and PTB...
  2. ncbi Assessment of skewed exposure in case-control studies with pooling
    Brian W Whitcomb
    Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA
    Stat Med 31:2461-72. 2012
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  3. ncbi Association between bilirubin and cardiovascular disease risk factors: using Mendelian randomization to assess causal inference
    Patrick F McArdle
    Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Nutrition, University of Maryland School of Medicine, 660 West Redwood Street, RM, 492, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
    BMC Cardiovasc Disord 12:16. 2012
    ..In this report, we demonstrate its use in assessing direct causal relations between serum bilirubin levels and CVD risk factors, including obesity, cholesterol, measures of vascular function and blood pressure...
  4. ncbi Quantification of collider-stratification bias and the birthweight paradox
    Brian W Whitcomb
    Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 9304, USA
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 23:394-402. 2009
    ..The simulations demonstrate the conditions necessary to give rise to empirical evidence of the paradox...
  5. ncbi Ovarian function and cigarette smoking
    Brian W Whitcomb
    Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts at Amherst, MA, USA
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 24:433-40. 2010
    ..These phase-specific differences in levels of LH and FSH in healthy, regularly menstruating women who are current smokers compared with non-smokers reflect one mechanism by which smoking may influence fertility and reproductive health...
  6. ncbi Treatment of batch in the detection, calibration, and quantification of immunoassays in large-scale epidemiologic studies
    Brian W Whitcomb
    Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003 9304, USA
    Epidemiology 21:S44-50. 2010
    ..Immunoassays, polymerase chain reaction, and chromatographic approaches are among assays performed in this manner...
  7. ncbi Realignment and multiple imputation of longitudinal data: an application to menstrual cycle data
    Sunni L Mumford
    Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 25:448-59. 2011
    ..Our method has applications in settings where missing data may occur over time, where daily blood sampling for hormonal measurements is not feasible, and in other areas where timing is essential...
  8. ncbi Endogenous reproductive hormones and C-reactive protein across the menstrual cycle: the BioCycle Study
    Audrey J Gaskins
    Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 175:423-31. 2012
    ..4, 31.5). These results support the hypothesis that endogenous estradiol might have antiinflammatory effects and highlight the need for standardization of CRP measurement to menstrual cycle phase in reproductive-aged women...
  9. ncbi Effect of daily fiber intake on reproductive function: the BioCycle Study
    Audrey J Gaskins
    Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Am J Clin Nutr 90:1061-9. 2009
    ..The influence of fiber on aspects of reproduction, which include ovulation, has not been well studied in premenopausal women...
  10. ncbi The use of follicle flushing during oocyte retrieval in assisted reproductive technologies: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Gary Levy
    Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Hum Reprod 27:2373-9. 2012
    ..STUDY FUNDING/COMPETING INTEREST(S): This work was supported, in part, by the Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, NICHD, NIH, Bethesda, MD. The authors have no competing interests to declare. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: N/A...
  11. ncbi Z-scores and the birthweight paradox
    Enrique F Schisterman
    Epidemiology Branch, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 23:403-13. 2009
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  12. ncbi Circulating levels of cytokines during pregnancy: thrombopoietin is elevated in miscarriage
    Brian W Whitcomb
    Epidemiology Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Insttutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20852, USA
    Fertil Steril 89:1795-802. 2008
    ..To evaluate the hypothesis that cytokine levels are associated with miscarriage risk using serum samples collected before report of miscarriage...
  13. ncbi Circulating chemokine levels and miscarriage
    Brian W Whitcomb
    Epidemiology Branch, Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 166:323-31. 2007
    ..The observation regarding ENA-78, which has roles in regulation of angiogenesis and leukocyte recruitment, suggests a possible role for this chemokine as an early indicator of miscarriage risk...
  14. ncbi Perceived stress and severity of perimenstrual symptoms: the BioCycle Study
    Audra L Gollenberg
    Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, NICHD, NIH, DHHS, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    J Womens Health (Larchmt) 19:959-67. 2010
    ..To examine the longitudinal relation between perceived stress in the previous month and perimenstrual symptom severity across two cycles among regularly menstruating, healthy women (n = 259)...
  15. ncbi The limitations due to exposure detection limits for regression models
    Enrique F Schisterman
    Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, 6100 Executive Boulevard, Rm 7B03, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 163:374-83. 2006
    ..These results may inform decisions regarding analytical plans for future studies and provide a possible explanation for some amount of the discordance seen in extant literature...
  16. ncbi The use of recombinant luteinizing hormone in patients undergoing assisted reproductive techniques with advanced reproductive age: a systematic review and meta-analysis
    Micah J Hill
    Program in Reproductive and Adult Endocrinology, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
    Fertil Steril 97:1108-14.e1. 2012
    ..To evaluate the effect of recombinant LH in assisted reproduction technology (ART) cycles in patients of advanced reproductive age...
  17. ncbi Assays with lower detection limits: implications for epidemiological investigations
    Brian W Whitcomb
    Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, MD 20852, USA
    Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 22:597-602. 2008
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  18. ncbi Lipid adjustment in the analysis of environmental contaminants and human health risks
    Enrique F Schisterman
    Division of Epidemiology, Statistics and Prevention Research, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA
    Environ Health Perspect 113:853-7. 2005
    ..g., nonfasting blood samples), laboratory measurement, and other underlying modeling assumptions when devising a statistical plan for assessing health outcomes in relation to environmental exposures...
  19. ncbi Physical activity of pregnant Hispanic women
    Kristine E Lynch
    Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, School of Public Health and Health Sciences, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003, USA
    Am J Prev Med 43:434-9. 2012
    ..However, factors influencing activity in pregnant Hispanic women, who have high rates of sedentary activity as compared to non-Hispanic whites, are not well characterized...
  20. ncbi Effects of low-dose aspirin in in-vitro fertilization
    Enrique F Schisterman
    Division of Epidemiology, Statistics, and Prevention Research, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
    Curr Opin Obstet Gynecol 21:275-8. 2009
    ..It is hypothesized that this effect on blood flow will improve success rates...