Capri Gabrielle Foy

Summary

Affiliation: Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Long-term exercise therapy resolves ethnic differences in baseline health status in older adults with knee osteoarthritis
    Capri Gabrielle Foy
    Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 53:1469-75. 2005
  2. ncbi Smoking and incidence of diabetes among U.S. adults: findings from the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study
    Capri Gabrielle Foy
    Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
    Diabetes Care 28:2501-7. 2005
  3. ncbi The Reconditioning Exercise and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Trial II (REACT II): rationale and study design for a clinical trial of physical activity among individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Capri G Foy
    Section on Social Sciences and Health Policy, Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
    Contemp Clin Trials 27:135-46. 2006
  4. ncbi Physical activity, insulin sensitivity, and hypertension among US adults: findings from the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study
    Capri Gabrielle Foy
    Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC 27104, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 163:921-8. 2006
  5. ncbi Visceral fat and prevalence of hypertension among African Americans and Hispanic Americans: findings from the IRAS family study
    Capri G Foy
    Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
    Am J Hypertens 21:910-6. 2008
  6. ncbi Intensive lifestyle intervention improves physical function among obese adults with knee pain: findings from the Look AHEAD trial
    Capri G Foy
    Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:83-93. 2011
  7. ncbi A lifestyle activity intervention in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Michael J Berry
    Department of Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University, PO Box 7868, Winston Salem, NC 27109, USA
    Respir Med 104:829-39. 2010
  8. ncbi Older adults in cardiac rehabilitation: a new strategy for enhancing physical function
    W Jack Rejeski
    Department of Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 34:1705-13. 2002
  9. ncbi Older adults with chronic disease: benefits of group-mediated counseling in the promotion of physically active lifestyles
    W Jack Rejeski
    Department of Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27109, USA
    Health Psychol 22:414-23. 2003

Detail Information

Publications9

  1. ncbi Long-term exercise therapy resolves ethnic differences in baseline health status in older adults with knee osteoarthritis
    Capri Gabrielle Foy
    Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 53:1469-75. 2005
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  2. ncbi Smoking and incidence of diabetes among U.S. adults: findings from the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study
    Capri Gabrielle Foy
    Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
    Diabetes Care 28:2501-7. 2005
    ..The objective of this study was to determine the association between smoking and incident diabetes among U.S. adults...
  3. ncbi The Reconditioning Exercise and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Trial II (REACT II): rationale and study design for a clinical trial of physical activity among individuals with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Capri G Foy
    Section on Social Sciences and Health Policy, Department of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC 27157, USA
    Contemp Clin Trials 27:135-46. 2006
    ..Other outcomes to be compared between the two interventions include physical function, self-reported physical disability, health-related quality of life, exercise capacity, body composition and inflammatory mediators...
  4. ncbi Physical activity, insulin sensitivity, and hypertension among US adults: findings from the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study
    Capri Gabrielle Foy
    Department of Public Health Sciences, School of Medicine, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, NC 27104, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 163:921-8. 2006
    ..33, 95% CI: 0.26, 0.41). These results suggest that longitudinal studies are warranted to determine whether insulin sensitivity is a mediator of the relation between physical activity and hypertension...
  5. ncbi Visceral fat and prevalence of hypertension among African Americans and Hispanic Americans: findings from the IRAS family study
    Capri G Foy
    Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
    Am J Hypertens 21:910-6. 2008
    ..This was a cross-sectional epidemiological study in which African-American and Hispanic-American families were recruited from three clinical sites. The main outcome measure was prevalent hypertension, as defined by standardized protocol...
  6. ncbi Intensive lifestyle intervention improves physical function among obese adults with knee pain: findings from the Look AHEAD trial
    Capri G Foy
    Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, Winston Salem, North Carolina, USA
    Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:83-93. 2011
    ..The ILI condition also resulted in significant weight loss and improved fitness, which are possible mechanisms through which the ILI condition improved physical function...
  7. ncbi A lifestyle activity intervention in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease
    Michael J Berry
    Department of Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University, PO Box 7868, Winston Salem, NC 27109, USA
    Respir Med 104:829-39. 2010
    ..Our purpose was to compare the effectiveness of a traditional exercise therapy (TET) program with a behavioral lifestyle activity program (LAP) in promoting physical activity...
  8. ncbi Older adults in cardiac rehabilitation: a new strategy for enhancing physical function
    W Jack Rejeski
    Department of Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, NC 27109, USA
    Med Sci Sports Exerc 34:1705-13. 2002
    ..Baseline level of physical function and gender are important variables to consider when studying the relationship between exercise therapy and improvements in physical function...
  9. ncbi Older adults with chronic disease: benefits of group-mediated counseling in the promotion of physically active lifestyles
    W Jack Rejeski
    Department of Health and Exercise Science, Wake Forest University, Winston Salem, North Carolina 27109, USA
    Health Psychol 22:414-23. 2003
    ..Results suggest that teaching older adults to integrate physical activity into their lives via GMCB leads to better long-term outcomes than standardized exercise therapy...