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2008 Publications

Epidemiology Faculty and Staff Publications

 

James Torner
Walitt B, Pettinger M, Weinstein A, Katz J, Torner J, Wasko MC, Howard BV.  Effects of Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy on Rheumatoid Arthritis: The Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Trials.  Arthritis Care and Research 59(3):302-310, March 15, 2008.

Adams HP, Effron MB, Torner J, Dávalos A, Frayne J, Teal P, Leclerc J, Oemar B, Padgett L, Barnathan ES, Hacke W, for the AbESTT-II Investigators.  Emergency Administration of Abciximab for Treatment of Patients With Acute Ischemic Stroke:  Results of an International Phase III Trial.  Stroke 39:87-99, 2008.

Jacob AT, Ingalhalikar AV, Morgan JH, Channon S, Lim TH, Torner JC, Hitchon PW.  Biomechanical Comparison of Single- and Dual-Lead Pedicle Screws in Cadaveric Spine.  J Neurosurg Spine (1):52-7, Jan. 2008.

Pasternak JJ, McGregor DG, Schroeder DR, Lanier WL, Shi Q, Hindman BJ, Clarke WR, Torner JC, Weeks JB, Todd MM: IHAST Investigators.  Hyperglycemia in Patients Undergoing Cerebral Aneurysm Surgery: its Association with Long-Term Gross Neurologic and Neuropsychological Function.  Mayo Clin Proc 83(4):406-17, 2008. 

Leira EC, Granner MA, Torner JC, Callison RC, Adams Jr HP. Education Research: The Challenge of Incorporating Formal Research Methodology Training in a Neurology Residency. Neurology 70(20):e79-84, 2008.

McGregor DG, Lanier WL, Pasternak JJ, Rusy DA, Hogan K, Samra S, Hindman B, Todd MM, Schroeder DR, Bayman EO, Clarke W, Torner J, Weeks J: Intraoperative Hypothermia for Aneurysm Surgery Trial Investigators.   Effect of Nitrous Oxide on Neurologic and Neuropsychological Function After Intracranial Aneurysm Surgery.  Anesthesiology 108(4):568-79, 2008.

Segal NA, Torner JC, Yang M, Curtis JR, Felson DT, Nevitt MC; for the Multicenter Osteoarthritis (MOST) Study Group. Muscle Mass is More Strongly Related to Hip Bone Mineral Density than is Quadriceps Strength or Lower Activity Level in Adults Over Age 50 Year.  J Clin Densitom 11(4):503-10, 2008.

Segal NA, Harvey W, Felson DT, Yang M, Torner JC, Curtis JR, Nevitt MC: the Multicenter Osteoarthritis Study Group.  Leg-length Inequality is not Associated with Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome.  Arthritis Res Ther 10(3):R62, 2008. 

Shah S, Torner J, Mehta A.  Prevalence of Amblyogenic Risk Factors in Siblings of Patients with Accommodative Esotropia.  J AAPOS 12(5):487-9, 2008. 

Janz KF, Medema-Johnson H, Letuchy EM, Burns TL, Eichenberger Gilmore JM, Torner JC, Willing MC, Levy SM.  Subjective and Objective Measures of Physical Activity in Relationship to Bone Mineral Content during Late Childhood: The Iowa Bone Development Study.  Br J Sports Med 42(8):658-63, Aug. 2008.

Leira EC, Hess DC, Torner JC, Adams HP Jr. Rural-Urban Differences in Acute Stroke Management Practices: A Modifiable Disparity. Arch Neurol 65(7):887-91, 2008.

Adams HP Jr, Leira EC, Torner JC, Barnathan E, Padgett L, Effron MB, Hacke W; for the AbESTT-II Investigators.  Treating Patients With ‘Wake-Up’ Stroke. The Experience of the AbESTT-II Trial.  Stroke 39(12):3277-3282, 2008.

Felson DT, Nevitt MC,Yang M, Clancy M, Niu J, Torner JC, Lewis CE, Aliabadi P, Sack B, McCulloch C, Zhang Y. A New Approach Yields High Rates of Radiographic Progression in Knee Osteoarthritis. J Rheumatol 35(10):2047-54, Oct. 2008.

Margolis KL, Ray RM, Van Horn L, Manson JE, Allison MA, Black HR, Beresford SA, Connelly SA, Curb JD, Grimm RH Jr., Kotchen TA, Kuller LH, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Thomson CA, Torner JC: for the Women’s Health Initiative Investigators.  Effect of Calcium and Vitamin D Supplementation on Blood Pressure. The Women's Health Initiative Randomized Trial. Hypertension 52(5):847-855, Nov. 2008.

Leira EC, Adams Jr HP, Rosenthal GE, Torner JC.  Baseline NIH Stroke Scale Responses Estimate the Probability of Each Particular Stroke Subtypes.  Cerebrovasc Dis 26:573-577, 2008.

Roemer FW, Gueermazi A, Hunter DJ, Niu J, Zhang Y, Englund M, Javaid MK, Lynch JA, Mohr A, Torner, J, Lewis CE, Nevitt MC, Felson DT.  The Association of Meniscal Damage with Joint Effusion in Persons Without Radiographic Osteoarthritis: the Framingham and MOST Osteoarthritis Studies.  Osteoarthritis Cartilage.  Osteoarthritis Cartilage Epub ahead of print,. Oct. 2008

Roemer FW, Guermazi A, Javaid MK, Lynch JA, Niu J, Zhang Y, Felson DT, Lewis CE, Torner J, Nevitt MC.  Change in MRI-Detected Subchondral Bone Marrow Lesions is Associated with Cartilage Loss – the MOST study.  A Longitudinal Multicenter Study of Knee Osteoarthritis.  Ann Rheum Dis Epub ahead of print, Oct. 2008.

Segal NA, Glass NA, Baker JL, Torner JC.  Correcting for Fat Mass Improves DXA Quantification of Quadriceps Specific Strength in Obese Adults Aged 50-59 Years.  J Clin Densitom Epub ahead of print, 2008.

Trudy Burns
Wakefield BJ, Ward MM, Holman JE, Ray A, Scherubel M, Burns TL, Kienzle MG, Rosenthal GE.  Evaluation of home telehealth following hospitalization for heart failure:  A randomized trial.  Telemedicine e-Health 14:753-61, 2008.

Janz KF. Medema-Johnson HC, Letuchy EM, Burns TL, Eichenberger-Gilmore JM, Torner JC, Willing M, Levy SM.  Subjective and objective measures of physical activity in relationship to bone mineral content during late childhood:  The Iowa Bone Development Study.  Brit J Sports Med 42:658-63, 2008.

Carnahan, Ryan
Morstad AE, Kutscher EC, Kennedy WK, Carnahan RM.  Hypomania with agitation associated with varenicline use in bipolar II disorder.  The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 42(2):288-9, 2008.

Reantaso AA, Cates JB, Hopkins TS, Carnahan RM.  Assertive community treatment:  a resource for the Oklahoma medical community.  The Journal of the Oklahoma State Medical Association 101(4):79-82, 2008.

Duff K, Schoenbeg MR, Beglinger LJ, Moser DJ, Bayless JD, Culp KR, Carnahan R, Mold JW, Scott JG, Adams RL.  Premorbid Intellect and Current RBANS Performance: Discrepancy Scores in Three Geriatric Samples.  Appl Neuropsychol 15(4):241-249, 2008.

Elizabeth Chrischilles
Wolinsky FD, Liu L, Miller TR, An H, Geweke JF, Kaskie B, Wright KB, Chrischilles EA, Pavlik CE, Cook EA, Ohsfeldt RL, Richardson KK, Rosenthal GE, Wallace RB.  Emergency Department Utilization Patterns Among Older Adults.  Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences 63A(2):204-209, 2008. 

Carter BL, Bergus GR, Dawson JD, Farris KB, Doucette WR, Chrischilles EA, Hartz AJ.  A Cluster Randomized Trial to Evaluate Physician/Pharmacist Collaboration to Improve Blood Pressure Control.  Journal of Clinical Hypertension (Greenwich) 10(4):260-271, 2008. 

Zhao Y, Brooks JM, Flanigan MJ, Chrischilles EA, Pendergast JF, Hunsicker LG.  Physician Access and Early Nephrology Care in Elderly Patients with End-Stage Renal Disease.  Kidney Int 74(12):1596-602, 2008.

Park TR, Brooks JM, Chrischilles EA, Bergus G. Estimating the Effect of Treatment Rate Changes When Treatment Benefits are Heterogeneous: Antibiotics and Otitis Media. Value Health 11(2):304-14, 2008.

Leslie Dennis
Lazovich A, Stryker JE, Mayer, J,  Hillhouse J, Dennis LK, Pichon L, et al.  Measuring nonsolar tanning behavior:  indoor and sunless tanning. Archives of Dermatology.  2008; 144:225-30.

Dennis LK, Lowe JB, Lynch C, Alavanja M. Cutaneous melanoma and obesity in the Agricultural Health Study. Annals of Epidemiology. 2008; 18(3):214-21.

Beining RM, Dennis LK, Smith EM, Dokras A.  Meta-analyses of intrauterine device use and risk of endometrial cancer.  Annals of Epidemiology.  2008; 3(1):492-499.

Dennis LK, Kim Y, Lowe JB. Consistency of reported tanning behaviors and sunburn history among sorority and fraternity students. Photoderm, Photoimmun & Photomed.  2008; 24:191-8.

Dennis LK, VanBeek MJ, Beane Freeman LE, Smith B, Dawson DV, Coughlin J. Sunburns and risk of cutaneous melanoma: does age matter? a comprehensive meta-analysis.  Annals of Epidemiology.  2008; 18(8):614-27.

Gregory Gray
Neff J, Modlin J, Birkhead GS, Poland G, Robertson RM, Sepkowitz K, Yancy C, Gardner P, Gray GC, Maurer T, Siegel J, Guerra FA, Berger T, Flanders WD, Shope R; Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices; Armed Forces Epidemiological Board.  Monitoring the safety of a smallpox vaccination program in the United States: report of the joint Smallpox Vaccine Safety Working Group of the advisory committee on immunization practices and the Armed Forces Epidemiological Board. Clin Infect Dis. 2008;46:S258-70.

Chapman LE, Iskander JK, Chen RT, Neff J, Birkhead GS, Poland G, Gray GC, Siegel J, Sepkowitz K, Robertson RM, Yancy C, Guerra FA, Gardner P, Modlin JF, Maurer T, Berger T, Flanders WD, Shope R. A process for sentinel case review to assess causal relationships between smallpox vaccination and adverse outcomes, 2003-2004. Clin Infect Dis. 2008; 46:S271-93.

Gray GC, McCarthy T, Capuano AW, Setterquist SF, Alavanja MC, Lynch CF Evidence for Avian Influenza A Infections Iowa’s Agricultural Workers. Influenza & Resp Viruses, 2008;2:61-69.

Blazer D, Gray GC, Hotopf M, Macfarlane G, Sim M, Smith TC, and Wessely SAcetyl cholinesterase inhibition and Gulf War illnesses: Conclusions are not supported by independent reviews of the same evidence. PNAS 2008;105:E20, letter

Kayali G, Setterquist SF, Capuano AW, Myers KP, Gill JS, Gray GC.   Testing Human Sera for Antibodies against Avian Influenza Viruses: Horse RBC Hemagglutination Inhibition vs. Microneutralization Assays J Clin Virol 2008;43:73-78.

Smith TC, Boese B, Capuano A, Gray GC.  Occupational Exposure to Streptococcus suis among U.S. Swine Workers.  Emerg Infect Dis, 2008,14;1925-7.

Baker WS, Gray GC.  A Review of Zoonotic Infections among Veterinarians and their Often Ignored Occupational Risks  JAVMA; 2008, in press

Charles Lynch
Begg CB, Haile RW, Borg A, Malone KE, Concannon P, Thomas DC, Langholz B, Bernstein L, Olsen JH, Lynch CF, Anton-Culver H, Capanu M, Liang X, Hummer AJ, Sima C, Bernstein JL.  Variation of breast cancer risk among BRCA1/2 carriers.  JAMA 299(2):194-201, 2008. 

Bertelsen L, Bernstein L, Olsen JH, Mellemkjaer L, Haile RW, Lynch CF, Malone KE, Anton-Culver H, Christensen J, Langholz B, Thomas DC, Begg CB, Capanu M, Ejlertsen B, Stovall M, Boice JD Jr, Shore RE, The WECARE Study Collaborative Group, Bernstein JL.  Effect of systemic adjuvant treatment on risk of contralateral breast cancer in the Women's Environment, Cancer and Radiation Epidemiology Study.  Journal of the National Cancer Institute 100(1):32-40, 2008.

Koutros S, Mahajan R, Zheng T, Hoppin JA, Lynch CF, Blair A, Alavanja MC.  Dichlorvos exposure and human cancer risk:  results from the Agricultural Health Study.  Cancer Causes Control 19(1):59-65, 2008

Mellemkjaer L, Dahl C, Olsen JH, Bertelsen L, Guldberg P, Christensen J, Børresen-Dale AL, Stovall M, Langholz B, Bernstein L, Lynch CF, Malone KE, Haile RW, Andersson M, Thomas DC, Concannon P, Capanu M, Boice JD Jr, The WECARE Study Collaborative Group, Bernstein JL.  Risk of contralateral breast cancer among carriers of CHEK2(*)1100delC in the WECARE study.  British Journal of Cancer 98(4):728-733, 2008.

Dennis LK, Lowe JB, Lynch CF, Alavanja MC.  Cutaneous melanoma and obesity in the Agricultural Health Study.  Annals of Epidemiology 18(3):214-21, 2008.

Worrillow LJ, Smith AG, Scott K, Andersson M, Ashcroft J, Dores GM, Glimelius B, Holowaty E, Jackson GH, Jones GL, Lynch CF, Morgan G, Pukkala E, Scott D, Storm HH, Taylor PR, Vyberg M, Willett E, Travis LB, Allan JM.  Polymorphic MLH1 and risk of cancer after methylating chemotherapy for Hodgkin lymphoma.  Journal of Medical Genetics 45(3):142-6, 2008.

Figueiredo JC, Bernstein L, Capanu M, Malone KE, Lynch CF, Anton-Culver H, Stovall M, Bertelsen L, Haile RW, Bernstein JL, WECARE Study Group.  Oral contraceptives, post-menopausal hormones and risk of asynchronous contralateral breast cancer:  The WECARE Study Group.  Journal of Clinical Oncology 26(9):1411-1418, 2008.

Howard R, Gilbert E, Lynch CF, Hall P, Storm H, Holowaty E, Pukkala E, Langmark F, Kaijser M, Andersson M, Joensuu H, Fossa SD, Allan JM, Travis LB.  Risk of leukemia among survivors of testicular cancer:  a population-based study of 42,722 patients.  Annals of Epidemiology 18(5):416-421, 2008.

Kang D, Park SK, Beane-Freeman L, Lynch CF, Knott CE, Sandler DP, Hoppin JA, Dosemeci M, Coble J, Lubin J, Blair A, Alavanja M.  Cancer incidence among pesticide applicators exposed to trifluralin in the Agricultural Health Study.  Environmental Research 107(2):271-276, 2008.

Concannon P, Haile RW, Borresen-Dale AL, Rosenstein BS, Gatti RA, Teraoka SN, Diep AT, Jansen L, Atencio DP, Langholz B, Capanu M, Liang X, Begg CB, Thomas DC, Bernstein L, Olsen JH, Malone KE, Lynch CF, Anton-Culver H, The WECARE Study Collaborative Group, Bernstein JL.  Variants in the ATM gene associated with a reduced risk of contralateral breast cancer.  Cancer Research 68(16):6486-6491, 2008.

Habermann TM, Wang SS, Maurer MJ, Morton LM, Lynch CF, Ansell SM, Hartge P, Severson RK, Rothman N, Davis S, Geyer SM, Cozen W, Chanock SJ, Cerhan JR.  Host immune gene polymorphisms in combination with clinical and demographic factors predicts late survival in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma patients in the pre-Rituximab era.  Blood 112:2694-2702, 2008.

Ahmed A, Zamba G, DeGeest K, Lynch CF.   The impact of surgery on survival of elderly women with endometrial cancer in the SEER Program from 1992-2002.  Gynecologic Oncology 111:35-40, 2008.

Gray GC, McCarthy T, Capuano AW, Setterquist SF, Alavanja MC, Lynch CF.  Evidence for avian influenza A infections among Iowa’s agricultural workers.  Influenza and Other Respiratory Viruses 2(2):61-69, 2008.

Stovall M, Smith SA, Langholz BM, Boice Jr JD, Shore RE, Andersson M, Buchholz TA, Capanu M, Bernstein L, Lynch CF, Malone KE, Anton-Culver H, Haile RW, Rosenstein BS, Reiner AS, Thomas DC, Bernstein JL; WECARE Study Collaborative Group.  Dose to the contralateral breast from radiation therapy and risk of second primary breast cancer in the WECARE Study.  International Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology and Physics 72(4):1021-30, 2008.

Brock KE, Gridley G, Chiu BC, Ershow AG, Lynch CF, Cantor KP.  Dietary fat and risk of renal cell carcinoma in the U.S.:  a case-control study.  British Journal of Nutrition 12:1-11, 2008.

Langholz B, Thomas DC, Stovall M, Smith SA, Boice JD Jr, Shore RE, Bernstein L, Lynch CF, Zhang X, The WECARE Study Group, and Bernstein JL.  Statistical methods for analysis of radiation effects with tumor and dose location-specific information with application to the WECARE study of asynchronous contralateral breast cancer.  Biometrics 2008 Jul 21. [Epub ahead of print]

Morton LM, Wang SS, Cozen W, Linet MS, Chatterjee N, Davis S, Severson RK, Colt JS, Vasef MA, Rothman N, Blair A, Bernstein L, Cross AJ, De Roos AJ, Engels EA, Hein DW, Hill DA, Kelemen LE, Lim U, Lynch CF, Schenk M, Wacholder S, Ward MH, Zahm SH, Chanock SJ, Cerhan JR, Hartge P.  Etiologic heterogeneity among non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes.  Blood 2008 Sep 16. [Epub ahead of print]

Wang SS, Maurer MJ, Morton LM, Habermann TM, Cozen W, Davis S, Lynch CF, Severson RK, Rothman N, Chanock SJ, Hartge P, Cerhan JR.  Polymorphisms in DNA repair and one-carbon metabolism genes and overall survival in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma and follicular lymphoma.  Leukemia. 2008 Oct 2. [Epub ahead of print]

Sprince NL, Zwerling C, Whitten PS, Lynch CF, Burmeister LF, Gillette PP, Thu K, Alavanja MC.  Farm activities associated with eye injuries in the Agricultural Health Study.  Journal of Agromedicine (in press) 

Bakke B, De Roos AJ, Barr DB, Stewart PA, Blair A, Beane Freeman L, Lynch CF, Allen RH, Alavanja MC, Vermeulen R.  Exposure to atrazine and selected non-persistent pesticides among corn farmers during a growing season.  Journal of Exposure Science and Environmental Epidemiology (in press)       

Koutros S, Lynch CF, Xiaomei M, Lee WJ, Hoppin JA, Christensen CH, Andreotti G, Beane-Freeman L, Rusiecki JA, Hou L, Sandler DP, Alavanja MC.  Aromatic amine pesticide use and human cancer risk:  results from the U.S. Agricultural Health Study.  International Journal of Cancer  (in press)

Chaturvedi AK, Kleinerman RA, Hildesheim A, Gilbert ES, Storm H, Lynch CF, Hall P, Langmark F, Pukkala E, Kaijser M, Andersson M, Fossa SD, Joensuu H, Travis LB, Engels EA.  Second cancers following squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the cervix.  Journal of Clinical Oncology (in press)

Clegg LX, Reichman ME, Miller BA, Hankey BF, Singh GK, Lin YD, Goodman MT, Lynch CF, Schwartz SM, Chen VW, Bernstein L, Gomez SL, Graff JJ, Lin CC, Johnson NJ, Edwards BK.  Impact of socioeconomic status on cancer incidence and stage at diagnosis:  selected findings from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results – National Longitudinal Mortality Study.  Cancer Causes and Control (in press)

Bakke B, De Roos AJ, Barr DB, Stewart PA, Blair A, Freeman LB, Lynch CF, Allen RH,
Alavanja MC, Vermeulen R.  Exposure to atrazine and selected non-persistent
pesticides among corn farmers during a growing season.  Journal of Exposure Science
and Environmental Epidemiology 2008 Dec 3 [ Epub ahead of print]       

Chaturvedi AK, Kleinerman RA, Hildesheim A, Gilbert ES, Storm H, Lynch CF, Hall P, Langmark F, Pukkala E, Kaijser M, Andersson M, Fossa SD, Joensuu H, Travis LB,
Engels EA.  Second cancers after squamous cell carcinoma and adenocarcinoma of the cervix.  Journal of Clinical Oncology 2008 Dec 29. [Epub ahead of print]

Michael Pentella
Polgreen PM, Bohnett LC, Cavanaugh JE, Gingerich SB, Desjardin LE, Harris ML,
Quinlisk MP, Pentella MA.  The duration of mumps virus shedding after the onset of
symptoms.  Clin Infect Dis 1:46(9):1447-9, 2008.

Jennifer Robinson
Robinson JG.  Should We Use PPAR Agonists to Reduce Cardiovascular Risk? PPAR Research2008; in press.Invited commentary. 

Robinson JG.  Models for describing relationships among the various statin drugs, low-density lipoprotein cholesterol-lowering, pleiotropic effects, and cardiovascular risk. Am J Cardiol 2008; April 1;101(7):1009-15. Review.

Robinson JG, Wallace R, Limacher M, Ren H, Cochrane B, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Ockene JK, Blanchette PL, Ko MG.  Cardiovascular Risk in Women with Non-Specific Chest Pain from the Women’s Health Initiative Hormone Trials.  Am J Cardiol 2008; 102: 693-699.

Tinker LF, Bonds DE, Margolis KL, Manson JE, Howard BV, Larson J, Perri MG, Beresford SAA, Robinson JG, Rodriguez B, Safford MM, Wenger NK, Stevens VJ, Parker LM.  Low-Fat Dietary Pattern and Risk of Treated Diabetes Mellitus in Postmenopausal Women: The Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Controlled Dietary Modification Trial. Arch Intern Med 2008 Jul 28;168(14):1500-11.

Allison MA, Manson JE, Langer RD, Carr JJ, Rossouw JE, Pettinger MB, Phillipis L, Cochrane BB, Eaton CB, Greenland P, Hendrix S, Hsia J, Hunt JR, Jackson RD, Johnson KC, Kuller LH, Robinson JG, for the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) and WHI-Coronary Artery calcium Study Investigators.  Oophorectomy, Hormone Therapy and Subclinical Coronary Artery Disease in Women with Hysterectomy: The Women’s Health Initiative Coronary Artery Calcium Study.  Menopause 2008; Jul-Aug;15(4 Pt 1):639-47.

Tinker LF, Bonds DE, Margolis KL, Manson JE, Howard BV, Larson J, Perri MG, Beresford SAA, Robinson JG, Rodriguez B, Safford M, Wenger N, Stevens V, Parker LM.  Low-Fat Dietary Pattern and Risk of Diabetes Mellitus in Postmenopausal Women: The Women's Health Initiative randomized Controlled Dietary Modification Trial.  Arch Intern Med 2008;168(14):1500-1511

Margolis K, Qi L, Brzyski R, Bonds DE, Howard BV,  Kempainen S, Liu S, Phillips LS, Robinson JG, Safford MM, Tinker L.  Validity of Diabetes Self-Reports in the Women's Health Initiative: Comparison with Medication Inventories and Fasting Glucose Measurements.  Clin Trials 2008; 5: 240 doi 10.1177/1740774508091749.

Johnson KC, Margolis KL, Espeland MA, Colenda CC, Fillit H, Manson JE, Masaki KH, Mouton CP, Prineas R, Robinson JG, Wassertheil-Smoller S, for the WHIMS and WHI Investigators. A Prospective Study of the Effect of Hyptertension and Baseline Blood Pressure on Cognitive Decline and Dimentia in Postmenopausal Women:  the Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study.  J Am Geriatr Soc 2008 Aug;56(8):1449-58. Epub 2008 Jul 15.

Kastelein JJP,van der Stieg WA, Holme I,Gaffney M,Cater NB,Barter P,Deedwania P,Olsson AG,Boekholdt SM,DeMicco DA, Szarek M,LaRosa JC,Pedersen TR,Grundy SM, for the TNT and IDEAL Study Groups.  Lipids, apoliproteins, and their ratios in relation to cardiovascular events with statin treatment. Circulation. 2008;online ahead of print:DPI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.1107.713438.

Bazzata DD, Robinson JG, Fox KM, Grandy S, for the SHIELD Investigators.  Affecting Behavior Change in Individuals with Diabetes:Findings from the Study to Help Improve Early evaluation and management of risk factors Leading to Diabetes (SHIELD).  Diab Educ 2008 Nov-Dec;34(6):1025-36.

Shepherd J, Kastelein JJP, Bittner VA, Carmena RA, Deedwania PC, Breazna AC, Dobson SC, Wilson DJ, Zuckerman AL, Wenger NK, for the Treating to New Targets Study Steering Committee and Investigators. Intensive lipid lowering with atorvastatin in patients with coronary artery disease, diabetes, and chronic kidney disease. Mayo Clin Proc 2008;83:870-879.

Allison MA, Manson J, Langer R, Aragaki A, Smoller S, Lewis C, Thomas A, Lawson W, Cochrane B, Hsia J, Hunt J, Robinson J.  The Association between Different Measures of Blood Pressure and Coronary Artery Calcium in Postmenopausal Women.  Hypertension 2008; 52: 1-8.

Hsia J, Otvos J, Rossouw J, Wu L, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Hendrix S, Robinson JG, Lund B, Kuller LH for the Women’s Health Initiative Research Group. Lipoprotein Particle Concentrations May Explain the Absence of Coronary Protection in the Women’s Health Initiative Hormone Trials.  Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2008; 28: 1666-1671.

Rossouw JE, Cushman M, Greenland P, Lloyd-Jones DM, Bray P, Kooperberg C, Pettinger M, Robinson J, Hendrix S, Hsia J. Inflammatory, Lipid, Thrombotic, and Genetic Markers of Coronary Heart Disease Risk in the Women's Health Initiative Trials of Hormone Therapy. Arch Intern Med 2008;168:2245-2253.

Johnson C, Waters DD, DeMicco DA, Breazna A, Bittner V, Greten H, Grundy SM, LaRosa JC, for the Treating to New Targets Study Steering Committee and Investigators. Comparison of effectiveness of atorvastatin 10 mg versus 80 mg in reducing major cardiovascular events and repeat revascularization in patients with previous percutaneous coronary intervention (Post hoc analysis of the Treating to New Targets [TNT] study). Am J Cardiol 2008;102:1312-1317.

Ridker PM, Danielson E, Fonseca FAH, Genest J, Gotto AM, Jr., Kastelein JJP, Koenig W, Libby P, Lorenzatti AJ, MacFadyen JG, Nordestgaard BG, Shepherd J, Willerson JT, Glynn RJ, the Jupiter Study Group. Rosuvastatin to prevent vascular events in men and women with elevated C-reactive protein. N Engl J Med 2008:359: 2195-2207.

deBoer IH, Tinker LF, Connelly S, Curb JD, Howard BV, Kestenbaum B, Larson JC, Manson JE, Margolis KL, Siscovick DS, Weiss NS; Women’s Health Initiative Investigators. Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of incident diabetes in the Women’s Health Initiative. Diabetes Care. 2008 Apr;31(4):701-7. Epub 2008 Jan 30.

Chlebowski RT, Anderson G, Pettinger M, Lane D, Langer RD, Gilligan MA, Walsh BW, Chen C, McTiernan A; Women’s Health Initiative Investigators. Estrogen plus progestin and breast cancer detection by means of mammography and breast biopsy. Arch Intern Med. 2008 Feb 25;168(4):370-7; quiz 345. Erratum in: Arch Intern Med. 2008 May 12;168(9):935.

 Walitt B, Pettinger M, Weinstein A, Katz J, Torner J, Wasko MC, Howard BV; Women’s Health Initiative Investigators. Effects of postmenopausal hormone therapy on rheumatoid arthritis: the women’s health initiative randomized controlled trials. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Mar 15;59(3):302-10.

Bray PF, Larson JC, Lacroix AZ, Manson J, Limacher MC, Rossouw JE, Lasser NL, Lawson WE, Stefanick ML, Langer RD, Margolis KL; Women’s Health Initiative Investigators. Usefulness of baseline lipids and C-reactive protein in women receiving menopausal hormone therapy as predictors of treatment-related coronary events. Am J Cardiol. 2008 Jun 1;101(11):1599-1605. Epub 2008 Apr 2.

Zheng Z, Margolis KL, Liu S, Tinker LF, Ye W; Women’s Health Initiative Investigators  Effects of estrogen with and without progestin and obesity on symptomatic gastroesophageal reflux. Gastroenterology. 2008 Jul;135(1):72-81. Epub 2008 Mar 25.

Luo J, Margolis KL, Adami HO, LaCroix A. Ye W; Women’s Health Initiative Investigators. Obesity and risk of pancreatic cancer among postmenopausal women: the Women’s Health Initiative (United States). Br J Cancer. 2008 Aug 5;99(3):527-31. Epub 2008 Jul 15.

Brunner RL, Cochrane B, Jackson RD, Larson J, Lewis C, Limacher M, Rosal M, Shumaker S, Wallace R; Women’s Health Initiative Investigators. J Am Diet Assoc. 2008 Sep;108(9):1472-9.

Margolis KL, Ray RM, Van Horn L, Manson JE, Allison MA, Black HR, Beresford SA, Connelly SA, Curb JD, Grimm RH Jr, Kotchen TA, Kuller LH, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Thomson CA, Torner JC; Women’s Health Initiative Investigators. Effect of calcium and vitamin D supplementation on blood pressure: the Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Trial. Hypertension. 2008 Nov;52(5):847-55. Epub 2008 Sep 29.

Ritenbaugh C, Stanford JL, Wu L, Shikany JM, Schoen RE, Stefanick ML, Taylor V, Garland C, Frank G, Lane D, Mason E, McNeeley SG, Ascensao J, Chlebowski RT; Women’s Health Initiative. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2008 Oct;17(10):2609-18. Epub 2008 Sep 30.

Chlebowski RT, Johnson KC, Kooperberg C, Pettinger M, Wactawski-Wende J, Rohan T, Rossouw J, Lane D, O’Sullivan MJ, Yasmeen S, Hiatt RA, Shikany JM, Vitolins M, Khandekar J, Hubbell FA; Women’s Health Initiative Investigators. Calcium plus vitamin d supplementation and the risk of breast cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2008 Nov 19;100(22):1581-91. Epub 2008 Nov. 11.

Paul Romitti
Caton A, Bell EM, Druschel C, Werler MM, Mitchell AA, Browne ML, McNutt LA, Romitti PA, Olney RS, Correa A and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. (2008) Maternal high blood pressure, antihypertensive medication use and the risk of severe hypospadias. Birth Defects Res Part A Clin Mol Teratol 82: 34-40.

Carter TC, Druschel CM, Romitti PA, Bell E, Werler M, Mitchell A, and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. (2008) Antifungal drugs and the risk of selected birth defects. Am J Obstet Gynecol 198: 191.e1-191.e7.

Green RF, Olney R, Reefhuis J, Botto L, Romitti PA, and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. (2008) Maternal reports of family history from the Birth Defects Prevention Study, 1997-2001. Genet Med 10: 37-45.

Ethen M, Ramadhani T, Scheuerle A, Canfield M, Wyszynski D, Druschel C, Romitti PA, and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Alcohol consumption by women before and during pregnancy. Mat Child Health DOI:10.1007/s10995-008-0328-2 [Online March 4 2008].

Malik S, Cleves MA, Honein M, Romitti PA, Botto LD, Yang S, Hobbs CA, and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. (2008) Maternal smoking and congenital heart defects. Pediatrics 121: e810-816.

Freeman SB, Bean LH, Allen EG; Tinker S, Locke A, Druschel C, Hobbs CA, O’Leary LA, Romitti PA, Royle MH, Torfs CP, Dooley KJ, Sherman SL. (2008) Ethnicity, Sex and the Incidence of Congenital Heart Defects: A Report from the National Down Syndrome Project Genet Med 10: 173-180.

Lin S, Munsie JP, Bell E, Druschel C, Romitti PA, Olney R, and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. (2008) Maternal asthma medication use and the risk of gastroschisis. Am J Epidemiol 168: 73-79.

Waller DK, Correa A, Vo TM, Wang Y, Hobbs CA, Langlois PH, Pearson K, Romitti PA, Shaw GM, Hecht JT. (2008) The population-based prevalence of achondroplasia and thanatophoric dysplasia in selected regions of the US. Am J Med Genet A 146A: 2385-2389.

Kancherla V*, Romitti PA, Damiano PC, Tyler MC, Druschel CM, Robbins JM, Kizelnik-Freilich S. Maternal reports of satisfaction with care and outcomes for children with microtia. Plast Recontr Surg (In Press)

Damiano P, Tyler M, Romitti PA, Druschel C, Austin AA, Burnett W, Kizelnik-Freilich S, Robbins JM. Demographic characteristics, care and outcomes for children with oral clefts in three states using participants from the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. Cleft Palate Craniofac J (In Press)

Wong-Gibbons DL**, Romitti PA, Sun L, Olshan A, Reefhuis J, Moore C, Bell E, and the National Birth Defects Prevention Study. (2008) Maternal periconceptional exposure to cigarette smoking and alcohol and esophageal atresia ± tracheo-esophageal fistula. Birth Defects Res Part A Clin Mol Teratol 82: 776-784.

Freeman SB, Druschel CM, Hobbs CA, Romitti PA, Royle MH, Torfs CP, Sherman SL. Congenital gastrointestinal defects in Down Syndrome: a report from the National Down Syndrome Project. Clin Genet  DOI:10.1111/j.1399-0004.2008.01110.x [Epub ahead of print 2008 Nov 17]

Allen EG, Freeman SB, Druschel C, Hobbs CA, O’Leary LA, Romitti PA, Royle MH, Torfs CP, Sherman SL. Maternal age and risk for trisomy 21 assessed by the origin of chromosome nondisjunction: a report from the Atlanta and National Down Syndrome Projects. Hum Genet DOI:10.1007/s00439-008-0603-8 [Epub ahead of print 2008 Dec 3]

Audrey Saftlas
Wallis AB, Saftlas AF.  Untangling an epidemiological knot: migraine and preeclampsia.  Am J Hypertens. 2008 Mar;21:245.

Wallis AB, Saftlas AF, Hsia J, Atrash HK.Secular trends in the rate of preeclampsia, eclampsia, and gestational hypertension, United States, 1987-2004. Am J Hypertens. 2008 May;21(5):521-6.

Wallis AB, Saftlas AF. A Gram of Prevention…A Modest Increase in Fiber Consumption May Reduce Risk of Preeclampsia.  American Journal of Hypertension 21(8):849-50, 2008.

Beydoun H, Saftlas AF.  Physical and mental health outcomes of prenatal maternal stress in human and animal stuides: A review of recent evidence.  Paediatr Perinat Epidemiology 22(5):438-66, 2008.

Elaine Smith
Smith EM, Ritchie JM, Lee JH, Ludvikova V, Haugen TH, Turek LP, Hamsikova E.  Does Pretreatment Seropositivity to Human Papillomavirus Have Prognostic Significance for Head and Neck Cancers?  Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers Prevention, 2008; 17:2087-2096.

Beining RM, Dennis LK, Smith EM, Dokras A. Meta-Analysis of Intrauterine Device Use and Risk of Endometrial Cancer. Ann Epidemiology 2008

Smith EM, Wang D, Rubenstein LM, Morris WA, Turek LP, Haugen TH. Association Between p53 and Human Paillomavirus in Head and Neck Cancer Survival. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers Prev 2008; 17(2):421-7.

Hashibe M, Brennan P, Chuang S-C, et al. Interaction between tobacco and alcohol use and risk of head and neck cancer: pooled analysis in the INHANCE consortium. Int J Epidemiol Cancer Epidemiol Biomark Prev In press. 2008.

Purdue M, Hashibe M, BerthillerJ, et al. Alcohol beverage type and risk of head and neck cancer – a pooled analysis within the INHANCE consortium. Amer J Epidemiol In press. 2008.

Tara Smith
Batts SA, Anthis N, Smith TC. Advancing Science through Conversations:  Bridging the Gap between Blogs and the Academy.   PLoS Biology, 6(9): e240, 2008.

Smith TC, Capuano A, Boese B, Myers KP, Gray GC.  Occupational exposure to Streptococcus suis among US swine workersEmerging Infectious Diseases, 14(12): 1925-7, 2008.

Linda Snetselaar
Sevick M, Zickmund S, Korytkowski M, Piraino B, Sereika S, Mihalko S, Snetselaar L, Stumbo P, Hausmann L, Ren D, Marsh R, Sakraida T, Gibson J, Safaien M, Starrett T, Burke L. Design, feasibility, and acceptability of an intervention using personal digital assistant-based self-monitoring in managing type 2 diabetes. Contemp Clin Trials. May 2008;29(3):396-409.

Nothwehr F, Snetselaar L, Wu L. Age group differences in diet and physical activity-related behaviors among rural men and women. J Nutr Health Aging. 2008;(12)3:169-174.

Trostler N, Myers E, Snetselaar L. Description of practice characteristics and professional activities of dietetics practice-based research network members. J Am Diet Assoc. June 2008;108(6):1060-7.

Trostler N, Myers E, Snetselaar L. Determining resting metabolic rate:  Evaluation of appendix material for ADA evidence based nutrition practice guidelines using the Dietetics Practice-Based Research Network. Topics in Clinical Nutrition. 2008;23(4):292-306.

Sevick MA, Stone RA, Novak M, Piraino B, Snetselaar L, Marsh RM, et al. A PDA-based Dietary Self-monitoring Intervention to Reduce Sodium Intake in an In-center Hemodialysis Patient: A case study. Patient Preference and Adherence Journal. 2008;2:177-184.

Caire-Juvera G, Ritenbaugh C, Chen Z, Snetselaar L. Vitamin A and retinol intake and the risk of fractures among participants of the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) observational study. Am J Clin Nutr. December 3, 2008, [Epub ahead

Robert Wallace
Lang IA, Llewellyn DJ, Langa KM, Wallace RB, Huppert FA, Melzer D.  Neighborhood Deprivation, Individual Socioeconomic Status, and Cognitive Function in Older People: Analyses from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.  J Am Geriatr Soc 56(2):191-8, 2008.

Heiss, G, Wallace R, Anderson GL, Aragaki A, Beresford S, Brzyski R, Chlebowski RT, Gass M, LaCrois A, Manson JE, Prentice RL, Rossouw J, Stefanick ML for the WHI Investigators.  Health Risks and Benefits 3 Years After Stopping Randomized Treatment with Estrogen and Progestin.  JAMA 299(9) 1935-1045, 2008, 2008.

Robinson JG, Wallace R, Limacher M, Ren H, Cochrane B, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Ockene JK, Blanchette PL, Ko MG.  Cardiovascular Risk in Women with Non-Specific Chest Pain from the Women’s Health Initiative Hormone Trials.  Am J Cardiol 102(6):693-9, Sept. 2008.

Wolinsky FD, Liu L, Miller TR, An H, Geweke JF, Kaskie B, Wright KB, Chrischilles EA, Pavlik CE, Cook EA, Ohsfeldt RL, Richardson KK, Rosenthal GE, Wallace RB.  Emergency Department Utilization Patterns Among Older Adults.  Journal of Gerontology: Medical Sciences 63A(2):204-209, 2008.

Plassman BL, Langa KM, Fisher GG, Heeringa SG, Weir DR, Ofstedal MB, Burke JR, Hurd MD, Potter GG, Rodgers WL, Steffens DC, McArdle JJ, Willis RJ, Wallace RB.  Prevalence of Cognitive Impairment without Dementia in the United States.  Annals of Internal Medicine 148(6):427-434, 2008.

Moeller SM, Voland R, Tinker L, Blodi BA, Klein ML, Gehrs KM, Johnson EJ, Snodderly M, Wallace RB, Chappell RJ, Parekh N, Rittenbaugh C, Mares JA, for the CAREDS Study Group.  Associations Between Age-Related Nuclear Cataract and Lutein and Zeaxanthin in the Diet and Serum in the Carotenoids in the Age-Related Eye Disease Study (CAREDS), an Ancillary Study of the Women’s Health Initiative.  Arch Ophthalmol 126(3):354-364, 2008.

Wallace RB, Gryzlak BM, Zimmerman MB, Nisly NL.  Application of FDA Adverse Event Report Data to the Surveillance of Dietary Botanical Supplements.  The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 42(5):653-60, 2008. 

Tanaka MJ, Gryzlak BM, Zimmerman MB, Nisly NL. Wallace RB.  Patterns of Natural Herb Use by Asian and Pacific Islanders.  Ethn Health 13(2):93-108, 2008.

Forman-Hoffman VL, Richardson KK, Yankey JW, Hillis SL, Wallace RB, Wolinsky FD.  Impact of Functional Limitations and Medical Comorbidity on Subsequent Weight Changes and Increased Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults.  Journal of Aging and Health 20(4): 367-384, 2008. 

Steel N, Clark A, Lang IA, Wallace RB, Melzer D.  Racial Disparities in Receipt of Hip and Knee Joint Replacements Are Not Explained by Need: The Health and Retirement Study 1998-2004.  J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 63(6):629-634, 2008. 

Forman-Hoffman VL, Richardson KK, Yankey JW, Hillis SL, Wallace RB, Wolinsky FD.  Retirement and Weight Changes Among Men and Women in the Health and Retirement Study.  J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 63(3):S146-53, May 2008. 

Lang IA, Llewellyn DJ, Langa KM, Wallace RB, Melzer D.  Neighbourhood Deprivation and Incident Mobility Disability in Older Adults.  Age Ageing 37(4):403-10, July 2008. 

Brunner RL, Cochrane B, Jackson RD, Larson J, Lewis C, Limacher M, Rosal M, Shumaker S, Wallace R; Women's Health Initiative Investigators.  Calcium, Vitamin D Supplementation, and Physical Function in the Women's Health Initiative. J Am Diet Assoc 108(9):1472-9, Sept. 2008.

Lang IA, Galloway TS, Scarlett A, Henley WE, Depledge M, Wallace RB, Melzer D.  Association of Urinary Bisphenol A Concentration with Medical Disorders and Laboratory Abnormalities in Adults.  JAMA 300(11):1303-10, Sep 2008.

Aggarwal A, Freund K, Sato A, Adams-Campbell LL, Lopez AM, Lessin LS, Ockene J, Wallace RB, Williams CD, Bonds DE. Are depressive symptoms associated with cancer screening and cancer stage at diagnosis among postmenopausal women? The Women’s Health Initiative Observational Cohort.  J Womens Health (Larchmt) 17(8):1353-61, Oct. 2008.

Dyer CB, Franzini L, Watson M, Sanchez L, Prati L, Mitchell S, Wallace R, Pickens S.  Future Research: A Prospective Longitudinal Study of Elder Self-Neglect.  J Am Geriatr Soc 56(s2):S261-S265, 2008.

Anne Wallis
Penziner E, Williams JK, Erwin C, Bombard,Y, Wallis A, Beglinger L, Hayden MR, Paulsen JS. Perceptions of discrimination among persons who have undergone predictive testing for Huntington’s Disease.  American Journal of Medical Genetics. 147(3):320-5, 2008.

Dungy C, McInnes R, Tappin D, Wallis A, Oprescu F.  Infant feeding attitudes and knowledge among socioeconomically disadvantaged women in Glasgow.  Maternal and Child Health Journal. 12(3):313-322, 2008.

Wallis A, Saftlas A. Untangling an epidemiological knot: Migraine and preeclampsia. Invited commentary.  American Journal of Hypertension. 21(3):24, 2008.

Wallis A, Saftlas A, Hsia J, Atrash H.  Secular trends in the rates of preeclampsia, eclampsia, and gestational hypertension, United States, 1987-2004.  American Journal of Hypertension. 21(5):521-6, 2008.

Wallis A, Brînzaniuc A, Cherecheş R, Oprescu F, Şirlincan E, David I, Dîrle I, Dungy C. Reliability and validity of the Romanian version of a scale to measure infant feeding attitudes and knowledge.  Acta Paediatrica. 97(9):1194, 2008.

Wallis A, Saftlas A.  A gram of prevention … a modest increase in fiber consumption may reduce risk of preeclampsia.   American Journal of Hypertension. 21(8):849, 2008.

 

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