Search Results - "Filipo, Vaimoana"

Associations of childhood BMI traits with blood pressure and glycated haemoglobin in 6–9‐year‐old Samoan children by Choy, Courtney C., Johnson, William, Braun, Joseph M., Soti‐Ulberg, Christina, Reupena, Muagututia S., Naseri, Take, Savusa, Kima, Lupematasila, Vaimoana Filipo, Arorae, Maria Siulepa, Tafunaina, Faatali, Unasa, Folla, Duckham, Rachel L., Wang, Dongqing, McGarvey, Stephen T., Hawley, Nicola L.

“…Summary Introduction Prevalence and risk factors for elevated glycated haemoglobin (HbA1c) and blood pressure (BP) are poorly understood among Pacific…”
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Prevalence of malnutrition among Samoan children aged 5 to 11 years in 2019-2020 by Choy, Courtney C., Lupematasila, Vaimoana Filipo, Arorae, Maria Siulepa, Tafunaina, Faatali, Unasa, Folla, Soti-Ulberg, Christina, Reupena, Muagututia S., Duckham, Rachel L., Faasalele-Savusa, Kima, Naseri, Take, Hawley, Nicola L.

“…Globally, rapid economic development, urbanisation, and nutrition transitions have led to rising levels of malnutrition in all forms. The study objective was…”
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Shaping childhood obesity: behavioral and environmental risk factors associated with body mass index trajectories between 2 and 9 years in Samoan children by Choy, Courtney C, Johnson, William, Naseri, Take, Filipo, Vaimoana, Arorae, Maria Siulepa, Tafunaina, Faatali, Unasa, Folla, Savusa, Kima, Reupena, Muagututia S, Braun, Joseph M, Duckham, Rachel L, Soti-Ulberg, Christina, McGarvey, Stephen T, Hawley, Nicola L

“…Pacific children are at high obesity risk, yet the behavioral and environmental factors that contribute to obesity development in this setting remain poorly…”
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Advantage in Aging Cognition Associated with the CREBRF variant rs373863828 Among Samoans by Levy, Becca R., Viali, Satupa’itea, Naseri, Take, Reupena, Muagututia Sefuiva, Faasalele-Savusa, Kima, Filipo, Vaimoana, Kershaw, Erin E., Huang, Yuan, Slade, Martin D.

“…We examined whether the A allele of CREBRF rs373863828, which is common in Samoans but rare in non-Pacific Islanders, predicts better cognition. Samoan…”
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