Search Results - "Huskey, Karen W."
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Successful Weight Loss Among Obese U.S. Adults
Published in American journal of preventive medicine (01-05-2012)“…Background Little is known about weight control strategies associated with successful weight loss among obese U.S. adults in the general population. Purpose To…”
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High-risk alcohol use after weight loss surgery
Published in Surgery for obesity and related diseases (01-05-2014)“…Abstract Background Bariatric or weight loss surgery (WLS) may alter alcohol metabolism resulting in a higher prevalence of problem drinking postoperatively…”
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Patient Factors Associated with Undergoing Laparoscopic Adjustable Gastric Banding vs Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass for Weight Loss
Published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons (01-12-2013)“…Background Roux-en-Y gastric bypass and laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding are 2 commonly performed bariatric procedures in the US with different profiles…”
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Food Insecurity and Metabolic Control Among U.S. Adults With Diabetes
Published in Diabetes care (01-10-2013)“…We sought to determine whether food insecurity is associated with worse glycemic, cholesterol, and blood pressure control in adults with diabetes. We conducted…”
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Sex, Race, and Consideration of Bariatric Surgery Among Primary Care Patients with Moderate to Severe Obesity
Published in Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM (01-01-2014)“…ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Bariatric surgery is one of few obesity treatments to produce substantial weight loss but only a small proportion of medically-eligible…”
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Sex, Race, and the Adverse Effects of Social Stigma vs. Other Quality of Life Factors Among Primary Care Patients with Moderate to Severe Obesity
Published in Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM (01-02-2015)“…ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Patients with obesity face widespread social bias, but the importance of this social stigma to patients relative to other quality of life…”
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Quality of Life Among Obese Patients Seeking Weight Loss Surgery: The Importance of Obesity-Related Social Stigma and Functional Status
Published in Journal of general internal medicine : JGIM (01-02-2013)“…ABSTRACT BACKGROUND Obesity is a stigmatizing condition associated with adverse psychosocial consequences. The relative importance of weight stigma in reducing…”
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Expectations for weight loss and willingness to accept risk among patients seeking weight loss surgery
Published in JAMA surgery (01-03-2013)“…Weight loss surgery (WLS) has been shown to produce long-term weight loss but is not risk free or universally effective. The weight loss expectations and…”
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Sex, Race, and the Quality of Life Factors Most Important to Patients’ Well-Being Among Those Seeking Bariatric Surgery
Published in Obesity surgery (01-06-2016)“…Background Evidence suggests obesity-related social stigma and impairment in work function may be the two most detrimental quality of life (QOL) factors to…”
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Obesity, Race, and Risk for Death or Functional Decline Among Medicare Beneficiaries: A Cohort Study
Published in Annals of internal medicine (17-05-2011)“…The adverse effect of obesity on health outcomes may be lower in older and African American adults than in the general U.S. population. To examine and compare…”
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Obesity and the Likelihood of Sexual Behavioral Risk Factors for HPV and Cervical Cancer
Published in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (01-11-2008)“…Obesity is associated with higher cervical cancer mortality, but its relationship with sexual behavioral risk factors that predispose women to human papilloma…”
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Preferences and Self-efficacy for Diet Modification Among Primary Care Patients
Published in Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) (01-02-2010)“…Limited data exist about patient preferences and self-efficacy for different diets. We explored the preferences and self-efficacy of primary care patients for…”
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Huntington CAG repeat size does not modify onset age in familial Parkinson's disease: The GenePD study
Published in Movement disorders (15-08-2008)“…The ATP/ADP ratio reflects mitochondrial function and has been reported to be influenced by the size of the Huntington disease gene (HD) repeat. Impaired…”
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The Gly2019Ser mutation in LRRK2 is not fully penetrant in familial Parkinson's disease: the GenePD study
Published in BMC medicine (05-11-2008)“…We report age-dependent penetrance estimates for leucine-rich repeat kinase 2 (LRRK2)-related Parkinson's disease (PD) in a large sample of familial PD. The…”
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Obesity, Race, and the Risk of Mortality and Functional Decline Among Medicare Beneficiaries 65 Years and Older in the United States
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Replication of association between ELAVL4 and Parkinson disease: the GenePD study
Published in Human genetics (01-08-2008)“…Genetic variants in embryonic lethal, abnormal vision, Drosophila-like 4 ( ELAVL4 ) have been reported to be associated with onset age of Parkinson disease…”
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Huntington CAG repeat size does not modify onset age in familial Parkinson's disease: The Gene PD study
Published in Movement disorders (15-08-2008)“…Abstract The ATP/ADP ratio reflects mitochondrial function and has been reported to be influenced by the size of the Huntington disease gene ( HD ) repeat…”
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The Gly2019Ser mutation in LRRK2is not fully penetrant in familial Parkinson's disease: the GenePD study
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