Search Results - "Kabat, G.C"

Association of anthropometric measures and hemostatic factors in postmenopausal women: A longitudinal study by Kabat, G.C, Heo, M, Allison, M.A, Hou, L, Nassir, R, Zaslavsky, O, Rohan, T.E

“…Abstract Background and aims Obesity has been associated with increased levels of hemostatic factors. However, few studies have compared change in different…”
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Optimal scaling of weight and waist circumference to height for maximal association with DXA-measured total body fat mass by sex, age and race/ethnicity by Heo, M, Kabat, G C, Gallagher, D, Heymsfield, S B, Rohan, T E

“…BACKGROUND: Body mass index (BMI; weight (Wt)/height (Ht) (in kg m −2 ) and waist circumference (WC) are widely used as proxy anthropometric measures for total…”
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Longitudinal association of measures of adiposity with serum antioxidant concentrations in postmenopausal women by Kabat, G C, Heo, M, Ochs-Balcom, H M, LeBoff, M S, Mossavar-Rahmani, Y, Adams-Campbell, L L, Nassir, R, Ard, J, Zaslavsky, O, Rohan, T E

“…Background/Objectives: The relationship between obesity and circulating levels of antioxidants is poorly understood. Most studies that have examined the…”
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Repeated measurements of serum carotenoid, retinol and tocopherol levels in relation to colorectal cancer risk in the Women's Health Initiative by Kabat, G C, Kim, M Y, Sarto, G E, Shikany, J M, Rohan, T E

“…Background/Objective: Previous cohort studies examining the association of serum antioxidant levels and risk of colorectal cancer have used a single (baseline)…”
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US pediatric population-level associations of DXA-measured percentage of body fat with four BMI metrics with cutoffs by Heo, M, Wylie-Rosett, J, Pietrobelli, A, Kabat, G C, Rohan, T E, Faith, M S

“…Objective: Four body mass index (BMI) metrics—BMI, BMI z-score, BMI percentile and BMI%—are commonly used as proxy measures for children’s adiposity. We sought…”
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Biomarkers of body iron stores and risk of developing type 2 diabetes by Rajpathak, S.N, Wylie-Rosett, J, Gunter, M.J, Negassa, A, Kabat, G.C, Rohan, T.E, Crandall, J

“…Iron may contribute to the pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) by inducing oxidative stress and interfering with insulin secretion. Elevated ferritin…”
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Construction of a flavonoid database for assessing intake in a population-based sample of women on Long Island, New York by Fink, B.N, Steck, S.E, Wolff, M.S, Kabat, G.C, Gammon, M.D

“…Flavonoids have been hypothesized to reduce cancer risk. Previous epidemiological studies conducted to evaluate this hypothesis have not assessed all…”
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Implications for cancer epidemiology of differences in dietary intake associated with alcohol consumption by Hebert, J R, Kabat, G C

“…Several dietary factors are thought to modify risk for cancers that are known to be associated with alcohol intake. In this study, we sought to identify and…”
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Recent developments in the epidemiology of lung cancer by Kabat, G C

“…Lung cancer is currently the leading cause of cancer death in the United States and also the most common tumor worldwide. Changes in the distribution of…”
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