Search Results - "LEE, NANETTE R"
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Reproduction predicts shorter telomeres and epigenetic age acceleration among young adult women
Published in Scientific reports (23-07-2018)“…Evolutionary theory predicts that reproduction entails costs that detract from somatic maintenance, accelerating biological aging. Despite support from studies…”
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Birth weight and maternal energy status during pregnancy as predictors of epigenetic age acceleration in young adults from metropolitan Cebu, Philippines
Published in Epigenetics (02-11-2022)“…Epigenetic clocks quantify regular changes in DNA methylation that occur with age, or in relation to biomarkers of ageing, and are strong predictors of…”
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Ultraprocessed Food Intake during the Transition to Adulthood Varies According to Sociodemographic Characteristics and Maternal Intake in Cebu, Philippines
Published in The Journal of nutrition (01-07-2024)“…Ultraprocessed foods (UPFs) are associated with elevated risk of noncommunicable disease, but little is known about UPF intake and the individual-, household-,…”
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Health of Philippine Emigrants Study (HoPES): study design and rationale
Published in BMC public health (20-06-2018)“…Immigrants to the United States are usually healthier than their U.S.-born counterparts, yet the health of immigrants declines with duration of stay in the…”
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Evolutionary life history theory as an organising framework for cohort studies: insights from the Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey
Published in Annals of human biology (17-02-2020)“…By tracking a group of individuals through time, cohort studies provide fundamental insights into the developmental time course and causes of health and…”
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Awareness, experiences, and beliefs related to ultra-processed foods among young people in Cebu, Philippines
Published in Appetite (01-12-2024)“…Ultra-processed food (UPF) intake is rising in low- and middle-income countries, where non-communicable diseases are now the leading contributor to disease…”
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Long-term health after Severe Acute Malnutrition in children and adults- the role of the Pancreas (SAMPA): Protocol [version 2; peer review: 2 approved]
Published in F1000 research (2022)“…Background: Prenatal growth retardation may increase the risk of later chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including diabetes; however, long-term effects…”
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Long-term health after Severe Acute Malnutrition in children and adults- the role of the Pancreas (SAMPA): Protocol [version 1; peer review: 1 approved with reservations]
Published in F1000 research (2022)“…Background: Prenatal growth retardation may increase the risk of later chronic non-communicable diseases (NCDs), including diabetes; however, long-term effects…”
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Identification of Novel Candidate Genes and Variants for Hearing Loss and Temporal Bone Anomalies
Published in Genes (13-04-2021)“…Hearing loss remains an important global health problem that is potentially addressed through early identification of a genetic etiology, which helps to…”
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Health selection on self-rated health and the healthy migrant effect: Baseline and 1-year results from the health of Philippine Emigrants Study
Published in PLOS global public health (01-01-2022)“…Studies of migration and health focus on a "healthy migrant effect" whereby migrants are healthier than individuals not migrating. Health selection remains the…”
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Subjective social status is associated with happiness but not weight status or psychological distress: An analysis of three prospective birth cohorts from low- and middle-income countries
Published in Wellbeing, space and society (2022)“…•Previous studies of association of subjective social status with health are susceptible to unmeasured confounding by life course socio-economic position and…”
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Clustering and Determinants of Cardiometabolic Risk Factors among Filipino Young Adults
Published in Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition (01-03-2014)“…Background: With modernization, cardiometabolic disease risk has increased in low and middle-income countries. To better understand cardiometabolic disease…”
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Waist circumference and the risk of hypertension and prediabetes among Filipino women
Published in European journal of nutrition (01-03-2013)“…Objectives To examine waist circumference as a risk factor for having hypertension only, impaired fasting glucose only, or both hypertension and impaired…”
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Effects of early-life poverty on health and human capital in children and adolescents: analyses of national surveys and birth cohort studies in LMICs
Published in The Lancet (British edition) (30-04-2022)“…The survival and nutrition of children and, to a lesser extent, adolescents have improved substantially in the past two decades. Improvements have been linked…”
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Pregnancy is linked to faster epigenetic aging in young women
Published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS (16-04-2024)“…A central prediction of evolutionary theory is that energy invested into reproduction comes at the expense of somatic maintenance and repair, accelerating…”
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Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies identifies eight new loci for type 2 diabetes in east Asians
Published in Nature genetics (01-01-2012)“…Yoon Shin Cho, Mark Seielstad and colleagues report a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies for type 2 diabetes in individuals of east Asian…”
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Older paternal ages and grandpaternal ages at conception predict longer telomeres in human descendants
Published in Proceedings of the Royal Society. B, Biological sciences (29-05-2019)“…Telomere length (TL) declines with age in most human tissues, and shorter TL appears to accelerate senescence. By contrast, men's sperm TL is positively…”
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Socioeconomic status is negatively associated with immunosenescence but positively associated with inflammation among middle-aged women in Cebu, Philippines
Published in Brain, behavior, and immunity (01-01-2024)“…•Socioeconomic status (SES) predicts numerous health outcomes.•Chronic inflammation and immunosenescence are implicated pathways.•Studies on SES and immune…”
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Genome-wide analysis of copy-number variation in humans with cleft lip and/or cleft palate identifies COBLL1, RIC1, and ARHGEF38 as clefting genes
Published in American journal of human genetics (05-01-2023)“…Cleft lip with or without cleft palate (CL/P) is a common birth defect with a complex, heterogeneous etiology. It is well established that common and rare…”
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Evidence that highly canalized fetal traits are sensitive to intergenerational effects of maternal developmental nutrition
Published in American journal of biological anthropology (01-04-2024)“…Objectives Maternal experiences before pregnancy predict birth outcomes, a key indicator of health trajectories, but the timing and pathways for these effects…”
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