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Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial: design and baseline data by Leske, M C, Heijl, A, Hyman, L, Bengtsson, B

“…The Early Manifest Glaucoma Trial (EMGT) will evaluate the effectiveness of reducing intraocular pressure (IOP) in early, previously untreated open-angle…”
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Nine-year incidence of obesity and overweight in an African-origin population by Nemesure, B, Wu, S.Y, Hennis, A, Leske, M.C

“…Objective: To provide 9-year incidence estimates for obesity and overweight and describe weight changes over time in an African-origin population. Design: A…”
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Refractive Errors in a Black Adult Population: The Barbados Eye Study by Wu, Suh-Yuh, Nemesure, Barbara, Leske, M. Cristina

“…To describe the prevalence of refractive errors in a black adult population. The Barbados Eye Study, a population-based study, included 4709 Barbados-born…”
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Diabetes, hypertension, and central obesity as cataract risk factors in a black population. The Barbados Eye Study by Leske, M C, Wu, S Y, Hennis, A, Connell, A M, Hyman, L, Schachat, A

“…The increased cataract prevalence of black populations, especially of cortical cataract, remains unexplained. The authors evaluate the relationships of…”
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Electromagnetic Fields and Breast Cancer on Long Island: A Case-Control Study by Schoenfeld, E. R., O’Leary, E. S., Henderson, K., Grimson, R., Kabat, G. C., Ahnn, S., Kaune, W. T., Gammon, M. D., Leske, M. C.

“…The EMF and Breast Cancer on Long Island Study (EBCLIS) was a case-control study designed to evaluate the possible association between exposure to…”
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Assessing dietary patterns in Barbados highlights the need for nutritional intervention to reduce risk of chronic disease by Sharma, S, Cao, X, Harris, R, Hennis, A.J.M, Wu, S.-Y, Leske, M.C

“…The dietary habits of the Caribbean have been changing to include more fast foods and a less nutrient dense diet. The aims of this study are to examine dietary…”
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Comparing self-reported and physician-reported medical history by Kehoe, R, Wu, S Y, Leske, M C, Chylack, Jr, L T

“…The authors compared self-reported medical history and medication use in a cataract case-control study of 1,380 persons (1985-1989) in Boston, Massachusetts,…”
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Antioxidant vitamins and nuclear opacities: the longitudinal study of cataract by Leske, M C, Chylack, Jr, L T, He, Q, Wu, S Y, Schoenfeld, E, Friend, J, Wolfe, J

“…The association of antioxidant nutrients and risk of nuclear opacification was evaluated in the Longitudinal Study of Cataract. Nutritional data were collected…”
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Diabetic retinopathy in a black population: the Barbados Eye Study by Leske, M C, Wu, S Y, Hyman, L, Li, X, Hennis, A, Connell, A M, Schachat, A P

“…The distribution of diabetic retinopathy in black populations is largely unknown. The authors present retinopathy data from the predominately black…”
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Risk Factors for Nuclear Opalescence in a Longitudinal Study by Leske, M. Cristina, Chylack, Leo T., He, Qimei, Wu, Suh-Yuh, Schoenfeld, Elinor, Friend, Judith, Wolfe, John, Group, LSC

“…This study evaluated risk factors for increases in nuclear opacification of the lens in the Longitudinal Study of Cataract (1989–1993; Boston, Massachusetts),…”
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Fine mapping of breast cancer genome-wide association studies loci in women of African ancestry identifies novel susceptibility markers by Zheng, Yonglan, Ogundiran, Temidayo O, Falusi, Adeyinka G, Nathanson, Katherine L, John, Esther M, Hennis, Anselm J M, Ambs, Stefan, Domchek, Susan M, Rebbeck, Timothy R, Simon, Michael S, Nemesure, Barbara, Wu, Suh-Yuh, Leske, Maria Cristina, Odetunde, Abayomi, Niu, Qun, Zhang, Jing, Afolabi, Chibuzor, Gamazon, Eric R, Cox, Nancy J, Olopade, Christopher O, Olopade, Olufunmilayo I, Huo, Dezheng

“…Numerous single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with breast cancer susceptibility have been identified by genome-wide association studies (GWAS)…”
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Breast cancer risk and alcohol consumption : Results from a large case-control study by BOWLIN, S. J, LESKE, M. C, VARMA, A, NASCA, P, WEINSTEIN, A, CAPLAN, L

“…Alcohol use is associated with breast cancer in many epidemiological studies. Most, however, have measured risk from recent consumption patterns, and only a…”
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Incidence and progression of nuclear opacities in the Longitudinal Study of Cataract by Leske, M C, Chylack, Jr, L T, Wu, S Y, Schoenfeld, E, He, Q, Friend, J, Wolfe, J

“…To estimate incidence and progression rates of nuclear opacities in the Longitudinal Study of Cataract, an epidemiologic study of the natural history of all…”
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Admixture and Population Stratification in African Caribbean Populations by Benn‐Torres, J., Bonilla, C., Robbins, C. M., Waterman, L., Moses, T. Y., Hernandez, W., Santos, E. R., Bennett, F., Aiken, W., Tullock, T., Coard, K., Hennis, A., Wu, S., Nemesure, B., Leske, M. C., Freeman, V., Carpten, J., Kittles, R. A.

“…Summary Throughout biomedical research, there is growing interest in the use of ancestry informative markers (AIMs) to deconstruct racial categories into…”
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Lens opacities, demographic factors and nutritional supplements in the Barbados Eye Study by LESKE, M. C, WU, S.-Y, CONNELL, A. M. S, HYMAN, L, SCHACHAT, A. P

“…This study evaluated the association of age-related lens opacities with the use of nutritional supplements and demographic factors among 4314 black…”
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Patterns of adherence to diabetes vision care guidelines: baseline findings from the Diabetic Retinopathy Awareness Program by Schoenfeld, E R, Greene, J M, Wu, S Y, Leske, M C

“…(1) To describe baseline patterns of adherence to American Diabetes Association and American Academy of Ophthalmology vision care guidelines for diabetes in…”
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Associations with intraocular pressure in the Barbados Eye Study by Wu, S Y, Leske, M C

“…To evaluate the demographic, medical, ocular, familial, and other factors possibly associated with intraocular pressure (IOP) in a black population, after…”
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Antioxidants and cataract formation: a summary review by Wu, S Y, Leske, M C

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Prevalence and causes of visual impairment in The Barbados Eye Study by Hyman, L, Wu, S Y, Connell, A M, Schachat, A, Nemesure, B, Hennis, A, Leske, M C

“…To determine the prevalence and causes of low vision and blindness in a predominantly black population. Population-based prevalence study of a simple random…”
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Risk factors for incident nuclear opacities by Leske, M Cristina, Wu, Suh-Yuh, Nemesure, Barbara, Hennis, Anselm

“…To evaluate risk factors for the 4-year incidence of nuclear opacities. Population-based cohort study (85% participation at 4-year follow-up). Two thousand six…”
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