Search Results - "McLain, Alexander C"

Prevalence of infertility in the United States as estimated by the current duration approach and a traditional constructed approach by Thoma, Marie E., Ph.D, McLain, Alexander C., Ph.D, Louis, Jean Fredo, B.S, King, Rosalind B., Ph.D, Trumble, Ann C., Ph.D, Sundaram, Rajeshwari, Ph.D, Buck Louis, Germaine M., Ph.D

“…Objective To estimate the prevalence of infertility using a current duration approach for comparison with a traditional constructed measure. Design…”
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Effects of social isolation on quality of life in elderly adults by Newman-Norlund, Roger D, Newman-Norlund, Sarah E, Sayers, Sara, McLain, Alexander C, Riccardi, Nicholas, Fridriksson, Julius

“…Prolonged periods of social isolation are known to have significant negative health consequences and reduce quality of life, an effect that is particularly…”
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A Bayesian susceptible-infectious-hospitalized-ventilated-recovered model to predict demand for COVID-19 inpatient care in a large healthcare system by Self, Stella Coker Watson, Huang, Rongjie, Amin, Shrujan, Ewing, Joseph, Rudisill, Caroline, McLain, Alexander C

“…The COVID-19 pandemic has strained healthcare systems in many parts of the United States. During the early months of the pandemic, there was substantial…”
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Identifying multilevel predictors of behavioral outcomes like park use: A comparison of conditional and marginal modeling approaches by Wende, Marilyn E, Hughey, S Morgan, McLain, Alexander C, Hallum, Shirelle, Hipp, J Aaron, Schipperijn, Jasper, Stowe, Ellen W, Kaczynski, Andrew T

“…This study compared marginal and conditional modeling approaches for identifying individual, park and neighborhood park use predictors. Data were derived from…”
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Association between Autism Spectrum Disorder and Environmental Quality in the United States by Wu, Jianyong, McLain, Alexander C, Rosile, Paul, Hood, Darryl B

“…Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) has become an emerging public health problem. The impact of multiple environmental factors on the prevalence of ASD remains…”
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Development of a national childhood obesogenic environment index in the United States: differences by region and rurality by Kaczynski, Andrew T, Eberth, Jan M, Stowe, Ellen W, Wende, Marilyn E, Liese, Angela D, McLain, Alexander C, Breneman, Charity B, Josey, Michele J

“…Abstract Background Diverse environmental factors are associated with physical activity (PA) and healthy eating (HE) among youth. However, no study has created…”
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Associations between the Dietary Inflammatory Index and Sleep Metrics in the Energy Balance Study (EBS) by Farrell, Emily T, Wirth, Michael D, McLain, Alexander C, Hurley, Thomas G, Shook, Robin P, Hand, Gregory A, Hébert, James R, Blair, Steven N

“…(1) Background: Sleep, a physiological necessity, has strong inflammatory underpinnings. Diet is a strong moderator of systemic inflammation. This study…”
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Linking Activity, Nutrition, and Child Health (LAUNCH): protocol for a longitudinal cohort study of children as they develop from infancy to preschool age by Pate, Russell R, Frongillo, Edward A, Cordan, Kerry, Dowda, Marsha, McLain, Alexander C, Torres, Myriam E, Brown, William H, Bucko, Agnes, Shull, Emily R

“…Physical activity is known to provide important health benefits in children ages 3 years and above, but little is known about the effects of physical activity…”
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Sleep disorders and cancer incidence: examining duration and severity of diagnosis among veterans by Burch, James B, Delage, Alexandria F, Zhang, Hongmei, McLain, Alexander C, Ray, Meredith A, Miller, Austin, Adams, Swann A, Hébert, James R

“…Sleep disruption affects biological processes that facilitate carcinogenesis. This retrospective cohort study used de-identified data from the Veterans…”
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Disparities in Diabetes by Education and Race/Ethnicity in the U.S., 1973–2012 by Fleischer, Nancy L., PhD, Henderson, Andrea K., PhD, Wu, Yun-Hsuan, PhD, Liese, Angela D., PhD, McLain, Alexander C., PhD

“…Introduction Diabetes mellitus incidence has more than doubled in the U.S. over the past 2 decades. Not all sectors of the population have experienced the…”
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Multiple processes independently predict motor learning by Perry, Christopher M, Singh, Tarkeshwar, Springer, Kayla G, Harrison, Adam T, McLain, Alexander C, Herter, Troy M

“…Our ability to acquire, refine and adapt skilled limb movements is a hallmark of human motor learning that allows us to successfully perform many daily…”
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Eliciting parental support for the use of newborn blood spots for pediatric research by Yeung, Edwina H, Louis, Germaine Buck, Lawrence, David, Kannan, Kurunthachalam, McLain, Alexander C, Caggana, Michele, Druschel, Charlotte, Bell, Erin

“…Biomarkers of exposures such as infection or environmental chemicals can be measured in small volumes of blood extracted from newborn dried blood spots (DBS)…”
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Newborn Adipokines and Birth Outcomes by Yeung, Edwina H., McLain, Alexander C., Anderson, Nancy, Lawrence, David, Boghossian, Nansi S., Druschel, Charlotte, Bell, Erin

“…Background Adipokines can serve as a measure of adipose tissue activity. Although birthweight correlates with neonatal adiposity, findings for cord blood…”
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Accuracy of self-reported survey data on assisted reproductive technology treatment parameters and reproductive history by Stern, Judy E., PhD, McLain, Alexander C., PhD, Buck Louis, Germaine M., PhD, Luke, Barbara, ScD, MPH, Yeung, Edwina H., PhD

“…Background It is unknown whether data obtained from maternal self-report for assisted reproductive technology treatment parameters and reproductive history are…”
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Preconception stress and the secondary sex ratio: a prospective cohort study by Chason, Rebecca J., M.D, McLain, Alexander C., Ph.D, Sundaram, Rajeshwari, Ph.D, Chen, Zhen, Ph.D, Segars, James H., M.D, Pyper, Cecilia, M.B., B.S., M.F.P.H, Louis, Germaine M. Buck, Ph.D

“…Objective To study the association between salivary stress biomarkers and the secondary sex ratio. Design Prospective, longitudinal cohort study. Setting…”
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Joint modelling of survival and backwards recurrence outcomes: an analysis of factors associated with fertility treatment in the U.S by Guo, Siyuan, Zhang, Jiajia, McLain, Alexander C

“…Abstract The motivation for this paper is to determine factors associated with time-to-fertility treatment (TTFT) among women currently attempting pregnancy in…”
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Clustering of retrospectively reported and prospectively observed time-to-pregnancy by Sapra, Katherine J., MPH, McLain, Alexander C., PhD, Maisog, José M., MD, MS, Sundaram, Rajeshwari, PhD, Buck Louis, Germaine M., PhD, MS

“…Abstract Purpose Given reportedly high clustering but limited validity of retrospectively reported time-to-pregnancy (TTP), we assessed within-woman clustering…”
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County-Level Prevalence Estimates of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Children in the United States by Bradshaw, Jessica, Eberth, Jan M., Zgodic, Anja, Federico, Alexis, Flory, Kate, McLain, Alexander C.

“…Prevalence estimates of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) point to geographic and socioeconomic disparities in identification and diagnosis. Estimating national…”
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County-level prevalence estimates of ADHD in children in the United States by Zgodic, Anja, McLain, Alexander C., Eberth, Jan M., Federico, Alexis, Bradshaw, Jessica, Flory, Kate

“…•Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a childhood disorder characterized by impairments in family, academic, and social settings. Most U.S…”
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Estimating infertility prevalence in low-to-middle-income countries: an application of a current duration approach to Demographic and Health Survey data by Polis, Chelsea B., Cox, Carie M., Tunçalp, Özge, McLain, Alexander C., Thoma, Marie E.

“…Abstract STUDY QUESTION Can infertility prevalence be estimated using a current duration (CD) approach when applied to nationally representative Demographic…”
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