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Incident Open-angle Glaucoma and Intraocular Pressure by Nemesure, B., PhD, Honkanen, R., MD, Hennis, A., FRCP(UK), PhD, Wu, S.Y., MA, Leske, M. Cristina, MD, MPH

“…Purpose To evaluate the role of baseline intraocular pressure (b-IOP) as a risk factor for incident open-angle glaucoma (OAG) in participants of African origin…”
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Nine-Year Incidence of Open-Angle Glaucoma in the Barbados Eye Studies by Leske, M. Cristina, MD, MPH, Wu, S.Y., MA, Honkanen, R., MD, Nemesure, B., PhD, Schachat, A., MD, Hyman, L., PhD, Hennis, A., FRCP(UK), PhD

“…Purpose To determine the 9-year incidence of open-angle glaucoma (OAG) in African-descent participants of the Barbados Eye Studies. Design Nine-year cohort…”
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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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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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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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Hypertension prevalence, control and survivorship in an Afro-Caribbean population by Hennis, Anselm, Wu, Suh-Yuh, Nemesure, Barbara, Leske, M Cristina

“…OBJECTIVETo evaluate the prevalence, distribution, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in an Afro-Caribbean population, and their relationship to…”
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Frequency and risk factors for pterygium in the Barbados Eye Study by Luthra, R, Nemesure, B B, Wu, S Y, Xie, S H, Leske, M C

“…To describe the distribution and risk factors for pterygium in the predominantly black population of the Barbados Eye Study, which was based on a random sample…”
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B66 LUNG CANCER SCREENING AND NODULE EVALUATION: Suspicious Positron Emission Tomography (pet) Positive Lung Nodule - Is It Cancer? by Albano, D, Bilfinger, T, Nemesure, B

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C110 MULTIDISCIPLINARY DIAGNOSIS, STAGING, AND TREATMENT OF THORACIC CANCERS: Survival Of Stage Iiia Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer Patients Treated With Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Followed By Surgery Versus Definitive Chemoradiation by Genchanok, Y, Nemesure, B, Keresztes, R, Bilfinger, T V

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Racial Disparities in Prostate Cancer Stage at Diagnosis Persist Despite Community Affluence by Nemesure, Barbara, Scarbrough, Kathleen H, Mermelstein, Linda

“…The aims of this investigation were to evaluate racial disparities in prostate cancer among men living in a relatively affluent community with access to high…”
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C110 MULTIDISCIPLINARY DIAGNOSIS, STAGING, AND TREATMENT OF THORACIC CANCERS: Accuracy Of Contemporary Pet/ct Scans In Assessing Stage Iiia (n2) Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer by Genchanok, Y, Nemesure, B, Moore, W, Matthews, R, Bilfinger, T V

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Risk Stratification of Locally Advanced Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer (NSCLC) Patients Treated with Chemo-Radiotherapy: An Institutional Analysis by Sher, Amna, Medavaram, Sowmini, Nemesure, Barbara, Clouston, Sean, Keresztes, Roger

“…The purpose of this study was to determine which factors predicted survival and to derive a risk prediction model for patients with locally advanced non-small…”
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1-, 3-, and 5-year survival among early-stage lung cancer patients treated with lobectomy vs SBRT by Albano, Denise, Bilfinger, Thomas, Nemesure, Barbara

“…Lobectomy has traditionally been recommended for fit patients diagnosed with early-stage non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). Recently, however, stereotactic…”
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Abstract P5-09-02: Breast cancer risk prediction using a polygenic risk score in women of African ancestry: Findings from GWAS in breast cancer in the African diaspora by Wang, S, Qian, F, Zheng, Y, Ogundiran, T, Ojengbede, O, Zheng, W, Blot, W, Nathanson, KL, Hennis, A, Nemesure, B, Ambs, S, Olopade, OI, Huo, D

“…Abstract Background: Multiple common susceptibility loci for breast cancer (BC) have been identified/confirmed in Caucasian women. Combination of these SNPs…”
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Hypertension, diabetes, and longitudinal changes in intraocular pressure by Hennis, Anselm, Wu, Suh-Yuh, Nemesure, Barbara, Leske, M Cristina

“…Diabetes and hypertension are recognized risk factors for raised intraocular pressure (IOP). This report examines the longitudinal relationship of hypertension…”
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The power of iterated generalized least squares (GLS) method to detect direct relationships in the analysis of correlated quantitative traits by He, Qimei, Nemesure, Barbara B., Mendell, Nancy R.

“…We examined the power of the stepwise iterated generalized least squares (GLS) method by modeling the relationship between quantitative traits and other…”
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Differential expression of transferrin receptor (TfR) in a spectrum of normal to malignant breast tissues: implications for in situ and invasive carcinoma by Singh, Meenakshi, Mugler, Kimberly, Hailoo, Dulan W, Burke, Stephanie, Nemesure, Barbara, Torkko, Kathleen, Shroyer, Kenneth R

“…Transferrin receptor (TfR), a type II transmembranous receptor involved in iron uptake, is highly expressed in some cancers. We evaluated the expression of TfR…”
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Simulation study comparing interval estimates for the recombination fraction by Nemesure, B B, Greenberg, D A, Mendell, N R

“…Three interval estimation procedures were evaluated to determine the method which provides the most accurate estimates for the recombination fraction, 0. The…”
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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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Hyperglycemia, blood pressure, and the 9-year incidence of diabetic retinopathy: the Barbados Eye Studies by Leske, M Cristina, Wu, Suh-Yuh, Hennis, Anselm, Hyman, Leslie, Nemesure, Barbara, Yang, Ling, Schachat, Andrew P

“…To evaluate factors related to the incidence of diabetic retinopathy (DR) in a population of African descent, after 9 years of follow-up. Population-based…”
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