Search Results - "Rehkopf, D. H."

Educational attainment and obesity: a systematic review by Cohen, A. K., Rai, M., Rehkopf, D. H., Abrams, B.

“…Summary Although previous systematic reviews considered the relationship between socioeconomic status and obesity, almost 200 peer‐reviewed articles have been…”
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Comparing Individual- and Area-based Socioeconomic Measures for the Surveillance of Health Disparities: A Multilevel Analysis of Massachusetts Births, 1989–1991 by Subramanian, S. V., Chen, J. T., Rehkopf, D. H., Waterman, P. D., Krieger, N.

“…The absence of individual-level socioeconomic information in most US health surveillance data necessitates using area-based socioeconomic measures (ABSMs) to…”
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Excessive gestational weight gain over multiple pregnancies and the prevalence of obesity at age 40 by Cohen, A K, Chaffee, B W, Rehkopf, D H, Coyle, J R, Abrams, B

“…Objective: Although several studies have found an association between excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) and obesity later in life, to the best of our…”
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Genetic vulnerability to diabetes and obesity: Does education offset the risk? by Liu, S.Y., Walter, S., Marden, J., Rehkopf, D.H., Kubzansky, L.D., Nguyen, T., Glymour, M.M.

“…The prevalence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and obesity has recently increased dramatically. These common diseases are likely to arise from the interaction of…”
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Changing national guidelines is not enough: the impact of 1990 IOM recommendations on gestational weight gain among US women by Hamad, R, Cohen, A K, Rehkopf, D H

“…Background and Objectives: Gestational weight gain (GWG) is associated with both long- and short-term maternal and child health outcomes, particularly obesity…”
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Assessing health impact assessment: multidisciplinary and international perspectives by Krieger, N, Northridge, M, Gruskin, S, Quinn, M, Kriebel, D, Davey Smith, G, Bassett, M, Rehkopf, D H, Miller, C

“…Health impact assessment (HIA) seeks to expand evaluation of policy and programmes in all sectors, both private and public, to include their impact on…”
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Novel ranking of protective and risk factors for adolescent adiposity in US females by Narla, A., Rehkopf, D. H.

“…Summary Objective Rank the importance of potentially modifiable psychosocial, dietary and environmental risk and protective factors for female adolescent…”
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Weight gain in pregnancy and child weight status from birth to adulthood in the United States by Leonard, S. A., Petito, L. C., Rehkopf, D. H., Ritchie, L. D., Abrams, B.

“…Summary Background High weight gain in pregnancy has been associated with child adiposity, but few studies have assessed the relationship across childhood or…”
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The fragmented mitochondrial ribosomal RNAs of Plasmodium falciparum have short A tails by Gillespie, Doreen E., Salazar, Nelson A., Rehkopf, David H., Feagin, Jean E.

“…The mitochondrial genome of Plasmodium falciparum encodes highly fragmented rRNAs. Twenty small RNAs which are putative rRNA fragments have been found and 15…”
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Identification, characterization, and functional analysis of a gene encoding the ferric uptake regulation protein in Bartonella species by Park, S Y, Kelminson, K L, Lee, A K, Zhang, P, Warner, R E, Rehkopf, D H, Calderwood, S B, Koehler, J E

“…Environmental iron concentrations coordinately regulate transcription of genes involved in iron acquisition and virulence via the ferric uptake regulation…”
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Subramanian et al. Respond to “Think Conceptually, Act Cautiously” by Subramanian, S. V., Chen, J. T., Rehkopf, D. H., Waterman, P. D., Krieger, N.

“…The importance of socioeconomic position, measured at multiple levels (e.g., individual, household, area) and across the life course, for studying health…”
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Transcriptional mapping and RNA processing of the Plasmodium falciparum mitochondrial mRNAs by Rehkopf, David H., Gillespie, Doreen E., Harrell, Maria Isabel, Feagin, Jean E.

“…The mitochondrial genome of Plasmodium falciparum encodes three protein coding genes and highly fragmented rRNAs. The genome is polycistronically transcribed…”
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Genetic Vulnerability to Diabetes and Obesity: Does Education Offset the Risk? by Liu, S. Y., Walter, S., Marden, J. R., Rehkopf, D. H., Kubzansky, L., Xuan, T. T., Glymour, M. M.

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Socioeconomic Disparities in Metabolic Syndrome Differ by Gender: Evidence from NHANES III by Loucks, Eric B., PhD, Rehkopf, David H., PhD, Thurston, Rebecca C., PhD, Kawachi, Ichiro, MD, PhD

“…Purpose The aim of the study is to examine whether socioeconomic position (SEP) is associated with metabolic syndrome and whether the association differs by…”
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Differences in the association of cardiovascular risk factors with education: a comparison of Costa Rica (CRELES) and the USA (NHANES) by Rehkopf, David H, Dow, William H, Rosero-Bixby, Luis

“…BackgroundDespite different levels of economic development, Costa Rica and the USA have similar mortalities among adults. However, in the USA there are…”
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The Plasmodium falciparum 6 kb element is polycistronically transcribed by Ji, Yuan-en, Mericle, Barbara L., Rehkopf, David H., Anderson, Julie D., Feagin, Jean E.

“…The Plasmodium falciparum 6 kb element encodes three protein coding genes and highly fragmented large and small subunit rRNAs; its gene content makes it the…”
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The association between suicide and the socio-economic characteristics of geographical areas: a systematic review by Rehkopf, David H, Buka, Stephen L

“…Despite an extensive literature, there have been widely divergent findings regarding the direction of the association between area socio-economic…”
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Commentary: It’s not all means and genes—socio-economic position, variation and genetic confounding by Rehkopf, David H, Adler, Nancy

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Painting a Truer Picture of US Socioeconomic and Racial/Ethnic Health Inequalities: The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project by Krieger, Nancy, Chen, Jarvis T, Waterman, Pamela D, Rehkopf, David H, Subramanian, S.V

“…We describe a method to facilitate routine monitoring of socioeconomic health disparities in the United States. We analyzed geocoded public health surveillance…”
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Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Monitoring Socioeconomic Gradients in Health: A Comparison of Area-Based Socioeconomic Measures--The Public Health Disparities Geocoding Project by Krieger, Nancy, Chen, Jarvis T, Waterman, Pamela D, Rehkopf, David H, Subramanian, S. V

“…Use of multilevel frameworks and area-based socioeconomic measures (ABSMs) for public health monitoring can potentially overcome the absence of socioeconomic…”
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