Ahmed, Ameena T, Quinn, Virginia P, Caan, Bette, Sternfeld, Barbara, Haque, Reina, Van Den Eeden, Stephen K
Abstract Background Diabetes disproportionately affects Latinos. However, examining Latinos as one group obscures important intra-group differences. This study examined how generational status,...
Prentice, Ross L., Shaw, Pamela A., Bingham, Sheila A., Beresford, Shirley A. A., Caan, Bette, Neuhouser, Marian L., ...
The authors previously reported equations, derived from the Nutrient Biomarker Study within the Women's Health Initiative, that produce calibrated estimates of energy, protein, and percentage of...
Refinement and Psychometric Evaluation of the Impact of Cancer Scale (2008)
Crespi, Catherine M., Ganz, Patricia A., Petersen, Laura, Castillo, Adrienne, Caan, Bette
Background Instruments are needed to measure the influence of cancer on quality of life in the expanding population of long-term cancer survivors. We conducted refinement and psychometric evaluation...
Neuhouser, Marian L., Tinker, Lesley, Shaw, Pamela A., Schoeller, Dale, Bingham, Sheila A., Horn, Linda Van, ...
Underreporting of energy consumption by self-report is well-recognized, but previous studies using recovery biomarkers have not been sufficiently large to establish whether participant...
Prentice, Ross L., Thomson, Cynthia A., Caan, Bette, Hubbell, F. Allan, Anderson, Garnet L., Beresford, Shirley A. A., ...
Background The Women's Health Initiative Dietary Modification (DM) Randomized Controlled Trial evaluated the effects of a low-fat dietary pattern on chronic disease incidence, with breast cancer and...
Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fractures (2006)
Jackson, Rebecca D., LaCroix, Andrea Z., Gass, Margery, Wallace, Robert B., Robbins, John, Lewis, Cora E., ...
BACKGROUND: The efficacy of calcium with vitamin D supplementation for preventing hip and other fractures in healthy postmenopausal women remains equivocal. METHODS: We recruited 36,282...
Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of colorectal cancer (2006)
Wactawski-Wende, Jean, Kotchen, Jane Morley, Anderson, Garnet L., Assaf, Annlouise R., Brunner, Robert L., O'Sullivan, Mary Jo, ...
BACKGROUND: Higher intake of calcium and vitamin D has been associated with a reduced risk of colorectal cancer in epidemiologic studies and polyp recurrence in polyp-prevention trials. However,...
Prentice, Ross L., Caan, Bette, Chlebowski, Rowan T., Patterson, Ruth E., Kuller, Lewis H., Ockene, Judith K., ...
CONTEXT: The hypothesis that a low-fat dietary pattern can reduce breast cancer risk has existed for decades but has never been tested in a controlled intervention trial. OBJECTIVE: To assess the...
Beresford, Shirley A. A., Johnson, Karen C., Ritenbaugh, Cheryl, Lasser, Norman L., Snetselaar, Linda G., Black, Henry R., ...
CONTEXT: Observational studies and polyp recurrence trials are not conclusive regarding the effects of a low-fat dietary pattern on risk of colorectal cancer, necessitating a primary prevention...
Howard, Barbara V., Van Horn, Linda, Hsia, Judith, Manson, JoAnn E., Stefanick, Marcia L., Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia, ...
CONTEXT: Multiple epidemiologic studies and some trials have linked diet with cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention, but long-term intervention data are needed. OBJECTIVE: To test the hypothesis...
Chlebowski, Rowan T., Blackburn, George L., Thomson, Cynthia A., Nixon, Daniel W., Shapiro, Alice, Hoy, M. Katherine, ...
Background: Preclinical and observational studies suggest a relationship between dietary fat intake and breast cancer, but the association remains controversial. We carried out a randomized,...
Anderson, Garnet L., Limacher, Marian C., Assaf, Annlouise R., Bassford, Tamsen, Beresford, Shirley A. A., Black, Henry R., ...
CONTEXT: Despite decades of use and considerable research, the role of estrogen alone in preventing chronic diseases in postmenopausal women remains uncertain. OBJECTIVE: To assess the effects on...
Antioxidants, Carotenoids, and Risk of Rectal Cancer (2004)
Murtaugh, Maureen A., Ma, Khe-ni, Benson, Joan, Curtin, Karen, Caan, Bette, Slattery, Martha L.
Numerous properties suggest that antioxidants and carotenoids may be valuable chemopreventive agents. A population-based case-control study of 952 rectal cancer cases and 1,205 controls from Northern...
Ritenbaugh, Cheryl, Patterson, Ruth E., Chlebowski, Rowan T., Caan, Bette, Tinker, Lesley F., Howard, Barbara V., ...
The Dietary Modification (DM) component of the Women's Health Initiative (WHI) is a randomized controlled evaluation of a low-fat diet that is high in fruits, vegetables, and grains. This low-fat...
Thomson, Cynthia A., Giuliano, Anna, Rock, Cheryl L., Ritenbaugh, Cheryl K., Flatt, Shirley W., Faerber, Susan, ...
Measurement of dietary change was assessed in a systematic quota subsample (n = 397) of women recruited into the Women’s Healthy Eating and Living Study between 1996 and 1998, a multicenter,...
Factors Associated with Oxidative Stress in Human Populations (2002)
Block, Gladys, Dietrich, Marion, Norkus, Edward P., Morrow, Jason D., Hudes, Mark, Caan, Bette, ...
Oxidation of biomolecules may play a role in susceptibility to a number of diseases. However, there are few large-scale survey data describing oxidative damage that occurs in humans and the...
Woodson, Karen, Lanza, Elaine, Tangrea, Joseph A., Albert, Paul S., Slattery, Martha, Pinsky, Joan, ...
Background: Epidemiologic studies have suggested that estrogen may protect against the development of colorectal cancers and adenomatous polyps. We conducted a prospective study to evaluate the...
Lewis, Cora E., Funkhouser, Ellen, Hilner, Joan E., Bragg, Charlotte, Raczynski, James M., Caan, Bette, ...
Van Horn, Linda V., Ballew, Carol, Liu, Kiang, McDonald, Arline, Hilner, Joan E., Burke, Gregory L., ...
The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study completed baseline dietary assessment, measurement of body mass index, and lipid and lipoprotein analyses on 5,111 participants....