Giles, Jon T, Szklo, Moyses, Post, Wendy, Petri, Michelle, Blumenthal, Roger S, Lam, Gordon, ...
Abstract Introduction Although cardiovascular morbidity and mortality are increased in rheumatoid arthritis, little is known about the burden of subclinical coronary atherosclerosis in these...
Miao, Cuilian, Chen, Shaoguan, Macedo, Robson, Lai, Shenghan, Liu, Kiang, Li, Debiao, ...
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Macedo, Robson, Chen, Shaoguang, Lai, Shenghan, Shea, Steven, Malayeri, Ashkan A, Szklo, Moyses, ...
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Vogel-Claussen, Jens, Macedo, Robson, Gupta, Nishant, Li, Debiao, Carr, James, Liu, Kiang, ...
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Macedo, Robson, Chen, Shaoguang, Lai, Shenghan, Shea, Steven, Liu, Kiang, Li, Debiao, ...
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Baldness and Myocardial Infarction in Men: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (2008)
Shahar, Eyal, Heiss, Gerardo, Rosamond, Wayne D., Szklo, Moyses
Because hair loss may be a surrogate measure of androgenic activity—possibly a determinant of coronary atherosclerosis—several studies have explored the presence and magnitude of an association...
Dietary n-3 Polyunsaturated Acids and Smoking-Related Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (2008)
Shahar, Eyal, Folsom, Aaron R., Melnick, Sandra L., Tockman, Melvyn S., Comstock, George W., Gennaro, Valerio, ...
Background. Fish contain n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, principally eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid, which are known to interfere with the body's inflammatory response and may be of...
Determinants of salivary cotinine level: a population-based study in Brazil (2007)
Figueiredo,Valeska Carvalho, Szklo,Moyses, Szklo,André Salem, Benowitz,Neal, Lozana,José Azevedo, Casado,Leticia, ...
OBJECTIVE: A cross-sectional population-based study was conducted to assess, in active smokers, the relationship of number of cigarettes smoked and other characteristics to salivary cotinine...
Determinants of salivary cotinine level: a population-based study in Brazil (2006)
Figueiredo,Valeska Carvalho, Szklo,Moyses, Szklo,André Salem, Benowitz,Neal, Lozana,José Azevedo, Casado,Leticia, ...
OBJECTIVE: A cross-sectional population-based study was conducted to assess, in active smokers, the relationship of number of cigarettes smoked and other characteristics to salivary cotinine...
Jiang, Rui, Jacobs, David R., Mayer-Davis, Elizabeth, Szklo, Moyses, Herrington, David, Jenny, Nancy S., ...
Nuts and seeds are rich in unsaturated fat and other nutrients that may reduce inflammation. Frequent nut consumption is associated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. The...
Tilling, Kate, Lawlor, Debbie A., Davey Smith, George, Chambless, Lloyd, Szklo, Moyses
The authors aimed to investigate the relation between components of adult height (leg and trunk length) and atherosclerosis in middle age, using data from 12,254 participants (aged 44–65 years) in...
Jiang, Rui, Jacobs, David R., Mayer-Davis, Elizabeth, Szklo, Moyses, Herrington, David, Jenny, Nancy S., ...
Nuts and seeds are rich in unsaturated fat and other nutrients that may reduce inflammation. Frequent nut consumption is associated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. The...
Jiang, Rui, Jacobs, David R., Mayer-Davis, Elizabeth, Szklo, Moyses, Herrington, David, Jenny, Nancy S., ...
Nuts and seeds are rich in unsaturated fat and other nutrients that may reduce inflammation. Frequent nut consumption is associated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes. The...
Fuchs, Flávio D., Chambless, Lloyd E., Folsom, Aaron R., Eigenbrodt, Marsha L., Duncan, Bruce B., Gilbert, Adam, ...
The authors evaluated the relation between consumption of alcoholic beverages and incidence of coronary heart disease in White and African-American participants in the Atherosclerosis Risk in...
Golden, Sherita Hill, Ding, Jingzhong, Szklo, Moyses, Schmidt, Maria Ines, Duncan, Bruce B., Dobs, Adrian
In 1990–1992, the authors investigated the association of total and free testosterone with the metabolic syndrome in postmenopausal US women not taking hormone replacement therapy (n = 362)...
Pavlik, Valory N., De Moraes, Suzana Alves, Szklo, Moyses, Knopman, David S., Mosley, Thomas H., Hyman, David J.
An independent, inverse association between cognitive function and all-cause mortality has been reported in elderly cohorts. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the same association...
Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis: Objectives and Design (2002)
Bild, Diane E., Bluemke, David A., Burke, Gregory L., Detrano, Robert, Diez Roux, Ana V., Folsom, Aaron R., ...
The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis was initiated in July 2000 to investigate the prevalence, correlates, and progression of subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a population-based...
Golden, Sherita Hill, Maguire, Ann, Ding, Jingzhong, Crouse, J. R., Cauley, Jane A., Zacur, Howard, ...
Studies examining the relation between endogenous postmenopausal hormone levels and cardiovascular disease have yielded conflicting results. After excluding women with a history of hormone...
Tilling, Kate, Sterne, Jonathan A. C., Szklo, Moyses
Standard methods for analysis of cohort studies may give biased estimates of exposure effects in the presence of time-varying confounding. Such effects may instead be estimated by using G-estimation....
Chambless, Lloyd E., Folsom, Aaron R., Davis, Vicki, Sharrett, Richey, Heiss, Gerardo, Sorlie, Paul, ...
Intima-media thickness of the common carotid arteries is a marker of atherosclerosis and has been shown to be associated with prevalent and incident coronary heart disease and with coronary heart...
Faerstein, Eduardo, Szklo, Moyses, Rosenshein, Neil
The authors conducted a case-control study among premenopausal women in the Baltimore, Maryland, area to examine the associations of uterine leiomyoma with ethnicity and hormone-related...
Faerstein, Eduardo, Szklo, Moyses, Rosenshein, Neil B.
In this case-control study, the authors analyzed associations of uterine leiomyoma with atherogenic risk factors and potential sources of uterine irritation. The study included 318 case women with...
Liu, Yongmei, Ding, Jingzhong, Bush, Trudy L., Longenecker, J. Craig, Nieto, F. Javier, Golden, Sherita Hill, ...
Many studies have investigated the role of estrogen during menopause; however, less attention has been paid to the role of androgen. Given the possible opposite effects of estrogen and androgen on...
Eigenbrodt, Marsha L., Mosley, Thomas H., Hutchinson, Richard G., Watson, Robert L., Chambless, Lloyd E., Szklo, Moyses
Previous cross-sectional and longitudinal studies assessing the association between age and drinking are inconsistent. Evaluating 15,425 Black and White men and women from four communities, this...
De Moraes, Suzana Alves, Szklo, Moyses, Knopman, David, Park, Eunsik
Studies of humans have not confirmed the suggestion from animal studies that estrogen replacement therapy may have an inverse relation with cognitive function decline. Because many of these studies...
American Journal of Epidemiology Jubilee Subscriptions: Opening Wide the Doors (2001)
Wilcox, Allen J., Szklo, Moyses, Comstock, George W., Fox, Jaclyn
Race, Parity, and Gestational Diabetes as Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (2000)
Kahn, Henry S., Williamson, David F., Brancati, Frederick L., Kao, W. H. Linda, Szklo, Moyses, Folsom, Aaron R., ...
Dr Brancati and colleagues1 found that even after adjustment for potentially modifiable factors, the relative risk (RR) for diabetes was higher for African American women vs white women than it was...
Incident Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in African American and White Adults (2000)
Brancati, Frederick L., Kao, W. H. Linda, Folsom, Aaron R., Watson, Robert L., Szklo, Moyses
Context Although the excess prevalence of type 2 diabetes mellitus in African Americans is well established, few studies have compared incident diabetes in African American and white persons....
Nelson, J. J., Liao, Duanping, Sharrett, A. Richey, Folsom, Aaron R., Chambless, Lloyd E., Shahar, Eyal, ...
Various studies have reported an inverse association between serum albumin level and incident coronary heart disease (CHD), though biologic mechanisms have not been established. The authors examined...
Metcalf, Patricia A., Sharrett, A. Richey, Folsom, Aaron R., Duncan, Bruce B., Patsch, Wolfgang, Hutchinson, Richard G., ...
Measures of socioeconomic status have been shown to be related positively to levels of high density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol in white men and women and negatively in African American men....
Agreement among Indicators of Vitamin C Status (1998)
Loria, Catherine M., Whelton, Paul K., Caulfiled, Laura E., Szklo, Moyses, Klag, Micheal J.
Agreement among three indicators of vitamin C status-serum ascorbate level, a 24-hour recall, and the frequency of fruit and vegetable consumption-was examined using data from the Second National...
Chambless, Lloyd E., Heiss, Gerardo, Folsom, Aaron R., Rosamond, Wayne, Szklo, Moyses, Sharrett, A. Richey, ...
Few studies have determined whether greater carotid artery intima-media thickness (IMT) in asymptomatic individuals is associated prospectively with increased risk of coronary heart disease (CHD). In...
Neighborhood Environments and Coronary Heart Disease: A Multilevel Analysis (1997)
Diez-Roux, Ana V., Nieto, F. Javier, Muntaner, Carles, Tyroler, Herman A., Comstock, George W., Shahar, Eyal, ...
The authors investigated whether neighborhood socioeconomic charactenstics are associated with coronary heart disease prevalence and risk factors, whether these associations persist after adjustment...
Szklo, Moyses, Cerhan, James, Diez-Roux, Ana V., Chambless, Lloyd, Cooper, Lawton, Folsom, Aaron R., ...
The association of estrogen replacement therapy (ERT) with cognitive functioning was assessed in 6,110 women aged 48–67 years participating in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study,...
Social Inequalities and Atherosclerosis The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (1995)
Diez-Roux, Ana V., Nieto, F. Javier, Tyroler, Herman A., Crum, Larry D., Szklo, Moyses
The cross-sectional associations of social class indicators with coronary heart disease prevalence and subclinical atherosclerosis were investigated among 15,800 persons from four US communities...
Duncan, Bruce B., Chambless, L. E., Schmidt, Maria Inês, Folsom, Aaron R., Szklo, Moyses, Crouse, John R., ...
Specific alcoholic beverage associations with the waist-to-hip ratio were characterized in 12,145 African-American and white men and women ages 45–64 years. Estimated waist-to-hip ratios of those...
Salt and Gastric Cancer: A Case-Control Study in Puerto Rico (1993)
NAZARIO, CRUZ M, SZKLO, MOYSES, DIAMOND, EARL, ROMÁN-FRANCO, ANGEL, CLIMENT, CONSUELO, SUAREZ, ERICK, ...
A total of 136 incident intestinal type gastric cancer cases and 151 age-comparable population controls were interviewed in Puerto Rico about their dietary habits with special emphasis on dietary...
Nieto, F. Javier, Szklo, Moyses, Folsom, Aaron R., Rock, Robert, Mercuri, Michele
Cross-sectional associations between leukocyte count and sociodemographic and cardiovascular risk factors were investigated in 14, 679 participants aged 45–64 years in the Atherosclerosis Risk in...
Childhood Weight and Growth Rate as Predictors of Adult Mortality (1992)
Nieto, F. Javier, Szklo, Moyses, Comstock, George W.
The effect of rate of growth and relative weight in childhood on adult mortality was studied among 13,146 persons whose weights and heights were measured between the ages of 5 and 18 years in...
Heiss, Gerardo, Sharrett, A. Richey, Barnes, Ralph, Chambless, L. E., Szklo, Moyses, Alzola, Carlos, ...
To assess whether carotid atherosclerosis measured by B-mode ultrasound is related to cardiovascular risk factors, 386 cases with carotid artery wall thickening and an equal number of controls free...
THE EPIDEMIOLOGY OF IDIOPATHIC DILATED CARDIOMYOPATHY IN A BIRACIAL COMMUNITY (1990)
COUGHLIN, STEVEN S., SZKLO, MOYSES, BAUGHMAN, KENNETH, PEARSON, THOMAS A.
An epidemiologic study of idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy was carried out in order to identity possible risk factors for this often fatal cause of heart failure in young adults. Possible...
FAMILIAL CANCER HISTORY AND CHRONIC LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA: A CASE-CONTKOL STUDY (1989)
LINET, MARTHA S., VAN NATTA, MARK L., BROOKMEYER, RON, KHOURY, MUIN J., MCCAFFREY, LEE D., HUMPHREY, RICHARD L, ...
In a population-based case-control study carried out in the Baltimore, Maryland metropolitan area, family cancer history for 342 chronic lymphocytic leukemia cases diagnosed in 1969 –1982 revealed...
CAUSES OF DEATH IN A WIDOWED POPULATION (1982)
HELSING, KNUD J., COMSTOCK, GEORGE W., SZKLO, MOYSES
Causes of death of widowed and married were compared in a nonconcur-rent prospective study in Washington County, Maryland, which identified 4032 white persons aged 18 years and over who were...
Oral Contraceptives and Breast Cancer (1982)
BRINTON, LOUISE A., HOOVER, ROBERT, SZKLO, MOYSES, FRAUMENI, JOSEPH F.
Brinton L A (Enviromental Epidemiology Brach, National Cancer Institute, Landow Building 3CO6, Bethesda, MD 20205, USA), Hoover R, Szklo M and Fraumeni J F Jr. Oral contraceptives and breast cancer....
MORTALITY AFTER BEREAVEMENT (1981)
HELSING, KNUD J., SZKLO, MOYSES
A nonconcurrent prospective study in Washington County, Maryland, identified 4032 (1204 male, 2828 female) white persons aged 18 years and over who were enumerated in a 1963 nonofficial census and...
RISK FACTORS FOR BRAIN TUMORS IN CHILDREN (1979)
GOLD, ELLEN, GORDIS, LEON, TONASCIA, JAMES, SZKLO, MOYSES
An exploratory case-control study was conducted in 15 hospitals in the Baltimore, MD, SMSA of possible etiologic factors associated with brain tumors in children. Eighty-four children with brain...
PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS AND THE RISK OF MYOCARDIAL INFARCTIONS IN WHITE WOMEN (1976)
SZKLO, MOYSES, TONASCIA, JAMES, GORDIS, LEON
The relationship of risk of myocardial infarction (MI) to psychosocial factors was studied retrospectively in 107 white women hospitalized with first MI's and in 218 controls hospitalized for other...