2025
Food insecurity and hypertension prevalence, awareness, and control in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network Study
Oladele C, Khandpur N, Galusha D, Nair S, Hassan S, Wambugu V, Martinez-Brockman J, Nunez-Smith M, Perez-Escamilla R. Food insecurity and hypertension prevalence, awareness, and control in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network Study. PLOS Global Public Health 2025, 5: e0003296. PMID: 40323907, PMCID: PMC12052096, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003296.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrevalence of uncontrolled hypertensionHypertension prevalenceFI prevalenceFood insecuritySevere FICross-sectional analysis of baseline dataUncontrolled hypertensionAnalysis of baseline dataHypertension care cascadeFood-secure womenEstimate prevalence ratiosCaribbean Food Security ScaleJoint National Committee on PreventionFood Security ScaleHealth Research CouncilSex-stratified resultsPrevalence of FICross-sectional analysisCare cascadeNutrition policiesPrevalence ratiosResearch Network StudyPoisson regressionHypertension controlSeventh ReportGreenspace proximity in relation to sleep health among a racially and ethnically diverse cohort of US women
Gaston S, Sweeney M, Patel S, Jennings V, Bratman G, Martinez-Miller E, Jackson W, Jones R, James P, Grigsby-Toussaint D, Sandler D, Jackson C. Greenspace proximity in relation to sleep health among a racially and ethnically diverse cohort of US women. Environmental Research 2025, 279: 121698. PMID: 40288743, PMCID: PMC12136992, DOI: 10.1016/j.envres.2025.121698.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigher greenspaceFavorable sleepSleep healthSleep health measuresPromote physical activityNH White womenEstimate prevalence ratiosMagnitude of associationRacial-ethnic groupsEthnically diverse cohortPhysical activitySister StudyPrevalence ratiosRobust varianceUS womenHome addressPoisson regressionSocioeconomic statusHealth AssociationHealth measuresImprove moodOverall healthSleep disruptorsDiverse cohortSleep dimensions
2023
Decomposing interaction and mediating effects of race/ethnicity and circulating blood levels of cystatin C on cognitive status in the United States health and retirement study
Tejera C, Ware E, Kobayashi L, Fu M, Hicken M, Zawistowski M, Mukherjee B, Bakulski K. Decomposing interaction and mediating effects of race/ethnicity and circulating blood levels of cystatin C on cognitive status in the United States health and retirement study. Frontiers In Human Neuroscience 2023, 17: 1052435. PMID: 37323925, PMCID: PMC10267311, DOI: 10.3389/fnhum.2023.1052435.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-Hispanic whitesNon-Hispanic blacksRacial disparitiesEffect of race/ethnicityDementia prevalenceRetirement StudyAssociated with dementia prevalenceExcess risk due to interactionOlder non-Hispanic WhitesRisk due to interactionNon-Hispanic white participantsHealth and Retirement StudyEstimate prevalence ratiosBehavioral risk factorsAssociated with dementiaExposure to racismModerating effect of race/ethnicityNon-White participantsStrength of associationUnited States HealthAssociated with cognitive impairmentCross-sectional sampleHispanic adultsChronic conditionsPrevalence ratios
2012
Prevalence and characteristics of patients with metastatic cancer who receive no anticancer therapy
Small A, Tsao C, Moshier E, Gartrell B, Wisnivesky J, Godbold J, Smith C, Sonpavde, Oh W, Galsky M. Prevalence and characteristics of patients with metastatic cancer who receive no anticancer therapy. Cancer 2012, 118: 5947-5954. PMID: 22707387, DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27658.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRate of no treatmentStage IV cancerSolid tumorsAnticancer therapyIV cancerLack of treatmentNational Cancer Data BaseNo treatmentStage IV solid tumorsMetastatic solid tumorsPrevalence ratiosCharacteristics of patientsLog-binomial regression analysisPoor functional statusLack of medical insuranceSystemic therapyProstate cancerMetastatic cancerTreated patientsEstimate prevalence ratiosBlack raceTherapyPatientsCancer typesCancerTrends and variations in utilization of nephron-sparing procedures for stage I kidney cancer in the United States
Small A, Tsao C, Moshier E, Gartrell B, Wisnivesky J, Godbold J, Sonpavde G, Palese M, Hall S, Oh W, Galsky M. Trends and variations in utilization of nephron-sparing procedures for stage I kidney cancer in the United States. World Journal Of Urology 2012, 31: 1211-1217. PMID: 22622394, PMCID: PMC4744479, DOI: 10.1007/s00345-012-0873-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStage I kidney cancerNephron-sparing approachPrevalence ratiosRadical nephrectomyLack of health insurancePrevalence of NSEstimate prevalence ratiosLog-binomial regressionCases of kidney cancerPatient-level dataMethodsThe National Cancer DatabaseSocioeconomic differencesPotential disparitiesInsurance statusHispanic ethnicityNephron-sparing proceduresNational Cancer DatabaseLow-incomeSocioeconomic factorsHealth insuranceType of surgerySocioeconomic characteristicsUnited StatesBlack raceEvaluate trendsPrevalence and characteristics of patients with stage IV solid tumors who receive no anticancer therapy.
Small A, Tsao C, Moshier E, Gartrell B, Wisnivesky J, Godbold J, Smith C, Sonpavde G, Oh W, Galsky M. Prevalence and characteristics of patients with stage IV solid tumors who receive no anticancer therapy. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2012, 30: 6065-6065. DOI: 10.1200/jco.2012.30.15_suppl.6065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchStage IV solid tumorsSolid tumorsAnticancer therapyNon-small cell lungNational Cancer DatabaseMetastatic solid tumorsPrevalence ratiosAssociated with increased prevalenceStage IV cancerCharacteristics of patientsLog-binomial regressionPoor functional statusLack of medical insuranceRadiation therapySystemic therapyUntreated patientsCancer DatabaseIV cancerDiagnosis yearEstimate prevalence ratiosStage IVBlack raceTherapyTumorPatients
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