2025
United States racial/ethnic disparities in PGT-A use: an analysis of 2014–2020 SART CORS database
Mason-Otey A, Seifer D. United States racial/ethnic disparities in PGT-A use: an analysis of 2014–2020 SART CORS database. Reproductive Biology And Endocrinology 2025, 23: 66. PMID: 40349066, PMCID: PMC12065204, DOI: 10.1186/s12958-025-01399-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPGT-AMultiple logistic regressionART cyclesHispanic womenAsian womenSociety for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcome Reporting SystemWhite womenSelection of euploid embryosPreimplantation genetic testingRetrospective cohort studyOutcome Reporting SystemAutologous ART cyclesSART CORS databaseEuploid embryosSART CORSAutologous cyclesCohort studyGenetic testingMinority womenLogistic regressionWomenBackgroundThe useResultsThis studyUnited StatesRacial/ethnic disparitiesHSA Adductomics in the Shanghai Women’s Health Study Links Lung Cancer in Never-Smokers with Air Pollution, Redox Biology, and One-Carbon Metabolism
Imani P, Grigoryan H, Dudoit S, Shu X, Wong J, Zhang L, Zhang J, Hu W, Cai Q, Gao Y, Blechter B, Rahman M, Zheng W, Rothman N, Lan Q, Rappaport S. HSA Adductomics in the Shanghai Women’s Health Study Links Lung Cancer in Never-Smokers with Air Pollution, Redox Biology, and One-Carbon Metabolism. Antioxidants 2025, 14: 335. PMID: 40227422, PMCID: PMC11939640, DOI: 10.3390/antiox14030335.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPolycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonsNever-smokersAir pollutionLung cancerOne-carbon metabolismAirborne fine particulate matterLung adenocarcinomaUrinary polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonsFine particulate matterShanghai Women's Health StudyWomen's Health StudySmoking-related cancersReactive oxygen speciesIncidence of lung adenocarcinomaAromatic hydrocarbonsLung cancer casesParticulate matterEast Asian womenHealth StudyCancer casesAsian womenDietary factorsPollutionHuman serum albuminHigher incidenceWhat Influences Postpartum Depressive Symptoms? The role of Social Determinants of Health, Race-Based Discrimination and Stressful Life Experiences
Ringenary H, Froelich J, Njoroge W, Gerstein E. What Influences Postpartum Depressive Symptoms? The role of Social Determinants of Health, Race-Based Discrimination and Stressful Life Experiences. Maternal And Child Health Journal 2025, 29: 183-193. PMID: 39826084, DOI: 10.1007/s10995-025-04055-0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPostpartum depressive symptomsSocial determinants of healthDeterminants of healthPostpartum checkupSocial determinantsStressful life experiencesRace-based discriminationBirth certificate dataSecondary data analysisLife experiencesMultiple racesCertificate dataMaternal wellbeingHispanic womenCheckup dataDepressive symptomsBlack womenPostpartumAsian womenCheckupAnalysis of mothersHealthLong-term impactConclusionThe influenceWomen
2024
Trends in Faculty Advancement for Underrepresented groups in Academic Radiology
Malhotra A, Futela D, Ebrahimian S, Singhania S, Payabvash S, Jordan J, Gandhi D. Trends in Faculty Advancement for Underrepresented groups in Academic Radiology. Academic Radiology 2024, 32: 722-727. PMID: 39516100, DOI: 10.1016/j.acra.2024.10.030.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRacial and ethnic differences in epithelial ovarian cancer risk: an analysis from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium
Meagher N, White K, Wilkens L, Bandera E, Berchuck A, Carney M, Cramer D, Cushing-Haugen K, Jordan S, Kaufmann S, Le N, Pike M, Riggan M, Qin B, Rothstein J, Titus L, Winham S, Anton-Culver H, Doherty J, Goode E, Pearce C, Risch H, Webb P, Cook L, Goodman M, Harris H, Le Marchand L, McGuire V, Pharoah P, Sarink D, Schildkraut J, Sieh W, Terry K, Thompson P, Whittemore A, Wu A, Peres L, Merritt M. Racial and ethnic differences in epithelial ovarian cancer risk: an analysis from the Ovarian Cancer Association Consortium. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2024, 193: 1242-1252. PMID: 38775277, PMCID: PMC11369223, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwae076.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvarian Cancer Association ConsortiumEpithelial ovarian cancer riskNative Hawaiian/Pacific IslanderEpithelial ovarian cancerInverse associationHawaiian/Pacific IslanderRisk associationOdds ratioOvarian cancer riskRisk factor associationsTubal ligationLogistic regression modelsOral contraceptive (OCIslander womenCancer riskFactor associationsWhite participantsPrevention strategiesAsian womenOC useEthnic differencesRisk factorsGynecologic cancerRegression modelsOvarian cancer
2023
Phthalates and Incident Diabetes in Midlife Women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)
Peng M, Karvonen-Gutierrez C, Herman W, Mukherjee B, Park S. Phthalates and Incident Diabetes in Midlife Women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). The Journal Of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2023, 108: 1947-1957. PMID: 36752637, PMCID: PMC10348472, DOI: 10.1210/clinem/dgad033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStudy of Women's HealthIncidence of diabetesWomen's healthIncident diabetesMono-carboxyisononyl phthalatePhthalate metabolitesAssociated with diabetes incidenceHazard ratioCohort of midlife womenHealth-related factorsRacially/ethnically diverse cohortHigh-molecular-weight phthalate metabolitesTime-varying exposureCox proportional hazards modelsProportional hazards modelEffect modificationMono-isobutyl phthalateRacial/ethnic groupsDiabetes incidenceMono(3-carboxypropyl) phthalateMidlife womenMono-carboxyoctyl phthalateWhite womenAsian womenLongitudinal evidence
2022
Differences in Cancer Screening Responses to State Medicaid Expansions by Race and Ethnicity, 2011‒2019.
Friedman AS, Thomas S, Suttiratana SC. Differences in Cancer Screening Responses to State Medicaid Expansions by Race and Ethnicity, 2011‒2019. American Journal Of Public Health 2022, 112: 1630-1639. PMID: 36223588, PMCID: PMC9558180, DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2022.307027.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCancer screeningMedicaid expansionRace/ethnicityPap testingHispanic womenBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System dataNon-Hispanic Asian womenNon-Hispanic white womenColorectal cancer screeningSurveillance System dataEffect modification analysisState Medicaid expansionsFederal poverty guidelinesColorectal screeningPapanicolaou testInsurance statusEffect modificationNonexpansion statesWhite womenAsian womenPoverty guidelinesWomenSignificant increaseMammographyScreeningMachine learning to define phenotypes and outcomes of patients hospitalized for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: Findings from ASCEND-HF
Murray EM, Greene SJ, Rao VN, Sun JL, Alhanti BA, Blumer V, Butler J, Ahmad T, Mentz RJ. Machine learning to define phenotypes and outcomes of patients hospitalized for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction: Findings from ASCEND-HF. American Heart Journal 2022, 254: 112-121. PMID: 36007566, DOI: 10.1016/j.ahj.2022.08.009.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsASCEND-HF trialAtrial fibrillationBlood pressureEjection fractionHeart failureLatent class analysisOutcomes of patientsLong-term outcomesYoung menFour-hour urine outputDistinct phenotypesAcute HFRenal impairmentClinical profileUrine outputASCEND-HFClinical benefitHeterogenous diseaseClinical dataOlder womenHFpEFPatientsOlder individualsCluster 3Asian womenRace-specific associations of urinary phenols and parabens with adipokines in midlife women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)
Lee S, Karvonen-Gutierrez C, Mukherjee B, Herman W, Park S. Race-specific associations of urinary phenols and parabens with adipokines in midlife women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN). Environmental Pollution 2022, 303: 119164. PMID: 35306088, PMCID: PMC9883839, DOI: 10.1016/j.envpol.2022.119164.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStudy of Women's HealthBayesian kernel machine regressionWomen's healthLeptin levelsBlack womenAssociated with lower leptinAssociated with favorable profilesAsian womenSoluble leptin receptorRacial differencesRace-specific associationsUrinary phenolCross-sectional associationsNo significant associationObesity-related metabolic diseasesLog-transformed levelsSOB-RKernel machine regressionSerum adipokinesMetabolic disease burdenEffect modificationNation Multi-Pollutant StudyLow leptinLeptin receptorLinear regression models
2021
Disparities in ART Live Birth and Cumulative Live Birth Outcomes for Hispanic and Asian Women Compared to White Non-Hispanic Women
Kotlyar AM, Simsek B, Seifer DB. Disparities in ART Live Birth and Cumulative Live Birth Outcomes for Hispanic and Asian Women Compared to White Non-Hispanic Women. Journal Of Clinical Medicine 2021, 10: 2615. PMID: 34198545, PMCID: PMC8231797, DOI: 10.3390/jcm10122615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCumulative live birth rateNon-Hispanic womenLive birthsWNH womenAsian womenWhite non-Hispanic womenART live birthsCycles of ARTHistory of endometriosisIndependent prognostic factorLive birth rateReproductive technology outcomesEtiology of infertilityLive birth outcomesMultivariate logistic regressionUse of ICSINumber of embryosNulliparous womenPrognostic factorsBirth outcomesAsian patientsART cyclesART treatmentART statusMember clinics
2020
Breast Cancer Polygenic Risk Score and Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk
Kramer I, Hooning M, Mavaddat N, Hauptmann M, Keeman R, Steyerberg E, Giardiello D, Antoniou A, Pharoah P, Canisius S, Abu-Ful Z, Andrulis I, Anton-Culver H, Aronson K, Augustinsson A, Becher H, Beckmann M, Behrens S, Benitez J, Bermisheva M, Bogdanova N, Bojesen S, Bolla M, Bonanni B, Brauch H, Bremer M, Brucker S, Burwinkel B, Castelao J, Chan T, Chang-Claude J, Chanock S, Chenevix-Trench G, Choi J, Clarke C, Collée J, Couch F, Cox A, Cross S, Czene K, Daly M, Devilee P, Dörk T, dos-Santos-Silva I, Dunning A, Dwek M, Eccles D, Evans D, Fasching P, Flyger H, Gago-Dominguez M, García-Closas M, García-Sáenz J, Giles G, Goldgar D, González-Neira A, Haiman C, Håkansson N, Hamann U, Hartman M, Heemskerk-Gerritsen B, Hollestelle A, Hopper J, Hou M, Howell A, Ito H, Jakimovska M, Jakubowska A, Janni W, John E, Jung A, Kang D, Kets C, Khusnutdinova E, Ko Y, Kristensen V, Kurian A, Kwong A, Lambrechts D, Le Marchand L, Li J, Lindblom A, Lubiński J, Mannermaa A, Manoochehri M, Margolin S, Matsuo K, Mavroudis D, Meindl A, Milne R, Mulligan A, Muranen T, Neuhausen S, Nevanlinna H, Newman W, Olshan A, Olson J, Olsson H, Park-Simon T, Peto J, Petridis C, Plaseska-Karanfilska D, Presneau N, Pylkäs K, Radice P, Rennert G, Romero A, Roylance R, Saloustros E, Sawyer E, Schmutzler R, Schwentner L, Scott R, See M, Shah M, Shen C, Shu X, Siesling S, Slager S, Sohn C, Southey M, Spinelli J, Stone J, Tapper W, Tengström M, Teo S, Terry M, Tollenaar R, Tomlinson I, Troester M, Vachon C, van Ongeval C, van Veen E, Winqvist R, Wolk A, Zheng W, Ziogas A, Easton D, Hall P, Schmidt M, Børresen-Dale A, Sahlberg K, Ottestad L, Kåresen R, Schlichting E, Holmen M, Sauer T, Haakensen V, Engebråten O, Naume B, Fosså A, Kiserud C, Reinertsen K, Helland Å, Riis M, Geisler J, Alnæs G, Clarke C, Marsh D, Scott C, Baxter R, Yip D, Carpenter J, Davis A, Pathmanathan N, Simpson P, Graham J, Sachchithananthan M, Amor D, Andrews L, Antill Y, Balleine R, Beesley J, Bennett I, Bogwitz M, Botes L, Brennan M, Brown M, Buckley M, Burke J, Butow P, Caldon L, Campbell I, Chauhan D, Chauhan M, Chenevix-Trench G, Christian A, Cohen P, Colley A, Crook A, Cui J, Cummings M, Dawson S, deFazio A, Delatycki M, Dickson R, Dixon J, Edkins T, Edwards S, Farshid G, Fellows A, Fenton G, Field M, Flanagan J, Fong P, Forrest L, Fox S, French J, Friedlander M, Gaff C, Gattas M, George P, Greening S, Harris M, Hart S, Hayward N, Hopper J, Hoskins C, Hunt C, James P, Jenkins M, Kidd A, Kirk J, Koehler J, Kollias J, Lakhani S, Lawrence M, Lindeman G, Lipton L, Lobb L, Mann G, Marsh D, McLachlan S, Meiser B, Milne R, Nightingale S, O'Connell S, O'Sullivan S, Ortega D, Pachter N, Patterson B, Pearn A, Phillips K, Pieper E, Rickard E, Robinson B, Saleh M, Salisbury E, Saunders C, Saunus J, Scott C, Scott C, Sexton A, Shelling A, Simpson P, Southey M, Spurdle A, Taylor J, Taylor R, Thorne H, Trainer A, Tucker K, Visvader J, Walker L, Williams R, Winship I, Young M. Breast Cancer Polygenic Risk Score and Contralateral Breast Cancer Risk. American Journal Of Human Genetics 2020, 107: 837-848. PMID: 33022221, PMCID: PMC7675034, DOI: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2020.09.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAsian PeopleBreast NeoplasmsCohort StudiesEstrogen Receptor alphaFemaleGene ExpressionGenetic Predisposition to DiseaseGenome-Wide Association StudyGenome, HumanHumansMiddle AgedMultifactorial InheritanceNeoadjuvant TherapyNeoplasms, Second PrimaryPrognosisProportional Hazards ModelsReceptor, ErbB-2Receptors, ProgesteroneRisk AssessmentWhite PeopleConceptsContralateral breast cancerPolygenic risk scoresInvasive breast cancerCBC risk prediction modelAssociated with increased CBC riskRisk of contralateral breast cancerBreast Cancer Association ConsortiumBreast cancerWomen of European ancestryStudies of Asian womenAbsolute lifetime riskUnilateral breast cancerEvidence of confoundingRisk prediction modelFollow-upStratify womenEuropean ancestryFamily historyHazard ratioRisk scoreLogistic regressionAsian womenEuropean womenGermline variantsOptimal surveillanceDISPARITIES IN ART LIVE-BIRTH OUTCOMES FOR HISPANIC AND ASIAN WOMEN COMPARED TO WHITE NON-HISPANIC WOMEN
Kotlyar A, Simsek B, Seifer D. DISPARITIES IN ART LIVE-BIRTH OUTCOMES FOR HISPANIC AND ASIAN WOMEN COMPARED TO WHITE NON-HISPANIC WOMEN. Fertility And Sterility 2020, 114: e295. DOI: 10.1016/j.fertnstert.2020.08.809.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Influence of race, insurance status, and geographic access to plastic surgeons on immediate breast reconstruction rates
Butler PD, Familusi O, Serletti JM, Fox JP. Influence of race, insurance status, and geographic access to plastic surgeons on immediate breast reconstruction rates. The American Journal Of Surgery 2017, 215: 987-994. PMID: 29103529, DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2017.09.037.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsImmediate breast reconstructionIBR ratesCaucasian womenImmediate breast reconstruction ratesAmbulatory surgery dataBreast reconstruction ratesPlastic surgeon densityFinal cohortInsurance statusBreast reconstructionBreast cancerLargest absolute increaseHealth servicesSurgeon densitySurgery dataAdult womenPublic insuranceStatus subgroupsPrivate insuranceGeographic accessAsian womenAbsolute increasePlastic surgeonsWomenInfluence of raceA Qualitative Study of Breast Reconstruction Decision-Making among Asian Immigrant Women Living in the United States
Fu R, Chang M, Chen M, Rohde C. A Qualitative Study of Breast Reconstruction Decision-Making among Asian Immigrant Women Living in the United States. Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery 2017, 139: 360e-368e. PMID: 28121856, DOI: 10.1097/prs.0000000000002947.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEast Asian womenAsian womenImprove psychosocial well-beingBreast reconstruction decision-makingImprove cultural competencePsychosocial Well-BeingBreast reconstruction ratesCoded transcribed interviewsBreast cancerQuality of lifeBreast reconstructionReconstruction decision-makingFear of implantsInformed decision-makingNew York metropolitan areaSemistructured interviewsPatient concernsPostmastectomy breast reconstructionQualitative studyImprove accessDecision-makingPerceptions of plastic surgeryCultural competenceAxial codingBody image
2016
Disparities in receipt of a laparoscopic operation for ectopic pregnancy among TRICARE beneficiaries
Ranjit A, Chaudhary MA, Jiang W, Zhan T, Schneider EB, Cohen SL, Little SE, Haider AH, Robinson JN, Witkop CT. Disparities in receipt of a laparoscopic operation for ectopic pregnancy among TRICARE beneficiaries. Surgery 2016, 161: 1341-1347. PMID: 27842916, DOI: 10.1016/j.surg.2016.09.029.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEctopic pregnancyLaparoscopic operationsRacial disparitiesWhite womenDays of diagnosisOdds of receiptRacial minority patientsSystems of careBlack womenTRICARE dataPatient demographicsUniversal insurance coverageMultivariable analysisTRICARE beneficiariesOperative approachMinority patientsPurchased careLesser oddsPregnancyDirect carePatientsAsian womenInsurance accessCareInsurance coverage
2015
Racial Differences in the Use and Outcome of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: Results From the National Cancer Data Base
Killelea BK, Yang VQ, Wang SY, Hayse B, Mougalian S, Horowitz NR, Chagpar AB, Pusztai L, Lannin DR. Racial Differences in the Use and Outcome of Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy for Breast Cancer: Results From the National Cancer Data Base. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2015, 33: 4267-4276. PMID: 26598753, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2015.63.7801.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAgedAntineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy ProtocolsAsianBiomarkers, TumorBlack or African AmericanBreast NeoplasmsCarcinoma, Ductal, BreastCarcinoma, LobularChemotherapy, AdjuvantComorbidityDatabases, FactualFemaleHispanic or LatinoHumansInsurance CoverageInsurance, HealthMiddle AgedNeoadjuvant TherapyNeoplasm GradingNeoplasm StagingReceptor, ErbB-2Receptors, EstrogenReceptors, ProgesteroneTreatment OutcomeTriple Negative Breast NeoplasmsUnited StatesWhite PeopleConceptsPathologic complete responseNational Cancer Data BaseNeoadjuvant chemotherapyBreast cancerEstrogen receptorWhite womenPositive tumorsAsian womenHuman epidermal growth factor receptor 2HER2-positive breast cancerEpidermal growth factor receptor 2Timing of chemotherapyClinical T stageGrowth factor receptor 2Triple-negative tumorsPatient's zip codeHigh-grade tumorsRacial differencesZip codesFactor receptor 2Chemotherapy useComorbidity indexComplete responseT stageGrade tumors
2009
Odds of having a regular physician and perceptions of care: ethnic patterns for women ages 25-45.
Shreffler K, McQuillan J, Greil A, Lacy N, Ngaruiya C. Odds of having a regular physician and perceptions of care: ethnic patterns for women ages 25-45. Family Medicine 2009, 41: 271-6. PMID: 19343558.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRegular doctorRace/ethnicityLower oddsWhite womenRegular physicianHigher oddsHispanic womenHealth statusWhite non-Hispanic womenAsian womenNon-Hispanic white womenReproductive-aged womenNon-Hispanic womenPerceptions of careBlack womenLogistic regression modelsCare factorsInsurance statusReproductive ageSignificant interaction termSocioeconomic statusWomenOddsEthnic differencesDoctors
2008
Trends in Racial and Age Disparities in Definitive Local Therapy of Early-Stage Breast Cancer
Freedman RA, He Y, Winer EP, Keating NL. Trends in Racial and Age Disparities in Definitive Local Therapy of Early-Stage Breast Cancer. Journal Of Clinical Oncology 2008, 27: 713-719. PMID: 19103731, DOI: 10.1200/jco.2008.17.9234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDefinitive local therapyBreast-conserving surgeryEarly-stage breast cancerLocal therapyBreast cancerHispanic womenStage I/II breast cancerEnd Results registry dataAsian womenReceipt of radiationMultivariate logistic regressionBreast cancer therapyRace/ethnicityMastectomy ratesTherapy ratesBreast conservationAdjusted analysisRegistry dataWomen 61Stage ITherapyAdult womenLogistic regressionCancerStudy period
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