2000
Leisure-Time Physical Activity, Television Watching, and Plasma Biomarkers of Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk
Fung TT, Hu FB, Yu J, Chu NF, Spiegelman D, Tofler GH, Willett WC, Rimm EB. Leisure-Time Physical Activity, Television Watching, and Plasma Biomarkers of Obesity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2000, 152: 1171-1178. PMID: 11130623, DOI: 10.1093/aje/152.12.1171.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLeisure-time physical activityDensity lipoprotein cholesterolPhysical activityCVD riskLipoprotein cholesterolHDL cholesterolCardiovascular diseaseTelevision watchingLong-term leisure-time physical activityHigh-density lipoprotein cholesterolLow-density lipoprotein cholesterolLong-term physical activityMale health professionalsBiomarkers of obesityCardiovascular disease riskBlood lipidsThrombogenic factorsLeptin levelsInsulin sensitivityC-peptideApolipoprotein A1Vigorous activityLinear regression analysisBiochemical markersHealth professionals
1999
Alcohol consumption in relation to breast cancer risk in a cohort of United States women 25-42 years of age.
Garland M, Hunter DJ, Colditz GA, Spiegelman DL, Manson JE, Stampfer MJ, Willett WC. Alcohol consumption in relation to breast cancer risk in a cohort of United States women 25-42 years of age. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 1999, 8: 1017-21. PMID: 10566558.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBreast cancer riskMultivariate relative riskAlcohol consumptionCancer riskRelative riskBreast cancerDrinks/weekInvasive breast cancerModerate alcohol consumptionMore drinks/weekAverage lifetime alcohol consumptionLifetime alcohol consumptionWomen age 25Past alcohol consumptionYears of agePostmenopausal womenPremenopausal womenWomen 25Age 25Young womenHeavy drinkingAge 23Drinking levelsWomenFurther studiesProspective Study of Alcohol Consumption Patterns in Relation to Symptomatic Gallstone Disease in Men
Leitzmann M, Giovannucci E, Stampfer M, Spiegelman D, Colditz G, Willett W, Rimm E. Prospective Study of Alcohol Consumption Patterns in Relation to Symptomatic Gallstone Disease in Men. Alcohol Clinical And Experimental Research 1999, 23: 835-841. PMID: 10371403, DOI: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.1999.tb04191.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSymptomatic gallstone diseaseGallstone diseaseAlcohol intakeAlcohol consumption patternsDecreased riskAmount of alcoholAlcohol consumptionCohort of menAlcoholic beverage typesSymptomatic gallstonesFrequent intakeModerate intakeProspective studyRisk factorsSignificant associationDiseaseIntakeBeverage typePotential health hazardsRiskMenAlcoholic beveragesHealth hazardsAssociationConsumption patternsPrevalence and Predictors of Depressive Symptoms in Older Premenopausal Women: The Harvard Study of Moods and Cycles
Harlow BL, Cohen LS, Otto MW, Spiegelman D, Cramer DW. Prevalence and Predictors of Depressive Symptoms in Older Premenopausal Women: The Harvard Study of Moods and Cycles. JAMA Psychiatry 1999, 56: 418-424. PMID: 10232296, DOI: 10.1001/archpsyc.56.5.418.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDepressive symptomsPremenstrual symptomsCommunity-based cohort studyOlder premenopausal womenMenstrual cycle irregularityPrevalence of depressionCommunity-based studyCES-D scoresCurrent depressive symptomsSelf-administered questionnaireCohort studyPremenopausal womenNulliparous womenUpper tertileCigarette smokingMenstrual historyOvarian functionHarvard StudyCycle irregularityMajor depressionMood disordersLower riskDepression scoresDepression historySymptoms
1997
Risk Factors for Postherpetic Neuralgia
Choo PW, Galil K, Donahue JG, Walker AM, Spiegelman D, Platt R. Risk Factors for Postherpetic Neuralgia. JAMA Internal Medicine 1997, 157: 1217-1224. PMID: 9183233, DOI: 10.1001/archinte.1997.00440320117011.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOnset of zosterPostherpetic neuralgiaRisk factorsHerpes zosterCases of PHNTreatment of zosterHealth maintenance organizationSystemic acyclovirSystemic corticosteroidsElderly patientsPharmacy recordsCommon complicationSensory symptomsProdromal symptomsHigh prevalenceZosterEligibility criteriaMaintenance organizationPatientsPrevalenceTreatment factorsCorticosteroidsNeuralgiaAcyclovirSymptoms