2022
Development of the Anthropometric Grouping Index for the Eastern Caribbean Population Using the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) Cohort Study Data
Almodóvar-Rivera IA, Rosario-Rosado RV, Nazario CM, Hernández-Santiago J, Ramírez-Marrero FA, Nunez M, Maharaj R, Adams P, Martinez-Brockman JL, Tessier-Sherman B, Nunez-Smith M. Development of the Anthropometric Grouping Index for the Eastern Caribbean Population Using the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) Cohort Study Data. International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2022, 19: 10415. PMID: 36012047, PMCID: PMC9408472, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph191610415.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood sugar levelsHigh blood sugar levelsElevated blood sugarSugar levelsBlood sugarCohort study dataPublic health initiativesAnthropometric indicesFamily historyAnthropometric measuresBMIHealth initiativesCaribbean populationLinear mixed modelsHigher likelihoodPopulation groupsStudy dataCurrent studyMixed modelsDiabetesLevelsGroupIndexPopulationIndividuals
2021
Anthropometric measures of obesity and associated cardiovascular disease risk in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) Cohort Study
Hassan S, Oladele C, Galusha D, Adams OP, Maharaj RG, Nazario CM, Nunez M, Nunez-Smith M. Anthropometric measures of obesity and associated cardiovascular disease risk in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) Cohort Study. BMC Public Health 2021, 21: 399. PMID: 33632164, PMCID: PMC7905572, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10399-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) Cohort StudyCVD riskCardiovascular disease riskHigh-risk groupAnthropometric measuresElevated waistCohort studyDisease riskElevated body mass indexASCVD risk scoreOverweight/obeseBody mass indexAmerican Heart AssociationObesity-related riskDifferent anthropometric measuresElevated WHRResultsMean ageWaist circumferenceMass indexHip ratioHeart AssociationRisk groupsRisk scoreRisk algorithmObesity