2022
Genome-wide association study in individuals of European and African ancestry and multi-trait analysis of opioid use disorder identifies 19 independent genome-wide significant risk loci
Deak JD, Zhou H, Galimberti M, Levey DF, Wendt FR, Sanchez-Roige S, Hatoum AS, Johnson EC, Nunez YZ, Demontis D, Børglum AD, Rajagopal VM, Jennings MV, Kember RL, Justice AC, Edenberg HJ, Agrawal A, Polimanti R, Kranzler HR, Gelernter J. Genome-wide association study in individuals of European and African ancestry and multi-trait analysis of opioid use disorder identifies 19 independent genome-wide significant risk loci. Molecular Psychiatry 2022, 27: 3970-3979. PMID: 35879402, PMCID: PMC9718667, DOI: 10.1038/s41380-022-01709-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenome-wide association studiesGenome-wide significant risk lociAssociation studiesVariant associationsLarge-scale genome-wide association studiesGenetic correlationsSignificant risk lociPsychiatric Genomics ConsortiumMulti-trait analysisPolygenic risk score analysisSingle-variant associationsGWS lociGenetic architectureIndividuals of EuropeanGWS associationsRisk lociGene regionGenomics ConsortiumMillion Veteran ProgramSusceptibility lociAfrican ancestryLociRisk score analysisGenetic informativenessSNPs oneIncorporating local ancestry improves identification of ancestry-associated methylation signatures and meQTLs in African Americans
Li B, Aouizerat BE, Cheng Y, Anastos K, Justice AC, Zhao H, Xu K. Incorporating local ancestry improves identification of ancestry-associated methylation signatures and meQTLs in African Americans. Communications Biology 2022, 5: 401. PMID: 35488087, PMCID: PMC9054854, DOI: 10.1038/s42003-022-03353-5.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2018
Racial disparities in discontinuation of long-term opioid therapy following illicit drug use among black and white patients
Gaither JR, Gordon K, Crystal S, Edelman EJ, Kerns RD, Justice AC, Fiellin DA, Becker WC. Racial disparities in discontinuation of long-term opioid therapy following illicit drug use among black and white patients. Drug And Alcohol Dependence 2018, 192: 371-376. PMID: 30122319, PMCID: PMC7106601, DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2018.05.033.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLong-term opioid therapyIllicit drug useUrine drug testsDrug useOpioid therapyWhite racePositive urine drug testDrug testsMonths of treatmentElectronic medical recordsWhite patientsChronic painPatient raceMedical recordsPatientsLogistic regressionOpioidsRacial disparitiesDrug testingCocaineCannabisTherapyCliniciansDiscontinuationPain
2017
Multimorbidity Among Persons Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the United States
Wong C, Gange SJ, Moore RD, Justice AC, Buchacz K, Abraham AG, Rebeiro PF, Koethe JR, Martin JN, Horberg MA, Boyd CM, Kitahata MM, Crane HM, Gebo KA, Gill MJ, Silverberg MJ, Palella FJ, Patel P, Samji H, Thorne J, Rabkin CS, Mayor A, Althoff KN, Freeman A, Cescon A, Rachlis A, Rogers B, Rodriguez B, Grasso C, Benson C, Drozd D, Fiellin D, Haas D, Kirk G, Willig J, Globerman J, Brooks J, Eron J, Montaner J, Gabler K, Anastos K, Mayer K, Jacobson L, Kopansky-Giles M, Klein M, Turner M, Mugavero M, Saag M, Harrigan P, Dubrow R, Hunter-Mellado R, Hogg R, Bosch R, McKaig R, Bebawy S, Rourke S, Napravnik S, Boswell S, Sterling T. Multimorbidity Among Persons Living with Human Immunodeficiency Virus in the United States. Clinical Infectious Diseases 2017, 66: 1230-1238. PMID: 29149237, PMCID: PMC5889007, DOI: 10.1093/cid/cix998.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAge FactorsBlack PeopleCohort StudiesDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2FemaleHeterosexualityHIVHIV InfectionsHomosexuality, MaleHumansHypercholesterolemiaHypertensionLongitudinal StudiesMaleMiddle AgedMultimorbidityRenal Insufficiency, ChronicSexual and Gender MinoritiesUnited StatesWhite PeopleConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virusAdjusted prevalence ratiosAge-associated conditionsImmunodeficiency virusMultimorbidity prevalenceClinical careNorth American AIDS Cohort CollaborationEnd-stage liver diseaseMedian baseline ageHIV outpatient clinicChronic kidney diseaseRobust error varianceConfidence intervalsComplex healthcare needsDemographic subgroupsCohort CollaborationComorbidity preventionCohort studyDiabetes mellitusLiver diseaseOutpatient clinicKidney diseasePrevalence ratiosBaseline ageCare complexity
2016
Minority Men Who Have Sex with Men Demonstrate Increased Risk for HIV Transmission
Gordon KS, Edelman EJ, Justice AC, Fiellin DA, Akgün K, Crystal S, Duggal M, Goulet JL, Rimland D, Bryant KJ. Minority Men Who Have Sex with Men Demonstrate Increased Risk for HIV Transmission. AIDS And Behavior 2016, 21: 1497-1510. PMID: 27771818, PMCID: PMC5380471, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-016-1590-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDetectable HIV-1 RNAHIV-1 RNAHIV transmissionOdds ratioMSM groupVeterans Aging Cohort StudyMinority MSMAging Cohort StudyMultiple sexual partnersMultiple sex partnersNon-condom useCohort studyInfluence of drugsComparator groupRisk factorsHispanic MSMWhite MSMLow prevalenceHigh incidenceSex partnersSexual partnersMSMSexMinority menGroup
2015
Rising Obesity Prevalence and Weight Gain Among Adults Starting Antiretroviral Therapy in the United States and Canada
Koethe JR, Jenkins CA, Lau B, Shepherd BE, Justice AC, Tate JP, Buchacz K, Napravnik S, Mayor AM, Horberg MA, Blashill AJ, Willig A, Wester CW, Silverberg MJ, Gill J, Thorne JE, Klein M, Eron JJ, Kitahata MM, Sterling TR, Moore RD. Rising Obesity Prevalence and Weight Gain Among Adults Starting Antiretroviral Therapy in the United States and Canada. AIDS Research And Human Retroviruses 2015, 32: 50-58. PMID: 26352511, PMCID: PMC4692122, DOI: 10.1089/aid.2015.0147.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYears of ARTBody mass indexAntiretroviral therapyART initiationMedian body mass indexNormal body mass indexHigher body mass indexWeight gainWhite womenUnited States National HealthART-exposed HIVHIV-1 RNAProportion of overweightMultivariable linear regressionCohort CollaborationNA-ACCORDNon-white womenCohort studyMedian ageObese adultsMass indexObesity prevalenceNational HealthHigh prevalenceHealth complications