2022
Baseline Serum Biomarkers of Inflammation and Subsequent Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability: A Post Hoc Analysis of MESA
Wong KH, Muddasani V, Peterson C, Sheibani N, Arkin C, Cheong I, Majersik JJ, Biffi A, Petersen N, Falcone GJ, Sansing LH, de Havenon AH. Baseline Serum Biomarkers of Inflammation and Subsequent Visit-to-Visit Blood Pressure Variability: A Post Hoc Analysis of MESA. American Journal Of Hypertension 2022, 36: 144-147. PMID: 36315490, PMCID: PMC11484580, DOI: 10.1093/ajh/hpac122.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBlood pressure variabilityHigh blood pressure variabilitySerum inflammatory markersPlasmin-antiplasmin complexC-reactive proteinInterleukin-6Inflammatory markersBlood pressureStudy visitPressure variabilityBaseline serum IL-6Visit blood pressure variabilityLipid-lowering medicationsMean blood pressureSerum IL-6Markers of inflammationSystolic blood pressureBaseline study visitBody mass indexOnly IL-6Major vascular diseasesMulti-Ethnic StudyBaseline serum biomarkersPatient age categoryPost Hoc Analysis
2014
Dietary Fiber and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Results From 5 Large Cohort Studies
Fondell E, O'Reilly É, Fitzgerald KC, Falcone GJ, Kolonel LN, Park Y, McCullough ML, Ascherio A. Dietary Fiber and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis: Results From 5 Large Cohort Studies. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2014, 179: 1442-1449. PMID: 24816788, PMCID: PMC4051879, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwu089.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmyotrophic lateral sclerosisCohort studyALS riskFiber intakeLateral sclerosisCause of ALSLarge prospective cohort studyRisk of ALSProspective cohort studyHigh fiber intakeMedian survival timeCase-control studyLarge cohort studyProportional hazards modelCohort-specific estimatesRandom-effects modelInflammatory markersProspective studyHighest quintileALS casesDietary intakeCereal fiberSurvival timeLower riskHazards model