2024
A group prenatal care intervention reduces gestational weight gain and gestational diabetes in American Samoan women
Hawley N, Faasalele‐Savusa K, Faiai M, Suiaunoa‐Scanlan L, Loia M, Ickovics J, Kocher E, Piel C, Mahoney M, Suss R, Trocha M, Rosen R, Muasau‐Howard B. A group prenatal care intervention reduces gestational weight gain and gestational diabetes in American Samoan women. Obesity 2024, 32: 1833-1843. PMID: 39256170, DOI: 10.1002/oby.24102.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGestational weight gainPostpartum weight changeGestational diabetes screeningClinically important between-group differenceDiabetes screeningGestational diabetesUsual care participantsPrenatal care interventionsMode of birthLow-risk pregnant womenPre-pregnancy obesityAmerican Samoan womenIncidence of gestational diabetesProportion of womenGestational diabetes incidenceInfant birth weightWeight gainBetween-group differencesCare interventionsCare participantsPreliminary effectivenessWeight changeRandom group assignmentDiabetes incidenceHigh-risk settings
2019
Implementing School-Based Policies to Prevent Obesity: Cluster Randomized Trial
Ickovics JR, Duffany KO, Shebl FM, Peters SM, Read MA, Gilstad-Hayden KR, Schwartz MB. Implementing School-Based Policies to Prevent Obesity: Cluster Randomized Trial. American Journal Of Preventive Medicine 2019, 56: e1-e11. PMID: 30573151, PMCID: PMC7050629, DOI: 10.1016/j.amepre.2018.08.026.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysical activity policiesActivity policiesWellness policiesEighth gradeSchool-based nutrition policiesMiddle school studentsSchool-based nutritionFederal child nutrition programsSchool wellness policiesFuture school interventionsNutrition policy implementationChild nutrition programsHealthier BMI trajectoriesPolicy implementationSchool environmentMiddle schoolSchool studentsSchool interventionsBMI percentileSchoolsStudentsStudents' BMINutrition policiesBMI trajectoriesUrban districts
2012
Blood Pressure Changes during Pregnancy: Impact of Race, Body Mass Index, and Weight Gain
Boynton U, Kershaw T, Duffany K, Rising S, Ickovics J, Magriples U. Blood Pressure Changes during Pregnancy: Impact of Race, Body Mass Index, and Weight Gain. American Journal Of Perinatology 2012, 30: 415-424. PMID: 23059493, PMCID: PMC3938313, DOI: 10.1055/s-0032-1326987.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultBlack or African AmericanBlood PressureBody Mass IndexFemaleHispanic or LatinoHumansHypertensionHypertension, Pregnancy-InducedLongitudinal StudiesObesityOverweightPostpartum PeriodPregnancyPregnancy ComplicationsProspective StudiesRacial GroupsWeight GainWhite PeopleYoung AdultConceptsBody mass indexBlood pressure trajectoriesWeight gainBlood pressureMass indexHigher blood pressure readingsNormal body mass indexHigh pregnancy weight gainPostpartum weight reductionSingleton term infantsPregnancy weight gainDiastolic blood pressureBlood pressure changesBlood pressure readingsPressure trajectoriesAfrican American womenLongitudinal multivariate analysisCardiovascular riskOverweight womenTerm infantsPregnant womenPrenatal careWeeks postpartumPublic clinicsPregnancy
2000
Relationship of Subjective and Objective Social Status With Psychological and Physiological Functioning: Preliminary Data in Healthy White Women
Adler N, Epel E, Castellazzo G, Ickovics J. Relationship of Subjective and Objective Social Status With Psychological and Physiological Functioning: Preliminary Data in Healthy White Women. Health Psychology 2000, 19: 586-592. PMID: 11129362, DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.19.6.586.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubjective socioeconomic statusObjective social statusLaboratory stress studySocial statusSubjective social statusPsychological functioningNegative affectivityPsychological perceptionHealthy white womenPhysiological functioningFunctioningObjective indicatorsWhite womenMost associationsHealth-related factorsSocioeconomic statusPsychologicalSES-health gradientAffectivityStress studiesPerceptionPreliminary dataWomenStatusAssociationStress and Body Shape: Stress-Induced Cortisol Secretion Is Consistently Greater Among Women With Central Fat
Epel E, McEwen B, Seeman T, Matthews K, Castellazzo G, Brownell K, Bell J, Ickovics J. Stress and Body Shape: Stress-Induced Cortisol Secretion Is Consistently Greater Among Women With Central Fat. Psychosomatic Medicine 2000, 62: 623-632. PMID: 11020091, DOI: 10.1097/00006842-200009000-00005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsStress-induced cortisol secretionCentral fat distributionCentral fatCortisol secretionHigh WHRLean womenFat distributionLow WHRFirst stress sessionHealthy premenopausal womenBody mass indexCortisol reactivityMore chronic stressCross-sectional findingsPremenopausal womenMass indexStress sessionAnimal studiesWHRChronic stressGreater riskPsychological stressLaboratory stressorWomenCortisol
1999
Social Status, Anabolic Activity, and Fat Distribution
EPEL E, ADLER N, ICKOVICS J, McEWEN B. Social Status, Anabolic Activity, and Fat Distribution. Annals Of The New York Academy Of Sciences 1999, 896: 424-426. PMID: 10681941, DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-6632.1999.tb08160.x.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
1996
Employment and Coronary Risk in Women at Midlife: A Longitudinal Analysis
Ickovics J, Morrill A, Meisler A, Rodin J, Bromberger J, Matthews K. Employment and Coronary Risk in Women at Midlife: A Longitudinal Analysis. American Journal Of Epidemiology 1996, 143: 144-150. PMID: 8546115, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a008723.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigh-density lipoprotein cholesterolDensity lipoprotein cholesterolLipoprotein cholesterolHealth behaviorsTotal high-density lipoprotein cholesterolLow high-density lipoprotein cholesterolMenopause-related changesHealth-related variablesCholesterol subfractionsCoronary riskCholesterol levelsCoronary healthLongitudinal assessmentCholesterolStudy periodBaselinePotential mechanismsSignificant decreaseWomenAllegheny CountyLongitudinal analysisEmployment statusHealthDetrimental effectsYears