Longgang Zhao, PhD

2026

• Physical Activity, Sitting Time, and Sleep Among Postpartum Women During the COVID‐19 Pandemic

  Zhao L, Liu J, Whitaker K, Hung P, Hair N, Chen E, Alberg A. Physical Activity, Sitting Time, and Sleep Among Postpartum Women During the COVID‐19 Pandemic. Birth 2026 PMID: 42310930, DOI: 10.1111/birt.70086.

  Peer-Reviewed Original Research

• Helicobacter pylori infection and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a prospective study and meta-analysis.

  Zhao L, Chen Y, Zhang X, Mezzacappa C, Ma X, Banini B, Lee J, Liu C, Zhang X, Hsing A, Nguyen M, Hyun C, Camargo M, McGlynn K, Hou L, Taddei T, Zhang X. Helicobacter pylori infection and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a prospective study and meta-analysis. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention 2026 PMID: 42233960, DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-26-0038.

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• Artificially Sweetened and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake and Risk of Liver Cancer

  Watling C, Zhao L, Zhang X, Deubler E, Gonzalez-Feliciano A, Graubard B, Petrick J, Wojt A, Butera G, Hofmann J, Freeman L, Shrubsole M, Zheng W, Sudenga S, Schernhammer E, Eliassen A, Mucci L, Sesso H, Sinha R, Loftfield E, Um C, McCullough M, Jenab M, Zhang X, McGlynn K. Artificially Sweetened and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake and Risk of Liver Cancer. JAMA Network Open 2026, 9: e2617754. PMID: 42268607, PMCID: PMC13254733, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2026.17754.

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• Dietary Patterns and the Risk of Liver Cancer and Chronic Liver Disease Mortality

  Khil J, Zhao L, Zhang X, Chen Y, Jung S, Pichardo M, Lopez-Pentecost M, Rohan T, Saquib N, Sun Y, Tabung F, Zheng T, Wactawski-Wende J, Manson J, Neuhouser M, Keum N, Zhang X. Dietary Patterns and the Risk of Liver Cancer and Chronic Liver Disease Mortality. Journal Of Nutrition 2026, 156: 101557. PMID: 42061715, DOI: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2026.101557.

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• Associations of Lifestyle Factors and Ultra-Processed Food Consumption with Constipation Among US Adults: NHANES 2005-2010

  Lo J, Zhao L, Steele E, Zhang X, Singh H, Samadder N. Associations of Lifestyle Factors and Ultra-Processed Food Consumption with Constipation Among US Adults: NHANES 2005-2010. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2026 PMID: 41905524, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2026.03.020.

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• Blood Pressure Trajectories in Young Adulthood and Midlife Steatotic Liver Disease

  Chen Y, Zhao L, Zheng Y, Carr J, Gao T, Terry J, Qu Y, Ning H, Zhang X, Wilkins J, Bae S, Carnethon M, Allen N, Jacobs D, Lloyd-Jones D, Hou L, Zhang X. Blood Pressure Trajectories in Young Adulthood and Midlife Steatotic Liver Disease. Hypertension 2026, 83: e26319. PMID: 41867060, DOI: 10.1161/hypertensionaha.125.26319.

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• Body mass index (BMI) and risk of lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies using directly measured and genetically proxied measures of BMI

  Das Gupta R, Merchant A, McDonnell K, Akonde M, Zhao L, Zhang J, Alberg A. Body mass index (BMI) and risk of lung cancer: a systematic review and meta-analysis of studies using directly measured and genetically proxied measures of BMI. Cancer Causes & Control 2026, 37: 56. PMID: 41784894, DOI: 10.1007/s10552-026-02143-2.

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• Association Between Dietary Folate and Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness Among African Americans and European Americans

  Su L, O’Connor S, Aguilar D, Lee M, Wong H, Lin H, Bensen J, Mohler J, Arab L, Zhao L, Butler E, Farnan L, Steck S. Association Between Dietary Folate and Prostate Cancer Aggressiveness Among African Americans and European Americans. Nutrients 2026, 18: 748. PMID: 41829916, PMCID: PMC12986587, DOI: 10.3390/nu18050748.

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• Supplementation with mixed nuts does not improve inflammatory biomarkers or dietary inflammatory potential in post-myocardial infarction: a secondary analysis of the DICA-NUTS trial

  Marcadenti A, Bersch-Ferreira A, Vieira Machado R, Nakagawa Santos R, de Abreu-Silva E, da Silva A, Stein E, Bressan J, Hebert J, Zhao L, Rogero M. Supplementation with mixed nuts does not improve inflammatory biomarkers or dietary inflammatory potential in post-myocardial infarction: a secondary analysis of the DICA-NUTS trial. Nutrition Metabolism And Cardiovascular Diseases 2026, 36: 104625. PMID: 41856832, DOI: 10.1016/j.numecd.2026.104625.

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• Association of change in healthy lifestyle in early adulthood with steatotic liver disease risk in midlife

  Chen Y, Zhao L, Mezzacappa C, Steffen L, Carr J, Gao T, Terry J, Qu Y, Bae S, Taddei T, Justice A, Jacobs D, Lloyd-Jones D, Hou L, Zhang X. Association of change in healthy lifestyle in early adulthood with steatotic liver disease risk in midlife. Clinical Gastroenterology And Hepatology 2026 PMID: 41620192, PMCID: PMC13097063, DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2026.01.019.

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