2023
Association of Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference With Imaging Metrics of Brain Integrity and Functional Connectivity in Children Aged 9 to 10 Years in the US, 2016-2018
Kaltenhauser S, Weber C, Lin H, Mozayan A, Malhotra A, Constable R, Acosta J, Falcone G, Taylor S, Ment L, Sheth K, Payabvash S. Association of Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference With Imaging Metrics of Brain Integrity and Functional Connectivity in Children Aged 9 to 10 Years in the US, 2016-2018. JAMA Network Open 2023, 6: e2314193. PMID: 37200030, PMCID: PMC10196880, DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.14193.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexHigher body mass indexWaist circumferenceBMI z-scoreCross-sectional studyBrain healthCross-sectional analysisFunctional connectivityMass indexMean ageInterval developmentCorpus callosumAssociation of BMIHigher baseline body mass indexBaseline cross-sectional analysisBaseline body mass indexBrain integrityResting-state functional connectivityLongitudinal analysisFuture treatment trialsABCD studyLower microstructural integrityCognitive Development StudyAdolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) studyCardiovascular implications
2019
Breastfeeding Initiation as Related to the Interaction of Race/Ethnicity and Maternal Diabetes
Stevens DR, Taylor SN, Roberts JR, Neelon B, Newman RB, Vena JE, Hunt KJ. Breastfeeding Initiation as Related to the Interaction of Race/Ethnicity and Maternal Diabetes. Breastfeeding Medicine 2019, 14: 630-639. PMID: 31364862, PMCID: PMC6857546, DOI: 10.1089/bfm.2019.0065.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexPrepregnancy body mass indexRace/ethnicityFull-term birthNon-Hispanic black mothersDiabetes statusMaternal diabetesOdds ratioMaternal prepregnancy body mass indexMaternal diabetes statusMaternal metabolic disordersPopulation-based studyConfidence intervalsBlack mothersGestational diabetesBirth outcomesMass indexClinical variablesNegative health effectsBreastfeeding interventionsStudy populationAdditional adjustmentMetabolic disordersDiabetesHealth effects