Recent Publications by Welch Center Faculty

April 2008

Appel LJ, Wright JT Jr, Greene T, Kusek JW, Lewis JB, Wang X, Lipkowitz MS, Norris KC, Bakris GL, Rahman M, Contreras G, Rostand SG, Kopple JD, Gabbai FB, Schulman GI, Gassman JJ, Charleston J, Agodoa LY; for the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension Collaborative Research Group.  Long-term Effects of Renin-Angiotensin System-Blocking Therapy and a Low Blood Pressure Goal on Progression of Hypertensive Chronic Kidney Disease in African Americans. Arch Intern Med. 2008 Apr 28;168(8):832-839. (abstract)

Astor BC, Yi S, Hiremath L, Corbin T, Pogue V, Wilkening B, Peterson G, Lewis J, Lash JP, Van Lente F, Gassman J, Wang X, Bakris G, Appel LJ, Contreras G. N-terminal prohormone brain natriuretic peptide as a predictor of cardiovascular disease and mortality in blacks with hypertensive kidney disease: the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK). Circulation. 2008 Apr 1;117(13):1685-92. (abstract)

Astor BC, Hallan SI, Miller ER 3rd, Yeung E, Coresh J. Glomerular Filtration Rate, Albuminuria, and Risk of Cardiovascular and All-Cause Mortality in the US Population.Am J Epidemiol. 2008 Apr 2. (abstract)

Roter DL, Larson SM, Beach MC, Cooper LA. Interactive and evaluative correlates of dialogue sequence: a simulation study applying the RIAS to turn taking structures. Patient Educ Couns. 2008 Apr;71(1):26-33. (abstract)

Boulware LE. Challenges for public campaigns to improve the health of persons at high risk of  developing CKD. Am J Kidney Dis. 2008 Apr;51(4):535-8. (No abstract available.)

Coresh J, Selvin E, Stevens LA, Levey AS, Van Lente F. In Reply. Am J Kidney Dis. 2008 Apr;51(4):709-710. (No abstract available.)

Coresh J, Stevens LA, Levey AS. Chronic kidney disease is common: what do we do next? Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008 Apr;23(4):1122-5. Review. (No abstract available.)

Terracciano A, Lockenhoff CE, Crum RM, Bienvenu OJ, Costa PT Jr. Five-Factor Model personality profiles of drug users. BMC Psychiatry. 2008 Apr 11;8(1):22. PMCID: PMC2373294  (abstract)

Meyer JM, Davis VG, Goff DC, McEvoy JP, Nasrallah HA, Davis SM, Rosenheck RA, Daumit GL, Hsiao J, Swartz MS, Stroup TS, Lieberman JA. Change in metabolic syndrome parameters with antipsychotic treatment in the CATIE Schizophrenia Trial: Prospective data from phase 1. Schizophr Res. 2008 Apr;101(1-3):273-86. (abstract)

McGuire TG, Ayanian JZ, Ford DE, Henke RE, Rost KM, Zaslavsky AM. Testing for statistical discrimination by race/ethnicity in panel data for depression treatment in primary care. Health Serv Res. 2008 Apr;43(2):531-51. (abstract)

Hill-Briggs F, Smith AS. Evaluation of diabetes and cardiovascular disease print patient education materials for use with low-health literate populations. Diabetes Care. 2008 Apr;31(4):667-71. (abstract)

Sarafidis PA, Li S, Chen SC, Collins AJ, Brown WW, Klag MJ, Bakris GL. Hypertension awareness, treatment, and control in chronic kidney disease. Am J Med. 2008 Apr;121(4):332-40. (abstract)

Reis J, von Muhlen D, Miller E. Relation of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Parathyroid Hormone Levels with Metabolic Syndrome among US Adults. Eur J Endocrinol. 2008 Apr 21. (abstract)

Wipfli H, Avila-Tang E, Navas-Acien A, Kim S, Onicescu G, Yuan J, Breysse P, Samet JM; Famri Homes Study Investigators. Secondhand smoke exposure among women and children: evidence from 31 countries. Am J Public Health. 2008 Apr;98(4):672-9. (abstract)

Wolf M, Betancourt J, Chang Y, Shah A, Teng M, Tamez H, Gutierrez O, Camargo CA Jr, Melamed M, Norris K, Stampfer MJ, Powe NR, Thadhani R. Impact of Activated Vitamin D and Race on Survival among Hemodialysis Patients. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Apr 9. (abstract)

Francis HW, Buchman CA, Visaya JM, Wang NY, Zwolan TA, Fink NE, Niparko JK; The CDaCI Investigative Team. Surgical Factors in Pediatric Cochlear Implantation and Their Early Effects on Electrode Activation and Functional Outcomes. Otol Neurotol. 2008 Apr 4. (abstract)

Yeh HC, Puleo CM, Ho YP, Bailey VJ, Liu K, Lim TC, Wang TH. Tunable Blinking Kinetics of Cy5 for Precise DNA Quantification and Single-Nucleotide Difference Detection. Biophys J. 2008 Apr 18. (abstract)

Yeh HC, Punjabi NM, Wang NY, Pankow JS, Duncan BB, Cox CE, Selvin E, Brancati FL. Cross-sectional and prospective study of lung function in adults with type 2 diabetes: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Diabetes Care. 2008 Apr;31(4):741-6.  (abstract)

March 2008

Svetkey LP, Stevens VJ, Brantley PJ, Appel LJ, Hollis JF, Loria CM, Vollmer WM, Gullion CM, Funk K, Smith P, Samuel-Hodge C, Myers V, Lien LF, Laferriere D, Kennedy B, Jerome GJ, Heinith F, Harsha DW, Evans P, Erlinger TP, Dalcin AT,Coughlin J, Charleston J, Champagne CM, Bauck A, Ard JD, Aicher K; Weight LossMaintenance Collaborative Research Group. Comparison of strategies for sustaining weight loss: the weight loss maintenance randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2008 Mar 12;299(10):1139-48. (abstract)

Elliott P, Kesteloot H, Appel LJ, Dyer AR, Ueshima H, Chan Q, Brown IJ, Zhao L, Stamler J; INTERMAP Cooperative Research Group. Dietary phosphorus and blood pressure: international study of macro- and micro-nutrients and blood pressure.Hypertension. 2008 Mar;51(3):669-75.  (abstract)

Gozu A, Beach MC, Price EG, Gary TL, Robinson K, Palacio A, Smarth C, Jenckes M, Feuerstein C, Bass EB, Powe NR, Cooper LA. Self-administered instruments to measure cultural competence of health professionals: a systematic review. Teach Learn Med. 2007 Spring;19(2):180-90. Review.  (abstract)

Solga SF, Horska A, Hemker S, Crawford S, Diggs C, Diehl AM, Brancati FL,Clark JM. Hepatic fat and adenosine triphosphate measurement in overweight and obese adults using (1)H and (31)P magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Liver Int. 2008 Mar 4.  (abstract)

Raynor HA, Jeffery RW, Ruggiero AM, Clark JM, Delahanty LM; the Look AHEADResearch Group. Weight Loss Strategies Associated with Body Mass Index in Overweight Adults with Type 2 Diabetes at Entry into the Look AHEAD Trial. Diabetes Care. 2008 Mar 28.  (abstract)

Lazo M, Selvin E, Clark JM. Brief communication: clinical implications of short-term variability in liver function test results. Ann Intern Med. 2008 Mar 4;148(5):348-52.  (abstract)

Paez KA, Allen JK, Carson KA, Cooper LA. Provider and clinic cultural competence in a primary care setting. Soc Sci Med. 2008 Mar;66(5):1204-16.

Thombs BD, Fuss S, Hudson M, Schieir O, Taillefer SS, Fogel J, Ford DE, Baron M; Canadian Scleroderma Research GroupInvestigators of the Canadian SclerodermaResearch Group are listed in Appendix A. High rates of depressive symptoms among patients with systemic sclerosis are not explained by differential reporting of somatic symptoms. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Mar 15;59(3):431-7.  (abstract)

Lauretani F, Semba RD, Bandinelli S, Miller ER 3rd, Ruggiero C, Cherubini A, Guralnik JM, Ferrucci L. Plasma polyunsaturated Fatty acids and the decline of renal function. Clin Chem. 2008 Mar;54(3):475-81. (abstract)

Jaar BG, Khatib R, Plantinga L, Boulware LE, Powe NR. Principles of screening for chronic kidney disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Mar;3(2):601-9. (No abstract available.)

Gaskin DJ, Spencer CS, Richard P, Anderson GF, Powe NR, Laveist TA. Do hospitals provide lower-quality care to minorities than to whites? Health Aff (Millwood). 2008 Mar-Apr;27(2):518-27.  (abstract)

Segal JB, Powe NR. Prevalence of diagnosed chronic immune thrombocytopenic purpura in the US: analysis of a large US claim database: reply to a rebuttal. J Thromb Haemost. 2008 Mar 13;6(4):713. (No abstract available.)

Wang NY, Young JH, Meoni LA, Ford DE, Erlinger TP, Klag MJ. Blood pressure change and risk of hypertension associated with parental hypertension: the Johns Hopkins precursors study. Arch Intern Med. 2008 Mar 24;168(6):643-8.  (abstract)

de Boer IH, Astor BC, Kramer H, Palmas W, Rudser K, Seliger SL, Shlipak MG, Siscovick DS, Tsai MY, Kestenbaum B. Mild elevations of urine albumin excretion are associated with atherogenic lipoprotein abnormalities in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Atherosclerosis. 2008 Mar;197(1):407-14.  (abstract)

Klos K, Shimmin L, Ballantyne C, Boerwinkle E, Clark A, Coresh J, Hanis C, Liu K, Sayre S, Hixson J. APOE/C1/C4/C2 hepatic control region polymorphism influences plasma apoE and LDL cholesterol levels. Hum Mol Genet. 2008 Mar 31.  (abstract)

Kucharska-Newton AM, Rosamond WD, Schroeder JC, McNeill AM, Coresh J, Folsom AR. HDL-cholesterol and the incidence of lung cancer in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Lung Cancer. 2008 Mar 12.  (abstract)

Stevens LA, Coresh J, Schmid CH, Feldman HI, Froissart M, Kusek J, Rossert J,  Van Lente F, Bruce RD 3rd, Zhang YL, Greene T, Levey AS. Estimating GFR using serum cystatin C alone and in combination with serum creatinine: a pooled analysis of 3,418 individuals with CKD. Am J Kidney Dis. 2008 Mar;51(3):395-406.  (abstract)

Köttgen A, Selvin E, Stevens LA, Levey AS, Van Lente F, Coresh J. Serum cystatin C in the United States: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III). Am J Kidney Dis. 2008 Mar;51(3):385-94.  (abstract)

Stevens LA, Coresh J, Levey AS. CKD in the elderly--old questions and new challenges: World Kidney Day 2008. Am J Kidney Dis. 2008 Mar;51(3):353-7. (No abstract available.)

Fadrowski JJ, Pierce CB, Cole SR, Moxey-Mims M, Warady BA, Furth SL. Hemoglobin decline in children with chronic kidney disease: baseline results from the chronic kidney disease in children prospective cohort study. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Mar;3(2):457-62. (abstract)

Li S, Chen SC, Shlipak M, Bakris G, McCullough PA, Sowers J, Stevens L, Jurkovitz C, McFarlane S, Norris K, Vassalotti J, Klag MJ, Brown WW, Narva A, Calhoun D, Johnson B, Obialo C, Whaley-Connell A, Becker B, Collins AJ; Kidney Early Evaluation Program Investigators. Low birth weight is associated with chronic kidney disease only in men. Kidney Int. 2008 Mar;73(5):637-42. (abstract)

Levy H, Young JH. Perspectives from the clinic: will the average physician embrace personalized medicine? Clin Pharmacol Ther. 2008 Mar;83(3):492-3.  (abstract)

February 2008

Ard JD, Kumanyika S, Stevens VJ, Vollmer WM, Samuel-Hodge C, Kennedy B, Gayles D, Appel LJ, Brantley PJ, Champagne C, Charleston J, Svetkey LP. Effect of group racial composition on weight loss in African Americans.Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Feb;16(2):306-10.  (abstract)

Swain JF, McCarron PB, Hamilton EF, Sacks FM, Appel LJ. Characteristics of the diet patterns tested in the optimal macronutrient intake trial to prevent heart disease (OmniHeart): options for a heart-healthy diet.J Am Diet Assoc. 2008 Feb;108(2):257-65.  (abstract)

Liew G, Wang JJ, Duncan BB, Klein R, Sharrett AR, Brancati F, Yeh HC, Mitchell P, Wong TY; for the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Low Birthweight Is Associated With Narrower Arterioles in Adults. Hypertension. 2008 Feb 11.  (abstract)

Volcik KA, Ballantyne CM, Braun MC, Coresh J, Mosley TH, Boerwinkle E. Association of the Complement Factor H Y402H Polymorphism With Cardiovascular Disease Is Dependent Upon Hypertension Status: The ARIC Study. Am J Hypertens. 2008 Feb 21.  (abstract)

Meyer JM, Davis VG, Goff DC, McEvoy JP, Nasrallah HA, Davis SM, Rosenheck RA, Daumit GL, Hsiao J, Swartz MS, Stroup TS, Lieberman JA. Change in metabolic syndrome parameters with antipsychotic treatment in the CATIE Schizophrenia Trial: Prospective data from phase 1. Schizophr Res. 2008 Feb 5.  (abstract)

Zwolan TA, O'Sullivan MB, Fink NE, Niparko JK; CDACI Investigative Team. Electric charge requirements of pediatric cochlear implant ecipients enrolled in the Childhood Development After Cochlear Implantation study. Otol Neurotol. 2008 Feb;29(2):143-8.  (abstract)

Ghods BK, Roter DL, Ford DE, Larson S, Arbelaez JJ, Cooper LA. Patient-Physician Communication in the Primary Care Visits of African Americans and Whites with Depression. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Feb 9.  (abstract)

Thombs BD, Fuss S, Hudson M, Schieir O, Taillefer SS, Fogel J, Ford DE, Baron M; Canadian Scleroderma Research Group. High rates of depressive symptoms among patients with systemic sclerosis are not explained by differential reporting of somatic symptoms. Arthritis Rheum. 2008 Feb 29;59(3):431-437.  (abstract)

Amaral S, Hwang W, Fivush B, Neu A, Frankenfield D, Furth S. Serum Albumin Level and Risk for Mortality and Hospitalization in Adolescents on Hemodialysis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Feb 20.  (abstract)

Gary TL, Safford MM, Gerzoff RB, Ettner SL, Karter AJ, Beckles GL, Brown AF. Perception of neighborhood problems, health behaviors, and diabetes outcomes among adults with diabetes in managed care: the Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) study. Diabetes Care. 2008 Feb;31(2):273-8. (abstract)

Karter AJ, Stevens MR, Gregg EW, Brown AF, Tseng CW, Marrero DG, Duru OK, Gary TL, Piette JD, Waitzfelder B, Herman WH, Beckles GL, Safford MM, Ettner SL. Educational disparities in rates of smoking among diabetic adults: the translating research into action for diabetes study. Am J Public Health. 2008 Feb;98(2):365-70. (abstract)

Menke A, Guallar E, Shiels MS, Rohrmann S, Basaria S, Rifai N, Nelson WG, Platz EA. The association of urinary cadmium with sex steroid hormone concentrations in a general population sample of US adult men.BMC Public Health. 2008 Feb 23;8(1):72.  (abstract)

Tsai MY, Johnson C, Kao WH, Sharrett AR, Arends VL, Kronmal R, Jenny NS, Jacobs DR Jr, Arnett D, O'Leary D, Post W. Cholesteryl ester transfer protein genetic polymorphisms, HDL cholesterol, and subclinical cardiovascular disease in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis. 2008 Feb 1.  (abstract)

Bleys J, Navas-Acien A, Guallar E. Serum Selenium Levels and All-Cause, Cancer, and Cardiovascular Mortality Among US Adults. Arch Intern Med. 2008 Feb 25;168(4):404-10.  (abstract)

Navas-Acien A, Bleys J, Guallar E. Selenium intake and cardiovascular risk: what is new? Curr Opin Lipidol. 2008 Feb;19(1):43-9.  (abstract)

Wipfli H, Avila-Tang E, Navas-Acien A, Kim S, Onicescu G, Yuan J, Breysse P, Samet JM. Secondhand Smoke Exposure Among Women and Children: Evidence From 31 Countries. Am J Public Health. 2008 Feb 28.  (abstract)

Gupta R, Plantinga LC, Powe NR. Correction: Inaccurate classification and information reported in a study of statin use and sepsis in patients with chronic kidney disease. JAMA. 2008 Feb 20;299(7):765. (No abstract available)

Selvin E, Hirsch AT. Contemporary risk factor control and walking dysfunction in individuals with peripheral arterial disease: NHANES 1999-2004. Atherosclerosis. 2008 Feb 13.

Lin FR, Wang NY, Fink NE, Quittner AL, Eisenberg LS, Tobey EA, Niparko JK; CDaCI Investigative Team. Assessing the use of speech and language measures in relation to parental perceptions of development after early cochlear implantation. Otol Neurotol. 2008 Feb;29(2):208-13.  (abstract)

Wang NY, Eisenberg LS, Johnson KC, Fink NE, Tobey EA, Quittner AL, Niparko JK; CDaCI Investigative Team. Tracking development of speech recognition: longitudinal data from hierarchical assessments in the Childhood Development after Cochlear Implantation Study. Otol Neurotol. 2008 Feb;29(2):240-5.  (abstract)

Liew G, Wang JJ, Klein R, Duncan BB, Yeh HC, Brancati FL, Mitchell P, Wong TY. Birth Weight is Not Related to Risk of Diabetic Retinopathy in Type 2 Diabetes: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Curr Eye Res. 2008 Feb;33(2):193-8.  (abstract)

January 2008

Chen X, Wang Y, Appel LJ, Mi J. Impacts of Measurement Protocols on Blood Pressure Tracking From Childhood Into Adulthood. A Metaregression Analysis. Hypertension. 2008 Jan 22. (abstract)

Appel LJ. At the tipping point: accomplishing population-wide sodium reduction in the United States. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2008 Jan;10(1):7-11. No abstract available.

de Boer IH, Astor BC, Kramer H, Palmas W, Seliger SL, Shlipak MG, Siscovick DS, Tsai MY, Kestenbaum B. Lipoprotein abnormalities associated with mild impairment of kidney function in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Jan;3(1):125-32. (abstract)

Bertoni AG, Clark JM, Feeney P, Yanovski SZ, Bantle J, Montgomery B, Safford MM, Herman WH, Haffner S; The Look AHEAD Research Group. Suboptimal control of glycemia, blood pressure, and LDL cholesterol in overweight adults with diabetes: the Look AHEAD Study. J Diabetes Complications. 2008 January - February;22(1):1-9. (abstract)

Washington DL, Bowles J, Saha S, Horowitz CR, Moody-Ayers S, Brown AF, Stone VE, Cooper LA; Writing group for the Society of General Internal Medicine, Disparities in Health Task Force. Transforming Clinical Practice to Eliminate Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Healthcare. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Jan 15. (abstract)

Price EG, Windish DM, Magaziner J, Cooper LA. Assessing validity of standardized patient ratings of medical students' communication behavior using the Roter interaction analysis system. Patient Educ Couns. 2008 Jan;70(1):3-9. (abstract)

Fothergill KE, Ensminger ME, Green KM, Crum RM, Robertson J, Juon HS. The impact of early school behavior and educational achievement on adult drug usedisorders: a prospective study. Drug Alcohol Depend. 2008 Jan 1;92(1-3):191-9. (abstract) 

Crum RM, Storr CL, Ialongo N, Anthony JC. Is depressed mood in childhood associated with an increased risk for initiation of alcohol use during early adolescence? Addict Behav. 2008 Jan;33(1):24-40. (abstract) 

Fadrowski JJ, Pierce CB, Cole SR, Moxey-Mims M, Warady BA, Furth SL. Hemoglobin Decline in Children with Chronic Kidney Disease: Baseline Results from the Chronic Kidney Disease in Children Prospective Cohort Study. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2008 Jan 30. (abstract)

Ford JG, Howerton MW, Lai GY, Gary TL, Bolen S, Gibbons MC, Tilburt J, Baffi C, Tanpitukpongse TP, Wilson RF, Powe NR, Bass EB. Barriers to recruiting underrepresented populations to cancer clinical trials: A systematic review. Cancer. 2008 Jan 15;112(2):228-42. (abstract)

Laveist T, Thorpe R Jr, Bowen-Reid T, Jackson J, Gary T, Gaskin D, Browne D. Exploring Health Disparities in Integrated Communities: Overview of the EHDIC Study. J Urban Health. 2008 Jan;85(1):11-21. (abstract)

Mezuk B, Eaton WW, Golden SH. Depression and osteoporosis: epidemiology and potential mediating pathways. Osteoporos Int. 2008 Jan;19(1):1-12. (abstract) 

Hill-Briggs F, Smith AS. Evaluation of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Print Patient Education Materials for Use with Low Health Literate Populations. Diabetes Care. 2008 Jan 17. (abstract)

Schelling JR, Abboud HE, Nicholas SB, Pahl MV, Sedor JR, Adler SG, Arar NH, Bowden DW, Elston RC, Freedman BI, Goddard KA, Guo X, Hanson RL, Ipp E, Iyengar SK, Jun G, Kao WH, Kasinath BS, Kimmel PL, Klag MJ, Knowler WC, Nelson RG, Parekh RS, Quade SR, Rich SS, Saad MF, Scavini M, Smith MW, Taylor K, Winkler CA, Zager PG, Shah VO; Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes Research Group. Genome-wide scan for estimated glomerular filtration rate in multi-ethnic diabetic populations: the Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes (FIND). Diabetes. 2008 Jan;57(1):235-43. (abstract)

Iyengar SK, Abboud HE, Goddard KA, Saad MF, Adler SG, Arar NH, Bowden DW, Duggirala R, Elston RC, Hanson RL, Ipp E, Kao WH, Kimmel PL, Klag MJ, Knowler WC, Meoni LA, Nelson RG, Nicholas SB, Pahl MV, Parekh RS, Quade SR, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Scavini M, Schelling JR, Sedor JR, Sehgal AR, Shah VO, Smith MW, Taylor KD, Winkler CA, Zager PG, Freedman BI; Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes Research Group. Genome-wide scans for diabetic nephropathy and albuminuria in multiethnic populations: the family investigation of nephropathy and diabetes (FIND). Diabetes. 2007 Jun;56(6):1577-85. (abstract)

Lauretani F, Semba RD, Bandinelli S, Miller ER 3rd, Ruggiero C, Cherubini A, Guralnik JM, Ferrucci L. Plasma Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and the Decline of Renal Function. Clin Chem. 2008 Jan 17. (abstract)

Tellez-Plaza M, Navas-Acien A, Crainiceanu CM, Guallar E. Cadmium Exposure and Hypertension in the 1999-2004 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES). Environ Health Perspect. 2008 Jan;116(1):51-6. (abstract)

Braunstein JB, Sherber NS, Schulman SP, Ding EL, Powe NR. Race, Medical Researcher Distrust, Perceived Harm, and Willingness to Participate in Cardiovascular Prevention Trials. Medicine (Baltimore). 2008 Jan;87(1):1-9. (abstract)

Bolen SD, Samuels TA, Yeh HC, Marinopoulos SS, McGuire M, Abuid M, Brancati FL. Failure to Intensify Antihypertensive Treatment by Primary Care Providers: A Cohort Study in Adults with Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension. J Gen Intern Med. 2008 Jan 25. (abstract)

December 2007

Peterson GE, de Backer T, Gabriel A, Ilic V, Vagaonescu T, Appel LJ, Contreras G, Kendrick C, Rostand S, Phillips RA; African American Study of Kidney Disease Investigators. Prevalence and correlates of left ventricular hypertrophy in the African American Study of Kidney Disease Cohort Study. Hypertension. 2007 Dec;50(6):1033-9. (abstract)

Rahman M, Appel LJ. Should reducing nocturnal blood pressure be a therapeutic target in CKD? The time is ripe for a clinical outcomes trial. Am J Kidney Dis. 2007 Dec;50(6):901-3. No abstract available.

Hallan S, Astor B, Romundstad S, Aasarød K, Kvenild K, Coresh J. Association of Kidney Function and Albuminuria With Cardiovascular Mortality in Older vs Younger Individuals: The HUNT II Study. Arch Intern Med. 2007 Dec 10;167(22):2490-6. (abstract)

Roter DL, Larson SM, Beach MC, Cooper LA. Interactive and evaluative correlates of dialogue sequence: A simulation study applying the RIAS to turn taking structures. Patient Educ Couns. 2007 Dec 17. (abstract)

Washington DL, Shacter HE, Saha S, Cooper LA, Long JA. Update in health disparities. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Dec;22(12):1756-61. No abstract available.

Levin NW, Handelman GJ, Coresh J, Port FK, Kaysen GA. Reverse epidemiology: a confusing, confounding, and inaccurate term. Semin Dial. 2007 Nov-Dec;20(6):586-92. (abstract)

Melamed ML, Eustace JA, Plantinga LC, Jaar BG, Fink NE, Parekh RS, Coresh J, Yang Z, Cantor T, Powe NR. Third-generation parathyroid hormone assays and all-cause mortality in incident dialysis patients: the CHOICE study. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2007 Dec 8. (abstract)

Fadrowski JJ, Frankenfield D, Amaral S, Brady T, Gorman GH, Warady B, Furth SL, Fivush B, Neu AM. Children on long-term dialysis in the United States: findings from the 2005 ESRD clinical performance measures project. Am J Kidney Dis. 2007 Dec;50(6):958-66. (abstract)

Sule SD, Fadrowski JJ, Fivush BA, Gorman G, Furth SL. Reduced albumin levels and utilization of arteriovenous access in pediatric patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Pediatr Nephrol. 2007 Dec;22(12):2041-6. (abstract)

Franco M, Orduñez P, Caballero B, Tapia Granados JA, Lazo M, Bernal JL, Guallar E, Cooper RS. Impact of energy intake, physical activity, and population-wide weight loss on cardiovascular disease and diabetes mortality in Cuba, 1980-2005. Am J Epidemiol. 2007 Dec 15;166(12):1374-80. (abstract)

Li S, Chen SC, Shlipak M, Bakris G, McCullough PA, Sowers J, Stevens L, Jurkovitz C, McFarlane S, Norris K, Vassalotti J, Klag MJ, Brown WW, Narva A, Calhoun D, Johnson B, Obialo C, Whaley-Connell A, Becker B, Collins AJ. Low birth weight is associated with chronic kidney disease only in men. Kidney Int. 2007 Dec 19. (abstract)

Bazzano LA, Gu D, Reynolds K, Wu X, Chen CS, Duan X, Chen J, Wildman RP, Klag MJ, He J. Alcohol consumption and risk for stroke among Chinese men. Ann Neurol. 2007 Dec;62(6):569-78. (abstract)

Barnoya J, Mendoza-Montano C, Navas-Acien A. Secondhand Smoke Exposure in Public Places in Guatemala: Comparison with other Latin American Countries. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007 Dec;16(12):2730-5. (abstract)

Selvin E, Manzi J, Stevens LA, Van Lente F, Lacher DA, Levey AS, Coresh J. Calibration of serum creatinine in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES) 1988-1994, 1999-2004. Am J Kidney Dis. 2007 Dec;50(6):918-26. (abstract)

Li E, Wang N, Wang NY. Joint models for a primary endpoint and multiple longitudinal covariate processes. Biometrics. 2007 Dec;63(4):1068-78. (abstract)

Puleo CM, Yeh HC, Wang TH. Applications of MEMS Technologies in Tissue Engineering. Tissue Eng. 2007 Dec;13(12):2839-54. (abstract)

Yeh HC, Punjabi NM, Wang NY, Pankow JS, Duncan BB, Cox CE, Selvin E, Brancati FL.
Cross-Sectional and Prospective Study of Lung Function in Adults with Type 2 Diabetes
Mellitus: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Diabetes Care. 2007 Dec 4. (abstract)

November 2007

Jaar BG, Khatib R, Plantinga L, Boulware LE, Powe NR. Principles of Screening for Chronic Kidney Disease. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Nov 21. No abstract available.

Coresh J, Selvin E, Stevens LA, Manzi J, Kusek JW, Eggers P, Van Lente F, Levey AS. Prevalence of chronic kidney disease in the United States. JAMA. 2007 Nov 7;298(17):2038-47. (abstract)

Ford JG, Howerton MW, Lai GY, Gary TL, Bolen S, Gibbons MC, Tilburt J, Baffi C, Tanpitukpongse TP, Wilson RF, Powe NR, Bass EB. Barriers to recruiting underrepresented populations to cancer clinical trials: A systematic review. Cancer. 2007 Nov 15. (abstract)

Golden SH, Selvin E, Cunningham KE. Glycaemic status and cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus: re-visiting glycated haemoglobin targets for cardiovascular disease prevention. Diabetes Obes Metab. 2007 Nov;9(6):792-8. (abstract)

Schelling JR, Abboud HE, Nicholas SB, Pahl MV, Sedor JR, Adler SG, Arar NH, Bowden DW, Elston RC, Freedman BI, Goddard KA, Guo X, Hanson RL, Ipp E, Iyengar SK, Jun G, Kao WH, Kasinath BS, Kimmel PL, Klag MJ, Knowler WC, Nelson RG, Parekh RS, Quade SR, Rich SS, Saad MF, Scavini M, Smith MW, Taylor K, Winkler CA, Zager PG, Shah VO; the Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes Research Group. Genome-Wide Scan for Estimated GFR in Multi-Ethnic Diabetic Populations: The Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes. Diabetes. 2007 Nov 14. (abstract)

Parekh RS, Kao WH, Meoni LA, Ipp E, Kimmel PL, La Page J, Fondran C, Knowler WC, Klag MJ; Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes Research Group. Reliability of urinary albumin, total protein, and creatinine assays after prolonged storage: the Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Nov;2(6):1156-62. (abstract)

Puleo CM, Yeh HC, Wang TH. Applications of MEMS Technologies in Tissue Engineering. Tissue Eng. 2007 Nov 12.  (abstract)

October 2007

Lien LF, Brown AJ, Ard JD, Loria C, Erlinger TP, Feldstein AC, Lin PH, Champagne CM, King AC, McGuire HL, Stevens VJ, Brantley PJ, Harsha DW, McBurnie MA, Appel LJ, Svetkey LP. Effects of PREMIER lifestyle modifications on participants with and without the metabolic syndrome. Hypertension. 2007 Oct;50(4):609-16. (abstract)

Bhatnagar V, O'Connor DT, Schork NJ, Salem RM, Nievergelt CM, Rana BK, Smith DW, Bakris GL, Middleton JP, Norris KC, Wright JT, Cheek D, Hiremath L, Contreras G, Appel LJ, Lipkowitz MS. Angiotensin-converting enzyme gene polymorphism predicts the time-course of blood pressure response to angiotensin converting enzyme inhibition in the AASK trial. J Hypertens. 2007 Oct;25(10):2082-92. (abstract)

Peterson GE, de Backer T, Gabriel A, Ilic V, Vagaonescu T, Appel LJ, Contreras G, Kendrick C, Rostand S, Phillips RA; for the African American Study of Kidney Disease.Investigators. Prevalence and Correlates of Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in the African American Study of Kidney Disease Cohort Study. Hypertension. 2007 Oct 29. (abstract)

Washington DL, Shacter HE, Saha S, Cooper LA, Long JA. Update in Health Disparities J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Oct 28. No abstract available.

September 2007

Lin PH, Appel LJ, Funk K, Craddick S, Chen C, Elmer P, McBurnie MA, Champagne C. The PREMIER intervention helps participants follow the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension dietary pattern and the current Dietary Reference Intakes recommendations. J Am Diet Assoc. 2007 Sep;107(9):1541-51. (abstract)

Obarzanek E, Vollmer WM, Lin PH, Cooper LS, Young DR, Ard JD, Stevens VJ, Simons-Morton DG, Svetkey LP, Harsha DW, Elmer PJ, Appel LJ. Effects of individual components of multiple behavior changes: the PREMIER trial. Am J Health Behav. 2007 Sep-Oct;31(5):545-60. (abstract)

Hepner KA, Rowe M, Rost K, Hickey SC, Sherbourne CD, Ford DE, Meredith LS, Rubenstein LV. The effect of adherence to practice guidelines on depression outcomes. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Sep 4;147(5):320-9. (abstract)

Goldstein SL, Gerson AC, Furth S. Health-related quality of life for children with chronic kidney disease. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2007 Oct;14(4):364-9. (abstract)

Brotman DJ, Golden SH, Wittstein IS. The cardiovascular toll of stress. Lancet. 2007 Sep 22;370(9592):1089-100. (abstract)

Tilburt J, Ford JG, Howerton MW, Gary TL, Lai GY, Bolen S, Baffi C, Wilson RF, Tanpitukpongse TP, Powe NR, Bass EB, Sugarman J. Authors' response to J Kahn. Clin Trials. 2007;4(3):271. No abstract available.

Tilburt J, Ford JG, Howerton MW, Gary TL, Lai GY, Bolen S, Baffi C, Wilson RF, Tanpitukpongse TP, Powe NR, Bass EB, Sugarman J. Applying justice in clinical trials for diverse populations. Clin Trials. 2007;4(3):264-9.  (abstract)

Bolen S, Feldman L, Vassy J, Wilson L, Yeh HC, Marinopoulos S, Wiley C, Selvin E, Wilson R, Bass EB, Brancati FL. Systematic review: comparative effectiveness and safety of oral medications for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Sep 18;147(6):386-99. (abstract)

August 2007

Beach MC, Duggan PS, Moore RD. Is patients' preferred involvement in health decisions related to outcomes for patients with HIV? J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Aug;22(8):1119-24. (abstract) 

Berthier-Schaad Y, Kao WH, Coresh J, Zhang L, Ingersoll RG, Stephens R, Smith MW. Reliability of high-throughput genotyping of whole genome amplified DNA in SNP genotyping studies. Electrophoresis. 2007 Aug;28(16):2812-7. (abstract) 

Bonekamp S, Ghosh P, Crawford S, Solga SF, Horska A, Brancati FL, Diehl AM, Smith S, Clark JM. Quantitative comparison and evaluation of software packages for assessment of abdominal adipose tissue distribution by magnetic resonance imaging. Int J Obes (Lond). 2007 Aug 14. (abstract)  

de Boer IH, Astor BC, Kramer H, Palmas W, Rudser K, Seliger SL, Shlipak MG, Siscovick DS, Tsai MY, Kestenbaum B. Mild elevations of urine albumin excretion are associated with atherogenic lipoprotein abnormalities in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atheroslcerosis (MESA). Atherosclerosis. 2007 Aug 4.(abstract)  

Dodson JL, Diener-West M, Gerson AC, Kaskel FJ, Furth SL. An assessment of health related quality of life using the child health and illness profile-adolescent edition in adolescents with chronic kidney disease due to underlying urological disorders. J Urol. 2007 Aug;178(2):660-5. (abstract) 

Hwang CW, Anderson GF, Diener-West M, Powe NR. Comorbidity and outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery at cardiac specialty hospitals versus general hospitals. Med Care. 2007 Aug;45(8):720-8.(abstract)  

Levey AS, Atkins R, Coresh J, Cohen EP, Collins AJ, Eckardt KU, Nahas ME, Jaber BL, Jadoul M, Levin A, Powe NR, Rossert J, Wheeler DC, Lameire N, Eknoyan G. Chronic kidney disease as a global public health problem: approaches and initiatives - a position statement from Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes. Kidney Int. 2007 Aug;72(3):247-59. (abstract)  

Lin FR, Wang NY, Fink NE, Quittner AL, Eisenberg LS, Tobey EA, Niparko JK; the CDaCI Investigative Team. Assessing the Use of Speech and Language Measures in Relation to Parental Perceptions of Development After Early Cochlear Implantation. Otol Neurotol. 2007 Aug 2. (abstract)  

Roberts CG, Guallar E, Rodriguez A. Efficacy and safety of statin monotherapy in older adults: a meta-analysis. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2007 Aug;62(8):879-87. (abstract) 

Rubenstein LV, Rayburn NR, Keeler EB, Ford DE, Rost KM, Sherbourne CD. Predicting outcomes of primary care patients with major depression: development of a depression prognosis index. Psychiatr Serv. 2007 Aug;58(8):1049-56. (abstract) 

Swanson KA, Bastani R, Rubenstein LV, Meredith LS, Ford DE. Effect of mental health care and shared decision making on patient satisfaction in a community sample of patients with depression. Med Care Res Rev. 2007 Aug;64(4):416-30. (abstract) 

July 2007

Bleys J, Navas-Acien A, Guallar E. Selenium and diabetes: more bad news for supplements. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Aug 21;147(4):271-2. Epub 2007 Jul 9. No abstract available. 

Bolen S, Feldman L, Vassy J, Wilson L, Yeh HC, Marinopoulos S, Wiley C, Selvin E, Wilson R, Bass EB, Brancati FL. Systematic Review: Comparative Effectiveness and Safety of Oral Medications for Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Jul 16. (abstract) 

Boulware LE, Troll MU, Wang NY, Powe NR. Perceived transparency and fairness of the organ allocation system and willingness to donate organs: a national study. Am J Transplant. 2007 Jul;7(7):1778-87. (abstract)  

Golden SH, Lee HB, Schreiner PJ, Roux AD, Fitzpatrick AL, Szklo M, Lyketsos C. Depression and type 2 diabetes mellitus: the multiethnic study of atherosclerosis. Psychosom Med. 2007 Jul;69(6):529-36. (abstract) 

Hemila H, Miller ER 3rd. Evidence-based medicine and vitamin E supplementation. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 Jul;86(1):261-2; author reply 262-4. No abstract available. 

Hussain S, Taylor M, Waltermaurer E, McCauley J, Ford DE, Campbell JC, McNutt LA. Computer-administered screening of reproductive-aged women for diabetes risk in primary care settings, feasibility and acceptability of such screening, and validity of risk assessments based on self-reported weight. Prev Chronic Dis. 2007 Jul;4(3):A54. (abstract) 

Jaar BG, Plantinga LC, Astor BC, Fink NE, Longenecker C, Tracy RP, Marcovina SM, Powe NR, Coresh J. Novel and traditional cardiovascular risk factors for peripheral arterial disease in incident-dialysis patients. Adv Chronic Kidney Dis. 2007 Jul;14(3):304-13.  (abstract) 

Menon V, Shlipak MG, Wang X, Coresh J, Greene T, Stevens L, Kusek JW, Beck GJ, Collins AJ, Levey AS, Sarnak MJ. Cystatin C as a risk factor for outcomes in chronic kidney disease. Ann Intern Med. 2007 Jul 3;147(1):19-27. (abstract) 

O'Toole TP, Pollini R, Gray P, Jones T, Bigelow G, Ford DE. Factors identifying high-frequency and low-frequency health service utilization among substance-using adults. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2007 Jul;33(1):51-9. (abstract)  

Selvin E, Crainiceanu CM, Brancati FL, Coresh J. Short-term variability in measures of glycemia and implications for the classification of diabetes. Arch Intern Med. 2007 Jul 23;167(14):1545-51. (abstract) 

Sika M, Lewis J, Douglas J, Erlinger T, Dowie D, Lipkowitz M, Lash J, Cornish-Zirker D, Peterson G, Toto R, Kusek J, Appel L, Kendrick C, Gassman J; AASK group. Baseline characteristics of participants in the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) Clinical Trial and Cohort Study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2007 Jul;50(1v):78-89, 89.e1.(abstract) 

Stevens LA, Manzi J, Levey AS, Chen J, Deysher AE, Greene T, Poggio ED, Schmid CH, Steffes MW, Zhang YL, Van Lente F, Coresh J. Impact of creatinine calibration on performance of GFR estimating equations in a pooled individual patient database. Am J Kidney Dis. 2007 Jul;50(1):21-35. (abstract) 

June 2007

Boulware LE, Troll MU, Wang NY, Powe NR. Perceived Transparency and Fairness of the Organ Allocation System and Willingness to Donate Organs: A National Study. Am J Transplant. 2007 Jun 9;7(7):1778-1787. (abstract)

Crum RM, Storr CL, Ialongo N, Anthony JC. Is depressed mood in childhood associated with an increased risk for initiation of alcohol use during early adolescence? Addict Behav. 2007 May 23. (abstract)

Dodson JL, Diener-West M, Gerson AC, Kaskel FJ, Furth SL. An Assessment of Health Related Quality of Life Using the Child Health and Illness Profile-Adolescent Edition in Adolescents With Chronic Kidney Disease Due to Underlying Urological Disorders. J Urol. 2007 Jun 14. (abstract)

Givens JL, Houston TK, Van Voorhees BW, Ford DE, Cooper LA. Ethnicity and preferences for depression treatment.
Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2007 May-Jun;29(3):182-91. (abstract) 

Gozu A, Bass EB, Powe NR, Cooper LA, Beach MC, Price EG, Gary TL, Robinson K, Palacio A, Smarth C, Jenckes M, Feuerstein C. Self-administered instruments to measure cultural competence of health professionals: a systematic review. Teach Learn Med. 2007 Spring;19(2):180-90. (abstract)

Hemachandra AH, Howards PP, Furth SL, Klebanoff MA. Birth weight, postnatal growth, and risk for high blood pressure at 7 years of age: results from the Collaborative Perinatal Project. Pediatrics. 2007 Jun;119(6):e1264-70. (abstract)

Hussain S, Taylor M, Waltermaurer E, McCauley J, Ford DE, Campbell JC, McNutt LA. Computer-administered screening of reproductive-aged women for diabetes risk in primary care settings, feasibility and acceptability of such screening, and validity of risk assessments based on self-reported weight. Prev Chronic Dis. 2007 Jul;4(3):A54. (abstract)  

Iyengar SK, Abboud HE, Goddard KA, Saad MF, Adler SG, Arar NH, Bowden DW, Duggirala R, Elston RC, Hanson RL, Ipp E, Kao WH, Kimmel PL, Klag MJ, Knowler WC, Meoni LA, Nelson RG, Nicholas SB, Pahl MV, Parekh RS, Quade SR, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Scavini M, Schelling JR, Sedor JR, Sehgal AR, Shah VO, Smith MW, Taylor KD, Winkler CA, Zager PG, Freedman BI; Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes Research Group. Genome-wide scans for diabetic nephropathy and albuminuria in multiethnic populations: the family investigation of nephropathy and diabetes (FIND). Diabetes. 2007 Jun;56(6):1577-85. (abstract)

Kavey RE, Allada V, Daniels SR, Hayman LL, McCrindle BW, Newburger JW, Parekh RS, Steinberger J; American Heart Association Expert Panel on Population and Prevention Science; Council on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young; Council on Epidemiology and Prevention; Council on Nutrition; Council on Physical Activity and Metabolism; Council on High Blood Pressure Research; Council on Cardiovascular Nursing; Council on the Kidney in Heart Disease; Interdisciplinary Working Group on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research. Cardiovascular risk reduction in high-risk pediatric patients: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association Expert Panel on Population and Prevention Science; the Councils on Cardiovascular Disease in the Young, Epidemiology and Prevention, Nutrition, Physical Activity and Metabolism, High Blood Pressure Research, Cardiovascular Nursing, and the Kidney in Heart Disease; and the Interdisciplinary Working Group on Quality of Care and Outcomes Research. J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2007 May-Jun;22(3):218-53. (abstract)

Levey AS, Atkins R, Coresh J, Cohen EP, Collins AJ, Eckardt KU, Nahas ME, Jaber BL, Jadoul M, Levin A, Powe NR, Rossert J, Wheeler DC, Lameire N, Eknoyan G. Chronic kidney disease as a global public health problem: Approaches and initiatives - a position statement from Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes. Kidney Int. 2007 Jun 13. (abstract)

Look AHEAD Research Group, Pi-Sunyer X, Blackburn G, Brancati FL, Bray GA, Bright R, Clark JM, Curtis JM, Espeland MA, Foreyt JP, Graves K, Haffner SM, Harrison B, Hill JO, Horton ES, Jakicic J, Jeffery RW, Johnson KC, Kahn S, Kelley DE, Kitabchi AE, Knowler WC, Lewis CE, Maschak-Carey BJ, Montgomery B, Nathan DM, Patricio J, Peters A, Redmon JB, Reeves RS, Ryan DH, Safford M, Van Dorsten B, Wadden TA, Wagenknecht L, Wesche-Thobaben J, Wing RR, Yanovski SZ. Reduction in weight and cardiovascular disease risk factors in individuals with type 2 diabetes: one-year results of the look AHEAD trial. Diabetes Care. 2007 Jun;30(6):1374-83. (abstract)

McCullough PA, Jurkovitz CT, Pergola PE, McGill JB, Brown WW, Collins AJ, Chen SC, Li S, Singh A, Norris KC, Klag MJ, Bakris GL; for the KEEP Investigators. Independent components of chronic kidney disease as a cardiovascular risk state: results from the Kidney Early Evaluation Program (KEEP). Arch Intern Med. 2007 Jun 11;167(11):1122-9. (abstract)

Nguyen GC, Bayless TM, Powe NR, Laveist TA, Brant SR. Race and health insurance are predictors of hospitalized Crohn's disease patients undergoing bowel resection. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2007 Jun 13. (abstract)

Obarzanek E, Vollmer WM, Lin PH, Cooper LS, Young DR, Ard JD, Stevens VJ, Simons-Morton DG, Svetkey LP, Harsha DW, Elmer PJ, Appel LJ. Effects of Individual Components of Multiple Behavior Changes: The PREMIER Trial. Am J Health Behav. 2007 Sep 1;31(5):545-560. (abstract)

O'toole TP, Pollini R, Gray P, Jones T, Bigelow G, Ford DE. Factors identifying high-frequency and low-frequency health service utilization among substance-using adults. J Subst Abuse Treat. 2007 Jul;33(1):51-9. Epub 2007 Feb 22. (abstract)

Plantinga LC, Fink NE, Levin NW, Jaar BG, Coresh J, Levey AS, Klag MJ, Powe NR. Early, intermediate, and long-term risk factors for mortality in incident dialysis patients: the Choices for Healthy Outcomes in Caring for ESRD (CHOICE) Study. (abstract) 

Post W, Shen H, Damcott C, Arking DE, Kao WH, Sack PA, Ryan KA, Chakravarti A, Mitchell BD, Shuldiner AR. Associations between Genetic Variants in the NOS1AP (CAPON) Gene and Cardiac Repolarization in the Old Order Amish. Hum Hered. 2007 Jun 12;64(4):214-219. (abstract)

Reynolds K, Gu D, Muntner P, Kusek JW, Chen J, Wu X, Duan X, Chen CS, Klag MJ, Whelton PK, He J. A population-based, prospective study of blood pressure and risk for end-stage renal disease in china. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Jun;18(6):1928-35. Epub 2007 May 2. (abstract)

Schmitt JM, Ford DE. Role of depression in quality of life for patients with psoriasis. Dermatology. 2007;215(1):17-27. (abstract)

Setse R, Grogan R, Cooper LA, Strobino D, Powe NR, Nicholson W. Weight Loss Programs for Urban-based, Postpartum African-American Women: Perceived Barriers and Preferred Components. Matern Child Health J. 2007 Jun 7. (abstract)

Sika M, Lewis J, Douglas J, Erlinger T, Dowie D, Lipkowitz M, Lash J, Cornish-Zirker D, Peterson G, Toto R, Kusek J, Appel L, Kendrick C, Gassman J; AASK group. Baseline characteristics of participants in the African American Study of Kidney Disease and Hypertension (AASK) Clinical Trial and Cohort Study. Am J Kidney Dis. 2007 Jul;50(1):78-89, 89.e1. (abstract)

Stevens LA, Manzi J, Levey AS, Chen J, Deysher AE, Greene T, Poggio ED, Schmid CH, Steffes MW, Zhang YL, Van Lente F, Coresh J. Impact of creatinine calibration on performance of GFR estimating equations in a pooled individual patient database. Am J Kidney Dis. 2007 Jul;50(1):21-35. (abstract) 

May 2007

Amarasingham R, Pronovost PJ, Diener-West M, Goeschel C, Dorman T, Thiemann DR, Powe NR. Measuring Clinical Information Technology in the ICU Setting: Application in a Quality Improvement Collaborative. J Am Med Inform Assoc. 2007 May-June;14(3):288-294. (abstract)

Anderson CA, Kumanyika SK, Shults J, Kallan MJ, Gans KM, Risica PM. Assessing change in dietary-fat behaviors in a weight-loss program for african americans: a potential short method. J Am Diet Assoc. 2007 May;107(5):838-42. (abstract)

Baptiste-Roberts K, Gary TL, Beckles GL, Gregg EW, Owens M, Porterfield D, Engelgau MM. Family history of diabetes, awareness of risk factors, and health behaviors among African Americans.Am J Public Health. 2007 May;97(5):907-12. (abstract)

Beach MC, Duggan PS, Moore RD. Is Patients' Preferred Involvement in Health Decisions Related to Outcomes for Patients with HIV? J Gen Intern Med. 2007 May 19. (abstract)

Beach MC, Duggan PS, Cassel CK, Geller G. What does 'respect' mean? Exploring the moral obligation of health professionals to respect patients. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 May;22(5):692-5. (abstract)

Berkwits M, Guallar E. Risk factors, risk prediction, and the apolipoprotein B-apolipoprotein A-I ratio. Ann Intern Med. 2007 May 1;146(9):677-9. No abstract available.

Ding EL, Powe NR, Manson JE, Sherber NS, Braunstein JB. Sex differences in perceived risks, distrust, and willingness to participate in clinical trials: a randomized study of cardiovascular prevention trials. Arch Intern Med. 2007 May 14;167(9):905-12. (abstract)

Givens JL, Houston TK, Van Voorhees BW, Ford DE, Cooper LA. Ethnicity and preferences for depression treatment. Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2007 May-Jun;29(3):182-91. (abstract)

Hill-Briggs F, Gemmell L, Kulkarni B, Klick B, Brancati FL. Associations of patient health-related problem solving with disease control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations in HIV and diabetes clinic samples. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 May;22(5):649-54. (abstract)

Jehn ML, Guallar E, Clark JM, Couper D, Duncan BB, Ballantyne CM, Hoogeveen RC, Harris ZL, Pankow JS. A prospective study of plasma ferritin level and incident diabetes: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2007 May 1;165(9):1047-54. (abstract)

Kim ES, Samuels TA, Yeh HC, Abuid M, Marinopoulos SS, McCauley JM, Brancati FL. End-Digit Preference and the Quality of Blood Pressure Monitoring in Diabetic Adults. Diabetes Care. 2007 May 7. (abstract)

Ledikwe JH, Rolls BJ, Smiciklas-Wright H, Mitchell DC, Ard JD, Champagne C, Karanja N, Lin PH, Stevens VJ, Appel LJ. Reductions in dietary energy density are associated with weight loss in overweight and obese participants in the PREMIER trial.
Am J Clin Nutr. 2007 May;85(5):1212-21. (abstract)

Merkin SS, Diez Roux AV, Coresh J, Fried LF, Jackson SA, Powe NR. Individual and neighborhood socioeconomic status and progressive chronic kidney disease in an elderly population: The Cardiovascular Health Study. Soc Sci Med. 2007 May 10. (abstract)

Siedner MJ, Christopher-Stine L, Astor BC, Gelber AC, Fine DM. Screening for proteinuria in patients with lupus: a survey of practice preferences among American rheumatologists.J Rheumatol. 2007 May;34(5):973-7. (abstract)

Winters BD, Pham JC, Hunt EA, Guallar E, Berenholtz S, Pronovost PJ. Rapid response systems: a systematic review. Crit Care Med. 2007 May;35(5):1238-43. (abstract)


April 2007

Bleys J, Navas-Acien A, Guallar E. Serum selenium and diabetes in U.S. adults. Diabetes Care. 2007 Apr;30(4):829-34. (abstract)

Casagrande SS, Wang Y, Anderson C, Gary TL. Have Americans increased their fruit and vegetable intake? The trends between 1988 and 2002. Am J Prev Med. 2007 Apr;32(4):257-63. (abstract)

Cook NR, Cutler JA, Obarzanek E, Buring JE, Rexrode KM, Kumanyika SK, Appel LJ, Whelton PK. Long term effects of dietary sodium reduction on cardiovascular disease outcomes: observational follow-up of the trials of hypertension prevention (TOHP). BMJ. 2007 Apr 28;334(7599):885. Epub 2007 Apr 20. (abstract)

Golden SH, Malhotra S, Wand GS, Brancati FL, Ford D, Horton K. Adrenal gland volume and dexamethasone-suppressed cortisol correlate with total daily salivary cortisol in African-American women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Apr;92(4):1358-63. (abstract)

Golden SH, Dobs AS, Vaidya D, Szklo M, Gapstur S, Kopp P, Liu K, Ouyang P. Endogenous sex hormones and glucose tolerance status in postmenopausal women. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2007 Apr;92(4):1289-95. (abstract)

Gupta R, Plantinga LC, Fink NE, Melamed ML, Coresh J, Fox CS, Levin NW, Powe NR. Statin use and hospitalization for sepsis in patients with chronic kidney disease. JAMA. 2007 Apr 4;297(13):1455-64. (abstract)

Kottgen A, Russell SD, Loehr LR, Crainiceanu CM, Rosamond WD, Chang PP, Chambless LE, Coresh J. Reduced kidney function as a risk factor for incident heart failure: the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007 Apr;18(4):1307-15. (abstract) 

Levey AS, Coresh J, Greene T, Marsh J, Stevens LA, Kusek JW, Van Lente F; Chronic Kidney Disease Epidemiology Collaboration. Expressing the Modification of Diet in Renal Disease Study equation for estimating glomerular filtration rate with standardized serum creatinine values. Clin Chem. 2007 Apr;53(4):766-72. (abstract)

Volcik KA, Ballantyne CM, Coresh J, Folsom AR, Boerwinkle E. Specific P-selectin and P-selectin glycoprotein ligand-1 genotypes/haplotypes are associated with risk of incident CHD and ischemic stroke: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Atherosclerosis. 2007 Apr 7. (abstract)

March 2007

Casagrande SS, Gary TL, Laveist TA, Gaskin DJ, Cooper LA. Perceived discrimination and adherence to medical care in a racially integrated community. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Mar;22(3):389-95. (abstract)

Hill-Briggs F, Dial JG, Morere DA, Joyce A. Neuropsychological assessment of persons with physical disability, visual impairment or blindness, and hearing impairment or deafness. Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 2007 Mar;22(3):389-404. (abstract)

Hill-Briggs F, Yeh HC, Gary TL, Batts-Turner M, D'Zurilla T, Brancati FL. Diabetes problem-solving scale development in an adult, African American sample. Diabetes Educ. 2007 Mar-Apr;33(2):291-9. (abstract)

Iyengar SK, Abboud HE, Goddard KA, Saad MF, Adler SG, Arar NH, Bowden DW, Duggirala R, Elston RC, Hanson RL, Ipp E, Kao WH, Kimmel PL, Klag MJ, Knowler WC, Meoni LA, Nelson RG, Nicholas SB, Pahl MV, Parekh RS, Quade SR, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Scavini M, Schelling JR, Sedor JR, Sehgal AR, Shah VO, Smith MW, Taylor KD, Winkler CA, Zager PG, Freedman BI. Genome-Wide Scans for Diabetic Nephropathy and Albuminuria in Multi-Ethnic Populations: The Family Investigation of Nephropathy and Diabetes. Diabetes. 2007 Mar 15 (abstract)

Navas-Acien A, Guallar E, Silbergeld EK, Rothenberg SJ. Lead exposure and cardiovascular disease--a systematic review. Environ Health Perspect. 2007 Mar;115(3):472-82. (abstract)

Plantinga LC, Fink NE, Bass EB, Boulware LE, Meyer KB, Powe NR. Preferences for current health and their association with outcomes in patients with kidney disease. Med Care. 2007 Mar;45(3):230-7. (abstract)

Rust G, Cooper LA. How can practice-based research contribute to the elimination of health disparities? J Am Board Fam Med. 2007 Mar-Apr;20(2):105-14. (abstract)

Silber HA, Lima JA, Bluemke DA, Astor BC, Gupta SN, Foo TK, Ouyang P. Arterial reactivity in lower extremities is progressively reduced as cardiovascular risk factors increase: comparison with upper extremities using magnetic resonance imaging. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2007 Mar 6;49(9):939-45. (abstract) 

Visvanathan K, Crum RM, Strickland PT, You X, Ruczinski I, Berndt SI, Alberg AJ, Hoffman SC, Comstock GW, Bell DA, Helzlsouer KJ. Alcohol dehydrogenase genetic polymorphisms, low-to-moderate alcohol consumption, and risk of breast cancer. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2007 Mar;31(3):467-76. (abstract)

Young JH. Evolution of blood pressure regulation in humans. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2007 Mar;9(1):13-8. (abstract)

February 2007

Beach MC, Rosner M, Cooper LA, Duggan PS, Shatzer J. Can Patient-Centered Attitudes Reduce Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care? Acad Med. 2007 Feb;82(2):193-198. (abstract) 

Furth SL, Cole SR, Fadrowski JJ, Gerson A, Pierce CB, Chandra M, Weiss R, Kaskel F; The Council of Pediatric Nephrology and Urology, New York/New Jersey; The Kidney and Urology Foundation of America. The association of anemia and hypoalbuminemia with accelerated decline in GFR among adolescents with chronic kidney disease. Pediatr Nephrol. 2007 Feb;22(2):265-271. (abstract)

Hill Golden S, Malhotra S, Wand GS, Brancati FL, Ford D, Horton K. Adrenal Gland Volume and Dexamethas