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Exploring genetic susceptibility to cancer in diverse populations.

Current opinion in genetics & development

Haiman CA, Stram DO.
PMID: 20359883
Curr Opin Genet Dev. 2010 Jun;20(3):330-5. doi: 10.1016/j.gde.2010.02.007. Epub 2010 Mar 30.

Incidence rates for many cancers differ markedly by race/ethnicity and furthering our understanding of the genetic and environmental causes of such disparities is a scientific and public health need. Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) are widely acknowledged to provide important...

Global patterns of prostate cancer incidence, aggressiveness, and mortality in men of african descent.

Prostate cancer

Rebbeck TR, Devesa SS, Chang BL, Bunker CH, Cheng I, Cooney K, Eeles R, Fernandez P, Giri VN, Gueye SM, Haiman CA, Henderson BE, Heyns CF, Hu JJ, Ingles SA, Isaacs W, Jalloh M, John EM, Kibel AS, Kidd LR, Layne P, Leach RJ, Neslund-Dudas C, Okobia MN, Ostrander EA, Park JY, Patrick AL, Phelan CM, Ragin C, Roberts RA, Rybicki BA, Stanford JL, Strom S, Thompson IM, Witte J, Xu J, Yeboah E, Hsing AW, Zeigler-Johnson CM.
PMID: 23476788
Prostate Cancer. 2013;2013:560857. doi: 10.1155/2013/560857. Epub 2013 Feb 13.

Prostate cancer (CaP) is the leading cancer among men of African descent in the USA, Caribbean, and Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The estimated number of CaP deaths in SSA during 2008 was more than five times that among African Americans...

Asian women have greater abdominal and visceral adiposity than Caucasian women with similar body mass index.

Nutrition & diabetes

Lim U, Ernst T, Buchthal SD, Latch M, Albright CL, Wilkens LR, Kolonel LN, Murphy SP, Chang L, Novotny R, Le Marchand L.
PMID: 23449381
Nutr Diabetes. 2011 May 09;1:e6. doi: 10.1038/nutd.2011.2.

BACKGROUND: In the Multiethnic Cohort Study, Japanese Americans (JA) have lower mean body mass index (BMI) compared with Caucasians, but show a higher waist-to-hip ratio at similar BMI values and a greater risk of diabetes and obesity-associated cancers.OBJECTIVE: We...

Exploratory Genome-Wide Interaction Analysis of Nonsteroidal Anti-inflammatory Drugs and Predicted Gene Expression on Colorectal Cancer Risk.

Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology

Wang X, Su YR, Petersen PS, Bien S, Schmit SL, Drew DA, Albanes D, Berndt SI, Brenner H, Campbell PT, Casey G, Chang-Claude J, Gallinger SJ, Gruber SB, Haile RW, Harrison TA, Hoffmeister M, Jacobs EJ, Jenkins MA, Joshi AD, Li L, Lin Y, Lindor NM, Marchand LL, Martin V, Milne R, Maclnnis R, Moreno V, Nan H, Newcomb PA, Potter JD, Rennert G, Rennert H, Slattery ML, Thibodeau SN, Weinstein SJ, Woods MO, Chan AT, White E, Hsu L, Peters U.
PMID: 32651213
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2020 Sep;29(9):1800-1808. doi: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-19-1018. Epub 2020 Jul 10.

BACKGROUND: Regular use of nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAID) is associated with lower risk of colorectal cancer. Genome-wide interaction analysis on single variants (G × E) has identified several SNPs that may interact with NSAIDs to confer colorectal cancer risk,...

Multi-ethnic GWAS and fine-mapping of glycaemic traits identify novel loci in the PAGE Study.

Diabetologia

Downie CG, Dimos SF, Bien SA, Hu Y, Darst BF, Polfus LM, Wang Y, Wojcik GL, Tao R, Raffield LM, Armstrong ND, Polikowsky HG, Below JE, Correa A, Irvin MR, Rasmussen-Torvik LJF, Carlson CS, Phillips LS, Liu S, Pankow JS, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Buyske S, Matise TC, North KE, Avery CL, Haiman CA, Loos RJF, Kooperberg C, Graff M, Highland HM.
PMID: 34951656
Diabetologia. 2021 Dec 24; doi: 10.1007/s00125-021-05635-9. Epub 2021 Dec 24.

AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Type 2 diabetes is a growing global public health challenge. Investigating quantitative traits, including fasting glucose, fasting insulin and HbAMETHODS: We conducted a GWAS of fasting glucose (n = 52,267), fasting insulin (n = 48,395) and HbARESULTS: Four...

Multi-ethnic GWAS and fine-mapping of glycaemic traits identify novel loci in the PAGE Study.

Diabetologia

Downie CG, Dimos SF, Bien SA, Hu Y, Darst BF, Polfus LM, Wang Y, Wojcik GL, Tao R, Raffield LM, Armstrong ND, Polikowsky HG, Below JE, Correa A, Irvin MR, Rasmussen-Torvik LJF, Carlson CS, Phillips LS, Liu S, Pankow JS, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Buyske S, Matise TC, North KE, Avery CL, Haiman CA, Loos RJF, Kooperberg C, Graff M, Highland HM.
PMID: 34951656
Diabetologia. 2021 Dec 24; doi: 10.1007/s00125-021-05635-9. Epub 2021 Dec 24.

AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Type 2 diabetes is a growing global public health challenge. Investigating quantitative traits, including fasting glucose, fasting insulin and HbAMETHODS: We conducted a GWAS of fasting glucose (n = 52,267), fasting insulin (n = 48,395) and HbARESULTS: Four...

22nd European Congress on Obesity (ECO2015), Prague, Czech Republic, May 6-9, 2015: Abstracts.

Obesity facts

[No authors listed]
PMID: 25969149
Obes Facts. 2015;8:1-272. doi: 10.1159/000382140. Epub 2015 Apr 30.

No abstract available.

Mammographic density and matrix metalloproteinases in breast tissue.

Cancer microenvironment : official journal of the International Cancer Microenvironment Society

Steude JS, Maskarinec G, Erber E, Verheus M, Hernandez BY, Killeen J, Cline JM.
PMID: 20012240
Cancer Microenviron. 2010 Dec;3(1):57-65. doi: 10.1007/s12307-009-0031-x. Epub 2009 Dec 10.

Mammographic density is a strong risk factor for breast cancer, yet the underlying histopathologic correlates are not clear. Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) and their inhibitors (TIMPs) play important roles in multiple stages of tumorigenesis. This study examined the association between...

The joint association of cardiometabolic health and weight on mortality in the multiethnic cohort.

Ethnicity & health

Harmon BE, Shvetsov YB, Lim U, Leak CL, San Diego ERN, Monroe KR, Wilkens LR, Marchand LL.
PMID: 32508127
Ethn Health. 2020 Jun 07;1-14. doi: 10.1080/13557858.2020.1771680. Epub 2020 Jun 07.

No abstract available.

Evaluating the feasibility of utilizing the Automated Self-administered 24-hour (ASA24) dietary recall in a sample of multiethnic older adults.

Procedia food science

Ettienne-Gittens R, Boushey CJ, Au D, Murphy SP, Lim U, Wilkens L.
PMID: 28149712
Procedia Food Sci. 2013;2:134-144. doi: 10.1016/j.profoo.2013.04.021. Epub 2013 May 29.

The ASA24 is a web application which enables the collection of self-administered dietary recalls thus utilizing technology to overcome some of the limitations of traditional assessment methodologies. Older adults, particularly those from certain ethnic groups may have less access...

Genome-wide association of body fat distribution in African ancestry populations suggests new loci.

PLoS genetics

Liu CT, Monda KL, Taylor KC, Lange L, Demerath EW, Palmas W, Wojczynski MK, Ellis JC, Vitolins MZ, Liu S, Papanicolaou GJ, Irvin MR, Xue L, Griffin PJ, Nalls MA, Adeyemo A, Liu J, Li G, Ruiz-Narvaez EA, Chen WM, Chen F, Henderson BE, Millikan RC, Ambrosone CB, Strom SS, Guo X, Andrews JS, Sun YV, Mosley TH, Yanek LR, Shriner D, Haritunians T, Rotter JI, Speliotes EK, Smith M, Rosenberg L, Mychaleckyj J, Nayak U, Spruill I, Garvey WT, Pettaway C, Nyante S, Bandera EV, Britton AF, Zonderman AB, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Chen YD, Ding J, Lohman K, Kritchevsky SB, Zhao W, Peyser PA, Kardia SL, Kabagambe E, Broeckel U, Chen G, Zhou J, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Neuhouser ML, Rampersaud E, Psaty B, Kooperberg C, Manson JE, Kuller LH, Ochs-Balcom HM, Johnson KC, Sucheston L, Ordovas JM, Palmer JR, Haiman CA, McKnight B, Howard BV, Becker DM, Bielak LF, Liu Y, Allison MA, Grant SF, Burke GL, Patel SR, Schreiner PJ, Borecki IB, Evans MK, Taylor H, Sale MM, Howard V, Carlson CS, Rotimi CN, Cushman M, Harris TB, Reiner AP, Cupples LA, North KE, Fox CS.
PMID: 23966867
PLoS Genet. 2013;9(8):e1003681. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1003681. Epub 2013 Aug 15.

Central obesity, measured by waist circumference (WC) or waist-hip ratio (WHR), is a marker of body fat distribution. Although obesity disproportionately affects minority populations, few studies have conducted genome-wide association study (GWAS) of fat distribution among those of predominantly...

Health-related characteristics and dietary intakes of male veterans and non-veterans in the Multiethnic Cohort Study (United States).

Journal of military and veterans' health

Park SY, Zhu K, Potter JF, Kolonel LN.
PMID: 22623947
J Mil Veterans Health. 2011 Apr;19(2):4-9.

BACKGROUND: Nationwide surveys in the United States found that certain health-related factors, in particular cigarette smoking and obesity, were more prevalent in veterans than in non-veterans. PURPOSE: The objective of this paper was to compare health-related characteristics and dietary...

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