Browsing Harvard Medical School by Keyword "Body mass index"

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    • Association between shift work and obesity among female nurses: Korean Nurses’ Survey 

      Kim, Min-Ju; Son, Kuk-Hui; Park, Hyun-Young; Choi, Dong-Ju; Yoon, Chang-Hwan; Lee, Hea-Young; Cho, Eun-Young; Cho, Myeong-Chan (BioMed Central, 2013)
      Background: Shift work has been hypothesized as a risk factor for obesity. In this study, we investigated the association between current shift work and body mass index (BMI) among female nurses in Korea. The relationship ...

    • The association of body size in early to mid-life with adult urinary 6-sulfatoxymelatonin levels among night shift health care workers 

      Ramin, Cody A; Massa, Jennifer; Wegrzyn, Lani R; Brown, Susan B; Pierre-Paul, Jeffrey; Devore, Elizabeth E; Hankinson, Susan E; Schernhammer, Eva S (BioMed Central, 2015)
      Background: Adult body mass index (BMI) has been associated with urinary melatonin levels in humans; however, whether earlier-life body size is associated with melatonin, particularly among night shift workers, remains ...

    • Computational modeling of transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) in obesity: Impact of head fat and dose guidelines☆ 

      Truong, Dennis Q.; Magerowski, Greta; Blackburn, George L.; Bikson, Marom; Alonso-Alonso, Miguel (Elsevier, 2013)
      Recent studies show that acute neuromodulation of the prefrontal cortex with transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) can decrease food craving, attentional bias to food, and actual food intake. These data suggest ...

    • DNA methylation signatures of chronic low-grade inflammation are associated with complex diseases 

      Ligthart, Symen; Marzi, Carola; Aslibekyan, Stella; Mendelson, Michael M.; Conneely, Karen N.; Tanaka, Toshiko; Colicino, Elena; Waite, Lindsay L.; Joehanes, Roby; Guan, Weihua; Brody, Jennifer A.; Elks, Cathy; Marioni, Riccardo; Jhun, Min A.; Agha, Golareh; Bressler, Jan; Ward-Caviness, Cavin K.; Chen, Brian H.; Huan, Tianxiao; Bakulski, Kelly; Salfati, Elias L.; Fiorito, Giovanni; Wahl, Simone; Schramm, Katharina; Sha, Jin; Hernandez, Dena G.; Just, Allan C.; Smith, Jennifer A.; Sotoodehnia, Nona; Pilling, Luke C.; Pankow, James S.; Tsao, Phil S.; Liu, Chunyu; Zhao, Wei; Guarrera, Simonetta; Michopoulos, Vasiliki J.; Smith, Alicia K.; Peters, Marjolein J.; Melzer, David; Vokonas, Pantel; Fornage, Myriam; Prokisch, Holger; Bis, Joshua C.; Chu, Audrey Y.; Herder, Christian; Grallert, Harald; Yao, Chen; Shah, Sonia; McRae, Allan F.; Lin, Honghuang; Horvath, Steve; Fallin, Daniele; Hofman, Albert; Wareham, Nicholas J.; Wiggins, Kerri L.; Feinberg, Andrew P.; Starr, John M.; Visscher, Peter M.; Murabito, Joanne M.; Kardia, Sharon L. R.; Absher, Devin M.; Binder, Elisabeth B.; Singleton, Andrew B.; Bandinelli, Stefania; Peters, Annette; Waldenberger, Melanie; Matullo, Giuseppe; Schwartz, Joel D.; Demerath, Ellen W.; Uitterlinden, André G.; van Meurs, Joyce B. J.; Franco, Oscar H.; Chen, Yii-Der Ida; Levy, Daniel; Turner, Stephen T.; Deary, Ian J.; Ressler, Kerry J.; Dupuis, Josée; Ferrucci, Luigi; Ong, Ken K.; Assimes, Themistocles L.; Boerwinkle, Eric; Koenig, Wolfgang; Arnett, Donna K.; Baccarelli, Andrea A.; Benjamin, Emelia J.; Dehghan, Abbas (BioMed Central, 2016)
      Background: Chronic low-grade inflammation reflects a subclinical immune response implicated in the pathogenesis of complex diseases. Identifying genetic loci where DNA methylation is associated with chronic low-grade ...

    • Early maternal depressive symptoms and child growth trajectories: a longitudinal analysis of a nationally representative US birth cohort 

      Surkan, Pamela J; Ettinger, Anna K; Hock, Rebecca S; Ahmed, Saifuddin; Strobino, Donna M; Minkovitz, Cynthia S (BioMed Central, 2014)
      Background: Maternal depressive symptoms are negatively associated with early child growth in developing countries; however, few studies have examined this relation in developed countries or used a longitudinal design with ...

    • Effects of smoking on the genetic risk of obesity: the population architecture using genomics and epidemiology study 

      Fesinmeyer, Megan D; North, Kari E; Lim, Unhee; Bůžková, Petra; Crawford, Dana C; Haessler, Jeffrey; Gross, Myron D; Fowke, Jay H; Goodloe, Robert; Love, Shelley-Ann; Graff, Misa; Carlson, Christopher S; Kuller, Lewis H; Matise, Tara C; Hong, Ching-Ping; Henderson, Brian E; Allen, Melissa; Rohde, Rebecca R; Mayo, Ping; Schnetz-Boutaud, Nathalie; Monroe, Kristine R; Ritchie, Marylyn D; Prentice, Ross L; Kolonel, Lawrence N; Manson, JoAnn Elisabeth; Pankow, James; Hindorff, Lucia A; Franceschini, Nora; Wilkens, Lynne R; Haiman, Christopher A; Le Marchand, Loic; Peters, Ulrike (BioMed Central, 2013)
      Background: Although smoking behavior is known to affect body mass index (BMI), the potential for smoking to influence genetic associations with BMI is largely unexplored. Methods: As part of the ‘Population Architecture ...

    • Higher maternal leptin levels at second trimester are associated with subsequent greater gestational weight gain in late pregnancy 

      Lacroix, Marilyn; Battista, Marie-Claude; Doyon, Myriam; Moreau, Julie; Patenaude, Julie; Guillemette, Laetitia; Ménard, Julie; Ardilouze, Jean-Luc; Perron, Patrice; Hivert, Marie-France (BioMed Central, 2016)
      Background: Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) is associated with adverse pregnancy outcomes. In non-pregnant populations, low leptin levels stimulate positive energy balance. In pregnancy, both the placenta and adipose ...

    • Obesity, Outcomes and Quality of Care: BMI Increases the Risk of Wound-Related Complications in Colon Cancer Surgery 

      Amri, Ramzi; Bordeianou, Liliana Grigorievna; Sylla, Patricia; Berger, David Lawrence (Elsevier BV, 2013)
      BACKGROUND: Obese patients may face higher complication rates during surgical treatment of colon cancer. The aim of this study was to measure this effect at a high-volume tertiary care center. METHODS: All patients with ...

    • Obstructive Sleep Apnea in North American Commercial Drivers 

      KALES, Stefanos N.; STRAUBEL, Madeleine G. (National Institute of Occupational Safety and Health, Japan, 2014)
      The most common medical cause of excessive daytime sleepiness (EDS) is obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Specifically, among an estimated 14 million US commercial drivers, 17–28% or 2.4 to 3.9 million are expected to have ...

    • A qualitative study of gestational weight gain goal setting 

      Criss, Shaniece; Oken, Emily; Guthrie, Lauren; Hivert, Marie-France (BioMed Central, 2016)
      Background: Gestational weight gain (GWG) is an important predictor of short and long-term pregnancy outcomes for both mother and child, and women who set a GWG goal are more likely to gain within recommended ranges. Little ...