2024
Association between diet quality and ovarian cancer risk and survival
Cao A, Esserman D, Cartmel B, Irwin M, Ferrucci L. Association between diet quality and ovarian cancer risk and survival. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2024, 116: 1095-1104. PMID: 38400738, PMCID: PMC11223874, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djae040.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOvarian cancer riskAll-cause mortalityAssociated with lower all-cause mortalityDiet qualityCancer riskOvarian cancer diagnosisAssociated with ovarian cancer riskPre-diagnosisProspective NIH-AARP DietHealthy Eating Index-2015Cancer diagnosisNIH-AARP DietStop Hypertension scoreCancer registry dataEpithelial ovarian cancerMediterranean diet scoreFood frequency questionnaireCox proportional hazards regressionOvarian cancerProportional hazards regressionHEI-2015Health StudyHypertension scoreDiet scoreFrequency questionnaire
2022
A competing risk analysis of adherence to the American Cancer Society Guidelines on Nutrition and Physical Activity for Cancer Prevention and obesity‐related cancer risk in Hispanic/Latino adults in the NIH‐AARP Diet and Health Study
Pichardo MS, Irwin ML, Esserman D, Molina Y, Ferrucci LM. A competing risk analysis of adherence to the American Cancer Society Guidelines on Nutrition and Physical Activity for Cancer Prevention and obesity‐related cancer risk in Hispanic/Latino adults in the NIH‐AARP Diet and Health Study. International Journal Of Cancer 2022, 151: 1902-1912. PMID: 35802472, PMCID: PMC9588580, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.34200.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHispanic/Latino adultsObesity-related cancersUS Hispanic/Latino adultsAmerican Cancer Society guidelinesNIH-AARP DietHealthy lifestyle behaviorsGuideline adherenceLatino adultsSociety guidelinesLifestyle behaviorsCancer preventionPhysical activityCancer riskHealth StudyObesity-related cancer riskPublic health effortsHypothesized inverse associationMagnitude of riskAdherence categoriesInverse associationCancer incidenceACS guidelinesHigh adherenceCumulative riskHealth efforts
2021
Prediagnosis and postdiagnosis leisure time physical activity and survival following diagnosis with ovarian cancer
Wang T, Townsend MK, Eliassen AH, Terry KL, Song M, Irwin ML, Tworoger SS. Prediagnosis and postdiagnosis leisure time physical activity and survival following diagnosis with ovarian cancer. International Journal Of Cancer 2021, 149: 1067-1075. PMID: 33963766, PMCID: PMC8282739, DOI: 10.1002/ijc.33676.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOvarian cancer-specific mortalityCancer-specific mortalityNurses' Health StudyPhysical activityHazard ratioOvarian cancerHealth StudyWeek 1MET-hours/weekLow-grade serous tumorsLeisure-time physical activityPostdiagnosis physical activityRisk of deathEpithelial ovarian cancerOvarian cancer survivalConfidence intervalsTime physical activityOvarian cancer diagnosisBetter prognosisSerous tumorsCancer survivalInverse associationLarge cohortDiagnosisCancer diagnosis
2002
Exercise Effect on Body Weight in Postmenopausal Women: The Physical Activity for Total Health Study
Irwin M, McTiernan A. Exercise Effect on Body Weight in Postmenopausal Women: The Physical Activity for Total Health Study. Medical Science Symposia Series 2002, 17: 345-352. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-1061-1_41.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchTotal Health studyPrevalence of overweightAdult American populationObese 1Postmenopausal womenObesity comorbiditiesCardiovascular diseasePhysical activitySedentary lifestyleHealth StudyBody weightOlder personsCertain cancersOverweightObesityPrevalenceLevel 4American populationHypertensionComorbiditiesDiabetesStrokeCancerDiseaseWomen