2018
Association between physical exercise and mental health in 1·2 million individuals in the USA between 2011 and 2015: a cross-sectional study
Chekroud SR, Gueorguieva R, Zheutlin AB, Paulus M, Krumholz HM, Krystal JH, Chekroud AM. Association between physical exercise and mental health in 1·2 million individuals in the USA between 2011 and 2015: a cross-sectional study. The Lancet Psychiatry 2018, 5: 739-746. PMID: 30099000, DOI: 10.1016/s2215-0366(18)30227-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health burdenCross-sectional studyHealth burdenExercise typeMental healthPhysical exerciseBehavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System surveyPast monthBody mass index categoriesEffective clinical targetsPrevention's Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) surveysSelf-reported mental healthFrequency of exerciseSelf-reported physical healthFunction of exerciseMultiple sensitivity analysesPoor mental healthTerms of ageCause mortalityPrevious diagnosisPotential confoundersInterventional studyCardiovascular diseaseReduced riskIndex categories
2016
Correlated probit analysis of repeatedly measured ordinal and continuous outcomes with application to the Health and Retirement Study
Grigorova D, Gueorguieva R. Correlated probit analysis of repeatedly measured ordinal and continuous outcomes with application to the Health and Retirement Study. Statistics In Medicine 2016, 35: 4202-4225. PMID: 27222058, DOI: 10.1002/sim.6982.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2010
Differential changes in body mass index after retirement by occupation: hierarchical models
Gueorguieva R, Sindelar JL, Wu R, Gallo WT. Differential changes in body mass index after retirement by occupation: hierarchical models. International Journal Of Public Health 2010, 56: 111-116. PMID: 20625792, PMCID: PMC3154720, DOI: 10.1007/s00038-010-0166-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBMI trajectoriesBody mass indexBody mass index (BMI) patternsMass indexHealth habitsBlue-collar occupationsOlder individualsJob physical demandsOccupational classBlue-collar workersNational dataSignificant increaseDifferential changesWhite-collar occupationsPhysical demandsCollar workersSocioeconomic characteristics
2009
The Impact of Occupation on Self-Rated Health: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey
Gueorguieva R, Sindelar JL, Falba TA, Fletcher JM, Keenan P, Wu R, Gallo WT. The Impact of Occupation on Self-Rated Health: Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Evidence from the Health and Retirement Survey. The Journals Of Gerontology Series B 2009, 64B: 118-124. PMID: 19196689, PMCID: PMC2654983, DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbn006.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSelf-reported healthOlder individualsSelf-reported health statusSignificant baseline differencesSelf-rated healthHealth habitsBaseline differencesOccupation-related differencesHealth statusHealth trajectoriesImpact of occupationKey covariatesStudy sampleSignificant differencesRetirement StudyHealthOccupational categoriesRetirement SurveyLongitudinal evidenceIndividual ageOccupational differencesIndividualsDifferences