2013
Single v. multiple measures of skin carotenoids by resonance Raman spectroscopy as a biomarker of usual carotenoid status
Scarmo S, Cartmel B, Lin H, Leffell DJ, Ermakov IV, Gellermann W, Bernstein PS, Mayne ST. Single v. multiple measures of skin carotenoids by resonance Raman spectroscopy as a biomarker of usual carotenoid status. British Journal Of Nutrition 2013, 110: 911-917. PMID: 23351238, PMCID: PMC3696054, DOI: 10.1017/s000711451200582x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSkin carotenoid statusRecent sun exposureCarotenoid statusSkin carotenoidsSun exposureRR measuresFruit/vegetable intakeLower carotenoid statusSeason of measurementMean ageNon-invasive methodVegetable intakeInverse associationDietary dataTime pointsSignificant predictorsMultiple measuresPositive associationIntakeBiomarkersPresent studyStatusPredictorsAssociationExposure
1999
Predictors of participant retention in two chemoprevention feasibility trials
Bowen D, Cartmel B, Barnett M, Goodman G, Omenn G. Predictors of participant retention in two chemoprevention feasibility trials. Annals Of Behavioral Medicine 1999, 21: 210-215. PMID: 10626026, DOI: 10.1007/bf02884835.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPilot study participantsPilot studyClinical trialsEfficacy trialsStudy participantsLong-term clinical trialsAsbestos-exposed participantsRetinol Efficacy TrialAsbestos-exposed workersHigh blood pressureCancer chemoprevention trialsGeneral health issuesFull-scale efficacy trialHigher baseline levelsMental health measuresRetention of participantsOnly significant predictorCurrent smokersBlood pressureChemoprevention trialsFeasibility trialPredictors of retentionPrevention StudyBaseline predictorsBaseline levelsPlasma Lycopene Concentrations in Humans Are Determined by Lycopene Intake, Plasma Cholesterol Concentrations and Selected Demographic Factors 1 , 2
Mayne S, Cartmel B, Silva F, Kim C, Fallon B, Briskin K, Zheng T, Baum M, Shor-Posner G, Goodwin W. Plasma Lycopene Concentrations in Humans Are Determined by Lycopene Intake, Plasma Cholesterol Concentrations and Selected Demographic Factors 1 , 2. Journal Of Nutrition 1999, 129: 849-854. PMID: 10203560, DOI: 10.1093/jn/129.4.849.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPlasma lycopene levelsPlasma lycopene concentrationsPlasma cholesterolLycopene levelsPlasma lycopeneLycopene intakeLycopene concentrationHigher plasma lycopene concentrationsNonwhite race/ethnicityDietary lycopene intakeCancer Prevention TrialMarital statusLow dietary intakeLower plasma cholesterolPlasma cholesterol concentrationLow plasma concentrationsLess vitamin CRace/ethnicityPrevention trialsDietary lycopeneTriglyceride levelsUnivariate analysisDietary intakeChronic diseasesPlasma concentrations