2005
Influence of Body Size and Body Fat Distribution on Risk of Uterine Leiomyomata in U.S. Black Women
Wise LA, Palmer JR, Spiegelman D, Harlow BL, Stewart EA, Adams-Campbell LL, Rosenberg L. Influence of Body Size and Body Fat Distribution on Risk of Uterine Leiomyomata in U.S. Black Women. Epidemiology 2005, 16: 346-354. PMID: 15824551, PMCID: PMC1847589, DOI: 10.1097/01.ede.0000158742.11877.99.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexIncidence rate ratiosBlack Women's Health StudyWomen's Health StudyParous womenUterine leiomyomataHealth StudyWeight gainMultivariate incidence rate ratiosSelf-reported uterine leiomyomataU.S. prospective cohort studiesBlack womenProspective cohort studyBody fat distributionConfidence intervalsU.S. Black womenPremenopausal womenCohort studyPrior diagnosisHip ratioMass indexHip circumferenceFat distributionHealth QuestionnaireLarge cohort
2004
Risk of uterine leiomyomata in relation to tobacco, alcohol and caffeine consumption in the Black Women's Health Study
Wise LA, Palmer JR, Harlow BL, Spiegelman D, Stewart EA, Adams-Campbell LL, Rosenberg L. Risk of uterine leiomyomata in relation to tobacco, alcohol and caffeine consumption in the Black Women's Health Study. Human Reproduction 2004, 19: 1746-1754. PMID: 15218005, PMCID: PMC1876785, DOI: 10.1093/humrep/deh309.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIncidence rate ratiosBlack Women's Health StudyWomen's Health StudyUterine leiomyomataHealth StudyCaffeine consumptionCigarette smokingMultivariate incidence rate ratiosSelf-reported uterine leiomyomataDrinks/weekConfidence intervalsUS black womenHeavy coffeePremenopausal womenIncident casesOvarian functionLeiomyomataAlcohol consumptionRate ratioHormone metabolismWomenSmokingRiskBeer consumptionBlack women
1997
Regression calibration method for correcting measurement-error bias in nutritional epidemiology
Spiegelman D, McDermott A, Rosner B. Regression calibration method for correcting measurement-error bias in nutritional epidemiology. American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition 1997, 65: s1179-s1186. PMID: 9094918, DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/65.4.1179s.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth StudyDietary intakeMassachusetts Women's Health StudyUltradistal radius bone densityCox proportional hazards modelRadius bone densityNurses' Health StudyWomen's Health StudyIncidence rate ratiosRate ratioProportional hazards modelOdds ratioBone densityBreast cancerHazards modelVitamin ANutritional epidemiologyLogistic regressionGold standardLinear regression modelsEpidemiologyIntakeRegression modelsValidation studyPerson error