2015
Weight Gain After Breast Cancer Diagnosis and All-Cause Mortality: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Playdon MC, Bracken MB, Sanft TB, Ligibel JA, Harrigan M, Irwin ML. Weight Gain After Breast Cancer Diagnosis and All-Cause Mortality: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Journal Of The National Cancer Institute 2015, 107: djv275. PMID: 26424778, PMCID: PMC4715249, DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djv275.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBody mass indexBreast cancer-specific mortalityCancer-specific mortalityCause mortalityWeight gainBreast cancer diagnosisBreast cancerStage I-IIIC breast cancerSystematic reviewPrediagnosis body mass indexWomen age 18 yearsPostdiagnosis weight gainCancer diagnosisCause mortality ratesBreast cancer mortalityAge 18 yearsWeb of ScienceCohort studyRecurrence outcomesMass indexCancer mortalityClinical trialsHigh riskMortality rateBody weight
2014
Longitudinal associations between asthma and general and abdominal weight status among Norwegian adolescents and young adults: the HUNT Study
Egan KB, Ettinger AS, DeWan AT, Holford TR, Holmen TL, Bracken MB. Longitudinal associations between asthma and general and abdominal weight status among Norwegian adolescents and young adults: the HUNT Study. Pediatric Obesity 2014, 10: 345-352. PMID: 25405952, DOI: 10.1111/ijpo.271.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsRisk of asthmaWeight statusSelf-reported physician-diagnosed asthmaSubsequent weight statusPhysician-diagnosed asthmaBaseline weight statusPopulation-based surveyConsequences of obesityAsthmatic malesBaseline asthmaGeneral overweightAbdominal obesitySubsequent asthmaNormal weightObese adolescentsAsthma statusOverweight malesAdiposity associationsAsthmaAsthma associationsOverweightObesitySex stratificationBidirectional associationsAdiposity