2006
HIV-1 infection and fertility in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
Sedgh G, Larsen U, Spiegelman D, Msamanga G, Fawzi WW. HIV-1 infection and fertility in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. African Journal Of Reproductive Health 2006, 10: 41-52. PMID: 17518130, DOI: 10.2307/30032470.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-1 infectionUninfected womenHIV infectionPregnancy lossMultivariate analysisHIV-1 infected womenPregnancy rate ratioRetrospective cohort studyPredictors of pregnancyHIV-positive womenNumber of pregnanciesRate of pregnancyDar es SalaamHigher pregnancy rateAdvanced diseaseCohort studyHIV seropositivityInfected womenBorderline significancePregnancy rateAdvanced stageInfectionPregnancyWomenRate ratio
2005
HIV-1 Disease Progression and Fertility in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Sedgh G, Larsen U, Spiegelman D, Msamanga G, Fawzi WW. HIV-1 Disease Progression and Fertility in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. JAIDS Journal Of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes 2005, 39: 439-445. PMID: 16010167, DOI: 10.1097/01.qai.0000148529.58963.83.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHIV-1 disease progressionPregnancy rate ratioPregnancy incidenceDisease progressionRate ratioStage IHIV-1-infected womenHIV-1-positive womenCox proportional hazards modelClinical stage IIHIV-1 diseaseProspective cohort studyLive birth rateProportional hazards modelDar es SalaamLive birth incidenceCohort studyMenstrual dysfunctionIndependent predictorsRecent pregnancyHIV statusClinical progressionPregnancy rateOlder womenHazards model
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