2024
Associations between fasting glucose rate-of-change and the missense variant, rs373863828, in an adult Samoan cohort
Rivara A, Russell E, Carlson J, Pomer A, Naseri T, Reupena M, Manna S, Viali S, Minster R, Weeks D, DeLany J, Kershaw E, McGarvey S, Hawley N. Associations between fasting glucose rate-of-change and the missense variant, rs373863828, in an adult Samoan cohort. PLOS ONE 2024, 19: e0302643. PMID: 38829901, PMCID: PMC11146712, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0302643.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType 2 diabetesAllele of rs373863828Body mass indexFasting glucoseAdult SamoansDevelopment of type 2 diabetesOdds of type 2 diabetesReduction of modifiable risk factorsRs373863828 genotypeAssociated with higher body mass indexType 2 diabetes developmentGlucose rate of changeMass indexHousehold asset scoreUrbanization of residenceHigher body mass indexRisk factorsModifiable risk factorsRate of changeBaseline variablesMultivariate linear regressionPhysical activityDiabetes preventionType 2 diabetes mellitusSmoking status
2022
Cardiovascular risk factors across different levels of urbanization in Brazilian Afro‐derived communities (quilombos)
Paiva S, Rivara A, de Castro Nóbrega M, de Cesare Parmesan Toledo R, de Nazaré Klautau‐Guimarães M, Madrigal L, de Oliveira S. Cardiovascular risk factors across different levels of urbanization in Brazilian Afro‐derived communities (quilombos). American Journal Of Human Biology 2022, 35: e23839. PMID: 36426735, DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23839.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCardiovascular risk factorsCVD risk factorsRisk factorsCardiovascular diseaseExact testCardio-metabolic disease riskDisease riskPrevalence of hypertensionChronic disease riskCross-sectional studyFisher's exact testChi-square testBlood pressureChronic diseasesBlood samplesKruskal-Wallis testIndependent sample t-testEpidemiological transitionSignificant sex differencesSample t-testDiseaseT-testHigh frequencySex differencesStandard protocolValidity of anthropometric equation‐based estimators of fat mass in Samoan adults
Heinsberg L, Hawley N, Duckham R, Pomer A, Rivara A, Naseri T, Reupena M, Weeks D, McGarvey S, Minster R. Validity of anthropometric equation‐based estimators of fat mass in Samoan adults. American Journal Of Human Biology 2022, 35: e23838. PMID: 36428275, PMCID: PMC10023273, DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23838.Peer-Reviewed Original Research