1996
Prolactin response to suckling and maintenance of postpartum amenorrhea among intensively breastfeeding nepali women
Stallings J, Worthman C, Panter-brick C, Coates R. Prolactin response to suckling and maintenance of postpartum amenorrhea among intensively breastfeeding nepali women. Endocrine Research 1996, 22: 1-28. PMID: 8690004, DOI: 10.3109/07435809609030495.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDuration of supplementationPRL levelsLactational amenorrheaMenstrual statusMaternal agePostpartum amenorrheaSignificant dose-response relationshipElevated PRL levelsHigh PRL levelsLow PRL levelsLogistic regression analysisDose-response relationshipRegression analysisNepali womenBlood spot samplesAmenorrheic womenBreastfeeding mothersProlactin responseNursing womenPRL determinationAmenorrheaInfant ageLinear regression analysisTime postpartumBout length
1995
Inter-individual and seasonal weight variation in rural Nepali women
Panter-Brick C. Inter-individual and seasonal weight variation in rural Nepali women. Journal Of Biosocial Science 1995, 27: 215-233. PMID: 7738083, DOI: 10.1017/s0021932000022719.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTotal energy expenditureBody weightMid-upper arm circumferenceHigher physical activity levelsRural Nepali womenWeight changeNon-pregnant womenBody mass indexPhysical activity levelsEnergy expenditureUpper arm circumferenceBody weight changesSeasonal weight variationInitial body weightMass indexArm circumferenceNonlactating womenFood intakePhysical activityAnthropometric measuresThin womenInter-individual variationWeight lossWomenActivity levels
1993
Seasonality of reproductive function and weight loss in rural Nepali women
Panter-Brick C, Lotstein D, Ellison P. Seasonality of reproductive function and weight loss in rural Nepali women. Human Reproduction 1993, 8: 684-690. PMID: 8314959, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.humrep.a138120.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEnergy expenditure levelsOvarian functionHormonal disturbancesWeight lossProgesterone levelsRural Nepali womenSalivary progesterone profilesBody mass indexCurrent nutritional statusNepali womenMass indexNepali populationNutritional statusOwn controlReproductive functionWomenProgesterone profilesRural African womenAfrican womenLoss of fecundityBody massWestern womenEnergy imbalanceLevelsWeightSeasonality of energy expenditure during pregnancy and lactation for rural Nepali women
Panter-Brick C. Seasonality of energy expenditure during pregnancy and lactation for rural Nepali women. American Journal Of Clinical Nutrition 1993, 57: 620-628. PMID: 8480676, DOI: 10.1093/ajcn/57.5.620.Peer-Reviewed Original Research