Yu-Tien Hsu
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2026
Substance Use Among US Adults at Midlife: Risk Factors and Protective Factors Among National and Milwaukee Black American Samples.
Hsu Y, Ransome Y, Becker W, Frater J, Demuyakor I, Fiellin D, Barry D. Substance Use Among US Adults at Midlife: Risk Factors and Protective Factors Among National and Milwaukee Black American Samples. Journal Of Addiction Medicine 2026 PMID: 42372082, DOI: 10.1097/adm.0000000000001736.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociation between prenatal, pre-pregnancy rainfall and adult obesity: Findings from the Community Behavior and Attitude Survey in Tuvalu (COMBAT)
Tang L, Lin P, Lee T, Wu S, Shih C, Tausi S, Sosene V, Maani P, Tupulaga M, Shiau S, Lo Y, López-Gil J, Hershey M, Chang C, Hsu Y, Wei C. Association between prenatal, pre-pregnancy rainfall and adult obesity: Findings from the Community Behavior and Attitude Survey in Tuvalu (COMBAT). Obesity Research & Clinical Practice 2026, 20: 119-126. PMID: 41667360, DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2026.02.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial connectedness dimensions are associated with lower psychological distress among middle-aged Black Americans
Hsu Y, Song Z, Villalonga-Olives E, Rice B, Taggart T, Williams D, Ransome Y. Social connectedness dimensions are associated with lower psychological distress among middle-aged Black Americans. Journal Of Affective Disorders 2026, 401: 121235. PMID: 41621445, PMCID: PMC13082441, DOI: 10.1016/j.jad.2026.121235.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsassociated with lower psychological distressassociated with psychological distressneighborhood social cohesiondimensions of social connectednesslower psychological distresspsychological distresssocial connectednessBlack adultsKessler-6 scalepsychological distress scoresfamily/friend supportKessler-6distress scoresneighborhood cohesionfamily supportAmerican adultsBlack American adultsdistresscontinuous outcomessocial cohesionconnectedness dimensionBlack Americansmultiple dimensionsadultssocial integration
2025
Association between hot spring residency and dry eye disease: a crossover gene–environment interaction (GxE) study in Taiwan
Wu H, Chang K, Chiu W, Wang C, Lin Y, Hsu Y, Wen Y, Chiang P, Chen Y, Dai H, Lu C, Chen Y, Tsai H, Chen Y, Hsu C, Chiou S, Yang Y, Hsieh A, Hsu C. Association between hot spring residency and dry eye disease: a crossover gene–environment interaction (GxE) study in Taiwan. Human Genomics 2025, 19: 120. PMID: 41126362, PMCID: PMC12541981, DOI: 10.1186/s40246-025-00824-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisaster-related home loss, mental health, and risk of cognitive disability: causal mediation analysis using longitudinal data of disaster survivors
Okuzono S, Shiba K, Zhu D, Oh S, Hsu Y, Yazawa A, Hikichi H, Aida J, Kondo K, Tiemeier H, Kawachi I. Disaster-related home loss, mental health, and risk of cognitive disability: causal mediation analysis using longitudinal data of disaster survivors. American Journal Of Epidemiology 2025, 194: 3501-3509. PMID: 40977047, PMCID: PMC12671964, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaf208.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchThe protective power of social connectedness: Individual vs. community influences on psychological distress in middle-aged Black adults
Hsu Y, Kostakis K, Muhammad S, Ransome Y. The protective power of social connectedness: Individual vs. community influences on psychological distress in middle-aged Black adults. Social Science & Medicine 2025, 384: 118585. PMID: 40974922, PMCID: PMC12542994, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.118585.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchAssociations between home gardening and obstructive sleep apnoea: role of behavioural factors in the COMmunity-based Behaviour and Attitude Study in Tuvalu (COMBAT)
Lin C, Lin P, Lee T, Wu S, Shih C, Tausi S, Sosene V, Maani P, Tupulaga M, Shiau S, Lo Y, López-Gil J, Hershey M, Chang C, Hsu Y, Wei C. Associations between home gardening and obstructive sleep apnoea: role of behavioural factors in the COMmunity-based Behaviour and Attitude Study in Tuvalu (COMBAT). Journal Of Global Health 2025, 15: 04225. PMID: 40814824, PMCID: PMC12355442, DOI: 10.7189/jogh.15.04225.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial participation trajectories in late life and cognitive functioning – A sequence analysis based on Taiwan Longitudinal Study on aging
Hsu Y, Hoven H, Grodstein F, Liu T, Chang C, Hsieh Y, Chen J, Kawachi I. Social participation trajectories in late life and cognitive functioning – A sequence analysis based on Taiwan Longitudinal Study on aging. SSM - Population Health 2025, 31: 101821. PMID: 40547597, PMCID: PMC12182371, DOI: 10.1016/j.ssmph.2025.101821.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA prospective study of grandchild caregiving and late-life cognitive function in Taiwan (1996-2015)
Hsu Y, Grodstein F, Liu T, Kawachi I, Chen J. A prospective study of grandchild caregiving and late-life cognitive function in Taiwan (1996-2015). American Journal Of Epidemiology 2025, 195: 151-159. PMID: 40266262, DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwaf085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchCausal mediation of the association between educational attainment and late-life cognitive function by trajectories of social participation
Hsu Y, Grodstein F, Liu T, Chang C, Kawachi I, Chen J. Causal mediation of the association between educational attainment and late-life cognitive function by trajectories of social participation. Social Science & Medicine 2025, 370: 117861. PMID: 40010235, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2025.117861.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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