2024
Shaping childhood obesity: behavioral and environmental risk factors associated with body mass index trajectories between 2 and 9 years in Samoan children
Choy C, Johnson W, Naseri T, Filipo V, Arorae M, Tafunaina F, Unasa F, Savusa K, Reupena M, Braun J, Duckham R, Soti-Ulberg C, McGarvey S, Hawley N. Shaping childhood obesity: behavioral and environmental risk factors associated with body mass index trajectories between 2 and 9 years in Samoan children. International Journal Of Obesity 2024, 1-10. PMID: 39472691, DOI: 10.1038/s41366-024-01665-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass indexDietary pattern adherenceHigher body mass indexPhysical activityNetherlands Physical Activity QuestionnaireRisk factorsBody mass index trajectoriesFood frequency questionnaire dataPhysical Activity QuestionnaireHigh physical activityBody mass index gainBehavioral risk factorsHousehold asset scoreLow household assetsCubic spline regressionAged 2 to 4 yearsAged 2Public health solutionsChildhood risk factorsSamoan childrenActivity QuestionnaireObesity preventionBMI trajectoriesObesity riskHealth solutionsAssociations 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
The missense variant, rs373863828, in CREBRF plays a role in longitudinal changes in body mass index in Samoans
Fu H, Hawley NL, Carlson JC, Russell EM, Pomer A, Cheng H, Naseri T, Reupena M, Deka R, Choy CC, McGarvey ST, Minster RL, Weeks DE. The missense variant, rs373863828, in CREBRF plays a role in longitudinal changes in body mass index in Samoans. Obesity Research & Clinical Practice 2022, 16: 220-227. PMID: 35606300, PMCID: PMC9373717, DOI: 10.1016/j.orcp.2022.04.004.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsBMI rateHousehold asset scoreAA genotypeBody mass indexMissense variantsBMI of femalesSex-stratified modelsHigh rateAG participantsBaseline BMIMean BMICohort studyMass indexSamoan adultsPhysical activityGG genotypeBMIAge groupsA alleleLongitudinal changesAsset scoreRs373863828Older participantsFemalesCREBRF