Publications

Noninvasive diagnostic test choices for the evaluation of coronary artery disease in women: A multivariate comparison of cardiac fluoroscopy, exercise electrocardiography and exercise thallium myocardial perfusion scintigraphy

Adiposity as Compared With Physical Activity in Predicting Mortality Among Women

Some believe that improved physical fitness can counter the effects of overweight and obesity on illness and death. If so, the implication is that obesity may be a less importan...

Yogurt consumption is associated with better diet quality and metabolic profile in American men and women

C-reactive protein levels and coronary artery disease incidence and mortality in apparently healthy men and women: The EPIC-Norfolk prospective population study 1993–2003

Comparison of LDL Cholesterol Concentrations by Friedewald Calculation and Direct Measurement in Relation to Cardiovascular Events in 27 331 Women

Abstract Background: National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) guidelines recommend development of direct assays for LDL cholesterol (LDL-C) measurement, but it is unclear h...

Womenʼs Health Beliefs about Breast Cancer and Breast Self-Examination

To investigate the nature of women's health beliefs about breast cancer and breast self-examination (BSE) and the extent of BSE practice, a questionnaire was administered to 122...

Outcome measures for research in adult women with symptoms of lower urinary tract dysfunction

The Relationship of Health Beliefs, Health Locus of Control, and Self Concept to the Practice of Breast Self-Examination in Adult Women

This descriptive-correlational study was undertaken in order to determine if there were differences in the health beliefs, health locus of control, and self concept of adult wom...

Nine-Year Trends And Racial And Ethnic Disparities in Women's Awareness of Heart Disease And Stroke: An American Heart Association National Study

CVD awareness has increased significantly among women since 1997, yet the racial/ethnic gap in awareness has not narrowed. Educational efforts to increase heart disease and stro...

Physical activity and mortality in postmenopausal women.

These results demonstrate a graded, inverse association between physical activity and all-cause mortality in postmenopausal women. These findings strengthen the confidence that ...

A prospective study of maturity-onset diabetes mellitus and risk of coronary heart disease and stroke in women

Women with acute coronary syndrome are less invasively examined and subsequently less treated than men

Women with ACS are approached in a much less aggressively invasive way and receive less interventional treatment than men even after adjusting for differences in comorbidity and...