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The impact of diabetes on survival following myocardial infarction in men vs women. The Framingham Study
The impact of diabetes on recurrent myocardial infarction (MI) and fatal coronary heart disease was examined in survivors of an initial MI using 34-year follow-up data in the Fr...
The Body Mass Index‐Mortality Relationship in White and African American Women
Abstract Objective : To examine the association of body mass index to all‐cause and cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality in white and African American women. Research methods ...
Prevalence of antibodies to human papillomavirus (HPV) type 16 virus-like particles in relation to cervical HPV infection among college women
A human papillomavirus type 16 (HPV-16) virus-like particle (VLP)-based enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to measure serum antibody to capsid proteins in 376 se...
Employment, job strain, and preterm delivery among women in North Carolina.
OBJECTIVES: A population-based case-control study was conducted in central North Carolina to assess the relationship between occupational stress and preterm delivery. METHODS: F...
Evaluation of Physical Activity Measures Used in Middle-Aged Women
The PAQ evaluated in this study were shown to be reliable and associated with PA and physical fitness measures. Current findings support the utility of these PAQ for PA assessme...
Racial differences in body fat distribution among reproductive-aged women
We examined the influence of race/ethnicity on body fat distribution for a given body mass index (BMI) among reproductive-aged women. Body weight, height, and body fat distribut...
Walking trials in postmenopausal women: effect of low doses of exercise and exercise fractionization on coronary risk factors
We studied the fractionization of walking training and searched for the minimum dose to affect coronary risk factors in two randomized controlled trials. Altogether 134 (Study I...
Class Identification of Men and Women in the 1970s and 1980s
Employing NORC data for 1974-1978 and 1980-1985, we evaluate three models of class identification for married men and women: (1) an model, in which one's own characteristics ou...
Saving the World’s Women from Cervical Cancer
Each year more than 260,000 women die of cervical cancer, mostly in low- and middle-income countries. Yet innovative approaches and emerging international commitment make it pos...
Does the Market for Women's Labor Need Fixing?
I will start by reviewing the evidence that discrimination against women is currently serious and has important consequences for their pay and status. Some of this evidence is o...