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Barbara V. Howard
Researcher at MedStar Health
Publications - 622
Citations - 68693
Barbara V. Howard is an academic researcher from MedStar Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Diabetes mellitus. The author has an hindex of 112, co-authored 593 publications receiving 63071 citations. Previous affiliations of Barbara V. Howard include Memorial Hospital of South Bend & Georgetown University.
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Smoking-attributable mortality in American Indians: findings from the Strong Heart Study.
Mingzhi Zhang,Mingzhi Zhang,Qiang An,Fawn Yeh,Ying Zhang,Barbara V. Howard,Barbara V. Howard,Elisa T. Lee,Jinying Zhao +8 more
TL;DR: It is found that current smoking significantly increases the risk of CVD, cancer, cancer and all-cause mortality in American Indians, independent of known risk factors.
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Linkage analysis of LDL cholesterol in American Indian populations: the Strong Heart Family Study
Kari E. North,Harald H H Göring,Shelley A. Cole,Vincent P. Diego,Laura Almasy,Sandra Laston,Teresa Cantu,Barbara V. Howard,Elisa Lee,Lyle G. Best,Richard R. Fabsitz,Jean W. MacCluer +11 more
TL;DR: A genome-wide linkage scan of LDL-C in participants of the Strong Heart Family Study (SHFS) found linkage signals overlap positive findings for lipid-related traits and harbor plausible candidate genes for HDL-C.
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Genetic variants associated with fasting glucose and insulin concentrations in an ethnically diverse population: results from the Population Architecture using Genomics and Epidemiology (PAGE) study
Megan D. Fesinmeyer,James B. Meigs,Kari E. North,Fredrick R. Schumacher,Petra Bůžková,Nora Franceschini,Jeff Haessler,Robert Goodloe,Kylee L. Spencer,Venkata Saroja Voruganti,Barbara V. Howard,Rebecca D. Jackson,Laurence N. Kolonel,Simin Liu,JoAnn E. Manson,Kristine R. Monroe,Kenneth J. Mukamal,Holli H. Dilks,Sarah A. Pendergrass,Andrew Nato,Peggy Wan,Lynne R. Wilkens,Loic Le Marchand,José Luis Ambite,Steven Buyske,Jose C. Florez,Dana C. Crawford,Lucia A. Hindorff,Christopher A. Haiman,Ulrike Peters,James S. Pankow +30 more
TL;DR: Generalization of results across multiple racial/ethnic groups helps confirm the relevance of some of these loci for glucose and insulin metabolism, and Lack of association in non-EA groups may be due to insufficient power, or to unique patterns of linkage disequilibrium.
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Estimated GFR and incident cardiovascular disease events in American Indians: the Strong Heart Study
Nawar Shara,Nawar Shara,Hong Wang,Hong Wang,Mihriye Mete,Mihriye Mete,Yaman Rai Al-Balha,Yaman Rai Al-Balha,Nameer Azalddin,Elisa T. Lee,Nora Franceschini,Stacey E. Jolly,Barbara V. Howard,Barbara V. Howard,Jason G. Umans,Jason G. Umans +15 more
TL;DR: Although eGFR based on either equation had similar associations with incident CVD, coronary heart disease, stroke, and heart failure events, in those not having events, reclassification of participants to eG FR categories was superior using the CKD-EPI equation compared with the MDRD Study equation.
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Processed Meat, but Not Unprocessed Red Meat, Is Inversely Associated with Leukocyte Telomere Length in the Strong Heart Family Study
Amanda M. Fretts,Barbara V. Howard,David S. Siscovick,Lyle G. Best,Shirley A.A. Beresford,Mihriye Mete,Sigal Eilat-Adar,Nona Sotoodehnia,Jinying Zhao +8 more
TL;DR: Consumption of processed meat was negatively associated with LTL after adjustment for age, sex, site, education, smoking, alcohol use, physical activity, and other dietary factors, and further studies are needed to better understand the biological mechanism by which processed meat intake influences cellular aging.