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Chandra L. Jackson

Researcher at National Institutes of Health

Publications -  133
Citations -  6335

Chandra L. Jackson is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 24, co-authored 97 publications receiving 4068 citations. Previous affiliations of Chandra L. Jackson include United States Department of Health and Human Services & Johns Hopkins University.

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Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents

Emanuele Di Angelantonio, +64 more
- 20 Aug 2016 - 
TL;DR: The associations of both overweight and obesity with higher all-cause mortality were broadly consistent in four continents and supports strategies to combat the entire spectrum of excess adiposity in many populations.
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Sleep Duration and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Meta-analysis of Prospective Studies

TL;DR: A U-shaped dose-response relationship was observed between sleep duration and risk of type 2 diabetes, with the lowest risk observed at a sleep duration category of 7–8 h per day.
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Racial/Ethnic Differences in Sleep Disturbances: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA).

TL;DR: The distributions of objectively measured sleep disordered breathing (SDB), short sleep duration, poor sleep quality, and self-reported sleep disturbances across racial/ethnic groups are quantified to contribute to health disparities.
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Body-Mass Index and Mortality among Adults with Incident Type 2 Diabetes

TL;DR: No evidence of lower mortality among patients with diabetes who were overweight or obese at diagnosis, as compared with their normal-weight counterparts, or of an obesity paradox is found.
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Sleep as a Potential Fundamental Contributor to Disparities in Cardiovascular Health

TL;DR: The public health importance of sleep and the role of sleep duration, as well as the two most common disorders (sleep apnea and insomnia) as risk factors for a number of chronic diseases are described.