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Christopher T. Sempos
Researcher at National Institutes of Health
Publications - 158
Citations - 46662
Christopher T. Sempos is an academic researcher from National Institutes of Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Vitamin D and neurology. The author has an hindex of 68, co-authored 153 publications receiving 44869 citations. Previous affiliations of Christopher T. Sempos include University of Wisconsin-Madison & Brock University.
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Executive Summary of the Third Report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP) Expert Panel on Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Cholesterol in Adults (Adult Treatment Panel III)
Scott M. Grundy,David W. Bilheimer,Alan Chait,Luther T. Clark,Margo A. Denke,Richard J. Havel,William R. Hazzard,Stephen B. Hulley,Donald B. Hunninghake,Robert A. Kreisberg,Penny M. Kris-Etherton,James M. McKenney,Michael A. Newman,Ernst J. Schaefer,Burton E. Sobel,Carolyn Somelofski,Milton C. Weinstein,H. Bryan Brewer,James I. Cleeman,Karen A. Donato,Nancy D. Ernst,Jeffrey M. Hoeg,Basil M. Rifkind,Jacques E. Rossouw,Christopher T. Sempos,Joanne M. Gallivan,Maureen N. Harris,Laurie Quint-Adler +27 more
TL;DR: Dairy therapy remains the first line of treatment of high blood cholesterol, and drug therapy is reserved for patients who are considered to be at high risk for CHD, and the fundamental approach to treatment is comparable.
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Statistical Methods in Epidemiology
TL;DR: Review of selected elementary statistics random sampling relative risk and odds ratio attributable risk adjustment of data without use of multivariate models and comparison of numerical results for various methods of adjustment the primacy of data collection.
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The relationship of average volume of alcohol consumption and patterns of drinking to burden of disease: an overview.
TL;DR: While average volume of consumption was related to all disease and injury categories under consideration, pattern of drinking was found to be an additional influencing factor for CHD and injury, and Alcohol is related to many major disease outcomes, mainly in a detrimental fashion.
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Vitamin D deficiency in Europe: pandemic?
Kevin D. Cashman,Kirsten G. Dowling,Zuzana Škrabáková,Marcela González-Gross,Marcela González-Gross,Jara Valtueña,Stefaan De Henauw,Luis A. Moreno,Camilla T. Damsgaard,Kim F. Michaelsen,Christian Mølgaard,Rolf Jorde,Guri Grimnes,George Moschonis,Christina Mavrogianni,Yannis Manios,Michael Thamm,Gert B. M. Mensink,Martina Rabenberg,Markus A. Busch,Lorna Cox,Sarah Meadows,Gail R Goldberg,Ann Prentice,Jacqueline M. Dekker,Giel Nijpels,Stefan Pilz,Karin M. A. Swart,Natasja M. van Schoor,Paul Lips,Gudny Eiriksdottir,Vilmundur Gudnason,Mary Frances Cotch,Seppo Koskinen,Christel Lamberg-Allardt,Ramon Durazo-Arvizu,Christopher T. Sempos,Mairead Kiely +37 more
TL;DR: Vitamin D deficiency is evident throughout the European population at prevalence rates that are concerning and that require action from a public health perspective, and what direction these strategies take will depend on European policy.
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Dietary Supplement Use in the United States, 2003–2006
Regan L Bailey,Jaime J Gahche,Cindy V. Lentino,Johanna T. Dwyer,Jody S. Engel,Paul R. Thomas,Joseph M. Betz,Christopher T. Sempos,Mary Frances Picciano +8 more
TL;DR: Dietary supplement use was lowest in obese adults and highest among non-Hispanic whites, older adults, and those with more than a high-school education, according to the NHANES 2003-2006, a nationally representative, cross-sectional survey.