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Elaine W. Gunter
Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Publications - 106
Citations - 18190
Elaine W. Gunter is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. The author has an hindex of 56, co-authored 106 publications receiving 17330 citations. Previous affiliations of Elaine W. Gunter include University of Minnesota & University of Georgia.
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Serum TSH, T4, and Thyroid Antibodies in the United States Population (1988 to 1994): National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III)
Joseph G. Hollowell,Norman W. Staehling,W. Dana Flanders,W. Harry Hannon,Elaine W. Gunter,Carole A. Spencer,Lewis E. Braverman +6 more
TL;DR: TSH and the prevalence of antithyroid antibodies are greater in females, increase with age, and are more in whites and Mexican Americans than in blacks, which needs more research to relate these findings to clinical status.
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Prevalence of Iron Deficiency in the United States
TL;DR: Iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia are still relatively common in toddlers, adolescent girls, and women of childbearing age and were more likely in those who are minority, low income, and multiparous.
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Hypovitaminosis D prevalence and determinants among African American and white women of reproductive age: third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988–1994
Shanna L. Nesby-O'Dell,Kelley S Scanlon,Mary E. Cogswell,Cathleen Gillespie,Bruce W. Hollis,Anne C. Looker,Chris Allen,Cindy Doughertly,Elaine W. Gunter,Barbara A. Bowman +9 more
TL;DR: The high prevalence of hypovitaminosis D among African American women warrants further examination of vitamin D recommendations for these women, and the determinants ofHypov vitamin D among women should be considered when these women are advised on dietary intake and supplement use.
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The decline in blood lead levels in the United States. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys (NHANES)
James L. Pirkle,Debra J. Brody,Elaine W. Gunter,Rachel A. Kramer,Daniel C. Paschal,Katherine M. Flegal,Thomas Matte +6 more
TL;DR: A substantial decline in blood lead levels is demonstrated of the entire US population and within selected subgroups of the population and similar declines were found in population subgroups defined by age, sex, race/ethnicity, income level, and urban status.
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Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D status of adolescents and adults in two seasonal subpopulations from NHANES III.
TL;DR: It is suggested that vitamin D deficiency is unlikely in the two seasonal subpopulations of noninstitutionalized adolescents and adults that can be validly assessed in NHANES III and that insufficiency occurred fairly frequently in younger individuals, especially in the winter/lower latitude subsample.