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George G. Rhoads
Researcher at University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
Publications - 200
Citations - 15306
George G. Rhoads is an academic researcher from University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Pregnancy. The author has an hindex of 65, co-authored 199 publications receiving 14788 citations. Previous affiliations of George G. Rhoads include University of Hawaii & Rutgers University.
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Serum lipoproteins and coronary heart disease in a population study of Hawaii Japanese men.
TL;DR: The inverse relation of alpha cholesterol of prevalence of coronary heart disease was independent of beta cholesterol, obesity, and other factors, and the need for further evaluation of the protective effect of the alpha lipoprotein fraction on the development of coronaryHeart disease is suggested.
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Teenage pregnancy and adverse birth outcomes: a large population based retrospective cohort study
TL;DR: Teenage pregnancy increases the risk of adverse birth outcomes that is independent of important known confounders, and challenges the accepted opinion that adverse birth outcome associated with teenage pregnancy is attributable to low socioeconomic status, inadequate prenatal care and inadequate weight gain during pregnancy.
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Trichomonas vaginalis associated with low birth weight and preterm delivery. The Vaginal Infections and Prematurity Study Group.
Mary Frances Cotch,J G Pastorek nd,Robert P. Nugent,Sharon L. Hillier,Sharon L. Hillier,Ronald S. Gibbs,David H. Martin,David A. Eschenbach,Robert R. Edelman,Robert R. Edelman,J C Carey,Joan A. Regan,Marijane A. Krohn,Marijane A. Krohn,Mark A. Klebanoff,A V Rao,George G. Rhoads +16 more
TL;DR: After considering other recognized risk factors including co‐infections, pregnant women infected with T. vaginalis at mid‐gestation were statistically significantly more likely to have a low birth weight infant, to deliver preterm, and to have an preterm low birth Weight infant.
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Epidemiologic studies of coronary heart disease and stroke in Japanese men living in Japan, Hawaii and California: Demographic, physical, dietary and biochemical characteristics
Abraham Kagan,Benedict R. Harris,Warren Winkelstein,Kenneth G. Johnson,Hiroo Kato,S. Leonard Syme,George G. Rhoads,Milton Z. Nichaman,Howard B. Hamilton,Jeanne Tillotson +9 more
TL;DR: In most populations with low cholesterol levels and a low prevalence of coronary heart disease, the intake of fat is low and the fat which is ingested is derived primarily from fish and vegetable oils, and in most populations exhibiting a high serum cholesterol in men, there is also a high prevalence of heart disease.