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Howard D. Sesso
Researcher at Brigham and Women's Hospital
Publications - 411
Citations - 32042
Howard D. Sesso is an academic researcher from Brigham and Women's Hospital. The author has contributed to research in topics: Cancer & Risk factor. The author has an hindex of 85, co-authored 375 publications receiving 27910 citations. Previous affiliations of Howard D. Sesso include University of Melbourne & United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Body-Mass Index and Mortality among 1.46 Million White Adults
Amy Berrington de Gonzalez,Patricia Hartge,James R. Cerhan,Alan J. Flint,Lindsay M. Hannan,Robert J. MacInnis,Robert J. MacInnis,Steven C. Moore,Geoffrey S. Tobias,Hoda Anton-Culver,Laura E. Beane Freeman,W. Lawrence Beeson,Sandra Clipp,Dallas R. English,Aaron R. Folsom,D. Michal Freedman,Graham G. Giles,Niclas Håkansson,Katherine D. Henderson,Judith Hoffman-Bolton,Jane A. Hoppin,Karen L. Koenig,I. Min Lee,Martha S. Linet,Yikyung Park,Gaia Pocobelli,Arthur Schatzkin,Howard D. Sesso,Elisabete Weiderpass,Bradley J. Willcox,Alicja Wolk,Anne Zeleniuch-Jacquotte,Walter C. Willett,Michael J. Thun +33 more
TL;DR: In white adults, overweight and obesity (and possibly underweight) are associated with increased all-cause mortality and the hazard ratios for the men were similar.
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Association of Leisure-Time Physical Activity With Risk of 26 Types of Cancer in 1.44 Million Adults
Steven C. Moore,I-Min Lee,Elisabete Weiderpass,Peter T. Campbell,Joshua N. Sampson,Cari M. Kitahara,Sarah Kozey Keadle,Hannah Arem,Amy Berrington de Gonzalez,Patricia Hartge,Hans-Olov Adami,Hans-Olov Adami,Cindy K. Blair,Kristin Benjaminsen Borch,Eric Boyd,David P. Check,Agness Fournier,Neal D. Freedman,Marc J. Gunter,Marc J. Gunter,Mattias Johannson,Mattias Johannson,Kay-Tee Khaw,Martha S. Linet,Nicola Orsini,Yikyung Park,Elio Riboli,Kim Robien,Catherine Schairer,Howard D. Sesso,Michael Spriggs,Roy Van Dusen,Alicja Wolk,Charles E. Matthews,Alpa V. Patel +34 more
TL;DR: Leisure-time physical activity was associated with lower risks of many cancer types, and most of these associations were evident regardless of body size or smoking history, supporting broad generalizability of findings.
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C-reactive protein and the risk of developing hypertension.
Howard D. Sesso,Julie E. Buring,Nader Rifai,Gavin J. Blake,J. Michael Gaziano,Paul M. Ridker +5 more
TL;DR: C-reactive protein levels are associated with future development of hypertension, which suggests that hypertension is in part an inflammatory disorder.
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Vitamins E and C in the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease in Men : The Physicians' Health Study II Randomized Controlled Trial
Howard D. Sesso,Julie E. Buring,William G. Christen,Tobias Kurth,Charlene Belanger,Jean G. MacFadyen,Vadim Bubes,JoAnn E. Manson,Robert J. Glynn,J. Michael Gaziano +9 more
TL;DR: In this large, long-term trial of male physicians, neither vitamin E nor vitamin C supplementation reduced the risk of major cardiovascular events, and data provide no support for the use of these supplements for the prevention of cardiovascular disease in middle-aged and older men.
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C-reactive protein and the risk of developing hypertension
TL;DR: C-reactive protein levels are associated with future development of hypertension, which suggests that hypertension is in part an inflammatory disorder.