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Ruth K. Peters
Researcher at University of Southern California
Publications - 47
Citations - 5346
Ruth K. Peters is an academic researcher from University of Southern California. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Gestational diabetes. The author has an hindex of 31, co-authored 47 publications receiving 5195 citations. Previous affiliations of Ruth K. Peters include University of California, Los Angeles.
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Dietary intake of fiber and decreased risk of cancers of the colon and rectum: Evidence from the combined analysis of 13 case-control studies
Geoffrey R. Howe,Enrique Benito,Roberto Castelleto,Jacqueline Cornée,Jacques Estève,Richard P. Gallagher,Jose Iscovich,Jiao Deng-ao,Rudolf Kaaks,Gabriel A. Kune,Susan Kune,Kristan A. L'Abbé,H. P. Lee,Marion M. Lee,Anthony B. Miller,Ruth K. Peters,John D. Potter,Elio Riboli,Martha L. Slattery,Dimitrios Trichopoulos,Albert J. Tuyns,Anastasia Tzonou,Alice S. Whittemore,Anna H. Wu-Williams,Zheng Shu +24 more
TL;DR: This analysis provides substantive evidence that intake of fiber-rich foods is inversely related to risk of cancers of both the colon and rectum and estimates that risk of colorectal cancer in the U.S. population could be reduced about 31% by an average increase in fiber intake from food sources of about 13 g/d.
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Predicting Future Diabetes in Latino Women With Gestational Diabetes: Utility of Early Postpartum Glucose Tolerance Testing
TL;DR: Findings indicate that postpartum glucose tolerance testing is superior to other routine clinical parameters in defining the risk of NIDDM within 5–7 years after pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus.
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Diet and colon cancer in Los Angeles County, California
TL;DR: Total calories were associated with excess risk throughout the colon while the effects of calcium, fat, and alcohol appeared somewhat stronger in the distal colon, and crude fiber was significantly protective in the ascending colon but not even weakly Protective in thedistal colon.
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Meat, cooking methods and colorectal cancer: a case-referent study in Stockholm.
Maria Gerhardsson de Verdier,Maria Gerhardsson de Verdier,U Hagman,Ruth K. Peters,Gunnar Steineck,Eva Övervik +5 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that, in addition to frequent meat intake, a heavily browned meat surface formed when frying meat at high temperatures is important in the etiology colorectal cancer.
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Estrogen-Progestin Replacement Therapy and Endometrial Cancer
M.C. Pike,Ruth K. Peters,Wendy Cozen,Nicole Probst-Hensch,Juan C. Felix,Peggy Wan,Thomas M. Mack +6 more
TL;DR: The progestin in sequential estrogen‐progestin replacement therapy needs to be given for at least 10 days to block effectively any increased risk of endometrial cancer.