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Saundra MacD. Hunter
Researcher at University Medical Center New Orleans
Publications - 38
Citations - 1325
Saundra MacD. Hunter is an academic researcher from University Medical Center New Orleans. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Risk factor. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 38 publications receiving 1311 citations. Previous affiliations of Saundra MacD. Hunter include Louisiana State University & Tulane University.
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Risk Factors in Early Life as Predictors of Adult Heart Disease: The Bogalusa Heart Study
Gerald S. Berenson,Sathanur R. Srinivasan,Saundra MacD. Hunter,Theresa A. Nicklas,David S. Freedman,Charles L. Shear,Larry S. Webber,Larry S. Webber +7 more
TL;DR: The adult heart diseases, coronary artery disease and essential hypertension, are now clearly recognized to begin in childhood and the need to begin prevention of adult heart disease in early life is shown.
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Cigarette smoking and tobacco usage behavior in children and adolescents: Bogalusa heart study☆
TL;DR: The questionnaire demonstrates good internal consistency, test-retest reliability, and external validation with plasma thiocyanate, and for all sex and race groups the percentage of smokers increases with age.
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Comparison of the costs associated with medical and surgical treatment of obesity.
Louis F. Martin,Tjiauw Ling Tan,John Horn,Edward O. Bixler,Gordon L. Kauffman,Dolores A. Becker,Saundra MacD. Hunter +6 more
TL;DR: Surgical treatment appears to be more cost-effective at producing and maintaining weight loss, and it is imperative that long-term follow-up studies be funded to definitely establish this finding.
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Cigarette smoking initiation and longitudinal changes in serum lipids and lipoproteins in early adulthood: the Bogalusa Heart Study.
William R. Clarke,Sathanur R. Srinivasan,Charles L. Shear,Saundra MacD. Hunter,Janet B. Croft,Larry S. Webber,Gerald S. Berenson +6 more
TL;DR: The findings indicate that the start of even modest cigarette smoking may have potentially long-term atherogenic effects, and prevention of smoking in early life should be an important aspect of cardiovascular disease intervention.
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Severe obesity: expensive to society, frustrating to treat, but important to confront.
TL;DR: As cost advantages of comprehensive care of obese patients become more obvious under capitated financing systems, further investigation should focus on mechanisms of choosing more individualized care plans to defined subsegments of the obese population to make care more cost effective.