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Publications

Stress and nutrition in relation to excess development of chronic disease in Puerto Rican adults living in the Northeastern USA.

Tucker KL. 2005. J Med Invest. 52(Suppl):252-258.

Health disparities between island and mainland Puerto Ricans.

Ho GYF, Qian H, Kim MY, Melnik TA, Tucker KL, Jimenez-Velazquez IZ, Kaplan RC, Lee-Rey ET, Stein DT, Rivera W, Rohan TE: Pan Am J Public Hlth. 19(5):331-9, 2006 or Rev Panam Salud Publica 19(5):331-9,2006.

Advancing the Science of Health Disparities Research.

Artinian N, Warnecke RB, Kelly KM, Weiner J, Lurie N, Flack JM, Mattei J, Eschbach K, Long JA, Furumoto-Dawson A, Hankin JR, DeGraffinreid C. Ethnicity and Disease. 17(3): 427-433, 2007.

PPARGC1A variation associated with DNA damage, diabetes, and cardiovascular diseases: the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study.

Lai CQ, Tucker KL, Parnell LD, et al. Diabetes. Apr 2008;57(4):809-816.

Approaching health disparities from a population perspective: the National Institutes of Health Centers for Population Health and Health Disparities.

Warnecke RB, Oh A, Breen N, et al. Am J Public Health. 2008;98:1608-15.

Biomarkers of psychological stress in health disparities research.

Djuric, Z., Bird, C.E., Furumoto-Dawson, A., Rauscher, G.H., Ruffin, M.T., Stowe, R.P., Tucker, K., Masi, C.M. 2008. The Open Biomarkers Journal. 1:7-19.

Perilipin polymorphism interacts with dietary carbohydrates to modulate anthropometric traits in hispanics of Caribbean origin.

Smith CE, Tucker KL, Yiannakouris N, et al. J Nutr. Oct 2008;138(10):1852-1858.

Associations between single nucleotide polymorphisms in folate uptake and metabolizing genes with blood folate, homocysteine, and DNA uracil concentrations.

DeVos L, Chanson A, Liu Z, Ciappio ED, Parnell LD, Mason JB, Tucker KL, Crott JW. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Oct;88(4):1149-58.

The effects of ABCG5/G8 polymorphisms on plasma HDL cholesterol concentrations depend on smoking habit in the Boston Puerto Rican health study.

Junyent M, Tucker KL, Smith CE, Garcia-Rios A, Mattei J, Lai CQ, Parnell LD, Ordovas JM. J Lipid Res. 2008 Nov 12.

Population admixture associated with disease prevalence in the Boston Puerto Rican health study.

Lai CQ, Tucker KL, Choudhry S, Parnell LD, Mattei J, García-Bailo B, Beckman K, Burchard EG, Ordovás JM. Hum Genet. 2008 Dec 24.

Food insecurity and cognitive function in Puerto Rican adults.

Gao X, Scott T, Falcon LM, Wilde PE, Tucker KL. Am J Clin Nutr. Apr 2009; 89: 1197 - 1203.

Polymorphisms in uracil-processing genes, but not one-carbon nutrients, are associated with altered DNA uracil concentrations in an urban Puerto Rican population.

Chanson A, Parnell LD, Ciappio ED, Liu Z, Crott JW, Tucker KL, Mason JB. Am J Clin Nutr. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.2009.27429.

Apolipoprotein C3 polymorphisms, cognition and diabetes in Caribbean origin Hispanics.

Smith CE, Tucker KL, Scott TM, Van Rompay M, Mattei J, Lai C-Q, Parnell LD, Junyent M, Lee Y-C, Barcia-Bailo B, Ordovás JM. PLoS ONE 4(5): e5465

A Traditional Rice and Beans Pattern Is Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in Puerto Rican Older Adults.

Noel SE, Newby PK, Ordovás JM, Tucker KL.

J Nutr 2009;139: 1360–1367. PMID: 19458029

A composite scoring of genotypes discriminates coronary heart disease risk beyond conventional risk factors in the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study.

Junyent M, Tucker KL, Shen J, Lee Y-C, Smith CE, Mattei J, Lai C-Q, Parnell LD, Ordovás JM. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2009 Jun 4.

Social Support, Life Events, and Psychological Distress among the Puerto Rican Population in the Boston area of the United States.

Falcón LM, Todorova I, Tucker KL. J Aging and Mental Health. In Press.

The effects of ABCG5/G8 polymorphisms on HDL cholesterol concentrations depend on ABCA1 genetic variants in the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study.

Junyent M, Tucker KL, Smith CE, Lane JM, Mattei J, Lai C-Q, Parnell LD, Ordovás JM. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. In Press.

A PPARG by dietary fat interaction influences bone mass in mice and humans.

Ackert-Bicknell CL, Demissie S, de Evsikova CM, Hsu Y-H, DeMambro VE, Karasik D, Cupples AL, Ordovás JM, Tucker KL, Cho K, Canalis E, Paigen B, Churchill GA, Forejt J, Beamer WG, Ferrari S, Bouxsein M, Kiel DP, Rosen CJ.

J Bone Min Res. 2008;23:1398-1408.

A common missense variant in the glucokinase regulatory protein (GCKR) gene is associated with increased plasma triglyceride but lower fasting glucose levels.

Orho-Melander M, Melander O, Guiducci C, Perez P, Corella D, Roos C, Rieder MJ, Abecasis G, Tai ES, Arnett DK, Lyssenko V, Saxena R, de Bakker P, Burtt N, Voight B, Hirschorn JN, Tucker KL, Hedner T, Tuomi T, Isomaa B, ErikssonKF, Taskinen MR, Hughes TE, Parnell LD, Lai CQ, Peltonen L, Vartiainen E, Jousilahti P, Salomaa V, Groop L, Altshuler D, Ordovás JM, Kathiresan S.

Diabetes. 2008; 57(11):3112-21. PMID: 18678614

WDTC1, an ortholog of Drosophila adipose gene, is associated with human obesity.

Lai CQ, Parnell LD, Garcia-Bailo B, Tucker KL, Ordovás J.

Obesity 2009;17:593-600. PMID: 19238144

Apolipoprotein C3 polymorphisms, cognition and diabetes in Caribbean origin Hispanics.

Smith CE, Tucker KL, Scott TM, Van Rompay M, Mattei J, Lai C-Q, Parnell LD, Junyent M, Lee Y-C, Barcia-Bailo B, Ordovás JM.

PLoS ONE. 2009 4(5): e5465. PMID: 19424489

Disparities in allele frequencies and population differentiation for 101 single nucleotide polymorphisms between Puerto Rican and US-non-Hispanic white older adults.

Mattei J, Parnell LD, Lai C-Q, Garcia-Bailo B, Adiconis X, Shen J, Arnett D, Demissie-Banjaw S, Tucker KL, Ordovás JM.

BMC Genetics 2009;10:45. PMID: 19682384

Vitamin B6 is associated with Depression in Massachusetts elders.

Merete C, Falcón LM, Tucker KL. J Am Coll Nutr 2008; 27: 421-427.

Television viewing is associated with prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Hispanic elders.

Gao X, Nelson ME, Tucker KL. Diabetes Care 2007;30:694-700.

Poor iron status is more prevalent in Hispanic than in non-Hispanic white older adults in Massachusetts.

Seaverson EL, Buell J, Fleming DJ, Bermudez O, Wood R, Potischman N, Chasan-Taber L, Tucker KL. J Nutr 2007;137:414-420.

Alpha-tocopherol intake and plasma concentration of Hispanic and non-Hispanic white elders is associated with dietary intake pattern.

Gao X, Martin A, Lin H, Bermudez OI, Tucker KL. J Nutr 2006;136:2574-79.

Hispanic and non-Hispanic white elders from Massachusetts have different patterns of carotenoid intake and plasma concentrations.

Bermudez OI, Ribaya-Mercado JD, Talegawkar SA, Tucker KL. J Nutr 2005;135:1496-1502.

Plasma C-reactive protein and homocysteine concentrations are related to frequent fruit and vegetable intake in Hispanic elders.

Gao X, Bermudez OI, Tucker KL. J Nutr 2004;134:913-8.

Dietary patterns of Hispanic elders are associated with acculturation and obesity.

Lin H, Bermudez OI, Tucker KL. J Nutr 2003;133: 3651-3657.

Dietary and plasma lipids, lipoprotein and apolipoprotein profiles among elderly Hispanics and non-Hispanics and their association with diabetes.

Bermudez OI, Velez-Carrasco W, Schaefer EJ, Tucker KL. Am J Clin Nutr 2002;76:1214-1221.

Hypertension among Hispanic elders in Massachusetts.

Lin H, Bermudez OI, Falcon LM, Tucker KL. Ethnic & Disease 2002;12:499-507.

Low vitamin B12 intake and status are more prevalent in Hispanic older adults of Caribbean origin than in neighborhood-matched non-Hispanic Whites.

Kwan L, Bermudez OI, Tucker KL. J Nutr 2002;132:2059-2064.

Waist circumference and weight change are associated with disability among elderly Hispanics.

Chen H, Bermudez OI, Tucker KL. J Gerontol: Med Sci 2002;57:M19-M25.

Central Obesity among Elderly Hispanics and the Association with Type 2 Diabetes.

Bermudez OI, Tucker KL Obesity Res 2001;9(8):443-451.

Type 2 diabetes is prevalent and poorly controlled among Hispanic elders.

Tucker KL, Bermudez O, Castaneda C. Am J Pub Health 2000;90:1288-1293.

Uso de la altura de rodilla para corregir la talla de ancianos de origen Hispano.

Bermudez OI, Tucker KL.  Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion 2000;50(1):42-47.

Intake and food sources of macronutrients among Hispanic elders: Association with ethnicity, acculturation and length of residence in the United States.

Bermudez OI, Falcon LM, Tucker KL. J Am Dietet Assoc 2000;100:665-673.

Protein nutritional status and function are associated with Type 2 diabetes in Hispanic elders.

Castaneda C, Bermudez O, Tucker KL. Am J Clin Nutr 2000;72:89-95.

Prevalence and correlates of depressive symptomatology among Hispanic elders in Massachusetts.

Falcon LM, Tucker KL. J Gerontol: Soc Sci 2000;55B(2);S108-S116.

Self reported prevalence and health correlates of functional limitation among Massachusetts elderly Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, and a non-Hispanic white neighborhood comparison group.

Tucker KL, Falcon LM, Bianchi LI, Cacho E, Bermudez OI. J Gerontol: Med Sci 2000;55A(2):M90-M97.

Development of sex-specific equations for estimating stature of frail elderly Hispanics living in the Northeastern United States.

Bermudez O, Becker E, Tucker KL. Am J Clin Nutr 1999;69:992-998.

Adaptation of a food frequency questionnaire to assess diets of Puerto Rican and non-Hispanic adults.

Tucker KL, Bianchi L, Maras J, and Bermudez O. Am J Epidemiol 1998;148:507-518.

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