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    Effects of screening and brief intervention training on resident and faculty alcohol intervention behaviours: a pre- post-intervention assessment

    Many hazardous and harmful drinkers do not receive clinician advice to reduce their drinking. Previous studies suggest under-detection and clinician reluctance to intervene despite awareness of problem drinkin...

    J Paul Seale, Sylvia Shellenberger, John M Boltri, IS Okosun… in BMC Family Practice (2005)

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    Apolipoprotein B, ratio of total cholesterol to HDL-C, and blood pressure in abdominally obese white and black American women

    Objective: To compare the association of apolipoprotein B (ApoB) and total cholesterol to high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (TC/HDL) with blood pressure in abdominally obese white and black American women. We ...

    IS Okosun, S Choi, R Hash, GEA Dever in Journal of Human Hypertension (2001)

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    Abdominal obesity defined as a larger than expected waist girth is associated with racial/ethnic differences in risk of hypertension

    Objective: Waist circumference (WC) cut-points of ⩾102 cm and ⩾88 cm for men and women, respectively, representing abdominal obesity have been recommended for determining obesity related co-morbidities. However, ...

    IS Okosun, S Choi, MM Dent, T Jobin, GEA Dever in Journal of Human Hypertension (2001)

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    Abdominal adiposity values associated with established body mass indexes in white, black and hispanic Americans. A study from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

    PURPOSE: To determine whether white, black and hispanic young (17–39 y) and middle-aged (40–59 y) adults, and elderly (60–90 y) Americans have the same values of abdominal adiposity (estimated from waist circu...

    IS Okosun, SH Tedders, S Choi, GEA Dever in International Journal of Obesity (2000)

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    Impact of birth weight on ethnic variations in subcutaneous and central adiposity in American children aged 5–11 years. A study from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

    OBJECTIVE: To determine the types of subcutaneous adiposity represented by different measurements of skinfold thickness that are associated with birth weight in white (n=759), Black (n=916) and Hispanic (n=813) A...

    IS Okosun, Y Liao, CN Rotimi, GEA Dever, RS Cooper in International Journal of Obesity (2000)

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    Predictive value of abdominal obesity cut-off points for hypertension in Blacks from West African and Caribbean island nations

    BACKGROUND: Waist circumferences (WC) ≥94 cm for men and ≥80 cm for women (action level I) and ≥102 cm for men and ≥88 cm for women (action level II) have been suggested as limits for health promotion purposes...

    IS Okosun, CN Rotimi, TE Forrester, H Fraser… in International Journal of Obesity (2000)

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    Abdominal obesity in the United States: prevalence and attributable risk of hypertension

    Objective: The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence of abdominal obesity and its impact on the risks of hypertension in the US adult population. Design and methods: Data from the third US National He...

    IS Okosun, TE Prewitt, RS Cooper in Journal of Human Hypertension (1999)

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    Association of waist circumference with ApoB to ApoAI ratio in black and white Americans

    BACKGROUND: Although numerous studies have demonstrated obesity as an aspect of the insulin resistance syndrome in cardiovascular disease (CVD), the mechanism is not clear. Central adiposity, acting through ma...

    IS Okosun, TE Prewitt, Y Liao, RS Cooper in International Journal of Obesity (1999)