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A case-control study of physical activity patterns and risk of non-fatal myocardial infarction.

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A cross-sectional study of the prevalence of intensity of infection with Schistosoma japonicum in 50 irrigated and rain-fed villages in Samar Province, the Philippines

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A genome-wide linkage scan identifies multiple chromosomal regions influencing serum lipid levels in the population on the Samoan islands

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A high-resolution HLA reference panel capturing global population diversity enables multi-ancestry fine-mapping in HIV host response

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A loss-of-function IFNAR1 allele in Polynesia underlies severe viral diseases in homozygotes

scientific article published on 20 April 2022

A missense variant in CREBRF is associated with taller stature in Samoans

scientific article published on 19 March 2020

A tagging SNP in INSIG2 is associated with obesity-related phenotypes among Samoans

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A thrifty variant in CREBRF strongly influences body mass index in Samoans

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Adiponectin and type 2 diabetes in Samoan adults

scientific article published on May 2009

Adipose tissue palmitoleic acid and obesity in humans: does it behave as a lipokine?

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Alcohol Consumption among Samoan Adults in 2010: Patterns, Correlates and Health Implications

scientific article published on 14 July 2020

Analysis of human CYP1A1 and CYP1A2 genes and their shared bidirectional promoter in eight world populations

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Anemia of inflammation is related to cognitive impairment among children in Leyte, the Philippines

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Anger expression and lifestyle incongruity interactions on blood pressure in Samoan adults

scientific article published in May 2006

Applying novel genome-wide linkage strategies to search for loci influencing type 2 diabetes and adult height in American Samoa

scientific article published on April 2008

Assessing the Impact of Misclassification Error on an Epidemiological Association between Two Helminthic Infections ⬇️

scientific article published on March 29, 2011

Assessing the contribution of rare variants to complex trait heritability from whole-genome sequence data

scientific article published in March 2022

Assessing the impact of high blood pressure referrals on hypertension awareness and management, BMI, and blood pressure values in adult Samoans 2010-2019

scientific article published on 13 September 2020

Associations between socioeconomic resources and adiposity traits in adults: Evidence from Samoa

scientific article published on 07 February 2020

Barriers to adequate prenatal care utilization in American Samoa

scientific article published on December 2014

Behavioral and perceived stressor effects on urinary catecholamine excretion in adult Samoans.

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Cardiovascular disease risk factors and DNA methylation at the LINE-1 repeat region in peripheral blood from Samoan Islanders.

scientific article published on October 2011

Changing body norms in the context of increasing body size: Samoa in 1995 and 2018

scientific article published on 04 February 2020

Chromosome Xq23 is associated with lower atherogenic lipid concentrations and favorable cardiometabolic indices

scientific article

Common variants in FTO are not significantly associated with obesity-related phenotypes among Samoans of Polynesia

scientific article published on 15 November 2011

Comparison of 3 methods for identifying dietary patterns associated with risk of disease

scientific article published on 22 October 2008

Conceptions of pregnancy health and motivations for healthful behavior change among women in American Samoa.

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Continued increases in blood pressure over two decades in Samoa (1991-2013); around one-third of the increase explained by rising obesity levels

Cost-effectiveness analysis of a cluster-randomized, culturally tailored, community health worker home-visiting diabetes intervention versus standard care in American Samoa

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Cross-sectional associations between intensity of animal and human infection with Schistosoma japonicum in Western Samar province, Philippines

scientific article published on 21 June 2006

Cultural translation of interventions: diabetes care in American Samoa.

scientific article published on 23 September 2010

Cut-off levels for hyperandrogenemia among Samoan women: An improved methodology for deriving normative data in an obese population

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Decision-model estimation of the age-specific disability weight for schistosomiasis japonica: a systematic review of the literature

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Demographic and clinical characteristics of HIV-infected inpatients and outpatients at a Cambodian hospital

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Determinants and spatial patterns of adult overweight and hypertension in a high HIV prevalence rural South African population

scientific article published on 18 September 2012

Diabetes incidence and projections from prevalence surveys in Samoa over 1978-2013.

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Dietary Patterns Are Associated with Metabolic Outcomes among Adult Samoans in a Cross-Sectional Study.

scientific article published on 15 February 2017

Dietary patterns are associated with metabolic syndrome in adult Samoans

scientific article published on 26 August 2009

Dimensions of internal migration and their relationship to blood pressure in South Africa

scientific article published on 27 May 2019

Discordant association of the CREBRF rs373863828 A allele with increased BMI and protection from type 2 diabetes in Māori and Pacific (Polynesian) people living in Aotearoa/New Zealand

scientific article published on 2 May 2018

Distribution of genome-wide linkage disequilibrium based on microsatellite loci in the Samoan population

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Dried blood spots (DBS): a valuable tool for HIV surveillance in developing/tropical countries

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Dynamic incorporation of multiple in silico functional annotations empowers rare variant association analysis of large whole-genome sequencing studies at scale

scientific article published on 24 August 2020

ECHS1 disease in two unrelated families of Samoan descent: Common variant - rare disorder

scientific article published on 28 October 2020

Ecological and sociodemographic effects on urinary catecholamine excretion in adult Samoans.

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Effect of maternal nutrient intake during 31-37 weeks gestation on offspring body composition in Samoa

scientific article published on 07 September 2020

Epidemiological And Health Systems Implications Of Evolving HIV And Hypertension In South Africa And Kenya

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Estimating and modeling the dynamics of the intensity of infection with schistosoma japonicum in villagers of leyte, Philippines. Part II: Intensity-specific transmission of S. japonicum. The schistosomiasis transmission and ecology project.

scientific article published in June 2005

Estimating the intensity of infection with Schistosoma japonicum in villagers of leyte, Philippines. Part I: a Bayesian cumulative logit model. The schistosomiasis transmission and ecology project (STEP).

scientific article published in June 2005

Evolutionary history of modern Samoans

scientific article published on 14 April 2020

Exploring the Paradoxical Relationship of a Creb 3 Regulatory Factor Missense Variant With Body Mass Index and Diabetes Among Samoans: Protocol for the Soifua Manuia (Good Health) Observational Cohort Study

scientific article published on 23 July 2020

Expression, purification, and human antibody response to a 67 kDa vaccine candidate for schistosomiasis japonica

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Farming and adiposity in Samoan adults

scientific article published on 01 January 2006

Fatigue and Fear with Shifting Polio Eradication Strategies in India: A Study of Social Resistance to Vaccination ⬇️

scientific article published on September 26, 2012

Functional Significance of Low‐Intensity Polyparasite Helminth Infections in Anemia

scientific article published on 11 November 2005

Genetic component to susceptibility to Trichuris trichiura: evidence from two Asian populations

scientific article published on 01 March 2002

Genetic variation at twentythree microsatellite loci in sixteen human populations

Genetic variation in stearoyl-CoA desaturase 1 is associated with metabolic syndrome prevalence in Costa Rican adults.

scientific article published on 2 November 2011

Genome-wide association studies in Samoans give insight into the genetic architecture of fasting serum lipid levels

scientific article published on 05 August 2020

Geographical distribution of human Schistosoma japonicum infection in The Philippines: tools to support disease control and further elimination

scientific article published on 13 August 2014

Gestational weight gain among American Samoan women and its impact on delivery and infant outcomes.

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Global genetic variation at nine short tandem repeat loci and implications on forensic genetics

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Growth of infants born to HIV-infected women in South Africa according to maternal and infant characteristics

scientific article published on November 2010

HIV Incidence Prior to, during, and after Violent Conflict in 36 Sub-Saharan African Nations, 1990-2012: An Ecological Study

scientific article published on 12 November 2015

Health Effects of Overweight and Obesity in 195 Countries over 25 Years

scientific article published on 12 June 2017

Helminth infection and cognitive impairment among Filipino children

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Hepatitis C virus infection in Samoa and American Samoa.

scientific article published in February 2006

High prevalence of Schistosoma japonicum infection in water buffaloes in the Philippines assessed by real-time polymerase chain reaction

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Higher serum concentrations of DHEAS predict improved nutritional status in helminth-infected children, adolescents, and young adults in Leyte, the Philippines

scientific article published on 01 February 2007

Human schistosomiasis and anemia: the relationship and potential mechanisms

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Hypertension Control and Retention in Care Among HIV-Infected Patients: The Effects of Co-located HIV and Chronic Noncommunicable Disease Care

scientific article published on 01 December 2019

Impact of a diabetes control and management intervention on health care utilization in American Samoa

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Implementation of a culturally tailored diabetes intervention with community health workers in American Samoa

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Implementation of permutation testing to determine clustering of social and behavioral risk factors for coronary heart disease, National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001-2004

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Inherited causes of clonal haematopoiesis in 97,691 whole genomes

scientific article published on 14 October 2020

Inverse associations between perceived racism and coronary artery calcification.

scientific article published on March 2012

Is mass treatment the appropriate schistosomiasis elimination strategy?

scientific article published on October 2008

Knowledge, attitudes, and practices among physicians on HIV/AIDS in Quang Ninh, Vietnam

scientific article published on May 2005

Living with Ma'i Suka: individual, familial, cultural, and environmental stress among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus and their caregivers in American Samoa

scientific article published on 15 June 2008

Long-Term Impact of a Community Health Worker Intervention on Diabetes Control in American Samoa

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Long-term trends in food availability, food prices, and obesity in Samoa

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Mapping the Risk of Soil-Transmitted Helminthic Infections in the Philippines

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Medication-taking beliefs and diabetes in American Samoa: a qualitative inquiry

scientific article published on February 2012

Migration and the epidemiological transition: insights from the Agincourt sub-district of northeast South Africa

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Modernization and cardiometabolic risk in Samoan adolescents ⬇️

scientific article published on March 20, 2012

Morbidity and mortality among infants born to HIV-infected women in South Africa: implications for child health in resource-limited settings.

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Mothers' attitudes and beliefs about infant feeding highlight barriers to exclusive breastfeeding in American Samoa.

scientific article published on 29 April 2015

Multi-host transmission dynamics of Schistosoma japonicum in Samar province, the Philippines

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Nurse-community health worker team improves diabetes care in American Samoa: results of a randomized controlled trial

scientific article published on 07 February 2013

Nutritional Status and Serum Cytokine Profiles in Children, Adolescents, and Young Adults withSchistosoma japonicum–Associated Hepatic Fibrosis, in Leyte, Philippines

scientific article published on 30 June 2005

Nutritional status improves after treatment of schistosoma japonicum-infected children and adolescents

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Obesity and diabetes in Pacific Islanders: the current burden and the need for urgent action

scientific article published on May 2015

Overweight and diabetes in American Samoa: the cultural translation of research into health care practice.

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Patient and health care provider views of depressive symptoms and diabetes in American Samoa ⬇️

scientific article published on October 1, 2010

Patterns of sexual behaviour of male patients before testing HIV-positive in a Cambodian hospital, Phnom Penh

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Population genetics of Schistosoma japonicum within the Philippines suggest high levels of transmission between humans and dogs

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Powerful, scalable and resource-efficient meta-analysis of rare variant associations in large whole genome sequencing studies

scientific article published in January 2023

Predictors of prenatal care satisfaction among pregnant women in American Samoa

scientific article published on 16 November 2017

Prevalence of Schistosoma japonicum infection of Oncomelania quadrasi snail colonies in 50 irrigated and rain-fed villages of Samar Province, the Philippines

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Prevalence of adiposity and associated cardiometabolic risk factors in the Samoan genome-wide association study

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Pro-inflammatory cytokines and C-reactive protein are associated with undernutrition in the context of Schistosoma japonicum infection

scientific article published on 01 October 2006

Pubertal development predicts resistance to infection and reinfection with Schistosoma japonicum

scientific article published on 12 May 2006

Redefining disease emergence to improve prioritization and macro-ecological analyses

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Reduction in hookworm infection after praziquantel treatment among children and young adults in Leyte, the Philippines

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Relationship between Schistosoma japonicum and nutritional status among children and young adults in Leyte, the Philippines

scientific article published on 01 May 2005

Reproductive health, obesity, and cardiometabolic risk factors among Samoan women.

scientific article published on 16 April 2018

Response to comments by Hoyer and Brinks (2017) on: 'Diabetes incidence and projections from prevalence surveys in Samoa over 1978-2013'.

scientific article published on 30 October 2017

Schistosoma japonicum and occult blood loss in endemic villages in Leyte, the Philippines

scientific article published on 01 February 2005

Schistosoma japonicum reinfection after praziquantel treatment causes anemia associated with inflammation

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Schistosomiasis japonica, anemia, and iron status in children, adolescents, and young adults in Leyte, Philippines 1

scientific article published on 01 February 2006

Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

scientific article published on 6 March 2019

Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program

scientific article published in February 2021

Seroprevalence of cysticercosis in children and young adults living in a helminth endemic community in leyte, the Philippines

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Social and behavioral risk marker clustering associated with biological risk factors for coronary heart disease: NHANES 2001-2004

scientific article published on 25 February 2014

Statistical evidence for GLM regression parameters: a robust likelihood approach

scientific article published in July 2007

Stratified randomization controls better for batch effects in 450K methylation analysis: a cautionary tale

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Suggestive linkage detected for blood pressure related traits on 2q and 22q in the population on the Samoan islands

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Susceptibility loci for adiposity phenotypes on 8p, 9p, and 16q in American Samoa and Samoa

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T-helper-2 cytokine responses to Sj97 predict resistance to reinfection with Schistosoma japonicum

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The dual burden of infectious and non-communicable diseases in the Asia-Pacific region: examples from the Philippines and the Samoan Islands.

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The influence of socioeconomic factors on cardiovascular disease risk factors in the context of economic development in the Samoan archipelago

scientific article published on 31 July 2006

The synergistic effect of concomitant schistosomiasis, hookworm, and trichuris infections on children's anemia burden

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Tissue inhibitor of matrix-metalloprotease-1 predicts risk of hepatic fibrosis in human Schistosoma japonicum infection

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Tobacco smoking patterns in Samoa in 2010: Implications for interventions

scientific article published on 17 December 2019

Tobacco smoking trends in Samoa over four decades: can continued globalization rectify that which it has wrought?

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Translating the semi-structured assessment for drug dependence and alcoholism in the Western Pacific: rationale, study design and reliability of alcohol dependence

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Treatment for Schistosoma japonicum, reduction of intestinal parasite load, and cognitive test score improvements in school-aged children

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Variability and Predictors of Urinary Concentrations of Replacement Flame Retardants among Pregnant Women ⬇️

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Variability and predictors of urinary concentrations of organophosphate flame retardant metabolites among pregnant women in Rhode Island

scientific article published on 11 April 2017

Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

scholarly article

Youth blood pressure levels in Samoa in 1979 and 1991-93.

scientific article published in March 2004

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