Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 6 , Pages 641-647 , June 2010

Association of glycemic load with cardiovascular disease risk factors: The Women's Health Initiative Observational Study

  • James M. Shikany, Dr.P.H.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Birmingham, Alabama, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +205-975-7989; fax: +205-934-7959.
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  • Lesley F. Tinker, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
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  • Marian L. Neuhouser, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Public Health Sciences, Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, Washington, USA
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  • Yunsheng Ma, M.D., Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Preventive and Behavioral Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA
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  • Ruth E. Patterson, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Amylin Pharmaceuticals, Inc., San Diego, California, USA
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  • Lawrence S. Phillips, M.D.

      Affiliations

    • Division of Endocrinology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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  • Simin Liu, M.D., Sc.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA
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  • David T. Redden, Ph.D.

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biostatistics, University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Public Heath, Birmingham, Alabama, USA

Received 21 November 2008 ,Accepted 15 August 2009.

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 This research was supported by grant 1 R01 HL 73114-01 from the National Institutes of Health.

PII: S0899-9007(09)00350-5

doi: 10.1016/j.nut.2009.08.014

Nutrition
Volume 26, Issue 6 , Pages 641-647 , June 2010

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