Publications

Gollenberg A, Pekow P, Markenson G, Tucker KL, Chasan-Taber L. Dietary behaviors, physical activity and cigarette smoking among pregnant Latina women. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008;87:1844-51.

McLean RR, Jacques PF, Selhub J, Fredman L, Tucker KL, Kiel DP, Cupples LA, Hannan MT. Plasma B Vitamins, Homocysteine and Bone Mineral Density in Elderly Men and Women: The Framingham Study. J Clin Endocrin Metab. 2008;doi:10.1210/jc.2007-2710.

Lai CQ, Tucker KL, Parnell LD, Adiconis X, García-Bailo B, Meydani M, Ordovas J. PGC-1a (PPARGC1A) variations associated with diabetes and risk of cardiovascular diseases through DNA damage: the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study. Diabetes. 2008;57:809-816.

Newby PK, Maras J, Bakun P, Muller D, Ferrucci L, Tucker KL. Whole grains, refined grains, and cereal fiber measured using 7-d diet records and associations with risk factors for chronic disease. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007;86:1745-53.

Gao X, Qi L, Qiao N, Choi HK, Curhan G, Tucker KL, Ascherio A. Intake of added sugar and sugar-sweetened drink and serum uric acid concentration in US men and women. Hypertension. 2007;50:306-312.

Moeller SM, Reedy J, Millen AE, Dixon LB, Newby PK, Tucker KL, Krebs-Smith SM, Guenther PM. Dietary Patterns: Challenges and Opportunities in Dietary Patterns Research. J Am Diet Assoc. 2007;107:1233-1239.

Frassetto L, Lanham-New SA, MacDonald HM, Remer T, Sebastian A, Tucker KL, Tylavsky F. Standardizing Terminology for Estimating the Diet-Dependent Net Acid Load to the Metabolic System. J Nutr. 2007;137:1491-1492.

Feldeisen S, Tucker KL. Nutritional Strategies in the Prevention and Treatment of Metabolic Syndrome. App Phys Nutr Metab. 2007;32:46-60.

Tucker KL. Assessment of usual dietary intake in population studies of gene-diet interaction. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2007;17:74-81.

Sahni S, Forrester J, Tucker KL. Assessing dietary intake of drug abusing Hispanic adults with and without HIV infection. J Am Diet Assoc. 2007;107:968-976.

Gao X, Nelson ME, Tucker KL. Television viewing is associated with prevalence of metabolic syndrome in Hispanic elders. Diabetes Care. 2007;30:694-700.

Bailey RL, Mitchell DC, Miller CK, Still CD, Jensen GL, Tucker KL, Smiciklas-Wright H. A Dietary Screening Questionnaire Identifies Dietary Patterns in Older Adults. J Nutr. 2007;137:421-426.

Seaverson EL, Buell J, Fleming DJ, Bermudez O, Potischman N, Wood R, Chasan-Taber L, Tucker KL. Poor Iron Status Is More Prevalent in Hispanic Than in Non-Hispanic White Older Adults in Massachusetts. J Nutr. 2007;137:414-420.

Gao X, Wilde P, Lichtenstein A, Tucker KL. Meeting adequate intake (AI) for dietary calcium without diary foods in adolescents aged 9-18 y (NHANES 2001-2002). J Am Diet Assoc. 2006;106:1759-65.

Tucker KL, Morita K, Hannan M, Qiao N, Cupples LA, Kiel DP. Colas, but not other carbonated beverages, are associated with low bone mineral density in older women: The Framingham Osteoporosis Study. Am J Clin Nutr. 2006;84:936-42.

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