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52. Emergency contraception – A review

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Rudzinski, Patryk, Lopuszynska, Inga, Pazik, Dorota, Adamowicz, Dominik, Jargielo, Anna, Cieslik, Aleksandra, Kosieradzka, Karolina, Stanczyk, Justyna, Meliksetian, Astrik, and Wosinska, Alicja

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2023
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55. SEED RL: Scalable and Efficient Deep-RL with Accelerated Central Inference

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Espeholt, Lasse, Marinier, Raphaël, Stanczyk, Piotr, Wang, Ke, and Michalski, Marcin

Subjects
Computer Science - Machine Learning, Statistics - Machine Learning
Abstract

We present a modern scalable reinforcement learning agent called SEED (Scalable, Efficient Deep-RL). By effectively utilizing modern accelerators, we show that it is not only possible to train on millions of frames per second but also to lower the cost of experiments compared to current methods. We achieve this with a simple architecture that features centralized inference and an optimized communication layer. SEED adopts two state of the art distributed algorithms, IMPALA/V-trace (policy gradients) and R2D2 (Q-learning), and is evaluated on Atari-57, DeepMind Lab and Google Research Football. We improve the state of the art on Football and are able to reach state of the art on Atari-57 three times faster in wall-time. For the scenarios we consider, a 40% to 80% cost reduction for running experiments is achieved. The implementation along with experiments is open-sourced so results can be reproduced and novel ideas tried out., Comment: New version that includes changes made during the ICLR 2020 review process (https://openreview.net/forum?id=rkgvXlrKwH)

Published
2019

56. Google Research Football: A Novel Reinforcement Learning Environment

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Kurach, Karol, Raichuk, Anton, Stańczyk, Piotr, Zając, Michał, Bachem, Olivier, Espeholt, Lasse, Riquelme, Carlos, Vincent, Damien, Michalski, Marcin, Bousquet, Olivier, and Gelly, Sylvain

Subjects
Computer Science - Machine Learning, Statistics - Machine Learning
Abstract

Recent progress in the field of reinforcement learning has been accelerated by virtual learning environments such as video games, where novel algorithms and ideas can be quickly tested in a safe and reproducible manner. We introduce the Google Research Football Environment, a new reinforcement learning environment where agents are trained to play football in an advanced, physics-based 3D simulator. The resulting environment is challenging, easy to use and customize, and it is available under a permissive open-source license. In addition, it provides support for multiplayer and multi-agent experiments. We propose three full-game scenarios of varying difficulty with the Football Benchmarks and report baseline results for three commonly used reinforcement algorithms (IMPALA, PPO, and Ape-X DQN). We also provide a diverse set of simpler scenarios with the Football Academy and showcase several promising research directions.

Published
2019

59. Sparsentan in patients with IgA nephropathy: a prespecified interim analysis from a randomised, double-blind, active-controlled clinical trial

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Alarmartine, Eric, Barratt, Jonathan, Chae, Dong Wan, Del Vecchio, Lucia, Floege, Jurgen, Hwang, Shang-Jyh, Jelakovic, Bojan, Maes, Bart, Malecki, Robert, Miglinas, Marius, Nolasco, Fernando Eduardo Barbosa, Praga, Manual, Rabindranath, Kannaiyan, Rosenberg, Mai, Rovin, Brad, Tang, Sydney Chi Wai, Tesar, Vladmir, Wong, Muh Geot, Bose, Bhadran, Gangadharan, Muralikrishna, McDonald, Stephen, Peh, Chen, Jahan, Sadia, Yeap, Chii, Clayton, Philip, Irish, Georgina, Thyagarajan, Nikhil, Hollett, Peter, Krishnasamy, Rathika, Carroll, Robert, Jesudason, Shilpanjali, Crail, Susan, Coates, Toby, Waugh, Jane, Noble, Euan, Mahadevan, Kumaradevan, Campbell, Victoria, Salehi, Tania, Lim, Wai, Boudville, Neil, Chakera, Aron, Chan, Doris, Krishnan, Anoushka, Eqbal, Yusuf, Gillies, Alastair, Vilayur, Eswari, Maung Myint, Thida Maung, Gray, Nicholas, Cheetham, Melissa, Pollock, Carol, Cooper, Bruce, Mather, Amanda, Roxburgh, Sarah, Shen, Yvonne, Stangenberg, Stefanie, Siriwardana, Amanda, O'Lone, Emma, Wan, Susan, Neuen, Brendon, Tsun Kit Ha, Jeffrey, Kim, Dana, Heath, Lauren, Jain, Arunima, Phua, Elaine, Li, Yan, Gallagher, Martin, Jardine, Meg, Ritchie, Angus, Razavian, Mona, Foote, Celine, Wyndham, Roger, Sen, Shaundeep, Endre, Zoltan, Erlich, Jonathan, Fernando, Mangalee, Yong, Kenneth, Luxton, Grant, Kotwal, Sradha, Roger, Simon, Wijeratne, Vidu, Packham, David, Fraser, Ian, Vandewiele, Bert, Laute, Margo, Lemahieu, Wim, Jamar, Sofie, Ombelet, Sara, Meeus, Gert, Decupere, Marc, Schockaert, Olivier, Doubel, Peter, Viaene, Liesbeth, Radermacher, Luc, Masset, Catherine, Moonen, Martial, Firre, Eric, Milicevic, Martina, Warling, Xavier, Vanacker, An, Malfait, Thomas, Durlen, Ivan, Horvatic, Ivica, Savuk, Ana, Gellineo, Lana, Karanovic, Sandra, Dika, Zivka, Plavljanic, Djuro, Mikacic, Ivana, Trajbar Kentric, Dubravka, Barisic, Dunja, Stankovic, Marija, Majstorovic Barac, Karolina, Kruljac, Ivan, Pavlovic, Drasko, Drinkovic, Martin, Prkacin, Ingrid, Barbic, Jerko, Sitas, Zvonimir, Vujcic, Dunja, Rychlik, Ivan, Benesova, Anna, Drinovska, Klara, Kratka, Karolina, Maixnerova, Dita, Ilmoja, Madis, Unt, Kristin, Lilienthal, Kadri, Auerbach, Asta, Leis, Liisi, Piel, Julia, Adoberg, Annika, Kolvald, Kulli, Veermae, Kristi, Telling, Kadri, Seppet, Elviira, Uhlinova, Jana, Zaoui, Philippe, Carron, Pierre-Louis, Masson, Ingrid, Dinic, Miriana, Thibaudin, Damien, Broyet, Christian, Maillard, Nicolas, Mohey, Hesham, Mariat, Christophe, Claisse, Guillaume, Alamartine, Eric, Dussol, Bertrand, Burtey, Stephane, Chiche-Jourde, Noemie, Serre, Jean-Emmanuel, Jeantet, Guillaume, Chenine, Leila, Blanchard, Anne, Roueff, Stephane, Thervet, Eric, Fouassier, David, Buffet, Alexandre, Livrozet, Marine, Gaisset, Roxane, Karras, Alexandre, Heng, Anne-Elisabeth, Garrouste, Cyril, Philipponnet, Carole, Nicolo, Clementine, Atenza, Alba, Lanaret, Camille, Greze, Clarisse, Mayet, Valentin, Dumond, Clement, Delmas, Yahsou, Combe, Christian, Rigothier, Claire, Burguet, Laure, Labat, Aurore, Mucha, Simon, de Précigout, Valérie, Weinreich, Thomas, Reichel, Helmut, Draganova, Diliana, Wolf, Lothar, Hohenstein, Bernd, Heinrichs, Sven, Kulka, Simone, Sat, Sebahat, Weiland, Lea, Krueger, Thilo, Wolf, Gunter, Kettner, Christiane, Schlosser, Mandy, Herfurth, Johann Konstantin, Koch, Annegret, Busch, Martin, Werth, Stephan Christian, Nitschke, Martin, Cakiroglu, Figen, Sarnow, Franziska, Schulz, Lisa, Weiner, Stefan, Wirtz, Nikolaus, Koester, Eric, Moeller, Marcus, Stamellou, Eleni, Sanden, Silja, Schmidt-Guertler, Hans, Bernhardt, Wanja, Patecki, Margret, Schlieper, Georg, Schulte, Kevin, Girardet, Annette, Kunzendorf, Ulrich, Kwan, Lorraine Pui Yuen, Mok, Maggie Ming Yee, Chan, Gary Chi Wang, Ma, Mingyao, Lie, Davina Ngoi Wah, Chan, Anthony Ting Pong, Szeto, Cheuk Chun, Ng, Kit Chung Jack, Cheung, Siu Fai, Yue, Tak Tai Andrew, Fung, Ka Shun Samuel, Tang, Hon, Yim, Ka Fai, Law, Wai Ping, Wong, Yick Hei, Lam, Chi Kwan Darwin, Wong, Sze Ho Sunny, Marcantoni, Carmelita, Aliotta, 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Fernandes, Sara, Silva, Sónia, Teixeira, Catarina, Fernandes, Adriana, Nolasco, Fernando, Alves, Patricia, Gois, Mario, Fonseca, Nuno, Messias, Ana, Menezes, Maria, Cardoso, Filipa, Sousa, Helena, Marques, Joana, Barata, Rui, Lopes, Jose Antonio, Jorge, Sofia, Gameiro, Joana, de Almeida Agapito Fonseca, Jose Nuno, Goncalves, Sara, Farinha, Ana, Valerio Santos, Patricia, Natario, Ana, de Jesus Barreto, Jose Carlos, Abrantes, Catarina, Quadrado Soares, Elsa Sofia, Soares Felgueiras, Joana de Sousa, Cunha, Liliana, Parreira, Lucia, Furtado, Teresa, Vaz, Alvaro, Oh, Kook-Hwan, Lee, Hajeong, Joong Kim, Se, Jeong, Jong Cheol, Hoon Kim, Yeong, Kim, Yunmi, Park, Hyeong Cheon, Choi, Hoon Young, Wook Kim, Hyung, Lee, Moon Hyoung, Yoon, Songuk, Lee, Kyu-Beck, Hyun, YoungYoul, Yoo, Tae-Hyun, Han, Seung Hyeok, Park, Jung Tak, Kim, Sunggyun, Song, Young Rim, Kim, Jwa-Kyung, Lee, Hyung-seok, Joo, Narae, Lee, JungEun, Ryoun Jang, Hye, Jeon, Junseok, Chung, Wookyung, Lee, HyunHee, Chang, Jae Hyun, Chun, Ka Yeong, Jung, Ji Yong, Ro, Han, Kim, Aejin, Jo, Sang-Kyung, Yang, Jihyun, Kim, Myung-Gyu, Oh, SeWon, Martinez Villanueva, Caridad, Gimeno, Ana Vilar, Andres Useche Bonilla, Gustavo, Tamarit, Esther, Galan Serrano, Antonio, Verde Moreno, Eduardo, Fernandez, Jose Luño, Goicoechea Diezhandino, Maria Angeles, Verdalles Guzman, Ursula, de Jose, Ana Perez, Ortiz Arduan, Alberto, Pérez Gómez, María Vanessa, Martín Cleary, Catalina, Prado, Raul Fernandez, Goma, Elena, Ballarin, Jose, Encarnacion, Montserrat Diaz, Da Silva Santos, Iara, Marco Rusinol, Helena, Furlano, Monica, Arias, Carlos, Barrios, Clara, Garcia, Eva Rodriguez, Sierra Ochoa, Adriana, Vizcaino Castillo, Belen, Pantoja Perez, Jonay, Gonzalez Moya, Mercedes, Sargsyan, Mari, Calatayud Aristoy, Emma, Bernabeu, Ana Avila, Perez Lluna, Leticia, Malek Marin, Tamara, Antonia Munar Vila, Maria, Bobadilla Rico, Ivon Maritza, Allende Burgos, Natalia, Gutierrez Martinez, Eduardo, Gutierrez Solis, Elena, Sevillano, Angel, Merida Herrero, Evangelina, Miquel Blasco Pelicano, Josep, Rodas Marin, Lida Maria, Quintana, Luis F, Antonieta Azancot Rivero, Maria, Ramos Terrades, Natalia, Garcia Carro, Clara, Agraz Pamplona, Irene, Salgueira Lazo, Mercedes, de la Prada Alvarez, Francisco, Alonso Garcia, Fabiola, Adrian Aguilera Morales, Wenceslao, Virxinia Pol Heres, Salia, Forcen, Angel, Parra Moncasi, Eduardo, Medrano Villarroya, Cristina, Soria Villen, Alejandro, Gracia Garcia, Olga, Velo Plaza, Mercedes, Sánchez de la Nieta, Maria Dolores, Calvo Arevalo, Marta, Moreno, Antolina, Cigarran Guldris, Secundino, de Vicente, Manuel Pereira, Munar Vila, Maria Antonia, Hsu, Bang-Gee, Wang, Chih-Hsien, Chen, Cheng-Hsu, Yu, Tung-Min, Wu, Ming-Ju, Tsai, Shang-Feng, Hsu, Chia-Tien, Chiu, Hsien-Fu, Chou, Kang-Ju, Fang, Hua-Chang, Lee, Po-Tsang, Chen, Hsin-Yu, Chen, Chien-Liang, Huang, Chien-Wei, Ou, Shih-Hsiang, Ho, Tzung-Yo, Hsu, Chih-Yang, Chang, Ming-Shan, Chiu, Yen-Ling, Peng, Yu-Sen, Shu, Kai-Hsiang, Pan, Szu-Yu, Hsu, Shih-Ping, Yang, Ju-Yeh, Pai, Mei-Fen, Tseng, Po-Yu, Wu, Hon-Yen, Tsai, Wan-Chuan, Tung, Kuei-Ting, Chen, Hung-Yuan, Chen, Hung-Chun, Kuo, Mei-Chuan, Hwang, Daw-Yang, Chiu, Yi-Wen, Hung, Chi-Chih, Kuo, Hung-Tien, Tsai, Jer-Chia, McCafferty, Kieran, Forbes, Suzanne, Dasgupta, Indranil, Thomas, Mark, Mahdi, Amar, Ajayi, Bamidele, Chowdhury, Paramit, Kasimatis, Theodoros, Moutzouris, Dimitrios, Dudreuilh, Caroline, Pruthi, Rishi, Mansfield, Nick, Doctor, Gabriel, Shah, Sapna, Kon, Sui, Smith, Priscilla, Hamilton, Patrick, Kanigicherla, Durga, Ibrahim Ragy, Omar Sherin, Alchi, Bassam, Flossmann, Oliver, Ghalli, Farid, Lawman, Sarah, Sinha, Smeeta, Chrysochou, Constantina, Chukwu, Chukwuma, Maire De Bhailis, Aine, Al Chalabi, Saif, Hudson, Amy, Gopu, Arun, Wickens, Olivia, Storrar, Joshua, Wahba, Mona, Lorde, Nathan, Rony, Mohammad, Griffin, Sian, Latif, Farah, Ali, Mohammad, DaSilva, Louise, Ayling-Smith, Jonathan, Mahdi, Eamon, Willcocks, Lisa, Jones, Rachel, Cheung, Chee Kay, Selvaskandan, Haresh, Pugh, Dan, Sayer, Matthew, Dhaun, Neeraj, Chapman, Fiona, Mark, Patrick, Geddes, Colin, McQuarrie, Emily, Patel, Rajan, Solomon, Laurence, Ponnusamy, Arvind, Morris, Adam, Okoh, Pedro, Floyd, Lauren, Dhaygude, Ajay, Leung, Janson, Goldsmith, Christopher, Pandya, Bhavna, Tez, Didem, Mikhail, Ashraf, Brown, Karen, Bucknall, Thomas, Lambie, Mark, Comunale, Roderick, Brandon, Donald, Martinez, Stacy, Hall, Amanda, Henderson, Amy, Fearday, Aaron, Douthit, Nicole, Snow, Brian, Silva, Arnold, Sly, Cathylee, Keller, Christopher, Davidson, Robert, Meng, Jerry, Haws, Robert, Kattamanchi, Siddhartha, Mojarrab, Javad, Pillai, Unnikrishnan, Lafayette, Richard, O'Shaughnessy, Michelle, Kamal, Fahameedah, Mehta, Kshama, Baker, Bruce, Ruiz, Mario, Jyothinagaram, Praveena, Peri, Usha, Paxton, William, Tumlin, James, McGreal, Kerri, McCarthy, Ellen, Kimber, Cassandra, Gautam, Archana, Khalil, Kassem, Nguyen, Viet, Minasian, Raffi, Arfaania, Dariush, Daneshvari, Sam, Zakari, Michel, Patrikyan, Artashes, Afsari, Rouzbeh, Ayvazyan, Christine, Fakih, Faisal, Lagatta, Mark, Rodriguez, Alfred, Avella, Jorge Enrique Monroy, Patak, Ramachandra, Kadakia, Jigar, Radhakrishnan, Jai, Appel, Gerald, Ahn, Wooin, Nelson, Bradley, Medina, Allyson, Ahmad, Syeda, Peleg, Yonatan, Clement, Nisha, Chiu, Ian, Hendren, Elizabeth, Bomback, Andrew, Canetta, Pietro, Spinowitz, Bruce, Charytan, Chaim, Parikh, Nishita, Kuo, Sheng, Raichoudhury, Ritesh, Dobre, Mirela, Negrea, Lavinia, Padiyar, Aparna, Jittirat, Arksarapuk, Pradhan, Nishigandha, Dhelaria, Ranjit, Balamuthusamy, Saravanan, Madhrira, Machaiah, Powell, Thomas, Lifland, Howard, Bailey, Asha, Ford Sightler, Sarah Ashley, Suthar, Meera Patel, Green, Heather, Parikh, Samir, Ayoub, Isabelle, Almaani, Salem, Contreras, Gabriel, Fornoni, Alessia, Drexler, Yelena, Geara, Abdallah, Sheridan, Brittany, Coppock, Gaia, Hogan, Jonathan, Gonzalez, Carlos, Bhadra, Shamik, Chowdhury, Pradip, Kyaw, Kay, Tan, May, Raakesh, Lathika, Mendoza, Elder, Viramontes, Veronica, Chaudhry, Asghar, Carbonell, Juan, Gadh, Rajdeep, Fernandez, Victor, Kassem, Mohamad, Jacob, Radu, Wilder, Karen, Newsome, Britt, Klamm, Kathryn, Suyumova, Irina, Kooienga, Laura Ann, Janko, Catherine, Rizk, Dana, Julian, Bruce, Caster, Dawn, Perez, Erika, Garg, Gunjan, Gowda, Nayan, Udani, Suneel, Mandayam, Sreedhar, Workeneh, Biruh, Assefi, Ali, Greco, Barbara, Germain, Michael, Patel, Jusmin, Quinn, Sarah, Sullivan, James, Glaze, Jeffrey, Madonia, Phillip, McMahon, Kellyn, Giles, Harold, Adler, Sharon, Dai, Tiane, Heerspink, Hiddo J L, Alpers, Charles E, Bieler, Stewart, Diva, Ulysses, Inrig, Jula, Komers, Radko, Mercer, Alex, Noronha, Irene L, Rheault, Michelle N, Rote, William, Trachtman, Howard, Trimarchi, Hernán, and Perkovic, Vlado

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2023
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60. A multicenter retrospective study of calcineurin inhibitors in nephrotic syndrome secondary to podocyte gene variants

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Malakasioti, Georgia, Iancu, Daniela, Milovanova, Anastasiia, Tsygin, Alexey, Horinouchi, Tomoko, Nagano, China, Nozu, Kandai, Kamei, Koichi, Fujinaga, Shuichiro, Iijima, Kazumoto, Kang, Hee Gyung, Sinha, Rajiv, Basu, Biswanath, Morello, William, Montini, Giovanni, Waters, Aoife, Boyer, Olivia, Yıldırım, Zeynep Yürük, Yel, Sibel, Dursun, İsmail, McCarthy, Hugh J., Vivarelli, Marina, Prikhodina, Larisa, Besouw, Martine T.P., Chan, Eugene Yu-hin, Huang, Wenyan, Kemper, Markus J., Loos, Sebastian, Prestidge, Chanel, Wong, William, Zlatanova, Galia, Ehren, Rasmus, Weber, Lutz T., Chehade, Hassib, Hooman, Nakysa, Tkaczyk, Marcin, Stańczyk, Małgorzata, Miligkos, Michael, and Tullus, Kjell

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2023
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73. Paid-Leave Availability and Public Health and Nutrition Program Participation Following a Birth in the U.S.

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Marci Ybarra, Alexandra B. Stanczyk, and Dylan J. F. Bellisle

Subjects
paid leave, SNAP, WIC, Medicaid, mothers and infants, Social Sciences
Abstract

This study examines the relationships between state-provided paid-leave availability and enrollment in public health and nutrition programs (SNAP, Medicaid, WIC) among single low-income women following a birth in the U.S. We hypothesize that women in paid leave states will be less likely to participate in publicly available health and nutrition programs. Data are from the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP), a nationally representative panel survey data set (N = 1168). Descriptive tests of significance and probit regression models are used to examine the relationship between paid-leave availability and participation in SNAP, Medicaid, and WIC following a birth. A descriptive analysis suggests significantly lower enrollment in SNAP but not Medicaid or WIC for single low-income women in paid-leave states compared to those in non-paid-leave states. The finding of significantly lower post-birth SNAP participation in paid-leave states holds in probit models that include potentially relevant mother, household, and state controls.

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2024
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75. Estrogenic activity, race/ethnicity, and Indigenous American ancestry among San Francisco Bay Area women

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Sanchez, Sylvia S, Tachachartvanich, Phum, Stanczyk, Frank Z, Gomez, Scarlett L, John, Esther M, Smith, Martyn T, and Fejerman, Laura

Subjects
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Estrogen, Minority Health, Aging, Women's Health, Cancer, Breast Cancer, Health Disparities, Prevention, Adult, Aged, Breast Neoplasms, Case-Control Studies, Estrogens, Ethnicity, Female, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, Middle Aged, Population Groups, San Francisco, Young Adult, General Science & Technology
Abstract

Estrogens play a significant role in breast cancer development and are not only produced endogenously, but are also mimicked by estrogen-like compounds from environmental exposures. We evaluated associations between estrogenic (E) activity, demographic factors and breast cancer risk factors in Non-Latina Black (NLB), Non-Latina White (NLW), and Latina women. We examined the association between E activity and Indigenous American (IA) ancestry in Latina women. Total E activity was measured with a bioassay in plasma samples of 503 women who served as controls in the San Francisco Bay Area Breast Cancer Study. In the univariate model that included all women with race/ethnicity as the independent predictor, Latinas had 13% lower E activity (p = 0.239) and NLBs had 35% higher activity (p = 0.04) compared to NLWs. In the multivariable model that adjusted for demographic factors, Latinas continued to show lower E activity levels (26%, p = 0.026), but the difference between NLBs and NLWs was no longer statistically significant (p = 0.431). An inverse association was observed between E activity and IA ancestry among Latina women (50% lower in 0% vs. 100% European ancestry, p = 0.027) consistent with our previously reported association between IA ancestry and breast cancer risk. These findings suggest that endogenous estrogens and exogenous estrogen-like compounds that act on the estrogen receptor and modulate E activity may partially explain racial/ethnic differences in breast cancer risk.

Published
2019

77. Oral Coenzyme Q10 supplementation leads to better preservation of kidney function in steroid-resistant nephrotic syndrome due to primary Coenzyme Q10 deficiency

Author

Baiko, Sergey, Serna Higuita, Lina Maria, Schaefer, Franz, Trautmann, Agnes, Tabatabaeifar, Mansoureh, Gheissari, Alaleh, Hooman, Nakysa, Benetti, Elisa, Emma, Francesco, Nigmatullina, Nazym, Lipska-Ziętkiewicz, Beata S., Bałasz-Chmielewska, Irena, Tkaczyk, Marcin, Stańczyk, Małgorzata, Borzecka, Halina, Tsygin, Alexey N., Prikhodina, Larisa, Bogdanovic, Radovan, Anarat, Ali, Ozaltin, Fatih, Mir, Sevgi, Fomina, Svitlana, Klopstock, Thomas, Prokisch, Holger, Kornblum, Cornelia, Xu, Hong, Shen, Qian, Rao, Jia, Liu, Cui-Hua, Sun, Shu-Zhen, Deng, Fang, Dong, Yang, Wang, Xiao-Wen, Luan, Jiang-Wei, Drovandi, Stefania, Gulhan, Bora, Boyer, Olivia, Riedhammer, Korbinian M., Heemann, Uwe, Hoefele, Julia, Stenton, Sarah L., Ng, Kar-Hui, Aurelle, Manon, Schreuder, Michiel F., Jankowski, Maciej, Mao, Jianhua, Feng, Chunyue, Liu, Cuihua, Sun, Shuzhen, Wang, Xiaowen, Clavé, Stéphanie, Fila, Marc, Durkan, Anne M., Levart, Tanja Kersnik, Dursun, Ismail, Esfandiar, Nasrin, Haas, Dorothea, Bjerre, Anna, Benz, Marcus R., Talebi, Saeed, and Ariceta, Gema

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2022
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78. Variation of the clinical spectrum and genotype-phenotype associations in Coenzyme Q10 deficiency associated glomerulopathy

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Baiko, Sergey, Serna Higuita, Lina Maria, Schaefer, Franz, Trautmann, Agnes, Tabatabaeifar, Mansoureh, Gheissari, Alaleh, Hooman, Nakysa, Benetti, Elisa, Emma, Francesco, Nigmatullina, Nazym, Lipska-Ziętkiewicz, Beata S., Bałasz-Chmielewska, Irena, Tkaczyk, Marcin, Stańczyk, Małgorzata, Borzecka, Halina, Tsygin, Alexey N., Prikhodina, Larisa, Bogdanovic, Radovan, Anarat, Ali, Ozaltin, Fatih, Mir, Sevgi, Fomina, Svitlana, Klopstock, Thomas, Prokisch, Holger, Kornblum, Cornelia, Xu, Hong, Shen, Qian, Rao, Jia, Liu, Cui-Hua, Sun, Shu-Zhen, Deng, Fang, Dong, Yang, Wang, Xiao-Wen, Luan, Jiang-Wei, Drovandi, Stefania, Gulhan, Bora, Boyer, Olivia, Ziętkiewicz, Szymon, Riedhammer, Korbinian M., Heemann, Uwe, Hoefele, Julia, Stenton, Sarah L., Ng, Kar-Hui, Aurelle, Manon, Schijvens, Anne M., Jankowski, Maciej, Mao, Jianhua, Feng, Chunyue, Rousset-Rouviere, Caroline, Fila, Marc, Durkan, Anne M., Levart, Tanja Kersnik, Dursun, Ismail, Esfandiar, Nasrin, Haas, Dorothea, Bjerre, Anna, Benz, Marcus R., Talebi, Saeed, and Ariceta, Gema

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2022
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79. Kidney length normative values in children aged 0-19 years - a multicenter study

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Obrycki, Lukasz, Sarnecki, Jedrzej, Lichosik, Marianna, Sopinska, Malgorzata, Placzynska, Malgorzata, Stanczyk, Malgorzata, and Mirecka, Julia

Subjects
Children -- Diseases, Kidneys -- Physiological aspects -- Health aspects -- Demographic aspects, Pediatric research, Kidney diseases -- Risk factors, Health
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Background Currently used pediatric kidney length normative values are based on small single-center studies, do not include kidney function assessment, and focus mostly on newborns and infants. We aimed to develop ultrasound-based kidney length normative values derived from a large group of European Caucasian children with normal kidney function. Methods Out of 1,782 children aged 0-19 years, 1,758 individuals with no present or past kidney disease and normal estimated glomerular filtration rate had sonographic assessment of kidney length. The results were correlated with anthropometric parameters and estimated glomerular filtration rate. Kidney length was correlated with age, height, body surface area, and body mass index. Height-related kidney length curves and table were generated using the LMS method. Multivariate regression analysis with collinearity checks was used to evaluate kidney length predictors. Results There was no significant difference in kidney size in relation to height between boys and girls. We found significant (p < 0.001), but clinically unimportant (Cohen's D effect size = 0.04 and 0.06) differences between prone vs. supine position (mean paired difference = 0.64 mm, 95% CI = 0.49-0.77) and left vs. right kidneys (mean paired difference = 1.03 mm, 95% CI = 0.83-1.21), respectively. For kidney length prediction, the highest coefficient correlation was observed with height (adjusted R.sup.2 = 0.87, p < 0.0001). Conclusions We present height-related LMS-percentile curves and tables of kidney length which may serve as normative values for kidney length in children from birth to 19 years of age. The most significant predictor of kidney length was statural height. Graphic Abstract, Author(s): Lukasz Obrycki [sup.1] , Jedrzej Sarnecki [sup.2] , Marianna Lichosik [sup.1] , Malgorzata Sopinska [sup.3] , Malgorzata Placzynska [sup.3] , Malgorzata Stanczyk [sup.4] , Julia Mirecka [sup.4] , Agnieszka [...]

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2022
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82. Publisher Correction: Elucidating mechanisms of genetic cross-disease associations at the PROCR vascular disease locus

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Stacey, David, Chen, Lingyan, Stanczyk, Paulina J., Howson, Joanna M. M., Mason, Amy M., Burgess, Stephen, MacDonald, Stephen, Langdown, Jonathan, McKinney, Harriett, Downes, Kate, Farahi, Neda, Peters, James E., Basu, Saonli, Pankow, James S., Tang, Weihong, Pankratz, Nathan, Sabater-Lleal, Maria, de Vries, Paul S., Smith, Nicholas L., Gelinas, Amy D., Schneider, Daniel J., Janjic, Nebojsa, Samani, Nilesh J., Ye, Shu, Summers, Charlotte, Chilvers, Edwin R., Danesh, John, and Paul, Dirk S.

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2022
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84. Elucidating mechanisms of genetic cross-disease associations at the PROCR vascular disease locus

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David Stacey, Lingyan Chen, Paulina J. Stanczyk, Joanna M. M. Howson, Amy M. Mason, Stephen Burgess, Stephen MacDonald, Jonathan Langdown, Harriett McKinney, Kate Downes, Neda Farahi, James E. Peters, Saonli Basu, James S. Pankow, Weihong Tang, Nathan Pankratz, Maria Sabater-Lleal, Paul S. de Vries, Nicholas L. Smith, CHARGE Hemostasis Working Group, Amy D. Gelinas, Daniel J. Schneider, Nebojsa Janjic, Nilesh J. Samani, Shu Ye, Charlotte Summers, Edwin R. Chilvers, John Danesh, and Dirk S. Paul

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Science
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Many individual genetic risk loci associate with multiple diseases, but the molecular basis of these loci often remains unclear. Here, the authors provide a framework to reveal the genetic cross-disease associations at the PROCR vascular disease locus.

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2022
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85. Potential pitfalls of reproductive direct-to-consumer testing

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Frank Z. Stanczyk, Ph.D., Rachel S. Mandelbaum, M.D., and Rogerio A. Lobo, M.D.

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Direct-to-consumer testing, fertility diagnostic testing, ovarian reserve testing, laboratory methodology, Diseases of the genitourinary system. Urology, RC870-923, Gynecology and obstetrics, RG1-991
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The availability of direct-to-consumer (DTC) testing has dramatically increased over the past 2 decades, particularly those targeted at reproduction and fertility. Several ethical concerns exist with regard to DTC tests, including the lack of governmental regulation and consumer protection, standardized laboratory methodology, and clinical validity and actionability. Physicians must familiarize themselves with the pitfalls of DTC tests to best aid patients in interpreting DTC test results and guide them toward evidence-based treatment plans.

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2022
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95. Age as a moderator of the relationship between planning and temporal information processing

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Katarzyna Jablonska, Magdalena Stanczyk, Magdalena Piotrowska, Aneta Szymaszek, Barbara Lukomska, Hanna Bednarek, and Elzbieta Szelag

Subjects
Medicine, Science
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Abstract Planning is a fundamental mental ability related to executive functions. It allows to select, order and execute subgoals to achieve a goal. Studies have indicated that these processes are characterised by a specific temporal dynamics reflected in temporal information processing (TIP) in some tens of millisecond domain. Both planning and TIP decline with age but the underlying mechanisms are unclear. The novel value of the present study was to examine these mechanisms in young (n = 110) and elderly (n = 91) participants in Tower of London task, considering two structural properties of problems: search depth related to static maintenance in working memory, and goal ambiguity reflecting dynamic cognitive flexibility. Results revealed that TIP predicted planning accuracy both directly and indirectly (via preplanning) but only in young participants in problems characterised by high goal ambiguity. Better planning is related to longer preplanning and more efficient TIP. This result demonstrates for the first time age-related differences in the contribution of TIP to planning. In young participants TIP contributed to dynamic cognitive flexibility, but not to static maintenance processes. In elderly such relation was not observed probably because the deficient planning might depend on working memory maintenance rather than on cognitive flexibility.

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2022
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96. Low Free Testosterone and Prostate Cancer Risk: A Collaborative Analysis of 20 Prospective Studies

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Watts, Eleanor L, Appleby, Paul N, Perez-Cornago, Aurora, Bueno-de-Mesquita, H Bas, Chan, June M, Chen, Chu, Cohn, Barbara A, Cook, Michael B, Flicker, Leon, Freedman, Neal D, Giles, Graham G, Giovannucci, Edward, Gislefoss, Randi E, Hankey, Graeme J, Kaaks, Rudolf, Knekt, Paul, Kolonel, Laurence N, Kubo, Tatsuhiko, Le Marchand, Loïc, Luben, Robert N, Luostarinen, Tapio, Männistö, Satu, Metter, E Jeffrey, Mikami, Kazuya, Milne, Roger L, Ozasa, Kotaro, Platz, Elizabeth A, Quirós, J Ramón, Rissanen, Harri, Sawada, Norie, Stampfer, Meir, Stanczyk, Frank Z, Stattin, Pär, Tamakoshi, Akiko, Tangen, Catherine M, Thompson, Ian M, Tsilidis, Konstantinos K, Tsugane, Shoichiro, Ursin, Giske, Vatten, Lars, Weiss, Noel S, Yeap, Bu B, Allen, Naomi E, Key, Timothy J, and Travis, Ruth C

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Cancer, Clinical Research, Prevention, Urologic Diseases, Prostate Cancer, Aging, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Adult, Aged, Biomarkers, Case-Control Studies, Down-Regulation, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Neoplasm Grading, Prospective Studies, Prostatic Neoplasms, Protective Factors, Risk Assessment, Risk Factors, Testosterone, Time Factors, Androgens Pooled analysis, Prospective studies, Prostate cancer, Sex hormones, Epidemiology, Androgens, Pooled analysis, Clinical Sciences, Urology & Nephrology
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BackgroundExperimental and clinical evidence implicates testosterone in the aetiology of prostate cancer. Variation across the normal range of circulating free testosterone concentrations may not lead to changes in prostate biology, unless circulating concentrations are low. This may also apply to prostate cancer risk, but this has not been investigated in an epidemiological setting.ObjectiveTo examine whether men with low concentrations of circulating free testosterone have a reduced risk of prostate cancer.Design, setting, and participantsAnalysis of individual participant data from 20 prospective studies including 6933 prostate cancer cases, diagnosed on average 6.8 yr after blood collection, and 12 088 controls in the Endogenous Hormones, Nutritional Biomarkers and Prostate Cancer Collaborative Group.Outcome measurements and statistical analysisOdds ratios (ORs) of incident overall prostate cancer and subtypes by stage and grade, using conditional logistic regression, based on study-specific tenths of calculated free testosterone concentration.Results and limitationsMen in the lowest tenth of free testosterone concentration had a lower risk of overall prostate cancer (OR=0.77, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.69-0.86; p

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2018

97. MRI background parenchymal enhancement, breast density and serum hormones in postmenopausal women.

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Brooks, Jennifer, Sung, Janice, Pike, Malcolm, Orlow, Irene, Stanczyk, Frank, Bernstein, Jonine, and Morris, Elizabeth

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MRI, background parenchymal enhancement, breast cancer, hormones, Biological Availability, Body Mass Index, Breast Density, Contrast Media, Estradiol, Estrone, Female, Humans, Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Middle Aged, Postmenopause, Surveys and Questionnaires
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Background parenchymal enhancement (BPE) is the degree to which normal breast tissue enhances on contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). MRI-density is a volumetric measure of breast density that is highly correlated with mammographic density, an established breast cancer risk factor. Endogenous estrogen concentrations are positively associated with postmenopausal breast cancer risk and BPE has been shown to be sensitive to hormonal exposures. The objective of our study was to examine the relationship between BPE and MRI-density and serum hormone concentrations in postmenopausal women. This was a study of cancer-free postmenopausal women undergoing contrast-enhanced breast MRI (N = 118). At the time of MRI all women completed a self-administered questionnaire and blood samples were collected for hormone analyses. Serum concentrations of estrone (E1), estradiol (E2) and bioavailable E2 were examined by category of BPE and MRI-density. Compared to women with minimal BPE, those who had marked BPE had significantly higher serum concentrations of E1, E2 and bioavailable E2 (90% increase, ptrend across all categories = 0.001; 150% increase, ptrend  = 0.001; and 158% increase, ptrend  = 0.001, respectively). These associations were only affected to a minor extent by adjustment for BMI and other variables. After adjustment for BMI, no significant associations between MRI-density and serum E1, E2 and bioavailable E2 were observed. Serum estrogen concentrations were significantly positively associated with BPE. Our study provides further evidence of the hormone-sensitive nature of BPE, indicating a potential role for BPE as an imaging marker of endogenous and exogenous hormonal exposures in the breast.

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2018

98. Neonatal Hormone Concentrations and Risk of Testicular Germ Cell Tumors (TGCT).

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Morimoto, Libby M, Zava, David, McGlynn, Katherine A, Stanczyk, Frank Z, Kang, Alice Y, Ma, Xiaomei, Wiemels, Joseph L, and Metayer, Catherine

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Humans, Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal, Testicular Neoplasms, Androgens, Estrogens, Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid, Incidence, Risk Factors, Case-Control Studies, Adolescent, Child, Preschool, Infant, Infant, Newborn, United States, Male, Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Pediatric Cancer, Pediatric, Prevention, Rare Diseases, Cancer, Pediatric Research Initiative, Urologic Diseases, Clinical Research, Estrogen, Reproductive health and childbirth, Good Health and Well Being, Medical and Health Sciences, Epidemiology
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Background: Testicular germ cell tumor (TGCT) incidence has increased over the last 40 years in the United States. In contrast to TGCT among infants, it is hypothesized that TGCT in adolescents and young men is the result of sex steroid hormone imbalance during early fetal development. However, little is known about the neonatal period when abrupt hormonal changes occur, and direct supporting evidence is scarce due to the difficulties in obtaining prediagnostic specimens.Methods: We conducted a population-based case-control study examining hormone levels at birth among 91 infants (0-4 years) and 276 adolescents (15-19 years) diagnosed with TGCT, and 344 matched controls. Estrogen and androgen levels were quantified using liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) from archived newborn dried blood spots. Logistic regression models were used to estimate the association between each hormone level and TGCT risk.Results: Higher levels of androstenedione were associated with increased TGCT risk among adolescents [odds ratio (OR): 2.33, 95% confidence interval (CI): 1.37-3.97 for highest vs. lowest quartile; P trend = 0.003] but not among infants (OR: 0.70, 95% CI: 0.28-1.77). A similar pattern was observed for testosterone (OR: 1.73, 95% CI: 1.00-3.00,) although the trend was not significant (P trend = 0.12). Associations were stronger among non-Hispanic white subjects, relative to Hispanics. There was no difference by tumor histologic subtype. Estriol (the only detectable estrogen) was not associated with TGCT risk in either age group.Conclusions: Higher levels of neonatal androgens were associated with increased risk of TGCT among adolescents, suggesting that early life hormone levels are related to the later development of TGCT.Impact: This is the first study with direct measures of sex steroid hormones to examine the relationship between estrogens and androgens at birth and risk of adolescent TGCT. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev; 27(4); 488-95. ©2018 AACR.

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2018

99. Vitamin D Levels, Body Composition, and Metabolic Factors in Asian Indians: Results from the Metabolic Syndrome and Atherosclerosis in South Asians Living in America Pilot Study

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Chiang, Janet M, Stanczyk, Frank Z, and Kanaya, Alka M

Subjects
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Nutrition and Dietetics, Nutrition, Aging, Diabetes, Prevention, Cardiovascular, Complementary and Integrative Health, Obesity, Clinical Research, Aetiology, 2.1 Biological and endogenous factors, Metabolic and endocrine, Aged, Atherosclerosis, Blood Glucose, Blood Pressure, Body Composition, Body Mass Index, Cross-Sectional Studies, Fasting, Female, Humans, India, Intra-Abdominal Fat, Male, Metabolic Syndrome, Middle Aged, Pilot Projects, San Francisco, Sex Factors, Vitamin D, Vitamin D Deficiency, Waist Circumference, Waist-Hip Ratio, 25-OH Vitamin D, Body composition, Metabolism, Cardiovascular disease, Asian Indians, Clinical Sciences, Nutrition & Dietetics, Pediatrics, Medical biochemistry and metabolomics, Nutrition and dietetics
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Background/aimsAsian Indians have a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency and metabolic syndrome. Vitamin D deficiency is associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and diabetes.MethodsWe performed a cross-sectional study of 150 Asian Indians (50% male) from the San Francisco Bay Area. We assessed the association between 25-OH vitamin D (25-OHD) levels and vitamin D deficiency with body composition (anthropometric and radiographic measures) and metabolic outcomes.ResultsIn both men and women, the presence of vitamin D deficiency was associated with higher systolic (p = 0.004) and diastolic (p = 0.01) blood pressure, and fasting glucose (p = 0.01). Only in women, vitamin D deficiency status was associated with higher body mass index (BMI), waist-to-hip ratio, visceral fat area, and hepatic fat content after adjusting for age, income, and physical activity level. In women, 25-OHD was also associated with fasting glucose after adjusting for age, income, and physical activity and further adjusting for BMI and waist circumference (β -2.1, 95% CI -0.86 to -0.01, p = 0.04). This association between vitamin D deficiency and metabolic parameters was not significant in men.ConclusionsA lower level of 25-OHD and vitamin D deficiency were associated with higher levels of metabolic factors among Asian Indians. Our findings suggest that 25-OHD metabolism may differ by the distribution of adipose tissue and involve previously unexplored pathways accounting for the variability in the role of vitamin D in cardiovascular disease.

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2018

100. Circulating and intraprostatic sex steroid hormonal profiles in relation to male pattern baldness and chest hair density among men diagnosed with localized prostate cancers

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Zhou, Cindy Ke, Stanczyk, Frank Z, Hafi, Muhannad, Veneroso, Carmela C, Lynch, Barlow, Falk, Roni T, Niwa, Shelley, Emanuel, Eric, Gao, Yu‐Tang, Hemstreet, George P, Zolfghari, Ladan, Carroll, Peter R, Manyak, Michael J, Sesterhenn, Isabell A, Levine, Paul H, Hsing, Ann W, and Cook, Michael B

Subjects
Biomedical and Clinical Sciences, Clinical Sciences, Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Aging, Cancer, Clinical Research, Estrogen, Prostate Cancer, Urologic Diseases, Aetiology, 2.2 Factors relating to the physical environment, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Alopecia, Biomarkers, Follow-Up Studies, Gonadal Steroid Hormones, Hair, Hair Follicle, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Pilot Projects, Prostatic Neoplasms, Thorax, chest hair density, male pattern baldness, prostate tissue, serum, sex steroid hormones, Paediatrics and Reproductive Medicine, Oncology & Carcinogenesis, Clinical sciences, Oncology and carcinogenesis
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BackgroundProspective cohort studies of circulating sex steroid hormones and prostate cancer risk have not provided a consistent association, despite evidence from animal and clinical studies. However, studies using male pattern baldness as a proxy of early-life or cumulative androgen exposure have reported significant associations with aggressive and fatal prostate cancer risk. Given that androgens underlie the development of patterned hair loss and chest hair, we assessed whether these two dermatological characteristics were associated with circulating and intraprostatic concentrations of sex steroid hormones among men diagnosed with localized prostate cancer.MethodsWe included 248 prostate cancer patients from the NCI Prostate Tissue Study, who answered surveys and provided a pre-treatment blood sample as well as fresh frozen adjacent normal prostate tissue. Male pattern baldness and chest hair density were assessed by trained nurses before surgery. General linear models estimated geometric means and 95% confidence intervals (95%CIs) of each hormone variable by dermatological phenotype with adjustment for potential confounding variables. Subgroup analyses were performed by Gleason score (

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2017

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