Carlos Iribarren

Biographic Data

ID1053532
NAMECarlos Iribarren
GIVEN NAMESCarlos
FAMILY NAMEIribarren
SIGNATUREIRIBARREN C
AFFILIATIONSKaiser Permanente
ORCID0000-0001-5622-1839
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS55
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2001
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
H-INDEX4

  • Genetic evidence of assortative mating in humans

    Open AccessM R Robinson, Aaron Kleinman et al.ARTICLENature Human Behaviour2017Cited by: 23References: 49

  • Fifteen-Year Prospective Analysis of Television Viewing and Adiposity in African American and Caucasian Men and Women

    Open AccessChung-yu Chen, Chung‐Yu Chen et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2015

    There are limited data from long-term prospective studies on the association between television (TV) viewing and obesity. We investigated this association between TV viewing and body mass index (BMI) and waist circumference (WST) over 15 years on 3,269 participants from the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. We used cross-lagged panel models at exam Years 5, 10, 15, and 20 over 15 years to assess the association betw…

  • Risk Adjustment for Health Care Financing in Chronic Disease

    Theodore A Omachi, Steven E Gregorich et al.ARTICLEMedical Care2013References: 14

    BACKGROUND: Adjustment for differing risks among patients is usually incorporated into newer payment approaches, and current risk models rely on age, sex, and diagnosis codes. It is unknown the extent to which controlling additionally for disease severity improves cost prediction. Failure to adjust for within-disease variation may create incentives to avoid sicker patients. We address this issue among patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary d…

  • Socioeconomic status, race and COPD health outcomes

    Mark D Eisner, Paul D Blanc et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2011Cited by: 5References: 62

    BACKGROUND: Although chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is a common cause of death and disability, little is known about the effects of socioeconomic status (SES) and race-ethnicity on health outcomes. METHODS: The aim of this study is to determine the independent impacts of SES and race-ethnicity on COPD severity status, functional limitations and acute exacerbations of COPD among patients with access to healthcare. Data were used from…

  • Health-related characteristics and preferred methods of receiving health education according to dominant language among Latinos Aged 25 to 64 in a large Northern California health plan

    Open AccessNancy P Gordon, Carlos IribarrenARTICLEBMC Public Health2008

    There are important differences among Latinos of different English language proficiency with regard to education, income, health status, health behaviors, IT access, and health education modality preferences that ought to be considered when planning and implementing health programs for this growing segment of the U.S. population

  • Community-level social capital and recurrence of acute coronary syndrome

    Open AccessRichard M Scheffler, Timothy T Brown et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2008Cited by: 15References: 26

  • Abdominal obesity and coronary artery calcification in young adults

    Open AccessChong-Do Lee, Ioannis Drougas et al.ARTICLE2007References: 33

    Abdominal obesity measured by waist girth or WHR is associated with early atherosclerosis as measured by the presence of CAC in African American and white young adults. This is consistent with an involvement of visceral fat in the occurrence of coronary artery calcium in young adults.

  • Causes and demographic, medical, lifestyle and psychosocial predictors of premature mortality

    Open AccessCarlos Iribarren, David R Jacobs et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2005Cited by: 11References: 42

  • Exposure to environmental tobacco smoke

    Carlos Iribarren, G D Friedman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…2001Cited by: 1References: 28

    STUDY OBJECTIVE: To examine the association between exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) and demographic, lifestyle, occupational characteristics and self reported health conditions. DESIGN: Cross sectional study, using data from multiphasic health checkups between 1979 and 1985. SETTING: Large health plan in Northern California, USA. PARTICIPANTS: 16 524 men aged 15-89 years and 26 197 women aged 15-105 years who never smoked. RESULTS: …