Brittanny M Polanka

Dados Biográficos

ID1565977
NOMEBrittanny M Polanka
PRENOMESBrittanny M
SOBRENOMEPolanka
ASSINATURAPOLANKA B M
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of Alabama at Birmingham
ORCID0000-0002-6422-6303
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS5
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR5
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2018
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Depressive symptom clusters and biomarkers of monocyte activation, inflammation, and coagulation in people with HIV and depression

    Open AccessC A Crawford, Brittanny M Polanka et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2025Referências: 12

    We assess associations of somatic and cognitive/affective depressive symptom clusters with monocyte activation (soluble (s)CD14, sCD163), systemic inflammation (interleukin-6 (IL-6), high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hsCRP)), and coagulation (D-dimer, fibrinogen) in people with HIV (PWH) on suppressive antiretroviral therapy with depression. Utilizing baseline data from a randomized controlled trial, we found no significant associations in lin…

  • Incidence of erectile dysfunction among middle-aged and aging sexual minority men living with or without HIV

    Open AccessAishat Mustapha, Brittanny M Polanka et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Introduction: Erectile dysfunction (ED) has been established as a comorbidity among men living with HIV, but comparisons by HIV serostatus of ED incidence in a longitudinal follow-up cohort of men are lacking. We sought to evaluate the incidence of ED spanning a period of 12 years in a longitudinal cohort of sexual minority men (SMM) living with and without HIV. Methods: We analyzed ED incidence data for 625 participants in the longitudinal Multi…

  • Associations Between Sexual Orientation Dimensions and Cardiometabolic Diseases

    C A Crawford, Ian Carson et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2024

    OBJECTIVE: Sexual orientation can be measured across identity, attraction, and behavior. Sexual minorities are at increased risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and diabetes; however, it is not known whether cardiometabolic disease risk varies across these dimensions. METHODS: We analyzed cross-sectional data from 36,309 adults who participated in the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions-III (NESARC-III; 2012-2013). Par…

  • Associations of Total, Cognitive/Affective, and Somatic Depressive Symptoms and Antidepressant Use With Cardiovascular Disease–Relevant Biomarkers in HIV

    John C Stewart, Jesse C Stewart et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2020

    OBJECTIVE: We sought to determine the associations of total, cognitive/affective, and somatic depressive symptoms and antidepressant use with biomarkers of processes implicated in cardiovascular disease in HIV (HIV-CVD). METHODS: We examined data from 1546 HIV-positive and 843 HIV-negative veterans. Depressive symptoms were assessed using the Patient Health Questionnaire-9, and past-year antidepressant use was determined from Veterans Affair phar…

  • Cardiovascular Risk Factors as Differential Predictors of Incident Atypical and Typical Major Depressive Disorder in US Adults

    Jay S Patel, Jessica Berntson et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2018

    OBJECTIVE: Although the association between major depressive disorder (MDD) and future cardiovascular disease (CVD) is established, less is known about the relationship between CVD risk factors and future depression, and no studies have examined MDD subtypes. Our objective was to determine whether hypertension, tobacco use, and body mass index (BMI) differentially predict atypical and typical MDD in a national sample of US adults. METHODS: We exa…