Gerald S Berenson
Biographic Data
| ID | 3925895 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gerald S Berenson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gerald S |
| FAMILY NAME | Berenson |
| SIGNATURE | BERENSON G S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Tulane University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 86 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1948 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Neighborhood poverty, allostatic load, and birth outcomes in African American and white women: Findings from the Bogalusa Heart Study
Childhood Adiposity, Adult Adiposity, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors
BACKGROUND: Obesity in childhood is associated with increased cardiovascular risk. It is uncertain whether this risk is attenuated in persons who are overweight or obese as children but not obese as adults. METHODS: We analyzed data from four prospective cohort studies that measured childhood and adult body-mass index (BMI, the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters). The mean length of follow-up was 23 years. To define…
The relation of BMI and skinfold thicknesses to risk factors among young and middle-aged adults: The Bogalusa Heart Study
BMI appears to be at least as accurate as skinfold thicknesses in identifying metabolic risk among adults. The advantages of BMI should be considered in the design and interpretation of clinical and epidemiologic studies
Dietary patterns associated with metabolic syndrome, sociodemographic and lifestyle factors in young adults: The Bogalusa Heart Study
Objective To examine the association between dietary patterns (DP) and risk for metabolic syndrome (MetS); and to identify differences in DP by socio-economic, demographic and lifestyle factors. Design Dietary intake (from an FFQ), anthropometric/biochemical parameters and sociodemographic/lifestyle information (from a self-reported questionnaire) were evaluated, using a cross-sectional design. Statistical methods included principal component fac…
Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Excess Adiposity Among Overweight Children and Adolescents: The Bogalusa Heart Study
The Relation of Childhood BMI to Adult Adiposity: The Bogalusa Heart Study
Objective. Although many studies have found that childhood levels of body mass index (BMI; kg/m2) are associated with adult levels, it has been reported that childhood BMI is not associated with adult adiposity. We further examined these longitudinal associations. Design. Cohort study based on examinations between 1973 and 1996. Setting. Bogalusa, Louisiana. Participants. Children (2610; ages 2-17 years old) who were followed to ages 18 to 37 yea…
Relationship of Childhood Obesity to Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in Adulthood: The Bogalusa Heart Study
BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is related to adult levels of lipids, lipoproteins, blood pressure, and insulin and to morbidity from coronary heart disease (CHD). However, the importance of the age at which obesity develops in these associations remains uncertain. OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN: We assessed the longitudinal relationship of childhood body mass index (BMI, kg/m(2)) to adult levels of lipids, insulin, and blood pressure among 2617 participants…
Eating Patterns, Dietary Quality and Obesity
Obesity among children has reached epidemic proportions. Today, an estimated one in four children in the United States is overweight. while 11% arc obese. Children who are overweight tend to remain so up to 20 years of age; in general, they have a 1.5- to twofold higher risk for becoming overweight as adults. The prevalence of overweight has increased approximately twofold in the 20-year period from 1974 to 1994, with the largest increases observ…
The Relation of Overweight to Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Children and Adolescents: The Bogalusa Heart Study
BACKGROUND: Although overweight and obesity in childhood are related to dyslipidemia, hyperinsulinemia, and hypertension, most studies have examined levels of these risk factors individually or have used internal cutpoints (eg, quintiles) to classify overweight and risk factors. OBJECTIVE: We used cutpoints derived from several national studies to examine the relation of overweight (Quetelet index, >95th percentile) to adverse risk factor levels …
Association between Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Atherosclerosis in Children and Young Adults
BACKGROUND: In adults, cardiovascular risk factors reinforce each other in their effect on cardiovascular events. However, information is scant on the relation of multiple risk factors to the extent of asymptomatic atherosclerosis in young people. METHODS: We performed autopsies on 204 young persons 2 to 39 years of age, who had died from various causes, principally trauma. Data on antemortem risk factors were available for 93 of these persons, w…
Cigarette smoking attitudes and first use among third- through sixth-grade students: The Bogalusa Heart Study
OBJECTIVES: This study examined cigarette smoking attitudes, peer and parental influence, and first use among children in southeastern Louisiana. METHODS: Data from 933 children in grades 3 through 6 in the Bogalusa Heart Study (1993 through 1994) were analyzed. RESULTS: Fifteen percent of the children had tried smoking. Of these, 40% first smoked with a family member, and 46% obtained their first cigarette from a family member or from home. Corr…
Epidemiology of early cardiovascular disease: Observations from the Bogalusa heart study
Cardiovascular risk factors associated with underlying coronary artery and hypertensive disease develop during childhood. Race‐ and sex‐specific observations from childhood to young adulthood provide clues to the clinical presentation of cardiovascular disease risk later in life. Of particular interest are observations on distributions of levels, tracking, and determinants of lipoproteins and blood pressure, and the impact of obesity on cardiovas…
Body fatness and risk for elevated blood pressure, total cholesterol, and serum lipoprotein ratios in children and adolescents
BACKGROUND. Recent studies have shown considerable variation in body fatness among children and adolescents defined as obese by a percentile rank for skinfold thickness. METHODS. We examined the relationship between percent body fat and risk for elevated blood pressure, serum total cholesterol, and serum lipoprotein ratios in a biracial sample of 3320 children and adolescents aged 5 to 18 years. Equations developed specifically for children using…
Identifying mechanisms of adoption of tobacco and alcohol use among youth: The Bogalusa heart study
A comprehensive model for maintenance of family health behaviors: The “Heart Smart” Family Health Promotion Program
Johnson, Carolyn C. MS1; Nicklas, Theresa A. DrPH2; Arbeit, Marian L. MS, RD3; Franklin, Frank A. MD4; Berenson, Gerald S. MD5 Author Information
Factor Structure of a Children's Health Locus of Control Measure: A Confirmatory Maximum-Likelihood Analysis
The present study evaluated the validity of a revised version of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scales when the measure is employed with older elementary school children. Confirmatory maximum-likelihood factor analysis employed data from 876 students. The factor structure of the measure matched expected structure fairly closely, although a few deviations from expectation were noted. Thus, the results supported the validity of…
Children's Beliefs About Sources of Health: A Reliability and Validity Study
Four analyses of data provided by 876 elementary school children strongly supported the reliability and factorial validity of the revised Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scales
Longitudinal patterns of cigarette smoking and smokeless tobacco use in youth: The Bogalusa Heart Study
Tobacco use was studied during 1977-76 (n = 2880) and 1981-82 (n = 2158) in a total biracial community of children, aged 8-17 years, in Bogalusa, Louisiana. White males were the early adopters of tobacco products in both surveys. Cigarette smoking decreased in all race and gender groups while smokeless tobacco use increased in White males. Studies which find a decline in male adolescent smoking should investigate a possible concurrent increase in…
Factor Analytic Study of the Children's Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale'
A factor analysis of the Children's Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale was conducted with a biracial sample of children over a wide age range. The Scale was analyzed for 368 10 to 17 year old students in a rural community. Three factors had sufficient item loadings to be interpretable. They were related to Personal Control and Helplessness, Achievement and Friendship, and Luck. These three factors corresponded to the three dimensions ident…
Development trends of first cigarette smoking experience of children: The Bogalusa heart study
During one school year a health habits survey investigated cigarette smoking behavior in a total biracial population of children, ages 8 to 17 years old. Information was collected concerning each child's first smoking experience. Over 60 per cent of the children reported they were given their first cigarettes. Half of those starting before age 12 smoked their first cigarettes with a family member or an older fried. The smoking habit appears to ha…
Self-Concept, Locus of Control, Goal Blockage, and Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern in Children and Adolescents: Bogalusa Heart Study
Four measures that are hypothesized to be correlates of cardiovascular risk factor variables were tested in children and adolescents. A psychosocial questionnaire, including Type A coronary-prone behavior pattern and three additional measures (self-concept, locus of control, and goal blockage), was administered to 384 ten- to 17-year-old students in a biracial public school. White scored higher than did blacks on Type A behavior, and Type A behav…
Racial differences in subcutaneous fat patterns in children aged 7–15 years
In a stratified random sample of 278 children aged 7–15 years of an entire biracial community, skinfold measurements were taken on six standard body sites. We found that white children had generally thicker skinfolds than blacks for the same body weight, with a consistent exception: the subscapular skinfold was relatively thicker in blacks. It is suggested that this racial difference in distribution of fat may manifest a genetic adaptive trait de…
Value of Routine Fluorograms as a Measure for Detecting Cardiac Abnormalities — Report of Findings on 14,235 Routine (35mm) Photofluorograms
Value of Routine Fluorograms as a Measure for Detecting Cardiac Abnormalities — Report of Findings on 14,235 Routine (35mm) Photofluorograms Affiliation Gerald Berenson CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.38.11.1564 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Body fatness and risk for elevated blood pressure, total cholesterol, and serum lipoprotein ratios in children and adolescents
BACKGROUND. Recent studies have shown considerable variation in body fatness among children and adolescents defined as obese by a percentile rank for skinfold thickness. METHODS. We examined the relationship between percent body fat and risk for elevated blood pressure, serum total cholesterol, and serum lipoprotein ratios in a biracial sample of 3320 children and adolescents aged 5 to 18 years. Equations developed specifically for children using…
Longitudinal patterns of cigarette smoking and smokeless tobacco use in youth: The Bogalusa Heart Study
Tobacco use was studied during 1977-76 (n = 2880) and 1981-82 (n = 2158) in a total biracial community of children, aged 8-17 years, in Bogalusa, Louisiana. White males were the early adopters of tobacco products in both surveys. Cigarette smoking decreased in all race and gender groups while smokeless tobacco use increased in White males. Studies which find a decline in male adolescent smoking should investigate a possible concurrent increase in…
Neighborhood poverty, allostatic load, and birth outcomes in African American and white women: Findings from the Bogalusa Heart Study
Development trends of first cigarette smoking experience of children: The Bogalusa heart study
During one school year a health habits survey investigated cigarette smoking behavior in a total biracial population of children, ages 8 to 17 years old. Information was collected concerning each child's first smoking experience. Over 60 per cent of the children reported they were given their first cigarettes. Half of those starting before age 12 smoked their first cigarettes with a family member or an older fried. The smoking habit appears to ha…
Cigarette smoking attitudes and first use among third- through sixth-grade students: The Bogalusa Heart Study
OBJECTIVES: This study examined cigarette smoking attitudes, peer and parental influence, and first use among children in southeastern Louisiana. METHODS: Data from 933 children in grades 3 through 6 in the Bogalusa Heart Study (1993 through 1994) were analyzed. RESULTS: Fifteen percent of the children had tried smoking. Of these, 40% first smoked with a family member, and 46% obtained their first cigarette from a family member or from home. Corr…
Racial differences in subcutaneous fat patterns in children aged 7–15 years
In a stratified random sample of 278 children aged 7–15 years of an entire biracial community, skinfold measurements were taken on six standard body sites. We found that white children had generally thicker skinfolds than blacks for the same body weight, with a consistent exception: the subscapular skinfold was relatively thicker in blacks. It is suggested that this racial difference in distribution of fat may manifest a genetic adaptive trait de…
Children's Beliefs About Sources of Health: A Reliability and Validity Study
Four analyses of data provided by 876 elementary school children strongly supported the reliability and factorial validity of the revised Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scales
Self-Concept, Locus of Control, Goal Blockage, and Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern in Children and Adolescents: Bogalusa Heart Study
Four measures that are hypothesized to be correlates of cardiovascular risk factor variables were tested in children and adolescents. A psychosocial questionnaire, including Type A coronary-prone behavior pattern and three additional measures (self-concept, locus of control, and goal blockage), was administered to 384 ten- to 17-year-old students in a biracial public school. White scored higher than did blacks on Type A behavior, and Type A behav…
Value of Routine Fluorograms as a Measure for Detecting Cardiac Abnormalities — Report of Findings on 14,235 Routine (35mm) Photofluorograms
Value of Routine Fluorograms as a Measure for Detecting Cardiac Abnormalities — Report of Findings on 14,235 Routine (35mm) Photofluorograms Affiliation Gerald Berenson CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.38.11.1564 Published Online: August 29, 2011
Racial differences in subcutaneous fat patterns in children aged 7–15 years
In a stratified random sample of 278 children aged 7–15 years of an entire biracial community, skinfold measurements were taken on six standard body sites. We found that white children had generally thicker skinfolds than blacks for the same body weight, with a consistent exception: the subscapular skinfold was relatively thicker in blacks. It is suggested that this racial difference in distribution of fat may manifest a genetic adaptive trait de…
Self-Concept, Locus of Control, Goal Blockage, and Coronary-Prone Behavior Pattern in Children and Adolescents: Bogalusa Heart Study
Four measures that are hypothesized to be correlates of cardiovascular risk factor variables were tested in children and adolescents. A psychosocial questionnaire, including Type A coronary-prone behavior pattern and three additional measures (self-concept, locus of control, and goal blockage), was administered to 384 ten- to 17-year-old students in a biracial public school. White scored higher than did blacks on Type A behavior, and Type A behav…
Factor Analytic Study of the Children's Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale'
A factor analysis of the Children's Nowicki-Strickland Locus of Control Scale was conducted with a biracial sample of children over a wide age range. The Scale was analyzed for 368 10 to 17 year old students in a rural community. Three factors had sufficient item loadings to be interpretable. They were related to Personal Control and Helplessness, Achievement and Friendship, and Luck. These three factors corresponded to the three dimensions ident…
Development trends of first cigarette smoking experience of children: The Bogalusa heart study
During one school year a health habits survey investigated cigarette smoking behavior in a total biracial population of children, ages 8 to 17 years old. Information was collected concerning each child's first smoking experience. Over 60 per cent of the children reported they were given their first cigarettes. Half of those starting before age 12 smoked their first cigarettes with a family member or an older fried. The smoking habit appears to ha…
Longitudinal patterns of cigarette smoking and smokeless tobacco use in youth: The Bogalusa Heart Study
Tobacco use was studied during 1977-76 (n = 2880) and 1981-82 (n = 2158) in a total biracial community of children, aged 8-17 years, in Bogalusa, Louisiana. White males were the early adopters of tobacco products in both surveys. Cigarette smoking decreased in all race and gender groups while smokeless tobacco use increased in White males. Studies which find a decline in male adolescent smoking should investigate a possible concurrent increase in…
Factor Structure of a Children's Health Locus of Control Measure: A Confirmatory Maximum-Likelihood Analysis
The present study evaluated the validity of a revised version of the Multidimensional Health Locus of Control (MHLC) Scales when the measure is employed with older elementary school children. Confirmatory maximum-likelihood factor analysis employed data from 876 students. The factor structure of the measure matched expected structure fairly closely, although a few deviations from expectation were noted. Thus, the results supported the validity of…
Children's Beliefs About Sources of Health: A Reliability and Validity Study
Four analyses of data provided by 876 elementary school children strongly supported the reliability and factorial validity of the revised Multidimensional Health Locus of Control Scales
A comprehensive model for maintenance of family health behaviors: The “Heart Smart” Family Health Promotion Program
Johnson, Carolyn C. MS1; Nicklas, Theresa A. DrPH2; Arbeit, Marian L. MS, RD3; Franklin, Frank A. MD4; Berenson, Gerald S. MD5 Author Information
Identifying mechanisms of adoption of tobacco and alcohol use among youth: The Bogalusa heart study
Body fatness and risk for elevated blood pressure, total cholesterol, and serum lipoprotein ratios in children and adolescents
BACKGROUND. Recent studies have shown considerable variation in body fatness among children and adolescents defined as obese by a percentile rank for skinfold thickness. METHODS. We examined the relationship between percent body fat and risk for elevated blood pressure, serum total cholesterol, and serum lipoprotein ratios in a biracial sample of 3320 children and adolescents aged 5 to 18 years. Equations developed specifically for children using…
Epidemiology of early cardiovascular disease: Observations from the Bogalusa heart study
Cardiovascular risk factors associated with underlying coronary artery and hypertensive disease develop during childhood. Race‐ and sex‐specific observations from childhood to young adulthood provide clues to the clinical presentation of cardiovascular disease risk later in life. Of particular interest are observations on distributions of levels, tracking, and determinants of lipoproteins and blood pressure, and the impact of obesity on cardiovas…
Cigarette smoking attitudes and first use among third- through sixth-grade students: The Bogalusa Heart Study
OBJECTIVES: This study examined cigarette smoking attitudes, peer and parental influence, and first use among children in southeastern Louisiana. METHODS: Data from 933 children in grades 3 through 6 in the Bogalusa Heart Study (1993 through 1994) were analyzed. RESULTS: Fifteen percent of the children had tried smoking. Of these, 40% first smoked with a family member, and 46% obtained their first cigarette from a family member or from home. Corr…
Association between Multiple Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Atherosclerosis in Children and Young Adults
BACKGROUND: In adults, cardiovascular risk factors reinforce each other in their effect on cardiovascular events. However, information is scant on the relation of multiple risk factors to the extent of asymptomatic atherosclerosis in young people. METHODS: We performed autopsies on 204 young persons 2 to 39 years of age, who had died from various causes, principally trauma. Data on antemortem risk factors were available for 93 of these persons, w…
The Relation of Overweight to Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Children and Adolescents: The Bogalusa Heart Study
BACKGROUND: Although overweight and obesity in childhood are related to dyslipidemia, hyperinsulinemia, and hypertension, most studies have examined levels of these risk factors individually or have used internal cutpoints (eg, quintiles) to classify overweight and risk factors. OBJECTIVE: We used cutpoints derived from several national studies to examine the relation of overweight (Quetelet index, >95th percentile) to adverse risk factor levels …
Relationship of Childhood Obesity to Coronary Heart Disease Risk Factors in Adulthood: The Bogalusa Heart Study
BACKGROUND: Childhood obesity is related to adult levels of lipids, lipoproteins, blood pressure, and insulin and to morbidity from coronary heart disease (CHD). However, the importance of the age at which obesity develops in these associations remains uncertain. OBJECTIVE AND DESIGN: We assessed the longitudinal relationship of childhood body mass index (BMI, kg/m(2)) to adult levels of lipids, insulin, and blood pressure among 2617 participants…
Eating Patterns, Dietary Quality and Obesity
Obesity among children has reached epidemic proportions. Today, an estimated one in four children in the United States is overweight. while 11% arc obese. Children who are overweight tend to remain so up to 20 years of age; in general, they have a 1.5- to twofold higher risk for becoming overweight as adults. The prevalence of overweight has increased approximately twofold in the 20-year period from 1974 to 1994, with the largest increases observ…
The Relation of Childhood BMI to Adult Adiposity: The Bogalusa Heart Study
Objective. Although many studies have found that childhood levels of body mass index (BMI; kg/m2) are associated with adult levels, it has been reported that childhood BMI is not associated with adult adiposity. We further examined these longitudinal associations. Design. Cohort study based on examinations between 1973 and 1996. Setting. Bogalusa, Louisiana. Participants. Children (2610; ages 2-17 years old) who were followed to ages 18 to 37 yea…
Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Excess Adiposity Among Overweight Children and Adolescents: The Bogalusa Heart Study
Dietary patterns associated with metabolic syndrome, sociodemographic and lifestyle factors in young adults: The Bogalusa Heart Study
Objective To examine the association between dietary patterns (DP) and risk for metabolic syndrome (MetS); and to identify differences in DP by socio-economic, demographic and lifestyle factors. Design Dietary intake (from an FFQ), anthropometric/biochemical parameters and sociodemographic/lifestyle information (from a self-reported questionnaire) were evaluated, using a cross-sectional design. Statistical methods included principal component fac…
The relation of BMI and skinfold thicknesses to risk factors among young and middle-aged adults: The Bogalusa Heart Study
BMI appears to be at least as accurate as skinfold thicknesses in identifying metabolic risk among adults. The advantages of BMI should be considered in the design and interpretation of clinical and epidemiologic studies
Childhood Adiposity, Adult Adiposity, and Cardiovascular Risk Factors
BACKGROUND: Obesity in childhood is associated with increased cardiovascular risk. It is uncertain whether this risk is attenuated in persons who are overweight or obese as children but not obese as adults. METHODS: We analyzed data from four prospective cohort studies that measured childhood and adult body-mass index (BMI, the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters). The mean length of follow-up was 23 years. To define…
Neighborhood poverty, allostatic load, and birth outcomes in African American and white women: Findings from the Bogalusa Heart Study
Medicine (19 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (13 works) · Internal Medicine (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Obesity (9 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Risk factor (8 works) · Body mass index (7 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Internal Medicine (6 works)