Imke Janssen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4293818 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Imke Janssen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Imke |
| FAMILY NAME | Janssen |
| SIGNATURE | JANSSEN I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rush University Medical Center |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1184-2812 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Religious and Spiritual Experiences, Discrimination, and Stress Among Midlife Women in the USA: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation
The harmful effects of perceived discrimination for physical and mental health are well documented. Evidence identifies how dimensions of religious/spiritual (R/S) involvement may reduce these harmful effects. This study examined how R/S experiences are associated with the effects of discrimination on perceived stress. With data from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN), we examined the offsetting and buffering effects of daily sp…
Neighborhood physical environments and change in cardiometabolic risk factors over 14 years in the study of Women's health across the nation
Longitudinal profiles of neighborhood socioeconomic vulnerability influence blood pressure changes across the female midlife period
The relative contributions of adiposity and activity levels to physical performance in children with excess weight
OBJECTIVE: This study examined predictors of physical performance, a key aspect of quality of life, in children with excess weight. METHODS: Participants were 269 children aged 6-12 years with a body mass index above the 85th percentile. Children completed a standardized physical performance task capturing lower extremity strength, balance, and gait speed. Height, weight, and waist circumference were objectively measured, and daily moderate-vigor…
Pre- and Early Peri-menopausal Physical Function and Risk of Cardiovascular Events: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation
Participants were N = 2950 pre-/early peri-menopausal women (median age 46, (25th-75th percentile: 43-48 years). Physical function was assessed at baseline using the Physical Function subscale of the SF-36 and scores were trichotomized (no, some, or substantial limitations). Clinical CVD events were ascertained at annual/biennial clinical assessments through the 15th follow-up visit. Risk of CVD was determined with Cox proportional hazards models…
Leveraging delay discounting for health: Can time delays influence food choice
Race/ethnic comparisons of waist‐to‐height ratio for cardiometabolic screening: The study of women's health across the nation
OBJECTIVE: To compare the performance of waist-to-height ratio as a screening tool for cardiometabolic conditions - hypertension, prediabetes/diabetes, dyslipidemia, and subclinical inflammation - in 5 race/ethnic groups of mid-life women. METHODS: Waist-to-height ratio and 4 cardiometabolic conditions were assessed in 3033 premenopausal midlife women (249 Hispanic, 226 Chinese, 262 Japanese, 1435 European-American, and 861 African American). The…
Mexican American Trial of Community Health Workers: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Community Health Worker Intervention for Mexican Americans With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Objectives. We assessed whether community health workers (CHWs) could improve glycemic control among Mexican Americans with diabetes. Methods. We recruited 144 Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes between January 2006 and September 2008 into the single-blinded, randomized controlled Mexican American Trial of Community Health Workers (MATCH) and followed them for 2 years. Participants were assigned to either a CHW intervention, delivering self-m…
How well does the body adiposity index capture adiposity change in midlife women: The SWAN fat patterning study
Objectives: The body adiposity index (BAI) is a proposed alternative to the body mass index (BMI) that has shown good cross‐sectional agreement with percent body fat (%BF) in validation studies. The objective of this study was to examine the ability of BAI to track adiposity change over time in a biracial sample of midlife women. Methods: African‐American ( n = 159) and Caucasian ( n = 206) women, aged 42–60 years, at the Chicago site of the Stud…
Cortisol and Depressive Symptoms in a Population-Based Cohort of Midlife Women
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether there is a relationship between depressive symptoms and cortisol assessed at first morning awakening, 6 PM, and 9 PM in a population-based sample of midlife women. If this relationship is not linear, we aim to test whether this relationship is nonlinear, only present in those with more severe depressive symptoms, better accounted for by diurnal slope, or only apparent under uncontaminated conditions. METHODS: We in…
Hostility Is Associated With Visceral, But Not Subcutaneous, Fat in Middle-Aged African American and White Women
Objective: To examine the cross-sectional association between hostility and measures of abdominal fat (visceral, subcutaneous) in middle-aged African American and white women. Because fat-patterning characteristics are known to differ by race, we were particularly interested in examining whether these associations were similar for women of both racial/ethnic groups. Methods: Participants were 418 (45% African American, 55% white) middle-aged wome…
Hostility Is Associated With Visceral, But Not Subcutaneous, Fat in Middle-Aged African American and White Women
Objective: To examine the cross-sectional association between hostility and measures of abdominal fat (visceral, subcutaneous) in middle-aged African American and white women. Because fat-patterning characteristics are known to differ by race, we were particularly interested in examining whether these associations were similar for women of both racial/ethnic groups. Methods: Participants were 418 (45% African American, 55% white) middle-aged wome…
Cortisol and Depressive Symptoms in a Population-Based Cohort of Midlife Women
OBJECTIVE: To determine whether there is a relationship between depressive symptoms and cortisol assessed at first morning awakening, 6 PM, and 9 PM in a population-based sample of midlife women. If this relationship is not linear, we aim to test whether this relationship is nonlinear, only present in those with more severe depressive symptoms, better accounted for by diurnal slope, or only apparent under uncontaminated conditions. METHODS: We in…
How well does the body adiposity index capture adiposity change in midlife women: The SWAN fat patterning study
Objectives: The body adiposity index (BAI) is a proposed alternative to the body mass index (BMI) that has shown good cross‐sectional agreement with percent body fat (%BF) in validation studies. The objective of this study was to examine the ability of BAI to track adiposity change over time in a biracial sample of midlife women. Methods: African‐American ( n = 159) and Caucasian ( n = 206) women, aged 42–60 years, at the Chicago site of the Stud…
Mexican American Trial of Community Health Workers: A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Community Health Worker Intervention for Mexican Americans With Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
Objectives. We assessed whether community health workers (CHWs) could improve glycemic control among Mexican Americans with diabetes. Methods. We recruited 144 Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes between January 2006 and September 2008 into the single-blinded, randomized controlled Mexican American Trial of Community Health Workers (MATCH) and followed them for 2 years. Participants were assigned to either a CHW intervention, delivering self-m…
Race/ethnic comparisons of waist‐to‐height ratio for cardiometabolic screening: The study of women's health across the nation
OBJECTIVE: To compare the performance of waist-to-height ratio as a screening tool for cardiometabolic conditions - hypertension, prediabetes/diabetes, dyslipidemia, and subclinical inflammation - in 5 race/ethnic groups of mid-life women. METHODS: Waist-to-height ratio and 4 cardiometabolic conditions were assessed in 3033 premenopausal midlife women (249 Hispanic, 226 Chinese, 262 Japanese, 1435 European-American, and 861 African American). The…
Leveraging delay discounting for health: Can time delays influence food choice
The relative contributions of adiposity and activity levels to physical performance in children with excess weight
OBJECTIVE: This study examined predictors of physical performance, a key aspect of quality of life, in children with excess weight. METHODS: Participants were 269 children aged 6-12 years with a body mass index above the 85th percentile. Children completed a standardized physical performance task capturing lower extremity strength, balance, and gait speed. Height, weight, and waist circumference were objectively measured, and daily moderate-vigor…
Pre- and Early Peri-menopausal Physical Function and Risk of Cardiovascular Events: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation
Participants were N = 2950 pre-/early peri-menopausal women (median age 46, (25th-75th percentile: 43-48 years). Physical function was assessed at baseline using the Physical Function subscale of the SF-36 and scores were trichotomized (no, some, or substantial limitations). Clinical CVD events were ascertained at annual/biennial clinical assessments through the 15th follow-up visit. Risk of CVD was determined with Cox proportional hazards models…
Longitudinal profiles of neighborhood socioeconomic vulnerability influence blood pressure changes across the female midlife period
Religious and Spiritual Experiences, Discrimination, and Stress Among Midlife Women in the USA: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation
The harmful effects of perceived discrimination for physical and mental health are well documented. Evidence identifies how dimensions of religious/spiritual (R/S) involvement may reduce these harmful effects. This study examined how R/S experiences are associated with the effects of discrimination on perceived stress. With data from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN), we examined the offsetting and buffering effects of daily sp…
Neighborhood physical environments and change in cardiometabolic risk factors over 14 years in the study of Women's health across the nation
Medicine (11 works) · Demography (9 works) · Internal Medicine (8 works) · Gerontology (7 works) · Body mass index (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins (3 works) · Ethnic group (3 works)