David F Williamson
Biographic Data
| ID | 4356667 |
|---|---|
| NAME | David F Williamson |
| GIVEN NAMES | David F |
| FAMILY NAME | Williamson |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMSON D F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centers for Disease Control and Prevention |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1987 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Reprint Of: Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults: The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study
Region of Birth and Disability Among Recent U.S. Immigrants: Evidence from the 2000 Census
Cause-Specific Excess Deaths Associated With Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity
CONTEXT: The association of body mass index (BMI) with cause-specific mortality has not been reported for the US population. OBJECTIVE: To estimate cause-specific excess deaths associated with underweight (BMI or =30). DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Cause-specific relative risks of mortality from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) I, 1971-1975; II, 1976-1980; and III, 1988-1994, with mortality follow-up through 2000…
Agreement Between Self-Reports and Medical Records Was Only Fair in a Cross-Sectional Study of Performance of Annual Eye Examinations Among Adults With Diabetes in Managed Care
The low level of agreement between self-report and medical records suggests that many providers of diabetes care do not have easily available accurate information on the eye examination status of their patients
Using Adjusted Relative Risks to Calculate Attributable Fractions
Leveille et al.1 estimated population attributable fraction (PAF) values for arthritis attributable to obesity by using multivariate-adjusted relative risks and the body mass index distribution in the US population aged 40 through 74 years. It is important to adjust relative risk estimates for confounding factors such as age and gender that are associated with both arthritis and obesity. However, when relative risks are adjusted for confounding f…
Childhood Residential Mobility and Multiple Health Risks During Adolescence and Adulthood: The Hidden Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences
BACKGROUND: Throughout US history, US society has been characterized by its high degree of residential mobility. Previous data suggest a relationship between mobility and increased health risk, but this relationship might be confounded by unmeasured adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). OBJECTIVES: To examine the relationship of childhood residential mobility to health problems during adolescence and adulthood and to determine how much these appa…
Flegal Et Al. Respond
Hu et al. speculate that the number of deaths attributable to obesity in the United States may be underestimated when relative risks are calculated on the basis of current body mass index (BMI). They cite no data to support their speculations, but instead invoke the notion of “reverse causality.” They hypothesize that relative risks are lowered by obese people who become ill, lose weight because of this illness to become normal weight, and die sh…
The interrelatedness of multiple forms of childhood abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction
Assessing the reliability of retrospective reports of adverse childhood experiences among adult HMO members attending a primary care clinic
Estimating Deaths Attributable to Obesity in the United States
Estimates of deaths attributable to obesity in the United States rely on estimates from epidemiological cohorts of the relative risk of mortality associated with obesity. However, these relative risk estimates are not necessarily appropriate for the total US population, in part because of exclusions to control for baseline health status and exclusion or underrepresentation of older adults. Most deaths occur among older adults; estimates of deaths…
To the editor
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Alcoholic Parents, and Later Risk of Alcoholism and Depression
OBJECTIVE: The study examined how growing up with alcoholic parents and having adverse childhood experiences are related to the risk of alcoholism and depression in adulthood. METHODS: In this retrospective cohort study, 9,346 adults who visited a primary care clinic of a large health maintenance organization completed a survey about nine adverse childhood experiences: experiencing childhood emotional, physical, and sexual abuse; witnessing domes…
Intentional Weight Loss and 13-Year Diabetes Incidence in Overweight Adults
Observational studies have established that obesity is associated with a substantially increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.1 Whether intentional weight loss reduces the risk of obese persons’ developing diabetes remains unclear, however. Two randomized controlled trials for the primary prevention of type 2 diabetes in adults have included lifestyle intervention arms emphasizing modest weight loss.2,3 Relatively few observational studies …
Childhood Abuse, Household Dysfunction, and the Risk of Attempted Suicide Throughout the Life Span: Findings From the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study
CONTEXT: Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States, but identifying persons at risk is difficult. Thus, the US surgeon general has made suicide prevention a national priority. An expanding body of research suggests that childhood trauma and adverse experiences can lead to a variety of negative health outcomes, including attempted suicide among adolescents and adults. OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between the risk of suicid…
The Effect of Age on the Association between Body-Mass Index and Mortality
BACKGROUND: The effect of age on optimal body weight is controversial, and few studies have had adequate numbers of subjects to analyze mortality as a function of body-mass index across age groups. METHODS: We studied mortality over 12 years among white men and women who participated in the American Cancer Society's Cancer Prevention Study I (from 1960 through 1972). The 62,116 men and 262,019 women included in this analysis had never smoked ciga…
Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults
Simulation study of a panel of reliability indicators applied to paired measurements
Reliability is a subject of continuing discussion in biomedial specialty areas, including physical anthropology and nutritional epidemiology. The purpose of this study was to explore techniques of detecting differences between two evaluators or methods. A field study in which anthropometric dimensions would be taken by two independent evaluators on each participant in a study group was simulated. A panel of reliability indicators was applied acro…
Vitamin Supplement Use and Mortality: 2. Kim et al. Respond
Vitamin Supplement Use and Mortality 2. Kim et al. Respond Insun Kim, David F. Williamson, Tim Byers, and Jeffrey P. Koplan James E. Enstrom CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.84.6.1035 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Weight control practices in adults: Results of a multistate telephone survey
In this study, data collected in 1989 in a random-digit dialing telephone survey of 60,590 adults in 38 states and the District of Columbia were analyzed. Approximately 38% of women and 24% of men reported that they were currently trying to lose weight. Methods reported were counting calories (24% of women, 14% of men), participating in organized weight loss programs (10%, 3%), taking special supplements (10%, 7%), taking diet pills (4%, 2%), and…
Depressed Affect, Hopelessness, and the Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease in a Cohort of U.S. Adults
Major depression has been associated with mortality from ischemic heart disease (IHD). In addition, a symptom of depression--hopelessness--has been suggested as a determinant of health status. We studied the relation of both depressed affect and hopelessness to IHD incidence using data from a cohort of 2,832 U.S. adults age 45-77 years who participated in the National Health Examination Follow-up Study (mean follow-up = 12.4 years) and had no his…
Do Obese Children Become Obese Adults? A Review of the Literature
Precision of recumbent anthropometry
In some studies recumbent anthropometric measures are more appropriate than standing measures. There is little published information, however, on the precision of recumbent measures. To estimate the interobserver precision of recumbent anthropometry, 22 men and 29 women volunteers 35–64 years of age were each measured on the same day by four trained nurses previously inexperienced in anthropometry. Fourteen recumbent measurements were taken, incl…
Vitamin and mineral supplement use and mortality in a US cohort
OBJECTIVES. Vitamin and mineral supplementation is a common practice in the United States, yet little is known about the long-term health effects of regular supplement use. METHODS. To examine the relationship between reported use of supplements and mortality, we analyzed data from US adults 25 to 74 years of age who were examined in the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1971 to 1975), with vital status determined through 19…
Weight loss attempts in adults: Goals, duration, and rate of weight loss
OBJECTIVES: Although attempted weight loss is common, little is known about the goals and durations of weight loss attempts and the rates of achieved weight loss in the general population. METHODS. Data were collected by telephone in 1989 from adults aged 18 years and older in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Analyses were carried out separately for the 6758 men and 14,915 women who reported currently trying to lose weight. RESULTS. Approx…
Smoking Cessation and Severity of Weight Gain in a National Cohort
BACKGROUND: Many believe that the prospect of weight gain discourages smokers from quitting. Accurate estimates of the weight gain related to the cessation of smoking in the general population are not available, however. METHODS: We related changes in body weight to changes in smoking status in adults 25 to 74 years of age who were weighed in the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES I, 1971 to 1975) and then weighed a se…
Weight loss attempts in adults: Goals, duration, and rate of weight loss
OBJECTIVES: Although attempted weight loss is common, little is known about the goals and durations of weight loss attempts and the rates of achieved weight loss in the general population. METHODS. Data were collected by telephone in 1989 from adults aged 18 years and older in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Analyses were carried out separately for the 6758 men and 14,915 women who reported currently trying to lose weight. RESULTS. Approx…
Vitamin and mineral supplement use and mortality in a US cohort
OBJECTIVES. Vitamin and mineral supplementation is a common practice in the United States, yet little is known about the long-term health effects of regular supplement use. METHODS. To examine the relationship between reported use of supplements and mortality, we analyzed data from US adults 25 to 74 years of age who were examined in the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1971 to 1975), with vital status determined through 19…
Region of Birth and Disability Among Recent U.S. Immigrants: Evidence from the 2000 Census
Estimating Deaths Attributable to Obesity in the United States
Estimates of deaths attributable to obesity in the United States rely on estimates from epidemiological cohorts of the relative risk of mortality associated with obesity. However, these relative risk estimates are not necessarily appropriate for the total US population, in part because of exclusions to control for baseline health status and exclusion or underrepresentation of older adults. Most deaths occur among older adults; estimates of deaths…
Weight control practices in adults: Results of a multistate telephone survey
In this study, data collected in 1989 in a random-digit dialing telephone survey of 60,590 adults in 38 states and the District of Columbia were analyzed. Approximately 38% of women and 24% of men reported that they were currently trying to lose weight. Methods reported were counting calories (24% of women, 14% of men), participating in organized weight loss programs (10%, 3%), taking special supplements (10%, 7%), taking diet pills (4%, 2%), and…
State-specific progress toward the 1990 objective for the nation for cigarette smoking prevalence
We predicted the smoking prevalences for 1990 for each state in the US, assuming that the decline in each state from 1985-1990 would be the same as the decline in the US from 1965-1985. In 1985, only three states had smoking prevalences less than 25 percent. Based upon the observed decline in smoking in the US from 1965-1985 of 0.5 percent per year, we predict that only seven states will have smoking prevalences less than 25 percent by 1990. Stat…
Using Adjusted Relative Risks to Calculate Attributable Fractions
Leveille et al.1 estimated population attributable fraction (PAF) values for arthritis attributable to obesity by using multivariate-adjusted relative risks and the body mass index distribution in the US population aged 40 through 74 years. It is important to adjust relative risk estimates for confounding factors such as age and gender that are associated with both arthritis and obesity. However, when relative risks are adjusted for confounding f…
Intentional Weight Loss and 13-Year Diabetes Incidence in Overweight Adults
Observational studies have established that obesity is associated with a substantially increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.1 Whether intentional weight loss reduces the risk of obese persons’ developing diabetes remains unclear, however. Two randomized controlled trials for the primary prevention of type 2 diabetes in adults have included lifestyle intervention arms emphasizing modest weight loss.2,3 Relatively few observational studies …
Vitamin Supplement Use and Mortality: 2. Kim et al. Respond
Vitamin Supplement Use and Mortality 2. Kim et al. Respond Insun Kim, David F. Williamson, Tim Byers, and Jeffrey P. Koplan James E. Enstrom CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.84.6.1035 Published Online: October 07, 2011
A comparison of alcohol sales data with survey data on self-reported alcohol use in 21 states
We used data from 21 states that participated in the 1985 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to compare state-specific per capita self-reported alcohol consumption and the prevalence of three drinking behaviors with state-specific per capita sales. The correlation coefficient for per capita sales and per capita self-reported consumption for the 21 states was 0.81. Per capita sales were also significantly correlated with the prevalence of …
Continuance of elderly on home-delivered meals programs
Data from 2,002 elderly receiving home-delivered meals in 23 counties of New York State in 1984-85 were analyzed using a baseline survey and a six-month follow-up survey. Survival analysis estimated that 37.4 per cent of the clients left the program by the follow-up. The initial drop-out rate was estimated to be 14.2 per cent per month; by six months the rate fell to 3.3 per cent. Whites left the program at a rate 2.6 times (95% CI = 1.9, 3.8) th…
State-specific progress toward the 1990 objective for the nation for cigarette smoking prevalence
We predicted the smoking prevalences for 1990 for each state in the US, assuming that the decline in each state from 1985-1990 would be the same as the decline in the US from 1965-1985. In 1985, only three states had smoking prevalences less than 25 percent. Based upon the observed decline in smoking in the US from 1965-1985 of 0.5 percent per year, we predict that only seven states will have smoking prevalences less than 25 percent by 1990. Stat…
A comparison of alcohol sales data with survey data on self-reported alcohol use in 21 states
We used data from 21 states that participated in the 1985 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System to compare state-specific per capita self-reported alcohol consumption and the prevalence of three drinking behaviors with state-specific per capita sales. The correlation coefficient for per capita sales and per capita self-reported consumption for the 21 states was 0.81. Per capita sales were also significantly correlated with the prevalence of …
Smoking Cessation and Severity of Weight Gain in a National Cohort
BACKGROUND: Many believe that the prospect of weight gain discourages smokers from quitting. Accurate estimates of the weight gain related to the cessation of smoking in the general population are not available, however. METHODS: We related changes in body weight to changes in smoking status in adults 25 to 74 years of age who were weighed in the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES I, 1971 to 1975) and then weighed a se…
Weight loss attempts in adults: Goals, duration, and rate of weight loss
OBJECTIVES: Although attempted weight loss is common, little is known about the goals and durations of weight loss attempts and the rates of achieved weight loss in the general population. METHODS. Data were collected by telephone in 1989 from adults aged 18 years and older in 39 states and the District of Columbia. Analyses were carried out separately for the 6758 men and 14,915 women who reported currently trying to lose weight. RESULTS. Approx…
Depressed Affect, Hopelessness, and the Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease in a Cohort of U.S. Adults
Major depression has been associated with mortality from ischemic heart disease (IHD). In addition, a symptom of depression--hopelessness--has been suggested as a determinant of health status. We studied the relation of both depressed affect and hopelessness to IHD incidence using data from a cohort of 2,832 U.S. adults age 45-77 years who participated in the National Health Examination Follow-up Study (mean follow-up = 12.4 years) and had no his…
Do Obese Children Become Obese Adults? A Review of the Literature
Precision of recumbent anthropometry
In some studies recumbent anthropometric measures are more appropriate than standing measures. There is little published information, however, on the precision of recumbent measures. To estimate the interobserver precision of recumbent anthropometry, 22 men and 29 women volunteers 35–64 years of age were each measured on the same day by four trained nurses previously inexperienced in anthropometry. Fourteen recumbent measurements were taken, incl…
Vitamin and mineral supplement use and mortality in a US cohort
OBJECTIVES. Vitamin and mineral supplementation is a common practice in the United States, yet little is known about the long-term health effects of regular supplement use. METHODS. To examine the relationship between reported use of supplements and mortality, we analyzed data from US adults 25 to 74 years of age who were examined in the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1971 to 1975), with vital status determined through 19…
Simulation study of a panel of reliability indicators applied to paired measurements
Reliability is a subject of continuing discussion in biomedial specialty areas, including physical anthropology and nutritional epidemiology. The purpose of this study was to explore techniques of detecting differences between two evaluators or methods. A field study in which anthropometric dimensions would be taken by two independent evaluators on each participant in a study group was simulated. A panel of reliability indicators was applied acro…
Vitamin Supplement Use and Mortality: 2. Kim et al. Respond
Vitamin Supplement Use and Mortality 2. Kim et al. Respond Insun Kim, David F. Williamson, Tim Byers, and Jeffrey P. Koplan James E. Enstrom CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.84.6.1035 Published Online: October 07, 2011
Weight control practices in adults: Results of a multistate telephone survey
In this study, data collected in 1989 in a random-digit dialing telephone survey of 60,590 adults in 38 states and the District of Columbia were analyzed. Approximately 38% of women and 24% of men reported that they were currently trying to lose weight. Methods reported were counting calories (24% of women, 14% of men), participating in organized weight loss programs (10%, 3%), taking special supplements (10%, 7%), taking diet pills (4%, 2%), and…
The Effect of Age on the Association between Body-Mass Index and Mortality
BACKGROUND: The effect of age on optimal body weight is controversial, and few studies have had adequate numbers of subjects to analyze mortality as a function of body-mass index across age groups. METHODS: We studied mortality over 12 years among white men and women who participated in the American Cancer Society's Cancer Prevention Study I (from 1960 through 1972). The 62,116 men and 262,019 women included in this analysis had never smoked ciga…
Relationship of Childhood Abuse and Household Dysfunction to Many of the Leading Causes of Death in Adults
Childhood Abuse, Household Dysfunction, and the Risk of Attempted Suicide Throughout the Life Span: Findings From the Adverse Childhood Experiences Study
CONTEXT: Suicide is a leading cause of death in the United States, but identifying persons at risk is difficult. Thus, the US surgeon general has made suicide prevention a national priority. An expanding body of research suggests that childhood trauma and adverse experiences can lead to a variety of negative health outcomes, including attempted suicide among adolescents and adults. OBJECTIVE: To examine the relationship between the risk of suicid…
Adverse Childhood Experiences, Alcoholic Parents, and Later Risk of Alcoholism and Depression
OBJECTIVE: The study examined how growing up with alcoholic parents and having adverse childhood experiences are related to the risk of alcoholism and depression in adulthood. METHODS: In this retrospective cohort study, 9,346 adults who visited a primary care clinic of a large health maintenance organization completed a survey about nine adverse childhood experiences: experiencing childhood emotional, physical, and sexual abuse; witnessing domes…
Intentional Weight Loss and 13-Year Diabetes Incidence in Overweight Adults
Observational studies have established that obesity is associated with a substantially increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes.1 Whether intentional weight loss reduces the risk of obese persons’ developing diabetes remains unclear, however. Two randomized controlled trials for the primary prevention of type 2 diabetes in adults have included lifestyle intervention arms emphasizing modest weight loss.2,3 Relatively few observational studies …
The interrelatedness of multiple forms of childhood abuse, neglect, and household dysfunction
Assessing the reliability of retrospective reports of adverse childhood experiences among adult HMO members attending a primary care clinic
Estimating Deaths Attributable to Obesity in the United States
Estimates of deaths attributable to obesity in the United States rely on estimates from epidemiological cohorts of the relative risk of mortality associated with obesity. However, these relative risk estimates are not necessarily appropriate for the total US population, in part because of exclusions to control for baseline health status and exclusion or underrepresentation of older adults. Most deaths occur among older adults; estimates of deaths…
To the editor
Childhood Residential Mobility and Multiple Health Risks During Adolescence and Adulthood: The Hidden Role of Adverse Childhood Experiences
BACKGROUND: Throughout US history, US society has been characterized by its high degree of residential mobility. Previous data suggest a relationship between mobility and increased health risk, but this relationship might be confounded by unmeasured adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). OBJECTIVES: To examine the relationship of childhood residential mobility to health problems during adolescence and adulthood and to determine how much these appa…
Flegal Et Al. Respond
Hu et al. speculate that the number of deaths attributable to obesity in the United States may be underestimated when relative risks are calculated on the basis of current body mass index (BMI). They cite no data to support their speculations, but instead invoke the notion of “reverse causality.” They hypothesize that relative risks are lowered by obese people who become ill, lose weight because of this illness to become normal weight, and die sh…
Using Adjusted Relative Risks to Calculate Attributable Fractions
Leveille et al.1 estimated population attributable fraction (PAF) values for arthritis attributable to obesity by using multivariate-adjusted relative risks and the body mass index distribution in the US population aged 40 through 74 years. It is important to adjust relative risk estimates for confounding factors such as age and gender that are associated with both arthritis and obesity. However, when relative risks are adjusted for confounding f…
Cause-Specific Excess Deaths Associated With Underweight, Overweight, and Obesity
CONTEXT: The association of body mass index (BMI) with cause-specific mortality has not been reported for the US population. OBJECTIVE: To estimate cause-specific excess deaths associated with underweight (BMI or =30). DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: Cause-specific relative risks of mortality from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) I, 1971-1975; II, 1976-1980; and III, 1988-1994, with mortality follow-up through 2000…
Medicine (25 works) · Demography (17 works) · Environmental health (16 works) · Population (13 works) · Gerontology (11 works) · Internal Medicine (11 works) · Gerontology (9 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (8 works) · Poison control (8 works)