Kelly Karavolos

Biographic Data

ID5148587
NAMEKelly Karavolos
GIVEN NAMESKelly
FAMILY NAMEKaravolos
SIGNATUREKARAVOLOS K
AFFILIATIONSRush University Medical Center
ORCID0000-0003-4611-2828
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS8
TOTAL CITATIONS129
WORKS AS AUTHOR8
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2005
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Association between self-reported behavioral habits and their respective behavioral risk factors in individuals with metabolic syndrome

    Open AccessElizabeth R Chamberlain, Lynda H Powell et al.ARTICLEAppetite2026References: 57

  • Pre- and Early Peri-menopausal Physical Function and Risk of Cardiovascular Events

    Open AccessBrittney S Lange-Maia, Samar R El Khoudary et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2022References: 1

    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…

  • Associations of Psychological Well-Being With Carotid Intima Media Thickness in African American and White Middle-Aged Women

    Leila Shahabi, Kelly Karavolos et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2016

    OBJECTIVES: The present cross-sectional study aimed to a) examine associations between measures of psychological well-being, specifically life satisfaction and life engagement, and intima media thickness, a subclinical marker of atherosclerosis; b) investigate if the interaction of psychological well-being and life events correlated with intima media thickness; and c) explore these relationships across race. METHODS: A sample of 485 women (38% Af…

  • How well does the body adiposity index capture adiposity change in midlife women

    Open AccessBradley M Appelhans, Rasa Kazlauskaite et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Human Biology2012

    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…

  • Depressive Symptoms and Increased Visceral Fat in Middle-Aged Women

    Susan A Everson‐rose, Susan A Everson-Rose et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2009

    Objective: To examine whether depressive symptoms are differentially associated with visceral adipose tissue (VAT), which is more metabolically active and confers greater cardiovascular risk than subcutaneous fat (SAT). Prior research has shown an association between depression and central adiposity. Mechanisms underlying the association between depression and increased cardiovascular risk remain poorly understood. Central adiposity is one potent…

  • Hostility Is Associated With Visceral, But Not Subcutaneous, Fat in Middle-Aged African American and White Women

    Tené T Lewis, Susan A Everson‐rose et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2009

    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…

  • Chronic Exposure to Everyday Discrimination and Coronary Artery Calcification in African-American Women

    Tené T Lewis, Susan A Everson‐rose et al.ARTICLEPsychosomatic Medicine2006Cited by: 115References: 17

    Chronic exposure to discrimination may be an important risk factor for early coronary calcification in African-American women. This association appears to be driven by exposure to discrimination from multiple sources, rather than exposure to racial/ethnic discrimination alone

  • Limited English Proficiency and Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening in a Multiethnic Population

    Elizabeth A Jacobs, Kelly Karavolos et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2005Cited by: 14References: 15

    Objectives. We examined the relationship between ability to speak English and receipt of Papanicolaou tests, clinical breast examinations, and mammography in a multiethnic group of women in the United States. Methods. We used longitudinal data from the Study of Women Across the Nation to examine receipt of breast and cervical cancer screening among Chinese, Japanese, Hispanic, and White women who reported reading and speaking (1) only a language …