Meera Jain
Biographic Data
| ID | 5410404 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Meera Jain |
| GIVEN NAMES | Meera |
| FAMILY NAME | Jain |
| SIGNATURE | JAIN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Toronto |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1998 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Diabetes risk reduction in primary care
Glycaemic index, glycaemic load and ovarian cancer risk
Background There is some evidence that plasma insulin levels might influence ovarian cancer risk. Glyacemic index (GI) and glycaemic load (GL) are measures that allow the carbohydrate content of individual foods to be classified according to their postprandial glycaemic effects and hence their effects on circulating insulin levels. Therefore, we examined ovarian cancer risk in association with GI and GL, and intake of dietary carbohydrate and sug…
Glycaemic index, glycaemic load and risk of endometrial cancer
Objective High-glycaemic-load diets may increase endometrial cancer risk by increasing circulating insulin levels and, as a consequence, circulating oestrogen levels. Given the paucity of epidemiological data regarding the relationship between dietary glycaemic index and glycaemic load and endometrial cancer risk, we sought to examine these associations using data from a prospective cohort study. Design, setting and subjects We examined the assoc…
The Effect of Smoking on the Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and All-Cause Mortality in Canadian Women
The protective effect of light to moderate drinking on all-cause mortality in general is well established, but there have been questions on its generalizability to women and non-smokers. The present study addresses these questions with a large cohort of Canadian middle-aged women. The key findings indicate that light to moderate drinkers have a markedly lower risk of mortality compared with current abstainers and that this effect is independent o…
Calibration of the dietary questionnaire for the Canadian Study of Diet, Lifestyle and Health cohort
Objective: For proper interpretation of results from epidemiological studies that use food-frequency questionnaires (FFQs), it is necessary to know the relationship between reported intakes from the FFQ and true usual intake. In this paper, we report a calibration study conducted to investigate the performance of the FFQ used in a cohort study, the Canadian Study of Diet, Lifestyle and Health. Methods: Over a 1-year period, 151 men and 159 women …
A cohort study of dietary fibre intake and menarche
Objective: To evaluate the influence of dietary fibre on menarche in a cohort of pre-menarcheal girls. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Ontario, Canada. Subjects: Free-living pre-menarcheal girls ( n = 637), 6 to 14 years of age. Methodology: Information on dietary intake, physical activity and date of menarche was collected at baseline and was updated annually by self-administered questionnaires for three years. Cox proportional hazard…
Alcohol consumption and risk of benign proliferative epithelial disorders of the breast
Objective: To study the association between alcohol consumption and risk of benign proliferative epithelial disorders (BPED) of the breast (conditions which are thought to have premalignant potential). Design: Case–cohort study. Setting: The study was undertaken within the 56, 537 women in the Canadian National Breast Screening Study (NBSS) who completed self-administered dietary questionnaires. (The NBSS is a randomized controlled trial of scree…
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Alcohol consumption and risk of benign proliferative epithelial disorders of the breast
Objective: To study the association between alcohol consumption and risk of benign proliferative epithelial disorders (BPED) of the breast (conditions which are thought to have premalignant potential). Design: Case–cohort study. Setting: The study was undertaken within the 56, 537 women in the Canadian National Breast Screening Study (NBSS) who completed self-administered dietary questionnaires. (The NBSS is a randomized controlled trial of scree…
A cohort study of dietary fibre intake and menarche
Objective: To evaluate the influence of dietary fibre on menarche in a cohort of pre-menarcheal girls. Design: Prospective cohort study. Setting: Ontario, Canada. Subjects: Free-living pre-menarcheal girls ( n = 637), 6 to 14 years of age. Methodology: Information on dietary intake, physical activity and date of menarche was collected at baseline and was updated annually by self-administered questionnaires for three years. Cox proportional hazard…
Calibration of the dietary questionnaire for the Canadian Study of Diet, Lifestyle and Health cohort
Objective: For proper interpretation of results from epidemiological studies that use food-frequency questionnaires (FFQs), it is necessary to know the relationship between reported intakes from the FFQ and true usual intake. In this paper, we report a calibration study conducted to investigate the performance of the FFQ used in a cohort study, the Canadian Study of Diet, Lifestyle and Health. Methods: Over a 1-year period, 151 men and 159 women …
Glycaemic index, glycaemic load and risk of endometrial cancer
Objective High-glycaemic-load diets may increase endometrial cancer risk by increasing circulating insulin levels and, as a consequence, circulating oestrogen levels. Given the paucity of epidemiological data regarding the relationship between dietary glycaemic index and glycaemic load and endometrial cancer risk, we sought to examine these associations using data from a prospective cohort study. Design, setting and subjects We examined the assoc…
The Effect of Smoking on the Relationship between Alcohol Consumption and All-Cause Mortality in Canadian Women
The protective effect of light to moderate drinking on all-cause mortality in general is well established, but there have been questions on its generalizability to women and non-smokers. The present study addresses these questions with a large cohort of Canadian middle-aged women. The key findings indicate that light to moderate drinkers have a markedly lower risk of mortality compared with current abstainers and that this effect is independent o…
Glycaemic index, glycaemic load and ovarian cancer risk
Background There is some evidence that plasma insulin levels might influence ovarian cancer risk. Glyacemic index (GI) and glycaemic load (GL) are measures that allow the carbohydrate content of individual foods to be classified according to their postprandial glycaemic effects and hence their effects on circulating insulin levels. Therefore, we examined ovarian cancer risk in association with GI and GL, and intake of dietary carbohydrate and sug…
Diabetes risk reduction in primary care
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