PRISM Research Grants: Presentations and Publications

Breast Cancer:
"Potential Modification of the Effect of Alcohol on Breast Cancer Risk By Variations in the Genes Associated with Alcohol Metabolism".  Principal Investigator: Mary Beth Terry, Ph.D. – Columbia University

Terry MB, Zhang FF, Senie R, Knight J, Santella RM. Comparison of methods to examine gene-environment interactions in sibling-based studies. American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) 96th Annual Meeting. April 16-20, 2005. Anaheim, CA.

Terry MB, Knight J, Zablotska L. Lifetime alcohol intake and breast cancer risk. Oral Presentation: International Society for Biomedical Research on Alcoholism (ISBRA) Congress. Sept. 10-13, 2006. Sydney, Australia.

Terry MB, Knight JA, Zablotska L, Wang Q, John E, Andrulis IL, Senie RT, Daly M, Ozcelik H, Briollais L, Santella RM. Alcohol metabolism, alcohol intake, and breast cancer risk: a sister-set analysis using the Breast Cancer Family Registry. Breast Cancer Res Treat. Published online: Feb. 1, 2007. DOI:10.1007/s10549-007-9498-7. 

Diabetes:
"Alcohol Consumption and 5-year Incidence of Hypertension and Type 2 Diabetes Among US Adults: Findings from the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study (IRAS)". Principal Investigator: Capri G. Foy, Ph.D., Wake Forest Medical School.

Hypertension:
"Correlates & Consequences of Alcohol-Associated Hypertension". Principal Investigator: Arthur Klatsky, M.D., Kaiser Permanente Research Foundation.

Klatsky AL, Gunderson EP, Kipp H, Udaltsova N, Friedman GD. Higher prevalence of systemic hypertension among moderate alcohol drinkers: an exploration of the role of underreporting. J Stud Alc. 2006;67:421-8. 

Klatsky AL, Gunderson E, Kipp H, Udaltsova N, Friedman GD. Higher prevalence of systemic HTN among moderate alcohol drinkers: exploring the role of under-reporting. Society for Epidemiologic Research. June 27-29, 2005. Toronto, Ontario. Published Abstract: Am J Epidemiol 2005;161(Suppl):S26.

Klatsky AL, Gunderson E. Alcohol and hypertension. In: Mohler ER, Townsend RR (Eds), Advanced Therapy in Hypertension and Vascular Disease. BC Decker CO., Hamilton, Ontario. 2006. Chapter 13.

Koplik S, Gunderson E, Friedman GD, Kipp H, Klatsky AL. Wine, liquor, beer, and hypertension. American Heart Association 43rd Annual Conference on Cardiovascular Epidemiology and Prevention. April 29-May 1, 2005. Washington DC. Published in AHA Conference booklet.

Klatsky A. Alcohol-associated hypertension: when one drinks makes a difference. Hypertension. 2004; 44:805-806. (editorial)  http://hyper.ahajournals.org/cgi/reprint/44/6/805

Klatsky AL. Sequelae of systemic hypertension in alcohol abstainers, light drinkers, and heavy drinkers. Am J Cardiol. 2006;98:1063-1068. 

Commentaries on Fillmore, Kerr, Stockwell, Chikritzhs, Bostrom. Addiction Research and Theory. 2007; 15(1):3 – 33. (Klatsky authored one of the commentaries)

Hypertension:

"Alcohol Use and Hypertension in African Americans and European Americans: 15 years of the CARDIA Study". Principal Investigator: Jewell Halanych, M.D., University of Alabama - Birmingham.

Halanych JH, Bian J, Kertesz SG, Pletcher MJ, Safford MM, Lewis CE, Kiefe CI. Alcohol consumption and incident hypertension over 15 Years in African and European Americans: the CARDIA study. Poster Presentation: Society of General Internal Medicine 28th Annual Meeting. May 11-14, 2005. New Orleans, LA. Published Abstract: Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2005;20 (S1):61.

Kertesz SG, Pletcher M, Person S, Halanych JH, Taylor S, Kiefe C. Long-term outcomes among healthy young adults who use illicit drugs (the CARDIA study). Poster Presentation: Society of General Internal Medicine 28th Annual Meeting. May 11-14, 2005. New Orleans, LA. Published Abstract: Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2005;20 (S1):177.

Kertesz SG, Pletcher M, Person S, Halanych JH, Kiefe C. Moderate alcohol use and health-related quality of life 13 years later: a cloud for that silver lining (the CARDIA study). Oral Presentation: Society of General Internal Medicine 28th Annual Meeting. May 11-14, 2005. New Orleans, LA. Published Abstract: Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2005;20 (S1):178.

Kertesz S, Pletcher M, Person S, Halanych J, Taylor S, Kiefe C. Long-term outcomes among healthy young adults who use illicit drugs (the CARDIA study). Oral Presentation: College on Problems of Drug Dependence Annual Meeting. June 2005. Orlando, FL.

Kertesz SG, Pletcher MJ, Safford M, Halanych J, Kirk K, Schumacher J, Sidney S, Kiefe CI. Illicit drug use in young adults and subsequent decline in general health: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study. Drug Alc Depend. 2007;88(2-3):224-33.

Sleep Disorders:
"The Role of Alcohol Consumption in Sleep Disturbance: a Longitudinal Examination". Principal Investigator: Paul E. Peppard, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Peppard PE, Austin D, Brown RL. Association of alcohol consumption and sleep-disordered breathing in men and women. Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 2007; 3(3): 265-270.  http://www.aasmnet.org/jcsm/ViewAbstract.aspx?citationid=3197

Austin D, Peppard PE, Brown RL, Young T. Sleep problems and usual alcohol consumption: a population-based study of men and women. Oral presentation: Associated Professional Sleep Societies annual meeting. 2005. Denver, CO. Published Abstract: Sleep 2005;28:Abstract Supplement, A246.

Peppard PE, Austin D, Brown RL, Young T. Sleep-disordered breathing and usual alcohol consumption: a population-based study of men and women. Poster presentation: Associated Professional Sleep Societies annual meeting. 2005. Denver, CO. Published Abstract: Sleep 2005;28:Abstract Supplement, A174.