Publications by authors named "Ann S Barnes"
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- The study aimed to examine the development and progression of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in HIV-infected patients at a community health center in Houston, Texas, between 2012 and 2016.
- Among 3,714 HIV patients analyzed, 4.1% had CKD, with varying prevalence across different racial groups and no significant differences in kidney function decline between White and African American patients.
- Factors associated with worsening kidney function included older age, male gender, longer duration of HIV infection, hypertension, and being treated with combination ART, highlighting the influence of both HIV and common comorbidities on CKD risk.
Objectives: Relationships among sedentary behavior, weight gain, and weight loss and regain are understudied particularly for African Americans, a high risk group for obesity. The hypotheses were: sedentary behavior is positively associated with current body mass and % of weight loss maintained after initial weight loss; these associations differ by physical activity status.
Design: Cross-sectional.
Obesity and sedentary lifestyles: risk for cardiovascular disease in women.
Tex Heart Inst J
November 2012
Background: Interventions to address obesity and weight loss maintenance among African Americans have yielded modest results. There is limited data on African Americans who have achieved successful long-term weight loss maintenance.
Objective: To identify a large sample of African American adults who intentionally achieved clinically significant weight loss of 10 %; to describe weight-loss and maintenance efforts of African Americans through a cross-sectional survey; to determine the feasibility of establishing a registry of African American adults who have successfully lost weight.
Background: Adults use the Internet for weight loss information, sometimes by participating in discussion forums. Our purpose was to analyze the quality of advice exchanged on these forums.
Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of messages posted to 18 Internet weight loss forums during 1 month in 2006.
Background: African-American women are disproportionately affected by obesity. Weight loss can occur, but maintenance is rare. Little is known about weight loss maintenance in African-American women.
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