Cohort profile: The Camden Study - a pregnancy cohort study of pregnancy complications and birth outcomes in Camden, New Jersey, USA.

Background: Pregnancy is a unique stage of the life course characterized by trade-offs between the nutritional, immune, and metabolic needs of the mother and fetus. The Camden Study was originally initiated to examine nutritional status, growth, and birth outcomes in adolescent pregnancies and expanded to study dietary and molecular predictors of pregnancy complications and birth outcomes in young women.

Methods: From 1985-2006, 4765 pregnant participants aged 12 years and older were recruited from Camden, NJ, one of the poorest cities in the U.

Hypertension Prevalence among Hispanics/Latinos of Dominican Background: A Transnational Comparison of HCHS/SOL and ENPREFAR-HAS-17.

Background: Hispanics/Latinos of Dominican background living in United States (US) have the highest hypertension prevalence compared with other Hispanic/Latino persons.

Objective: To understand cardiovascular health among Dominicans, we evaluated hypertension prevalence and risk factors among Dominicans from the US and Dominican Republic (DR) using data from Hispanic Community Health Study/ Study of Latinos [HCHS/SOL] and the Prevalencia de Hipertension Arterial y Factores de Riesgo Cardiovasculares en la República Dominicana al 2017 (ENPREFAR-HAS 17) study.

Methods: Hypertension was defined as blood pressure ≥140/90 mmHg, self-reported hypertension, or antihypertensive use.

Adverse Childhood Experiences and Sleep Disturbances Among Puerto Rican Young Adults.

Importance: Sleep quality is a known marker of overall health. Studies suggest that adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) are associated with sleep disturbances among children and adults.

Objective: To examine the association of retrospective and prospective ACEs with sleep quality among a cohort of Puerto Rican young adults from 2 sociocultural contexts.

Self-reported neighborhood stressors and sleep quality among Puerto Rican young adults.

Objective: To examine the association between changes in self-reported neighborhood stressors and sleep quality and determine whether this varied by sociocultural context among Puerto Rican young adults.

Methods: Data come from the Boricua Youth Study Health Assessment, a sample of Puerto Rican young adults from San Juan, Puerto Rico, and South Bronx, New York (n = 818; mean age=22.9years).

Prevalence of cardiometabolic risk and health factors among Puerto Rican young adults in the Boricua Youth Study - Health Assessment.

We describe and compare the prevalence of cardiometabolic risk factors and ideal cardiovascular health (CVH) among Puerto Rican young adults in the San Juan metro area in Puerto Rico and the South Bronx, NY. As part of the Boricua Youth Study - Health Assessment, (mean age 23 ± 0.1 years) objective anthropometric, blood pressure and blood samples were collected.

Adapting and implementing breast cancer follow-up in primary care: protocol for a mixed methods hybrid type 1 effectiveness-implementation cluster randomized study.

Background: Advances in detection and treatment for breast cancer have led to an increase in the number of individuals managing significant late and long-term treatment effects. Primary care has a role in caring for patients with a history of cancer, yet there is little guidance on how to effectively implement survivorship care evidence into primary care delivery.

Methods: This protocol describes a multi-phase, mixed methods, stakeholder-driven research process that prioritizes actionable, evidence-based primary care improvements to enhance breast cancer survivorship care by integrating implementation and primary care transformation frameworks: the Exploration, Preparation, Implementation, and Sustainment (EPIS) framework and the Practice Change Model (PCM).

Receiving hemodialysis in Hispanic ethnic dense communities is associated with better adherence and outcomes among young patients: a retrospective analysis of the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study.

Background: Hispanic ethnic density (HED) is a marker of better health outcomes among Hispanic patients with chronic disease. It is unclear whether community HED is associated with mortality risk among ethnically diverse patients receiving maintenance hemodialysis.

Methods: A retrospective analysis of patients in the United States cohort of the Dialysis Outcomes and Practice Patterns Study (DOPPS) database (2011-2015) was conducted (n = 4226).

Prevalence of electronic cigarette use and its determinants in us persons of Hispanic/Latino background: The Hispanic community health study / study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).

Objective: To determine the prevalence and determinants of electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) use among Hispanic/Latino adults from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos (HCHS/SOL).

Methods: Cross-sectional data collected between the years 2015-2017 were analyzed to assess ENDS use (ever (current: use ≤ past 30 days; former: use > past 30 days) and never) among 11,623 adults (mean age 47 years±0.3 years; 52% women).

Pre-Heart Failure Longitudinal Change in a Hispanic/Latino Population-Based Study: Insights From the Echocardiographic Study of Latinos.

Background: Pre-heart failure (pre-HF) is an entity known to progress to symptomatic heart failure (HF).

Objectives: This study aimed to characterize pre-HF prevalence and incidence among Hispanics/Latinos.

Methods: The Echo-SOL (Echocardiographic Study of Latinos) assessed cardiac parameters on 1,643 Hispanics/Latinos at baseline and 4.

Answering calls for rigorous health equity research: a cross-sectional study leveraging electronic health records for data disaggregation in Latinos.

Introduction: Country of birth/nativity information may be crucial to understanding health equity in Latino populations and is routinely called for in health services literature assessing cardiovascular disease and risk, but is not thought to co-occur with longitudinal, objective health information such as that found in electronic health records (EHRs).

Methods: We used a multistate network of community health centres to describe the extent to which country of birth is recorded in EHRs in Latinos, and to describe demographic features and cardiovascular risk profiles by country of birth. We compared geographical/demographic/clinical characteristics, from 2012 to 2020 (9 years of data), of 914 495 Latinos recorded as US-born, non-US-born and without a country of birth recorded.

Statin Eligibility and Prescribing Across Racial, Ethnic, and Language Groups over the 2013 ACC/AHA Guideline Change: a Retrospective Cohort Analysis from 2009 to 2018.

Background: It is uncertain if the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association (ACC/AHA) 2013 guidelines for the use of HMGCoA reductase inhibitors (statins) were associated with increased statin eligibility and prescribing across underserved groups.

Objective: To analyze, by race, ethnicity, and preferred language, patients with indications for and presence of a statin prescription before and after the guideline change.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Racial, ethnic, and language differences in screening measures for statin therapy following a major guideline change.

Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) disproportionally affects racial and ethnic minority populations. Statin prescribing guidelines changed in 2013 to improve ASCVD prevention. It is unknown whether risk screening for statin eligibility differed across race and ethnicity over this guideline change.

Influence of Childhood Adversity and Infection on Timing of Menarche in a Multiethnic Sample of Women.

Childhood adversities (CAs) and infections may affect the timing of reproductive development. We examined the associations of indicators of CAs and exposure to tonsillitis and infectious mononucleosis (mono) with age at menarche. A multiethnic cohort of 400 women (ages 40-64 years) reported exposure to parental maltreatment and maladjustment during childhood and any diagnosis of tonsillitis and/or mono; infections primarily acquired in early life and adolescence, respectively.

Childhood Adversity and Pubertal Development Among Puerto Rican Boys and Girls.

Objective: Evidence stemming largely from retrospective studies suggests that childhood adversity (CA) is associated with earlier age at menarche, a marker of pubertal timing, among girls. Little is known about associations with pubertal tempo among boys or racial/ethnic minorities. We examined the association between CA and timing and tempo of pubertal development among boys and girls.

Childhood Adversity and Sleep Disturbances: Longitudinal Results in Puerto Rican Children.

Background: Exposure to childhood adversities (CA) is associated with sleep disturbances; however, evidence has largely been drawn from cross-sectional data and has not addressed the relationship across developmental stages. Also, most studies have primarily focused on non-Hispanic White cohorts with a dearth of longitudinal evidence about racial/ethnic minorities. We examined the longitudinal association between CA and sleep disturbances in Puerto Rican youth.

Migration History, Language Acculturation, and Mammographic Breast Density.

Breast cancer incidence is lower in many U.S. ethnic minority and foreign-born population groups.

Predictors of Breast Cancer Worry in a Hispanic and Predominantly Immigrant Mammography Screening Population.

Objective: Worry about developing breast cancer (BC) has been associated with participation in screening and genetic testing and with follow-up of abnormal screening results. Little is known about the scope and predictors of BC worry in Hispanic and immigrant populations.

Methods: We collected in-person interview data from 250 self-identified Hispanic women recruited from an urban mammography facility (average age 50.