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  1. The Mediterranean Diet and 2-Year Change in Cognitive Function by Status of Type 2 Diabetes and Glycemic Control

    Article • Diabetes Care, May 2019, American Diabetes Association

    Dr Josiemer Mattei

  2. Greater Healthful Dietary Variety Is Associated with Greater 2-Year Changes in Weight and Adiposity in the Preventing Overweight Using Novel Dietary Strategies (POUNDS Lost) Trial

    Article • Journal of Nutrition, June 2016, American Society for Nutrition

    Dr Josiemer Mattei

  3. A Healthy Lifestyle Score Is Associated with Cardiometabolic and Neuroendocrine Risk Factors among Puerto Rican Adults1–3

    Article • Journal of Nutrition, May 2015, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Josiemer Mattei, Professor Katherine L Tucker

  4. Dietary Diabetes Risk Reduction Score, Race and Ethnicity, and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Women

    Article • Diabetes Care, January 2015, American Diabetes Association

    Dr Josiemer Mattei

  5. Greater Healthful Food Variety as Measured by the US Healthy Food Diversity Index Is Associated with Lower Odds of Metabolic Syndrome and its Components in US Adults1–3

    Article • Journal of Nutrition, December 2014, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Josiemer Mattei

  6. Influence of sensory and cultural perceptions of white rice, brown rice and beans by Costa Rican adults in their dietary choices

    Article • Appetite, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Josiemer Mattei

  7. Racial/ethnic disparities in short sleep duration by occupation: The contribution of immigrant status

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, October 2014, Elsevier

    Dr Josiemer Mattei

  8. Allostatic Load and the Assessment of Cumulative Biological Risk in Biobehavioral Medicine

    Article • Psychosomatic Medicine, September 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Josiemer Mattei

  9. Perceptions and Behaviors of Legume Consumption among Puerto Rican Adults

    Article • Health Behavior and Policy Review, January 2014, Paris Scholar Publishing

    Dr Josiemer Mattei

  10. Higher Adherence to a Diet Score Based on American Heart Association Recommendations Is Associated with Lower Odds of Allostatic Load and Metabolic Syndrome in Puerto Rican Adults1–3

    Article • Journal of Nutrition, September 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Josiemer Mattei, Professor Katherine L Tucker

  11. A symposium and workshop report from the Global Nutrition and Epidemiologic Transition Initiative: nutrition transition and the global burden of type 2 diabetes

    Article • British Journal Of Nutrition, August 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Josiemer Mattei

  12. Substituting Homemade Fruit Juice for Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Is Associated with Lower Odds of Metabolic Syndrome among Hispanic Adults1–

    Article • Journal of Nutrition, May 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Josiemer Mattei

  13. Association between commercial and traditional sugar-sweetened beverages and measures of adiposity in Costa Rica

    Article • Public Health Nutrition, April 2012, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Josiemer Mattei

  14. Diabetes Mellitus

    Article • January 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Josiemer Mattei

  15. The APOA1/C3/A4/A5 cluster and markers of allostatic load in the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study

    Article • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, November 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Josiemer Mattei, Professor Katherine L Tucker

  16. A Meat, Processed Meat, and French Fries Dietary Pattern Is Associated with High Allostatic Load in Puerto Rican Older Adults

    Article • Journal of the American Dietetic Association, October 2011, Elsevier

    Professor Katherine L Tucker, Dr Josiemer Mattei

  17. A higher ratio of beans to white rice is associated with lower cardiometabolic risk factors in Costa Rican adults

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, August 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Josiemer Mattei

  18. The effects of ABCG5/G8 polymorphisms on HDL-cholesterol concentrations depend on ABCA1 genetic variants in the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study

    Article • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, October 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Josiemer Mattei, Professor Katherine L Tucker

  19. Variants of the CD36 gene and metabolic syndrome in Boston Puerto Rican adults

    Article • Atherosclerosis, July 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Katherine L Tucker, Dr Josiemer Mattei

  20. Allostatic load is associated with chronic conditions in the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study

    Article • Social Science & Medicine, June 2010, Elsevier

    Professor Katherine L Tucker, Dr Josiemer Mattei

  21. The Boston Puerto Rican Health Study, a longitudinal cohort study on health disparities in Puerto Rican adults: challenges and opportunities

    Article • BMC Public Health, March 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Katherine L Tucker, Dr Josiemer Mattei

  22. A composite scoring of genotypes discriminates coronary heart disease risk beyond conventional risk factors in the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study

    Article • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, March 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Josiemer Mattei, Professor Katherine L Tucker

  23. Association of vitamin B-6 status with inflammation, oxidative stress, and chronic inflammatory conditions: the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, December 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Josiemer Mattei, Professor Katherine L Tucker

  24. Apolipoprotein A5 Polymorphisms Interact with Total Dietary Fat Intake in Association with Markers of Metabolic Syndrome in Puerto Rican Older Adults

    Article • Journal of Nutrition, October 2009, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Dr Josiemer Mattei, Professor Katherine L Tucker

  25. Disparities in allele frequencies and population differentiation for 101 disease-associated single nucleotide polymorphisms between Puerto Ricans and non-Hispanic whites

    Article • BMC Genetics, August 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Katherine L Tucker, Dr Josiemer Mattei

  26. Apolipoprotein C3 Polymorphisms, Cognitive Function and Diabetes in Caribbean Origin Hispanics

    Article • PLoS ONE, May 2009, PLOS

    Professor Katherine L Tucker, Dr Josiemer Mattei

  27. Population admixture associated with disease prevalence in the Boston Puerto Rican health study

    Article • Human Genetics, December 2008, Springer Science + Business Media

    Professor Katherine L Tucker, Dr Josiemer Mattei

  28. The effects of ABCG5/G8 polymorphisms on plasma HDL cholesterol concentrations depend on smoking habit in the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study

    Article • Journal of Lipid Research, October 2008, American Society for Biochemistry & Molecular Biology (ASBMB)

    Dr Josiemer Mattei, Professor Katherine L Tucker