Ellen W. Demerath, PhD

Selected Publications:

Fields DA, Demerath EW, Pietrobelli A, Chandler-Laney PC.  (2012)  Body composition at 6 months of life:  Comparison of air-displacement plethysmography and dual energy x-ray absorptiometry.  Obesity (Silver Spring).  April 23 [Epub ahead of print].  PMID:  22522885

He C, Chasman DI, Drefus J, Hwang S-J, Ruiter R, Sanna S, Buring JE, Fernández-Rhodes L, Franceshini N, Hankinson SE, Hofman A, Lunetta KL, Plamieri G, Porcu E, Rivandeneira F, Rose LM, Splansky GL, Stolk L, Uitterlinden AG, Chanock SJ, Crisponi L, Demerath EW, Murabito JM, Ridker P, Stricker BHC, Hunter DJ. (2012) Reproductive aging associated common genetic variants and the risk of breast cancer. Breast Cancer Research.  March 20 [Epub ahead of print].  PMID:  22433456

Fields DA and Demerath EW.  (2012)  Relationship of insulin, glucose, leptin, IL-6 and TNF-α in human breast-milk with infant growth and body composition.  Pediatric Obesity.  May 10 [Epub ahead of print]  PMID:  22577092 

Ramel S, Georgieff M, Younge N, Gray H, Demerath EW, Boys CJ.  (2012)  The relationship of poor linear growth velocity with neonatal illness and two-year neurodevelopment in preterm infants.  Neonatology.  102(1):19-24.  PMID:  22441508

Johnson W, Soloway LE, Erickson D, Choh AC, Lee M, Chumlea WC, Siervogel R, Czerwinski SA, Towne B, Demerath EW  (2012)  A changing pattern of childhood BMI growth during the 20^th century:  70 years of data from the Fels Longitudinal Study.  American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.  95(5):1136-1143.  PMCID:  PMC3325836

Hauff LE, Demerath EW.  (2012)  Body image concerns and reduced breastfeeding duration in primiparous overweight and obese women.  American Journal of Human Biology.  24(3):339-349.  PMID: 22308116

Stolk L, Perry JRB, Chasman DI, He C, Manglino M, Sulem P, Barbalic M, Broer L, Byrne EM, Ernst F, Esko T, Franceschini N, Gudbjartsson DF, Hottenge J, Kraft P, McArdle PF, Porcu E, Shin SY, Smith AV, van Wingerden S, Zhai G, Zhuang WV, Albrecht E, Alizadeh BZ, Aspelund T, Bandinelli S, Lauc LB, Beckmann JS, Boban M, Boerwinkle E, Broekmans FJ, Burri A, Campbell H, Chanock SJ, Chen C, Cornelis MC, Corre T, Coviello AD, d’Adamo, P, Davies G, de Faire U, de Geus EJC, Deary IJ, Dedoussis GVZ, Deloukas P, Ebrahim S, Eiriksdottir G, Emilsson V, Ericksson JG, Fauser BCJM, Ferreli L, Ferrucci L, Fischer K, Folsom AR, Garcia ME, Gasparini P, Gieger C, Glazer N, Grobbee DE, Hall P, Haller T, Hankinson SE, Hass M, Hayward C, Heath AC, Hofman A, Ingelsson E, Janssens AC, Johnson AD, Karasik D, Kardia SLR, Keyzer J, Kiel DP, Kolcic I, Kutalik Z, Lahti J, Lai S, Laisk T, Laven JSE, Lawlor DA, Liu J, Lopez LM, Louwers YV, Magnusson PKE, Marongiu M, Martin NG, Martinovic Klaric I, Masciullo C, McKnight B, Medland SE, Melzer D, Mooser V, Navarro P, Newman AB, Nyholt DR, Onland-Moret NC, Palotie A, Pare G, Parker AN, Pedersen NL, Peeters PHM, Pistis G, Plumb AS, Polasek O, Pop VJM, Psaty BM, Raikkonen K, Rehnberg E, Rotter JI, Rudan I, Sala C, Salumets A, Scureri A, Singleton A, Smith JA, Snieder H, Soranzo N, Stacey SN, Starr JM, Stathopoulou MG, Stirrups K, Stolk RP, Styrkarsdottir U, Sun YV, Tenesa A, Thorand B, Toniolo D, Tryggvadottir L, Tsui K, Ulivi S, van Dam RM, van der Schouw YT, van Gils CH, van Nierop P, Vink JM, Visscher PM, Voorhuis M, Waeber G, Wallaschofski H, Wichman HE, Widen E, Wijnands-van Gent CJM, Willemsen G, Wilson JF, Wolffenbuttel BHR, Wright AF, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Zemunik T, Zgaga L, Zillikens MC, Zygmunt M, The Lifeleines Cohort Study, Arnold AM, Boomsma D, Buring JE, Crisponi L, Demerath EW, Gudnason V, Harris TB, Hu FB, Hunter DJ, Launer LJ, Metspalu A, Montgomery GW, Oostra BA, Ridker PM, Sanna S, Schlessinger D, Spector TD, Stefannson K, Streeten EA, Thorsteinsdottir U, Uda M, Uitterlinden AG, van Duijn CM, Volzke H, Murray A, Murabito JM, Visser JA, Lunetta KL.  (2012)  Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways.  Nature Genetics  44(3):260-268.  PMCID:  PMC3288642

Johnson W, Choh AC, Soloway LE, Czerwinski SA, Towne B, Demerath EW.  (2012)  Eighty year trends in infant weight and length growth:  the Fels Longitudinal Study.  J Ped. 160(5):762-768.   PMCID:  PMC3310964

Johnson WO, WC Chumlea, Czerwinski SA, Demerath EW (2012) Concordance of the recently published Body Adiposity Index with measured body fat percent in European-American adults. Obesity (Silver Spring).  20(4):900-903.  PMID: 22095112

Johnson W, Stovitz SD, Choh AC, Czerwinski SA, Towne B, Demerath EW.  (2012)  Patterns of linear growth and skeletal maturation from birth to 18 years of age in overweight young adults.  International Journal of Obesity.  36(4):535-541.  PMCID:  PMC3312969

Odegaard AO, Choh AC, Towne B, Czerwinski SA, Towne B, Demerath EW (2012) Sugar-sweetened and diet beverages in relation to visceral adipose tissue.  Obesity (Silver Spring)  20(3):689-91.  PMCID:  PMC3288354

Dauber A, Yu, Y, Turchin MC, Chiang CW, Meng YA, Demerath EW, Patel SR, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Schreiner PJ, Wilson JG, Shen Y, Wu BL, Hirschhorn JN.  (2011)  Genome-wide association of copy number variation reveals an association between short stature and the presence of low frequency genomic deletions.  American Journal of Human Genetics.  89(6):751-759.  PMCID:  PMC3234379

Kilpeläinen TO, Qi L, Brage S, Sharp SJ, Sonestedt E, Demerath E, Ahmad T, Mora S, Kaakinen M, Sandholt CH, Holzapfel C, Autenrieth C, Hyppönen E, Cauchi S, He M, Kutalik Z, Kumari M, Stančáková A, Meidtner K, Balkau B, Tan JT, Mangino M, Timpson NJ, Song Y, Zillikens MC, Jablonski KA, Garcia ME, Johansson SA, Bragg-Gresham JL, Wu Y, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Onland-Moret NC, Zimmermann E, Rivera NV, Tanaka T, Stringham HM, Silbernagel G, Kanoni S, Feitosa MF, Snitker S, Ruiz JR, Metter J, Martinez Larrad MT, Atalay M, Hakanen M, Amin N, Cavalcanti-Proença C, Grøntved A, Hallmans G, Jansson J-O, Kuusisto J, Kähönen M, Lutsey P, Palla L, Renström F, Scott RA, Shungin D,  Sovio U, Tammelin TH, Rönnemaa T, Lakka TA, Uusitupa M, Rios MS, Ferrucci L, Bouchard C, Meirhaeghe A, Fu M, Walker M, Borecki IB, Dedoussis GV, Fritsche A, Ohlsson C, Boehnke M, Bandinelli S, van Duijn CM, Ebrahim S, Lawlor DA, Gudnason V, Harris TB, Sørensen TIA, Hofman A, Uitterlinden AG, Tuomilehto J, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari O, Isomaa B, Njølstad PR, Florez JC, Liu S, Ness A, Spector TD, Tai ES, Froguel P, Boeing H, Laakso M, Marmot M, Bergmann S,  Power C, Khaw KT, Chasman D, Ridker P, Hansen T, Monda K, Illig T, Järvelin MR, Wareham NJ, Hu FB, Groop LC, Orho-Melander M, Ekelund U, Franks PW & Loos RJF.  (2011)  Physical activity attenuates the influence of FTO variants on obesity; a meta-analysis of 218,166 adults and 19,268 children.  PLoS Medicine  8(11): e1001116.  PMCID:  PMC3206047

N’Diaye A, Chen GK, Palmer CD, Ge B, Tayo B, Mathias RA, Ding J, Nalls MA, Adeyamo A, Adoue B, Ambrosone CB, Atwood L, Bandera EV, Becker LC, Berndt SI, Bernstein L, Blot WJ, Boerwinkle E, Britton A, Casey G, Chanock SJ, Demerath EW, DeMichele A, Deming SL, Diver WR, Fox C, Harris TB, Hernandez DG, Hu JJ, Ingles SA, John EM, Johnson C, Keating B, Kittles RA, Kolonel LN, Krtschevsky SB, Le Marchand L, Lohman K, Liu J, Millikan RC, Murphy A, Musani S, Neslund-Dudas C, North K, Nyante S, Ogunniyi A, Ostrander EA, Papanicolaou G, Patel S, Press MF, Redline S, Rodriguez-Gil JL, Rotimi C, Rybicki BA, Salako B, Schreiner PJ, Standford JL, Stram A, Strom SS, Suktitipat B, Thun MJ, Witte JS, Yamamura Y, Yanek LR, Ziegler RG, Zheng W, Zhu X, Zmuda J, Zonderman AB, Evans MK, Liu Y, Becker DM, Cooper RD, Panstinen T, Hirschorn JN, Henderson BE, Lettre G, Haiman CA.  (2011) Identification, replication, and fine-mapping of loci associated with adult height in individuals of African ancestry. PLoS Genetics  7(10): e1002298.  PMCID:  PMC3188544.

Meyer KA, Demerath EW, Friend S, Hannan PJ, Neumark-Sztainer D.  (2011)  Body fat is differentially related to body mass index in U.S.-born African-American and East African immigrant girls.  Am. J. Hum. Biol. 23:720-723.  PMCID:  PMC3158676

Meyer KA, Friend S, Hannan P, Himes J, Demerath E, Neumark-Sztainer D (2011) Ethnic variation in body composition assessment in a sample of adolescent girls.  International J. Pediatric Obesity.  6(5-6):481-90.  PMCID:  PMC3174327

Ramel SE, Gray H, Larson Ode K, Georgieff M and Demerath EW.  (2011) Body composition changes in preterm infants following hospital discharge:  A comparison of term infants.  J. Pediatric Gastroenterol. Nutr.  53(3):333-338.  PMID:  21602717

Demerath EW, Lutsey P, Monda, K, Pankow J, Kao L., Bressler J, North K, Folsom A (2011).  Interaction of FTO and physical activity level on adiposity in African-American and European-American adults:  The ARIC Study. Obesity (Silver Spring). 19(9):1866-72.   PMCID:  PMC3293392

Choh AC, Curran J, Odegaard A, Nahhas RW, Czerwinski SA, Blangero J, Towne B, Demerath EW (2011) Differences in the heritability of growth and growth velocity during infancy and associations with FTO variants.  Obesity  19(9):1847-54.  PMID:  21720422

Stovitz SD, Demerath EW, Hannan P, Lytle L, Himes J (2011) Growing into obesity: Patterns of height growth in normal weight, overweight and obese young adults.  Am. J. Hum. Biology.  23(5):635-41.  PMCID:  PMC3152584

Professional Experience:

2007-present: Associate Professor, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota

2007-present: Adjunct Associate Professor, Wright State University School of Medicine

2005-2007: Associate Director, Lifespan Health Research Center, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH

2004-2007: Associate Professor, Department of Community Health, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH

2004-2006: Contract Appointment, Geriatrics and Clinical Gerontology (GCG) Program, National Institute on Aging (NIA), Bethesda, MD

2000-2004: Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health, Wright State University School of Medicine, Dayton, OH

Honors:

2007: Fellow of the American Heart Association

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