Publications

These publications are examples of research made possible with data from CanPath and its regional cohorts.

2017

Association between Diet Quality and Adiposity in the Atlantic PATH Cohort

Authors: Vanessa DeClerq, Yunsong Cui, Trevor Dummer, Cynthia Forbes, Scott Grandy,Melanie Keats, Louise Parker, Ellen Sweeney, Zhijie Michael Yu

This research was done to assess the association between diet quality and adiposity. They found that the diet quality was very different among provinces, an area of concern was people who consumed only 1-2 servings of fruits/vegetables today. Adiposity was positively associated with consumption of excess meat, snack foods, sweetners, diet soft drinks, and fast food. It was shown that people who ate whole grains and green tea had lower levels of adiposity.

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2017

Cohort Profile: The Atlantic Partnership for Tomorrow’s Health (Atlantic PATH) Study

Authors: E Sweeney, Y Cui, V DeClercq, P Devichand, C Forbes, S Grandy, J M T Hicks, M Keats, L Parker, D Thompson, M Volodarsky, Z M Yu, T J B Dummer

The PATH study wants to 1) develop a databank containing health/health-related measures 2) encourage/facilitate use of the databank . The idea is to provide information about risk factors for disease and then hopefully prevent it.

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2017

Relationship Between Adiponectin and apoB in Individuals With Diabetes in the Atlantic PATH Cohort

Authors: Vanessa DeClerq, Yunsong Cui, Trevor Dummer, Cynthia Forbes, Scott Grandy,Melanie Keats, Louise Parker, Ellen Sweeney, Zhijie Michael Yu, Roger McLeod

They waned to see if there was a relationship between biomarkers of apidose issue and cardiovasular comorbidities risk in BMI. They 480 people in their study, half of which were diabetic and half were not. It was found that plasma adiponectin levels were lower in diabetic patients than those who are not. Plasma apoB levels were similar between participants with and without diabetes.

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2017

Associations of Coffee, Diet Drinks, and Non-Nutritive Sweetener Use with Depression among Populations in Eastern Canada

Authors: Zhijie Yu, Lousie Parker, Trevor Dummer

They did a cross-sectional study to show the association between coffee/diet drinks/sweetners and depression. It was found there was a significant relationship between depression and consumption of sweetners/diet drinks. These symptoms were seen more in women than men.

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2017

Lead in drinking water: a response from the Atlantic PATH study

Authors: Ellen Sweeney, Zhijie Yu, Louise Parker, Trevor Dummer

Most of the people who were being observed in this study were below the maximum level for lead intake, however the few that were the outliners are still cause for concern.

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2017

Atopic dermatitis and risk of hypertension, type 2 diabetes, myocardial infarction and stroke in a cross‐sectional analysis from the Canadian Partnership for Tomorrow Project

Authors: A.M. Drucker, A. Qureshi, T. Dummer, L. Parker, W. Li

This study wanted to determine if there was an association with atopic dermatitis and hypertension/heart attack/stroke/type II diabetes. It was found in a cross-sectional study that AD is not really a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease.

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2017

Multimorbidity in Atlantic Canada and association with low levels of physical activity

Authors: Melanie Keats, Yunsong Cui, Vanessa DeClercq, Trevor Dummer, Cynthia Forbes, Scott Grandy, Jason Hicks, Ellen Sweeney, Zhijie Yu, Louise Parker

It was reported that 38% of participants had 2 or more chronic diseases and women were more likely to be affected. People with multimorbid individuals were more likely to be inactive. It is important to implement physical activity prescription.

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2017

Adiposity Measures and Plasma Adipokines in Females with Rheumatoid and Osteoarthritis

Authors: Vanessa DeClerq, Yunsong Cui, Trevor Dummer, Cynthia Forbes, Scott Grandy,Melanie Keats, Louise Parker, Ellen Sweeney, Zhijie Michael Yu

The objective was for the researchers to see the relationship between adipokines and adiposity in individuals with rheumatoid/osteoarthritis. There were no statistical differences between levels of plasma adipokines; adiponectin levels were 6.6, 7.9, and 8.2 μg/ml, leptin levels were 10.3, 13.7, and 11.5 ng/ml, and resistin levels were 10.0, 12.1, and 10.8 ng/ml in participants without arthritis, with rheumatoid arthritis, and with osteoarthritis, respectively.

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2017

Community Engagement in Genetic Research: Results of the First Public Consultation for the Quebec CARTaGENE Project

Authors: B. Godard, J. Marshall, C. Laberge,

This article showed how beneficial CARTaGENE’s data would be, but with the caveat that the confidentiality of the participants must be acknowledged and taken into account.

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2016

Cardiovascular disease and physical activity in adult cancer survivors: a nested, retrospective study from the Atlantic PATH cohort

Authors: Melanie Keats, Yunsong Cui, Scott Grandy, Louise Parker

This study looked at the correlation between cardiovasular disease and physical activity levels in cancer survivors. They assessed 1526 cancer survivors and 6034 control people. It was found the cancer survivors were 30% more likely to have a cardiovascular disease event and that cancer survivors were much less likely to participate in physical activity.

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