Jessica Ford
East Carolina University
55 Papers
412 Citations
Jessica Ford is an academic researcher from East Carolina University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Weak gravitational lensing. The author has an hindex of 15, co-authored 53 publications. Previous affiliations of Jessica Ford include University of British Columbia & University of Washington.
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Papers
Effects of the Oral Direct Renin Inhibitor Aliskiren in Patients With Symptomatic Heart Failure
John J.V. McMurray,Bertram Pitt,Roberto Latini,Aldo P. Maggioni,Scott D. Solomon,Deborah L. Keefe,Jessica Ford,Anil Verma,James Lewsey +8 more
TL;DR: Addition of aliskiren to an ACE inhibitor (or angiotensin receptor blocker) and β-blocker had favorable neurohumoral effects in heart failure and appeared to be well tolerated.
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Prospective Study of Physical Activity and Depressive Symptoms in Middle-Aged Women
TL;DR: It is suggested that there is a clear relationship between increasing PA and decreasing depressive symptoms in middle-aged women, independent of pre-existing physical and psychological health.
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Identifying the 'energy gap': Magnitude and determinants of five year weight gain in mid-age women
Wendy J. Brown,Lauren T. Williams,Jessica Ford,Kylie Ball,Annette J. Dobson +4 more
- 01 Jan 2005
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors estimate average yearly weight gain in mid-age women and identify the determinants of weight gain and gaining weight at double the average rate, which suggests that small sustained changes in the modifiable behavioral variables could prevent further weight gain.
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Self-rated health and a healthy lifestyle are the most important predictors of survival in elderly women
TL;DR: Testing the hypothesis that morbidity and health related behavioural factors are stronger than social factors as predictors of death among older women found that adopting a healthier lifestyle, by doing more exercise and not smoking, is beneficial even in old age.
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Relations between companion animals and self-reported health in older women: cause, effect or artifact?
TL;DR: A large longitudinal dataset on women’s health in Australia provided the basis of analysis of potential positive health effects of living with a companion animal, and may help to explain some inconsistencies and contradictions in the literature about the health benefits of companion animals.