Kiang Liu
Northwestern University
652 Papers
4.7K Citations
Kiang Liu is an academic researcher from Northwestern University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Population. The author has an hindex of 125, co-authored 644 publications. Previous affiliations of Kiang Liu include University of California, San Diego & University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Papers
Association of endogenous testosterone with subclinical atherosclerosis in men: the multi‐ethnic study of atherosclerosis
Bahram Khazai,Sherita Hill Golden,Laura A. Colangelo,Ronald S. Swerdloff,Christina Wang,Lily Honoris,Susan M. Gapstur,Pamela Ouyang,Mary Cushman,Dong Li,Peter Kopp,Dhananjay Vaidya,Kiang Liu,Adrian S. Dobs,Matthew J. Budoff +14 more
TL;DR: This work evaluated the association of testosterone (T) and other sex hormones with CACS and cIMT, measured by coronary artery calcium score (CACS) and carotid intima‐media thickness (cIMT).
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Analytical and biological variability in biomarker measurement in the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos
Bharat Thyagarajan,Annie Green Howard,Ramon Durazo-Arvizu,John H. Eckfeldt,Marc D. Gellman,Ryung S. Kim,Kiang Liu,Armando J. Mendez,Frank J. Penedo,Gregory A. Talavera,Marston E. Youngblood,Lihui Zhao,Daniela Sotres-Alvarez +12 more
TL;DR: The index of individuality (II) ((CVI+CVP+A)/CVG) for 41 analytes was estimated and significant sex-specific differences in the II were found among the 18-44y age group as compared to the 45+Y age group.
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Genetic Ancestry-Smoking Interactions and Lung Function in African Americans: A Cohort Study
Melinda C. Aldrich,Melinda C. Aldrich,Rajesh Kumar,Laura A. Colangelo,L. Keoki Williams,Saunak Sen,Stephen B. Kritchevsky,Bernd Meibohm,Joshua Galanter,Donglei Hu,Christopher R. Gignoux,Yongmei Liu,Tamara B. Harris,Elad Ziv,Joseph M. Zmuda,Melissa Garcia,Tennille S. Leak,Marilyn G. Foreman,Lewis J. Smith,Myriam Fornage,Kiang Liu,Esteban G. Burchard +21 more
TL;DR: A suggestive interaction between smoking, and African ancestry on the rate of FEV1 decline in Health ABC and independently replicated in CARDIA revealed African American individuals with a high proportion of African ancestry are at greater risk for losing lung function while smoking.
Social Relationships and Longitudinal Changes in Body Mass Index and Waist Circumference: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study
Kiarri N. Kershaw,Arlene L. Hankinson,Kiang Liu,Jared P. Reis,Cora E. Lewis,Catherine M. Loria,Mercedes R. Carnethon +6 more
TL;DR: It is suggested that supportive relationships may minimize weight gain, and that adverse relationships may contribute to weight Gain, particularly via central fat accumulation.
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Association among sickle cell trait, fitness, and cardiovascular risk factors in CARDIA.
Robert I. Liem,Cheeling Chan,Thanh Huyen T. Vu,Myriam Fornage,Alexis A. Thompson,Kiang Liu,Mercedes R. Carnethon +6 more
TL;DR: SCT is not associated with reduced fitness in this longitudinal study of young African American adults, suggesting the increased risk for exertion-related sudden death in SCT carriers is unlikely related to fitness.
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