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Jiang L, Vorland CJ, Ying X, Brown AW, Menke JD, Hong G, Lan M, Mayo-Wilson E, Kilicoglu H. SPIRIT-CONSORT-TM: a corpus for assessing transparency of clinical trial protocol and results publications. medRxiv. 2025 Jan 15;. doi: 10.1101/2025.01.14.25320543. PubMed PMID: 39867389; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11759256.
Smith DL Jr, Mitchell SE, Johnson MS, Gibbs VK, Dickinson S, Henschel B, Li R, Kaiser KA, Chusyd DE, Brown AW, Allison DB, Speakman JR, Nagy TR. Benefits of calorie restriction in mice are mediated via energy imbalance, not absolute energy or protein intake. Geroscience. 2024 Oct;46(5):4809-4826. doi: 10.1007/s11357-024-01166-4. Epub 2024 Jun 8. PubMed PMID: 38850387; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11336014.
Wijayatunga NN, Chang Y, Brown AW, Webster AD, Sollid K, Ahn JJ, Bailey D. Perceptions and preferences for environmentally sustainable food and associated factors: a cross-sectional analysis of a nationally representative survey of United States consumers. Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Oct;120(4):804-813. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.07.026. Epub 2024 Jul 30. PubMed PMID: 39084341.
Jamshidi-Naeini Y, Henschel B, Shikany JM, Allison DB, Brown AW. Guilt by association: Plant-based foods can be incorporated into both healthy and unhealthy plant-based diet indices associated with coronary heart disease. medRxiv. 2024 Jun 30;. doi: 10.1101/2024.06.29.24309713. PubMed PMID: 38978676; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11230322.
Sharma M, Brown AW, Powell NM, Rajaram N, Tong L, Mourani PM, Schootman M. Racial and skin color mediated disparities in pulse oximetry in infants and young children. Paediatr Respir Rev. 2024 Jun;50:62-72. doi: 10.1016/j.prrv.2023.12.006. Epub 2024 Jan 5. Review. PubMed PMID: 38233229; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11139570.
Davis JJ 4th, Meardon SA, Brown AW, Raglin JS, Harezlak J, Gruber AH. Are Gait Patterns during In-Lab Running Representative of Gait Patterns during Real-World Training? An Experimental Study. Sensors (Basel). 2024 May 1;24(9). doi: 10.3390/s24092892. PubMed PMID: 38732998; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11086149.
Jamshidi-Naeini Y, Golzarri-Arroyo L, Thapa DK, Brown AW, Kpormegbey DE, Allison DB. Ambiguity in Statistical Analysis Methods and Nonconformity With Prespecified Commitment to Data Sharing in a Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial. J Med Internet Res. 2024 Apr 3;26:e54090. doi: 10.2196/54090. PubMed PMID: 38568721; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11024742.
Johnson AF, Lamontagne N, Bhupathiraju SN, Brown AG, Eicher-Miller HA, Fulgoni VL 3rd, Rehm CD, Tucker KL, Woteki CE, Ohlhorst SD. Workshop summary: building an NHANES for the future. Am J Clin Nutr. 2024 Apr;119(4):1075-1081. doi: 10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.02.001. Epub 2024 Feb 6. PubMed PMID: 38331096; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC11181347.
Vorland CJ, Brown AW, Kilicoglu H, Ying X, Mayo-Wilson E. Publication of Results of Registered Trials With Published Study Protocols, 2011-2022. JAMA Netw Open. 2024 Jan 2;7(1):e2350688. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.50688. PubMed PMID: 38190185; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10774993.
Zoh RS, Esteves BH, Yu X, Fairchild AJ, Vazquez AI, Chapple AG, Brown AW, George B, Gordon D, Landsittel D, Gadbury GL, Pavela G, de Los Campos G, Mestre LM, Allison DB. Design, analysis, and interpretation of treatment response heterogeneity in personalized nutrition and obesity treatment research. Obes Rev. 2023 Dec;24(12):e13635. doi: 10.1111/obr.13635. Epub 2023 Sep 4. Review. PubMed PMID: 37667550; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10825777.
Ansu Baidoo VY, Cara KC, Dickinson SL, Brown AW, Wallace TC, Chung M, Gletsu-Miller N. Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis to Estimate a Reference Range for Circulating Ionized Magnesium Concentrations in Adult Populations. J Nutr. 2023 Dec;153(12):3458-3471. doi: 10.1016/j.tjnut.2023.10.006. Epub 2023 Oct 14. PubMed PMID: 37844840.
O'Connor LE, Higgins KA, Smiljanec K, Bergia R, Brown AW, Baer D, Davis C, Ferruzzi MG, Miller K, Rowe S, Rueda JMW, Andres A, Cash SB, Coupland J, Crimmins M, Fiecke C, Forde CG, Fukagawa NK, Hall KD, Hamaker B, Herrick KA, Hess JM, Heuven LA, Juul F, Malcomson FC, Martinez-Steele E, Mattes RD, Messina M, Mitchell A, Zhang FF. Perspective: A Research Roadmap about Ultra-Processed Foods and Human Health for the United States Food System: Proceedings from an Interdisciplinary, Multi-Stakeholder Workshop. Adv Nutr. 2023 Nov;14(6):1255-1269. doi: 10.1016/j.advnut.2023.09.005. Epub 2023 Sep 16. PubMed PMID: 37722488; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10721509.
Ginell K, Henschel B, Golzarri-Arroyo L, Jamshidi-Naeini Y, Brown AW, Allison DB. Unreliable Findings Due to Miscalculations and Errors. Comment on Nally et al. The Effectiveness of School-Based Interventions on Obesity-Related Behaviours in Primary School Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomised Controlled Trials. Children 2021, 8, 489. Children (Basel). 2023 Oct 7;10(10). doi: 10.3390/children10101660. PubMed PMID: 37892323; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10605774.
Siddique AB, Brown AW, Golzarri-Arroyo L, Allison DB. Commentary: Effect evaluation of Sahtak bi Sahnak, a Lebanese secondary school-based nutrition intervention: a cluster randomised trial. Front Nutr. 2023;10:1241165. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1241165. eCollection 2023. PubMed PMID: 37829727; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10565801.
Jamshidi-Naeini Y, Pena A, Siddique AB, Brown AW, Allison DB. One Cluster per Condition Is Not a Valid Design in Cluster-Randomized Trials. Comment on Wang et al. The Effect of Different Physical Exercise Programs on Physical Fitness among Preschool Children: A Cluster-Randomized Controlled Trial. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2023, 20, 4254. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2023 Aug 29;20(17). doi: 10.3390/ijerph20176673. PubMed PMID: 37681813; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10488029.
Peña A, Gibney M, Hall K, Kyle TK, Brown AW, Allison DB. Undisclosed outcome switching, undisclosed analysis switching, inappropriate rounding, and selective reporting render paper "Effectiveness of a minimally processed food‑based nutritional counselling intervention on weight gain in overweight pregnant women: a randomized controlled trial" unreliable. Eur J Nutr. 2023 Aug;62(5):2333-2335. doi: 10.1007/s00394-023-03146-4. Epub 2023 May 3. PubMed PMID: 37133531; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10594987.
Yamamoto N, Ejima K, Zoh RS, Brown AW. Bias in nutrition-health associations is not eliminated by excluding extreme reporters in empirical or simulation studies. Elife. 2023 Apr 5;12. doi: 10.7554/eLife.83616. PubMed PMID: 37017635; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10076015.
Kaiser KA, Kadish I, van Groen T, Smith DL Jr, Dickinson S, Henschel B, Parker ES, Brown AW, Allison DB. The effect of a pharmaceutical ghrelin agonist on lifespan in C57BL/6J male mice: A controlled experiment. Aging Cell. 2023 Apr;22(4):e13787. doi: 10.1111/acel.13787. Epub 2023 Feb 3. PubMed PMID: 36734122; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10086516.
Henschel B, Chen X, Dickinson SL, Brown AW, Allison DB. Comment on Qiu et al. Effect of Protein-Rich Breakfast on Subsequent Energy Intake and Subjective Appetite in Children and Adolescents: Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials. Nutrients 2021, 13, 2840. Nutrients. 2023 Mar 29;15(7). doi: 10.3390/nu15071653. PubMed PMID: 37049496; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10096717.
Hagedorn E, Bunnell D, Henschel B, Smith DL, Dickinson S, Brown AW, De Luca M, Turner AN, Chtarbanova S. RNA virus-mediated changes in organismal oxygen consumption rate in young and old Drosophila melanogaster males. Aging (Albany NY). 2023 Mar 22;15(6):1748-1767. doi: 10.18632/aging.204593. Epub 2023 Mar 22. PubMed PMID: 36947702; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10085608.
Brown AW, Aslibekyan S, Bier D, Ferreira da Silva R, Hoover A, Klurfeld DM, Loken E, Mayo-Wilson E, Menachemi N, Pavela G, Quinn PD, Schoeller D, Tekwe C, Valdez D, Vorland CJ, Whigham LD, Allison DB. Toward more rigorous and informative nutritional epidemiology: The rational space between dismissal and defense of the status quo. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2023;63(18):3150-3167. doi: 10.1080/10408398.2021.1985427. Epub 2021 Oct 22. PubMed PMID: 34678079; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9023609.
Vorland CJ, Golzarri-Arroyo L, Maney DL, Brown AW. Determination of sex differences requires formal test for differences: Comment on "lipoprotein-subclass particle numbers in children with abdominal obesity". Pediatr Int. 2023 Jan;65(1):e15489. doi: 10.1111/ped.15489. PubMed PMID: 36722143; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10033381.
Thomas DM, Kleinberg S, Brown AW, Crow M, Bastian ND, Reisweber N, Lasater R, Kendall T, Shafto P, Blaine R, Smith S, Ruiz D, Morrell C, Clark N. Machine learning modeling practices to support the principles of AI and ethics in nutrition research. Nutr Diabetes. 2022 Dec 2;12(1):48. doi: 10.1038/s41387-022-00226-y. PubMed PMID: 36456550; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9715415.
Chusyd DE, Austad SN, Brown AW, Chen X, Dickinson SL, Ejima K, Fluharty D, Golzarri-Arroyo L, Holden R, Jamshidi-Naeini Y, Landsittel D, Lartey S, Mannix E, Vorland CJ, Allison DB. From Model Organisms to Humans, the Opportunity for More Rigor in Methodologic and Statistical Analysis, Design, and Interpretation of Aging and Senescence Research. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2022 Nov 21;77(11):2155-2164. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glab382. Review. PubMed PMID: 34950945; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9678201.
Jamshidi-Naeini Y, Golzarri-Arroyo L, Vorland CJ, Brown AW, Allison DB. Re-analysis of data from a cluster RCT entitled "health literacy and exercise-focused interventions on clinical measurements in Chinese diabetes patients". EClinicalMedicine. 2022 Nov;53:101686. doi: 10.1016/j.eclinm.2022.101686. eCollection 2022 Nov. PubMed PMID: 36238693; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9551113.
Jamshidi-Naeini Y, Golzarri-Arroyo L, Vorland CJ, Brown AW, Dickinson S, Allison DB. Accounting for the clustering and nesting effects verifies most conclusions. Corrected analysis of: "Randomized nutrient bar supplementation improves exercise-associated changes in plasma metabolome in adolescents and adult family members at cardiometabolic risk". PLoS One. 2022;17(10):e0275242. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0275242. eCollection 2022. PubMed PMID: 36301862; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9612448.
Vorland CJ, Chen X, Chusyd DE, Mestre LM, Dickinson SL, Allison DB, Brown AW. Re-Analysis and Additional Information Needed to Inform Conclusions. Comment on Halenova et al. Deuterium-Depleted Water as Adjuvant Therapeutic Agent for Treatment of Diet-Induced Obesity in Rats. Molecules 2020, 25, 23. Molecules. 2022 Aug 15;27(16). doi: 10.3390/molecules27165186. PubMed PMID: 36014426; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9414091.
Katzmarzyk PT, Denstel KD, Martin CK, Newton RL Jr, Apolzan JW, Mire EF, Horswell R, Johnson WD, Brown AW, Zhang D. Intraclass correlation coefficients for weight loss cluster randomized trials in primary care: The PROPEL trial. Clin Obes. 2022 Aug;12(4):e12524. doi: 10.1111/cob.12524. Epub 2022 Apr 12. PubMed PMID: 35412010; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9283264.
Mattes RD, Rowe SB, Ohlhorst SD, Brown AW, Hoffman DJ, Liska DJ, Feskens EJM, Dhillon J, Tucker KL, Epstein LH, Neufeld LM, Kelley M, Fukagawa NK, Sunde RA, Zeisel SH, Basile AJ, Borth LE, Jackson E. Valuing the Diversity of Research Methods to Advance Nutrition Science. Adv Nutr. 2022 Aug 1;13(4):1324-1393. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmac043. PubMed PMID: 35802522; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9340992.
Aly M, Jamshidi-Naeini Y, Brown AW. Use of Pre-Post Treatment Values in Place of Between Group Comparisons Invalidates Meta-Analysis Findings. Commentary: Can Millet Consumption Help Manage Hyperlipidemia and Obesity?: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Front Nutr. 2022;9:921352. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2022.921352. eCollection 2022. PubMed PMID: 35938111; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9355156.
Cardel MI, Loop MS, Brown AW, Bohan Brown MM, Newsome F, Scott L, Lemas DJ, Krukowski RA. Implementation of a Family Support Grant to Subsidize Caregiving Needs and Support Attendance at American Society for Nutrition's Annual Professional Scientific Conference. Curr Dev Nutr. 2022 Jun;6(6):nzac076. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzac076. eCollection 2022 Jun. PubMed PMID: 35769451; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9225269.
Golzarri-Arroyo L, Dickinson SL, Jamshidi-Naeini Y, Zoh RS, Brown AW, Owora AH, Li P, Oakes JM, Allison DB. Evaluation of the type I error rate when using parametric bootstrap analysis of a cluster randomized controlled trial with binary outcomes and a small number of clusters. Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2022 Mar;215:106654. doi: 10.1016/j.cmpb.2022.106654. Epub 2022 Jan 21. PubMed PMID: 35093646; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8847311.
Jamshidi-Naeini Y, Brown AW, Mehta T, Glueck DH, Golzarri-Arroyo L, Muller KE, Tekwe CD, Allison DB. A practical decision tree to support editorial adjudication of submitted parallel cluster randomized controlled trials. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2022 Mar;30(3):565-570. doi: 10.1002/oby.23373. PubMed PMID: 35195364; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9203170.
Vorland CJ, Bohan Brown MM, Cardel MI, Brown AW. Traffic Light Diets for Childhood Obesity: Disambiguation of Terms and Critical Review of Application, Food Categorization, and Strength of Evidence. Curr Dev Nutr. 2022 Mar;6(3):nzac006. doi: 10.1093/cdn/nzac006. eCollection 2022 Mar. Review. PubMed PMID: 35317412; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8929981.
Jamshidi-Naeini Y, Li R, Dickinson S, Vorland CJ, Brown AW. Errors in Analyses and Undisclosed Methods Render Meta-Analysis Irreproducible: A Second Comment on "Effects of Flaxseed Interventions on Circulating Inflammatory Biomarkers: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials". Adv Nutr. 2022 Feb 1;13(1):352-354. doi: 10.1093/advances/nmab146. PubMed PMID: 35100618; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8803486.
Vorland CJ, Brown AW, Dawson JA, Dickinson SL, Golzarri-Arroyo L, Hannon BA, Heo M, Heymsfield SB, Jayawardene WP, Kahathuduwa CN, Keith SW, Oakes JM, Tekwe CD, Thabane L, Allison DB. Errors in the implementation, analysis, and reporting of randomization within obesity and nutrition research: a guide to their avoidance. Int J Obes (Lond). 2021 Nov;45(11):2335-2346. doi: 10.1038/s41366-021-00909-z. Epub 2021 Jul 29. Review. PubMed PMID: 34326476; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8528702.
Austad SN, Buford TW, Allison DB, Ballinger SW, Brown AW, Carter CS, Darley-Usmar VM, Hartman JL, Nagy TR, Smith DL Jr, Sun L, Zhang J. University of Alabama at Birmingham Nathan Shock Center: comparative energetics of aging. Geroscience. 2021 Oct;43(5):2149-2160. doi: 10.1007/s11357-021-00414-1. Epub 2021 Jul 25. Review. PubMed PMID: 34304389; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8599596.
Vorland CJ, Brown AW. Spin in the abstracts of systematic reviews and meta-analyses: How big is the problem in obesity?. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2021 Aug;29(8):1244-1245. doi: 10.1002/oby.23230. PubMed PMID: 34314109; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8765550.
Kroeger CM, Hannon BA, Halliday TM, Ejima K, Teran-Garcia M, Brown AW. Evidence of misuse of nonparametric tests in the presence of heteroscedasticity within obesity research. F1000Res. 2021;10:391. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.52693.1. eCollection 2021. Review. PubMed PMID: 35136571; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8792877.
Chen X, Naaman K, Dickinson SL, Brown AW, Allison DB. Calculation and data errors require correcting. Comment on "The effect of green coffee extract supplementation on anthropometric measures in adults: A comprehensive systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials". Complement Ther Med. 2021 May;58:102685. doi: 10.1016/j.ctim.2021.102685. Epub 2021 Feb 16. PubMed PMID: 33607214; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8202092.
Kroeger CM, Ejima K, Hannon BA, Halliday TM, McComb B, Teran-Garcia M, Dawson JA, King DB, Brown AW, Allison DB. Persistent confusion in nutrition and obesity research about the validity of classic nonparametric tests in the presence of heteroscedasticity: evidence of the problem and valid alternatives. Am J Clin Nutr. 2021 Mar 11;113(3):517-524. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/nqaa357. PubMed PMID: 33515017; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7948897.
Amiri M, Raeisi-Dehkordi H, Vorland CJ, Chen X, Brown AW, Allison DB. Double-counting of effect sizes and inappropriate exclusion of studies in "The influence of vitamin D supplementation on IGF-1 levels in humans: A systematic review and meta-analysis". Ageing Res Rev. 2021 Mar;66:101236. doi: 10.1016/j.arr.2020.101236. Epub 2020 Dec 15. PubMed PMID: 33338606; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8817673.
Brown AW, Kaiser KA, Keitt A, Fontaine K, Gibson M, Gower BA, Shikany JM, Vorland CJ, Beitz DC, Bier DM, Brenna JT, Jacobs DR Jr, Kris-Etherton P, Maki K, Miller M, St-Onge MP, Teran-Garcia M, Allison DB. Science dialogue mapping of knowledge and knowledge gaps related to the effects of dairy intake on human cardiovascular health and disease. Crit Rev Food Sci Nutr. 2021;61(2):179-195. doi: 10.1080/10408398.2020.1722941. Epub 2020 Feb 19. PubMed PMID: 32072820; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7434715.
Peos J, Brown AW, Vorland CJ, Allison DB, Sainsbury A. Contrary to the Conclusions Stated in the Paper, Only Dry Fat-Free Mass Was Different between Groups upon Reanalysis. Comment on: "Intermittent Energy Restriction Attenuates the Loss of Fat-Free Mass in Resistance Trained Individuals. A Randomized Controlled Trial". J Funct Morphol Kinesiol. 2020 Nov 20;5(4). doi: 10.3390/jfmk5040085. PubMed PMID: 33467300; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7739336.
Valdez D, Vorland CJ, Brown AW, Mayo-Wilson E, Otten J, Ball R, Grant S, Levy R, Svetina Valdivia D, Allison DB. Improving open and rigorous science: ten key future research opportunities related to rigor, reproducibility, and transparency in scientific research. F1000Res. 2020;9:1235. doi: 10.12688/f1000research.26594.1. eCollection 2020. PubMed PMID: 33628434; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7898357.
Vorland CJ, Bohan Brown MM, Kyle TK, Brown AW. Overstated Claims of Efficacy and Safety. Comment On: "Optimal Nutritional Status for a Well-Functioning Immune System Is an Important Factor to Protect Against Viral Infections". Nutrients 2020, 12, 1181. Nutrients. 2020 Sep 3;12(9). doi: 10.3390/nu12092690. PubMed PMID: 32899222; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7551966.
Golzarri-Arroyo L, Vorland CJ, Thabane L, Oakes JM, Hunt ET, Brown AW, Allison DB. Incorrect design and analysis render conclusion unsubstantiated: comment on "A digital movement in the world of inactive children: favourable outcomes of playing active video games in a pilot randomized trial". Eur J Pediatr. 2020 Sep;179(9):1487-1488. doi: 10.1007/s00431-020-03590-y. Epub 2020 Feb 20. PubMed PMID: 32078037; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7415517.
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