Kaufman J, Cooper RS. Descriptive studies of racial differences in disease: In search of the hypothesis. Publ Health Reports 1996;110:662-6.
Liao Y, McGee DL, Cao G, Cooper RS. Short stature and risk of mortality and cardiovascular disease: Negative findings from the NHANES-I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study. JACC 1996;27:678-682.
Rotimi C, Puras A, Cooper RS, McFarlane-Anderson N, Morrison L, Ogunbiyi O, Forrester T, Ward R. Polymorphisms of the genes in the renin-angiotensin system among Nigerians, Jamaicans and African Americans. Hypertension 1996;27:558-563.
Forrester T, Cooper R, Bennet F, McFarlane-Anderson N, Puras A, Rotimi C, Durazo R, Tewksbury D, Ward R. Angiotensinogen and blood pressure among blacks: Findings from a community survey in Jamaica. J Hypertension 1996;14:315-321.
Liao Y, Cooper RS, Rotimi C. Is hypertension more severe in blacks, or is severe hypertension more common? Ann Epidemiol. 1996:6;173-180.
Freeman V, Fraser H, Forrester T, Wilks R, Cruickshank JK, Rotimi C, Cooper R. A comparative study of hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment and control rates in St. Lucia, Jamaica, and Barbados. J Hypertens 1996;14:495-502
Konopka LM, Cooper R, Crayton JW. Serotonin-induced increases in platelet cytosolic calcium concentration in depressed, schizophrenic and substance abuse patients. Biol Psychiatry 1996;39:708-713
Kaufman JS, Owaje EE, James SA, Rotimi C, Cooper RS. The determinants of hypertension in West Africa: Contribution of anthropometric and dietary factors to urban-rural and socio-economic gradients. Am J Epidemiol 1996;143:1203-1218.
Cooper RS. Intracellular cations and hypertension in blacks. Ethnicity Health 1996;1:137-144.
Kaufman JS, Durazo-Avizu RA, Rotimi CN, McGee DL, Cooper RS, and the ICHSHIB Investigators. Obesity and Hypertension prevalence in populations of African origin: Results from the International Collaborative Study on Hypertension in Blacks. Epidemiology 1996;7:398-405.
Launer LJ, Harris T, on behalf of the Ad Hoc Committe on Statistics of Anthropometry and Aging. Variation in weight, height and body mass index in geographically diverse samples of older persons. Age and Aging 1996;25:300-306.
Lurbe E, Redon J, Alvarez V, Durazo R, Gomez A, Tacons J, Cooper RS. Relationship between birth weight and awake blood pressure in children and adolescents in absence of intrauterine growth retardation. Am J Hypertens 1996;9:787-794.
Ataman SL, Cooper R, Rotimi C, McGee D, Osotimehin B, Kadiri S, Kingue S, Muna W, Fraser H, Forrester T, Wilks R. Standardization of blood pressure measurement in an international comparative study. J Clin Epidemiol 1996;49:869-877.
Kaufman JS, Rotimi CN, Brieger WO, Oladokun MA, Osotimehin B, Kadiri S, Cooper RS. The mortality risk associated with hypertension: Preliminary results of a prospective study in rural Nigeria. J Human Hypertens 1996;10:461-464.
Cooper RS, Muna W, Kingue S, Osotimehin B, Kadiri S, Rotimi C, Kaufman J. The burden of hypertension in rural Africa: Results from the International Collaborative Study on Hypertension in Blacks. Trop Cardiol 1996;22:69-75.
McGee D, Cooper R, Liao Y, Durazo-Arvizu R. Patterns of comorbidity and mortality risk in blacks and whites. Ann Epidemiol 1996;6:381-385.
Freeman V, Rotimi C, Cooper R. Hypertension prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control among African Americans in the 1990s: Estimates from the Maywood Cardiovascular Survey. Prev Med 1996;12:177-185.
Forrester T, Wilks R, Bennett F, McFarlane-Anderson N, McGee D, Cooper R, Fraser H. Obesity in the Caribbean. In: The Origins and Consequences of Obesity. Ciba Foundation Symposium 201, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK; 17-25, 1996, p 17-26.
Wilks R, McFarlan-Anderson N, Bennett F, Fraser H, McGee D, Cooper R, Forrester T. Obesity in peoples of the African diaspora. In: The Origins and Consequences of Obesity. Ciba Foundation Symposium 201, John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK; 17-25, 1996, p 37-48.
Fisher SG, Cooper R, Weber L, Liao Y. Psychosocial correlates of chest pain among African-American women. Women Health 1996;24:19-35.
Kaufman JS, Tracy JA, Durazo-Arvizu RA, Cooper RS. Life-style and education effects on the prevalence of hypertension in populations of African origin: Results from the International Collaborative Study on Hypertension in Blacks. Ann Epidemiol 1997;7:22-27.
Luke A, Maki KC, Barkey N, Cooper R, McGee D. Simultaneous monitoring of heart rate and motion to assess energy expenditure: A methodologic evaluation. Sci & Med in Sports & Exercise 1997:29:144-148.
Freeman VL, Leszczak J, Cooper RS. Race and the histologic grade of prostate cancer. Prostate 1997:30;79-84.
Liao Y, Cooper RS, Durazo-Arvizu R, Mensah GA, Ghali JK. Prediction of mortality risk by different methods of indexing for left ventricular mass. JACC 1997;29:641-647.
Cooper R, Rotimi C, Kaufman JS, Owoaje EE, Fraser H, Forrester T, Wilks R, Riste LK, Cruickshank JK. Prevalence of NIDDM among populations of the African diaspora. Diabetes Care 1997;20:343-348.
Asuzu MC, Johnson OO, Owoaje EE, Rotimi CN, Kaufman JS, Cooper RS. The Idikan Adult Mortality Study: Methodology and initial problems encountered. World Health Forum 1997;17:373-376.
Cooper R, McFarlane-Anderson N, Bennet FI, Wilks R, Puras A, Tewksbury D, Morrison L, Forrester T. ACE, angiotensinogen and obesity: A potential pathway to hypertension. J Human Hypertens 1997;11:107-112.
Luke A, Durazo-Arvizu R, Rotimi C, Prewitt TE, Forrester T, Ogunbiyi OJ, Owaje E, Schoeller DA, McGee D, Cooper RS. Relationship between body mass index and body fat in black population samples from Nigeria, Jamaica and the United States. Am J Epidemiol 1997;145:620-628.
Rotimi CN, Cooper RS, Marcovina SM, McGee D, Owoaje E, Ladipo M. Serum distribution of lipoprotein(a) in African Americans and Nigerians: potential evidence for a genotype-environmental effect. Genetic Epidemiol 1997;14:157-168.
Rotimi C, Cooper R, Ogunbiyi O, Morrison L, Ladipo M, Tewksbury D, Ward R. Hypertension, serum angiotensinogen and molecular variants of the angiotensinogen gene among Nigerians. Circulation. 1997;95:2348-50.
Ghali JK, Liao Y, Cooper RS. Left ventricular hypertrophy in blacks. Urban Cardiology 1997;4:8-15.
Rotimi R, Luke A, Li Z, Compton JA, Bowsher RR, Cooper RS. Familial aggregation of plasma leptin levels in African-American families. Genetic Epidemiol 1997;14:255-263.
Cooper RS, Puras A, Tracy J, Kaufman J, Asuzu M, Ordunez P, Mufunda J, Sparks H. Evaluation of an electronic blood pressure device for epidemiologic studies. Blood Pressure Monitoring 1997;2:35-40.
Forrester T, McFarlane-Anderson N, Bennett FI, Wilks R, Cooper R, Rotimi C, Morrison L, Ward R. The insertion/deletion polymorphism of the ACE gene, serum ACE activity and blood pressure in Jamaicans. Am J Hypertens 1997;10:519-522.
Durazo-Arvizu R, Luke A, Prewitt TE, McGee D, Cooper RS. Relative weight and mortality risk in U.S. blacks and whites: Findings from representative national population samples. Ann Epidemiol 1997;7:383-395.
Cooper R, Rotimi C. Hypertension in blacks. Am J Hypertens 1997;10:804-812.
Kaufman JS, Cooper RS, McGee D. Socioeconomic status and health in blacks and whites: The problem of residual confounding and the resiliency of race. Epidemiology 1997;6.621-628
Owoaje EE, Rotimi CN, Kaufman JS, Tracy J, Cooper RS. A community survey of the prevalence of adult diabetes in Ibadan, Nigeria. East African Med J 1997;74:299-302.
Liao Y, Cooper RS, Cao G, Kaufman JS, Long AE, McGee DL. Mortality from coronary heart disease and cardiovascular disease among adult US Hispanics: Findings from the National Health Interview Survey (1986-1991). JACC 1997;30:1200-1205.
Ghali J, Liao Y, Cooper RS. Coronary heart disease in the elderly. Am J Geriatric Cardiology 1997;6:38-49.
Kaufman JS, Asuzu MC, Sparks H, Mufunda J, Luke A, Rotimi CN, Cooper RS. The relationship between blood pressure and body mass index in lean populations. Hypertenison 1997;30:1511-1517.
Bennett FI, McFarlane-Anderson N, Wilks R, Luke A, Cooper RS, Forrester TE. Leptin concentration in females is influenced by regional distribution of adipose tissue. Am J Clin Nutr 1997;66:1230-4.
Durazo-Arvizu R, McGee D, Li A, Cooper R. Establishing the nadir of the body mass index-mortality relationship. A case study. JASA 1997;92:1312-1319.
Kaufman JS, Asuzu MC, Rotimi CN, Johnson OO, Owaje EE, Cooper RS. The absence of adult mortality data for sub-Saharan Africa: A practical solution. World Health Stats Quarterly 1997;75:389-395.
Prewitt TE, Durazo-Arvizu R, McGee D, Luke A, Cooper R. One size fits all: Implications for assessing dietary behavior. J Am Diet Assoc 1997;(suppl)S70-S72.
