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Finerenone Prescriptions in the US (2021-2024) by Physician Specialty: Analysis of Use and Potential in the CKM Space Open

Yara Jelwan, Tru H. Cao, Zhiqi Yao, Semenawit Burka, John Erhabor , et al. · 2025

Introduction Finerenone, a non-steroidal mineralocorticoid receptor antagonist (MRA), has demonstrated greater receptor selectivity and fewer side effects compared to older mineralocorticoid receptor antagonists. Clinical trials support it…

National and State Estimates of SELECT Trial Eligibility and Its Public Health Impact in the US Open

John Erhabor, Michael Khorsandi, Michael J. Blaha · 2024

This cross-sectional study of US adults examines the geographical distribution of individuals eligible to participate in the Semaglutide Effects on Heart Disease and Stroke in Patients With Overweight or Obesity (SELECT) trial to estimate …

E-Cigarette Use Among US Adults in the 2021 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Open

John Erhabor, Ellen Boakye, Olufunmilayo H. Obisesan, Albert D. Osei, Erfan Tasdighi , et al. · 2023

Medicine Mathematics Sociology

Importance After the initial disruption from the COVID-19 pandemic, it is unclear how patterns of e-cigarette use in the US have changed. Objective To examine recent patterns in current and daily e-cigarette use among US adults in 2021. De…

Cardiovascular risk stratification among individuals with obesity: The Coronary Artery Calcium Consortium Open

Ellen Boakye, Gowtham R. Grandhi, Zeina Dardari, Rishav Adhikari, Garshasb Soroosh , et al. · 2023

Medicine

Objective The effectiveness of coronary artery calcification (CAC) for risk stratification in obesity, in which imaging is often limited because of a reduced signal to noise ratio, has not been well studied. Methods Data from 9334 particip…

Examining the association of habitual e-cigarette use withinflammation and endothelial dysfunction in young adults:The VAPORS-Endothelial function study Open

Ellen Boakye, Shin Min Sup, Ngozi Osuji, Jill Meinert, Olufunmilayo H. Obisesan , et al. · 2023

Medicine Psychology Sociology

Our findings suggest that e-cigarette use may not be significantly associated with endothelial dysfunction and systemic inflammation in relatively young and healthy individuals. Longer term studies with larger sample sizes are needed to va…

Comprehensive review of the national surveys that assess E-cigarette use domains among youth and adults in the United States Open

Ellen Boakye, John Erhabor, Olufunmilayo H. Obisesan, Erfan Tasdighi, Mohammadhassan Mirbolouk , et al. · 2023

Medicine Political science Mathematics

Surveillance of e-cigarette use among different population groups is important for the timely implementation and evaluation of tobacco regulatory policies. In this review, we identified 13 nationally representative, repeatedly conducted ep…

Psychosocial stressors and current e-cigarette use in the youth risk behavior survey Open

John Erhabor, Ellen Boakye, Ngozi Osuji, Olufunmilayo H. Obisesan, Albert D. Osei , et al. · 2023

Medicine Sociology

Background This study explores the association between psychosocial stressors and current e-cigarette use among adolescents in the United States. Methods We used data from 12,767 participants in the 2019 National Youth Risk Behavioral Surv…

Psychosocial Stressors and E-cigarette Use in the Youth Risk Behavior Survey Open

John Erhabor, Ellen Boakye, Ngozi Osuji, Olufunmilayo H. Obisesan, Albert D. Osei , et al. · 2022

Medicine Psychology Sociology

Background: Psychosocial stressors may influence tobacco use. Few studies have examined the association of stressors and e-cigarette use in adolescents. Therefore, we examined the associations between psychosocial stressors and e-cigarette…

The inverse association of state cannabis vaping prevalence with the e-cigarette or vaping product-use associated lung injury Open

Ellen Boakye, Omar El‐Shahawy, Olufunmilayo H. Obisesan, Omar Dzaye, Albert D. Osei , et al. · 2022

Medicine Sociology

The e-cigarette or vaping product-use-associated lung injury (EVALI) epidemic was primarily associated with the use of e-cigarettes containing tetrahydrocannabinol (THC)- the principal psychoactive substance in cannabis, and vitamin-E-acet…

E-cigarette use among high school students in the United States prior to the COVID-19 pandemic: Trends, correlates, and sources of acquisition Open

Mohammadhassan Mirbolouk, Ellen Boakye, Olufunmilayo H. Obisesan, Albert D. Osei, Omar Dzaye , et al. · 2022

Medicine Sociology

Detailed description of the prevalence and sources of e-cigarettes among youth is needed to inform effective regulatory policies. We used the Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System data (2015-2019) to assess trends in current (past-30-day…

Assessment of Patterns in e-Cigarette Use Among Adults in the US, 2017-2020 Open

Ellen Boakye, Ngozi Osuji, John Erhabor, Olufunmilayo H. Obisesan, Albert D. Osei , et al. · 2022

Medicine Sociology

In this study, a slight decrease in the prevalence of current e-cigarette use was found between 2018 and 2020; this decrease was mainly observed among young adults aged 18 to 20 years. In contrast, daily e-cigarette use consistently increa…

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