Lekki Wood

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Baylor College of Medicine

United States

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Dr. Lekki Wood is an Assistant Professor at Baylor College of Medicine in the United States. His research focuses on nutritional epidemiology, cardiovascular health, and personalized nutrition approaches, as evidenced by his recent publications on polygenic risk scores, dietary influences on hypertension, and metabolomic studies related to type 2 diabetes management. He also explores the relationship between diet, ethnicity, and health outcomes in diverse populations.

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Addressing maternal mental health needs during pediatric acute care hospitalizations

Open Date: 2018-07-01

Close Date: 2019-06-01

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Associations between blood fatty acids and sleep duration: a pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies

Open Date: 2018-06-01

Close Date: 2019-12-01

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Genetics at the Interface of Lipid and Glycemic Traits

Open Date: 2018-04-01

Close Date: 2021-01-31

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Nutrigenomics of Cardiometabolic Health in Older Adults

Open Date: 2017-09-01

Close Date: 2019-05-31

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Impact of the gut microbiome and diet on change in insulin homeostasis and cardiometabolic risk

Open Date: 2017-04-01

Close Date: 2022-03-31

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Jose Luchsinger

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Columbia University Irving Medical Center

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Risk score roulette: A cautionary tale of polygenic risk score reliability

DNA Methylation Signatures of Cardiovascular Health Provide Insights Into Diseases

Dietary Intake of Protein by Food Source and Incident Hypertension Among Diverse US Adults: The MESA Study

Metabolomic Data May Support the Development of Personalized Nutrition Approaches to Type 2 Diabetes Management

Associations Between Flavonoid Intake and Subclinical Atherosclerosis: The MESA

Metagenomic Study of the MESA: Detection of Gemella Morbillorum and Association With Coronary Heart Disease

Association Between Alcohol Consumption and Ectopic Fat in the Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Examination of parent-reported differences in children's daily screen use, sleep, and sleep hygiene behaviors during the school year and summer and their association with BMI

Dietary Sources of Linoleic Acid (LA) Differ by Race/Ethnicity in Adults Participating in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) between 2017–2018

The Need for a More Inclusive Definition of ‘Child care’ in Efforts Aimed at Improving the Dietary Quality of Young Children

Associations between adherence to the dietary approaches to stop hypertension (DASH) diet and six glucose homeostasis traits in the Microbiome and Insulin Longitudinal Evaluation Study (MILES)

Cesarean Delivery and Insulin Sensitivity in the Older Adult: The Microbiome and Insulin Longitudinal Evaluation Study

Context Matters: Preliminary Evidence That the Association between Positive Affect and Adiposity in Infancy Varies in Social vs. Non-Social Situations

Identification of genetic loci simultaneously associated with multiple cardiometabolic traits

Vegetable parenting practices vary by feeding styles among middle class mothers of young children

DASH diet adherence and cognitive function: Multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis

Collaborators (18)

Jose Luchsinger

Parag Chevli

Stephen Rich

Wendy S Post

Alain G. Bertoni

Matthew A Allison

Yi Li

Kathleen Hayden

Tom Baranowski

Alison Fohner

Kevin Murray

Jonathan Hodgson

Yinan Zheng

Morgana Mongraw-Chaffin

Jennette Moreno

Richard Kazibwe

Marcia de Oliveira Otto

Erin Michos

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