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4295

Overview

Alan R. Kristal was affiliated with the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in the United States. Their research primarily focused on multiple fields within medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology, with particular attention to public health, environmental and occupational health, biochemistry, physiology, and molecular biology.

The scientist contributed to the study of nutritional sciences and diet, antioxidant activity and oxidative stress, eicosanoids and hypertension pharmacology, consumer attitudes and food labeling, diet and metabolism studies, as well as glutathione transferases and polymorphisms.

Among the recent academic publications attributed to Alan R. Kristal were:

  • Change in plasma α-tocopherol associations with attenuated pulmonary function decline and with CYP4F2 missense variation, 2022, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • The Use of Three-Dimensional Images and Food Descriptions from a Smartphone Device Is Feasible and Accurate for Dietary Assessment, 2024, Nutrients
  • Change in Plasma Alpha-Tocopherol Associations with Attenuated Pulmonary Function Decline and with CYP4F2 Missense Variation, 2021, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Frequent co-authors in their publications included Jiayi Xu, Kristin A. Guertin, Nathan Gaddis, Anne Hermetet Agler, and Robert S. Parker. These collaborations often spanned related topics within nutritional studies and biochemical research.

Their work was published in a variety of venues, notably:

  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Nutrients
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

Alan R. Kristal's research has intersected several important scientific topics, focusing heavily on the impact of nutrition on health and molecular mechanisms behind antioxidant activities and metabolic processes. Their interdisciplinary approach engaged areas of public health and biochemistry to explore diet and disease relationships.

Best Publications

  • Effect of selenium and vitamin E on risk of prostate cancer and other cancers: the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT).

    Scott M. Lippman;Eric A. Klein;Eric A. Klein;Phyllis J. Goodman;M. Scott Lucia

  • Design of the Women's Health Initiative clinical trial and observational study

    G. Anderson;S. Cummings;L. S. Freedman;C. Furberg

  • Fruit and Vegetable Intakes and Prostate Cancer Risk

    Jennifer H. Cohen;Alan R. Kristal;Janet L. Stanford

  • Measurement characteristics of the Women's Health Initiative food frequency questionnaire.

    Ruth E. Patterson;Alan R. Kristal;Lesley Fels Tinker;Rachel A. Carter

  • Dietary Fat Reduction and Breast Cancer Outcome: Interim Efficacy Results From the Women's Intervention Nutrition Study

    Rowan T. Chlebowski;George L. Blackburn;Cynthia A. Thomson;Daniel W. Nixon

  • Development and Validation of the Mindful Eating Questionnaire

    Celia Framson;Alan R. Kristal;Jeannette M. Schenk;Alyson J. Littman

  • Is it time to abandon the food frequency questionnaire

    Alan R Kristal;Ulrike Peters;John D Potter

  • Stages of Change in Adopting Healthy Diets: Fat, Fiber, and Correlates of Nutrient Intake

    Karen Glanz;Ruth E. Patterson;Alan R. Kristal;Carlo C. DiClemente

  • Patterns of dietary behavior associated with selecting diets low in fat: reliability and validity of a behavioral approach to dietary assessment.

    Alan R. Kristal;Ann L. Shattuck;Holly J. Henry

  • Use Of Food Nutrition Labels is Associated with Lower Fat Intake

    Marian L Neuhouser;Alan R Kristal;Ruth E Patterson

  • Obesity, Diabetes, and Risk of Prostate Cancer: Results from the Prostate Cancer Prevention Trial

    Zhihong Gong;Marian L. Neuhouser;Phyllis J. Goodman;Demetrius Albanes

  • Associations of Race/Ethnicity, Education, and Dietary Intervention with the Validity and Reliability of a Food Frequency Questionnaire The Women's Health Trial Feasibility Study in Minority Populations

    Alan R. Kristal;Alan R. Kristal;Ziding Feng;Ralph J. Coates;Albert Oberman

  • Plasma Phospholipid Fatty Acids and Prostate Cancer Risk in the SELECT Trial

    Theodore M. Brasky;Amy K. Darke;Xiaoling Song;Catherine M. Tangen

  • Community-level comparisons between the grocery store environment and individual dietary practices

    Allen Cheadle;Bruce M. Psaty;Susan Curry;Susan Curry;Edward Wagner;Edward Wagner

  • Designing the Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial (SELECT)

    Scott M. Lippman;Phyllis J. Goodman;Eric A. Klein;Howard L. Parnes

  • Brassica vegetables and prostate cancer risk: a review of the epidemiological evidence.

    Alan R. Kristal;Johanna W. Lampe

  • A comprehensive examination of health conditions associated with obesity in older adults

    Ruth E. Patterson;Ruth E. Patterson;Laura L. Frank;Alan R. Kristal;Alan R. Kristal;Emily White;Emily White

  • Baseline Selenium Status and Effects of Selenium and Vitamin E Supplementation on Prostate Cancer Risk

    Alan R. Kristal;Alan R. Kristal;Amy K. Darke;J. Steven Morris;J. Steven Morris;Catherine M. Tangen

  • Demographic and psychosocial predictors of fruit and vegetable intakes differ: implications for dietary interventions.

    Elyse Trudeau;Alan R Kristal;Sue Li;Ruth E Patterson

  • The association of body mass index and prostate-specific antigen in a population-based study.

    Jacques Baillargeon;Brad H. Pollock;Alan R. Kristal;Patrick Bradshaw

Frequent Co-Authors

Ruth E. Patterson
Ruth E. Patterson University of California, San Diego
Marian L. Neuhouser
Marian L. Neuhouser Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Ian M. Thompson
Ian M. Thompson The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Elizabeth A. Platz
Elizabeth A. Platz Johns Hopkins University
Catherine M. Tangen
Catherine M. Tangen Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Johanna W. Lampe
Johanna W. Lampe Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Ulrike Peters
Ulrike Peters University of Washington
John D. Potter
John D. Potter Massey University
Beatrice S. Knudsen
Beatrice S. Knudsen University of Utah
Scott M. Lippman
Scott M. Lippman University of California, San Diego

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