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MaryFran Sowers is affiliated with the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor in the United States. Their academic career is shaped primarily through this institution, where they engage in research and scholarly activities.

No specific information is available regarding their recent papers, co-authors, or frequent publication venues. Likewise, there are no listed book publications or details on main fields or subfields of study at this time.

As there are no documented awards or specific research topics connected to MaryFran Sowers, the profile focuses on the available institutional affiliation and general academic identification.

Best Publications

  • The obese without cardiometabolic risk factor clustering and the normal weight with cardiometabolic risk factor clustering: prevalence and correlates of 2 phenotypes among the US population (NHANES 1999-2004).

    Rachel P. Wildman;Paul Muntner;Kristi Reynolds;Aileen P. McGinn

  • Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D, Diabetes, and Ethnicity in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

    Robert Scragg;MaryFran Sowers;Colin Bell

  • American Society of Clinical Oncology Clinical Practice Guideline: Update on Adjuvant Endocrine Therapy for Women With Hormone Receptor–Positive Breast Cancer

    Harold J. Burstein;Ann Alexis Prestrud;Jerome Seidenfeld;Holly Anderson

  • Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D, ethnicity, and blood pressure in the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.

    Robert Scragg;MaryFran Sowers;Colin Bell

  • SWAN: A Multicenter, Multiethnic, Community-Based Cohort Study of Women and the Menopausal Transition

    Mary Fran R. Sowers;Sybil L. Crawford;Barbara Sternfeld;David Morganstein

  • Are Changes in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Midlife Women due to Chronological Aging or to the Menopausal Transition

    Karen A. Matthews;Sybil L. Crawford;Claudia U. Chae;Susan A. Everson-Rose

  • Bone Mineral Density Changes During the Menopause Transition in a Multiethnic Cohort of Women

    Joel S. Finkelstein;Sarah E. Brockwell;Vinay Mehta;Gail A. Greendale

  • Changes in Body Composition in Women over Six Years at Midlife: Ovarian and Chronological Aging

    Mary Fran Sowers;Huiyong Zheng;Kristin Tomey;Carrie Karvonen-Gutierrez

  • Depressive symptoms during the menopausal transition: the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)

    Joyce T. Bromberger;Karen A. Matthews;Laura L. Schott;Sarah Brockwell

  • Sex Hormone–Binding Globulin and the Free Androgen Index Are Related to Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Multiethnic Premenopausal and Perimenopausal Women Enrolled in the Study of Women Across the Nation (SWAN)

    Kim Sutton-Tyrrell;Rachel P. Wildman;Karen A. Matthews;Claudia Chae

  • Changes in bone density with lactation

    M. Sowers;G. Corton;B. Shapiro;M.L. Jannausch

  • Physical Activity and Changes in Weight and Waist Circumference in Midlife Women: Findings from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation

    Barbara Sternfeld;Hua Wang;Charles P. Quesenberry;Barbara Abrams

  • Anti-Müllerian Hormone and Inhibin B in the Definition of Ovarian Aging and the Menopause Transition

    Maryfran R. Sowers;Aimee D. Eyvazzadeh;Daniel McConnell;Matheos Yosef

  • Disordered eating, menstrual irregularity, and bone mineral density in female runners.

    Kristin L. Cobb;Laura K. Bachrach;Gail Greendale;Robert Marcus

  • Semiparametric Stochastic Mixed Models for Longitudinal Data

    Daowen Zhang;Xihong Lin;Jonathan Raz;Maryfran Sowers

  • Reproductive hormones in the early menopausal transition: relationship to ethnicity, body size, and menopausal status.

    John F. Randolph;MaryFran Sowers;Ellen B. Gold;Beth A. Mohr

  • Longitudinal Change in Reproductive Hormones and Depressive Symptoms Across the Menopausal Transition: Results From the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)

    Joyce T. Bromberger;Laura L. Schott;Howard M. Kravitz;MaryFran Sowers

  • Sleep disturbance during the menopausal transition in a multi-ethnic community sample of women.

    Howard M. Kravitz;Xinhua Zhao;Joyce T. Bromberger;Ellen B Gold

  • Change in Follicle-Stimulating Hormone and Estradiol Across the Menopausal Transition: Effect of Age at the Final Menstrual Period

    John F. Randolph;Huiyong Zheng;Mary Fran R. Sowers;Carolyn Crandall

  • The evolving role of obesity in knee osteoarthritis

    MaryFran R. Sowers;Carrie A. Karvonen-Gutierrez

Frequent Co-Authors

Karen A. Matthews
Karen A. Matthews University of Pittsburgh
Gail A. Greendale
Gail A. Greendale University of California, Los Angeles
Ellen B. Gold
Ellen B. Gold University of California, Davis
Sybil L. Crawford
Sybil L. Crawford University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Nanette Santoro
Nanette Santoro University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Joel S. Finkelstein
Joel S. Finkelstein Sunnybrook Health Science Centre
Barbara Sternfeld
Barbara Sternfeld Kaiser Permanente
Robert B. Wallace
Robert B. Wallace University of Iowa
Kim Sutton-Tyrrell
Kim Sutton-Tyrrell University of Pittsburgh
Martica Hall
Martica Hall University of Pittsburgh

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