U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs CMV – Research Update

Gross RS, Thaweethai T, Kleinman LC, Snowden JN, Rosenzweig EB, Milner JD, Tantisira KG, Rhee KE, Jernigan TL, Kinser PA, Salisbury AL, Warburton D, Mohandas S, Wood JC, Newburger JW, Truong DT, Flaherman VJ, Metz TD, Karlson EW, Chibnik LB, Pant DB, Krishnamoorthy A, Gallagher R, Lamendola-Essel MF, Hasson DC, Katz SD, Yin S, Dreyer BP, Carmilani M, Coombs K, Fitzgerald ML, Güthe N, Hornig M, Letts RJ, Peddie AK, Taylor BD, Foulkes AS, Stockwell MS; RECOVER-Pediatrics Consortium; RECOVER-Pediatrics Group Authors; Balaraman V, Bogie A, Bukulmez H, Dozor AJ, Eckrich D, Elliott AJ, Evans DN, Farkas JS, Faustino EVS, Fischer L, Gaur S, Harahsheh AS, Hasan UN, Hsia DS, Huerta-Montañez G, Hummel KD, Kadish MP, Kaelber DC, Krishnan S, Kosut JS, Larrabee J, Lim PPC, Michelow IC, Oliveira CR, Raissy H, Rosario-Pabon Z, Ross JL, Sato AI, Stevenson MD, Talavera-Barber MM, Teufel RJ, Weakley KE, Zimmerman E, Bind MC, Chan J, Guan Z, Morse RE, Reeder HT, Akshoomoff N, Aschner JL, Bhattacharjee R, Cottrell LA, Cowan K, D’Sa VA, Fiks AG, Gennaro ML, Irby K, Khare M, Guttierrez JL, McCulloh RJ, Narang S, Ness-Cochinwala M, Nolan S, Palumbo P, Ryu J, Salazar JC, Selvarangan R, Stein CR, Werzberger A, Zempsky WT, Aupperle R, Baker FC, Banich MT, Barch DM, Baskin-Sommers A, Bjork JM, Bookheimer SY, Brown SA, Casey BJ, Chang L, Clark DB, Dale AM, Dapretto M, Ernst TM, Fair DA, Feldstein Ewing SW, Foxe JJ, Freedman EG, Friedman NP, Garavan H, Gee DG, Gonzalez R, Gray KM, Heitzeg MM, Herting MM, Jacobus J, Laird AR, Larson CL, Lisdahl KM, Luciana M, Luna B, Madden PAF, McGlade EC, Müller-Oehring EM, Nagel BJ, Neale MC, Paulus MP, Potter AS, Renshaw PF, Sowell ER, Squeglia LM, Tapert S, Uddin LQ, Wilson S, Yurgelun-Todd DA. Characterizing Long COVID in Children and Adolescents. JAMA. 2024 Aug 21. doi: 10.1001/jama.2024.12747. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39196964

Ramos SR, Kang B, Jeon S, Fraser M, Kershaw T, Boutjdir M. Chronic Illness Perceptions and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Behaviors in Black and Latinx Sexual Minority Men with HIV: A Cross-Sectional Analysis. Nurs Rep. 2024 Aug 8;14(3):1922-1936. doi: 10.3390/nursrep14030143. PMID: 39189273 Free PMC article.

Grau PP, Fedele KM, Fernando MA, Hall-Clark B, Rauch SAM, Porter KE, Sexton M. Examining Ethnoracial Differences in Retention in Evidence-Based Treatments for Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Secondary to Military Sexual Trauma. Violence Vict. 2024 Aug 26:VV-2023-0069.R1. doi: 10.1891/VV-2023-0069. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39187292

Jeong S, Linder BA, Barnett AM, Tharpe MA, Hutchison ZJ, Culver MN, Sanchez SO, Nichols OI, Grosicki GJ, Bunsawat K, Nasci VL, Gohar EY, Fuller-Rowell TE, Robinson AT. Interplay of race and neighborhood deprivation on resting and ambulatory blood pressure in young adults. Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol. 2024 Sep 1;327(3):H601-H613. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00726.2023. Epub 2024 Jul 12. PMID: 38995211

Krishnamurthy S, Li Y, Sileanu F, Essien UR, Vanneman ME, Mor M, Fine MJ, Thorpe CT, Radomski T, Suda K, Gellad WF, Roberts ET. Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health Care Experiences for Veterans Receiving VA Community Care from 2016 to 2021. J Gen Intern Med. 2024 Sep;39(12):2249-2260. doi: 10.1007/s11606-024-08818-3. Epub 2024 May 31. PMID: 38822210 Free PMC article.

Bree KK, Janes JL, Hensley PJ, Srinivasan A, De Hoedt AM, Das S, Freedland SJ, Williams SB. Racial disparities in stage at bladder cancer diagnosis in the US Veterans Affairs healthcare system. BJU Int. 2024 Sep;134(3):473-483. doi: 10.1111/bju.16380. Epub 2024 Apr 29. PMID: 38680113

Al-Kindi SG, Shami B, Janus SE, Hajjari J, Mously H, Badhwar A, Chami T, Chahine N, Al-Jammal M, Karnib M, Noman A, Bunte MC. Retrospective analysis of ethnic/racial disparities and excess vascular mortality associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Curr Probl Cardiol. 2024 Oct;49(10):102763. doi: 10.1016/j.cpcardiol.2024.102763. Epub 2024 Jul 24. PMID: 39059784 Review.

Dai J, Nianogo R, Wong ND, Moin T, McClain AC, Alver S, Cordero C, Daviglus ML, Qi Q, Sotres-Alvarez D, Chen L. Energy Intake and Dietary Glycemic Load in Late Morning and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: The Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos-A Multicenter Prospective Cohort Study. Diabetes Care. 2024 Sep 1;47(9):1673-1681. doi: 10.2337/dc24-0564. PMID: 39042564

Good MK, Davila H, Ball D, O’Neill S, Healy H, Mengeling MA. Health and Health Care Use of American Indian/Alaska Native Women Veterans: A Scoping Review. Womens Health Issues. 2024 Aug 26:S1049-3867(24)00064-1. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2024.07.003. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39191605

Shetty NS, Pampana A, Patel N, Li P, Arora G, Arora P. High-proportion spliced-in titin truncating variants in African and European ancestry in the All of Us Research Program. Nat Cardiovasc Res. 2024 Feb;3(2):140-144. doi: 10.1038/s44161-023-00417-5. Epub 2024 Jan 15. PMID: 39196186

Leuva H, Zhou M, Jamaleddine N, Meseha M, Faiena I, Anna Park YH, McWilliams G, Luhrs C, Maxwell KN, Von Hoff D, Bates SE, Fojo T. Assessing olaparib efficacy in U.S. Veterans with metastatic prostate cancer utilizing a time-indifferent g-rate method ideal for real-world analyses. EBioMedicine. 2024 Aug 23;107:105288. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2024.105288. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39180789

Lipska KJ, Oladele C, Zawack K, Gulanski B, Mutalik P, Reaven P, Lynch JA, Lee KM, Shih MC, Lee JS, Aslan M. Association of Race and Ethnicity with Prescriptions for Continuous Glucose Monitoring Systems Among a National Sample of Veterans with Diabetes on Insulin Therapy. Diabetes Technol Ther. 2024 Aug 23. doi: 10.1089/dia.2024.0152. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39177775

Malone A, Clair K, Chanfreau C, Bean-Mayberry B, Oberman R, Lesser R, Knight C, Finley E, Hamilton A, Farmer MM, Moin T. Predictors of enrollment in a virtual diabetes prevention program among women veterans: a retrospective analysis. BMC Womens Health. 2024 Aug 24;24(1):465. doi: 10.1186/s12905-024-03314-6. PMID: 39180036

Thao MS, Davila H, Shippee T. “I feel like a caged pig in here”: Language, Race, and Ethnic Identity in a Case Study Hmong Nursing Home Resident Quality of Life. J Appl Gerontol. 2024 Aug 14:7334648241271896. doi: 10.1177/07334648241271896. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39140747

Zakeri M, Lal LS, Abughosh SM, Sansgiry S, Essien EJ, Sansgiry SS. Racial and Ethnic Disparity in Healthcare Expenditure and Resource Utilization Among Patients with Cardiovascular Diseases. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2024 Aug 14. doi: 10.1007/s40615-024-02125-7. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39141246

Li MT, Hillyer GC, King KL, Yu M, Husain SA, Mohan S. Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs Toward Organ Donation Registration Among Asian Americans: Development and Pilot-testing of Educational Intervention Video. Transplant Direct. 2024 Aug 8;10(9):e1693. doi: 10.1097/TXD.0000000000001693. eCollection 2024 Sep. PMID: 39131236 Free PMC article.

Bather JR, Liu F, Goodman MS, Kaphingst KA. Racial Composition of Past and Current Social Environments and Health Literacy. Health Lit Res Pract. 2024 Jul;8(3):e130-e139. doi: 10.3928/24748307-20240719-01. Epub 2024 Aug 7. PMID: 39136216

Maheswaranathan M, Boan AD, Ramakrishnan V, Johnson H, Rose J, Dismuke-Greer CL, Oates JC, Egede LE, Williams E. Association of Limited Health Literacy With Clinical and Patient-Reported Outcomes in Individuals With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus. ACR Open Rheumatol. 2024 Aug 18. doi: 10.1002/acr2.11719. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39155276

Kercheval JB, Narcisse DI, Nguyen M, Rao SV, Gutierrez JA, Leeper NJ, Maron DJ, Rodriguez F, Hernandez AF, Mahaffey KW, Shah SH, Swaminathan RV; Project Baseline Health Study Group. Characterization of peripheral artery disease and associations with traditional risk factors, mobility, and biomarkers in the project baseline health study. Am Heart J. 2024 Sep;275:183-190. doi: 10.1016/j.ahj.2024.06.010. Epub 2024 Jul 3. PMID: 38969081

Altin SE, Parise H, Hess CN, Rosenthal NA, Julien HM, Curtis JP. Co-Morbidity Differences Associated With Long-Term Amputation and Repeat Revascularization Rates After Femoropopliteal Artery Intervention for Intermittent Claudication by Sex, Race, and Ethnicity. Am J Cardiol. 2024 Sep 1;226:40-49. doi: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2024.05.021. Epub 2024 Jun 2. PMID: 38834142

Hilgeman MM, Haigh SV, Western E, Varnado N, Bishop TK, Key J, Hollingsworth DW, Stevens A, Wilkins J, Zaneski L, McGriff T, Mills WL. Equity and Inclusion for LGBTQ+ Residents: Lessons Learned From the Initial Long-Term Care Equality Index (LEI). J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2024 Aug 14:105215. doi: 10.1016/j.jamda.2024.105215. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39153737

Kearney LE, Belancourt P, Katki HA, Tanner NT, Wiener RS, Robbins HA, Landy R, Caverly TJ. The Development and Performance of Alternative Criteria for Lung Cancer Screening. Ann Intern Med. 2024 Aug 20. doi: 10.7326/M23-3250. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39159457

Zhu CW, Choi J, Hung W, Sano M. Racial and ethnic disparities in potentially inappropriate medication use in patients with dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2024 Aug 21. doi: 10.1111/jgs.19152. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39166851

Dawson DB, Johnson B, Baig MU, Breland JY, Chen P, Fletcher TL. African American patient perspectives on barriers and facilitators to tobacco-cessation treatment. Psychol Serv. 2024 Aug 22. doi: 10.1037/ser0000897. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39172399

Volpe SG, Ahmad J, Patel RA, Rosendale N. Author Correction: Neurological care for LGBT+ people. Nat Rev Neurol. 2024 Aug 22. doi: 10.1038/s41582-024-01015-0. Online ahead of print. PMID: 39174668 No abstract available.