Most-Read Articles during January 2012 -- updated monthly

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  1. Original Contribution Prevalence of Obesity and Trends in the Distribution of Body Mass Index Among US Adults, 1999-2010
    • Katherine M. Flegal,
    • Margaret D. Carroll,
    • Brian K. Kit,
    • Cynthia L. Ogden
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):491-497.Published online January 17, 2012. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.39
  2. Original Contribution Effect of Dietary Protein Content on Weight Gain, Energy Expenditure, and Body Composition During Overeating: A Randomized Controlled Trial
    • George A. Bray,
    • Steven R. Smith,
    • Lilian de Jonge,
    • Hui Xie,
    • Jennifer Rood,
    • Corby K. Martin,
    • Marlene Most,
    • Courtney Brock,
    • Susan Mancuso,
    • Leanne M. Redman
    JAMA. 2012;307(1):47-55.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1918
  3. Original Contribution Prevalence of Oral HPV Infection in the United States, 2009-2010
    • Maura L. Gillison,
    • Tatevik Broutian,
    • Robert K. L. Pickard,
    • Zhen-you Tong,
    • Weihong Xiao,
    • Lisa Kahle,
    • Barry I. Graubard,
    • Anil K. Chaturvedi
    JAMA. 2012;Published online January 26, 2012. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.101
  4. Clinical Crossroads Weight Loss Strategies for Adolescents: A 14-Year-Old Struggling to Lose Weight
    • David S. Ludwig
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):498-508.Published online January 3, 2012. doi:10.1001/jama.2011.2011
  5. Original Contribution Prevalence of Obesity and Trends in Body Mass Index Among US Children and Adolescents, 1999-2010
    • Cynthia L. Ogden,
    • Margaret D. Carroll,
    • Brian K. Kit,
    • Katherine M. Flegal
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):483-490.Published online January 17, 2012. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.40
  6. Original Contribution Prevalence and Trends in Obesity Among US Adults, 1999-2008
    • Katherine M. Flegal,
    • Margaret D. Carroll,
    • Cynthia L. Ogden,
    • Lester R. Curtin
    JAMA. 2010;303(3):235-241.Published online January 13, 2010. doi:10.1001/jama.2009.2014
  7. JAMA Clinical Challenge Purple Urine
    • Eli Ben-Chetrit,
    • Gabriel Munter
    JAMA. 2012;307(2):193-194.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1997
  8. Original Contribution Association Between Marijuana Exposure and Pulmonary Function Over 20 Years
    • Mark J. Pletcher,
    • Eric Vittinghoff,
    • Ravi Kalhan,
    • Joshua Richman,
    • Monika Safford,
    • Stephen Sidney,
    • Feng Lin,
    • Stefan Kertesz
    JAMA. 2012;307(2):173-181.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1961
  9. Clinical Review Prognostic Indices for Older Adults: A Systematic Review
    • Lindsey C. Yourman,
    • Sei J. Lee,
    • Mara A. Schonberg,
    • Eric W. Widera,
    • Alexander K. Smith
    JAMA. 2012;307(2):182-192.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1966
  10. Original Contribution Serum Potassium Levels and Mortality in Acute Myocardial Infarction
    • Abhinav Goyal,
    • John A. Spertus,
    • Kensey Gosch,
    • Lakshmi Venkitachalam,
    • Philip G. Jones,
    • Greet Van den Berghe,
    • Mikhail Kosiborod
    JAMA. 2012;307(2):157-164.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1967
  11. Viewpoint Reversals of Established Medical Practices: Evidence to Abandon Ship
    • Vinay Prasad,
    • Adam Cifu,
    • John P. A. Ioannidis
    JAMA. 2012;307(1):37-38.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1960
  12. Original Contribution Lansoprazole for Children With Poorly Controlled Asthma: A Randomized Controlled Trial
    • Writing Committee for the American Lung Association Asthma Clinical Research Centers
    JAMA. 2012;307(4):373-380.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.2035
  13. Clinical Crossroads Management of Needlestick Injuries: A House Officer Who Has a Needlestick
    • David K. Henderson
    JAMA. 2012;307(1):75-84.Published online December 6, 2011. doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1828
  14. Original Contribution Bariatric Surgery and Long-term Cardiovascular Events
    • Lars Sjöström,
    • Markku Peltonen,
    • Peter Jacobson,
    • C. David Sjöström,
    • Kristjan Karason,
    • Hans Wedel,
    • Sofie Ahlin,
    • Åsa Anveden,
    • Calle Bengtsson,
    • Gerd Bergmark,
    • Claude Bouchard,
    • Björn Carlsson,
    • Sven Dahlgren,
    • Jan Karlsson,
    • Anna-Karin Lindroos,
    • Hans Lönroth,
    • Kristina Narbro,
    • Ingmar Näslund,
    • Torsten Olbers,
    • Per-Arne Svensson,
    • Lena M. S. Carlsson
    JAMA. 2012;307(1):56-65.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1914
  15. Original Contribution ADHD Medications and Risk of Serious Cardiovascular Events in Young and Middle-aged Adults
    • Laurel A. Habel,
    • William O. Cooper,
    • Colin M. Sox,
    • K. Arnold Chan,
    • Bruce H. Fireman,
    • Patrick G. Arbogast,
    • T. Craig Cheetham,
    • Virginia P. Quinn,
    • Sascha Dublin,
    • Denise M. Boudreau,
    • Susan E. Andrade,
    • Pamala A. Pawloski,
    • Marsha A. Raebel,
    • David H. Smith,
    • Ninah Achacoso,
    • Connie Uratsu,
    • Alan S. Go,
    • Steve Sidney,
    • Mai N. Nguyen-Huynh,
    • Wayne A. Ray,
    • Joe V. Selby
    JAMA. 2011;306(24):2673-2683.Published online December 12, 2011. doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1830
  16. Editorial Oral Human Papillomavirus Infection: Hazard of Intimacy
    • Hans P. Schlecht
    JAMA. 2012;Published online January 26, 2012. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.117
  17. Clinical Review Symptomatic In-Hospital Deep Vein Thrombosis and Pulmonary Embolism Following Hip and Knee Arthroplasty Among Patients Receiving Recommended Prophylaxis: A Systematic Review
    • Jean-Marie Januel,
    • Guanmin Chen,
    • Christiane Ruffieux,
    • Hude Quan,
    • James D. Douketis,
    • Mark A. Crowther,
    • Cyrille Colin,
    • William A. Ghali,
    • Bernard Burnand
    • , for the IMECCHI Group
    JAMA. 2012;307(3):294-303.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.2029
  18. Viewpoint Science, Politics, and Over-the-Counter Emergency Contraception
    • Robert Steinbrook
    JAMA. 2012;307(4):365-366.Published online December 19, 2011. doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1957
  19. Clinical Review CYP2C19 Genotype, Clopidogrel Metabolism, Platelet Function, and Cardiovascular Events: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
    • Michael V. Holmes,
    • Pablo Perel,
    • Tina Shah,
    • Aroon D. Hingorani,
    • Juan P. Casas
    JAMA. 2011;306(24):2704-2714.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1880
  20. Original Contribution Bridging Antiplatelet Therapy With Cangrelor in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial
    • Dominick J. Angiolillo,
    • Michael S. Firstenberg,
    • Matthew J. Price,
    • Pradyumna E. Tummala,
    • Martin Hutyra,
    • Ian J. Welsby,
    • Michele D. Voeltz,
    • Harish Chandna,
    • Chandrashekhar Ramaiah,
    • Miroslav Brtko,
    • Louis Cannon,
    • Cornelius Dyke,
    • Tiepu Liu,
    • Gilles Montalescot,
    • Steven V. Manoukian,
    • Jayne Prats,
    • Eric J. Topol
    • , for the BRIDGE Investigators
    JAMA. 2012;307(3):265-274.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.2002
  21. Viewpoint Where Are the Health Care Cost Savings?
    • Ezekiel J. Emanuel
    JAMA. 2012;307(1):39-40.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1927
  22. Medical News & Perspectives Treatment Rather Than Avoidance May Be Within Reach for Children With Food Allergies
    • Anita Slomski
    JAMA. 2012;307(4):345-348.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.32
  23. Editorial Overeating and Overweight: Extra Calories Increase Fat Mass While Protein Increases Lean Mass
    • Zhaoping Li,
    • David Heber
    JAMA. 2012;307(1):86-87.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1959
  24. Research Letter Access to Emergency Contraception for Adolescents
    • Tracey A. Wilkinson,
    • Nisha Fahey,
    • Emily Suther,
    • Howard J. Cabral,
    • Michael Silverstein
    JAMA. 2012;307(4):362-363.Published online December 19, 2011. doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1949
  25. Viewpoint Addressing Requests by Patients for Nonbeneficial Interventions
    • Allan S. Brett,
    • Laurence B. McCullough
    JAMA. 2012;307(2):149-150.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1999
  26. Original Contribution Serial Changes in Highly Sensitive Troponin I Assay and Early Diagnosis of Myocardial Infarction
    • Till Keller,
    • Tanja Zeller,
    • Francisco Ojeda,
    • Stergios Tzikas,
    • Lars Lillpopp,
    • Christoph Sinning,
    • Philipp Wild,
    • Sabine Genth-Zotz,
    • Ascan Warnholtz,
    • Evangelos Giannitsis,
    • Martin Möckel,
    • Christoph Bickel,
    • Dirk Peetz,
    • Karl Lackner,
    • Stephan Baldus,
    • Thomas Münzel,
    • Stefan Blankenberg
    JAMA. 2011;306(24):2684-2693.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1896
  27. Original Contribution The TIMI Risk Score for Unstable Angina/Non–ST Elevation MI: A Method for Prognostication and Therapeutic Decision Making
    • Elliott M. Antman,
    • Marc Cohen,
    • Peter J. L. M. Bernink,
    • Carolyn H. McCabe,
    • Thomas Horacek,
    • Gary Papuchis,
    • Branco Mautner,
    • Ramon Corbalan,
    • David Radley,
    • Eugene Braunwald
    JAMA. 2000;284(7):835-842.doi:10.1001/jama.284.7.835
  28. JAMA Patient Page Ulcerative Colitis
    • Janet M. Torpy,
    • Cassio Lynm,
    • Robert M. Golub
    JAMA. 2012;307(1):104.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1889
  29. Viewpoint Universal Screening and Drug Treatment of Dyslipidemia in Children and Adolescents
    • Bruce M. Psaty,
    • Frederick P. Rivara
    JAMA. 2012;307(3):257-258.Published online December 15, 2011. doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1916
  30. Review Defining and Assessing Professional Competence
    • Ronald M. Epstein,
    • Edward M. Hundert
    JAMA. 2002;287(2):226-235.doi:10.1001/jama.287.2.226
  31. Letters Retraction: Acharya CR, et al. Gene expression signatures, clinicopathological features, and individualized therapy in breast cancer. JAMA. 2008;299(13):1574-1587.
    • Chaitanya R. Acharya,
    • David S. Hsu,
    • Carey K. Anders,
    • Ariel Anguiano,
    • Kelly H. Salter,
    • Kelli S. Walters,
    • Richard C. Redman,
    • Sascha A. Tuchman,
    • Cynthia A. Moylan,
    • Sayan Mukherjee,
    • William T. Barry,
    • Holly K. Dressman,
    • Geoffrey S. Ginsburg,
    • Kelly P. Marcom,
    • Katherine S. Garman,
    • Gary H. Lyman,
    • Joseph R. Nevins,
    • Anil Potti
    JAMA. 2012;307(5):453.Published online January 6, 2012. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.2
  32. Original Contribution Axillary Dissection vs No Axillary Dissection in Women With Invasive Breast Cancer and Sentinel Node Metastasis: A Randomized Clinical Trial
    • Armando E. Giuliano,
    • Kelly K. Hunt,
    • Karla V. Ballman,
    • Peter D. Beitsch,
    • Pat W. Whitworth,
    • Peter W. Blumencranz,
    • A. Marilyn Leitch,
    • Sukamal Saha,
    • Linda M. McCall,
    • Monica Morrow
    JAMA. 2011;305(6):569-575.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.90
  33. JAMA Patient Page Respiratory Syncytial Virus Bronchiolitis
    • Ann R. Punnoose,
    • Robert M. Golub
    JAMA. 2012;307(2):213.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1890
  34. Caring for the Critically Ill Patient Immunosuppression in Patients Who Die of Sepsis and Multiple Organ Failure
    • Jonathan S. Boomer,
    • Kathleen To,
    • Kathy C. Chang,
    • Osamu Takasu,
    • Dale F. Osborne,
    • Andrew H. Walton,
    • Traci L. Bricker,
    • Stephen D. Jarman II,
    • Daniel Kreisel,
    • Alexander S. Krupnick,
    • Anil Srivastava,
    • Paul E. Swanson,
    • Jonathan M. Green,
    • Richard S. Hotchkiss
    JAMA. 2011;306(23):2594-2605.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1829
  35. Commentary The Genome Gets Personal—Almost
    • W. Gregory Feero,
    • Alan E. Guttmacher,
    • Francis S. Collins
    JAMA. 2008;299(11):1351-1352.doi:10.1001/jama.299.11.1351
  36. Clinical Review Risk of Incident Diabetes With Intensive-Dose Compared With Moderate-Dose Statin Therapy: A Meta-analysis
    • David Preiss,
    • Sreenivasa Rao Kondapally Seshasai,
    • Paul Welsh,
    • Sabina A. Murphy,
    • Jennifer E. Ho,
    • David D. Waters,
    • David A. DeMicco,
    • Philip Barter,
    • Christopher P. Cannon,
    • Marc S. Sabatine,
    • Eugene Braunwald,
    • John J. P. Kastelein,
    • James A. de Lemos,
    • Michael A. Blazing,
    • Terje R. Pedersen,
    • Matti J. Tikkanen,
    • Naveed Sattar,
    • Kausik K. Ray
    JAMA. 2011;305(24):2556-2564.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.860
  37. This Week in JAMA This Week in JAMA JAMA. 2012;307(1):7.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1947
  38. JAMA Patient Page Cushing Syndrome and Cushing Disease
    • Ryszard M. Pluta,
    • Alison E. Burke,
    • Robert M. Golub
    JAMA. 2011;306(24):2742.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1694
  39. Original Contribution Hospital Nurse Staffing and Patient Mortality, Nurse Burnout, and Job Dissatisfaction
    • Linda H. Aiken,
    • Sean P. Clarke,
    • Douglas M. Sloane,
    • Julie Sochalski,
    • Jeffrey H. Silber
    JAMA. 2002;288(16):1987-1993.doi:10.1001/jama.288.16.1987
  40. Original Contribution Serum Vaccine Antibody Concentrations in Children Exposed to Perfluorinated Compounds
    • Philippe Grandjean,
    • Elisabeth Wreford Andersen,
    • Esben Budtz-Jørgensen,
    • Flemming Nielsen,
    • Kåre Mølbak,
    • Pal Weihe,
    • Carsten Heilmann
    JAMA. 2012;307(4):391-397.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.2034
  41. JAMA Patient Page Childhood Asthma
    • Ann R. Punnoose,
    • Alison E. Burke,
    • Robert M. Golub
    JAMA. 2012;307(4):421.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.2001
  42. JAMA Clinical Challenge Papules, Plaques, and Nodules in an Immunocompromised Patient
    • Xiao-Yong Man,
    • Min Zheng
    JAMA. 2012;307(4):404-405.doi:10.1001/jama.2012.18
  43. Original Contribution Comparison of the Atkins, Zone, Ornish, and LEARN Diets for Change in Weight and Related Risk Factors Among Overweight Premenopausal Women: The A TO Z Weight Loss Study: A Randomized Trial
    • Christopher D. Gardner,
    • Alexandre Kiazand,
    • Sofiya Alhassan,
    • Soowon Kim,
    • Randall S. Stafford,
    • Raymond R. Balise,
    • Helena C. Kraemer,
    • Abby C. King
    JAMA. 2007;297(9):969-977.doi:10.1001/jama.297.9.969
  44. Editorial Inadequacy of BMI as an Indicator for Bariatric Surgery
    • Edward H. Livingston
    JAMA. 2012;307(1):88-89.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1950
  45. This Week in JAMA This Week in JAMA JAMA. 2012;307(2):115.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1991
  46. Medical News & Perspectives Research Yields New Insights Into Mechanisms and Treatment of Pain
    • M. J. Friedrich
    JAMA. 2012;307(3):239-241.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1972
  47. Editorial The Central Role of Prognosis in Clinical Decision Making
    • Thomas M. Gill
    JAMA. 2012;307(2):199-200.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1992
  48. This Week in JAMA This Week in JAMA JAMA. 2012;307(3):223.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.2023
  49. Original Contribution Association of Incident Dementia With Hospitalizations
    • Elizabeth A. Phelan,
    • Soo Borson,
    • Louis Grothaus,
    • Steven Balch,
    • Eric B. Larson
    JAMA. 2012;307(2):165-172.doi:10.1001/jama.2011.1964
  50. Original Contribution Major Outcomes in High-Risk Hypertensive Patients Randomized to Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor or Calcium Channel Blocker vs Diuretic: The Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT)
    • The ALLHAT Officers and Coordinators for the ALLHAT Collaborative Research Group
    JAMA. 2002;288(23):2981-2997.doi:10.1001/jama.288.23.2981

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