Steven D. Buchthal

Postdoctoral Researcher

Research focused on body-composition assessment and metabolic health across diverse populations, including adiposity patterns, liver fat distribution, and relationships to glucose metabolism and diabetes risk in multiethnic cohorts.

Publications (11)

• Predictors of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue and muscle density: The ShapeUp! Kids study
  Maskarinec G, Shvetsov YB, Wong MC, Cataldi D, Bennett JP, Garber AK, Buchthal SD, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J
  Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 2023· doi:10.1016/j.numecd.2023.12.014
• Genome-wide association study of abdominal MRI-measured visceral fat: The multiethnic cohort adiposity phenotype study
  Streicher SA, Lim U, Park SL, Li Y, Sheng X, Hom V, Xia L, Pooler L, Shepherd J, Loo LWM, Ernst T, Buchthal SD, Franke AA, Tiirikainen M, Wilkens LR, Haiman CA, Stram DO, Cheng I, Marchand LL
  PLoS ONE, 2023· doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0279932
• Subcutaneous and visceral fat assessment by DXA and MRI in older adults and children
  Maskarinec G, Shvetsov YB, Wong MC, Garber AK, Monroe KR, Ernst T, Buchthal SD, Lim U, Marchand LL, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J
  Obesity, 2022· doi:10.1002/oby.23381
• Biomarker-based visceral adiposity score and incident type 2 diabetes in the multiethnic cohort
  Maskarinec G, Raquinio PA, Setiawan VW, Ernst T, Franke AA, Buchthal SD, Shepherd J, Wilkens LR, Lim U, Marchand LL
  Annals of Epidemiology, 2021· doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2021.07.002
• Genome-wide association study of pancreatic fat: The Multiethnic Cohort Adiposity Phenotype Study
  Streicher SA, Lim U, Park SL, Li Y, Sheng X, Hom V, Xia L, Pooler L, Shepherd J, Loo LWM, Darst BF, Highland HM, Polfus LM, Bogumil D, Ernst T, Buchthal SD, Franke AA, Setiawan VW, Tiirikainen M, W...
  PLoS ONE, 2021· doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0249615
• Body Fat Distribution, Glucose Metabolism, and Diabetes Status Among Older Adults: The Multiethnic Cohort Adiposity Phenotype Study
  Maskarinec G, Raquinio P, Kristal BS, Franke AA, Buchthal SD, Ernst T, Monroe KR, Shepherd J, Shvetsov YB, Marchand LL, Lim U
  Journal of Epidemiology, 2021· doi:10.2188/jea.je20200538
• Predictors of liver fat among children and adolescents from five different ethnic groups
  Maskarinec G, Garber AK, Wong MC, Kelly NN, Kazemi L, Buchthal SD, Fearnbach N, Heymsfield SB, Shepherd J
  Obesity Science & Practice, 2020· doi:10.1002/osp4.459
• Differences in the association of diet quality with body fat distribution between men and women
  Maskarinec G, Namatame LA, Kang M, Buchthal SD, Ernst T, Monroe KR, Shepherd J, Wilkens LR, Boushey CJ, Marchand LL, Lim U
  European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 2020· doi:10.1038/s41430-020-0563-1
• Propensity for Intra-abdominal and Hepatic Adiposity Varies Among Ethnic Groups
  Lim U, Monroe KR, Buchthal S, Fan B, Cheng I, Kristal BS, Lampe JW, Hullar MA, Franke AA, Stram DO, Wilkens LR, Shepherd J, Ernst T, Marchand LL
  Gastroenterology, 2018· doi:10.1053/j.gastro.2018.11.021
• Erratum: Diet Quality Predicts Visceral Adiposity and Liver Fatness: The Multiethnic Cohort Study
  Maskarinec G, Lim U, Jacobs S, Monroe KR, Ernst T, Buchthal SD, Shepherd J, Wilkens LR, Marchand LL, Boushey CJ
  Obesity, 2017· doi:10.1002/oby.22086
• Diet Quality in Midadulthood Predicts Visceral Adiposity and Liver Fatness in Older Ages: The Multiethnic Cohort Study
  Maskarinec G, Lim U, Jacobs S, Monroe KR, Ernst T, Buchthal SD, Shepherd J, Wilkens LR, Marchand LL, Boushey CJ
  Obesity, 2017· doi:10.1002/oby.21868