Chee-Eng Tan

Summary

Affiliation: Singapore General Hospital
Country: Singapore

Publications

  1. ncbi APOE polymorphism and lipid profile in three ethnic groups in the Singapore population
    C E Tan
    Department of Endocrinology, Singapore General Hospital, Block 6 level 6, Outram Road, Singapore 169608, Singapore
    Atherosclerosis 170:253-60. 2003
  2. ncbi Do Singapore patients require lower doses of statins? The SGH Lipid Clinic experience
    C E Tan
    Department of Endocrinology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608
    Singapore Med J 44:635-8. 2003
  3. ncbi Can we apply the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel definition of the metabolic syndrome to Asians?
    Chee Eng Tan
    Department of Endocrinology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
    Diabetes Care 27:1182-6. 2004
  4. ncbi Risk factors for coronary heart disease in the Japanese--comparison of the background of patients with acute coronary syndrome in the ASPAC study with data obtained from the general population. Asia-Pacific Collaboration on CHD Risk Factor Intervention st
    Akira Yamamoto
    National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan
    J Atheroscler Thromb 9:191-9. 2002
  5. ncbi Should central obesity be an optional or essential component of the metabolic syndrome? Ischemic heart disease risk in the Singapore Cardiovascular Cohort Study
    Jeannette Lee
    Community, Occupational and Family Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, MD3, National University of Singapore, 16 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597
    Diabetes Care 30:343-7. 2007
  6. ncbi Usefulness of the Audit of Diabetes-Dependent Quality-of-Life (ADDQoL) questionnaire in patients with diabetes in a multi-ethnic Asian country
    Hwee-Lin Wee
    Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Pharmacoeconomics 24:673-82. 2006
  7. ncbi Impact of sex, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes mellitus on cardiovascular events
    Koon Hou Mak
    Gleneagles Medical Centre, Singapore
    Am J Cardiol 100:227-33. 2007

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Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi APOE polymorphism and lipid profile in three ethnic groups in the Singapore population
    C E Tan
    Department of Endocrinology, Singapore General Hospital, Block 6 level 6, Outram Road, Singapore 169608, Singapore
    Atherosclerosis 170:253-60. 2003
    ..Having three major ethnic groups within a similar social environment allows us to study the role of genetics and their interactions with lifestyle factors on the serum lipid profile and coronary risk in Asians...
  2. ncbi Do Singapore patients require lower doses of statins? The SGH Lipid Clinic experience
    C E Tan
    Department of Endocrinology, Singapore General Hospital, Outram Road, Singapore 169608
    Singapore Med J 44:635-8. 2003
    ..6 mmol/l whilst 77.5% had LDL cholesterol less than 3.4 mmol/l. Our experience at the Lipid Clinic suggests that the Asian patients require similar statin doses to achieve target cholesterol levels...
  3. ncbi Can we apply the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel definition of the metabolic syndrome to Asians?
    Chee Eng Tan
    Department of Endocrinology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Republic of Singapore
    Diabetes Care 27:1182-6. 2004
    ..The objectives of this study were to determine the optimal waist circumference for diagnosing central obesity in Asians and to estimate the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in an Asian population...
  4. ncbi Risk factors for coronary heart disease in the Japanese--comparison of the background of patients with acute coronary syndrome in the ASPAC study with data obtained from the general population. Asia-Pacific Collaboration on CHD Risk Factor Intervention st
    Akira Yamamoto
    National Cardiovascular Center Research Institute, Suita, Osaka, Japan
    J Atheroscler Thromb 9:191-9. 2002
    ..These results indicate that hypertriglyceridemia and diabetes mellitus may be more important CHD risk factors in the Japanese population than LDL-cholesterol...
  5. ncbi Should central obesity be an optional or essential component of the metabolic syndrome? Ischemic heart disease risk in the Singapore Cardiovascular Cohort Study
    Jeannette Lee
    Community, Occupational and Family Medicine, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, MD3, National University of Singapore, 16 Medical Drive, Singapore 117597
    Diabetes Care 30:343-7. 2007
    ..This study examines the effect of the metabolic syndrome with and without central obesity in an Asian population with ischemic heart disease (IHD)...
  6. ncbi Usefulness of the Audit of Diabetes-Dependent Quality-of-Life (ADDQoL) questionnaire in patients with diabetes in a multi-ethnic Asian country
    Hwee-Lin Wee
    Department of Pharmacy, National University of Singapore, Singapore
    Pharmacoeconomics 24:673-82. 2006
    ..Individualised measures such as the ADDQoL allow one to obtain precise score estimates and may offer developing countries a useful alternative to CAT...
  7. ncbi Impact of sex, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes mellitus on cardiovascular events
    Koon Hou Mak
    Gleneagles Medical Centre, Singapore
    Am J Cardiol 100:227-33. 2007
    ..98, 95% CI 0.48 to 1.99). In conclusion, the adverse impact of MS or DM was greater among men, and the presence of both conditions increases the risk substantially for cardiovascular events among women...