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| Nita G ForouhiSummaryAffiliation: University of Cambridge Country: UK Publications
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Diabetes and tuberculosis: the impact of the diabetes epidemic on tuberculosis incidenceCatherine R Stevenson
Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, UK
BMC Public Health 7:234. 2007..Diabetes increases the risk of TB. Our aim was to assess the potential impact of diabetes as a risk factor for incident pulmonary tuberculosis, using India as an example...- Baseline serum 25-hydroxy vitamin d is predictive of future glycemic status and insulin resistance: the Medical Research Council Ely Prospective Study 1990-2000Nita G Forouhi
Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, UK
Diabetes 57:2619-25. 2008..However, prospective data using the biomarker serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D [25(OH)D] are limited and therefore examined in the present study... - A prospective study of the association between quantity and variety of fruit and vegetable intake and incident type 2 diabetesAndrew J Cooper
MRCEpidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, U K
Diabetes Care 35:1293-300. 2012..The current study examined the association of both quantity and variety of F&V intake and risk of T2D... 
The prospective association between total and type of fish intake and type 2 diabetes in 8 European countries: EPIC-InterAct StudyPinal S Patel
MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, UK
Am J Clin Nutr 95:1445-53. 2012..Epidemiologic evidence of an association between fish intake and type 2 diabetes (T2D) is inconsistent and unresolved...- Association between type of dietary fish and seafood intake and the risk of incident type 2 diabetes: the European prospective investigation of cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk cohort studyPinal S Patel
MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, UK
Diabetes Care 32:1857-63. 2009..To investigate the association between fish and seafood intake and new-onset type 2 diabetes... - Dietary energy density predicts the risk of incident type 2 diabetes: the European Prospective Investigation of Cancer (EPIC)-Norfolk StudyJing Wang
Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, UK
Diabetes Care 31:2120-5. 2008..Our aim was to investigate whether there is an independent association between dietary energy density and incidence of diabetes... - Fatty acids measured in plasma and erythrocyte-membrane phospholipids and derived by food-frequency questionnaire and the risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes: a pilot study in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)-Norfolk cPinal S Patel
Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Am J Clin Nutr 92:1214-22. 2010..Epidemiologic evidence for the association between types of fatty acid and risk of type 2 diabetes is inconsistent. This may in part be due to the limitations of fatty acid measurement methods... - Incidence of type 2 diabetes using proposed HbA1c diagnostic criteria in the european prospective investigation of cancer-norfolk cohort: implications for preventive strategiesParinya Chamnan
MRCEpidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Diabetes Care 34:950-6. 2011..To evaluate the incidence and relative risk of type 2 diabetes defined by the newly proposed HbA(1c) diagnostic criteria in groups categorized by different baseline HbA(1c) levels... - Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathwaysRobert A Scott
Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Nat Genet 44:991-1005. 2012..Functional analysis of these newly discovered loci will further improve our understanding of glycemic control... - No interactions between previously associated 2-hour glucose gene variants and physical activity or BMI on 2-hour glucose levelsRobert A Scott
Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke s Hospital, Cambridge, UK
Diabetes 61:1291-6. 2012..It is perhaps unlikely that top loci from genome-wide association studies will exhibit strong subgroup-specific effects, and may not, therefore, make the best candidates for the study of interactions... - Plasma vitamin C level, fruit and vegetable consumption, and the risk of new-onset type 2 diabetes mellitus: the European prospective investigation of cancer--Norfolk prospective studyAnne Helen Harding
Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke s Hospital, PO Box 285, Hills Road, Cambridge CB2 0QQ, England
Arch Intern Med 168:1493-9. 2008..This study aims to examine whether fruit and vegetable intake and plasma vitamin C level are associated with the risk of incident type 2 diabetes... - Association between birth weight and visceral fat in adultsEmanuella De Lucia Rolfe
Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Am J Clin Nutr 92:347-52. 2010..Several studies reported inverse associations between birth weight and central adiposity in adults. However, few studies investigated the contributions of different abdominal fat compartments... - A novel school-based intervention to improve nutrition knowledge in children: cluster randomised controlled trialRajalakshmi R Lakshman
MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, UK
BMC Public Health 10:123. 2010..The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness and acceptability of a novel educational intervention to increase nutrition knowledge among primary school children... - Mapping the availability and accessibility of healthy food in rural and urban New Zealand--Te Wai o Rona: Diabetes Prevention StrategyJing Wang
Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, UK
Public Health Nutr 13:1049-55. 2010..The present study aimed to examine the availability and accessibility of 'healthy' foods in rural and urban New Zealand... - Differential white blood cell count and type 2 diabetes: systematic review and meta-analysis of cross-sectional and prospective studiesEffrossyni Gkrania-Klotsas
MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom
PLoS ONE 5:e13405. 2010..However, the association has not been systematically investigated... - Cross-sectional association between fish consumption and albuminuria: the European Prospective Investigation of Cancer-Norfolk StudyChee Tin Christine Lee
Medical Research Council Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Am J Kidney Dis 52:876-86. 2008..The aim of this study is to examine the association between fish consumption and albuminuria in individuals with and without diabetes... 
CVD risk factors and ethnicity--a homogeneous relationship?Nita G Forouhi
MRC Epidemiology Unit, Cambridge, UK
Atheroscler Suppl 7:11-9. 2006..Ongoing studies should increase understanding of ethnicity as a potential independent risk factor, thus enabling better identification of treatment targets and selection of therapy in specific populations...