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Increasing prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus: a public health perspectiveAssiamira Ferrara
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program of Northern California, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Diabetes Care 30:S141-6. 2007
Referral to telephonic nurse management improves outcomes in women with gestational diabetesAssiamira Ferrara
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 206:491.e1-5. 2012..We sought to determine whether, among women with gestational diabetes mellitus, referral to a telephonic nurse management program was associated with lower risk of macrosomia and increased postpartum glucose testing...- Study of Women, Infant Feeding, and Type 2 diabetes mellitus after GDM pregnancy (SWIFT), a prospective cohort study: methodology and designErica P Gunderson
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612 2304, USA
BMC Public Health 11:952. 2011..This report describes the design and methods implemented for this study to obtain the clinical, biochemical, anthropometric, and behavioral measurements during the recruitment and follow-up phases... - Sex disparities in control and treatment of modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors among patients with diabetes: Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) StudyAssiamira Ferrara
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program of Northern California, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Diabetes Care 31:69-74. 2008..Cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality has decreased in men but not in women with diabetes. We investigated whether sex differences in control and treatment of CVD risk factors might underlie this disparity... - Pregnancy plasma glucose levels exceeding the American Diabetes Association thresholds, but below the National Diabetes Data Group thresholds for gestational diabetes mellitus, are related to the risk of neonatal macrosomia, hypoglycaemia and hyperbilirubA Ferrara
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program of Northern California, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Diabetologia 50:298-306. 2007..We sought to determine the extent to which infants of women meeting only the ADA criteria for GDM are at increased risk of neonatal complications... - Trends in postpartum diabetes screening and subsequent diabetes and impaired fasting glucose among women with histories of gestational diabetes mellitus: A report from the Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) StudyAssiamira Ferrara
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, USA
Diabetes Care 32:269-74. 2009.... - Strategies for diabetes prevention before and after pregnancy in women with GDMAssiamira Ferrara
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Curr Diabetes Rev 7:75-83. 2011.... - A pregnancy and postpartum lifestyle intervention in women with gestational diabetes mellitus reduces diabetes risk factors: a feasibility randomized control trialAssiamira Ferrara
Kaiser Permanente of Northern California, Oakland, California, USA
Diabetes Care 34:1519-25. 2011..The intervention was delivered by telephone, and support for breastfeeding was addressed... - Cohort study of pioglitazone and cancer incidence in patients with diabetesAssiamira Ferrara
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, USA
Diabetes Care 34:923-9. 2011.... - Self-monitoring of blood glucose: language and financial barriers in a managed care population with diabetesA J Karter
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Oakland, California 94611 5714, USA
Diabetes Care 23:477-83. 2000..Self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) is a cornerstone of diabetes care, but little is known about barriers to this self-care practice... - Hormone replacement therapy is associated with better glycemic control in women with type 2 diabetes: The Northern California Kaiser Permanente Diabetes RegistryA Ferrara
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California 94611, USA
Diabetes Care 24:1144-50. 2001..Little is known about how hormone replacement therapy (HRT) affects glucose metabolism in diabetes. The aim of this study was to examine whether HbA(1c) levels varied by current HRT among women with type 2 diabetes... - Excess maternal transmission of type 2 diabetes. The Northern California Kaiser Permanente Diabetes RegistryA J Karter
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California 94611 5714, USA
Diabetes Care 22:938-43. 1999..Previous studies have reported higher prevalence of diabetes among mothers of probands with type 2 diabetes than among fathers. This analysis is vulnerable to biases, and this pattern has not been observed in all populations or races... - Self-monitoring of blood glucose levels and glycemic control: the Northern California Kaiser Permanente Diabetes registryA J Karter
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California, USA
Am J Med 111:1-9. 2001..We sought to evaluate the effectiveness of self-monitoring blood glucose levels to improve glycemic control... - Developing a prediction rule from automated clinical databases to identify high-risk patients in a large population with diabetesJ V Selby
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente of Northern California, 3505 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94611, USA
Diabetes Care 24:1547-55. 2001..To develop and validate a prediction rule for identifying diabetic patients at high short-term risk of complications using automated data in a large managed care organization... - Glycemic control and heart failure among adult patients with diabetesC Iribarren
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, CA, USA
Circulation 103:2668-73. 2001.... - Comparison of glyburide and insulin for the management of gestational diabetes in a large managed care organizationGavin F Jacobson
Department of Obstetrics, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, San Francisco, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 193:118-24. 2005..The increased risk of preeclampsia and phototherapy in the glyburide group warrant further study... - Sex ratio variations among the offspring of women with diabetes in pregnancyS F Ehrlich
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente of Northern California, Oakland, California 94612, USA
Diabet Med 29:e273-8. 2012..This study aims to compare the sex ratio across categories of maternal glycaemia... - Prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus detected by the national diabetes data group or the carpenter and coustan plasma glucose thresholdsAssiamira Ferrara
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California 94611, USA
Diabetes Care 25:1625-30. 2002..Our aim is to estimate the magnitude of change in prevalence of GDM using the Carpenter and Coustan thresholds as compared with the NDDG thresholds by age and ethnicity... - Sex differences in quality of health care related to ischemic heart disease prevention in patients with diabetes: the translating research into action for Diabetes (TRIAD) study, 2000-2001Assiamira Ferrara
Division of Research, Northern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Diabetes Care 27:2974-6. 2004 - Understanding the gap between good processes of diabetes care and poor intermediate outcomes: Translating Research into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD)Joe V Selby
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California, Oakland, California 94612, USA
Med Care 45:1144-53. 2007..Performance of diabetes clinical care processes has improved recently, but control of hemoglobin A1c (A1c) and other vascular disease risk factors has improved more slowly... - Patients diagnosed with diabetes are at increased risk for asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary fibrosis, and pneumonia but not lung cancerSamantha F Ehrlich
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, California, USA
Diabetes Care 33:55-60. 2010..The aim of this study was to evaluate and compare the incidence of asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), pulmonary fibrosis, pneumonia, and lung cancer in patients with and without a diagnosis of diabetes... - High blood pressure before and during early pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitusMonique M Hedderson
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program of Northern California, Oakland, California, USA
Diabetes Care 31:2362-7. 2008..We examined the relationship between blood pressure (BP) measured before and during early pregnancy (<20 weeks) and the risk of GDM in a nested case-control study... - Use of antibiotics is not associated with decreased risk of myocardial infarction among patients with diabetesAndrew John Karter
Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research, Northern California Region, Oakland, California 94612, USA
Diabetes Care 26:2100-6. 2003..To study the relationship between exposure to antibiotic treatment and risk of subsequent myocardial infarction (MI) in patients with diabetes... - The association of patient-physician gender concordance with cardiovascular disease risk factor control and treatment in diabetesJulie A Schmittdiel
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California, Oakland, California 94612, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:2065-70. 2009..Our objective was to examine associations between patient gender, physician gender, and their interaction with CVD risk factor control, medication adherence, and treatment intensification in diabetes... 
Disparities in the risk of gestational diabetes by race-ethnicity and country of birthMonique M Hedderson
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program of Northern California, Oakland, CA, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 24:441-8. 2010..Clinicians should be aware that among certain race-ethnicity groups women born outside the US may be at increased risk of GDM and may warrant special preventive and culturally sensitive care...- Ethnic disparities in diabetic complications in an insured populationAndrew J Karter
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
JAMA 287:2519-27. 2002..Disparate access to quality health care is a common explanation for ethnic disparities in diabetic complication rates in the US population. Examining an ethnically diverse population with uniform health care coverage may be useful... - Androgenicity of progestins in hormonal contraceptives and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitusMonique M Hedderson
Division of Research, The Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA, USA
Diabetes Care 30:1062-8. 2007..We examined the association between hormonal contraceptive use, categorized by the androgenicity of the progestin component, and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in a nested case-control study... - Gestational diabetes mellitus and lesser degrees of pregnancy hyperglycemia: association with increased risk of spontaneous preterm birthMonique M Hedderson
Division of Research at Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Obstet Gynecol 102:850-6. 2003..To investigate whether different degrees of maternal glucose intolerance are associated with the risk of spontaneous preterm birth... - Achieving good glycemic control: initiation of new antihyperglycemic therapies in patients with type 2 diabetes from the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Diabetes RegistryAndrew J Karter
The Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Am J Manag Care 11:262-70. 2005..To compare the effectiveness of antihyperglycemic therapies in type 2 diabetic patients with poor glycemic control (baseline glycosylated hemoglobin [HbA1C] > 8%)... - Missed appointments and poor glycemic control: an opportunity to identify high-risk diabetic patientsAndrew J Karter
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California 94612, USA
Med Care 42:110-5. 2004..We evaluated the relationship between missed appointments and glycemic control (glycosylated hemoglobin or HbA1c) in a large, managed care population of diabetic patients... - Increased prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus among women with diagnosed polycystic ovary syndrome: a population-based studyJoan C Lo
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente of Northern California, Oakland, 94612-2304, USA
Diabetes Care 29:1915-7. 2006 - Risk of preterm delivery in non-diabetic women with polycystic ovarian syndromeM Yamamoto
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
J Perinatol 32:770-6. 2012..To examine the risk and etiology of preterm delivery in women with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS)... - Predicting significant hyperbilirubinaemia using birth weightV J Flaherman
Division of General Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
Arch Dis Child Fetal Neonatal Ed 93:F307-9. 2008..A recent study proposed a risk factor scoring system for prediction of hyperbilirubinaemia that assigned increased risk to infants of higher birth weight... - Current use of unopposed estrogen and estrogen plus progestin and the risk of acute myocardial infarction among women with diabetes: the Northern California Kaiser Permanente Diabetes Registry, 1995-1998Assiamira Ferrara
Division of Research at Northern California Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, Calif 94612, USA
Circulation 107:43-8. 2003..We examined associations of current HRT, estrogen dosage, and time since HRT initiation with risk of acute MI in diabetic women... - An increase in the incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus: Northern California, 1991-2000Assiamira Ferrara
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, 2000 Broadway 3rd Floor, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Obstet Gynecol 103:526-33. 2004..Although increases in diabetes prevalence have been reported in the United States, it is unknown whether this trend is also occurring for GDM. We examined trends in the yearly cumulative incidence of GDM between the years 1991 and 2000... - Body mass index and weight gain prior to pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes mellitusMonique M Hedderson
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program of Northern California, Oakland, CA 94612 2304, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 198:409.e1-7. 2008..The objective of the study was to evaluate obesity and rate of weight change during the 5 years before pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in a nested case-control study... - Gestational weight gain and risk of gestational diabetes mellitusMonique M Hedderson
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program of Northern California, Oakland, California 94612 2304, USA
Obstet Gynecol 115:597-604. 2010..To estimate the relationship between the rate of gestational weight gain before the 50-g, 1-hour oral glucose challenge test screening for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and subsequent risk of GDM... - Pregnancy weight gain and risk of neonatal complications: macrosomia, hypoglycemia, and hyperbilirubinemiaMonique M Hedderson
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program of Northern California, Oakland, California 94612, USA
Obstet Gynecol 108:1153-61. 2006..To examine whether pregnancy weight gains outside the Institute of Medicine (IOM) recommendations and rates of maternal weight gain are associated with neonatal complications... - Use of thiazolidinediones and risk of heart failure in people with type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study: response to Delea et alAndrew J Karter
Diabetes Care 27:850-1; author reply 852-3. 2004 - Risk perception for diabetes among women with histories of gestational diabetes mellitusCatherine Kim
Division of General Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Diabetes Care 30:2281-6. 2007..To examine risk perception for diabetes among women with histories of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)... - Medical therapy for diabetes is associated with increased use of lower endoscopyJames D Lewis
Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Center for Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, USA
Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 16:1195-202. 2007..This study examined the association between diabetes therapies and use of lower endoscopy... - Preventive counseling among women with histories of gestational diabetes mellitusCatherine Kim
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Diabetes Care 30:2489-95. 2007..The purpose of this study was to examine the association between recall of recommendations for diabetes prevention and both health behaviors and screening among women with histories of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM)... - Who is tested for diabetic kidney disease and who initiates treatment? The Translating Research Into Action For Diabetes (TRIAD) StudySusan L Johnson
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Metabolism, Endocrinology and Diabetes, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 48109, USA
Diabetes Care 29:1733-8. 2006..We examined factors associated with screening for albuminuria and initiation of ACE inhibitor or angiotensin receptor blocker (ARB) treatment in diabetic patients... - Preconception care in managed care: the translating research into action for diabetes studyCatherine Kim
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 192:227-32. 2005..89-0.99) and BMI (kg/m2) (0.96, 95% CI 0.93-0.99) remained significant predictors of family planning counseling. CONCLUSIONS: Preconception counseling rates for diabetic women are low and associated with younger age and lower BMI...
Research Grants
- GESTATIONAL DIABETES: DIAGNOSTIC CRITERIA AND OUTCOMESAssiamira Ferrara; Fiscal Year: 2003....
- Translational Diabetes Prevention in GDMAssiamira Ferrara; Fiscal Year: 2007..The study proposes to, use a telehealth intervention that is effective in women with infants and has the potential to be translatable to many other clinical settings. ..
- Comparative effectiveness of diabetes prevention strategies in women with GDMAssiamira Ferrara; Fiscal Year: 2010..Finding that this intervention is cost-effective in this setting should motivate its adoption at KP as well as in other health care systems. ..