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Insulin sensitivity and abdominal obesity in African-American, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic white men and women. The Insulin Resistance and Atherosclerosis StudyA J Karter
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Northern California Region, Oakland 94611 5714, USA
Diabetes 45:1547-55. 1996..While some ethnic variability exists, a negative relationship between abdominal obesity and insulin sensitivity was confirmed for all three ethnic groups across the spectrum of glucose tolerance...
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...
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...
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...
Ischemic heart disease and stroke mortality in African-American, Hispanic, and non-Hispanic white men and women, 1985 to 1991A J Karter
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Northern California Region, Oakland
West J Med 169:139-45. 1998..Of particular concern was the growing disparities in stroke and IHD mortality among younger-aged African Americans relative to Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites...
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...
Abdominal obesity predicts declining insulin sensitivity in non-obese normoglycaemics: the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study (IRAS)A J Karter
Kaiser Permanente, Division of Research, Northern California Region, Oakland, CA, USA
Diabetes Obes Metab 7:230-8. 2005..Cross-sectional studies have demonstrated a relationship between obesity and insulin sensitivity (S(I)); however, there is a lack of evidence from longitudinal studies...
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....
Alcohol consumption is inversely associated with adherence to diabetes self-care behavioursA T Ahmed
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Diabet Med 23:795-802. 2006..Our aim was to examine the associations of alcohol consumption with six diabetes self-care behaviours...
Pioglitazone initiation and subsequent hospitalization for congestive heart failureA J Karter
Kaiser Permanente Division of Research, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Diabet Med 22:986-93. 2005....
Tuberculosis in California dialysis patientsA T Ahmed
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, California 94612, USA
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis 8:341-5. 2004..Kaiser Permanente Northern California dialysis registry...
