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Utilization of lipid lowering medications among adults in the United States 1999-2006.

Li M, Ong KL, Tse HF, Cheung BM.

Atherosclerosis. 2009 Aug 8. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19700160 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

An overview of the Guangzhou Biobank Cohort Study-Cardiovascular Disease Subcohort (GBCS-CVD): a platform for multidisciplinary collaboration.

Jiang CQ, Lam TH, Lin JM, Liu B, Yue XJ, Cheng KK, Tomlinson B, Wong KS, Cheung BM, Thomas GN.

J Hum Hypertens. 2009 Jul 9. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19587700 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Diabetes prevalence and therapeutic target achievement in the United States, 1999 to 2006.

Cheung BM, Ong KL, Cherny SS, Sham PC, Tso AW, Lam KS.

Am J Med. 2009 May;122(5):443-53.PMID: 19375554 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Late-life body mass index and waist circumference in amnestic mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer's disease.

Chu LW, Tam S, Lee PW, Yik PY, Song Y, Cheung BM, Lam KS.

J Alzheimers Dis. 2009 May;17(1):223-32.PMID: 19221407 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Elevated plasma level of soluble F11 receptor/junctional adhesion molecule-A (F11R/JAM-A) in hypertension.

Ong KL, Leung RY, Babinska A, Salifu MO, Ehrlich YH, Kornecki E, Wong LY, Tso AW, Cherny SS, Sham PC, Lam TH, Lam KS, Cheung BM.

Am J Hypertens. 2009 May;22(5):500-5. Epub 2009 Feb 12.PMID: 19214165 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Host factors do not influence the colonization or infection by fluconazole resistant Candida species in hospitalized patients.

Yang YL, Cheng MF, Chang YW, Young TG, Chi H, Lee SC, Cheung BM, Tseng FC, Chen TC, Ho YH, Shi ZY, Chan CH, Lin JY, Lo HJ.

J Negat Results Biomed. 2008 Dec 16;7:12.PMID: 19087319 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Thrombolysis for ischaemic stroke.

Kumana CR, Cheung BM.

Clin Med. 2008 Oct;8(5):556; author reply 556. No abstract available. PMID: 18975495 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Sporadic and outbreak cases of melioidosis in southern Taiwan: clinical features and antimicrobial susceptibility.

Shih HI, Chuang YC, Cheung BM, Yan JJ, Chang CM, Chang K, Lee NY, Lee HC, Wu CJ, Chen PL, Lee CC, Wang LR, Ko NY, Ko WC.

Infection. 2009 Feb;37(1):9-15. Epub 2008 Oct 14.PMID: 18854938 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The efficacy of intravitreal vancomycin and dexamethasone in the treatment of experimental bacillus cereus endophthalmitis.

Liu F, Kwok AK, Cheung BM.

Curr Eye Res. 2008 Sep;33(9):761-8.PMID: 18798079 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

High density lipoprotein-cholesterol levels increase with age in American women but not in Hong Kong Chinese women.

Cheung BM, Li M, Ong KL, Wat NM, Tam S, Pang RW, Thomas GN, Woo J, Janus ED, Lau CP, Lam TH, Lam KS.

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2009 Apr;70(4):561-8. Epub 2008 Aug 19.PMID: 18715284 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Association between plasma alkaline phosphatase and C-reactive protein in Hong Kong Chinese.

Cheung BM, Ong KL, Cheung RV, Wong LY, Wat NM, Tam S, Leung GM, Cheng CH, Woo J, Janus ED, Lau CP, Lam TH, Lam KS.

Clin Chem Lab Med. 2008;46(4):523-7.PMID: 18605934 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Elevated serum alkaline phosphatase and peripheral arterial disease in the United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2004.

Cheung BM, Ong KL, Wong LY.

Int J Cardiol. 2009 Jun 26;135(2):156-61. Epub 2008 Jun 24.PMID: 18572267 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Association between raised blood pressure and dysglycemia in Hong Kong Chinese.

Cheung BM, Wat NM, Tso AW, Tam S, Thomas GN, Leung GM, Tse HF, Woo J, Janus ED, Lau CP, Lam TH, Lam KS.

Diabetes Care. 2008 Sep;31(9):1889-91. Epub 2008 Jun 12.PMID: 18556342 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Association of a polymorphism in the lipin 1 gene with systolic blood pressure in men.

Ong KL, Leung RY, Wong LY, Cherny SS, Sham PC, Lam TH, Lam KS, Cheung BM.

Am J Hypertens. 2008 May;21(5):539-45. Epub 2008 Mar 13.PMID: 18437145 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Polymorphisms of the fibrinogen-beta gene are related to 2-hour glucose level after oral glucose tolerance test in Hong Kong Chinese.

Wong LY, Ong KL, Cheung BM, Leung RY, Man YB, Lam TH.

Dis Markers. 2008;24(3):167-73.PMID: 18334738 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A 3-year study of medication incidents in an acute general hospital.

Song L, Chui WC, Lau CP, Cheung BM.

J Clin Pharm Ther. 2008 Apr;33(2):109-14.PMID: 18315775 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Gender difference in blood pressure control and cardiovascular risk factors in Americans with diagnosed hypertension.

Ong KL, Tso AW, Lam KS, Cheung BM.

Hypertension. 2008 Apr;51(4):1142-8. Epub 2008 Feb 7.PMID: 18259031 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevalence, treatment, and control of diagnosed diabetes in the U.S. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2004.

Ong KL, Cheung BM, Wong LY, Wat NM, Tan KC, Lam KS.

Ann Epidemiol. 2008 Mar;18(3):222-9. Epub 2008 Jan 16.PMID: 18201902 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Bacteremic melioidosis in southern Taiwan: clinical characteristics and outcome.

Chou DW, Chung KM, Chen CH, Cheung BM.

J Formos Med Assoc. 2007 Dec;106(12):1013-22.PMID: 18194907 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Loading doses for costly cancer biologicals: sound pharmacology or unnecessary extravagance?

Epstein RJ, Cheung BM.

Eur J Cancer. 2008 Jul;44(11):1488-92. Epub 2008 Jan 14.PMID: 18194858 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Statins for people with diabetes.

Cheung BM.

Lancet. 2008 Jan 12;371(9607):94-5. No abstract available. PMID: 18191668 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Relationship between the metabolic syndrome and the development of hypertension in the Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study-2 (CRISPS2).

Cheung BM, Wat NM, Man YB, Tam S, Cheng CH, Leung GM, Woo J, Janus ED, Lau CP, Lam TH, Lam KS.

Am J Hypertens. 2008 Jan;21(1):17-22.PMID: 18091739 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Association of F11 receptor gene polymorphisms with central obesity and blood pressure.

Ong KL, Leung RY, Wong LY, Cherny SS, Sham PC, Lam TH, Lam KS, Cheung BM.

J Intern Med. 2008 Mar;263(3):322-32. Epub 2007 Dec 6.PMID: 18067551 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Components of the metabolic syndrome predictive of its development: a 6-year longitudinal study in Hong Kong Chinese.

Cheung BM, Wat NM, Tam S, Thomas GN, Leung GM, Cheng CH, Woo J, Janus ED, Lau CP, Lam TH, Lam KS.

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2008 May;68(5):730-7. Epub 2007 Nov 2.PMID: 17980012 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Bioavailable testosterone is associated with a reduced risk of amnestic mild cognitive impairment in older men.

Chu LW, Tam S, Lee PW, Wong RL, Yik PY, Tsui W, Song Y, Cheung BM, Morley JE, Lam KS.

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2008 Apr;68(4):589-98. Epub 2007 Oct 30.PMID: 17973937 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Lymphocytic pleural effusion in acute melioidosis.

Chung KM, Chou DW, Chen CH, Cheung BM.

J Formos Med Assoc. 2007 Oct;106(10):874-7.PMID: 17964969 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Elevated plasma adrenomedullin and vascular manifestations in patients with systemic sclerosis.

Mok MY, Cheung BM, Lo Y, Leung RY, Wong WS, Lau CS.

J Rheumatol. 2007 Nov;34(11):2224-9. Epub 2007 Oct 15.PMID: 17937467 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Three endothelial nitric oxide (NOS3) gene polymorphisms in hypertensive and normotensive individuals: meta-analysis of 53 studies reveals evidence of publication bias.

Pereira TV, Rudnicki M, Cheung BM, Baum L, Yamada Y, Oliveira PS, Pereira AC, Krieger JE.

J Hypertens. 2007 Sep;25(9):1763-74. Review.PMID: 17762636 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Single-nucleotide polymorphisms near the microsatellite D17S1303 and the development of hypertension in a 6-year longitudinal study.

Cheung BM, Ong KL, Leung RY, Wong LY, Song YQ, Sham PC.

J Hum Hypertens. 2008 Feb;22(2):151-3. Epub 2007 Aug 30.PMID: 17728798 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Treatment and control of diabetes mellitus in the United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2002.

Ong KL, Cheung BM, Man YB, Wong LY, Wat NM, Tan KC, Lam KS.

J Cardiometab Syndr. 2006 Fall;1(5):301-7.PMID: 17679791 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Serum adipocyte fatty acid binding protein as a new biomarker predicting the development of type 2 diabetes: a 10-year prospective study in a Chinese cohort.

Tso AW, Xu A, Sham PC, Wat NM, Wang Y, Fong CH, Cheung BM, Janus ED, Lam KS.

Diabetes Care. 2007 Oct;30(10):2667-72. Epub 2007 Jul 9.PMID: 17620449 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The role of urotensin II in the metabolic syndrome.

Ong KL, Wong LY, Cheung BM.

Peptides. 2008 May;29(5):859-67. Epub 2007 Jun 8. Review.PMID: 17610998 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Overview of dietary influences on atherosclerotic vascular disease: epidemiology and prevention.

Thomas GN, Cheung BM, Ho SY, Macfarlane DJ, Deng HB, McGhee SM, Woo J, Lam TH, Tomlinson B.

Cardiovasc Hematol Disord Drug Targets. 2007 Jun;7(2):87-97. Review.PMID: 17584043 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The metabolic syndrome and vascular disease in Asia.

Cheung BM, Thomas GN.

Cardiovasc Hematol Disord Drug Targets. 2007 Jun;7(2):79-85. Review.PMID: 17584042 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Junctional adhesion molecule-1 may have a wider role in cardiovascular disease.

Cheung BM, Ong KL.

Hypertension. 2007 Aug;50(2):e22; author reply e23. Epub 2007 Jun 11. No abstract available. PMID: 17562977 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Melioidosis outbreak after typhoon, southern Taiwan.

Ko WC, Cheung BM, Tang HJ, Shih HI, Lau YJ, Wang LR, Chuang YC.

Emerg Infect Dis. 2007 Jun;13(6):896-8.PMID: 17553230 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A novel intronic polymorphism of ABCA1 gene reveals risk for sporadic Alzheimer's disease in Chinese.

Chu LW, Li Y, Li Z, Tang AY, Cheung BM, Leung RY, Yik PY, Jin DY, Song YQ.

Am J Med Genet B Neuropsychiatr Genet. 2007 Dec 5;144B(8):1007-13.PMID: 17510949 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Plasma levels of fibrinogen and C-reactive protein are related to interleukin-6 gene -572C>G polymorphism in subjects with and without hypertension.

Wong LY, Leung RY, Ong KL, Cheung BM.

J Hum Hypertens. 2007 Nov;21(11):875-82. Epub 2007 May 17.PMID: 17508011 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Response to Nonpharmacological Treatment of Hypertension: Impact on Prevalence Estimates.

Ong KL, Cheung BM.

Hypertension. 2007 Apr 30. [Epub ahead of print] No abstract available. PMID: 17470713 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Hypoadiponectinemia as a predictor for the development of hypertension: a 5-year prospective study.

Chow WS, Cheung BM, Tso AW, Xu A, Wat NM, Fong CH, Ong LH, Tam S, Tan KC, Janus ED, Lam TH, Lam KS.

Hypertension. 2007 Jun;49(6):1455-61. Epub 2007 Apr 23.PMID: 17452504 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Circulating adipocyte-fatty acid binding protein levels predict the development of the metabolic syndrome: a 5-year prospective study.

Xu A, Tso AW, Cheung BM, Wang Y, Wat NM, Fong CH, Yeung DC, Janus ED, Sham PC, Lam KS.

Circulation. 2007 Mar 27;115(12):1537-43.PMID: 17389279 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Metabolic syndrome increases all-cause and vascular mortality: the Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Study.

Thomas GN, Schooling CM, McGhee SM, Ho SY, Cheung BM, Wat NM, Janus ED, Lam KS, Lam TH; Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study Steering Committee.

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2007 May;66(5):666-71. Epub 2007 Mar 23.PMID: 17381490 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Development of diabetes in Chinese with the metabolic syndrome: a 6-year prospective study.

Cheung BM, Wat NM, Man YB, Tam S, Thomas GN, Leung GM, Cheng CH, Woo J, Janus ED, Lau CP, Lam TH, Lam KS.

Diabetes Care. 2007 Jun;30(6):1430-6. Epub 2007 Mar 2. Erratum in: Diabetes Care. 2008 Jan;31(1):187. PMID: 17337491 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension among United States adults 1999-2004.

Ong KL, Cheung BM, Man YB, Lau CP, Lam KS.

Hypertension. 2007 Jan;49(1):69-75. Epub 2006 Dec 11.PMID: 17159087 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Identification of factors differentially associated with isolated impaired fasting glucose and isolated post-load impaired glucose tolerance: the Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Study.

Thomas GN, Schooling CM, McGhee SM, Ho SY, Cheung BM, Wat NM, Janus ED, Lam TH; Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study Steering Committee.

Eur J Endocrinol. 2006 Oct;155(4):623-32.PMID: 16990663 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Intron 2 (T/C) CYP46 polymorphism is associated with Alzheimer's disease in Chinese patients.

Li Y, Chu LW, Chen YQ, Cheung BM, Leung RY, Yik PY, Ng KM, Mak W, Jin DY, St George-Hyslop P, Song YQ.

Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord. 2006;22(5-6):399-404. Epub 2006 Sep 8.PMID: 16960449 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The metabolic syndrome in China.

Cheung BM.

Br J Clin Pharmacol. 2006 Sep;62(3):260-3. No abstract available. PMID: 16934040 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in the United States National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999-2002 according to different defining criteria.

Cheung BM, Ong KL, Man YB, Wong LY, Lau CP, Lam KS.

J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich). 2006 Aug;8(8):562-70.PMID: 16896272 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Identification and functional characterization of three novel human melanocortin-4 receptor gene variants in an obese Chinese population.

Rong R, Tao YX, Cheung BM, Xu A, Cheung GC, Lam KS.

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2006 Aug;65(2):198-205.PMID: 16886960 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Polymorphisms of the gene encoding adiponectin and glycaemic outcome of Chinese subjects with impaired glucose tolerance: a 5-year follow-up study.

Tso AW, Sham PC, Wat NM, Xu A, Cheung BM, Rong R, Fong CH, Xu JY, Cheng KK, Janus ED, Lam KS.

Diabetologia. 2006 Aug;49(8):1806-15. Epub 2006 Jun 21.PMID: 16788799 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles