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Ethnic comparison of the association of undiagnosed diabetes with obesity.

Nyamdorj R, Pitkäniemi J, Tuomilehto J, Hammar N, Stehouwer CD, Lam TH, Ramachandran A, Janus ED, Mohan V, Söderberg S, Laatikainen T, Gabriel R, Qiao Q.

Int J Obes (Lond). 2009 Nov 3. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19884891 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

The association of levels of physical activity with metabolic syndrome in rural Australian adults.

Vaughan C, Schoo A, Janus ED, Philpot B, Davis-Lameloise N, Lo SK, Laatikainen T, Vartiainen E, Dunbar JA.

BMC Public Health. 2009 Jul 31;9:273.PMID: 19643028 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Blood lipid levels in relation to glucose status in seven populations of Asian origin without a prior history of diabetes: the DECODA study.

Zhang L, Qiao Q, Tuomilehto J, Hammar N, Janus ED, Söderberg S, Mohan V, Ramachandran A, Dong YH, Lam TH, Pang ZC.

Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2009 Sep;25(6):549-57.PMID: 19585489 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

A socio-historical hypothesis for the diabetes epidemic in Chinese--preliminary observations from Hong Kong as a natural experiment.

Schooling CM, Lam TH, Janus ED, Cowling BJ, Leung GM; Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study Steering Committee.

Am J Hum Biol. 2009 May-Jun;21(3):346-53.PMID: 19189413 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Depression: an important comorbidity with metabolic syndrome in a general population.

Dunbar JA, Reddy P, Davis-Lameloise N, Philpot B, Laatikainen T, Kilkkinen A, Bunker SJ, Best JD, Vartiainen E, Kai Lo S, Janus ED.

Diabetes Care. 2008 Dec;31(12):2368-73. Epub 2008 Oct 3.PMID: 18835951 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

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

Depression in acute coronary syndrome: has the evidence been implemented?

Reddy P, Dunbar JA, O'Neil A, Morgan MA, Wolff AM, Janus ED.

Aust J Rural Health. 2008 Jul;16(4):245-6. No abstract available. PMID: 18652615 [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

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

BMI compared with central obesity indicators in relation to diabetes and hypertension in Asians.

Decoda Study Group, Nyamdorj R, Qiao Q, Lam TH, Tuomilehto J, Ho SY, Pitkäniemi J, Nakagami T, Mohan V, Janus ED, Ferreira SR.

Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Jul;16(7):1622-35. Epub 2008 Apr 10.PMID: 18421260 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Physical activity behaviours of adults in the Greater Green Triangle region of rural Australia.

Vaughan C, Kilkkinen A, Philpot B, Brooks J, Schoo A, Laatikainen T, Chapman A, Janus ED, Dunbar JA.

Aust J Rural Health. 2008 Apr;16(2):92-9.PMID: 18318851 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevalence, detection and drug treatment of hypertension in a rural Australian population: the Greater Green Triangle risk factor study 2004-2006.

Janus ED, Bunker SJ, Kilkkinen A, Mc Namara K, Philpot B, Tideman P, Tirimacco R, Laatikainen TK, Heistaro S, Dunbar JA.

Intern Med J. 2008 Dec;38(12):879-86. Epub 2008 Feb 14.PMID: 18284462 [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

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

Growth environment and sex differences in lipids, body shape and diabetes risk.

Schooling CM, Lam TH, Thomas GN, Cowling BJ, Heys M, Janus ED, Leung GM; Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study Steering Committee.

PLoS One. 2007 Oct 24;2(10):e1070.PMID: 17957253 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevention of type 2 diabetes by lifestyle intervention in an Australian primary health care setting: Greater Green Triangle (GGT) Diabetes Prevention Project.

Laatikainen T, Dunbar JA, Chapman A, Kilkkinen A, Vartiainen E, Heistaro S, Philpot B, Absetz P, Bunker S, O'Neil A, Reddy P, Best JD, Janus ED.

BMC Public Health. 2007 Sep 19;7:249.PMID: 17877832 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Overweight, obesity and metabolic syndrome in rural southeastern Australia.

Janus ED, Laatikainen T, Dunbar JA, Kilkkinen A, Bunker SJ, Philpot B, Tideman PA, Tirimacco R, Heistaro S.

Med J Aust. 2007 Aug 6;187(3):147-52.PMID: 17680739 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

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 relation of chronic cardiovascular diseases and diabetes mellitus to perceived health, and the moderating effects of sex and age.

Ho SY, Mak KK, Thomas GN, Schooling M, Fielding R, Janus ED, Lam TH.

Soc Sci Med. 2007 Oct;65(7):1386-96. Epub 2007 Jun 26.PMID: 17597275 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]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

Is height associated with cardiovascular risk in Chinese adults?

Schooling CM, Thomas GN, Leung GM, Ho SY, Janus ED, Lam TH.

Epidemiology. 2007 Mar;18(2):274-8.PMID: 17259904 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Resistin gene polymorphisms and progression of glycaemia in southern Chinese: a 5-year prospective study.

Xu JY, Sham PC, Xu A, Tso AW, Wat NM, Cheng KY, Fong CH, Janus ED, Lam KS.

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2007 Feb;66(2):211-7.PMID: 17223990 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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

Endothelial nitric oxide synthase G894T (Glu298Asp) polymorphism was predictive of glycemic status in a 5-year prospective study of Chinese subjects with impaired glucose tolerance.

Tso AW, Tan KC, Wat NM, Janus ED, Lam TH, S L Lam K.

Metabolism. 2006 Sep;55(9):1155-8.PMID: 16919532 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Determinants of normoglycemia and contribution to cardiovascular risk factors in a Chinese population: the Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Study.

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

J Endocrinol Invest. 2006 Jun;29(6):528-35.PMID: 16840831 [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

Impact of sex-specific body composition on cardiovascular risk factors: the Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Study.

Thomas GN, McGhee SM, Schooling M, Ho SY, Lam KS, Janus ED, Lam TH; for the Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study Steering Committee.

Metabolism. 2006 May;55(5):563-9.PMID: 16631430 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Plasma lipid, lipoprotein and apolipoprotein levels in a random population sample of 2875 Hong Kong Chinese adults and their implications (NCEP ATP-III, 2001 guidelines) on cardiovascular risk assessment.

Pang RW, Tam S, Janus ED, Siu ST, Ma OC, Lam TH, Lam KS.

Atherosclerosis. 2006 Feb;184(2):438-45.PMID: 16475254 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Burgeoning atherosclerosis in Asia.

Janus ED.

Heart Lung Circ. 2000 Oct;9(2):60. No abstract available. PMID: 16351996 [PubMed]Related articles

Is a single definition of the metabolic syndrome appropriate?--A comparative study of the USA and Asia.

Patel A, Huang KC, Janus ED, Gill T, Neal B, Suriyawongpaisal P, Wong E, Woodward M, Stolk RP.

Atherosclerosis. 2006 Jan;184(1):225-32. Epub 2005 Jun 1.PMID: 15935356 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The US National Cholesterol Education Programme Adult Treatment Panel III (NCEP ATP III) prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in a Chinese population.

Thomas GN, Ho SY, Janus ED, Lam KS, Hedley AJ, Lam TH; Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study Steering Committee.

Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2005 Mar;67(3):251-7.PMID: 15713358 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Impact of obesity and body fat distribution on cardiovascular risk factors in Hong Kong Chinese.

Thomas GN, Ho SY, Lam KS, Janus ED, Hedley AJ, Lam TH; Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study Steering Committee.

Obes Res. 2004 Nov;12(11):1805-13.PMID: 15601976 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Childhood migration and cardiovascular risk.

Schooling M, Leung GM, Janus ED, Ho SY, Hedley AJ, Lam TH.

Int J Epidemiol. 2004 Dec;33(6):1219-26. Epub 2004 Nov 26.PMID: 15567872 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Subjective health and fibrinogen in a healthy Chinese cohort.

Fielding R, Lam TH, Ho SY, Janus ED.

Br J Health Psychol. 2004 Nov;9(Pt 4):523-32.PMID: 15509359 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Waist to stature ratio is more strongly associated with cardiovascular risk factors than other simple anthropometric indices.

Ho SY, Lam TH, Janus ED; Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study Steering Committee.

Ann Epidemiol. 2003 Nov;13(10):683-91.PMID: 14599732 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Smoking and perceived health in Hong Kong Chinese.

Ho SY, Lam TH, Fielding R, Janus ED.

Soc Sci Med. 2003 Nov;57(9):1761-70.PMID: 12948583 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

C-reactive protein predicts the deterioration of glycemia in chinese subjects with impaired glucose tolerance.

Tan KC, Wat NM, Tam SC, Janus ED, Lam TH, Lam KS.

Diabetes Care. 2003 Aug;26(8):2323-8.PMID: 12882856 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The emergence of coronary heart disease in populations of Chinese descent.

Dwyer T, Emmanuel SC, Janus ED, Wu Z, Hynes KL, Zhang C.

Atherosclerosis. 2003 Apr;167(2):303-10.PMID: 12818413 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Diet and glucose tolerance in a Chinese population.

Woo J, Ho SC, Sham A, Sea MM, Lam KS, Lam TH, Janus ED.

Eur J Clin Nutr. 2003 Apr;57(4):523-30.PMID: 12700613 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Effects of a promoter variation in the hepatic glucokinase gene on promoter activity and glucose tolerance in Southern Chinese subjects.

Zhang M, Tan KC, Zhang WY, Xu JY, Wat NM, Chung SS, Janus ED, Lam KS.

Clin Genet. 2003 Mar;63(3):232-4. No abstract available. PMID: 12694236 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevalence and correlates of alcohol use: a population-based study in Hong Kong.

Janghorbani M, Ho SY, Lam TH, Janus ED.

Addiction. 2003 Feb;98(2):215-24.PMID: 12534427 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Smoking, alcohol drinking and non-fatal coronary heart disease in Hong Kong Chinese.

Lam TH, Chung SF, Janus ED, Lau CP, Hedley AJ, Chan HW, Chow L, Keung KK, Li SK.

Ann Epidemiol. 2002 Nov;12(8):560-7.PMID: 12495829 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Decline in FEV1 in patients with PiZ alpha-1-antitrypsin deficiency: the Australian experience.

Burdon JG, Brenton S, Hocking V, Knight KR, Ayad M, Cook L, Janus ED.

Respirology. 2002 Mar;7(1):51-5.PMID: 11896901 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Central obesity predicts the worsening of glycemia in southern Chinese.

Wat NM, Lam TH, Janus ED, Lam KS.

Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2001 Dec;25(12):1789-93.PMID: 11781759 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Association between simple anthropometric indices and cardiovascular risk factors.

Ho SC, Chen YM, Woo JL, Leung SS, Lam TH, Janus ED.

Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2001 Nov;25(11):1689-97.PMID: 11753592 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Sodium is the leading dietary factor associated with urinary calcium excretion in Hong Kong Chinese adults.

Ho SC, Chen YM, Woo JL, Leung SS, Lam TH, Janus ED.

Osteoporos Int. 2001;12(9):723-31.PMID: 11605737 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Dietary habit of smokers in a Chinese population.

Woo J, Ho SC, Sham A, Leung SS, Lam TH, Janus ED.

Int J Food Sci Nutr. 2001 Nov;52(6):477-84.PMID: 11570014 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles