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C-reactive protein and microalbuminuria in a multi-ethnic Asian population.

Sabanayagam C, Lee J, Shankar A, Lim SC, Wong TY, Tai ES.

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2009 Nov 13. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19914996 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

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Tan JT, Ng DP, Nurbaya S, Ye S, Lim XL, Leong H, Seet LT, Siew WF, Kon W, Wong TY, Saw SM, Aung T, Chia KS, Lee J, Chew SK, Seielstad M, Tai ES.

J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2009 Nov 5. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19892838 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Longitudinal study of the socio-demographic determinants of changes in body weight and waist circumference in a multi-ethnic Asian population.

Ong SK, Fong CW, Ma S, Lee J, Heng D, Deurenberg-Yap M, Low YL, Tan M, Lim WY, Tai ES.

Int J Obes (Lond). 2009 Nov;33(11):1299-308. Epub 2009 Sep 8.PMID: 19736555 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Effect of blood pressure on the retinal vasculature in a multi-ethnic Asian population.

Jeganathan VS, Sabanayagam C, Tai ES, Lee J, Sun C, Kawasaki R, Nagarajan S, Huey-Shi MH, Sandar M, Wong TY.

Hypertens Res. 2009 Nov;32(11):975-82. Epub 2009 Aug 28.PMID: 19713968 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Prevalence of diabetes mellitus, glycemic control, and associated factors in a Malay population in Singapore.

Sabanayagam C, Shankar A, Saw SM, Tai ES, Lim SC, Lee JJ, Wong TY.

Asia Pac J Public Health. 2009 Oct;21(4):385-98. Epub 2009 Aug 5.PMID: 19661105 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The association between socioeconomic status and overweight/obesity in a Malay population in Singapore.

Sabanayagam C, Shankar A, Saw SM, Tai ES, Wong TY.

Asia Pac J Public Health. 2009 Oct;21(4):487-96. Epub 2009 Aug 5.PMID: 19661104 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Retinal arteriolar narrowing increases the likelihood of chronic kidney disease in hypertension.

Sabanayagam C, Tai ES, Shankar A, Lee J, Sun C, Wong TY.

J Hypertens. 2009 Jul 17. [Epub ahead of print]PMID: 19620884 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]Related articles

Peripheral artery disease and glaucoma: the singapore malay eye study.

Jeganathan VS, Wong TY, Foster PJ, Crowston JG, Tay WT, Lim SC, Saw SM, Tai ES, Aung T.

Arch Ophthalmol. 2009 Jul;127(7):888-93.PMID: 19597110 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Retinal vascular caliber and diabetes in a multiethnic Asian population.

Jeganathan VS, Sabanayagam C, Tai ES, Lee J, Lamoureux E, Sun C, Kawasaki R, Wong TY.

Microcirculation. 2009 Aug;16(6):534-43. Epub 2009 May 30.PMID: 19488921 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Is there a clear threshold for fasting plasma glucose that differentiates between those with and without neuropathy and chronic kidney disease?: the Singapore Prospective Study Program.

Nang EE, Khoo CM, Tai ES, Lim SC, Tavintharan S, Wong TY, Heng D, Lee J.

Am J Epidemiol. 2009 Jun 15;169(12):1454-62. Epub 2009 Apr 30.PMID: 19406920 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Relationship between glycated haemoglobin and microvascular complications: is there a natural cut-off point for the diagnosis of diabetes?

Sabanayagam C, Liew G, Tai ES, Shankar A, Lim SC, Subramaniam T, Wong TY.

Diabetologia. 2009 Jul;52(7):1279-89. Epub 2009 Apr 22.PMID: 19387611 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Relation of age-related cataract with obesity and obesity genes in an Asian population.

Lim LS, Tai ES, Aung T, Tay WT, Saw SM, Seielstad M, Wong TY.

Am J Epidemiol. 2009 May 15;169(10):1267-74. Epub 2009 Mar 27.PMID: 19329528 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Genetic variation in KCNQ1 associates with fasting glucose and beta-cell function: a study of 3,734 subjects comprising three ethnicities living in Singapore.

Tan JT, Nurbaya S, Gardner D, Ye S, Tai ES, Ng DP.

Diabetes. 2009 Jun;58(6):1445-9. Epub 2009 Feb 27.PMID: 19252135 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The relevance of the metabolic syndrome.

Taslim S, Tai ES.

Ann Acad Med Singapore. 2009 Jan;38(1):29-5. Review.PMID: 19221668 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Risk factors associated with hypertension awareness, treatment, and control in a multi-ethnic Asian population.

Wu Y, Tai ES, Heng D, Tan CE, Low LP, Lee J.

J Hypertens. 2009 Jan;27(1):190-7.PMID: 19145784 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Retinal microvascular caliber and chronic kidney disease in an Asian population.

Sabanayagam C, Shankar A, Koh D, Chia KS, Saw SM, Lim SC, Tai ES, Wong TY.

Am J Epidemiol. 2009 Mar 1;169(5):625-32. Epub 2008 Dec 16.PMID: 19092170 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Quantitative retinal vascular calibre changes in diabetes and retinopathy: the Singapore Malay eye study.

Islam FM, Nguyen TT, Wang JJ, Tai ES, Shankar A, Saw SM, Aung T, Lim SC, Mitchell P, Wong TY.

Eye (Lond). 2009 Aug;23(8):1719-24. Epub 2008 Dec 12.PMID: 19079148 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Association between glucokinase regulatory protein (GCKR) and apolipoprotein A5 (APOA5) gene polymorphisms and triacylglycerol concentrations in fasting, postprandial, and fenofibrate-treated states.

Perez-Martinez P, Corella D, Shen J, Arnett DK, Yiannakouris N, Tai ES, Orho-Melander M, Tucker KL, Tsai M, Straka RJ, Province M, Kai CS, Perez-Jimenez F, Lai CQ, Lopez-Miranda J, Guillen M, Parnell LD, Borecki I, Kathiresan S, Ordovas JM.

Am J Clin Nutr. 2009 Jan;89(1):391-9. Epub 2008 Dec 3.PMID: 19056598 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Polymorphisms at newly identified lipid-associated loci are associated with blood lipids and cardiovascular disease in an Asian Malay population.

Tai ES, Sim XL, Ong TH, Wong TY, Saw SM, Aung T, Kathiresan S, Orho-Melander M, Ordovas JM, Tan JT, Seielstad M.

J Lipid Res. 2009 Mar;50(3):514-20. Epub 2008 Nov 5.PMID: 18987386 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A family history of type 2 diabetes is associated with glucose intolerance and obesity-related traits with evidence of excess maternal transmission for obesity-related traits in a South East Asian population.

Tan JT, Tan LS, Chia KS, Chew SK, Tai ES.

Diabetes Res Clin Pract. 2008 Nov;82(2):268-75. Epub 2008 Sep 18.PMID: 18804306 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

SNPs in KCNQ1 are associated with susceptibility to type 2 diabetes in East Asian and European populations.

Unoki H, Takahashi A, Kawaguchi T, Hara K, Horikoshi M, Andersen G, Ng DP, Holmkvist J, Borch-Johnsen K, Jørgensen T, Sandbaek A, Lauritzen T, Hansen T, Nurbaya S, Tsunoda T, Kubo M, Babazono T, Hirose H, Hayashi M, Iwamoto Y, Kashiwagi A, Kaku K, Kawamori R, Tai ES, Pedersen O, Kamatani N, Kadowaki T, Kikkawa R, Nakamura Y, Maeda S.

Nat Genet. 2008 Sep;40(9):1098-102.PMID: 18711366 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Prevalence and causes of low vision and blindness in an urban malay population: the Singapore Malay Eye Study.

Wong TY, Chong EW, Wong WL, Rosman M, Aung T, Loo JL, Shen S, Loon SC, Tan DT, Tai ES, Saw SM; Singapore Malay Eye Study Team.

Arch Ophthalmol. 2008 Aug;126(8):1091-9.PMID: 18695104 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Socioeconomic status and microalbuminuria in an Asian population.

Sabanayagam C, Shankar A, Saw SM, Lim SC, Tai ES, Wong TY.

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2009 Jan;24(1):123-9. Epub 2008 Aug 6.PMID: 18685142 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Common missense variant in the glucokinase regulatory protein gene is associated with increased plasma triglyceride and C-reactive protein but lower fasting glucose concentrations.

Orho-Melander M, Melander O, Guiducci C, Perez-Martinez P, Corella D, Roos C, Tewhey R, Rieder MJ, Hall J, Abecasis G, Tai ES, Welch C, Arnett DK, Lyssenko V, Lindholm E, Saxena R, de Bakker PI, Burtt N, Voight BF, Hirschhorn JN, Tucker KL, Hedner T, Tuomi T, Isomaa B, Eriksson KF, Taskinen MR, Wahlstrand B, Hughes TE, Parnell LD, Lai CQ, Berglund G, Peltonen L, Vartiainen E, Jousilahti P, Havulinna AS, Salomaa V, Nilsson P, Groop L, Altshuler D, Ordovas JM, Kathiresan S.

Diabetes. 2008 Nov;57(11):3112-21. Epub 2008 Aug 4.PMID: 18678614 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Clinical significance of apolipoprotein A5.

Tai ES, Ordovas JM.

Curr Opin Lipidol. 2008 Aug;19(4):349-54. Review.PMID: 18607181 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

FTO variants are associated with obesity in the Chinese and Malay populations in Singapore.

Tan JT, Dorajoo R, Seielstad M, Sim XL, Ong RT, Chia KS, Wong TY, Saw SM, Chew SK, Aung T, Tai ES.

Diabetes. 2008 Oct;57(10):2851-7. Epub 2008 Jul 3.PMID: 18599522 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Prevalence and risk factors for diabetic retinopathy: the Singapore Malay Eye Study.

Wong TY, Cheung N, Tay WT, Wang JJ, Aung T, Saw SM, Lim SC, Tai ES, Mitchell P.

Ophthalmology. 2008 Nov;115(11):1869-75. Epub 2008 Jun 26.PMID: 18584872 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Influence of pre-hypertension on all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: the Singapore Cardiovascular Cohort Study.

Lee J, Heng D, Ma S, Chew SK, Hughes K, Tai ES.

Int J Cardiol. 2009 Jul 10;135(3):331-7. Epub 2008 Jun 26.PMID: 18582967 [PubMed - in process]Related articles

Retinal vascular caliber, blood pressure, and cardiovascular risk factors in an Asian population: the Singapore Malay Eye Study.

Sun C, Liew G, Wang JJ, Mitchell P, Saw SM, Aung T, Tai ES, Wong TY.

Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci. 2008 May;49(5):1784-90.PMID: 18436813 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Why study gene-environment interactions?

Ordovas JM, Tai ES.

Curr Opin Lipidol. 2008 Apr;19(2):158-67. Review.PMID: 18388696 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Hypertension, concurrent cardiovascular risk factors and mortality: the Singapore Cardiovascular Cohort Study.

Lee J, Ma S, Heng D, Chew S, Hughes K, Tai E.

J Hum Hypertens. 2008 Jul;22(7):468-74. Epub 2008 Mar 13.PMID: 18337755 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

A natural polymorphism in peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-alpha hinge region attenuates transcription due to defective release of nuclear receptor corepressor from chromatin.

Liu MH, Li J, Shen P, Husna B, Tai ES, Yong EL.

Mol Endocrinol. 2008 May;22(5):1078-92. Epub 2008 Feb 21.PMID: 18292238 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The metabolic syndrome and mortality: the Singapore Cardiovascular Cohort Study.

Lee J, Heng D, Ma S, Chew SK, Hughes K, Tai ES.

Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2008 Aug;69(2):225-30. Epub 2008 Jan 15.PMID: 18208579 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Six new loci associated with blood low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein cholesterol or triglycerides in humans.

Kathiresan S, Melander O, Guiducci C, Surti A, Burtt NP, Rieder MJ, Cooper GM, Roos C, Voight BF, Havulinna AS, Wahlstrand B, Hedner T, Corella D, Tai ES, Ordovas JM, Berglund G, Vartiainen E, Jousilahti P, Hedblad B, Taskinen MR, Newton-Cheh C, Salomaa V, Peltonen L, Groop L, Altshuler DM, Orho-Melander M.

Nat Genet. 2008 Feb;40(2):189-97. Epub 2008 Jan 13. Erratum in: Nat Genet. 2008 Nov;40(11):1384. PMID: 18193044 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Association between body mass index and chronic kidney disease in men and women: population-based study of Malay adults in Singapore.

Shankar A, Leng C, Chia KS, Koh D, Tai ES, Saw SM, Lim SC, Wong TY.

Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008 Jun;23(6):1910-8. Epub 2007 Dec 21.PMID: 18156460 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The genetics of lipoprotein metabolism and heart disease.

Tai ES.

Forum Nutr. 2007;60:110-7. Review.PMID: 17684407 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Significant non-alcoholic fatty liver disease is found in non-diabetic, pre-obese Chinese in Singapore.

Chow WC, Tai ES, Lian SC, Tan CK, Sng I, Ng HS.

Singapore Med J. 2007 Aug;48(8):752-7.PMID: 17657385 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

Impact of sex, metabolic syndrome, and diabetes mellitus on cardiovascular events.

Mak KH, Ma S, Heng D, Tan CE, Tai ES, Topol EJ, Chew SK.

Am J Cardiol. 2007 Jul 15;100(2):227-33. Epub 2007 May 30.PMID: 17631075 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Understanding diet-gene interactions: lessons from studying nutrigenomics and cardiovascular disease.

Low YL, Tai ES.

Mutat Res. 2007 Sep 1;622(1-2):7-13. Epub 2007 May 5. Review.PMID: 17555770 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

On the usage of HWE for identifying genotyping errors.

Teo YY, Fry AE, Clark TG, Tai ES, Seielstad M.

Ann Hum Genet. 2007 Sep;71(Pt 5):701-3; author reply 704. Epub 2007 Mar 27. No abstract available. PMID: 17388941 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Rationale and methodology for a population-based study of eye diseases in Malay people: The Singapore Malay eye study (SiMES).

Foong AW, Saw SM, Loo JL, Shen S, Loon SC, Rosman M, Aung T, Tan DT, Tai ES, Wong TY.

Ophthalmic Epidemiol. 2007 Jan-Feb;14(1):25-35.PMID: 17365815 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

The role of perilipin in human obesity and insulin resistance.

Tai ES, Ordovas JM.

Curr Opin Lipidol. 2007 Apr;18(2):152-6. Review.PMID: 17353663 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Should central obesity be an optional or essential component of the metabolic syndrome? Ischemic heart disease risk in the Singapore Cardiovascular Cohort Study.

Lee J, Ma S, Heng D, Tan CE, Chew SK, Hughes K, Tai ES.

Diabetes Care. 2007 Feb;30(2):343-7.PMID: 17259505 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The impact of central obesity as a prerequisite for the diagnosis of metabolic syndrome.

Khoo CM, Liew CF, Chew SK, Tai ES.

Obesity (Silver Spring). 2007 Jan;15(1):262-9.PMID: 17228055 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

Ethnicity modifies the association between diabetes mellitus and ischaemic heart disease in Chinese, Malays and Asian Indians living in Singapore.

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Diabetologia. 2006 Dec;49(12):2866-73. Epub 2006 Oct 5.PMID: 17021918 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articles

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Diabetes Care. 2006 Jun;29(6):1313-9.PMID: 16732014 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]Related articlesFree article

The V227A polymorphism at the PPARA locus is associated with serum lipid concentrations and modulates the association between dietary polyunsaturated fatty acid intake and serum high density lipoprotein concentrations in Chinese women.

Chan E, Tan CS, Deurenberg-Yap M, Chia KS, Chew SK, Tai ES.

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Kaput J, Ordovas JM, Ferguson L, van Ommen B, Rodriguez RL, Allen L, Ames BN, Dawson K, German B, Krauss R, Malyj W, Archer MC, Barnes S, Bartholomew A, Birk R, van Bladeren P, Bradford KJ, Brown KH, Caetano R, Castle D, Chadwick R, Clarke S, Clément K, Cooney CA, Corella D, Manica da Cruz IB, Daniel H, Duster T, Ebbesson SO, Elliott R, Fairweather-Tait S, Felton J, Fenech M, Finley JW, Fogg-Johnson N, Gill-Garrison R, Gibney MJ, Gillies PJ, Gustafsson JA, Hartman Iv JL, He L, Hwang JK, Jais JP, Jang Y, Joost H, Junien C, Kanter M, Kibbe WA, Koletzko B, Korf BR, Kornman K, Krempin DW, Langin D, Lauren DR, Ho Lee J, Leveille GA, Lin SJ, Mathers J, Mayne M, McNabb W, Milner JA, Morgan P, Muller M, Nikolsky Y, van der Ouderaa F, Park T, Pensel N, Perez-Jimenez F, Poutanen K, Roberts M, Saris WH, Schuster G, Shelling AN, Simopoulos AP, Southon S, Tai ES, Towne B, Trayhurn P, Uauy R, Visek WJ, Warden C, Weiss R, Wiencke J, Winkler J, Wolff GL, Zhao-Wilson X, Zucker JD.

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Tai ES, Collins D, Robins SJ, O'Connor JJ Jr, Bloomfield HE, Ordovas JM, Schaefer EJ, Brousseau ME.

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