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1. Childhood size and life course weight characteristics in association with the risk of incident type 2 diabetes

Author

Yeung, Edwina H., Zhang, Cuilin, Louis, Germaine M. Buck, Willett, Walter C., and Hu, Frank B.

Subjects
Obesity in children -- Research, Diabetes -- Research, Type 2 diabetes -- Research, Health
Abstract

OBJECTIVE--To determine how childhood overweight, in conjunction with other life course weight characteristics, relates to the development of type 2 diabetes in adulthood. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS--Among 109,172 women in [...]

Published
2010

2. Racial differences in the association between sex hormone-binding globulin and adiposity in premenopausal women: the BioCycle study

Author

Yeung, Edwina H., Zhang, Cuilin, Hediger, Mary L., Wactawski-Wende, Jean, and Schisterman, Enrique F.

Subjects
Adipose tissues -- Properties -- Physiological aspects, Menopause -- Demographic aspects -- Physiological aspects, Globulin -- Properties -- Physiological aspects, Health
Abstract

OBJECTIVE--To assess the associations between measures of adiposity and sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) and to evaluate whether such associations differ by race. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS--Adiposity was measured by anthropometry [...]

Published
2010
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3. Increased risk of type 2 diabetes from a family history of coronary heart disease and type 2 diabetes

Author

Yeung, Edwina H., Pankow, James S., Astor, Brad C., Powe, Neil R., Saudek, Christopher D., and Kao, W.H. Linda

Subjects
Coronary heart disease -- Complications and side effects -- Genetic aspects -- Risk factors, Genetic disorders -- Complications and side effects -- Genetic aspects -- Risk factors, Type 2 diabetes -- Complications and side effects -- Genetic aspects -- Risk factors, Health, Complications and side effects, Genetic aspects, Risk factors
Abstract

The 'common soil' hypothesis (1) suggests that a family history of cardiovascular disease (CVD) increases the risk of type 2 diabetes through the common predispositions of obesity (2-7), hypertension (8), [...]

Published
2007

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