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Diet quality is inversely associated with obesity in Chinese adults with type 2 diabetes by Cheung, Lorena T F, Chan, Ruth S M, Ko, Gary T C, Lau, Eric S H, Chow, Francis C C, Kong, Alice P S

“…Diet quality has been linked to obesity, but this relationship remains unclear in individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2D). The aim of this study is to examine…”
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Effects of telephone-based peer support in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus receiving integrated care: a randomized clinical trial by Chan, Juliana C N, Sui, Yi, Oldenburg, Brian, Zhang, Yuying, Chung, Harriet H Y, Goggins, William, Au, Shimen, Brown, Nicola, Ozaki, Risa, Wong, Rebecca Y M, Ko, Gary T C, Fisher, Ed

“…In type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM), team management using protocols with regular feedback improves clinical outcomes, although suboptimal self-management and…”
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Development and Validation of a Total Coronary Heart Disease Risk Score in Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus by Yang, Xilin, PhD, So, Wing-Yee, FRCP, Kong, Alice P.S., FRCP, Ma, Ronald C.W., MRCP, Ko, Gary T.C., FRCP, Ho, Chung-Shun, PhD, Lam, Christopher W.K., PhD, Cockram, Clive S., MD, Chan, Juliana C.N., MD, Tong, Peter C.Y., PhD

“…There are no validated risk scores for predicting coronary heart disease (CHD) in Chinese patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. This study aimed to validate…”
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Associations of sleep duration with obesity and serum lipid profile in children and adolescents by Kong, Alice P, Wing, Yun-Kwok, Choi, Kai C, Li, Albert M, Ko, Gary T.C, Ma, Ronald C, Tong, Peter C, Ho, Chung-Shun, Chan, Michael H, Ng, Margaret H, Lau, Joseph, Chan, Juliana C

“…Abstract Introduction The association between sleep duration, obesity, and serum lipid profile in the youth population is under-explored. Objective To evaluate…”
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Association between physical activity and cardiovascular risk in Chinese youth independent of age and pubertal stage by Kong, Alice P S, Choi, Kai-Chow, Li, Albert M C, Hui, Stanley S C, Chan, Michael H M, Wing, Y K, Ma, Ronald C W, Lam, Christopher W K, Lau, Joseph T F, So, Wing Yee, Ko, Gary T C, Chan, Juliana C N

“…Childhood and adolescence are critical periods of habit formation with substantial tracking of lifestyle and cardiovascular risk into adulthood. There are…”
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Associations of Hyperglycemia and Insulin Usage With the Risk of Cancer in Type 2 Diabetes: The Hong Kong Diabetes Registry by XILIN YANG, KO, Gary T. C, WING YEE SO, MA, Ronald C. W, YU, Linda W. L, KONG, Alice P. S, HAILU ZHAO, CHOW, Chun-Chung, TONG, Peter C. Y, CHAN, Juliana C. N

“…OBJECTIVE Insulin has mitogenic effects, although hyperglycemia may be a risk factor for cancer in type 2 diabetes. It remains uncertain whether use of insulin…”
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Waist Circumference and BMI Cut-off Based on 10-year Cardiovascular Risk: Evidence for "Central Pre-Obesity" by Ko, Gary T. C., Tang, Joyce S. F.

“…Objective: The objective was to assess the waist circumference (WC) cut‐off point that best identifies a level of 10‐year cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk…”
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Diabetes-Related Distress and Physical and Psychological Health in Chinese Type 2 Diabetic Patients by Ting, Rose Z.W, Nan, Hairong, Yu, Mandy W.M, Kong, Alice P.S, Ma, Ronald C.W, Wong, Rebecca Y.M, Loo, Kitman, So, Wing-Yee, Chow, Chun-Chung, Ko, Gary T.C, Wing, Yun-Kwok, Chan, Juliana C.N

“…OBJECTIVE: To validate a Chinese version of the Diabetes Distress Scale (CDDS). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: The CDDS was derived using forward-backward…”
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Association between tumour necrosis factor-α G-308A polymorphism and risk of nephropathy in obese Chinese type 2 diabetic patients by Wang, Ying, Ng, Maggie C. Y., So, Wing-Yee, Ma, Ronald, Ko, Gary T. C., Tong, Peter C. Y., Chan, Juliana C. N.

“…Background. The G-308A polymorphism in the promoter region of the tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α) gene has been reported to be associated with insulin…”
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Low HDL Cholesterol, Metformin Use, and Cancer Risk in Type 2 Diabetes: The Hong Kong Diabetes Registry by XILIN YANG, WING YEE SO, MA, Ronald C. W, KONG, Alice P. S, HEUNG MAN LEE, YU, Linda W. L, CHOW, Chun-Chung, OZAKI, Risa, KO, Gary T. C, CHAN, Juliana C. N

“…The AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) pathway is a master regulator in energy metabolism and may be related to cancer. In type 2 diabetes, low HDL…”
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Metabolic syndrome by the new IDF criteria in Hong Kong Chinese adolescents and its prediction by using body mass index by Kong, Alice PS, Ko, Gary TC, Ozaki, Risa, Wong, Gary WK, Tong, Peter CY, Chan, Juliana CN

“…Aim: The International Diabetes Federation (IDF) has recently proposed a new set of criteria to define metabolic syndrome (MES) in children and adolescents. We…”
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Do the lipid responses to rosuvastatin and atorvastatin differ between Chinese and Caucasians? Comparison of the DISCOVERY-Hong Kong study with other DISCOVERY studies by Hu, Miao, Lui, Sandra S.H, Ko, Gary T.C, Tomlinson, Brian

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The problem of obesity among adolescents in Hong Kong: a comparison using various diagnostic criteria by Ko, Gary T C, Ozaki, Risa, Wong, Gary W K, Kong, Alice P S, So, Wing-Yee, Tong, Peter C Y, Chan, Michael H M, Ho, Chung-Shun, Lam, Christopher W K, Chan, Juliana C N

“…Obesity is now a global epidemic. In this study, we aimed to assess the rates of obesity using several major diagnostic criteria in Chinese school adolescents…”
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Long‐term maternal cardiometabolic outcomes 22 years after gestational diabetes mellitus by Tutino, Greg E, Tam, Claudia HT, Ozaki, Riza, Yuen, Lai Yuk, So, Wing Yee, Chan, Michael HM, Ko, Gary TC, Yang, Xilin, Chan, Juliana CN, Tam, Wing Hung, Ma, Ronald CW

“…Aims/Introduction Women with gestational diabetes mellitus are at increased risk for type 2 diabetes. We characterized the association between maternal…”
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Oral Alendronate Increases Bone Mineral Density in Postmenopausal Women with Primary Hyperparathyroidism by Chow, C. C., Chan, W. B., Li, June K. Y., Chan, Norman N., Chan, Michael H. M., Ko, Gary T. C., Lo, K. W., Cockram, Clive S.

“…The effect of biphosphonate therapy on bone mineral density (BMD) in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism (PHP) is unknown. Forty postmenopausal women…”
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Predicting values of lipids and white blood cell count for all-site cancer in type 2 diabetes by Yang, Xilin, So, Wing-Yee, Ma, Ronald C W, Ko, Gary T C, Kong, Alice P S, Wang, Qingsheng, Cockram, Clive S, Chow, Chun-Chung, Chan, Juliana C N, Tong, Peter C Y

“…Type 2 diabetic patients have increased cancer risk. We developed and validated an all-site cancer risk score in a prospective cohort of 7374 Chinese type 2…”
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Association of Testosterone, Insulin-Like Growth Factor-I, and C-Reactive Protein with Metabolic Syndrome in Chinese Middle-Aged Men with a Family History of Type 2 Diabetes by Tong, Peter C. Y., Ho, Chung-Shun, Yeung, Vincent T. F., Ng, Maggie C. Y., So, Wing-Yee, Ozaki, Risa, Ko, Gary T. C., Ma, Ronald C. W., Poon, Emily, Chan, Norman N., Lam, Christopher W. K., Chan, Juliana C. N.

“…Context: Age-related declines in testosterone and IGF-I are associated with deposition of visceral fat, a component of the metabolic syndrome (MES). Objective:…”
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Pharmacogenetic analysis of lipid responses to rosuvastatin in Chinese patients by Hu, Miao, Lui, Sandra S.H, Mak, Valiant W.L, Chu, Tanya T.W, Lee, Vivian W.Y, Poon, Emily W.M, Tsui, Teresa K.C, Ko, Gary T.C, Baum, Larry, Tam, Lai-Shan, Li, Edmund K, Tomlinson, Brian

“…Lipid changes with statin treatments vary greatly between individuals for reasons which are largely unknown. This study was performed to examine the genetic…”
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Low LDL Cholesterol, Albuminuria, and Statins for the Risk of Cancer in Type 2 Diabetes: The Hong Kong Diabetes Registry by Yang, Xilin, So, Wing Yee, Ma, Ronald C.W, Ko, Gary T.C, Kong, Alice P.S, Zhao, Hailu, Luk, Andrea O.Y, Lam, Christopher W.K, Ho, Chung Shun, Tong, Peter C.Y, Chan, Juliana C.N

“…OBJECTIVE: LDL cholesterol <2.80 mmol/l was associated with increased cancer risk in type 2 diabetes. We explored the 1) interaction between low LDL…”
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Additive Interaction Between the Renin-Angiotensin System and Lipid Metabolism for Cancer in Type 2 Diabetes by XILIN YANG, HAILU ZHAO, TONG, Peter C. Y, CHAN, Juliana C. N, YI SUI, MA, Ronald C. W, WING YEE SO, KO, Gary T. C, KONG, Alice P. S, OZAKI, Risa, CHUN YIP YEUNG, GANG XU

“…Additive Interaction Between the Renin-Angiotensin System and Lipid Metabolism for Cancer in Type 2 Diabetes Xilin Yang 1 , Hailu Zhao 1 , Yi Sui 1 , Ronald…”
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