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Epigenomic biomarkers of cardiometabolic disease: How far are we from daily practice? by Abou Zaki, Ram, Ma, Ronald C. W., El-Osta, Assam

“…Abstract Determining whether someone has cardiometabolic disease (CMD), especially in the early stages, can be complicated. Risk stratification ordinarily…”
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Type 2 diabetes in East Asians: similarities and differences with populations in Europe and the United States by Ma, Ronald C.W., Chan, Juliana C.N.

“…There is an epidemic of diabetes in Asia. Type 2 diabetes develops in East Asian patients at a lower mean body mass index (BMI) compared with those of European…”
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Secular trends in all-cause and cause-specific mortality rates in people with diabetes in Hong Kong, 2001–2016: a retrospective cohort study by Wu, Hongjiang, Lau, Eric S. H., Ma, Ronald C. W., Kong, Alice P. S., Wild, Sarah H., Goggins, William, Chow, Elaine, So, Wing-Yee, Chan, Juliana C. N., Luk, Andrea O. Y.

“…Aims/hypothesis The aim of the study was to describe trends in all-cause and cause-specific mortality rates in Hong Kong Chinese people with diabetes from 2001…”
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Diabetes and infection: review of the epidemiology, mechanisms and principles of treatment by Holt, Richard I. G., Cockram, Clive S., Ma, Ronald C. W., Luk, Andrea O. Y.

“…An association between diabetes and infection has been recognised for many years, with infection being an important cause of death and morbidity in people with…”
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Intergenerational diabetes and obesity-A cycle to break? by Ma, Ronald C W, Popkin, Barry M

“…Ronald Ma and Barry Popkin discuss the urgent need and challenges to reduce intergenerational transmission of obesity and diabetes…”
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The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) recommendations on adolescent, preconception, and maternal nutrition: “Think Nutrition First” by Hanson, Mark A, Bardsley, Anne, De-Regil, Luz Maria, Moore, Sophie E, Oken, Emily, Poston, Lucilla, Ma, Ronald C, McAuliffe, Fionnuala M, Maleta, Ken, Purandare, Chittaranjan N, Yajnik, Chittaranjan S, Rushwan, Hamid, Morris, Jessica L

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DNA methylation markers for kidney function and progression of diabetic kidney disease by Li, Kelly Yichen, Tam, Claudia Ha Ting, Liu, Hongbo, Day, Samantha, Lim, Cadmon King Poo, So, Wing Yee, Huang, Chuiguo, Jiang, Guozhi, Shi, Mai, Lee, Heung Man, Lan, Hui-yao, Szeto, Cheuk-Chun, Hanson, Robert L., Nelson, Robert G., Susztak, Katalin, Chan, Juliana C. N., Yip, Kevin Y., Ma, Ronald C. W.

“…Epigenetic markers are potential biomarkers for diabetes and related complications. Using a prospective cohort from the Hong Kong Diabetes Register, we perform…”
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Lifetime risk of developing diabetes in Chinese people with normoglycemia or prediabetes: A modeling study by Zhang, Xinge, Wu, Hongjiang, Fan, Baoqi, Shi, Mai, Lau, Eric S. H, Yang, Aimin, Chow, Elaine, Kong, Alice P. S, Chan, Juliana C. N, Ma, Ronald C. W, Luk, Andrea O. Y

“…Background Little is known about the lifetime risk of progression to diabetes in the Asian population. We determined remaining lifetime risk of diabetes and…”
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Diabetes in Asia and the Pacific: Implications for the Global Epidemic by Nanditha, Arun, Ma, Ronald C W, Ramachandran, Ambady, Snehalatha, Chamukuttan, Chan, Juliana C N, Chia, Kee Seng, Shaw, Jonathan E, Zimmet, Paul Z

“…The last three decades have witnessed an epidemic rise in the number of people with diabetes, especially type 2 diabetes, and particularly in developing…”
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Assisted reproduction technology and long-term cardiometabolic health in the offspring by Ma, Ronald C W, Ng, Noel Y H, Cheung, Lai Ping

“…Ronald Ma and co-authors discuss Emma Norrman and colleagues' accompanying research study on the health of children born with assisted reproductive technology…”
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Do variations in insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion in pregnancy predict differences in obstetric and neonatal outcomes? by Madsen, Lene R., Gibbons, Kristen S., Ma, Ronald C. W., Tam, Wing Hung, Catalano, Patrick M., Sacks, David A., Lowe, Julia, McIntyre, H. David

“…Aims/hypothesis Gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) is generally defined based on glycaemia during an OGTT, but aetiologically includes women with defects in…”
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1-year weight change after diabetes diagnosis and long-term incidence and sustainability of remission of type 2 diabetes in real-world settings in Hong Kong: An observational cohort study by Wu, Hongjiang, Yang, Aimin, Lau, Eric S H, Zhang, Xinge, Fan, Baoqi, Ma, Ronald C W, Kong, Alice P S, Chow, Elaine, So, Wing-Yee, Chan, Juliana C N, Luk, Andrea O Y

“…Clinical trials have demonstrated that remission of type 2 diabetes can be achieved following sustained weight loss. However, the feasibility of achieving…”
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The Incidence of Adult-Onset Type 1 Diabetes: A Systematic Review From 32 Countries and Regions by Harding, Jessica L, Wander, Pandora L, Zhang, Xinge, Li, Xia, Karuranga, Suvi, Chen, Hongzhi, Sun, Hong, Xie, Yuting, Oram, Richard A, Magliano, Dianna J, Zhou, Zhiguang, Jenkins, Alicia J, Ma, Ronald C W

“…The epidemiology of adult-onset type 1 diabetes (T1D) incidence is not well-characterized due to the historic focus on T1D as a childhood-onset disease. We…”
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Role of maternal glucose metabolism in the association between maternal BMI and neonatal size and adiposity by Andrews, Chloe, Monthé-Drèze, Carmen, Sacks, David A., Ma, Ronald C. W., Tam, Wing Hung, McIntyre, H. David, Lowe, Julia, Catalano, Patrick, Sen, Sarbattama

“…Background/Objective One potential mechanism by which maternal obesity impacts fetal growth is through hyperglycemia below the threshold for gestational…”
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Novel lncRNA Erbb4-IR Promotes Diabetic Kidney Injury in db/db Mice by Targeting miR-29b by Sun, Si F, Tang, Patrick Mk, Feng, Min, Jun, Xiao, Huang, Xiao R, Li, Ping, Ma, Ronal Cw, Lan, Hui Y

“…TGF-β/Smad signaling plays an important role in diabetic nephropathy. The present study identified a novel Smad3-dependent long non-coding RNA (lncRNA)…”
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Age-specific population attributable risk factors for all-cause and cause-specific mortality in type 2 diabetes: An analysis of a 6-year prospective cohort study of over 360,000 people in Hong Kong by Wu, Hongjiang, Lau, Eric S H, Yang, Aimin, Zhang, Xinge, Fan, Baoqi, Ma, Ronald C W, Kong, Alice P S, Chow, Elaine, So, Wing-Yee, Chan, Juliana C N, Luk, Andrea O Y

“…The prevalence of type 2 diabetes has increased in both young and old people. We examined age-specific associations and population attributable fractions…”
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A novel electronic health record-based, machine-learning model to predict severe hypoglycemia leading to hospitalizations in older adults with diabetes: A territory-wide cohort and modeling study by Shi, Mai, Yang, Aimin, Lau, Eric S H, Luk, Andrea O Y, Ma, Ronald C W, Kong, Alice P S, Wong, Raymond S M, Chan, Jones C M, Chan, Juliana C N, Chow, Elaine

“…Older adults with diabetes are at high risk of severe hypoglycemia (SH). Many machine-learning (ML) models predict short-term hypoglycemia are not specific for…”
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Young age at diabetes diagnosis amplifies the effect of diabetes duration on risk of chronic kidney disease: a prospective cohort study by Wu, Hongjiang, Lau, Eric S. H., Yang, Aimin, Fan, Baoqi, Ma, Ronald C. W., Kong, Alice P. S., Chow, Elaine, So, Wing-Yee, Chan, Juliana C. N., Luk, Andrea O. Y.

“…Aims/hypothesis We postulated that the increased lifetime risk of chronic kidney disease (CKD) in young-onset diabetes is attributable to both long disease…”
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Age at diagnosis, glycemic trajectories, and responses to oral glucose-lowering drugs in type 2 diabetes in Hong Kong: A population-based observational study by Ke, Calvin, Stukel, Thérèse A., Shah, Baiju R., Lau, Eric, Ma, Ronald C., So, Wing-Yee, Kong, Alice P., Chow, Elaine, Chan, Juliana C. N., Luk, Andrea

“…To address these knowledge gaps, we conducted a large register- and population-based cohort study to measure how age at diagnosis affects (1) glycemic…”
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Age- and sex-specific hospital bed-day rates in people with and without type 2 diabetes: A territory-wide population-based cohort study of 1.5 million people in Hong Kong by Wu, Hongjiang, Yang, Aimin, Lau, Eric S H, Zhang, Xinge, Fan, Baoqi, Shi, Mai, Huang, Chuiguo, Ma, Ronald C W, Kong, Alice P S, Chow, Elaine, So, Wing-Yee, Chan, Juliana C N, Luk, Andrea O Y

“…Type 2 diabetes affects multiple systems. We aimed to compare age- and sex-specific rates of all-cause and cause-specific hospital bed-days between people with…”
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