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Bryan Courtney Batch

Bryan Courtney Batch

Professor of Medicine
Medicine, Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Nutrition
DUMC 3031, Durham, NC 27710
DUMC 3031, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Publications

Intervening on Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease in Latino/a and Black Patients with Diabetes: A Feasibility Pilot.

Journal Article Diabetes Ther · November 2024 INTRODUCTION: Patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), particularly those from historically marginalized racial and ethnic groups, are at high risk of poor outcomes from metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD). Evidence-based managemen ... Full text Link to item Cite

Racial Disparities in Evidence-Based Management of Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.

Journal Article Endocr Pract · July 2024 OBJECTIVE: To assess frequency of evidence-based management (EBM) of metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) in patients with type 2 diabetes (T2D), and to examine for racial/ethnic disparities in the receipt of EBM. METHODS: We co ... Full text Link to item Cite

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Helicobacter pylori Eradication in a Clinical Population.

Journal Article South Med J · April 2024 OBJECTIVES: Eradication of Helicobacter pylori reduces the risk of gastric cancer (GC). Individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) are known to be at increased risk for GC. In a cohort of H. pylori-positive individuals, we assessed whether those with ... Full text Link to item Cite

Prescribing of evidence-based diabetes pharmacotherapy in patients with metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis.

Journal Article BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care · November 29, 2023 INTRODUCTION: Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) is highly prevalent in type 2 diabetes (T2D). Pioglitazone and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RA) are medications used in T2D that can resolve MASH and should be conside ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of Unmet Social Needs With Metformin Use Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes.

Journal Article Diabetes Care · November 1, 2023 OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between social needs and metformin use among adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D). RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: In a prospective cohort study of adults with T2D (n = 722), we linked electronic health record (EHR) and Su ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Pragmatic evaluation of events and benefits of lipid lowering in older adults (PREVENTABLE): Trial design and rationale.

Journal Article J Am Geriatr Soc · June 2023 Whether initiation of statins could increase survival free of dementia and disability in adults aged ≥75 years is unknown. PREVENTABLE, a double-blind, placebo-controlled randomized pragmatic clinical trial, will compare high-intensity statin therapy (ator ... Full text Link to item Cite

Electronic consultation: A vision for primary care management.

Journal Article J Telemed Telecare · May 25, 2023 This article highlights the benefits of electronic-consultations and outlines steps for a primary care-centered approach to implementation. We include descriptions of traditional and electronic-consultation delivery models from the perspective of referring ... Full text Link to item Cite

Factors Associated With Diabetes Distress Among Patients With Poorly Controlled Type 2 Diabetes.

Journal Article J Endocr Soc · March 6, 2023 OBJECTIVE: Examine factors associated with increased diabetes distress (DD) among patients with type 2 diabetes with DD assessed by Diabetes Distress Scale (DDS) total and subscale scores (emotional burden, physician-related distress, regimen-related distr ... Full text Link to item Cite

A Tailored SMS Text Message-Based Intervention to Facilitate Patient Access to Referred Community-Based Social Needs Resources: Protocol for a Pilot Feasibility and Acceptability Study.

Journal Article JMIR Res Protoc · October 11, 2022 BACKGROUND: Health care providers are increasingly screening patients for unmet social needs (eg, food, housing, transportation, and social isolation) and referring patients to relevant community-based resources and social services. Patients' connection to ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Erratum

Journal Article Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · June 2022 Full text Cite

Retrospective cohort study of changes in estimated glomerular filtration rate for patients prescribed a low carb diet.

Journal Article Curr Opin Endocrinol Diabetes Obes · October 1, 2021 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Obesity and diabetes contribute to chronic kidney disease (CKD) and accelerate the loss of kidney function. Low carbohydrate diets (LCDs) are associated with weight loss and improved diabetes control. Compared to the typical Western diet ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Racial differences in patient perception of interactions with providers are associated with health outcomes in type II diabetes.

Journal Article Patient Educ Couns · August 2021 OBJECTIVES: Examine the association of patient perceptions of care with hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c), medication adherence, and missed appointments in non-Hispanic Black (NHB) and White (NHW) patients with type 2 diabetes (T2DM). METHODS: We used linear and logi ... Full text Link to item Cite

General Behavioral Engagement and Changes in Clinical and Cognitive Outcomes of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Using the Time2Focus Mobile App for Diabetes Education: Pilot Evaluation.

Journal Article J Med Internet Res · January 20, 2021 BACKGROUND: Type 2 diabetes affects 30 million Americans, representing a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Self-management support is an important component of chronic illness care and is a key pillar of the chronic care model. Face-to-face tea ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of Provider Perspectives on Race and Racial Health Care Disparities with Patient Perceptions of Care and Health Outcomes.

Journal Article Health equity · January 2021 Purpose: Research suggests that providers contribute to racial disparities in health outcomes. Identifying modifiable provider perspectives that are associated with decreased racial disparities will help in the design of effective educational interv ... Full text Cite

Women Veterans Experience with the VA MOVE! Weight Management Program.

Journal Article Womens Health Rep (New Rochelle) · 2020 UNLABELLED: Background: Obesity prevalence is higher in women veterans overall than their civilian counterparts considering 44% of women veterans are obese. Thus, there is a critical need to understand the facilitators and barriers to women veterans' parti ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

General Behavioral Engagement and Changes in Clinical and Cognitive Outcomes of Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Using the Time2Focus Mobile App for Diabetes Education: Pilot Evaluation (Preprint)

Journal Article · December 18, 2019 BACKGROUNDType 2 diabetes affects 30 million Americans, representing a significant cause of morbidity and mortality. Self-management support is an important component of chronic illness c ... Full text Cite

The Balance protocol: a pragmatic weight gain prevention randomized controlled trial for medically vulnerable patients within primary care.

Journal Article BMC Public Health · May 17, 2019 BACKGROUND: For patients with obesity who are not ready for or experience barriers to weight loss, clinical practice guidelines recommend provider counseling on preventing further weight gain as a first-line treatment approach. Unfortunately, evidence-base ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Residential Racial Isolation and Spatial Patterning of Hypertension in Durham, North Carolina.

Journal Article Prev Chronic Dis · March 28, 2019 INTRODUCTION: Neighborhood characteristics such as racial segregation may be associated with hypertension, but studies have not examined these relationships using spatial models appropriate for geographically patterned health outcomes. The objectives of ou ... Full text Link to item Cite

Triglycerides: Emerging Targets in Diabetes Care? Review of Moderate Hypertriglyceridemia in Diabetes.

Journal Article Curr Diab Rep · February 26, 2019 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: Moderate hypertriglyceridemia is exceedingly common in diabetes, and there is growing evidence that it contributes to residual cardiovascular risk in statin-optimized patients. Major fibrate trials yielded inconclusive results regarding ... Full text Link to item Cite

Effectiveness of an App and Provider Counseling for Obesity Treatment in Primary Care.

Journal Article Am J Prev Med · December 2018 INTRODUCTION: Obesity treatment is less successful for socioeconomically disadvantaged populations, particularly when delivered in primary care. Digital health strategies can extend the reach of clinical obesity treatments to care settings serving patients ... Full text Link to item Cite

The Association Between Engagement and Weight Loss Through Personal Coaching and Cell Phone Interventions in Young Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial.

Journal Article JMIR Mhealth Uhealth · October 18, 2018 BACKGROUND: Understanding how engagement in mobile health (mHealth) weight loss interventions relates to weight change may help develop effective intervention strategies. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to examine the (1) patterns of participant engagement over ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

The Association Between Engagement and Weight Loss Through Personal Coaching and Cell Phone Interventions in Young Adults: Randomized Controlled Trial (Preprint)

Journal Article · March 22, 2018 BACKGROUNDUnderstanding how engagement in mobile health (mHealth) weight loss interventions relates to weight change may help develop effective intervention strategies. ... Full text Open Access Cite

Outcome by Gender in the Veterans Health Administration Motivating Overweight/Obese Veterans Everywhere Weight Management Program.

Journal Article J Womens Health (Larchmt) · January 2018 BACKGROUND: Few evaluations of the Veterans Health Administration Motivating Overweight/Obese Veterans Everywhere (MOVE!) weight management program have assessed 6-month weight change or factors associated with weight change by gender. MATERIALS AND METHOD ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Preventing Weight Gain Improves Sleep Quality Among Black Women: Results from a RCT.

Journal Article Ann Behav Med · August 2017 BACKGROUND: Obesity and poor sleep are highly prevalent among Black women. PURPOSE: We examined whether a weight gain prevention intervention improved sleep among Black women. METHODS: We conducted a randomized trial comparing a 12-month weight gain preven ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of Gender on Satisfaction and Confidence in Cholesterol Control Among Veterans at Risk for Cardiovascular Disease.

Journal Article J Womens Health (Larchmt) · July 2017 BACKGROUND: Compared with men, women have poorer lipid control. Although potential causes of this disparity have been explored, it is unknown whether patient-centered factors such as satisfaction and confidence contribute. We evaluated (1) whether satisfac ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Assessing electronic health record phenotypes against gold-standard diagnostic criteria for diabetes mellitus.

Journal Article J Am Med Inform Assoc · April 1, 2017 OBJECTIVE: We assessed the sensitivity and specificity of 8 electronic health record (EHR)-based phenotypes for diabetes mellitus against gold-standard American Diabetes Association (ADA) diagnostic criteria via chart review by clinical experts. MATERIALS ... Full text Link to item Cite

Serum potassium is a predictor of incident diabetes in African Americans with normal aldosterone: the Jackson Heart Study.

Journal Article Am J Clin Nutr · February 2017 BACKGROUND: Low-normal potassium is a risk factor for diabetes and may account for some of the racial disparity in diabetes risk. Aldosterone affects serum potassium and is associated with insulin resistance. OBJECTIVES: We sought to confirm the associatio ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

The Impact of Interventions that Integrate Accelerometers on Physical Activity and Weight Loss: A Systematic Review.

Journal Article Ann Behav Med · February 2017 BACKGROUND: Regular physical activity is important for improving and maintaining health, but sedentary behavior is difficult to change. Providing objective, real-time feedback on physical activity with wearable motion-sensing technologies (activity monitor ... Full text Link to item Cite

Characteristics and Health Care Preferences Associated with Cardiovascular Disease Risk among Women Veterans.

Journal Article Womens Health Issues · 2017 BACKGROUND: Women veterans are at increased risk for cardiovascular disease (CVD), but little is known about comorbidities and healthcare preferences associated with CVD risk in this population. METHODS: We describe the prevalence of CVD-relevant health be ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nutrition, lifestyle, and hypertension

Chapter · January 1, 2017 Hypertension is a major risk factor for coronary heart disease, stroke, and premature death and a leading risk factor for global disease burden. Prevalence for those 18 years and older in the United States has remained around 29% since 1999 with little imp ... Full text Cite

Short-term effects of the DASH diet in adults with moderate chronic kidney disease: a pilot feeding study.

Journal Article Clin Kidney J · August 2016 BACKGROUND: Although the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) diet lowers blood pressure (BP) for adults with normal kidney function, evidence is lacking regarding its safety and efficacy in chronic kidney disease (CKD). We aimed to test the effe ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Track: A randomized controlled trial of a digital health obesity treatment intervention for medically vulnerable primary care patients.

Journal Article Contemp Clin Trials · May 2016 INTRODUCTION: Obesity continues to disproportionately affect medically vulnerable populations. Digital health interventions may be effective for delivering obesity treatment in low-resource primary care settings. METHODS: Track is a 12-month randomized con ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

The impact of continued intervention on weight: Five-year results from the weight loss maintenance trial.

Journal Article Obesity (Silver Spring) · May 2016 OBJECTIVE: In the Weight Loss Maintenance (WLM) Trial, a personal contact (PC) intervention sustained greater weight loss relative to a self-directed (SD) group over 30 months. This study investigated the effects of continued intervention over an additiona ... Full text Link to item Cite

Using electronic health record data for substance use Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment among adults with type 2 diabetes: Design of a National Drug Abuse Treatment Clinical Trials Network study.

Journal Article Contemp Clin Trials · January 2016 BACKGROUND: The Affordable Care Act encourages healthcare systems to integrate behavioral and medical healthcare, as well as to employ electronic health records (EHRs) for health information exchange and quality improvement. Pragmatic research paradigms th ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Recent Clinical Trials in Osteoporosis: A Firm Foundation or Falling Short?

Journal Article PLoS One · 2016 The global burden of osteoporotic fractures is associated with significant morbidity, mortality, and healthcare costs. We examined the ClinicalTrials.gov database to determine whether recently registered clinical trials addressed prevention and treatment i ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Racial and Ethnic Health Care Disparities Among Women in the Veterans Affairs Healthcare System: A Systematic Review.

Journal Article Womens Health Issues · 2016 BACKGROUND: Women are a rapidly growing segment of patients who seek care in the Veterans Affairs (VA) Healthcare System, yet many questions regarding their health care experiences and outcomes remain unanswered. Racial and ethnic disparities have been wel ... Full text Link to item Cite

Adaptive intervention design in mobile health: Intervention design and development in the Cell Phone Intervention for You trial.

Journal Article Clin Trials · December 2015 BACKGROUND/AIMS: The obesity epidemic has spread to young adults, and obesity is a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease. The prominence and increasing functionality of mobile phones may provide an opportunity to deliver longitudinal and scala ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Substance use and mental diagnoses among adults with and without type 2 diabetes: Results from electronic health records data.

Journal Article Drug Alcohol Depend · November 1, 2015 BACKGROUND: Comorbid diabetes and substance use diagnoses (SUD) represent a hazardous combination, both in terms of healthcare cost and morbidity. To date, there is limited information about the association of SUD and related mental disorders with type 2 d ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Cell phone intervention for you (CITY): A randomized, controlled trial of behavioral weight loss intervention for young adults using mobile technology.

Journal Article Obesity (Silver Spring) · November 2015 OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect on weight of two mobile technology-based (mHealth) behavioral weight loss interventions in young adults. METHODS: Randomized, controlled comparative effectiveness trial in 18- to 35-year-olds with BMI ≥ 25 kg/m(2) (overwe ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Effect of Sitagliptin on Cardiovascular Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes.

Journal Article N Engl J Med · July 16, 2015 BACKGROUND: Data are lacking on the long-term effect on cardiovascular events of adding sitagliptin, a dipeptidyl peptidase 4 inhibitor, to usual care in patients with type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. METHODS: In this randomized, double-blind st ... Full text Link to item Cite

Methods and initial findings from the Durham Diabetes Coalition: Integrating geospatial health technology and community interventions to reduce death and disability.

Journal Article J Clin Transl Endocrinol · March 2015 OBJECTIVE: The Durham Diabetes Coalition (DDC) was established in response to escalating rates of disability and death related to type 2 diabetes mellitus, particularly among racial/ethnic minorities and persons of low socioeconomic status in Durham County ... Full text Link to item Cite

Weight loss intervention for young adults using mobile technology: design and rationale of a randomized controlled trial - Cell Phone Intervention for You (CITY).

Journal Article Contemp Clin Trials · March 2014 BACKGROUND: The obesity epidemic has spread to young adults, leading to significant public health implications later in adulthood. Intervention in early adulthood may be an effective public health strategy for reducing the long-term health impact of the ep ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Branch chain amino acids: biomarkers of health and disease.

Journal Article Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care · January 2014 PURPOSE OF REVIEW: There is burgeoning evidence that branch chain amino acids (BCAAs) are biomarkers of metabolic, cardiovascular, renal and cerebrovascular disease. The purpose of this review is to summarize the current evidence in this area. RECENT FINDI ... Full text Link to item Cite

Greater weight loss with increasing age in the weight loss maintenance trial

Journal Article Obesity · January 1, 2014 Objective To determine the effect of age on weight loss and weight loss maintenance in participants in the Weight Loss Maintenance trial (WLM). Design and Methods Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial of overweight/obese adults with CVD risk ... Full text Cite

Greater weight loss with increasing age in the weight loss maintenance trial.

Journal Article Obesity (Silver Spring) · January 2014 OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of age on weight loss and weight loss maintenance in participants in the Weight Loss Maintenance trial (WLM). DESIGN AND METHODS: Secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial of overweight/obese adults with CVD ris ... Full text Link to item Cite

A comparison of phenotype definitions for diabetes mellitus.

Journal Article J Am Med Inform Assoc · December 2013 OBJECTIVE: This study compares the yield and characteristics of diabetes cohorts identified using heterogeneous phenotype definitions. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Inclusion criteria from seven diabetes phenotype definitions were translated into query algorithms ... Full text Link to item Cite

Race and sex differences in small-molecule metabolites and metabolic hormones in overweight and obese adults.

Journal Article OMICS · December 2013 In overweight/obese individuals, cardiometabolic risk factors differ by race and sex categories. Small-molecule metabolites and metabolic hormone levels might also differ across these categories and contribute to risk factor heterogeneity. To explore this ... Full text Link to item Cite

Association of a reduction in central obesity and phosphorus intake with changes in urinary albumin excretion: the PREMIER study.

Journal Article Am J Kidney Dis · November 2013 BACKGROUND: Excess adiposity and dietary factors may be important determinants of urinary albumin excretion (UAE). STUDY DESIGN: Observational analysis of PREMIER, a randomized trial designed to lower blood pressure using behavioral interventions (counseli ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

The influence of a physician and patient intervention program on dietary intake.

Journal Article J Acad Nutr Diet · November 2013 BACKGROUND: Efficient dietary interventions for patients with hypertension in clinical settings are needed. OBJECTIVE: To assess the separate and combined influence of a physician intervention (MD-I) and a patient intervention (PT-I) on dietary intakes of ... Full text Link to item Cite

Behavioral treatment for weight gain prevention among black women in primary care practice: a randomized clinical trial.

Journal Article JAMA Intern Med · October 28, 2013 IMPORTANCE: Few weight loss treatments produce clinically meaningful weight loss outcomes among black women, particularly in the primary care setting. New weight management strategies are necessary for this population. Weight gain prevention might be an ef ... Full text Link to item Cite

Nutrition, Lifestyle, and Hypertension

Journal Article · August 29, 2013 Full text Cite

Branched chain amino acids are novel biomarkers for discrimination of metabolic wellness.

Journal Article Metabolism · July 2013 OBJECTIVE: To identify novel biomarkers through metabolomic profiles that distinguish metabolically well (MW) from metabolically unwell (MUW) individuals, independent of body mass index (BMI). MATERIALS/METHODS: This study was conducted as part of the Meas ... Full text Link to item Cite

Recruiting young adults into a weight loss trial: report of protocol development and recruitment results.

Journal Article Contemp Clin Trials · July 2013 Obesity has spread to all segments of the U.S. population. Young adults, aged 18-35 years, are rarely represented in clinical weight loss trials. We conducted a qualitative study to identify factors that may facilitate recruitment of young adults into a we ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

Are current clinical trials in diabetes addressing important issues in diabetes care?

Journal Article Diabetologia · June 2013 AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Clinical trials assessing interventions for treating and preventing diabetes mellitus and its complications are needed to inform evidence-based practice. To examine whether current studies adequately address these needs, we conducted a des ... Full text Link to item Cite

Impact of participant and interventionist race concordance on weight loss outcomes.

Journal Article Obesity (Silver Spring) · April 2013 OBJECTIVE: We have previously shown that racial composition of behavioral intervention groups does not affect achieved weight loss. However, it is unclear if the race of the interventionist affects intervention outcomes. The objective of this analysis is t ... Full text Link to item Cite

Framework for Curating and Applying Data Elements within Continuing Use Data: A Case Study from the Durham Diabetes Coalition.

Journal Article AMIA Jt Summits Transl Sci Proc · 2013 Data within a continuing use context (also known as secondary use) can require translation into the variables necessary for project analysis. We have developed and applied a framework in which: Project objectives inform the curation of data elements. Data ... Link to item Cite

Missing signposts on the roadmap to quality: a call to improve medication adherence indicators in data collection for population research.

Journal Article Front Pharmacol · 2013 PURPOSE: Poor adherence to prescribed medicines is associated with increased rates of poor outcomes, including hospitalization, serious adverse events, and death, and is also associated with increased healthcare costs. However, current approaches to evalua ... Full text Link to item Cite

A culturally targeted self-management program for African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus.

Journal Article Can J Nurs Res · December 2012 Inadequate knowledge of the influence of lifestyle on clinical outcomes contributes to the difficulties many African Americans experience with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). This pilot study examined a 12-week church-based culturally targeted diabetes se ... Link to item Cite

Sex hormone changes during weight loss and maintenance in overweight and obese postmenopausal African-American and non-African-American women.

Journal Article Breast Cancer Res · October 31, 2012 INTRODUCTION: Changes in sex hormones with weight loss might have implications for breast cancer prevention but have not been examined extensively, particularly in African-American (AA) women. METHODS: We conducted a prospective study of 278 overweight/obe ... Full text Link to item Cite

Predictors of long-term weight loss in adults with modest initial weight loss, by sex and race.

Journal Article Obesity (Silver Spring) · September 2012 Effective weight management interventions could reduce race-sex disparities in cardiovascular disease (CVD), yet little is known about factors associated with successful weight loss maintenance in race-sex subgroups. In the Weight Loss Maintenance trial (W ... Full text Link to item Cite

The "D" word.

Journal Article Diabetes Forecast · August 2012 Link to item Cite

Impact of Participant and Interventionist Race Concordance on Weight Loss Outcomes.

Journal Article Obesity (Silver Spring) · July 2, 2012 We have previously shown that racial composition of behavioral intervention groups does not affect achieved weight loss. However, it is unclear if the race of the interventionist affects intervention outcomes. The objective of this analysis is to estimate ... Full text Link to item Cite

Weight gain prevention among black women in the rural community health center setting: the Shape Program.

Journal Article BMC Public Health · June 15, 2012 BACKGROUND: Nearly 60% of black women are obese. Despite their increased risk of obesity and associated chronic diseases, black women have been underrepresented in clinical trials of weight loss interventions, particularly those conducted in the primary ca ... Full text Link to item Cite

Branched-chain amino acid levels are associated with improvement in insulin resistance with weight loss.

Journal Article Diabetologia · February 2012 AIMS/HYPOTHESIS: Insulin resistance (IR) improves with weight loss, but this response is heterogeneous. We hypothesised that metabolomic profiling would identify biomarkers predicting changes in IR with weight loss. METHODS: Targeted mass spectrometry-base ... Full text Link to item Cite

Lifestyle treatment of hypertension in patients with type II diabetes

Chapter · January 1, 2012 Type II diabetes has become one of the most signi cant contributors to morbidity and mortality among the U.S. population. The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) estimated that 23.6 million (7.8%) people in the United States had either diagnosed or undiagnos ... Cite

The Latino Health Project: pilot testing a culturally adapted behavioral weight loss intervention in obese and overweight Latino adults.

Journal Article Ethn Dis · 2012 OBJECTIVE: To pilot test a culturally adapted behavioral weight loss intervention in obese and overweight Latino adults. DESIGN: Pilot study. SETTING: Latino community organization in Durham, North Carolina. PARTICIPANTS: Overweight and obese, self-identif ... Open Access Link to item Cite

Glycemic index and glycemic load are associated with some cardiovascular risk factors among the PREMIER study participants.

Journal Article Food Nutr Res · 2012 BACKGROUND: The clinical significance of glycemic index (GI) and glycemic load (GL) is inconclusive. OBJECTIVE: This study was conducted to examine the association of GI and GL with clinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors including body weight, ... Full text Link to item Cite

Subcutaneous insulin: A guide for dosing regimens in the hospital

Journal Article · December 1, 2011 Insulin continues to be the preferred method for the management of hyperglycemia in the inpatient setting. It can be titrated easily, does not have a ceiling dose, and can be administered intravenously and subcutaneously. Details of IV insulin, including t ... Full text Cite

Physiology of diabetes mellitus and types of insulin

Journal Article · December 1, 2011 In 2008, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that 24 million people in the United States had diabetes mellitus, constituting nearly 8% of the population. The CDC further estimated that 57 million individuals were affected by pred ... Full text Cite

Dietary intakes associated with successful weight loss and maintenance during the Weight Loss Maintenance trial.

Journal Article J Am Diet Assoc · December 2011 BACKGROUND: Dietary components effective in weight maintenance efforts have not been adequately identified. OBJECTIVE: To determine the effects of changes in dietary consumption on weight loss and maintenance during the Weight Loss Maintenance clinical tri ... Full text Link to item Cite

Behavioral transitions and weight change patterns within the PREMIER trial.

Journal Article Obesity (Silver Spring) · August 2011 Little is known about the transition in behaviors from short-term weight loss to maintenance of weight loss. We wanted to determine how short-term and long-term weight loss and patterns of weight change were associated with intervention behavioral targets. ... Full text Link to item Cite

Accuracy of self-reported height and weight in a community-based sample of older African Americans and whites.

Journal Article J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci · October 2010 BACKGROUND: To ascertain accuracy of self-reported height, weight (and hence body mass index) in African American and white women and men older than 70 years of age. METHOD: The sample consisted of cognitively intact participants at the third in-person wav ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reducing consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with reduced blood pressure: a prospective study among United States adults.

Journal Article Circulation · June 8, 2010 BACKGROUND: Increased consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been associated with an elevated risk of obesity, metabolic syndrome, and type II diabetes mellitus. However, the effects of SSB consumption on blood pressure (BP) are uncertain. The ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hypertension Improvement Project (HIP) Latino: results of a pilot study of lifestyle intervention for lowering blood pressure in Latino adults.

Journal Article Ethn Health · June 2010 OBJECTIVES: To assess the feasibility of a culturally tailored behavioral intervention for improving hypertension-related health behaviors in Hispanic/Latino adults. DESIGN: Feasibility pilot study in a community health center and a Latino organization in ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hypertension improvement project: randomized trial of quality improvement for physicians and lifestyle modification for patients.

Journal Article Hypertension · December 2009 Despite widely publicized hypertension treatment guidelines for physicians and lifestyle recommendations for patients, blood pressure control rates remain low. In community-based primary care clinics, we performed a nested, 2 x 2 randomized, controlled tri ... Full text Link to item Cite

Reduction in consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages is associated with weight loss: the PREMIER trial.

Journal Article Am J Clin Nutr · May 2009 BACKGROUND: Consumption of liquid calories from beverages has increased in parallel with the obesity epidemic in the US population, but their causal relation remains unclear. OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to examine how changes in beverage con ... Full text Link to item Cite

Hypertension Improvement Project (HIP): study protocol and implementation challenges.

Journal Article Trials · February 26, 2009 BACKGROUND: Hypertension affects 29% of the adult U.S. population and is a leading cause of heart disease, stroke, and kidney failure. Despite numerous effective treatments, only 53% of people with hypertension are at goal blood pressure. The chronic care ... Full text Open Access Link to item Cite

The role of stress in development and management of diabetes mellitus

Journal Article International Diabetes Monitor · 2009 Cite

Effect of socioeconomic status on food availability and cost of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) dietary pattern.

Journal Article J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) · August 2008 The authors assessed food availability and cost of the Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH) dietary pattern and patients' opinion concerning diet and blood pressure by surveying grocery stores and clinic patients in low- and high-socioeconomic st ... Full text Link to item Cite

Visual vignette. Empty sella syndrome with central hypothyroidism and hypogonadism.

Journal Article Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists · May 1, 2007 Cite