Current Appointments & Affiliations
Professor Emeritus of Medicine
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2021 - Present
Medicine, Cardiology,
Medicine
Recent Publications
BMI, waist circumference, and waist-to-hip trajectories and all-cause, CVD, and cancer mortality by sex in people without diabetes.
Journal Article Int J Obes (Lond) · April 9, 2025 OBJECTIVES: We examined the associations of BMI, waist circumference, and waist-to-hip ratio trajectories with mortality in people without diabetes. METHODS: We analyzed 7601 people without diabetes from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. We us ... Full text Link to item CiteSex-specific optimal cut-off points for metabolic health indicators to predict incident type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Journal Article Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis · February 28, 2025 BACKGROUND AND AIM: We aimed to determine the optimal cut-off points for metabolic health indicators, including insulin resistance (IR), glucose, insulin, BMI, and waist circumference, in middle-aged nondiabetic people to predict future type 2 diabetes mel ... Full text Link to item CiteCourse and trajectories of insulin resistance, incident heart failure and all-cause mortality in nondiabetic people.
Journal Article Endocrine · February 2025 BACKGROUND: In nondiabetic people, the long-term effects of insulin resistance (IR) on heart failure (HF) and all-cause mortality have not been studied. OBJECTIVES: To examine the association between IR trajectories and incident HF and all-cause mortality ... Full text Link to item CiteRecent Grants
Lifestyle, CVD Risk and Cognitive Impairment
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2011 - 2018Exercise, Depression, and Cardiac Risk
ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2012View All Grants
Education, Training & Certifications
Duke University ·
1974
M.D.