2021
Anthropometric measures of obesity and associated cardiovascular disease risk in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) Cohort Study
Hassan S, Oladele C, Galusha D, Adams OP, Maharaj RG, Nazario CM, Nunez M, Nunez-Smith M. Anthropometric measures of obesity and associated cardiovascular disease risk in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) Cohort Study. BMC Public Health 2021, 21: 399. PMID: 33632164, PMCID: PMC7905572, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-10399-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (ECHORN) Cohort StudyCVD riskCardiovascular disease riskHigh-risk groupAnthropometric measuresElevated waistCohort studyDisease riskElevated body mass indexASCVD risk scoreOverweight/obeseBody mass indexAmerican Heart AssociationObesity-related riskDifferent anthropometric measuresElevated WHRResultsMean ageWaist circumferenceMass indexHip ratioHeart AssociationRisk groupsRisk scoreRisk algorithmObesity
2020
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Clement Y, Singh S, Motilal S, Maharaj R, Nunez-Smith M. The Authors Reply. Ethnicity & Disease 2020, 30: 703-704. PMID: 32990691, PMCID: PMC7518543, DOI: 10.18865/ed.30.4.703.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchA Protocol for the Study of Polymorphisms and Response to Metformin in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Trinidad.
Clement Y, Singh S, Motilal S, Maharaj R, Nunez-Smith M. A Protocol for the Study of Polymorphisms and Response to Metformin in Patients with Type 2 Diabetes in Trinidad. Ethnicity & Disease 2020, 30: 211-216. PMID: 32269463, PMCID: PMC7138437, DOI: 10.18865/ed.30.s1.211.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsType 2 diabetesMetformin monotherapyPrimary health care facilitiesGenotype frequenciesHealth care facilitiesHealth Authority regionMedication initiationAdherent patientsClinical responseMost patientsDiabetic patientsGlycemic controlMaximal dosesStudy populationOrganic cation transportersBlood samplesCare facilitiesPatientsMetformin responseMonotherapyDiabetesMetforminFirst choiceGenetic polymorphismsSingle nucleotide polymorphisms