2018
Improved utilization of waist‐to‐height ratio in cardiometabolic risk counselling in children: Application of DMAIC strategy
Gupta N, Lteif A, Creo A, Iqbal A, Pittock S, Tebben P, Hansen J, Heyrman M, Spee R, Scanlan‐Hanson L, Kumar S. Improved utilization of waist‐to‐height ratio in cardiometabolic risk counselling in children: Application of DMAIC strategy. Journal Of Evaluation In Clinical Practice 2018, 25: 300-305. PMID: 30378218, DOI: 10.1111/jep.13055.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWaist-to-height ratioMeasurement of WCWaist circumferenceCentral obesityRisk counselingSurrogate markers of central obesityMarker of central obesityQuality improvement projectCardiometabolic risk reductionAmbulatory clinical practiceOutpatient clinic settingIncreased cardiometabolic riskBody mass indexElevated WHtRMulti-disciplinary teamWC measurementsAssessment of childrenCardiometabolic riskImprovement projectWHtRDefine-measure-analyse-improve-controlOutcome measuresPaediatric clinicsMass indexProspective cohort
2013
Increasing Incidence of Nutritional Rickets: A Population-Based Study in Olmsted County, Minnesota
Thacher T, Fischer P, Tebben P, Singh R, S. S, Maxson J, Yawn B. Increasing Incidence of Nutritional Rickets: A Population-Based Study in Olmsted County, Minnesota. Mayo Clinic Proceedings 2013, 88: 176-183. PMID: 23374621, PMCID: PMC3612965, DOI: 10.1016/j.mayocp.2012.10.018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnostic codesRadiographic evidence of ricketsOlmsted County, MinnesotaRochester Epidemiology Project dataAssociated with black raceCommunity-based populationRisk factorsVitamin D deficiencyPopulation-based studyNutritional ricketsEvidence of ricketsIncidence of nutritional ricketsRecord abstractionEvaluation of risk factorsNonwhite race/ethnicityLeg painD deficiencyOlmsted CountyOutcome measuresIncidence rateRadiographic evidenceLow birth weightAge- and sex-matched controlsGenu varumBlack race