Browsing by Author "Grant, Richard William"
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Diabetes Risk Perception and Intention to Adopt Healthy Lifestyles Among Primary Care Patients
Hivert, Marie-France; Warner, Ana Sofia; Shrader, Peter; Grant, Richard William; Meigs, James Benjamin (American Diabetes Association, 2009)OBJECTIVE—To examine perceived risk of developing diabetes in primary care patients. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—We recruited 150 nondiabetic primary care patients. We made standard clinical measurements, collected fasting ... -
Documentation of Body Mass Index and Control of Associated Risk Factors in a Large Primary Care Network
Rose, Stephanie A; Turchin, Alexander; Grant, Richard William; Meigs, James Benjamin (BioMed Central, 2009)Background: Body mass index (BMI) will be a reportable health measure in the United States (US) through implementation of Healthcare Effectiveness Data and Information Set (HEDIS) guidelines. We evaluated current documentation ... -
Genetic Architecture of Type 2 Diabetes: Recent Progress and Clinical Implications
Grant, Richard William; Moore, Allan F.; Florez, Jose Carlos (American Diabetes Association, 2009)Review. Introductory paragraph: With the exception of rare monogenic disorders, most type 2 diabetes results from the interaction of genetic variation at multiple different chromosomal sites with environmental exposures ... -
Genetic Risk Reclassification for Type 2 Diabetes by Age Below or Above 50 Years Using 40 Type 2 Diabetes Risk Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
de Miguel-Yanes, Jose M.; Shrader, Peter; Pencina, Michael J.; Dupuis, Josèe; D'Agostino, Ralph B.; Cupples, L. Adrienne; Fox, Caroline; Manning, Alisa K; Grant, Richard William; Florez, Jose Carlos; Meigs, James Benjamin (American Diabetes Association, 2011)OBJECTIVE: To test if knowledge of type 2 diabetes genetic variants improves disease prediction. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We tested 40 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) associated with diabetes in 3,471 Framingham ... -
Identifying Primary Care Patients at Risk for Future Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease Using Electronic Health Records
Hivert, Marie-France; Grant, Richard William; Shrader, Peter; Meigs, James Benjamin (BioMed Central, 2009)Background: Prevention of diabetes and coronary heart disease (CHD) is possible but identification of at-risk patients for targeting interventions is a challenge in primary care. Methods: We analyzed electronic health ...