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Barbara V. Howard

Researcher at MedStar Health

Publications -  622
Citations -  68693

Barbara V. Howard is an academic researcher from MedStar Health. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Diabetes mellitus. The author has an hindex of 112, co-authored 593 publications receiving 63071 citations. Previous affiliations of Barbara V. Howard include Memorial Hospital of South Bend & Georgetown University.

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A Large-Scale Multi-ancestry Genome-wide Study Accounting for Smoking Behavior Identifies Multiple Significant Loci for Blood Pressure

Yun J. Sung, +329 more
TL;DR: The identified loci show strong evidence for regulatory features and support shared pathophysiology with cardiometabolic and addiction traits and highlight a role in BP regulation for biological candidates such as modulators of vascular structure and function.
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Relation of LDL size to the insulin resistance syndrome and coronary heart disease in American Indians the strong heart study

TL;DR: In this paper, the distribution of LDL size and phenotype within a population-based sample of American Indians to determine the relationships with prevalent CHD and to examine associations with hyperinsulinemia and other components of the insulin resistance syndrome.
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Effects of insulin resistance and insulin secretion on the efficacy of interventions to retard development of type 2 diabetes mellitus: the DA Qing IGT and Diabetes Study.

TL;DR: Both IR and beta-cell function were predictors of diabetes in Chinese with IGT and lifestyle intervention reduced the incidence of DM and these interventions were more effective in those with less IR.
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Cardiovascular and Metabolic Predictors of Progression of Prehypertension Into Hypertension: The Strong Heart Study

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated baseline anthropometric, laboratory and echocardiographic characteristics of 625 untreated prehypertensive participants in the Strong Heart Study (SHS), without prevalent cardiovascular disease (63% women; 22% diabetes; mean age 59±7 years) to identify predictors of 4-year incidence of hypertension.