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Frank B. Hu
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 1784
Citations - 295051
Frank B. Hu is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Type 2 diabetes & Diabetes mellitus. The author has an hindex of 250, co-authored 1675 publications receiving 253464 citations. Previous affiliations of Frank B. Hu include Southwest University & Brigham and Women's Hospital.
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Exporting Diabetes Mellitus to Asia The Impact of Western-Style Fast Food
TL;DR: In parallel with the increasing consumption of fast food and soft drinks around the world, obesity and type 2 diabetes mellitus have truly become global problems, afflicting countries wealthy and poor as mentioned in this paper.
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Dietary patterns and risk of nonfatal acute myocardial infarction in Costa Rican adults
TL;DR: The staple dietary pattern of Costa Rican adults is associated with low plasma HDL cholesterol, low α-linolenic acid in adipose tissue, and increased risk of MI.
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Biomarkers of Dietary Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality.
Matti Marklund,Jason H Y Wu,Fumiaki Imamura,Liana C Del Gobbo,Amanda M. Fretts,Janette de Goede,Peilin Shi,Nathan L. Tintle,Maria Wennberg,Stella Aslibekyan,Tzu-An Chen,Marcia C de Oliveira Otto,Yoichiro Hirakawa,Helle Højmark Eriksen,Janine Kröger,Federica Laguzzi,Maria Lankinen,Rachel A. Murphy,Kiesha Prem,Cécilia Samieri,Jyrki K. Virtanen,Alexis C. Wood,Kerry L. M. Wong,Wei-Sin Yang,Xia Zhou,Ana Baylin,Jolanda M. A. Boer,Ingeborg A. Brouwer,Hannia Campos,Paulo H M Chaves,Kuo-Liong Chien,Ulf de Faire,Luc Djoussé,Gudny Eiriksdottir,Naglaa El-Abbadi,Nita G. Forouhi,J. Michael Gaziano,Johanna M. Geleijnse,Bruna Gigante,Graham G. Giles,Eliseo Guallar,Vilmundur Gudnason,Tamara B. Harris,William S. Harris,Catherine Helmer,Mai-Lis Hellénius,Allison M. Hodge,Frank B. Hu,Paul F. Jacques,Jan-Håkan Jansson,Anya Kalsbeek,Kay-Tee Khaw,Koh Woon Puay,Markku Laakso,Karin Leander,Hung-Ju Lin,Lars Lind,Robert Luben,Juhua Luo,Barbara McKnight,Jaakko Mursu,Toshiharu Ninomiya,Kim Overvad,Bruce M. Psaty,Eric B. Rimm,Matthias B. Schulze,David S. Siscovick,Michael S. Nielsen,Albert V. Smith,Brian T. Steffen,Lyn M. Steffen,Sun Qi,Johan Sundström,Michael Y. Tsai,Hugh Tunstall-Pedoe,Matti Uusitupa,Rob M. van Dam,Jenna Veenstra,W. M. Monique Verschuren,Nicholas J. Wareham,Walter C. Willett,Mark Woodward,Yuan Jian-Min,Renata Micha,Rozenn N. Lemaitre,Dariush Mozaffarian,Ulf Risérus,Cohorts for Heart +87 more
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Interactions between the −514C→T polymorphism of the hepatic lipase gene and lifestyle factors in relation to HDL concentrations among US diabetic men
TL;DR: The study suggests that the effects of -514C-->T of the LIPC gene on HDL concentrations were modified by saturated fat intake and obesity.
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Independent and Opposite Associations of Trunk and Leg Fat Depots with Adipokines, Inflammatory Markers, and Metabolic Syndrome in Middle-Aged and Older Chinese Men and Women
Hongyu Wu,Qibin Qi,Zhijie Yu,Qi Sun,Jing Wang,Oscar H. Franco,Oscar H. Franco,Liang（孙亮） Sun,Huaixing（黎怀星） Li,Yong（刘勇） Liu,Frank B. Hu,Xu（林旭） Lin +11 more
TL;DR: In contrast to trunk fat, large leg fat appears to have favorable effects on adipokines, inflammatory markers, and MetS risk among Chinese, and the opposite associations between regional fat depots andMetS risk may partially mediated by adipokine and inflammatory status.