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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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Association of overweight with increased risk of coronary heart disease partly independent of blood pressure and cholesterol levels: a meta-analysis of 21 cohort studies including more than 300 000 persons.
R P Bogers,Wanda J.E. Bemelmans,Rudolf T. Hoogenveen,Hendriek C. Boshuizen,Mark Woodward,Paul Knekt,Rob M. van Dam,Rob M. van Dam,Frank B. Hu,Tommy L S Visscher,Alessandro Menotti,Roland J. Thorpe,Konrad Jamrozik,Susanna Calling,Bjørn Heine Strand,Martin J. Shipley +15 more
TL;DR: Even for moderate overweight, there is a significant increased risk of CHD independent of these traditional risk factors, although confounding (eg, by dietary factors) cannot be completely ruled out.
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Metabolically healthy obesity: epidemiology, mechanisms, and clinical implications
TL;DR: The observational studies that gave rise to the idea of metabolically healthy obesity are described and the key parameters that can help to distinguish it from the general form of obesity are discussed.
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Dietary Fat and Meat Intake in Relation to Risk of Type 2 Diabetes in Men
TL;DR: Total and saturated fat intake and processed meat intake were associated with a higher risk of type 2 diabetes, but these associations were not independent of BMI.
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Red meat consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: 3 cohorts of US adults and an updated meta-analysis.
An Pan,Qi Sun,Adam M. Bernstein,Matthias B. Schulze,JoAnn E. Manson,Walter C. Willett,Frank B. Hu +6 more
TL;DR: Red meat consumption, particularly processed red meat, is associated with an increased risk of type 2 diabetes in US adults, and substitutions of one serving of nuts, low-fat dairy, and whole grains per day were associated with a 16-35% lower risk of T2D.
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Bidirectional Association Between Depression and Metabolic Syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies
TL;DR: The results indicate a bidirectional association between depression and MetS, which support early detection and management of depression among patients with MetS and vice versa.