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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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Genomic analyses identify hundreds of variants associated with age at menarche and support a role for puberty timing in cancer risk

Felix R. Day, +244 more
- 24 Apr 2017 - 
TL;DR: In this article, the authors used 1000 Genomes Project-imputed genotype data in up to ∼370,000 women to identify 389 independent signals (P < 5 × 10-8) for age at menarche, a milestone in female pubertal development.
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Bidirectional Association Between Depression and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Women

TL;DR: The results provide compelling evidence that the diabetes-depression association is bidirectional, and participants with increased severity of symptoms who had the best depressive symptoms showed a monotonic elevated risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
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Age at natural menopause and risk of cardiovascular disease.

TL;DR: An overall significant association between younger age at menopause and higher risk of CHD among women who experienced natural menoppause and never used hormone therapy was observed among current smokers but not among never smokers.
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Caffeinated and Decaffeinated Coffee Consumption and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: A Systematic Review and a Dose-Response Meta-analysis

TL;DR: Coffee consumption was inversely associated with the risk of type 2 diabetes in a dose-response manner and both caffeinated and decaffeinated coffee was associated with reduced diabetes risk.
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Associations of diabetes mellitus with total life expectancy and life expectancy with and without cardiovascular disease.

TL;DR: The increase in the risk of CVD and mortality from diabetes represents an important decrease in life expectancy and life expectancy free of CVC.