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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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Are particulate matter exposures associated with risk of type 2 diabetes
TL;DR: Overall, results did not provide strong evidence of an association between exposure to PM in the previous 12 months and incident DM; however, an association with distance to road (a proxy marker of exposure to traffic-related pollution) was shown among women.
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Prospective study of type 1 and type 2 diabetes and risk of stroke subtypes: the nurses' health study
Mohsen Janghorbani,Frank B. Hu,Walter C. Willett,Tricia Li,JoAnn E. Manson,Giancarlo Logroscino,Kathryn M. Rexrode +6 more
TL;DR: Both type 1 and type 2 diabetes are associated with substantially increased risks of total and most subtypes of stroke.
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Glycemic index, glycemic load, and cereal fiber intake and risk of type 2 diabetes in US black women.
Supriya Krishnan,Lynn Rosenberg,Martha R. Singer,Frank B. Hu,Luc Djoussé,L. Adrienne Cupples,Julie R. Palmer +6 more
TL;DR: Increasing cereal fiber in the diet may be an effective means of reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes, a disease that has reached epidemic proportions in black women.
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Overweight and Obesity in Women: Health Risks and Consequences
TL;DR: Curbing the twin epidemics of obesity and diabetes calls for not only changes in diet and lifestyle at individual levels but also changes in policy, physical and social environment, and cultural norms.
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Healthful dietary patterns and type 2 diabetes mellitus risk among women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus.
Deirdre K Tobias,Frank B. Hu,Jorge E. Chavarro,Bernard Rosner,Dariush Mozaffarian,Cuilin Zhang +5 more
TL;DR: Adherence to healthful dietary patterns is associated with lower T2DM risk among women with a history of GDM, and the inverse associations are partly mediated by body mass index.