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John P. Kirwan

Researcher at Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Publications -  326
Citations -  23379

John P. Kirwan is an academic researcher from Pennington Biomedical Research Center. The author has contributed to research in topics: Insulin resistance & Insulin. The author has an hindex of 67, co-authored 295 publications receiving 20117 citations. Previous affiliations of John P. Kirwan include Ball State University & Case Western Reserve University.

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Bariatric Surgery versus Intensive Medical Therapy for Diabetes — 5-Year Outcomes

TL;DR: Five‐year outcome data showed that, among patients with type 2 diabetes and a BMI of 27 to 43, bariatric surgery plus intensive medical therapy was more effective thanintensive medical therapy alone in decreasing, or in some cases resolving, hyperglycemia.
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Bariatric Surgery versus Intensive Medical Therapy in Obese Patients with Diabetes

TL;DR: In obese patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes, 12 months of medical therapy plus bariatric surgery achieved glycemic control in significantly more patients than medical therapy alone.
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Bariatric Surgery versus Intensive Medical Therapy for Diabetes — 3-Year Outcomes

TL;DR: Among obese patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes, 3 years of intensive medical therapy plus bariatric surgery resulted in glycemic control in significantly more patients than did medical therapy alone.
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Bariatric Surgery Versus Intensive Medical Therapy in Obese Patients With Diabetes

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors showed that the use of drugs to lower glucose, lipid, and blood-pressure levels decreased significantly after both surgical procedures but increased in patients receiving medical therapy only.
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TNF-α Is a Predictor of Insulin Resistance in Human Pregnancy

TL;DR: In this article, the longitudinal changes in insulin sensitivity during pregnancy were correlated with changes in placental hormones, cortisol, leptin, and tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha.