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Ping Zhang

Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Publications -  166
Citations -  12698

Ping Zhang is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Diabetes mellitus & Type 2 diabetes. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 150 publications receiving 10596 citations. Previous affiliations of Ping Zhang include Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation & National Institutes of Health.

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Identifying risk for type 2 diabetes in different age cohorts: does one size fit all?

TL;DR: The results demonstrate the importance of applying age-specific risk equations to identify target populations for intervention and show the predictive capacity of equations that include biomarkers is better than of those based solely on self-reported variables.
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Impact of intensive lifestyle intervention on preference-based quality of life in type 2 diabetes: Results from the Look AHEAD trial.

TL;DR: The aim of this study is to assess the effect of an intensive lifestyle intervention compared with standard diabetes support and education on preference‐based health‐related quality of life (HRQOL) in persons with overweight or obesity and type 2 diabetes.
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The Economic Burden of Vision Loss and Blindness in the United States.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors estimate the economic burden of VL in the US and by state using secondary data sources (ACS, American Time Use Survey, Bureau of Labor Statistics, Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS), National and State Health Expenditure Accounts (N/SHEA), National Health Interview Survey (NHIS)) using attributable fraction, regression, and other methods to estimate the incremental direct and indirect 2017 costs of VLS.
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Impact of state mandatory insurance coverage on the use of diabetes preventive care

TL;DR: Effects of state mandates varied by preventive care type, with state mandates being associated with a small increase in SMBG and no evidence that state mandates were effective in increasing receipt of annual eye or foot exams.