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Ralph B. D'Agostino

Researcher at Wake Forest University

Publications -  1336
Citations -  250792

Ralph B. D'Agostino is an academic researcher from Wake Forest University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Framingham Heart Study & Framingham Risk Score. The author has an hindex of 226, co-authored 1287 publications receiving 229636 citations. Previous affiliations of Ralph B. D'Agostino include VA Boston Healthcare System & University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign.

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Breast-feeding and type 2 diabetes in the youth of three ethnic groups: the SEARCh for diabetes in youth case-control study.

Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis, +7 more
- 01 Mar 2008 - 
TL;DR: Breast-feeding appears to be protective against development of type 2 diabetes in youth, mediated in part by current weight status in childhood, even after inclusion of BMI z-score.
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How important is functional status as a predictor of service use by older people

Sharon L. Tennstedt, +3 more
- 01 Nov 1990 - 
TL;DR: In this paper, a longitudinal study of a community-based, linked random sample of frail elders and their informal caregivers was conducted to investigate the relative contribution of social circumstances to the use of communitybased formal services.
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Risk Estimation for Recurrent Clostridium Difficile Infection Based on Clinical Factors

Ralph B. D'Agostino, +4 more
- 15 May 2014 - 
TL;DR: A simple/practical scoring rule (logistic regression model) for recurrent CDI is developed using data from 2 large phase 3 clinical trials and may be useful for treatment decision.

Cancer screening behaviors of low-income women: the impact of race.

Electra D. Paskett, +4 more
TL;DR: Women in this homogenous income group had similar rates of screening and had similar barriers to receiving recommended screening tests; thus, interventions should address beliefs and knowledge of risk targeted to all low-income women.
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A 19-Base Pair Deletion Polymorphism in Dihydrofolate Reductase Is Associated with Increased Unmetabolized Folic Acid in Plasma and Decreased Red Blood Cell Folate

Renee D. Kalmbach, +5 more
- 01 Dec 2008 - 
TL;DR: The results suggest the del/del polymorphism in DHFR is a functional polymorphism, because it limits assimilation of folic acid into cellular folate stores at high and low folic Acid intakes.