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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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Reduced Heart Rate Variability Is Associated With Increased Arterial Stiffness in Youth With Type 1 Diabetes The SEARCH CVD study
Mamta Jaiswal,Elaine M. Urbina,R. Paul Wadwa,Jennifer W. Talton,Ralph B. D'Agostino,Richard F. Hamman,Tasha E. Fingerlin,Stephen R. Daniels,Santica M. Marcovina,Lawrence M. Dolan,Dana Dabelea +10 more
TL;DR: While a similar association between HRV and BrachD was present in control youth, lower HRV was not associated with increased central AS or with AIx75, and longitudinal studies are needed to understand the pathways responsible for these associations.
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Nicotine promotes breast cancer metastasis by stimulating N2 neutrophils and generating pre-metastatic niche in lung
Abhishek Tyagi,Sambad Sharma,Kerui Wu,Shih-Ying Wu,Fei Xing,Yin Liu,Dan Zhao,Ravindra Pramod Deshpande,Ralph B. D'Agostino,Kounosuke Watabe +9 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors demonstrate that chronic exposure of nicotine plays a critical role in the formation of pre-metastatic niche within the lungs by recruiting pro-tumor N2-neutrophils.
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Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Lay Health Promoter-Led, Community-Based Participatory Pesticide Safety Intervention With Farmworker Families:
Sara A. Quandt,Joseph G. Grzywacz,Jennifer W. Talton,Grisel Trejo,Janeth Tapia,Ralph B. D'Agostino,Maria C. Mirabelli,Thomas A. Arcury +7 more
TL;DR: This project evaluates a lay health promoter program to improve pesticide-related knowledge and practices in migrant and seasonal farmworkers from Mexico and demonstrates their effectiveness in a public health setting with rigorous evaluation.
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Prediction Models — Development, Evaluation, and Clinical Application
TL;DR: This research presents a meta-modelling framework that automates the very labor-intensive and therefore time-heavy and expensive process of developing and testing prediction models for prediction accuracy and efficiency.
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Diabetic retinopathy in the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Cohort: a pilot study.
Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis,Cralen Davis,J. Saadine,Ralph B. D'Agostino,Dana Dabelea,L. M. Dolan,Seema Garg,Jean M. Lawrence,Catherine Pihoker,Beatriz L. Rodriguez,Barbara E.K. Klein,Ronald Klein +11 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a pilot study was conducted among a racially and ethnically diverse sample of youth with Type 1 and Type 2 diabetes mellitus, and the prevalence of diabetic retinopathy was assessed using non-mydriatic retinal photography of both eyes.