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Sandra Roberta Gouvea Ferreira
Researcher at University of São Paulo
Publications - 222
Citations - 6128
Sandra Roberta Gouvea Ferreira is an academic researcher from University of São Paulo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Insulin resistance & Population. The author has an hindex of 37, co-authored 214 publications receiving 5465 citations. Previous affiliations of Sandra Roberta Gouvea Ferreira include Instituto Superior Técnico & University of Lisbon.
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Multifaceted Determinants for Achieving Glycemic Control: The International Diabetes Management Practice Study (IDMPS)
Juliana C.N. Chan,Juan José Gagliardino,Sei Hyun Baik,Jean-Marc Chantelot,Sandra Roberta Gouvea Ferreira,Nicolae Hancu,Hasan Ilkova,Ambady Ramachandran,Pablo Aschner +8 more
TL;DR: Self-monitoring of blood glucose was the only predictor for achieving the A1C goal in type 1 diabetes and region-specific factors included lack of microvascular complications and old age in Latin America and Asia.
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Methods of estimation of visceral fat: advantages of ultrasonography.
Fernando Flexa Ribeiro-Filho,Alessandra N. Faria,Sergio Azjen,Maria-Teresa Zanella,Sandra Roberta Gouvea Ferreira +4 more
TL;DR: Waist circumference, waist-to-hip ratio, and US-determined visceral fat values showed the best correlation coefficients with visceral fat determined by CT and seemed to be the best alternative method for the assessment of intra-abdominal fat in obese women.
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Akkermansia muciniphila mediates negative effects of IFNγ on glucose metabolism
Renee L. Greer,Xiaoxi Dong,Ana Carolina Franco de Moraes,Ryszard A. Zielke,Gabriel Fernandes,Ekaterina Peremyslova,Stephany Vasquez-Perez,Alexi A. Schoenborn,Everton Padilha Gomes,Alexandre C. Pereira,Sandra Roberta Gouvea Ferreira,Michael Yao,Ivan J. Fuss,Warren Strober,Aleksandra E. Sikora,Gregory A. Taylor,Ajay S. Gulati,Andrey Morgun,Natalia Shulzhenko +18 more
TL;DR: It is shown that the gut microbe Akkermansia muciniphila can mediate negative effects of IFNγ on glucose tolerance in mice and humans, and Irgm1 is identified as anIFNγ-regulated gene in the mouse ileum that controls gut A. muc iniphila levels.
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BMI compared with central obesity indicators in relation to diabetes and hypertension in Asians
Regzedmaa Nyamdorj,Qing Qiao,Tai Hing Lam,Jaakko Tuomilehto,Sai Yin Ho,Janne Pitkäniemi,Tomoko Nakagami,Viswanathan Mohan,Edward D Janus,Sandra Roberta Gouvea Ferreira +9 more
TL;DR: To compare BMI with waist circumference, waist‐to‐hip ratio, and waist-to‐stature ratio in association with diabetes or hypertension, a large number of studies have found no link between BMI and disease.
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Influência da distribuição da gordura corporal sobre a prevalência de hipertensão arterial e outros fatores de risco cardiovascular em indivíduos obesos
Glaucia Carneiro,Alessandra N. Faria,Fernando Flexa Ribeiro Filho,Adriana Coutinho de Azevedo Guimarães,Daniel D G Lerario,Sandra Roberta Gouvea Ferreira,Maria Teresa Zanella +6 more
TL;DR: The data reinforce the association between obesity and high cardiovascular risk and suggested a role for body fat distribution in the development of hypertension in obese patients.