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Tricia Li
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 51
Citations - 10034
Tricia Li is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Type 2 diabetes & Diabetes mellitus. The author has an hindex of 35, co-authored 48 publications receiving 9465 citations. Previous affiliations of Tricia Li include Brigham and Women's Hospital & Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital.
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Television Watching and Other Sedentary Behaviors in Relation to Risk of Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Women
TL;DR: Independent of exercise levels, sedentary behaviors, especially TV watching, were associated with significantly elevated risk of obesity and type 2 diabetes, whereas even light to moderate activity was associated with substantially lower risk.
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Vitamin D and Calcium Intake in Relation to Type 2 Diabetes in Women
Anastassios G. Pittas,Bess Dawson-Hughes,Tricia Li,Rob M. van Dam,Walter C. Willett,JoAnn E. Manson,Frank B. Hu +6 more
TL;DR: The results of this large prospective study suggest a potential beneficial role for both vitamin D and calcium intake in reducing the risk of type 2 diabetes.
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Inflammatory Markers and Risk of Developing Type 2 Diabetes in Women
TL;DR: Elevated CRP levels are a strong independent predictor of type 2 diabetes and may mediate associations of TNF-alphaR2 and IL-6 with type 1 diabetes, supporting the role of inflammation in the pathogenesis of type2 diabetes.
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Abdominal Obesity and the Risk of All-Cause, Cardiovascular, and Cancer Mortality Sixteen Years of Follow-Up in US Women
TL;DR: Anthropometric measures of abdominal adiposity were strongly and positively associated with all-cause, CVD, and cancer mortality independently of body mass index and potential confounders.
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Adiposity as Compared with Physical Activity in Predicting Mortality among Women
TL;DR: Higher levels of physical activity appeared to be beneficial at all levels of adiposity but did not eliminate the higher risk of death associated with obesity.