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List of works by Assiamira Ferrara

A call to increase physical activity among women of reproductive age: is it possible?

scientific article published in July 2014

A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans

scientific article published on 4 January 2012

A pragmatic cluster randomized clinical trial of diabetes prevention strategies for women with gestational diabetes: design and rationale of the Gestational Diabetes' Effects on Moms (GEM) study.

scientific article published on 15 January 2014

A3-3: Pre-Pregnancy Adiponectin Levels and Subsequent Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus (GDM)

A3-4: Recreational Physical Activity and Gestational Weight Gain in Women with Gestational Diabetes.

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Achieving good glycemic control: initiation of new antihyperglycemic therapies in patients with type 2 diabetes from the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Diabetes Registry

scientific article published on April 2005

An increase in the incidence of gestational diabetes mellitus: Northern California, 1991-2000.

scientific article published in March 2004

Androgenicity of progestins in hormonal contraceptives and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus.

scientific article published on 15 February 2007

Associations Between Maternal Pregravid Obesity and Gestational Diabetes and the Timing of Pubarche in Daughters

scientific article published on 07 June 2016

Body mass index and weight gain prior to pregnancy and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus

scientific article published on 20 February 2008

Change in body mass index between pregnancies and the risk of gestational diabetes in a second pregnancy.

scientific article published on June 2011

Clinical predictors and significance of postvoid residual volume in women with diabetes.

scientific article published on 14 June 2013

Cohort Study of Pioglitazone and Cancer Incidence in Patients With Diabetes

scientific article published on April 1, 2011

Cohort study of insulin glargine and risk of breast, prostate, and colorectal cancer among patients with diabetes.

scientific article published on 29 October 2013

Comparison of glyburide and insulin for the management of gestational diabetes in a large managed care organization

scientific article published in July 2005

Current use of unopposed estrogen and estrogen plus progestin and the risk of acute myocardial infarction among women with diabetes: the Northern California Kaiser Permanente Diabetes Registry, 1995-1998.

scientific article published in January 2003

Defective insulin action in fibroblasts from noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus patients with Gln1152 insulin receptor mutation

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Dehydroepiandrosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate, obesity, waist-hip ratio, and noninsulin-dependent diabetes in postmenopausal women: the Rancho Bernardo Study

scientific article published in January 1996

Developing a prediction rule from automated clinical databases to identify high-risk patients in a large population with diabetes

scientific article published in September 2001

Diabetes Mellitus and Sexual Function in Middle-Aged and Older Women

scientific article published on August 1, 2012

Diabetes and risk of bladder cancer: evidence from a case-control study in New England

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Disparities in the risk of gestational diabetes by race-ethnicity and country of birth

scientific article published on September 1, 2010

Epidemiology of diabetes mellitus in Southern Italy: A case-finding method based on drug prescriptions

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Erratum to: Moderate and Vigorous Intensity Exercise During Pregnancy and Gestational Weight Gain in Women with Gestational Diabetes

scientific article published on 3 June 2016

Ethnic disparities in diabetic complications in an insured population

scientific article published in May 2002

Excess maternal transmission of type 2 diabetes. The Northern California Kaiser Permanente Diabetes Registry

scientific article published on June 1999

Exercise During the First Trimester of Pregnancy and the Risks of Abnormal Screening and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

scientific article published on 21 December 2020

Gestational diabetes mellitus and lesser degrees of pregnancy hyperglycemia: association with increased risk of spontaneous preterm birth

scientific article published in October 2003

Gestational weight gain and optimal wellness (GLOW): rationale and methods for a randomized controlled trial of a lifestyle intervention among pregnant women with overweight or obesity

scientific article published on 30 April 2019

Gestational weight gain and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus

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Glycemic control and heart failure among adult patients with diabetes

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Glycemic status and risk of prostate cancer

scientific article published in March 2008

Health-plan and employer-based wellness programs to reduce diabetes risk: The Kaiser Permanente Northern California NEXT-D Study

scientific article published on January 2013

High blood pressure before and during early pregnancy is associated with an increased risk of gestational diabetes mellitus.

scientific article published on 22 September 2008

Hormone replacement therapy is associated with better glycemic control in women with type 2 diabetes: The Northern California Kaiser Permanente Diabetes Registry

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Hyperinsulinemia does not increase the risk of fatal cardiovascular disease in elderly men or women without diabetes: the Rancho Bernardo Study, 1984-1991.

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Impact of type 2 diabetes on lower urinary tract symptoms in men: a cohort study

scientific article published on 20 February 2013

Increased prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus among women with diagnosed polycystic ovary syndrome: a population-based study

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Increasing prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus: a public health perspective

scientific article published on July 2007

Influence of Breastfeeding During the Postpartum Oral Glucose Tolerance Test on Plasma Glucose and Insulin

scientific article published on July 1, 2012

Is insulin really a heart disease risk factor

scientific article published on September 1995

Isolated postchallenge hyperglycemia and the risk of fatal cardiovascular disease in older women and men. The Rancho Bernardo Study

scientific article published in August 1998

Lactation intensity and postpartum maternal glucose tolerance and insulin resistance in women with recent GDM: the SWIFT cohort.

scientific article published on 19 October 2011

Lifestyle behaviors and ethnic identity among diverse women at high risk for type 2 diabetes

scientific article published on 14 May 2016

Lipoprotein(a) concentrations in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and borderline hyperglycemia: a population-based study

scientific article published in October 1995

Low prepregnancy adiponectin concentrations are associated with a marked increase in risk for development of gestational diabetes mellitus.

scientific article published on 29 August 2013

Maternal gestational weight gain and offspring risk for childhood overweight or obesity.

scientific article published on 13 April 2014

Maternal hyperglycemia during pregnancy predicts adiposity of the offspring

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Medical therapy for diabetes is associated with increased use of lower endoscopy

scientific article published in November 2007

Metformin use and lung cancer risk in patients with diabetes.

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Missed appointments and poor glycemic control: an opportunity to identify high-risk diabetic patients

scientific article published on February 2004

Moderate and Vigorous Intensity Exercise During Pregnancy and Gestational Weight Gain in Women with Gestational Diabetes.

scientific article published on 08 March 2016

Moderate intensity sports and exercise is associated with glycaemic control in women with gestational diabetes.

scientific article published on 23 February 2017

Mutations in Insulin-Receptor Gene: Val996 Allele in White NIDDM Patients

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NIDDM Associated With Mutation in Tyrosine Kinase Domain of Insulin Receptor Gene

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Outreach to diversify clinical trial participation: A randomized recruitment study

scientific article published on 2 February 2015

Patient satisfaction and perceived success with a telephonic health coaching program: the Natural Experiments for Translation in Diabetes (NEXT-D) Study, Northern California, 2011.

scientific article published on 31 October 2013

Patients diagnosed with diabetes are at increased risk for asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, pulmonary fibrosis, and pneumonia but not lung cancer

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Perceived psychosocial stress and gestational weight gain among women with gestational diabetes

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Pioglitazone Use and Risk of Bladder Cancer and Other Common Cancers in Persons With Diabetes.

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Pioglitazone Use and Risk of Bladder Cancer--Reply.

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Polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) exposure in mothers and time to pregnancy in daughters.

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Post-partum weight loss and glucose metabolism in women with gestational diabetes: the DEBI Study

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Preconception care in managed care: the translating research into action for diabetes study.

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Predicting significant hyperbilirubinaemia using birth weight

scientific article published on 19 February 2008

Pregnancy glucose levels in women without diabetes or gestational diabetes and childhood cardiometabolic risk at 7 years of age

scientific article published on 11 July 2012

Pregnancy glycemia in Mexican-American women without diabetes or gestational diabetes and programming for childhood obesity

scientific article published on 15 March 2013

Pregnancy plasma glucose levels exceeding the American Diabetes Association thresholds, but below the National Diabetes Data Group thresholds for gestational diabetes mellitus, are related to the risk of neonatal macrosomia, hypoglycaemia and [...]

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Pregnancy weight gain and risk of neonatal complications: macrosomia, hypoglycemia, and hyperbilirubinemia

scientific article published in November 2006

Pregravid cardiometabolic risk profile and risk for gestational diabetes mellitus.

scientific article published on 28 May 2011

Pregravid liver enzyme levels and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus during a subsequent pregnancy.

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Prepregnancy Adverse Lipid Profile and Subsequent Risk of Gestational Diabetes.

scientific article published on 05 April 2016

Prepregnancy SHBG concentrations and risk for subsequently developing gestational diabetes mellitus

scientific article published on 21 February 2014

Preventive counseling among women with histories of gestational diabetes mellitus

scientific article published on 10 July 2007

Proteinuria testing among patients with diabetes mellitus is associated with bladder cancer diagnosis: potential for unmeasured confounding in studies of pioglitazone and bladder cancer.

scientific article published on 25 April 2014

Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus by BMI

scientific article published on May 22, 2012

Referral to telephonic nurse management improves outcomes in women with gestational diabetes

scientific article published on April 24, 2012

Response to comment on Hedderson et al. Prepregnancy SHBG concentrations and risk for subsequently developing gestational diabetes mellitus. Diabetes Care 2014;37:1296-1303.

scientific article published in December 2014

Response to: Analyses Using Time-Dependent Pioglitazone Usage in Cox Models May Lead to Wrong Conclusions About Its Association With Cancer

Risk of bladder cancer among diabetic patients treated with pioglitazone: interim report of a longitudinal cohort study.

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Risk of large-for-gestational-age newborns in women with gestational diabetes by race and ethnicity and body mass index categories

scientific article published on June 2013

Risk of preterm delivery in non-diabetic women with polycystic ovarian syndrome

scientific article published on 19 January 2012

Risk perception for diabetes among women with histories of gestational diabetes mellitus

scientific article published on 15 June 2007

Self-monitoring of blood glucose levels and glycemic control: the Northern California Kaiser Permanente Diabetes registry

scientific article published in July 2001

Self-monitoring of blood glucose: language and financial barriers in a managed care population with diabetes

scientific article published on April 2000

Serial Glycosylated Hemoglobin Levels and Risk of Colorectal Neoplasia among Patients with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

scientific article published on October 11, 2010

Sex differences in insulin levels in older adults and the effect of body size, estrogen replacement therapy, and glucose tolerance status. The Rancho Bernardo Study, 1984-1987.

scientific article published in February 1995

Sex differences in quality of health care related to ischemic heart disease prevention in patients with diabetes: the translating research into action for Diabetes (TRIAD) study, 2000-2001.

scientific article published in December 2004

Sex disparities in control and treatment of modifiable cardiovascular disease risk factors among patients with diabetes: Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) Study

scientific article published on 12 October 2007

Sex ratio variations among the offspring of women with diabetes in pregnancy.

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Strategies for Diabetes Prevention Before and After Pregnancy in Women with GDM

scientific article published on March 1, 2011

Study of Women, Infant feeding, and Type 2 diabetes mellitus after GDM pregnancy (SWIFT), a prospective cohort study: methodology and design

scientific article published on December 23, 2011

Surgical outcomes of total knee replacement according to diabetes status and glycemic control, 2001 to 2009.

scientific article published in March 2013

Telephone-Based Coaching.

scientific article published on 11 November 2015

The Comparative Effectiveness of Diabetes Prevention Strategies to Reduce Postpartum Weight Retention in Women With Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: The Gestational Diabetes' Effects on Moms (GEM) Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial.

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The Kaiser Permanente Northern California research program on genes, environment, and health (RPGEH) pregnancy cohort: study design, methodology and baseline characteristics

scientific article (publication date: 29 November 2016)

The Patient Outcomes Research To Advance Learning (PORTAL) Network Adult Overweight and Obesity Cohort: Development and Description

scientific article published on 15 June 2016

The Pregnancy Environment and Lifestyle Study (PETALS): a population-based longitudinal multi-racial birth cohort.

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The impact of telephonic wellness coaching on weight loss: A "Natural Experiments for Translation in Diabetes (NEXT-D)" study

scientific article published on February 2017

The multigroup ethnic identity measure-revised: measurement invariance across racial and ethnic groups

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The risk of large for gestational age across increasing categories of pregnancy glycemia.

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Thiazolidinediones and fractures: evidence from translating research into action for diabetes

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Total, LDL, and HDL cholesterol decrease with age in older men and women. The Rancho Bernardo Study 1984-1994.

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Translating Research on Diabetes and Obesity in Pregnancy Into Prevention: The 2019 Norbert Freinkel Award Lecture

scientific article published on 01 November 2020

Trends and racial and ethnic disparities in the prevalence of pregestational type 1 and type 2 diabetes in Northern California: 1996-2014.

scientific article published on 14 October 2016

Trends in postpartum diabetes screening and subsequent diabetes and impaired fasting glucose among women with histories of gestational diabetes mellitus: A report from the Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) Study.

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Understanding the gap between good processes of diabetes care and poor intermediate outcomes: Translating Research into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD).

scientific article published in December 2007

Use of antibiotics is not associated with decreased risk of myocardial infarction among patients with diabetes

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Use of thiazolidinediones and risk of heart failure in people with type 2 diabetes: a retrospective cohort study: response to Delea et al.

scientific article published in March 2004

Wellness Coaching for People With Prediabetes: A Randomized Encouragement Trial to Evaluate Outreach Methods at Kaiser Permanente, Northern California, 2013.

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Who Is Tested for Diabetic Kidney Disease and Who Initiates Treatment?: The Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) study

scientific article published on 01 August 2006