12.08.2011

Curriculum Vitae

Gang Hu, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D., Assistant Professor

Office Address:Chronic Disease Epidemiology Laboratory

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Louisiana State University System

6400 Perkins Road

Baton Rouge, Louisiana70808

Tel: (225) 763-3053

Fax: (225) 763-3009

Email:

Education:

2005Adjunct professor (Docent), University of Helsinki, Finland (Field: Public Health)

2001Ph.D. Faculty of Medicine, University of Kuopio, Finland (Field: Sport Medicine)

2000M.P.H. Faculty of Medicine, University of Kuopio, Finland (Field: Public Health)

1989M.D. Tianjin Medical University, P. R. China

POSTDOCTORAL TRAINING:

2001-2003Post-doctor fellow, Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, and Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland

2003-2005Academy postdoctoral researcher, Academy of Finland, Finland

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

2010-presentAdjunct assistant professor, Epidemiology Program, School of Public Health,

Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center (LSUHSC)

2010-presentAdjunct assistant professor, the Graduate School, Louisiana State University

2010-presentAdjunct assistant professor, School of Human Ecology, Louisiana State University

2009-presentAssistant professorDirector, Chronic Disease Epidemiology Laboratory,PenningtonBiomedical Research Center,Louisiana State University System

2007-presentGuest professor, Tianjin Women’sand Children’s Health Center, Tianjin, China

2005-precentAdjunct professor (Docent) of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland

2004-2008Senior researcher, Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, and Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland

2003-2005Senior academy postdoctoral researcher, Academy of Finland, Finland

2001-2003Post-doctor research fellow, Department of Epidemiology and Health Promotion, National Public Health Institute, Helsinki, and Department of Public Health, University of Helsinki, Finland

1998-2001Researcher and postgraduate student for Ph.D., Departments of Physiology and Public Health and General Practice, University of Kuopio, Finland

1995-1998Senior researcher, Department of Nutrition, Food Safety Control and Inspection Institute, Tianjin, P. R. China

1989-1995Researcher, Department of Nutrition, Food Safety Control and Inspection Institute, Tianjin, P. R. China

PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:

Society Membership:

  • American Diabetes Association (2009-)
  • American Heart Association (2009-)
  • American Stroke Association (2009-)
  • European Association for the Study of Diabetes (European Diabetes Epidemiology Group) (2001-)
  • European Association for Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (2005-)
  • European Society of Hypertension (2006-)
  • Finnish Hypertension Society (2006-)
  • The International Diabetes Federation (International Diabetes Epidemiology Group) (2003-)

Member of the Editorial Board for the Scientific Journals:

  • Current Diabetes Reviews (2004-)
  • Obesity Research, Guest Editor (2006)
  • The Open General & Internal Medicine Reviews (OGMR) (2007-2010)
  • The Open Hematology Journal (2007-)
  • ClinicoEconomics & Outcomes Research (2008-)
  • Nutrition and Metabolic Insights (2008-)
  • The Open Diabetes Journal (2008-)
  • The Open Hypertension Journal (2008-)
  • World Journal of Diabetes(2009-)
  • Journal of Geriatric Cardiology (2011-)
  • American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease (2011-)
  • Open Journal of Pediatrics (2011-)

Regular Reviewer for the Following Scientific Journals:

  • American Journal of Cardiovascular Drugs(2007)
  • American Journal of Epidemiology (2004-2011)
  • American Journal of Hypertension (2004-2007)
  • Annals of Internal Medicine (2006)
  • Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism (2007)
  • Archive of Internal Medicine (2007)
  • Archives of General Psychiatry(2011)
  • Atherosclerosis (2006, 2008, 2010)
  • BMC Public Health (2006-2008)
  • BMJ Open (2011)
  • British Journal of Nutrition (2009, 2010)
  • British Journal of Sports Medicine (2006, 2007)
  • British Medical Journal (2010)
  • Cancer Detection and Prevention (2007)
  • Cardiovascular Diabetology (2009)
  • Circulation (2005-2011)
  • Clinica Chimica Acta (2004)
  • Clinical Endocrinology (2006)
  • Current Diabetes Reviews (2004-2010)
  • Current Pharmaceutical Design (2007)
  • Diabetes Care (2006-2011)
  • Diabetic Medicine (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006)
  • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice (2004-2007, 2009, 2011)
  • Diabetes & Metabolism (2006)
  • Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism (2011)
  • Diabetologia (2005, 2007)
  • European Heart Journal (2006-2009)
  • European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation (2006-2008)
  • European Journal of Clinical Nutrition (2006)
  • European Journal of Epidemiology (2006, 2008)
  • European Journal of Internal Medicine (2008)
  • European Journal of Neurology (2008)
  • Gender Medicine (2005, 2008)
  • Gynecologic and Obstetric Investigation (2011)
  • Hepatology (2009)
  • Hormone and Metabolic Research (2004)
  • Hypertension (2006, 2007)
  • International Diabetes Monitor (2003)
  • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity (2004)
  • International Journal of Medical Sciences (2006)
  • International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders (2004)
  • Journal of Diabetes and Its Complications (2002, 2008)
  • Journal of Internal Medicine (2006)
  • Journal of Physical Activity and Health (2007)
  • Journal of the Neurological Sciences (2007, 2008)
  • Journal of Women's Health (2007)
  • Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (2002, 2007, 2008)
  • Medical Science Monitor (2007)
  • Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders (2007)
  • Movement Disorders (2007, 2008)
  • Neurology (2008, 2009, 2011)
  • Nutrition Journal (2011)
  • Nutrition, Metabolism & Cardiovascular Diseases (2009)
  • Obesity (2004-2007, 2011)
  • Obesity Review (2011)
  • Open General & Internal Medicine Reviews (2007, 2009)
  • Open Journal of Pediatrics (2011)
  • PLoS ONE (2010, 2011)
  • Preventing Chronic Disease (2008)
  • Preventive Medicine (2005-2010)
  • Public Health Nutrition (2005)
  • Social Science & Medicine (2003, 2008)
  • Sport Medicine (2007)
  • Stroke (2005-2007)
  • The American Journal of Cardiology (2007, 2008)
  • The Journal of the American College of Nutrition (JACN) (2007)
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (2011)
  • The Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) (2004, 2007, 2009, 2011)
  • The Lancet (2008)
  • The Open Diabetes Journal (2010)
  • The Open Hematology Journal (2008)
  • Vascular Health and Risk Management (2008)

Regular Reviewer for Grants:

  • 2011Diabetes Foundation – Diabetes UK: Project Grant
  • 2008The Chinese University of Hong Kong – Hong Kong Research Grants Council
  • 2006Diabetes Foundation – Diabetes UK: Senior Research Fellowship

Member of the Abstract Reviewing Committee for Scientific Congress:

  • 201116th World Congress on Heart Disease, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 23-26, 2011
  • 2009European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress
  • 2008European Society of Cardiology (ESC) Congress

Reviewer of Professor Promotion:

  • 2011Full Professor (Researcher), Zhejiang University, China

Official Reviewer for PhD Student Thesis

  • 2010Tomi Makinen, University of Helsinki:Trends and Explanations for Socioeconomic

Differences in Physical Activity

Scientific Supervision (Post-Doc, PhD and Master):

Official Supervisor (Post-Doc):

  • 2010-2011Yurong Zhang,Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Official Supervisor (PhD):

  • On-goingYujie Wang, School of Human Ecology, Louisiana State University: Lifestyle factors

and the risk of heart failure

Official Supervisor (Master):

  • On-goingWei Li, Department of Experimental Statistics, Louisiana State University
  • On-goingYujie Wang, Department of Experimental Statistics, Louisiana State University
  • 2011Yujie Wang, School of Human Ecology, Louisiana State University: A cohort study of

gestational diabetes mellitus andthe risk of incident type 2 diabetes in Louisiana women(Committees Chair)

  • 2011Wenting Xie, Department of Experimental Statistics, Louisiana State University

Non-official Supervisor (PhD):

  • 2008Siamak Bidel, University of Helsinki: Coffee and risk of type 2 diabetes
  • 2006Noel Barengo, University of Kuopio: Physical activity, cardiovascular risk factors and

mortality

  • 2005Jianjun Wang, University of Helsinki: Assessment of the metabolic syndrome in predicting incident type 2 diabetes in a Chinese population

Invited Lecture at Universities, Institutes or Scientific Congress:

  • 08/22/11“Mother and Children Health in China”, Global Health Policy Cohort Management

Advisory BoardMeeting, The Hague, Netherlands, August 21-22, 2011.

  • 08/15/11“Mothers with Gestational Diabetes and Their Children Health”, Department of

Population, MedicineHarvard Medical School/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute,

Boston.

  • 06/03/11“Prevention of Chronic Diseases”, School of Public Health, Sun Yat-sen University,

Guangzhou, China

  • 06/18/10“Exercise, Body Weight and Cardiovascular Risk”, and The China Health

Communications Award Program (Balance between Diet & Exercises 2010) KOLs- Media Knowledge Sharing Meeting, Beijing, China

  • 06/18/10“Exercise, Obesity and Health”, National Institute of Sport Medicine, Beijing, China
  • 06/17/10“Cardiovascular disease and exercise”, The Chinese Society of Cardiology - China

CDC - Ministry of Health Joint Session “CVD Prevention and Control: from Research to Action”, World Congress of Cardiology Scientific Sessions 2010, Beijing, China, June 16-19, 2010

  • 03/17/10“Physical activity, obesity and metabolic health”, School of Public Health, Louisiana

State University Health Science Center

  • 03/10/10“Physical activity and the risk of metabolic disease”, Department of Kinesiology,

Louisiana State University (course KIN 7999)

  • 04/29/09“Joint effects of physical activity and body weigh on the risk of several chronic diseases”, School of Human Ecology, Louisiana State University
  • 10/04/06Coffee Roaster’s Association, Finland
  • 2005-2008University of Helsinki, Finland
  • 2000University of Kuopio, Finland
  • 1995Tianjin Medical University, P. R. China

Faculty or International Advisory Board at Scientific Congress:

  • 07/2011Scientific Advisory Board, 16th World Congress on Heart Disease, Annual Scientific

Sessions 2011, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 23-26, 2011

  • 07/2010Scientific Advisory Board, 15th World Congress on Heart Disease, Annual Scientific

Sessions 2010, Vancouver, BC, Canada, July 24-27, 2010

  • 06/2010Faculty, WorldCongress of Cardiology Scientific Sessions 2010, Beijing, China, June

16-19, 2010

Organization at Scientific Congress:

  • 06/2010The Chinese Society of Cardiology-China CDC -Ministry of Health Joint Session

Chairs, “CVD Prevention and Control: from Research to Action”, WorldCongress of

Cardiology Scientific Sessions 2010, Featuring the 3rdInternationalConference on

Women, Heart Disease and Stroke, Beijing, China, June 16-19, 2010

International Training:

  • 2005WHO/Euro CINDI Programme: The CINDI Winter School, National PublicHealth

Institute, Helsinki, Finland

  • 2005Summer School of the European Society of Hypertension, Visegrad, Hungary
  • 2003The 8th Cambridge WHO/IDF Seminar on the Epidemiology and Public Health

Aspects ofDiabetes, Cambridge, UK

  • 1999International Visitors’ Programme of the North Karelia Project in Finland,

National PublicHealth Institute, Helsinki, Finland

TEACHING EXPERIENCE/RESPONSIBILITIES:

In US

  • 03/2010Lecture on “Physical activity, obesity and metabolic health”, Epidemiology Seminar,

School of Public Health, Louisiana State UniversityHealth Science Center

  • 03/2010Lecture on “Physical activity and the risk of metabolic disease”, Department of

Kinesiology,Louisiana State University (course KIN 7999)

  • 04/2009Lecture on “Joint effects of physical activity and body weigh on the risk of several

chronic diseases”, Human Nutrition and Food Seminar School of Human Ecology,

Louisiana State University

In Finland

  • 2005-2008Lecture on “Health Status in China”, Cardiovascular Epidemiology (Course for PhD

students), University of Helsinki, Finland

Research Grants and contracts:

Ongoing

ProjectPeter Katzmarzyk11/01/2011-Present

Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals

LSU’s Improving Clinical Outcomes Network

Role: Senior Epidemiologist (Director) in Baton Rouge Epidemiological Research Team

Hu, Gang03/01/2011-12/31/2012American Heart AssociationMark Bieber Award

Lifestyle factors in relation to heart failure

This project will assess the association between lifestyle factors and the risk of heart failure (Role: Principal Investigator)

ProjectP.Katzmarzyk/T. Church01/01/2011-12/31/2014

Coca-Cola Foundation

International Study of Childhood Obesity, Lifestyle and the Environment (ISCOLE)

Role: China-site Principal Investigator

ProjectHuiguang Tian 07/01/2010-06/30/2013

International Diabetes Federation-Bringing Research in Diabetes to Global Environments and Systems (BRIDGES)

A randomized translational study to examine the effects of shared care versus usual care in management of gestational diabetes in a three-tier prenatal care network in Tianjin

Role: Senior Investigator

Project Jaakko Tuomilehto10/01/2009-09/30/2011

Finnish Cancer Foundation

Prospective analysis of lifestyle factors and cancer risk in Finnish cohorts of middle-aged people

Role:Co-Principal Investigator

ProjectHuiguang Tian/Gang Hu/ 03/01/2009-12/31/2012

Jaakko Tuomilehto

European Foundation for the Study of Diabetes (EFSD)/Chinese Diabetes Society (CDS)/Lilly Programme for Collaborative Research between China and Europe

A study of the interaction in lifestyle and genetic factors on the incidence of type 2 diabetes in Chinese women with gestational diabetes after delivery

Role:Co-Principal Investigator (acting Principal Investigator)

Completed

ProjectGang Hu09/01/2009-08/31/2011

Merck

Association of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol with the risk of incident coronary heart disease/cardiovascular disease by different levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol

Role: Principal Investigator

Project Jaakko Tuomilehto01/01/2010-12/31/2010

Juho Vainio Foundation, Finland

Prospective analysis of lifestyle factors and cancer risk in Finnish cohorts of middle-aged people

Role:Co-Principal Investigator

Project Pekka Jousilahti01/01/2007-12/31/2010

Academy of Finland

Dietary, Lifestyle, and Genetic Determinants of Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome (DILGOM)

Role: Senior Investigator

Project Jaakko Tuomilehto01/01/2009-12/31/2009

Juho Vainio Foundation, Finland

Prospective analysis of lifestyle factors and cancer risk in Finnish cohorts of middle-aged people

Role:Co-Principal Investigator

Project Jaakko Tuomilehto10/01/2008-09/30/2009

Finnish Cancer Foundation

Prospective analysis of lifestyle factors and cancer risk in Finnish cohorts of middle-aged people

Role:Co-Principal Investigator

Project Noel Barengo05/01/2008-12/31/2009

Finnish Heart Association

Trends of glucose metabolism disorders, treatment of hypertension and its effects over time regarding cardiovascular disease, stroke and all-cause mortality

Role:Co-Principal Investigator

Project Gang Hu05/01/2006-12/31/2008

Finnish Heart Association

The role of physical activity in cardiovascular disease prevention

Role: Principal Investigator

Project Gang Hu05/01/2005-12/31/2007

Finnish Heart Association

Diabetes, myocardial infraction, hypertension and other cardiovascular risk factors on the risk of coronary mortality and stroke incidence and stroke mortality

Role: Principal Investigator

ProjectJaakko Tuomilehto05/01/2005-12/31/2006

The Finnish Parkinson Foundation

Lifestyle factors and the risk of Parkinson’s disease

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

ProjectJaakko Tuomilehto01/01/2005-12/31/2006

Juho Vainio Foundation, Finland

Coffee drinking and the risk of type 2 diabetes

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

ProjectJaakko Tuomilehto10/01/2004-09/30/2006

AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal, Sweden

Diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, dyslipidemia and mortality in European population

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Project 204274Gang Hu01/08/2003-12/31/2005

Academy of Finland

Epidemiology of the metabolic syndrome in Finland and Europe

Role: Principal Investigator

Project 205657Gang Hu01/08/2003-12/31/2005

Academy of Finland

Epidemiology of the metabolic syndrome in Finland and Europe

Role: Principal Investigator

ProjectJaakko Tuomilehto01/01/2003-12/31/2004

AstraZeneca R&D Mölndal, Sweden

The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in the general population and its relation to morbidity and mortality

Role: Co-Principal Investigator

Project 53585Pekka Jousilahti01/01/2001-31/12/2003

Academy of Finland

The health consequences of obesity in Finland

Role: Senior Investigator

Awards or Honors:

  • 2011TheMark Bieber Award.American Heart Association
  • 2009Article (Hepatology 2008;48:129-136) was selected for Faculty of 1000 Medicine.
  • 2009Article (International Journal of Obesity 2008;32:975-984) was listed the top 1 most

downloaded highlights from the international website of Nature China of 2008.

  • 2007Marquis Who’s Who in the World, 25th edition
  • 2005The Ralph S. Paffenbarger Jr. Poster Award (the second Finalist). International XVIII

Puijo Symposium, Kuopio, Finland

  • 2001Honorary Member of the Order of the Horse Collar Knights, University of Kuopio,

Finland

  • 1984-1989Scholarship Award for Outstanding Students, Tianjin Medical University, China

PUBLICATIONS

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles (impact factors)

  1. Wang Y, Chen L, Horswell R, Xiao K, Besse J, Johnson J, Ryan DH, Hu G.Racial disparities in the association between gestational diabetes mellitus and risk of type 2 diabetes, revised manuscript. (1.454)
  1. Wang Y, Tuomilehto J, Jousilahti P, Salomaa V, Antikainen R, Mähönen M, Katzmarzyk PT, Hu G. High Level of Serum Gamma-glutamyltransferase Predicts Incident Heart Failure in Finnish Men and Women. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, revised manuscript.(14.292)
  1. Hu G, Cui Y, Jousilahti P, Sundvall J, Girman CJ, Antikainen R, Laatikainen T, Tuomilehto J. Joint effect of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol on the risk of coronary heart disease. European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation 2011, in press. (2.633)
  1. Shi Z, Taylor AW, Hu G, Gill T, WittertG. Rice intake, weight change and risk of metabolic syndrome development among Chinese adults: the Jiangsu Nutrition Study (JIN).Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2011, accepted. (1.438)
  1. Wang Y, Chen L, Xiao K, Horswell R, Besse J, Johnson J, Ryan DH, Hu G. Increasing prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in Louisiana, 1997-2009.Journal of Women’s Health 2011, in press. (1.454)
  1. Bowers K, Liu G, Wang P, Ye T, Tian Z, Liu E, Yu Z, Yang X, Klebanoff M, Yeung E, Hu G, Zhang C. Birth weight, postnatal weight change, and risk for high blood pressure among Chinese children aged 3-6 years. Pediatrics 2011; 127: E1272-1279. (5.391)
  1. Hu G. Bouchard C, Bray GA, Greenway FL, Johnson WD, Newton Jr RL, Ravussin E, Ryan D, Katzmarzyk PT. Trunk versus extremity fat and cardiometabolic risk factors in white and African American adults. Diabetes Care 2011:34: 1415-1418. (7.141).
  1. Li W, Wang Y, Chen L, Horswell R, Xiao K, Besse J, Johnson J, Ryan DH, Hu G. Increasing prevalence of diabetes in Louisiana from 2000 to 2009. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2011; 94: 262-268. (2.146)
  1. Qiu C*, Hu G*, Kivipelto M, Laatikainen T, Antikainen R, Fratiglioni L, Jousilahti P, Tuomilehto J. Hypertension and the risk of Parkinson’s disease: National FINRISK Study. Hypertension 2011; 57: 1094-1100. (6.908)(*Co-first author)
  1. Shi Z, Yuan BJ, Hu G, Dai Y, Zuo H, Holmboe-Ottesen G. Dietary pattern and weight change in a 5 year follow up among Chinese adults: Results from Jiangsu Nutrition and Health Study. British Journal of Nutrition 2011; 105: 1047-1054. (3.072)
  1. Wang Y, Hu G. The effects of coffee consumption on the risk of heart failure. North American Journal of Medicine and Science 2011; 4.
  1. Wang Y, Tuomilehto J, Jousilahti P, Antikainen R, Mähönen M, Katzmarzyk PT, Hu G. Lifestyle Factors in Relation to Heart Failure among Finnish Men and Women. Circulation: Heart Failure 2011; 4: 607-612. (4.315)
  1. Wang Y,Tuomilehto J, Jousilahti P, Antikainen R,Mähönen M, Katzmarzyk PT,Hu G.Coffee consumption and the risk of heart failure.Heart 2011; 97: 44-48. (4.706)
  1. Zhang FX, Dong L, Zhang CP, Li BJ, Wen J, Gao W, Sun SR, Lv FJ, Tian HG, Tuomilehto J,Qi L, Zhang CL, Yu ZJ, Yang XL, Hu G. Increasing prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in Chinese women from 1999 to 2008. DiabeticMedicine 2011; 28: 652-657. (3.033)
  1. Zhang Y, Tuomilehto J, Jousilahti P, Wang Y, Antikainen R, Hu G. Lifestyle Factors on the Risks of Ischemic and Hemorrhagic Stroke. Archive of Internal Medicine 2011; 171: 1811-1818. (10.639)
  1. Zhang Z, Hu G, Caballero B, Appel L, Chen L. Habitual Coffee Consumption and Risk of Hypertension: A Meta-Analysis of Prospective Studies.American Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2011; 93: 1212-1219. (6.606)
  1. Bidel S, Hu G, Jousilahti P, Antikainen R, Pukkala E, Hakulinen T, Tuomilehto J.Coffee Consumption and Risk of Colorectal Cancer. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition 2010; 64: 917-923. (2.561)
  1. Hu G. Total cholesterol and the risk of Parkinson’s disease: a review for some new findings. Parkinson's DiseaseVolume 2010, Article ID 836962, 6 pages.
  1. Hu G, Jousilahti P, Antikainen R, Katzmarzyk PT, Tuomilehto J. Joint effects of physical activity, body mass index, waist circumference and waist-hip ratio with the risk of heart failure. Circulation 2010; 121: 237-244.(14.429)
  1. Shi Z, Hu X, Yuan B, Hu G, Pan X, Dai Y, Holmboe-OttesenG, Byles J. Association between food pattern and metabolic syndrome in China. Journal of Diabetology 2010; 2: 3(1-12).
  1. Tian Z, Ye T, Zhang XY, Liu EQ, Wang W, Wang P, Liu GS, Yang XL, Hu G, Yu ZJ. Sleep duration and hyperglycaemia among obese and non-obese children aged 3 to 6 years. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine 2010; 164: 46-52. (4.029).
  1. Wang Y, Hu G. The individual and joint associations of obesity and physical activity on the risk of heart failure. Congestive Heart Failure 2010; 16: 292-299.
  1. Wang Y,Tuomilehto J, Jousilahti P, Antikainen R,Mähönen M, Katzmarzyk PT,Hu G.Occupational, commuting and leisure-time physical activity in relation to heart failure among Finnish men and women. Journal of the American College of Cardiology 2010; 56: 1140-1148. (14.292).
  1. Barengo NC, Hu G, Kastarinen M, Antikainen R, Tuomilehto J. The effects of awareness, treatment and control of hypertension on future stroke incidence in a community-based population study in Finland. Journal of Hypertension2009; 27: 1459-1465. (3.98)
  1. Du X, Zhu BL, Hu G, Mao WG, Wang SQ, Zhang H, Wang F, Shi ZM. U-shape association between white blood cell count and the risk of diabetes in young Chinese adults. DiabeticMedicine 2009; 26: 955-960. (3.033)
  1. Hu G.Vascular risk factors and the risk of Parkinson’s disease: some new findings. North American Journal of Medicine and Science 2009; 2: 102-105.
  1. Hu G, Jousilahti, P, Tuomilehto J, Antikainen R, Sundvall J Salomaa V. Association of serum C-reactive protein level with sex-specific type 2 diabetes risk: a prospective Finnish study.The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism 2009; 94: 2099-2105. (6.495)
  1. Khalangot M, Hu G,Tronko M, Kravchenko V, Guryanov V.Gender risk of non-fatal stroke in type 2 diabetic patients differs depending on the type of treatment. Journal of Women’s Health2009; 18: 97-103 (1.454).
  1. Khalangot M, Tronko M, Kravchenko V, Culchinska J, Hu G.Body mass index and the risk of total and cardiovascular mortality among patients with type 2 diabetes: a large prospective study in Ukraine.