Obesity – Diabetes
Metabolic syndrome predicts new onset of chronic kidney disease in 5,829 patients with type 2 diabetes: a 5-year prospective analysis of the Hong Kong Diabetes Registry.
Luk AO, So WY, Ma RC, Kong AP, Ozaki R, Ng VS, Yu LW, Lau WW, Yang X, Chow FC, Chan JC, Tong PC; Hong Kong Diabetes Registry.
Diabetes Care. 2008 Dec;31(12):2357-61
Waist circumference and waist-to-height ratio of Hong Kong Chinese children.
Sung RY, So HK, Choi KC, Nelson EA, Li AM, Yin JA, Kwok CW, Ng PC, Fok TF.
BMC Public Health. 2008 Sep 22;8:324.
Associations of overweight with insulin resistance, beta-cell function and inflammatory markers in Chinese adolescents.
Kong AP, Choi KC, Ko GT, Wong GW, Ozaki R, So WY, Tong PC, Chan JC.
Pediatr Diabetes. 2008 Oct;9(5):488-95.
Implication of genetic variants near TCF7L2, SLC30A8, HHEX, CDKAL1, CDKN2A/B, IGF2BP2, and FTO in type 2 diabetes and obesity in 6,719 Asians.
Ng MC, ParkKS, Oh B, Tam CH, Cho YM, Shin HD, Lam VK, Ma RC, So WY, Cho YS, Kim HL, Lee HK, Chan JC, Cho NH.
Diabetes. 2008 Aug;57(8):2226-33.
Growth environment and sex differences in lipids, body shape and diabetes risk.
Schooling CM, Lam TH, Thomas GN, Cowling BJ, Heys M, Janus ED, Leung GM; Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study Steering Committee.
PLoS One. 2007 Oct 24;2(10):e1070.
Serum adipocyte fatty acid binding protein as a new biomarker predicting the development of type 2 diabetes: a 10-year prospective study in a Chinese cohort.
Tso AW, Xu A, Sham PC, Wat NM, Wang Y, Fong CH, Cheung BM, Janus ED, Lam KS.
Diabetes Care. 2007 Oct;30(10):2667-72.
The usefulness of the International Diabetes Federation and the National Cholesterol Education Program's Adult Treatment Panel III definitions of the metabolic syndrome in predicting coronary heart disease in subjects with type 2 diabetes.
Tong PC, Kong AP, So WY, Yang X, Ho CS, Ma RC, Ozaki R, Chow CC, Lam CW, Chan JC, Cockram CS.
Diabetes Care. 2007 May;30(5):1206-11. Epub 2007 Jan 26
Insulin and obstructive sleep apnea in obese Chinese children.
Li AM, Chan MH, Chan DF, Lam HS, Wong EM, So HK, Chan IH, Lam CW, Nelson EA.
Pediatr Pulmonol. 2006 Dec;41(12):1175-81.
Ko GTC.
Metabolic syndrome or “Central obesity syndrome”?
Diabetes Care 2006;29:752
Ko GTC, So WY, Chan NN, Chan WB, Tong PCY, Li J, Yeung V, Chow CC, Ozaki R, Ma RCW, Cockram CS, Chan JCN.
Prediction of cardiovascular and total mortality in Chinese type 2 diabetic patients by the WHO definition for the metabolic syndrome
Diabetes Obes Metab 2006;8(1):94-104.
Heinz G, Ko GT, Peterson LJ.
Waist circumference gain compared with waist circumference as predictors of type 2 diabetes risk.
Am J Clin Nutr 2005;82:1134.
Tong PC, Ho CS, Yeung VT, Ng MC, So WY, Ozaki R, Ko GT, Ma RC, Poon E, Chan NN, Lam CW, Chan JC.
Association Of Testosterone, Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 And C-Reactive Protein With Metabolic Syndrome In Chinese Middle-Aged Men With A Family History Of Type 2 Diabetes. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2005;90:6418-23.
Chan NN, Kong AP, ChanJC.(Full Text)
Metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes: the Hong Kong perspective.
Clin Biochem Rev. 2005 Aug;26(3):51-7.
Li JK, Ng MC, So WY, Chiu CK, Ozaki R, Tong PC, Cockram CS, Chan JC.
Phenotypic and genetic clustering of diabetes and metabolic syndrome in Chinese families with type 2 diabetes mellitus.
Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2006 Jan-Feb;22(1):46-52.
Chan WB, Tong PC, Chow CC, So WY, Ng MC, Ma RC, Osaki R, Cockram CS, Chan JC.
Triglyceride predicts cardiovascular mortality and its relationship with glycaemia and obesity in Chinese type 2 diabetic patients.
Diabetes Metab Res Rev. 2005 Mar-Apr;21(2):183-8.
Ko GT, Chan JC, Chow CC, Yeung VT, Chan WB, So WY, Cockram CS.(Full Text)
Effects of obesity on the conversion from normal glucose tolerance to diabetes in Hong Kong Chinese.
Obes Res. 2004 Jun;12(6):889-95.
Chan WB, Tong PC, Chow CC, So WY, Ng MC, Ma RC, Osaki R, Cockram CS, Chan JC.
The associations of body mass index, C-peptide and metabolic status in Chinese Type 2 diabetic patients.
Diabet Med. 2004 Apr;21(4):349-53.
Ma YQ, Thomas GN, Ng MC, Critchley JA, Cockram CS, Chan JC, Tomlinson B.
Association of two apolipoprotein A-I gene MspI polymorphisms with high density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol levels and indices of obesity in selected healthy Chinese subjects and in patients with early-onset type 2 diabetes.
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2003 Oct;59(4):442-9.
Ko GT, Cockram CS, Critchley JA, Chan JC.
Glycaemic control and obesity are the major determinants of diabetic dyslipidaemia in Hong Kong Chinese.
Diabetes Metab. 2001 Dec;27(6):637-44.
Wat NM, Lam TH, Janus ED, Lam KS.
Central obesity predicts the worsening of glycemia in southern Chinese.
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2001 Dec;25(12):1789-93.
Ng MC, Lee SC, Ko GT, Li JK, So WY, Hashim Y, Barnett AH, Mackay IR, Critchley JA, Cockram CS, Chan JC.(Full Text)
Familial early-onset type 2 diabetes in Chinese patients: obesity and genetics have more significant roles than autoimmunity.
Diabetes Care. 2001 Apr;24(4):663-71.
Ko GT, Chan JC, Tsang LW, Yeung VT, Chow CC, Cockram CS.
Outcomes of screening for diabetes in high-risk Hong Kong Chinese subjects.
Diabetes Care. 2000 Sep;23(9):1290-4.
Chan JC.
Heterogeneity of diabetes mellitus in the Hong Kong Chinese population. The Chinese University of Hong Kong-Prince of WalesHospital Diabetes Research and Care Group.
Hong Kong Med J. 2000 Mar;6(1):77-84. Review.
Lee ZS, Chan JC, Yeung VT, Chow CC, Lau MS, Ko GT, Li JK, Cockram CS, Critchley JA.
Plasma insulin, growth hormone, cortisol, and central obesity among young Chinese type 2 diabetic patients.
Diabetes Care. 1999 Sep;22(9):1450-7.
Chan JC, Cheung CK, Swaminathan R, Nicholls MG, Cockram CS.
Obesity, albuminuria and hypertension among Hong Kong Chinese with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM).
Postgrad Med J. 1993 Mar;69(809):204-10.
Woo J, Ho SC, Donnan SP.
Risk factors in non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in elderly Chinese in Hong Kong.
Public Health. 1989 Jan;103(1):57-66.