Rank |
Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
1
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High incidence of cardiovascular events in a rheumatoid arthritis cohort not explained by traditional cardiac risk factors.
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Arthritis Rheum
|
2001
|
5.87
|
2
|
The metabolic syndrome as predictor of type 2 diabetes: the San Antonio heart study.
|
Diabetes Care
|
2003
|
5.27
|
3
|
Identification of persons at high risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus: do we need the oral glucose tolerance test?
|
Ann Intern Med
|
2002
|
5.10
|
4
|
Cardiovascular risk factors in confirmed prediabetic individuals. Does the clock for coronary heart disease start ticking before the onset of clinical diabetes?
|
JAMA
|
1990
|
3.95
|
5
|
Does the metabolic syndrome improve identification of individuals at risk of type 2 diabetes and/or cardiovascular disease?
|
Diabetes Care
|
2004
|
3.51
|
6
|
Prospective analysis of the insulin-resistance syndrome (syndrome X).
|
Diabetes
|
1992
|
3.27
|
7
|
National Cholesterol Education Program versus World Health Organization metabolic syndrome in relation to all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in the San Antonio Heart Study.
|
Circulation
|
2004
|
2.65
|
8
|
Waist circumference as the best predictor of noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM) compared to body mass index, waist/hip ratio and other anthropometric measurements in Mexican Americans--a 7-year prospective study.
|
Obes Res
|
1997
|
2.63
|
9
|
All-cause and cardiovascular mortality among Mexican-American and non-Hispanic White older participants in the San Antonio Heart Study- evidence against the "Hispanic paradox".
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
2003
|
2.53
|
10
|
Association between carotid atherosclerosis and markers of inflammation in rheumatoid arthritis patients and healthy subjects.
|
Arthritis Rheum
|
2003
|
2.29
|
11
|
All-cause and cardiovascular mortality among diabetic participants in the San Antonio Heart Study: evidence against the "Hispanic Paradox".
|
Diabetes Care
|
2002
|
2.22
|
12
|
Prediction of type 2 diabetes using simple measures of insulin resistance: combined results from the San Antonio Heart Study, the Mexico City Diabetes Study, and the Insulin Resistance Atherosclerosis Study.
|
Diabetes
|
2003
|
2.22
|
13
|
Incidence of type II diabetes in Mexican Americans predicted by fasting insulin and glucose levels, obesity, and body-fat distribution.
|
Diabetes
|
1990
|
2.15
|
14
|
Decreased insulin secretion and increased insulin resistance are independently related to the 7-year risk of NIDDM in Mexican-Americans.
|
Diabetes
|
1995
|
2.09
|
15
|
Elevated incidence of type 2 diabetes in San Antonio, Texas, compared with that of Mexico City, Mexico.
|
Diabetes Care
|
2001
|
1.88
|
16
|
Insulin-resistant prediabetic subjects have more atherogenic risk factors than insulin-sensitive prediabetic subjects: implications for preventing coronary heart disease during the prediabetic state.
|
Circulation
|
2000
|
1.78
|
17
|
Serum leptin levels in Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites: association with body mass index and cigarette smoking.
|
Ann Epidemiol
|
1997
|
1.56
|
18
|
Clinical gallbladder disease in NIDDM subjects. Relationship to duration of diabetes and severity of glycemia.
|
Diabetes Care
|
1993
|
1.56
|
19
|
Mode of onset of type 2 diabetes from normal or impaired glucose tolerance.
|
Diabetes
|
2004
|
1.53
|
20
|
Do Mexican Americans really have low rates of cardiovascular disease?
|
Prev Med
|
1999
|
1.47
|
21
|
Increased incidence of type II diabetes mellitus in Mexican Americans.
|
Diabetes Care
|
1991
|
1.45
|
22
|
Metabolic precursors of hypertension. The San Antonio Heart Study.
|
Arch Intern Med
|
1996
|
1.36
|
23
|
A population perspective on diabetes prevention: whom should we target for preventing weight gain?
|
Diabetes Care
|
2003
|
1.33
|
24
|
Migration status, socioeconomic status, and mortality rates in Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites: the San Antonio Heart Study.
|
Ann Epidemiol
|
1996
|
1.28
|
25
|
Clustering of cardiovascular risk factors in confirmed prehypertensive individuals.
|
Hypertension
|
1992
|
1.27
|
26
|
Obesity in Mexican American subgroups: findings from the San Antonio Heart Study.
|
Am J Clin Nutr
|
1991
|
1.26
|
27
|
Low fasting plasma glucose level as a predictor of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality.
|
Circulation
|
2000
|
1.24
|
28
|
Eight-year incidence of hypertension in Mexican-Americans and non-Hispanic whites. The San Antonio Heart Study.
|
Am J Hypertens
|
1992
|
1.23
|
29
|
Microalbuminuria. Potential marker for increased cardiovascular risk factors in nondiabetic subjects?
|
Arteriosclerosis
|
1990
|
1.19
|
30
|
Decreased insulin action and insulin secretion predict the development of impaired glucose tolerance.
|
Diabetologia
|
1996
|
1.15
|
31
|
Effects of cigarette smoking, diabetes, high cholesterol, and hypertension on all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease mortality in Mexican Americans. The San Antonio Heart Study.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
1996
|
1.15
|
32
|
Lp(a) concentrations in NIDDM.
|
Diabetes
|
1992
|
1.12
|
33
|
Myocardial infarction in Mexican-Americans and non-Hispanic whites. The San Antonio Heart Study.
|
Circulation
|
1991
|
1.12
|
34
|
Predicting future cardiovascular disease: do we need the oral glucose tolerance test?
|
Diabetes Care
|
2002
|
1.07
|
35
|
Nondiabetic Mexican-Americans do not have reduced insulin responses relative to nondiabetic non-Hispanic whites.
|
Diabetes Care
|
1996
|
1.07
|
36
|
Using metabolic syndrome traits for efficient detection of impaired glucose tolerance.
|
Diabetes Care
|
2004
|
1.07
|
37
|
Relationship of insulin clearance and secretion to insulin sensitivity in non-diabetic Mexican Americans.
|
Eur J Clin Invest
|
1992
|
1.01
|
38
|
Level of control of hypertension in Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites.
|
Hypertension
|
1993
|
0.99
|
39
|
Relationship of proinsulin and insulin to cardiovascular risk factors in nondiabetic subjects.
|
Diabetes
|
1993
|
0.99
|
40
|
Central adiposity determines prevalence differences of the metabolic syndrome.
|
Obes Res
|
2003
|
0.98
|
41
|
Leptin concentrations in relation to overall adiposity and regional body fat distribution in Mexican Americans.
|
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord
|
1996
|
0.97
|
42
|
Stability over time of modern diagnostic criteria for type II diabetes.
|
Diabetes Care
|
1993
|
0.96
|
43
|
Prevalence of hypertension in Mexico City and San Antonio, Texas.
|
Circulation
|
1994
|
0.95
|
44
|
Predicting diabetes. Moving beyond impaired glucose tolerance.
|
Diabetes
|
1993
|
0.95
|
45
|
Was the historic contribution of Spain to the Mexican gene pool partially responsible for the higher prevalence of type 2 diabetes in mexican-origin populations? The Spanish Insulin Resistance Study Group, the San Antonio Heart Study, and the Mexico City Diabetes Study.
|
Diabetes Care
|
2001
|
0.95
|
46
|
Disproportionately increased proinsulin levels are associated with the insulin resistance syndrome.
|
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
|
1994
|
0.94
|
47
|
Relationship of sex hormone-binding globulin to lipid, lipoprotein, glucose, and insulin concentrations in postmenopausal women.
|
Metabolism
|
1992
|
0.94
|
48
|
Overweight and mortality in Mexican Americans.
|
Int J Obes
|
1990
|
0.94
|
49
|
Lipoprotein(a) concentrations in Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites: the San Antonio Heart Study.
|
Am J Epidemiol
|
1992
|
0.93
|
50
|
Leptin concentrations in diabetic and nondiabetic Mexican-Americans.
|
Diabetes
|
1996
|
0.92
|
51
|
Ultrasonographically assessed maximum carotid artery wall thickness in Mexico City residents and Mexican Americans living in San Antonio, Texas. Association with diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors.
|
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
|
1996
|
0.92
|
52
|
Relatively more atherogenic coronary heart disease risk factors in prediabetic women than in prediabetic men.
|
Diabetologia
|
1997
|
0.91
|
53
|
Insulin secretion and resistance in nondiabetic Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites with a parental history of diabetes.
|
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
|
1996
|
0.89
|
54
|
Prevalence of hypertension in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white populations.
|
Hypertension
|
2002
|
0.89
|
55
|
Sex difference in lifestyle factors predictive of diabetes in Mexican-Americans.
|
Diabetes Care
|
1995
|
0.88
|
56
|
Incidence of NIDDM and impaired glucose tolerance in hypertensive subjects. The San Antonio Heart Study.
|
Diabetes
|
1993
|
0.88
|
57
|
Is microalbuminuria part of the prediabetic state? The Mexico City Diabetes Study.
|
Diabetologia
|
1993
|
0.86
|
58
|
Public health significance of upper body adiposity for non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus in Mexican Americans.
|
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord
|
1992
|
0.85
|
59
|
Kelly West Lecture. Primary prevention of type II diabetes mellitus.
|
Diabetes Care
|
1991
|
0.84
|
60
|
The influence of outpatient insurance coverage on the microvascular complications of non-insulin-dependent diabetes in Mexican Americans.
|
J Diabetes Complications
|
1993
|
0.83
|
61
|
Plasma oxidizability in subjects with normal glucose tolerance, impaired glucose tolerance, and NIDDM.
|
Diabetes Care
|
1995
|
0.83
|
62
|
Are risk factors for conversion to NIDDM similar in high and low risk populations?
|
Diabetologia
|
1997
|
0.83
|
63
|
Undiagnosed hypercholesterolemia: a serious health challenge. The Mexico City Diabetes Study.
|
Arch Med Res
|
1996
|
0.81
|
64
|
Increased lipoprotein(a) concentrations in chronic renal failure.
|
J Am Soc Nephrol
|
1992
|
0.81
|
65
|
A preponderance of small dense LDL is associated with specific insulin, proinsulin and the components of the insulin resistance syndrome in non-diabetic subjects.
|
Diabetologia
|
1995
|
0.81
|
66
|
Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and insulin levels in a biethnic population.
|
Diabetes Care
|
1995
|
0.80
|
67
|
Plasma oxidizability in Mexican-Americans and non-Hispanic whites.
|
Metabolism
|
1996
|
0.80
|
68
|
Insulin sensitivity and Lp(a) concentrations in normoglycemic men.
|
Diabetes Care
|
1995
|
0.80
|
69
|
Lack of change of lipoprotein (a) concentration with improved glycemic control in subjects with type II diabetes.
|
Metabolism
|
1992
|
0.80
|
70
|
Leptin concentrations are associated with higher proinsulin and insulin concentrations but a lower proinsulin/insulin ratio in non-diabetic subjects.
|
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord
|
1998
|
0.80
|
71
|
Myocardial infarction and cardiovascular risk factors in Mexico City and San Antonio, Texas.
|
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
|
1995
|
0.79
|
72
|
Cardiovascular risk factors in non-insulin-dependent diabetic subjects with microalbuminuria.
|
Arterioscler Thromb
|
1993
|
0.79
|
73
|
Rising trend in obesity in Mexican Americans and non-Hispanic whites: is it due to cigarette smoking cessation?
|
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord
|
2000
|
0.79
|
74
|
Apolipoprotein E polymorphism and LDL size in a biethnic population.
|
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
|
1996
|
0.79
|
75
|
Does glycemic control of type II diabetes suffice to control diabetic dyslipidemia? A community perspective.
|
Diabetes Care
|
1992
|
0.78
|
76
|
Differential impact of obesity in related populations.
|
Obes Res
|
1995
|
0.78
|
77
|
Clinical characteristics of type II diabetic subjects consuming high versus low carbohydrate diets in Mexico City and San Antonio, Texas.
|
Diabetes Care
|
1994
|
0.78
|
78
|
Dietary protein intake is not correlated with clinical proteinuria in NIDDM.
|
Diabetes Care
|
1992
|
0.77
|
79
|
Lack of association between sex hormones and Lp(a) concentrations in American and Finnish men.
|
Arterioscler Thromb
|
1994
|
0.77
|
80
|
Nephropathy in low income diabetics: the Mexico City Diabetes Study.
|
Arch Med Res
|
1996
|
0.76
|
81
|
Higher proinsulin and specific insulin are both associated with a parental history of diabetes in nondiabetic Mexican-American subjects.
|
Diabetes
|
1995
|
0.76
|
82
|
Hyperdynamic circulation and the insulin resistance syndrome ("syndrome X").
|
Hypertension
|
1992
|
0.75
|
83
|
[Incidence and progression of diabetic retinopathy in low income population of Mexico City].
|
Rev Invest Clin
|
1999
|
0.75
|
84
|
Prevalence of hypertension in a Mexican population according to the Sixth Report of the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation and Treatment of High Blood Pressure.
|
J Cardiovasc Risk
|
1999
|
0.75
|
85
|
[Prevalence of diabetes and glucose intolerance in a urban population at a low economic level].
|
Rev Invest Clin
|
1993
|
0.75
|
86
|
LDL size and subclass pattern in Mexico City residents and San Antonio Mexican Americans.
|
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
|
1995
|
0.75
|