Published in CMAJ on April 19, 2010
Evidence-based clinical guidelines for immigrants and refugees. CMAJ (2010) 3.57
Deriving ethnic-specific BMI cutoff points for assessing diabetes risk. Diabetes Care (2011) 2.87
Cardiovascular complications and mortality after diabetes diagnosis for South Asian and Chinese patients: a population-based cohort study. Diabetes Care (2013) 2.04
Comparing Type 2 Diabetes, Prediabetes, and Their Associated Risk Factors in Asian Indians in India and in the U.S.: The CARRS and MASALA Studies. Diabetes Care (2015) 1.51
Adipocyte hypertrophy, fatty liver and metabolic risk factors in South Asians: the Molecular Study of Health and Risk in Ethnic Groups (mol-SHARE). PLoS One (2011) 1.38
The biodiversity hypothesis and allergic disease: world allergy organization position statement. World Allergy Organ J (2013) 1.32
Natural immunity. Biodiversity loss and inflammatory diseases are two global megatrends that might be related. EMBO Rep (2011) 1.11
Unwalkable neighborhoods, poverty, and the risk of diabetes among recent immigrants to Canada compared with long-term residents. Diabetes Care (2012) 1.07
Immigration as pathogenic: a systematic review of the health of immigrants to Canada. Int J Equity Health (2010) 1.04
Screening immigrants for latent tuberculosis: do we have the resources? CMAJ (2014) 0.98
Ethnic differences in the use of prescription drugs: a cross-sectional analysis of linked survey and administrative data. Open Med (2011) 0.98
Physical activity and nutrition among immigrant and refugee women: a community-based participatory research approach. Womens Health Issues (2011) 0.94
Gut Microbiota Diversity and Human Diseases: Should We Reintroduce Key Predators in Our Ecosystem? Front Microbiol (2016) 0.90
Ethnicity and postmigration health trajectory in new immigrants to Canada. Am J Public Health (2013) 0.89
Perspectives on physical activity among immigrants and refugees to a small urban community in Minnesota. J Immigr Minor Health (2015) 0.88
A population-based study of ethnicity and breast cancer stage at diagnosis in Ontario. Curr Oncol (2015) 0.86
Type 2 Diabetes: Why We Are Winning the Battle but Losing the War? 2015 Kelly West Award Lecture. Diabetes Care (2016) 0.86
Self-monitoring of blood glucose in Black Caribbean and South Asian Canadians with non-insulin treated Type 2 diabetes mellitus: a qualitative study of patients' perspectives. BMC Endocr Disord (2013) 0.85
Mental health service use by recent immigrants from different world regions and by non-immigrants in Ontario, Canada: a cross-sectional study. BMC Health Serv Res (2015) 0.85
Diabetes screening among immigrants: a population-based urban cohort study. Diabetes Care (2012) 0.84
Health aspects of the pre-departure phase of migration. PLoS Med (2011) 0.84
Asthma, type 1 and type 2 diabetes mellitus, and inflammatory bowel disease amongst South Asian immigrants to Canada and their children: a population-based cohort study. PLoS One (2015) 0.84
Classification of Canadian immigrants into visible minority groups using country of birth and mother tongue. Open Med (2013) 0.82
Rapid increase in diabetes incidence among Chinese Canadians between 1996 and 2005. Diabetes Care (2013) 0.81
Neighbourhood immigration, health care utilization and outcomes in patients with diabetes living in the Montreal metropolitan area (Canada): a population health perspective. BMC Health Serv Res (2015) 0.80
A state of limbo--in transition between two contexts: Health assessments upon arrival in Sweden as perceived by former Eritrean asylum seekers. Scand J Public Health (2015) 0.80
Physical activity levels six months after a randomised controlled physical activity intervention for Pakistani immigrant men living in Norway. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act (2012) 0.80
Physical activity among Somali men in Minnesota: barriers, facilitators, and recommendations. Am J Mens Health (2014) 0.80
Clinical characteristics, modalities and complications of diabetic patients with migration background at a Central European University Clinic. Wien Med Wochenschr (2011) 0.79
Differences in Body Fat Distribution Play a Role in the Lower Levels of Elevated Fasting Glucose amongst Ghanaian Migrant Women Compared to Men. PLoS One (2013) 0.79
Healthy immigrant families: Participatory development and baseline characteristics of a community-based physical activity and nutrition intervention. Contemp Clin Trials (2015) 0.77
Migration status in relation to clinical characteristics and barriers to care among youth with diabetes in the US. J Immigr Minor Health (2012) 0.76
Stories for change: development of a diabetes digital storytelling intervention for refugees and immigrants to minnesota using qualitative methods. BMC Public Health (2015) 0.76
Differences in diabetes prevalence and inequalities in disease management and glycaemic control by immigrant status: a population-based study (Italy). BMC Public Health (2015) 0.76
The changing landscape of diabetes prevalence among first-generation Asian immigrants in California from 2003 to 2013. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care (2017) 0.75
Provider- and patient-related determinants of diabetes self-management among recent immigrants: Implications for systemic change. Can Fam Physician (2017) 0.75
Prevalence of Diabetes among Migrant Women and Duration of Residence in the United Arab Emirates: A Cross Sectional Study. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
Registration for deceased organ and tissue donation among Ontario immigrants: a population-based cross-sectional study. CMAJ Open (2016) 0.75
Diabetes among Ethiopian Immigrants to Israel: Exploring the Effects of Migration and Ethnicity on Diabetes Risk. PLoS One (2016) 0.75
The Association between Stress Measured by Allostatic Load Score and Physiologic Dysregulation in African Immigrants: The Africans in America Study. Front Public Health (2016) 0.75
Global prevalence of diabetes: estimates for the year 2000 and projections for 2030. Diabetes Care (2004) 75.82
Diabetes in Ontario: determination of prevalence and incidence using a validated administrative data algorithm. Diabetes Care (2002) 10.24
Differences in risk factors, atherosclerosis, and cardiovascular disease between ethnic groups in Canada: the Study of Health Assessment and Risk in Ethnic groups (SHARE) Lancet (2000) 8.01
Early detection of undiagnosed diabetes mellitus: a US perspective. Diabetes Metab Res Rev (2000) 7.81
Diabetes trends in the U.S.: 1990-1998. Diabetes Care (2000) 7.05
The Southall Diabetes Survey: prevalence of known diabetes in Asians and Europeans. Br Med J (Clin Res Ed) (1985) 6.36
Type 2 diabetes mellitus in Canada's first nations: status of an epidemic in progress. CMAJ (2000) 5.33
High prevalence of diabetes and cardiovascular risk factors associated with urbanization in India. Diabetes Care (2008) 3.08
Socioeconomic status and type 2 diabetes in African American and non-Hispanic white women and men: evidence from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Am J Public Health (2001) 2.96
Differences in diabetes prevalence, incidence, and mortality among the elderly of four racial/ethnic groups: whites, blacks, hispanics, and asians. Diabetes Care (2004) 2.80
Diabetes mellitus, race, and socioeconomic status. A population-based study. Ann Epidemiol (1996) 2.71
Social determinants of health in Canada's immigrant population: results from the National Population Health Survey. Soc Sci Med (2000) 2.03
High prevalence of NIDDM and impaired glucose tolerance in Indian, Creole, and Chinese Mauritians. Mauritius Noncommunicable Disease Study Group. Diabetes (1990) 2.01
Self-rated health within the Canadian immigrant population: risk and the healthy immigrant effect. Soc Sci Med (2005) 1.93
Migration and its impact on adiposity and type 2 diabetes. Nutrition (2007) 1.75
Ethnicity and type 2 diabetes: focus on Asian Indians. J Diabetes Complications (2001) 1.51
Metabolic syndrome and coronary heart disease in South Asians, African-Caribbeans and white Europeans: a UK population-based cross-sectional study. Diabetologia (2005) 1.35
The weight of place: a multilevel analysis of gender, neighborhood material deprivation, and body mass index among Canadian adults. Soc Sci Med (2007) 1.19
Effectiveness of prevention programmes for obesity and chronic diseases among immigrants to developed countries - a systematic review. Public Health Nutr (2009) 1.11
The high prevalence of diabetes mellitus and hyperinsulinemia among the Japanese-Americans living in Hawaii and Los Angeles. Diabetes Res Clin Pract (1994) 1.08
Diabetes and diabetes risk factors in second- and third-generation Japanese Americans in Seattle, Washington. Diabetes Res Clin Pract (1994) 1.07
Neighborhood context and infant birthweight among recent immigrant mothers: a multilevel analysis. Am J Public Health (2008) 1.07
Prevalence of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in Nigerians, Jamaicans and US blacks. Ethn Dis (1999) 1.02
Immunization coverage among young children of urban immigrant mothers: findings from a universal health care system. Ambul Pediatr (2008) 1.01
Utilization of physician services for diabetic patients from ethnic minorities. J Public Health (Oxf) (2008) 0.88
Diabetes in Japanese-Brazilians--influence of the acculturation process. Diabetes Res Clin Pract (1996) 0.86
Low female[corrected]-to-male [corrected] sex ratio of children born in India: national survey of 1.1 million households. Lancet (2006) 9.80
Public health measures to control the spread of the severe acute respiratory syndrome during the outbreak in Toronto. N Engl J Med (2004) 4.22
The risk of hip fracture after initiating antihypertensive drugs in the elderly. Arch Intern Med (2012) 3.10
Recruitment strategies in the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial. Am J Cardiol (2007) 2.98
Inequity in mental health care under Canadian universal health coverage. Psychiatr Serv (2006) 2.95
US or CT for Diagnosis of Appendicitis in Children and Adults? A Meta-Analysis. Radiology (2006) 2.74
A simulation study of sample size for multilevel logistic regression models. BMC Med Res Methodol (2007) 2.36
Improving preventive service delivery at adult complete health check-ups: the Preventive health Evidence-based Recommendation Form (PERFORM) cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Fam Pract (2006) 2.35
Association of anti-smoking legislation with rates of hospital admission for cardiovascular and respiratory conditions. CMAJ (2010) 2.34
Urban neighborhoods, chronic stress, gender and depression. Soc Sci Med (2006) 2.25
Socioeconomic status and cardiovascular disease: risks and implications for care. Nat Rev Cardiol (2009) 2.25
The effect of patients' sex on physicians' recommendations for total knee arthroplasty. CMAJ (2008) 2.09
Diagnostic accuracy of ultrasound for assessment of hemophilic arthropathy: MRI correlation. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2015) 2.07
Effectiveness of the Antenatal Psychosocial Health Assessment (ALPHA) form in detecting psychosocial concerns: a randomized controlled trial. CMAJ (2005) 2.02
Assessment of radiation dose awareness among pediatricians. Pediatr Radiol (2006) 1.93
Using administrative data to measure ambulatory mental health service provision in primary care. Med Care (2004) 1.93
Population-based longitudinal study of follow-up care for breast cancer survivors. J Oncol Pract (2010) 1.85
A prospective population-based study of the predictors of undergoing total joint arthroplasty. Arthritis Rheum (2006) 1.82
Correlation of sonographic findings and outcome in necrotizing enterocolitis. Pediatr Radiol (2007) 1.81
Inadequacy of cervical cancer screening among urban recent immigrants: a population-based study of physician and laboratory claims in Toronto, Canada. Prev Med (2007) 1.79
Predictors of non-diagnostic ultrasound scanning in children with suspected appendicitis. J Pediatr (2010) 1.78
Recent research on immigrant health from statistics Canada's population surveys. Can J Public Health (2004) 1.76
The effect of education and income on need and willingness to undergo total joint arthroplasty. Arthritis Rheum (2002) 1.73
Trends and inequities in colorectal cancer screening participation in Ontario, Canada, 2005-2011. Cancer Epidemiol (2013) 1.69
Risk factors, complications, and outcomes of gallstones in children: a single-center review. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr (2010) 1.69
Effect of colonoscopy on colorectal cancer incidence and mortality: an instrumental variable analysis. Gastrointest Endosc (2012) 1.67
CT characteristics of lung nodules present at diagnosis of extrapulmonary malignancy in children. AJR Am J Roentgenol (2010) 1.67
Somatic and affective anxiety symptoms and menopausal hot flashes. Menopause (2011) 1.65
Migration and health in Canada: health in the global village. CMAJ (2010) 1.64
Relationship between social inequalities and ambulatory care-sensitive hospitalizations persists for up to 9 years among children born in a major Canadian urban center. Ambul Pediatr (2007) 1.63
Guillain-Barré syndrome after influenza vaccination in adults: a population-based study. Arch Intern Med (2006) 1.57
Portal vein thrombosis in the neonate: risk factors, course, and outcome. J Pediatr (2006) 1.55
New approaches to immigrant health assessment. Can J Public Health (2004) 1.55
Disparities in mortality patterns among Canadian immigrants and refugees, 1980-1998: results of a national cohort study. J Immigr Health (2005) 1.51
Croup hospitalizations in Ontario: a 14-year time-series analysis. Pediatrics (2005) 1.49
Gabapentin for the treatment of menopausal hot flashes: a randomized controlled trial. Menopause (2008) 1.47
Low rates of cervical cancer screening among urban immigrants: a population-based study in Ontario, Canada. Med Care (2010) 1.43
A Monte Carlo simulation study comparing linear regression, beta regression, variable-dispersion beta regression and fractional logit regression at recovering average difference measures in a two sample design. BMC Med Res Methodol (2014) 1.38
Implementation of electronic medical records: theory-informed qualitative study. Can Fam Physician (2011) 1.36
A population-based nested case-control study of the costs of hip and knee replacement surgery. Med Care (2009) 1.35
Canadian pharmacy students' knowledge of herbal medicine. Am J Pharm Educ (2008) 1.35
Health care service utilization among the elderly: findings from the Study to Understand the Chronic Condition Experience of the Elderly and the Disabled (SUCCEED project). J Eval Clin Pract (2008) 1.33
Development of the Canadian Marginalization Index: a new tool for the study of inequality. Can J Public Health (2012) 1.33
Implementation of electronic medical records: effect on the provision of preventive services in a pay-for-performance environment. Can Fam Physician (2011) 1.33
Validation of case-finding algorithms derived from administrative data for identifying adults living with human immunodeficiency virus infection. PLoS One (2011) 1.32
Investigating concordance in diabetes diagnosis between primary care charts (electronic medical records) and health administrative data: a retrospective cohort study. BMC Health Serv Res (2010) 1.31
Do hospitalist physicians improve the quality of inpatient care delivery? A systematic review of process, efficiency and outcome measures. BMC Med (2011) 1.31
Influenza and pneumonia hospitalizations in Ontario: a time-series analysis. Epidemiol Infect (2004) 1.30
Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole-induced hyperkalemia in patients receiving inhibitors of the renin-angiotensin system: a population-based study. Arch Intern Med (2010) 1.30
Universal health insurance and equity in primary care and specialist office visits: a population-based study. Ann Fam Med (2009) 1.30
Cervical cancer screening among urban immigrants by region of origin: a population-based cohort study. Prev Med (2010) 1.29
Implementing and evaluating a program to facilitate chronic disease prevention and screening in primary care: a mixed methods program evaluation. Implement Sci (2014) 1.29
A meta-analysis of randomized control trials of home-based secondary prevention programs for coronary artery disease. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil (2010) 1.28
The relationship between financial incentives and quality of diabetes care in Ontario, Canada. Diabetes Care (2012) 1.28
Geographic methods for understanding and responding to disparities in mammography use in Toronto, Canada. J Gen Intern Med (2004) 1.27
Computer-assisted screening for intimate partner violence and control: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med (2009) 1.26
Predictors of low cervical cancer screening among immigrant women in Ontario, Canada. BMC Womens Health (2011) 1.25
Methods for confidence interval estimation of a ratio parameter with application to location quotients. BMC Med Res Methodol (2005) 1.22
Is there an impact of public smoking bans on self-reported smoking status and exposure to secondhand smoke? BMC Public Health (2011) 1.21
A review of the cost of cardiovascular disease. Can J Cardiol (2009) 1.20
The weight of place: a multilevel analysis of gender, neighborhood material deprivation, and body mass index among Canadian adults. Soc Sci Med (2007) 1.19
From pharmaco-therapy to pharmaco-prevention: trends in prescribing to older adults in Ontario, Canada, 1997-2006. BMC Fam Pract (2010) 1.19
Vascular dysfunction in women with a history of preeclampsia and intrauterine growth restriction: insights into future vascular risk. Circulation (2010) 1.18
Improving chronic disease prevention and screening in primary care: results of the BETTER pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Fam Pract (2013) 1.17
Birth outcomes by neighbourhood income and recent immigration in Toronto. Health Rep (2007) 1.17
Validation of a decision aid to assist physicians in reducing unnecessary antibiotic drug use for acute cystitis. Arch Intern Med (2007) 1.17
Meat and fish consumption and cancer in Canada. Nutr Cancer (2008) 1.17
Family physicians' attitudes toward education in research skills during residency: findings from a national mailed survey. Can Fam Physician (2008) 1.16
Risk adjustment using administrative data-based and survey-derived methods for explaining physician utilization. Med Care (2010) 1.16
Trends in health services utilization, medication use, and health conditions among older adults: a 2-year retrospective chart review in a primary care practice. BMC Health Serv Res (2009) 1.15
A cross-sectional, population-based study measuring comorbidity among people living with HIV in Ontario. BMC Public Health (2014) 1.15
Assessing methods for measurement of clinical outcomes and quality of care in primary care practices. BMC Health Serv Res (2012) 1.15
Neonatal encephalopathy: a prospective comparison of head US and MRI. Pediatr Radiol (2010) 1.15
Effects of use of specialty services on disease-modifying antirheumatic drug use in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in an insured elderly population. Med Care (2004) 1.12
Simplicity within complexity: seasonality and predictability of hospital admissions in the province of Ontario 1988-2001, a population-based analysis. BMC Health Serv Res (2005) 1.12
Drinking in context: the influence of gender and neighbourhood deprivation on alcohol consumption. J Epidemiol Community Health (2011) 1.12
Measuring data reliability for preventive services in electronic medical records. BMC Health Serv Res (2012) 1.11
Social disadvantage, air pollution, and asthma physician visits in Toronto, Canada. Environ Res (2009) 1.10
Neighbourhood chronic stress and gender inequalities in hypertension among Canadian adults: a multilevel analysis. J Epidemiol Community Health (2009) 1.09
Predicting postresection hydrocephalus in pediatric patients with posterior fossa tumors. J Neurosurg Pediatr (2009) 1.08
Unwalkable neighborhoods, poverty, and the risk of diabetes among recent immigrants to Canada compared with long-term residents. Diabetes Care (2012) 1.07
Neighborhood context and infant birthweight among recent immigrant mothers: a multilevel analysis. Am J Public Health (2008) 1.07