Luc Van Gaal

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1 Effects of liraglutide in the treatment of obesity: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Lancet 2009 7.24
2 Once weekly exenatide compared with insulin glargine titrated to target in patients with type 2 diabetes (DURATION-3): an open-label randomised trial. Lancet 2010 4.89
3 Dysfunction of lipid sensor GPR120 leads to obesity in both mouse and human. Nature 2012 3.41
4 International Day for the Evaluation of Abdominal Obesity (IDEA): a study of waist circumference, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes mellitus in 168,000 primary care patients in 63 countries. Circulation 2007 3.01
5 Prothrombotic factors in histologically proven nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Hepatology 2013 2.84
6 Cardiovascular responses to weight management and sibutramine in high-risk subjects: an analysis from the SCOUT trial. Eur Heart J 2007 2.56
7 The prevalence, anatomical correlates and treatment of sleep-disordered breathing in obese children and adolescents. Sleep Med Rev 2008 2.33
8 Intensive insulin therapy in the intensive care unit: assessment by continuous glucose monitoring. Diabetes Care 2006 2.18
9 Body surface area in normal-weight, overweight, and obese adults. A comparison study. Metabolism 2006 2.14
10 Transcriptional activation of apolipoprotein CIII expression by glucose may contribute to diabetic dyslipidemia. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2010 2.03
11 Variants in the FTO gene are associated with common obesity in the Belgian population. Mol Genet Metab 2007 1.82
12 Sleep-disordered breathing in overweight and obese children and adolescents: prevalence, characteristics and the role of fat distribution. Arch Dis Child 2006 1.67
13 Prevalence of loss-of-function FTO mutations in lean and obese individuals. Diabetes 2009 1.54
14 C-reactive protein levels in relation to various features of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease among obese patients. J Hepatol 2011 1.54
15 The effect of exercise on visceral adipose tissue in overweight adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One 2013 1.22
16 Obesity and persistent organic pollutants: possible obesogenic effect of organochlorine pesticides and polychlorinated biphenyls. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2010 1.19
17 Role of insulin as a negative regulator of plasma endocannabinoid levels in obese and nonobese subjects. Eur J Endocrinol 2009 1.19
18 Effect of long-term whole body vibration training on visceral adipose tissue: a preliminary report. Obes Facts 2010 1.14
19 Flow mediated dilatation and cardiac function in type 1 diabetes mellitus. Am J Cardiol 2005 1.13
20 Contribution of antibodies against IA-2β and zinc transporter 8 to classification of diabetes diagnosed under 40 years of age. Diabetes Care 2011 1.12
21 Heterozygous mutations causing partial prohormone convertase 1 deficiency contribute to human obesity. Diabetes 2011 1.12
22 Safety and efficacy of once-weekly exenatide compared with insulin glargine titrated to target in patients with type 2 diabetes over 84 weeks. Diabetes Care 2012 1.04
23 Impact of diabetes mellitus on the relationships between iron-, inflammatory- and oxidative stress status. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2006 0.99
24 Uric acid as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease and mortality in overweight/obese individuals. PLoS One 2013 0.97
25 Glucose control and use of continuous glucose monitoring in the intensive care unit: a critical review. Curr Diabetes Rev 2008 0.97
26 Acute effect of weight loss on levels of total bilirubin in obese, cardiovascular high-risk patients: an analysis from the lead-in period of the Sibutramine Cardiovascular Outcome trial. Metabolism 2009 0.97
27 Loss-of-function mutations in SIM1 contribute to obesity and Prader-Willi-like features. J Clin Invest 2013 0.96
28 Prediction of non-alcoholic fatty-liver disease and liver fat content by serum molecular lipids. Diabetologia 2013 0.95
29 Noninvasive assessment of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in obese or overweight patients. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2012 0.94
30 Sleep-disordered breathing and uric acid in overweight and obese children and adolescents. Chest 2007 0.94
31 Nicotinic acid in the management of dyslipidaemia associated with diabetes and metabolic syndrome: a position paper developed by a European Consensus Panel. Curr Med Res Opin 2005 0.91
32 The G1422A variant of the cannabinoid receptor gene (CNR1) is associated with abdominal adiposity in obese men. Endocrine 2007 0.91
33 Efficacy and safety of the weight-loss drug rimonabant. Lancet 2008 0.91
34 Echocardiographic evidence for valvular toxicity of benfluorex: a double-blind randomised trial in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. PLoS One 2012 0.90
35 The effect of weight loss on sleep-disordered breathing in obese teenagers. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2009 0.90
36 The effect of whole body vibration short-term exercises on respiratory gas exchange in overweight and obese women. Phys Sportsmed 2009 0.89
37 A review of current evidence with continuous glucose monitoring in patients with diabetes. J Diabetes Sci Technol 2008 0.89
38 Minimally-invasive and non-invasive continuous glucose monitoring systems: indications, advantages, limitations and clinical aspects. Curr Diabetes Rev 2008 0.88
39 Association of the BDNF Val66Met variation with obesity in women. Mol Genet Metab 2008 0.88
40 Dynamics of organohalogenated contaminants in human serum from obese individuals during one year of weight loss treatment. Environ Sci Technol 2013 0.87
41 Effect of rimonabant on blood pressure in overweight/obese patients with/without co-morbidities: analysis of pooled RIO study results. J Hypertens 2008 0.87
42 Advances in the Science, Treatment, and Prevention of the Disease of Obesity: Reflections From a Diabetes Care Editors' Expert Forum. Diabetes Care 2015 0.86
43 Evaluation of inflammatory and angiogenic factors in patients with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. Cytokine 2012 0.86
44 Long term magnesium supplementation influences favourably the natural evolution of neuropathy in Mg-depleted type 1 diabetic patients (T1dm). Magnes Res 2004 0.86
45 Sleep-disordered breathing and C-reactive protein in obese children and adolescents. Sleep Breath 2013 0.85
46 Pasireotide can induce sustained decreases in urinary cortisol and provide clinical benefit in patients with Cushing's disease: results from an open-ended, open-label extension trial. Pituitary 2015 0.85
47 Noncirrhotic human nonalcoholic fatty liver disease induces portal hypertension in relation to the histological degree of steatosis. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2010 0.83
48 Plasma adiponectin level is inversely correlated with albuminuria in overweight and obese nondiabetic individuals. Metabolism 2013 0.83
49 Overweight in adolescents: differences per type of education. Does one size fit all? J Nutr Educ Behav 2008 0.83
50 Postprandial glucose monitoring in type 1 diabetes mellitus: use of a continuous subcutaneous monitoring device. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2004 0.83
51 Impact of waist circumference difference on health-care cost among overweight and obese subjects: the PROCEED cohort. Value Health 2010 0.82
52 Early response to sibutramine in patients not meeting current label criteria: preliminary analysis of SCOUT lead-in period. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2009 0.80
53 Possible role for ENPP1 polymorphism in obesity but not for INSIG2 and PLIN variants. Endocrine 2009 0.80
54 Relation between disease phenotype and HLA-DQ genotype in diabetic patients diagnosed in early adulthood. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2002 0.80
55 Coenzyme Q as an antiadipogenic factor. Antioxid Redox Signal 2010 0.78
56 Belgian expert opinion: how to reduce the residual risk in atherogenic dyslipidaemic patients: place of fibrates. Acta Cardiol 2008 0.78
57 Impact of Vitamin E supplementation on lipoprotein peroxidation and composition in Type 1 diabetic patients treated with Atorvastatin. Atherosclerosis 2004 0.78
58 Diabetic keto-acidosis as a presentation of cystic fibrosis-related diabetes: a case report. J Diabetes Complications 2010 0.76
59 Prolonged flare-up of testosterone after administration of a gonadotrophin agonist to a sex offender: an under-recognised risk? Crim Behav Ment Health 2015 0.76
60 LEADER-4: blood pressure control in patients with type 2 diabetes and high cardiovascular risk: baseline data from the LEADER randomized trial. J Hypertens 2016 0.76
61 Metabolic syndrome in youth: a cross-sectional school-based survey. Acta Paediatr 2007 0.76
62 Obesity in Europe - does anybody care? Expert Opin Pharmacother 2013 0.76
63 Phthalate metabolites in obese individuals undergoing weight loss: Urinary levels and estimation of the phthalates daily intake. Environ Int 2013 0.76
64 Sleep duration and insulin resistance in obese children: when variables are sleeping too close together. J Pediatr 2007 0.75
65 Adenotonsillectomy as first-line treatment for sleep-disordered breathing in obese children. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2008 0.75
66 Lixisenatide treatment for older patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus uncontrolled on oral antidiabetics: meta-analysis of five randomized controlled trials. Adv Ther 2014 0.75
67 Pharmacologic treatment of obesity. J Obes 2012 0.75
68 Fainting and hemolysis during blood sampling in youngsters: prevalence study. Int J Nurs Stud 2007 0.75
69 Evolution of serum alpha-tocopherol in the postprandial and postabsorptive phases in type 1 diabetes mellitus. Ann N Y Acad Sci 2004 0.75
70 Relation between weight loss and causes of death in patients with cardiovascular disease: finding from the SCOUT trial. J Cardiovasc Med (Hagerstown) 2017 0.75
71 The Effect of Lifestyle Interventions on Excess Ectopic Fat Deposition Measured by Noninvasive Techniques in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. J Phys Act Health 2015 0.75