Facilitators and barriers to successful recruitment into a large comparative effectiveness trial: a qualitative study

Published: Journal of Comparative Effectiveness Research
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Authors: Stephanie Behringer-Massera 1 , Terysia Browne 2 , Geny George 3 , Sally Duran 3 , Andrea Cherrington 4 , M Diane McKee 2 5 , GRADE Research Group
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Recruitment of participants into research studies, especially individuals from minority groups, is challenging; lack of diversity may lead to biased findings.

APPLICATION OF THE AACE/ACE ADVANCED FRAMEWORK FOR THE DIAGNOSIS OF OBESITY AND CARDIOMETABOLIC DISEASE STAGING IN A GENERAL POPULATION FROM 3 REGIONS OF VENEZUELA: THE VEMSOLS STUDY RESULTS

Published: Endocrine Practice
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Authors: Ramfis Nieto-Martínez, Juan P González-Rivas, Eunice Ugel, Imperia Brajkovich, Alejandro Risquez, W Timothy Garvey, Jeffrey I Mechanick
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To determine the prevalence of obesity according to the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists/American College of Endocrinology (AACE/ACE) framework based on a complications-centric model with further application of the Cardiometabolic Disease Staging (CMDS) system in a Venezuelan population.

Diabetes Care in Venezuela

Published: Annals of Global Health
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Authors: Ramfis Nieto-Martínez 1 , Juan P González-Rivas 2 , Marcos Lima-Martínez 3 , Victoria Stepenka 4 , Alejandro Rísquez 5 , Jeffrey I Mechanick 6
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The incidence of type 2 diabetes (T2D) and its economic burden have increased in Venezuela, posing difficult challenges in a country already in great turmoil.

Metabolic syndrome: from global epidemiology to individualized medicine

Published: Clinical Pharmacology & Therapeutics
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Authors: J A Batsis 1 , R E Nieto-Martinez, F Lopez-Jimenez
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The metabolic syndrome (MetS) encompasses a constellation of metabolic abnormalities that are thought to place patients at higher risk for the development of diabetes and cardiovascular (CV) disease.