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D-Index
88
Citations
38500
World Ranking
12957
National Ranking
6625

Research.com Recognitions

  • Member of the Association of American Physicians
  • Member of the Association of American Physicians

Overview

Abbas E. Kitabchi was affiliated with the University of Tennessee Health Science Center in the United States. Their research primarily focused on medicine, with specific attention to health professions, pharmacy, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, as well as endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

The scientist contributed to topics covering obesity and health practices, cardiac health and mental health, and diabetes treatment and management. Their recent scholarly output includes a paper titled "History of Cardiovascular Disease, Intensive Lifestyle Intervention, and Cardiovascular Outcomes in the Look AHEAD Trial," published in 2020 in the journal Obesity.

Frequent coauthors in their publications included Cora E. Lewis, John P. Bantle, Alain G. Bertoni, George L. Blackburn, and Frederick L. Brancati.

They published in venues such as Obesity, reflecting an emphasis on research intersecting metabolic and cardiovascular health conditions.

During their career, Abbas E. Kitabchi was recognized as a member of the Association of American Physicians.

  • History of Cardiovascular Disease, Intensive Lifestyle Intervention, and Cardiovascular Outcomes in the Look AHEAD Trial (2020, Obesity)

  • Cora E. Lewis
  • John P. Bantle
  • Alain G. Bertoni
  • George L. Blackburn
  • Frederick L. Brancati

  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management

  • Medicine
  • Health Professions
  • Pharmacy
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

  • Obesity

Best Publications

  • Hyperglycemia: An Independent Marker of In-Hospital Mortality in Patients with Undiagnosed Diabetes

    Guillermo E. Umpierrez;Scott D. Isaacs;Niloofar Bazargan;Xiangdong You

  • Hyperglycemic Crises in Adult Patients With Diabetes

    Abbas E. Kitabchi;Guillermo E. Umpierrez;John M. Miles;Joseph N. Fisher

  • Cardiovascular effects of intensive lifestyle intervention in type 2 diabetes

    R. R. Wing;P. Bolin;F. L. Brancati;G. A. Bray

  • Long-term effects of a lifestyle intervention on weight and cardiovascular risk factors in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus: four-year results of the Look AHEAD trial.

    Rena R. Wing;Judy L. Bahnson;George A. Bray;Jeanne M. Clark

  • Reduction in Weight and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes: One-Year Results of the Look AHEAD Trial

    Mark Espeland;Xavier Pi-Sunyer;George Blackburn;Frederick L. Brancati

  • Correlation of hyperandrogenism with hyperinsulinism in polycystic ovarian disease.

    George A. Burghen;James R. Givens;Abbas E. Kitabchi

  • Management of Hyperglycemic Crises in Patients With Diabetes

    Abbas E. Kitabchi;Guillermo E. Umpierrez;Mary Beth Murphy;Eugene J. Barrett

  • The Diabetes Prevention Program: Design and methods for a clinical trial in the prevention of type 2 diabetes

    G. A. Bray;K. S. Polonsky;P. G. Watson;R. B. Goldberg

  • Pioglitazone for Diabetes Prevention in Impaired Glucose Tolerance

    Ralph A. DeFronzo;Devjit Tripathy;Dawn C. Schwenke;Dawn C. Schwenke;Mary Ann Banerji

  • Association of an intensive lifestyle intervention with remission of type 2 diabetes.

    Edward W. Gregg;Haiying Chen;Lynne E. Wagenknecht;Jeanne M. Clark

  • Hyperglycemic Crises in Adult Patients With Diabetes: A consensus statement from the American Diabetes Association

    Abbas E. Kitabchi;Guillermo E. Umpierrez;Mary Beth Murphy;Robert A. Kreisberg

  • Pathogenic potential of adipose tissue and metabolic consequences of adipocyte hypertrophy and increased visceral adiposity.

    Harold E Bays;J Michael González-Campoy;George A Bray;Abbas E Kitabchi

  • Association of the magnitude of weight loss and changes in physical fitness with long-term cardiovascular disease outcomes in overweight or obese people with type 2 diabetes: a post-hoc analysis of the Look AHEAD randomised clinical trial.

    Edward Gregg;John Jakicic;George Blackburn

  • Proinflammatory cytokines, markers of cardiovascular risks, oxidative stress, and lipid peroxidation in patients with hyperglycemic crises.

    Frankie B. Stentz;Guillermo E. Umpierrez;Ruben Cuervo;Abbas E. Kitabchi

  • Role of insulin secretion and sensitivity in the evolution of type 2 diabetes in the diabetes prevention program: effects of lifestyle intervention and metformin.

    Abbas E Kitabchi;Marinella Temprosa;William C Knowler;Steven E Kahn

  • Management of type 2 diabetes: evolving strategies for the treatment of patients with type 2 diabetes

    Ebenezer A. Nyenwe;Terri W. Jerkins;Guillermo E. Umpierrez;Abbas E. Kitabchi

  • Prolonged effect of intensive therapy on the risk of retinopathy complications in patients with type 1 diabetes mellitus: 10 years after the diabetes control and complications trial

    Neil H. White;Wanjie Sun;Patricia A. Cleary;Ronald P. Danis

  • Hyperglycemic crises in urban blacks

    Guillermo E. Umpierrez;Jason P. Kelly;Jose E. Navarrete;Mary M. C. Casals

  • Narrative review: ketosis-prone type 2 diabetes mellitus.

    Guillermo E Umpierrez;Dawn Smiley;Abbas E Kitabchi

  • Bicarbonate Therapy in Severe Diabetic Ketoacidosis

    L. Morris;M. Murphy;A. Kitabchi

Frequent Co-Authors

Guillermo E. Umpierrez
Guillermo E. Umpierrez Emory University
George A. Bray
George A. Bray Louisiana State University
Rena R. Wing
Rena R. Wing Brown University
William C. Knowler
William C. Knowler National Institutes of Health
Thomas A. Wadden
Thomas A. Wadden University of Pennsylvania
Karen C. Johnson
Karen C. Johnson University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Edward S. Horton
Edward S. Horton Harvard Medical School
John M. Jakicic
John M. Jakicic University of Pittsburgh
Lynne E. Wagenknecht
Lynne E. Wagenknecht Wake Forest University
Cora E. Lewis
Cora E. Lewis University of Alabama at Birmingham

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