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David J. Pettitt

David J. Pettitt

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Medicine

D-Index
100
Citations
42507
World Ranking
8203
National Ranking
4251

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2002 - Kelly West Award, American Diabetes Association

Overview

David J. Pettitt is affiliated with Kaiser Permanente in the United States and specializes in the field of Medicine, with a primary focus on Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism. Their research spans multiple related subfields, including Genetics, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Surgery, and Food Science.

Their work concentrates mainly on Diabetes Management and Research, covering various aspects such as Diabetes and associated disorders, Diabetes Treatment and Management, Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors, Pancreatic function and diabetes, as well as Polysaccharides Composition and Applications and Polysaccharides and Plant Cell Walls.

Recent publications by David J. Pettitt include:

  • Trends in Prevalence of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents in the US, 2001-2017 (2021, JAMA)
  • Trends in Incidence of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Among Youths - Selected Counties and Indian Reservations, United States, 2002-2015 (2020, MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report)
  • 1464-P: Trends in Prevalence of Youth-Onset Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes, 2001-2017: The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study (2020, Diabetes)
  • Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors in Youth With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes: Implications of a Factor Analysis of Clustering (2020, UNC Libraries)
  • The dose-response effect of insulin sensitivity on albuminuria in children according to diabetes type (2020, UNC Libraries)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Pettitt are:

  • Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis
  • Lawrence M. Dolan
  • Jean M. Lawrence
  • Giuseppina Imperatore
  • Catherine Pihoker

The major venues for their publications include:

  • UNC Libraries
  • JAMA
  • MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • Diabetes

David J. Pettitt was recognized with the Kelly West Award from the American Diabetes Association in 2002.

Best Publications

  • Summary and recommendations of the Fifth International Workshop-Conference on Gestational Diabetes Mellitus.

    Boyd E. Metzger;Thomas A. Buchanan;Donald R. Coustan;Alberto de Leiva

  • Type 2 diabetes among North adolescents: An epidemiologic health perspective

    Anne Fagot-Campagna;David J. Pettitt;Michael M. Engelgau;Nilka Ríos Burrows

  • Incidence Trends of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes among Youths, 2002–2012

    Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis;Jean M. Lawrence;Dana Dabelea;Jasmin Divers

  • Intrauterine exposure to diabetes conveys risks for type 2 diabetes and obesity: a study of discordant sibships.

    Dana Dabelea;Robert L. Hanson;Robert S. Lindsay;David J. Pettitt

  • Incidence of diabetes in youth in the United States.

    Dana Dabelea;Ronny A Bell;Ralph B D'Agostino

  • Severe Periodontitis and Risk for Poor Glycemic Control in Patients with Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

    George W. Taylor;Brian A. Burt;Mark P. Becker;Robert J. Genco

  • Predictors of Progression From Impaired Glucose Tolerance to NIDDM: An Analysis of Six Prospective Studies

    S L Edelstein;W C Knowler;R P Bain;R Andres

  • Birth weight and non-insulin dependent diabetes: thrifty genotype, thrifty phenotype, or surviving small baby genotype?

    D R McCance;D J Pettitt;R L Hanson;L T H Jacobsson

  • Childhood obesity and metabolic imprinting: the ongoing effects of maternal hyperglycemia.

    Teresa A. Hillier;Kathryn L. Pedula;Mark M. Schmidt;Judith A. Mullen

  • Diabetes mellitus in the pima indians: Incidence, risk factors and pathogenesis

    William C. Knowler;David J. Pettitt;Mohammed F. Saad;Peter H. Bennett

  • Diabetes incidence in Pima indians: contributions of obesity and parental diabetes.

    William C. Knowler;David J. Pettitt;Peter J. Savage;Peter H. Bennett

  • Comparison of tests for glycated haemoglobin and fasting and two hour plasma glucose concentrations as diagnostic methods for diabetes

    D. R. Mccance;R. L. Hanson;M.-A. Charles;L. T. H. Jacobsson

  • Excessive Obesity in Offspring of Pima Indian Women with Diabetes during Pregnancy

    David J. Pettitt;H. Robert Baird;Kirk A. Aleck;Peter H. Bennett

  • Congenital Susceptibility to NIDDM: Role of Intrauterine Environment

    D J Pettitt;K A Aleck;H R Baird;M J Carraher

  • Evaluation of Simple Indices of Insulin Sensitivity and Insulin Secretion for Use in Epidemioiogic Studies

    Robert L. Hanson;Richard E. Pratley;Clifton Bogardus;K. M. Narayan

  • An autosomal genomic scan for loci linked to type II diabetes mellitus and body-mass index in Pima Indians.

    Robert L. Hanson;Margaret G. Ehm;David J. Pettitt;Michal Prochazka

  • The Natural History of Impaired Glucose Tolerance in the Pima Indians

    Mohammed F. Saad;William C. Knowler;David J. Pettitt;Robert G. Nelson

  • Increasing prevalence of Type II diabetes in American Indian children

    D. Dabelea;R. L. Hanson;P. H. Bennett;J. Roumain

  • Familial predisposition to renal disease in two generations of Pima Indians with type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes mellitus.

    D. J. Pettitt;M. F. Saad;P. H. Bennett;R. G. Nelson

  • Gestational diabetes mellitus.

    Lois Jovanovic;David J. Pettitt

Frequent Co-Authors

William C. Knowler
William C. Knowler National Institutes of Health
Peter H. Bennett
Peter H. Bennett National Institutes of Health
Robert L. Hanson
Robert L. Hanson National Institutes of Health
Dana Dabelea
Dana Dabelea University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Robert G. Nelson
Robert G. Nelson National Institutes of Health
Mohammed F. Saad
Mohammed F. Saad Stony Brook University
Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis
Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Giuseppina Imperatore
Giuseppina Imperatore Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Santica M. Marcovina
Santica M. Marcovina University of Washington

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