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  • 2016 - Kelly West Award, American Diabetes Association

Overview

Edward W. Gregg is affiliated with Imperial College London in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with a considerable emphasis on endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. They have contributed extensively to the understanding of chronic disease management, diabetes, and related cardiovascular risks.

The scientist has been involved in multiple research topics, including:

  • Chronic Disease Management Strategies
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Diabetes Management and Education
  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies

Their publication record includes contributions to several frequent venues, suggesting a focus on diabetes and metabolic disorders. The main journals in which they have published include:

  • Diabetes Care
  • The Lancet
  • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
  • Diabetologia

Among their recent papers are:

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants (2021, The Lancet)
  • Definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity (2025, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology)
  • Mortality attributable to diabetes in 20-79 years old adults, 2019 estimates: Results from the International Diabetes Federation Diabetes Atlas, 9th edition (2020, Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice)
  • Worldwide trends in diabetes prevalence and treatment from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 1108 population-representative studies with 141 million participants (2024, The Lancet)
  • Young-onset type 2 diabetes mellitus - implications for morbidity and mortality (2020, Nature Reviews Endocrinology)

The frequent coauthors working with Edward W. Gregg include:

  • Kamlesh Khunti
  • Meda E. Pavkov
  • Jonathan E. Shaw
  • Jonathan Valabhji
  • Sarah H. Wild

Gregg's research spans several subfields within medicine, including epidemiology, public health, and physiology. The subfields with the highest publication counts are:

  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Epidemiology
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Surgery
  • Physiology

In recognition of their contributions, Edward W. Gregg received the Kelly West Award from the American Diabetes Association in 2016.

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Cardiovascular effects of intensive lifestyle intervention in type 2 diabetes

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

  • The long-term effect of lifestyle interventions to prevent diabetes in the China Da Qing Diabetes Prevention Study: a 20-year follow-up study

    Guangwei Li;Ping Zhang;Jinping Wang;Edward W Gregg

  • Prevalence of Diabetes and Impaired Fasting Glucose in Adults in the U.S. Population National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 1999–2002

    Catherine C. Cowie;Keith F. Rust;Danita D. Byrd-Holt;Mark S. Eberhardt

  • Changes in Diabetes-Related Complications in the United States, 1990–2010

    Edward W. Gregg;Yanfeng Li;Jing Wang;Nilka Rios Burrows

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

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

  • Projection of the year 2050 burden of diabetes in the US adult population: dynamic modeling of incidence, mortality, and prediabetes prevalence.

    James P Boyle;Theodore J Thompson;Edward W Gregg;Lawrence E Barker

  • 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

  • Full Accounting of Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes in the U.S. Population in 1988–1994 and 2005–2006

    Catherine C. Cowie;Keith F. Rust;Earl S. Ford;Mark S. Eberhardt

  • Prevalence of diabetic retinopathy in the United States, 2005-2008

    Xinzhi Zhang;Jinan B. Saaddine;Chiu Fang Chou;Mary Frances Cotch

  • Global trends in diabetes complications: a review of current evidence

    Jessica L. Harding;Meda E. Pavkov;Dianna J. Magliano;Dianna J. Magliano;Jonathan E. Shaw

  • Achievement of Goals in U.S. Diabetes Care, 1999–2010

    Mohammed K. Ali;Kai McKeever Bullard;Jinan B. Saaddine;Catherine C. Cowie

  • Secular trends in cardiovascular disease risk factors according to body mass index in US adults.

    Edward W. Gregg;Yiling J. Cheng;Betsy L. Cadwell;Giuseppina Imperatore

  • Added Sugar Intake and Cardiovascular Diseases Mortality Among US Adults

    Quanhe Yang;Zefeng Zhang;Edward W. Gregg;W. Dana Flanders

  • Prevalence of Diabetes and High Risk for Diabetes Using A1C Criteria in the U.S. Population in 1988–2006

    Catherine C. Cowie;Keith F. Rust;Danita D. Byrd-Holt;Edward W. Gregg

  • A collection of Physical Activity Questionnaires for health-related research.

    Mark A Pereira;S. J. FitzerGerald;E. W. Gregg;M. L. Joswiak

  • The evolving diabetes burden in the United States.

    Michael M Engelgau;Linda S Geiss;Jinan B Saaddine;James P Boyle

  • Physical Activity, Falls, and Fractures Among Older Adults: A Review of the Epidemiologic Evidence

    Edward W. Gregg;Mark A. Pereira;Carl J. Caspersen

  • Changes in diabetes-related complications in the United States.

    Marc A. Pfeffer;Pardeep Jhund;David Aguilar

  • Secular Trends in Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors According to Body Mass Index in US Adults

    E.W. Gregg;Y.J. Cheng;B.L. Cadwell

Frequent Co-Authors

Ping Zhang
Ping Zhang Syracuse University
Giuseppina Imperatore
Giuseppina Imperatore Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Michael M. Engelgau
Michael M. Engelgau National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
K.M. Venkat Narayan
K.M. Venkat Narayan Emory University
David F. Williamson
David F. Williamson Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Jonathan E. Shaw
Jonathan E. Shaw Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
Dianna J. Magliano
Dianna J. Magliano Monash University
William C. Knowler
William C. Knowler National Institutes of Health
John M. Jakicic
John M. Jakicic University of Pittsburgh
Monika M. Safford
Monika M. Safford Cornell University

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