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Santica M. Marcovina is affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine, with significant work in the subfields of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Genetics, Surgery, and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health.

The main topics Santica M. Marcovina has contributed to include:

  • Diabetes Management and Research
  • Diabetes and associated disorders
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Diabetes Treatment and Management
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Pancreatic function and diabetes
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Recent significant publications include:

  • Trends in Prevalence of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes in Children and Adolescents in the US, 2001-2017 (2021), published in JAMA
  • Trends in Incidence of Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Among Youths - Selected Counties and Indian Reservations, United States, 2002-2015 (2020), published in MMWR Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report
  • Fine-mapping, trans-ancestral and genomic analyses identify causal variants, cells, genes and drug targets for type 1 diabetes (2021), published in Nature Genetics
  • Trends in incidence of youth-onset type 1 and type 2 diabetes in the USA, 2002-18: results from the population-based SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study (2023), published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • A telehealth lifestyle intervention to reduce excess gestational weight gain in pregnant women with overweight or obesity (GLOW): a randomised, parallel-group, controlled trial (2020), published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Frequently collaborating co-authors include:

  • Dana Dabelea
  • Catherine Pihoker
  • Lawrence M. Dolan
  • Ralph B. D'Agostino
  • Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis

Santica M. Marcovina has published extensively in key venues related to their field such as:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Diabetes
  • Diabetes Care
  • Pediatric Diabetes
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Best Publications

  • Effects of Estrogen or Estrogen/ Progestin Regimens on Heart Disease Risk Factors in Postmenopausal Women: The Postmenopausal Estrogen/Progestin Interventions (PEPI) Trial

    Valery T. Miller;John LaRosa;Vanessa Barnabei;Craig Kessler

  • Lipoprotein(a) concentration and the risk of coronary heart disease, stroke, and nonvascular mortality.

    S Erqou;S Kaptoge;PL Perry;E Di Angelantonio

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

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

  • The effect of metformin and intensive lifestyle intervention on the metabolic syndrome: the Diabetes Prevention Program randomized trial.

    Trevor J. Orchard;Marinella Temprosa;Ronald Goldberg;Steven Haffner

  • Shotgun proteomics implicates protease inhibition and complement activation in the antiinflammatory properties of HDL

    Tomas Vaisar;Subramaniam Pennathur;Pattie S. Green;Sina A. Gharib

  • Incidence of diabetes in youth in the United States.

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

  • The Burden of Diabetes Mellitus Among US Youth: Prevalence Estimates From the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth Study

    Angela D Liese;Ralph B D'Agostino;Richard F Hamman

  • 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

  • Impact of intensive lifestyle and metformin therapy on cardiovascular disease risk factors in the diabetes prevention program.

    Robert Ratner;Ronald Goldberg;Steven Haffner;Santica Marcovina

  • Atherogenic Dyslipidemia in HIV-Infected Individuals Treated With Protease Inhibitors

    Daniel Périard;Amalio Telenti;Philippe Sudre;Jean Jacques Cheseaux

  • Apolipoproteins B, (a), and E Accumulate in the Morphologically Early Lesion of ‘Degenerative’ Valvular Aortic Stenosis

    Kevin D. O’Brien;Dennis D. Reichenbach;Santica M. Marcovina;Johanna Kuusisto

  • Antisense oligonucleotides targeting apolipoprotein(a) in people with raised lipoprotein(a): two randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, dose-ranging trials

    Nicholas J Viney;Julian C van Capelleveen;Richard S Geary;Shuting Xia

  • Apo B versus cholesterol in estimating cardiovascular risk and in guiding therapy: report of the thirty-person/ten-country panel.

    P J Barter;C M Ballantyne;R Carmena;M Castro Cabezas

  • Association of Type 1 Diabetes vs Type 2 Diabetes Diagnosed During Childhood and Adolescence With Complications During Teenage Years and Young Adulthood.

    Dana Dabelea;Jeanette M. Stafford;Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis;Ralph D’Agostino

  • Effects of intensive glucose lowering on brain structure and function in people with type 2 diabetes (ACCORD MIND): A randomised open-label substudy

    Lenore J. Launer;Michael E. Miller;Jeff D. Williamson;Ron M. Lazar

  • Effect of excessive weight gain with intensive therapy of type 1 Diabetes on lipid levels and blood pressure : Results from the DCCT

    Jonathan Q. Purnell;John E. Hokanson;Santica M. Marcovina;Michael W. Steffes

  • Relationship Between Baseline Glycemic Control and Cognitive Function in Individuals With Type 2 Diabetes and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors: The Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes-Memory in Diabetes (ACCORD-MIND) trial

    Tali Cukierman-Yaffe;Tali Cukierman-Yaffe;Hertzel C Gerstein;Jeff D. Williamson;Ronald M Lazar

  • Long-term Metformin Use and Vitamin B12 Deficiency in the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study

    Vanita R. Aroda;Sharon L. Edelstein;Ronald B. Goldberg;William C. Knowler

  • The SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth study: rationale, findings, and future directions.

    Richard F. Hamman;Ronny A. Bell;Dana Dabelea;Ralph B. D’Agostino

  • Antisense therapy targeting apolipoprotein(a): a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled phase 1 study

    Sotirios Tsimikas;Sotirios Tsimikas;Nicholas J Viney;Steven G Hughes;Walter Singleton

Frequent Co-Authors

Dana Dabelea
Dana Dabelea University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
John J. Albers
John J. Albers University of Washington
Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis
Elizabeth J. Mayer-Davis University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ralph B. D'Agostino
Ralph B. D'Agostino Wake Forest University
Richard F. Hamman
Richard F. Hamman University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
Jean M. Lawrence
Jean M. Lawrence National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Giuseppina Imperatore
Giuseppina Imperatore Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Sotirios Tsimikas
Sotirios Tsimikas University of California, San Diego
David M. Maahs
David M. Maahs Stanford University
Stephen R. Daniels
Stephen R. Daniels University of Colorado Denver

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