Research Interests
diabetes
,
epidemiology
,
hypertension
,
minority health issues
,
nutrition
,
obesity
,
prevention
Recent Publications
Mount DL, Davis C, Kennedy B, Raatz S, Dotson K, Gary-Webb TL, Thomas S, Johnson KC, Espeland MA, Bahnson J, Wagenknecht L, Reboussin D, Rejeski WJ, Lang W, Bertoni A, Vitolins M, Miller G, Ribisl P, Hodges A,.
Factors influencing enrollment of African Americans in the Look AHEAD trial. Clin Trials.
2012;
9(1):80-89.
de Oliveira Otto MC, Alonso A, Lee D-H, Delclos GL, Bertoni AG, Jiang R, Lima JA, Symanski E, Jacobs DR Jr, Nettleton JA.
Dietary intakes of zinc and heme iron from red meat, but not from other sources, are associated with greater risk of metabolic syndrome and cardiovascular disease. J Nutr.
2012;
142(3):526-533.
Magzamen S, Szpiro A, Bertoni A, O'Neill M, Lima J, Barr RG, Kaufman J.
Traffic-related air pollution is associated with aortic distensibility in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and air pollution [abstract]. Epidemiology.
2011;
22(1 Suppl):S63.
Park SK, O'Neill M, Auchincloss A, Bertoni A, Adar S, Szpiro A, Navas-Acien A, Szklo M, Kaufman J, Roux AD.
Association between proximity to traffic and type 2 diabetes: the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [abstract]. Epidemiology.
2011;
22(1 Suppl):S195.
Aaron CP, Tandri H, Barr RG, Johnson WC, Bagiella E, Chahal H, Jain A, Kizer JR, Bertoni AG, Lima JAC, et al.
Physical activity and right ventricular structure and function: the MESA-Right Ventricle Study. Am J Respir Crit Care Med.
2011;
183(3):396-404.
Blaha MJ, DeFilippis AP, Rivera JJ, Budoff MJ, Blankstein R, Agatston A, Szklo M, Lakoski SG, Bertoni AG, Kronmal RA, et al.
The relationship between insulin resistance and incidence and progression of coronary artery calcification: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Diabetes Care.
2011;
34(3):749-751.
Belalcazar LM, Ballantyne CM, Lang W, Rushing J, Espeland MA, Bahnson JL, Wagenknecht L, Reboussin D, Rejeski WJ, Bertoni A, Miller G, Lefkowitz D, Reynolds PS, Ribisl P, Vitolins M, Booth M, Dotson KM, Hodges A, Williams CC,.
Metabolic factors, adipose tissue, and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 levels in type 2 diabetes: findings from the Look AHEAD study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol.
2011;
31(7):1689-1695.
Tison GH, Blaha MJ, Budoff MJ, Katz R, Rivera JJ, Bertoni AG, Wong ND, Blumenthal RS, Szklo M, Eng J, et al.
The relationship of insulin resistance and extracoronary calcification in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis.
2011;
218(2):507-510.
Balfour PC, Bertoni AG, Watson KE, Choi EY, Lima JA, Herrington D.
The association between amino terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide and incident heart failure in diabetes--the Multi Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [abstract]. Circulation.
2011;
124(21 Suppl 1):A11495.
Feinstein MJ, Ning H, Kang J, Bertoni A, Carnethon M, Lloyd-Jones DM.
Racial differences in competing risks for first cardiovascular events and non-cardiovascular death in middle-aged and older adults [abstract]. Circulation.
2011;
124(21 Suppl):A8847.
Rodriguez CJ, Moran A, Chen H, Bertoni A, Bluemke D, Seeman T, Darwin C, Watson K, Diez-Roux A.
Acculturation is associated with left ventricular mass in a multiethnic sample: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [abstract]. Circulation.
2011;
124(21 Suppl):A10477.
Turkbey EB, Jorgensen NW, Bertoni AG, Johnson WC, Roux AD, Polak JF, Tracy R, Ainsworth B, Jacobs D, Shea S, Lima JA, Bluemke DA.
Physical activity and cardiovascular events in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) [abstract]. Circulation.
2011;
124(21 Suppl):A13126.
Bell R, Bertoni A, Calles J, Hairston K, Hunter J, Mount D, Whitt-Glover MC.
The epidemiology of diabetes in African Americans. In: Jack L Jr, Fonseca VA, Graham GN, eds. Diabetes in Black America: public health and clinical solutions to a national crisis.
Roscoe (IL): Hilton Publishing Company;
2010:
5-25.
Redmon JB, Bertoni AG, Connelly S, Feeney PA, Glasser SP, Glick H, Greenway F, Hesson LA, Lawlor MS, Montez M, et al.
Effect of the look AHEAD study intervention on medication use and related cost to treat cardiovascular disease risk factors in individuals with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care.
2010;
33(6):1153-1158.
Blecker S, Loehr L, Coresh J, Kottgen A, Bertoni A.
High normal albuminuria is associated with increased risk of heart failure in the community [abstract]. J Gen Intern Med.
2010;
25(Suppl 3):293-294.
Yeboah J, Herrington DM, Bertoni A, Post W, Burke GL.
Pre-diabetes and the risk of incident diabetes mellitus and cardiovascular events in an adult population. MESA [abstract]. Circulation.
2010;
122(21 Suppl):abstr 9389.
Bertoni AG, Hightower-Huges T, Hunter JC, Quandt SA, Vitolins MZ, Whitt-Glover MC.
Barriers to DASH adoption among African Americans in Forsyth County, NC: the Translating Dietary Trials into the Community study [abstract]. In: Abstracts of the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American Heart Association; 2010 Mar 2-5; San Francisco (CA).
2010;
():142.
Foraker RE, Rose KM, Chang PP, Bertoni AG, Whitsel EA, Suchindran CM, Rosamond WD.
Socioeconomic status and cardiac diagnostic testing during an index heart failure hospitalization: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study [abstract]. Circulation.
2009;
119(10):e354.
Kalyani RR, Franco M, Dobs AS, Ouyang P, Vaidya D, Bertoni A, Gapstur S, Golden SH.
Endogenous sex hormones predict incident type 2 diabetes mellitus in postmenopausal women: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [abstract]. Circulation.
2009;
119(10):e297.
Loehr LR, Kucharska-Newton AM, Rosamond WD, McNeill AM, Bertoni AG, Chang PP, Heiss G.
The association of diabetes mellitus with incident heart failure: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study [abstract]. Circulation.
2009;
119(10):e296.
Winston GJ, Carrasquillo O, Bertoni A, Barr R, Shea SJ.
Race-ethnic differences in cardiovascular risk factor treatment and control among participants with diabetes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) [abstract]. J Gen Intern Med.
2009;
24(Suppl 1):155.
Chang PP, Rosamond WD, Shahar E, Bertoni AG, Russell SD, Samdarshi T, Mosley TH, Ni HY, Wagenknecht LF, Chambless LE.
Incidence of hospitalized acute decompensated heart failure in four US communities: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study [abstract]. J Card Fail.
2009;
15(6 Suppl 1):S81.
Malik S, Budoff M, Katz R, Blumenthal RS, Bertoni A, Nasir K, Szklo M, Barr G, Wong ND.
Utility of coronary artery calcium in identifying whether metabolic syndrome and diabetes are coronary heart disease risk equivalents [abstract]. Circulation.
2009;
120(18 Suppl 2):S547.
Matsushita K, Pazin A, Bertoni A, Chang PP, Coresh J, Selvin E.
The association of hemoglobin A1c with incident heart failure among persons without diabetes: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study [abstract]. Circulation.
2009;
120(18 Suppl 2):S504.
Rosamond WD, Chang P, Baggett C, Bertoni A, Shahar E, Deswal A, Heiss G, Chambless L.
Classification of heart failure in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study: a comparison with other diagnostic criteria [abstract]. Circulation.
2009;
120(18 Suppl 2):S506.
Bertoni AG, Clark JM, Feeney P, Yanovski SZ, Bantle J, Montgomery B, Safford MM, Herman WH, Haffner S.
Suboptimal control of glycemia, blood pressure, and LDL cholesterol in overweight adults with diabetes: the Look AHEAD Study. J Diabetes Complications.
2008;
22(1):1-9.
DeFilippis AP, Kramer HJ, Katz R, Wong N, Bertoni A, Carr JJ, Budoff MJ, Blumenthal RS, Nasir K.
Microalbuminuria is associated with progression of coronary atherosclerosis in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) [abstract]. Circulation.
2008;
118(18 Suppl 2):S1147.
Turkbey EB, Jorgensen N, Johnson C, Bertoni AG, Polak JF, Roux AD, Ainsworth B, Tracy RP, Lima JA, Bluemke DA.
Left ventricular remodeling is associated with physical activity in a community-based population: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) [abstract]. Circulation.
2008;
118(18 Suppl 2):S1126-1127.
Bertoni AG, Wong ND, Shea S, Ma S, Liu K, Preethi S, Jacobs DR Jr, Wu C, Saad MF, Szklo M.
Insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome and subclinical atherosclerosis: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). Diabetes Care.
2007;
30(11):2951-2956.
Cushman WC, Grimm RH Jr, Cutler JA, Evans GW, Capes S, Corson MA, Sadler LS, Alderman MH, Peterson K, Bertoni A, Basile JN.
Rationale and design for the blood pressure intervention of the Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) trial. Am J Cardiol.
2007;
99(12A Suppl):44i-55i.
Bertoni AG, Wenzel EL, Davis CC, Blackwell C, Goff DG.
Impact of diabetes on control of hypertension in primary care practices in North Carolina: baseline results from the GLAD Heart trial [abstract]. J Gen Intern Med.
2007;
22(Suppl 1):128.
Malik S, Budoff MJ, Katz R, Blumenthal RA, Bertoni A, Nasir K, Szklo M, Barr RG, Wong N.
Impact of subclinical atherosclerosis on coronary heart disease events in persons with metabolic syndrome and diabetes: the Multiethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [abstract]. Circulation.
2007;
116(16 Suppl):859-860.
Allison MA, Criqui MH, McClelland RL, Scott JM, McDermott MM, Liu K, Folsom AR, Bertoni AG, Sharrett AR, Homma S, et al.
The effect of novel cardiovascular risk factors on the ethnic-specific odds for peripheral arterial disease in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA). J Am Coll Cardiol.
2006;
48(6):1190-1197.
All Publications
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