Publications by authors named "Alison Okada Wollitzer"
The Coalition for Clinical Research-Self-Monitoring of Blood Glucose Scientific Board, a group of nine academic clinicians and scientists from the United States and Europe, convened in San Francisco, California, on June 11-12, 2008, to discuss the appropriate uses of self-monitoring of blood glucose (SMBG) and the measures necessary to accurately assess the potential benefit of this practice in noninsulin-treated type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Thirteen consultants from the United States, Europe, and Canada from academia, practice, and government also participated and contributed based on their fields of expertise. These experts represent a range of disciplines that include adult endocrinology, pediatric endocrinology, health education, mathematics, statistics, psychology, nutrition, exercise physiology, and nursing.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: To report the distribution of glycated hemoglobin (hemoglobin A1c or A1C) in whole blood collected from a cohort of high school students with use of a capillary method.
Methods: Students were recruited from the Diabetes Risk Factor Screening Study conducted in Santa Barbara, California, high schools. Height and weight were measured on portable equipment.
Background: In patients with type 1 diabetes, three main variables need to be assessed to optimize meal-related insulin boluses: pre-meal blood glucose (BG), insulin to carbohydrate ratio (I : C), and basal insulin. We are presenting data for a novel use of the hyperinsulinaemic-euglycaemic clamp (HEC) in patients with type 1 diabetes that minimizes the impact of these variables and can be used to determine the I : C.
Methods: Ten subjects (six men and four women) using continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion (CSII) pumps were recruited for this study [24-65 years; BMI 27.
Objective: To improve the treatment of risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD) for older patients with diabetes after a cardiac event by using a low-literacy reminder card describing these risk factors in community settings.
Study Design: A multicenter, randomized, interventional study.
Methods: Patients aged 55 years or older with diabetes hospitalized with an acute myocardial infarction, congestive heart failure exacerbation, or unstable angina were eligible to enter the study.
Objective: Diabetic retinopathy affects >60% of people with type 2 diabetes during the first 2 decades of the disease and is ameliorated by good glycemic control. This study tested whether intensive diabetes case management could prevent or delay diabetic retinopathy in patients with established type 2 diabetes.
Research Design And Methods: This study was part of a randomized, controlled clinical trial of diabetes case management in type 2 diabetes in southern California counties serving low income ethnic minority populations.
Objective: To establish the normal distribution for glycohemoglobin (A1C) in sixth and seventh grade children and to assess the practicality of a school-based fingerstick screening program.
Research Design And Methods: Fingerstick capillary whole blood was collected from 400 children aged 11 to 13 years and the percent A1C was determined on-site.
Results: Among the boys, the A1C was significantly higher among the minorities (4.
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of obesity among sixth- and seventh-grade students in a school-based setting, and to identify lifestyle parameters associated with obesity.
Methods: Sixth- and seventh-grade students (n = 385, 186 boys and 199 girls) from 3 schools participated in a school-based screening study, and 319 completed a short questionnaire. Height and weight were measured, and body fat as a percentage of body weight was obtained using a Tanita bioelectrical impedance scale.