Publications by authors named "Brian N Cockburn"
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- The study aimed to create ANcam, a smartphone-based method for noninvasive screening of acanthosis nigricans (AN) in people with impaired glucose tolerance (IGT).
- Participants included both adults and juveniles in Trinidad and Tobago, with data collected on their health history and A1C levels; images were analyzed using the ANcam app.
- Results showed ANcam effectively identified hyperpigmentation related to IGT with high accuracy, revealing strong correlations between specific color channels and health metrics like BMI and blood pressure.
Exposure to electromagnetic radiation (EMR) from intermediate frequency sources has increased exponentially in recent years. The consequences of this exposure on biological systems are prompting scientists to study the effects on human health. This current study aimed to determine the effects of intermediate frequency (150 kHz) EMR exposure on the vital organs of female Sprague Dawley rats.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Our previous work has shown that type 2 diabetes mellitus is a problem in the school-aged population of Trinidad, West Indies. The current study evaluated the prevalence in this population of selected risk factors for diabetes, viz: obesity, family history of diabetes and acanthosis nigricans.
Objective: To assess the prevalence of the following risk factors for type 2 diabetes (T2DM) in school children in Trinidad: obesity, family history of diabetes in first- or second-degree relatives and the presence of acanthosis nigricans (AN).
This study investigated the prevalence of insulin promoter factor-1(IPF-1) mutations in familial early-onset diabetes mellitus in Trinidad. We screened 264 unrelated subjects with type 2 diabetes diagnosed before 40 yr of age and a family history of diabetes for mutations in the minimal promoter and coding region of the IPF-1 gene (IPF1). This study population included 169 patients of East Indian descent (Indo-Trinidadians), 66 of African descent (Afro-Trinidadians), and 29 of mixed ancestry.
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