Who Collaborating Center - Epidemiological and Clinical Investigations in Diabetes

Bennett, Peter H.

Abstract

The Phoenix Epidemiology and Clinical Research Branch has been designated as the WHO Collaborating Center for Design, Methodology and Analysis of Epidemiological and Clinical Investigations in Diabetes since 1986. The purposes of the Center are to collaborate with the World Health Organization in the implementation of the WHO/IDF action program to provide advice, consultation and collaborate with other investigators in the design, methodology and analysis of epidemiological and clinical studies of type 2 diabetes and its complications. The center assists in the development and application of standardized methods for epidemiological and clinical investigation and data analysis relating to the etiology and pathogenesis of type 2 diabetes and its complications. The Center advises in the design of new studies, including on-site assistance when necessary. The Center serves to train investigators from many parts of the world in diabetes epidemiology and clinical research. During the present year the Center has been involved in conducting an Asia-Pacific Diabetes Epidemiology training course in Korea. The center has participated in the WHO Consulting Group on the Classification and Diagnosis of Diabetes Mellitus and Its Complications and has trained investigators from Roumania, Italy, Sudan and the United Kingdom.

Funding Agency

• Agency: National Institute of Health (NIH)
• Institute: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
• Type: Intramural Research (Z01)
• Project #: 1Z01DK069024-12
• Application #: 6105955
• Study Section: Special Emphasis Panel (PECR)
• Support Year: 12
• Fiscal Year: 1998

Institution

• Name: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
• Country: United States

Publications

Lee, E T; Keen, H; Bennett, P H et al. (2001) Follow-up of the WHO Multinational Study of Vascular Disease in Diabetes: general description and morbidity. Diabetologia 44 Suppl 2:S3-13

Chi, Z S; Lee, E T; Lu, M et al. (2001) Vascular disease prevalence in diabetic patients in China: standardised comparison with the 14 centres in the WHO Multinational Study of Vascular Disease in Diabetes. Diabetologia 44 Suppl 2:S82-6

Lee, E T; Lu, M; Bennett, P H et al. (2001) Vascular disease in younger-onset diabetes: comparison of European, Asian and American Indian cohorts of the WHO Multinational Study of Vascular Disease in Diabetes. Diabetologia 44 Suppl 2:S78-81

Keen, H; Lee, E T; Russell, D et al. (2001) The appearance of retinopathy and progression to proliferative retinopathy: the WHO Multinational Study of Vascular Disease in Diabetes. Diabetologia 44 Suppl 2:S22-30

Miki, E; Lu, M; Lee, E T et al. (2001) The incidence of visual impairment and its determinants in the WHO Multinational Study of Vascular Disease in Diabetes. Diabetologia 44 Suppl 2:S31-6

Colhoun, H M; Lee, E T; Bennett, P H et al. (2001) Risk factors for renal failure: the WHO Mulinational Study of Vascular Disease in Diabetes. Diabetologia 44 Suppl 2:S46-53

Kriska, A M; Pereira, M A; Hanson, R L et al. (2001) Association of physical activity and serum insulin concentrations in two populations at high risk for type 2 diabetes but differing by BMI. Diabetes Care 24:1175-80

Bennett, P H; Lee, E T; Lu, M et al. (2001) Increased urinary albumin excretion and its associations in the WHO Multinational Study of Vascular Disease in Diabetes. Diabetologia 44 Suppl 2:S37-45

Esparza, J; Fox, C; Harper, I T et al. (2000) Daily energy expenditure in Mexican and USA Pima indians: low physical activity as a possible cause of obesity. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 24:55-9

Brun, E; Nelson, R G; Bennett, P H et al. (2000) Diabetes duration and cause-specific mortality in the Verona Diabetes Study. Diabetes Care 23:1119-23