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  1. Lactation Duration and Long-term Risk for Incident Type 2 Diabetes in Women With a History of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

    Article • Diabetes Care, February 2020, American Diabetes Association

    Sylvia Ley

  2. Genetic factors and risk of type 2 diabetes among women with a history of gestational diabetes: findings from two independent populations

    Article • BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care, January 2020, BMJ

    Sylvia Ley

  3. Maternal smoking, genetic susceptibility, and birth-to-adulthood body weight

    Article • International Journal of Obesity, December 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sylvia Ley

  4. Association between intake of fruits and vegetables by pesticide residue status and coronary heart disease risk

    Article • Environment International, November 2019, Elsevier

    Sylvia Ley

  5. Prospective study of gestational diabetes and fatty liver scores 9 to 16 years after pregnancy

    Article • Journal of Diabetes, June 2019, Wiley

    Sylvia Ley

  6. A prospective study of artificially sweetened beverage intake and cardiometabolic health among women at high risk

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, June 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Sylvia Ley

  7. Life-course approaches to investigate adverse effects of caffeine

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, May 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Sylvia Ley

  8. Association of habitual glucosamine use with risk of cardiovascular disease: prospective study in UK Biobank

    Article • BMJ, May 2019, BMJ

    Sylvia Ley

  9. Prepregnancy Habitual Intakes of Total, Supplemental, and Food Folate and Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Article • Diabetes Care, April 2019, American Diabetes Association

    Sylvia Ley

  10. Diabetes & Women’s Health (DWH) Study: an observational study of long-term health consequences of gestational diabetes, their determinants and underlying mechanisms in the USA and Denmark

    Article • BMJ Open, April 2019, BMJ

    Sylvia Ley

  11. Role of Lactation in Cardiometabolic Health Consequences

    Article • Journal of Women s Health, January 2019, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Sylvia Ley

  12. Birth Weight and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus, Cardiovascular Disease, and Hypertension in Adults: A Meta‐Analysis of 7 646 267 Participants From 135 Studies

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, December 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Sylvia Ley

  13. Lactation Duration and Long-Term Thyroid Function: A Study among Women with Gestational Diabetes

    Article • Nutrients, July 2018, MDPI AG

    Sylvia Ley

  14. Genetic variants of gestational diabetes mellitus: a study of 112 SNPs among 8722 women in two independent populations

    Article • Diabetologia, June 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sylvia Ley

  15. Gestational Diabetes Mellitus and Renal Function: A Prospective Study With 9- to 16-Year Follow-up After Pregnancy

    Article • Diabetes Care, May 2018, American Diabetes Association

    Sylvia Ley

  16. Erratum. Time Trends of Dietary and Lifestyle Factors and Their Potential Impact on Diabetes Burden in China. Diabetes Care 2017;40:1685–1694

    Article • Diabetes Care, March 2018, American Diabetes Association

    Sylvia Ley

  17. Cross-sectional association between sugar-sweetened beverage intake and cardiometabolic biomarkers in US women

    Article • British Journal Of Nutrition, March 2018, Cambridge University Press

    Sylvia Ley

  18. Stroke Risk Factors Unique to Women

    Article • Stroke, March 2018, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Sylvia Ley

  19. Global aetiology and epidemiology of type 2 diabetes mellitus and its complications

    Article • Nature Reviews Endocrinology, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sylvia Ley

  20. Duration of Reproductive Life Span, Age at Menarche, and Age at Menopause Are Associated With Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Women

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, November 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Sylvia Ley

  21. Time Trends of Dietary and Lifestyle Factors and Their Potential Impact on Diabetes Burden in China

    Article • Diabetes Care, October 2017, American Diabetes Association

    Sylvia Ley

  22. Weight History and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality in Three Prospective Cohort Studies

    Article • Annals of Internal Medicine, April 2017, American College of Physicians

    Sylvia Ley

  23. Associations of dietary, lifestyle, and sociodemographic factors with iron status in Chinese adults: a cross-sectional study in the China Health and Nutrition Survey

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, December 2016, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Sylvia Ley

  24. Changes in Overall Diet Quality and Subsequent Type 2 Diabetes Risk: Three U.S. Prospective Cohorts

    Article • Diabetes Care, September 2016, American Diabetes Association

    Sylvia Ley

  25. Contribution of the Nurses’ Health Studies to Uncovering Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes: Diet, Lifestyle, Biomarkers, and Genetics

    Article • American Journal of Public Health, September 2016, American Public Health Association

    Sylvia Ley

  26. Potential Impact of Time Trend of Life-Style Factors on Cardiovascular Disease Burden in China

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, August 2016, Elsevier

    Sylvia Ley

  27. Genetic susceptibility to diabetes and long-term improvement of insulin resistance and   cell function during weight loss: the Preventing Overweight Using Novel Dietary Strategies (POUNDS LOST) trial

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, June 2016, American Society for Nutrition

    Sylvia Ley

  28. Healthful Dietary Patterns and the Risk of Hypertension Among Women With a History of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

    Article • Hypertension, June 2016, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Sylvia Ley

  29. High Fiber and Low Starch Intakes Are Associated with Circulating Intermediate Biomarkers of Type 2 Diabetes among Women

    Article • Journal of Nutrition, January 2016, American Society for Nutrition

    Sylvia Ley

  30. Saturated Fats Compared With Unsaturated Fats and Sources of Carbohydrates in Relation to Risk of Coronary Heart Disease

    Article • Journal of the American College of Cardiology, October 2015, Elsevier

    Sylvia Ley

  31. Joint association between birth weight at term and later life adherence to a healthy lifestyle with risk of hypertension: a prospective cohort study

    Article • BMC Medicine, July 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sylvia Ley

  32. Birth weight and later life adherence to unhealthy lifestyles in predicting type 2 diabetes: prospective cohort study

    Article • BMJ, July 2015, BMJ

    Sylvia Ley

  33. DNA Methylation Variants atHIF3ALocus, B-Vitamin Intake, and Long-term Weight Change: Gene-Diet Interactions in Two U.S. Cohorts

    Article • Diabetes, May 2015, American Diabetes Association

    Sylvia Ley

  34. Genetic Predisposition to Central Obesity and Risk of Type 2 Diabetes: Two Independent Cohort Studies

    Article • Diabetes Care, April 2015, American Diabetes Association

    Sylvia Ley

  35. Long-term risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in relation to BMI and weight change among women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study

    Article • Diabetologia, March 2015, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sylvia Ley

  36. Adherence to healthy lifestyle and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: prospective cohort study

    Article • BMJ, September 2014, BMJ

    Sylvia Ley

  37. Sulfonylurea Use and Incident Cardiovascular Disease Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes: Prospective Cohort Study Among Women

    Article • Diabetes Care, August 2014, American Diabetes Association

    Sylvia Ley

  38. Prevention and management of type 2 diabetes: dietary components and nutritional strategies

    Article • The Lancet, June 2014, Elsevier

    Sylvia Ley

  39. Associations between red meat intake and biomarkers of inflammation and glucose metabolism in women

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, November 2013, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Sylvia Ley

  40. Association between alcohol consumption and plasma fetuin-A and its contribution to incident type 2 diabetes in women

    Article • Diabetologia, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sylvia Ley

  41. Lower dietary vitamin E intake during the second trimester is associated with insulin resistance and hyperglycemia later in pregnancy

    Article • European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, September 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sylvia Ley

  42. Utility of non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in assessing incident type 2 diabetes risk

    Article • Diabetes Obesity and Metabolism, May 2012, Wiley

    Sylvia Ley

  43. Associations of prenatal metabolic abnormalities with insulin and adiponectin concentrations in human milk

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, February 2012, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Sylvia Ley

  44. Effect of macronutrient intake during the second trimester on glucose metabolism later in pregnancy

    Article • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, September 2011, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Sylvia Ley

  45. Effects of Pasteurization on Adiponectin and Insulin Concentrations in Donor Human Milk

    Article • Pediatric Research, September 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sylvia Ley

  46. HNF1AG319S variant, active cigarette smoking and incident type 2 diabetes in Aboriginal Canadians: a population-based epidemiological study

    Article • BMC Medical Genetics, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sylvia Ley

  47. Impact of maternal metabolic abnormalities in pregnancy on human milk and subsequent infant metabolic development: methodology and design

    Article • BMC Public Health, October 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sylvia Ley

  48. Association of Apolipoprotein B with Incident Type 2 Diabetes in an Aboriginal Canadian Population1

    Article • Clinical Chemistry, April 2010, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Sylvia Ley

  49. Assessing the association of the HNF1A G319S variant with C-reactive protein in Aboriginal Canadians: a population-based epidemiological study

    Article • Cardiovascular Diabetology, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Sylvia Ley

  50. Metabolic syndrome and its components as predictors of incident type 2 diabetes mellitus in an Aboriginal community

    Article • Canadian Medical Association Journal, March 2009, Canadian Medical Association (CMA)

    Sylvia Ley

  51. Adipokines and Incident Type 2 Diabetes in an Aboriginal Canadian Population: The Sandy Lake Health and Diabetes Project

    Article • Diabetes Care, March 2008, American Diabetes Association

    Sylvia Ley