2019

Sarikaya I, Sarikaya A, Sharma P. Assessing effect of various blood glucose levels on 18F-FDG activity in the brain, liver and blood pool. J Nucl Med Technol. 2019 Dec;47(4):313-318. pii: jnmt.119.226969. doi: 10.2967/jnmt.119.226969

Lemay J, Bayoud T, Husain H, Sharma P. Assessing the knowledge, perception and practices of physicians and pharmacists towards medication reconciliation in Kuwait governmental hospitals: a cross-sectional study, BMJ Open. 2019 Jun 16;9(6):e027395.

Al Madhoun A, Alnaser F, Melhem M, Nizam R, Al-Dabbous T, Al-Mulla F. Ketogenic diet attenuates cerebellar atrophy progression in a subject with a biallelic variant at the ATAD3A locus. Appl Clin Genet. 2019 Jun 5;12:79-86.

Qaddoumi M, Al-Khamis Y, Channanath A, Tuomilehto J, Badawi D. The Status of Metabolic Control in Patients With Type 2 Diabetes Attending Dasman Diabetes Institute, Kuwait. Front Endocrinol (Lausanne). 2019 Jun 26;10:412

Akhter N, Madhoun A, Arefanian H, Wilson A, Kochumon S, Thomas R, Shenouda S, Al-Mulla F, Ahmad R, Sindhu S. Oxidative Stress Induces Expression of the Toll-Like Receptors (TLRs) 2 and 4 in the Human Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells: Implications for Metabolic Inflammation.Cell Physiol Biochem. 2019;53(1):1-18.

Weiderpass E, Botteri E, Longenecker JC, Alkandari A, Al-Wotayan, Al Duwairi Q, Tuomilehto J. The prevalence of overweight and obesity in an adult Kuwaiti population in 2014. Front. Endocrinol. doi: 10.3389/fendo.2019.00449

Alhuwail D, Abdulsalam Y. Assessing Electronic Health Literacy in the State of Kuwait: Survey of Internet Users From an Arab State.J Med Internet Res. 2019 May 24;21(5):e11174.

Eaaswarkhanth M, Melhem M, Sharma P, Nizam R, Al Madhoun A, Chaubey G, Alsmadi O, Al-Ozairi E, Al-Mulla F. Mitochondrial DNA D-loop sequencing reveals obesity variants in an Arab population. Appl Clin Genet. 2019:12 63–70

Alkandari A, Ashrafian H, Sathyapalan T, Darzi A, Holmes E, Athanasiou T, Stephen LA, Gooderham NJ. Bariatric surgery modulates urinary levels of microRNAs involved in the regulation of renal function. Front. Endocrinol. 2019: 10:319.

Jahromi M, Al-Otaibi T, Othman N, Gheith O, Mahmoud T, Nair P, Halim MA, Nampoory N. Immunogenetics of new onset diabetes after transplantation in Kuwait. Diabetes Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy. 2019:12 731–742

Al-Ozairi E, AlAwadhi MM, Al Kandari J, Taghadom E, Abdullah M, Le Roux CW. Photo-Assisted Dietary Method Improves Estimates of Dietary Intake Among People with Sleeve Gastrectomy. Obes Surg. 2019 May;29(5):1602-1606.

Shiju R, Thomas D, Al-Arouj M, Sharma P, Tuomilehto J, Bennakhi A. Effect of Sudarshan Kriya Yoga on anxiety, depression, and quality of life in people with type 2 diabetes: A pilot study in Kuwait. Diabetes &Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews,2019; 13:3, 1995-1999

Achilleos S, Al-Ozairi E, Alahmad B, Garshick E, Neophytou AM, Bouhamra W, Yassin MF, Koutrakis P. Acute effects of air pollution on mortality: A 17-year analysis in Kuwait. Environ Int. 2019 May;126:476-483.

Karched M, Bhardwaj RG, Tiss A, Asikainen S. Proteomic Analysis and Virulence Assessment of Granulicatella adiacens Secretome. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2019 Apr 24;9:104.

Ahmad R, Kochumon S, Chandy B, Shenouda S, Koshy M, Hasan A, Arefanian H, Al-Mulla F, Sindhu S. TNF-? Drives the CCL4 Expression in Human Monocytic Cells: Involvement of the SAPK/JNK and NF-?B Signaling Pathways. Cell Physiol Biochem. 2019;52(4):908-921

Hasan A, Kochumon S, Al-Ozairi E, Tuomilehto J, Ahmad R. Association between adipose tissue interleukin-33 and immunometabolic markers in individuals with varying degrees of glycemia: insight into potential mechanisms. Dis Markers. 2019 Apr 3;2019:7901062.

Elkum N, Alarouj M, Bennakhi A, Shaltout A. The Complex Etiology of Childhood Obesity in Arabs Is Highlighted by a Combination of Biological and Socio-Economic Factors. Front Public Health. 2019 Apr 2;7:72

Jahromi M, Al-Mulla F, Al-Ozairi E. Autoimmune signatures for prediction and diagnosis of autoimmune diabetes in Kuwait. Autoimmun Rev. 2019;18(6):642-644.

Saarela K, Tuomilehto J, Sund R, Keskimäki I, Hartikainen S, Pukkala E. Cancer incidence among Finnish people with type 2 diabetes during 1989-2014. Eur J Epidemiol. 2019 Mar;34(3):259-265

Hooshmand B, Rusanen M, Ngandu T, Leiviskä J, Sindi S, von Arnim CAF, Falkai P, Soininen H, Tuomilehto J, Kivipelto M. Serum Insulin and Cognitive Performance in Older Adults: A Longitudinal Study. Am J Med. 2019 Mar;132(3):367-373.