Rola Saad

Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh — United States

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Adipose Tissue and Metabolism(7), Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases(4), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet(3), Diabetes Management and Research(3), Pancreatic function and diabetes(3)

Publications14 total

Are Obesity-Related Metabolic Risk Factors Modulated by the Degree of Insulin Resistance in Adolescents?
Diabetes Care·2006· 126 cited
Progression from normal glucose tolerance to type 2 diabetes in a young girl: longitudinal changes in insulin sensitivity and secretion assessed by the clamp technique and surrogate estimates
Pediatric Diabetes·2005· 47 cited
Does adiponectin explain the lower insulin sensitivity and hyperinsulinemia of African-American children?
Pediatric Diabetes·2005· 28 cited
Youth Type 2 Diabetes
Diabetes Care·2005· 179 citedOpen Access
Family History of Type 2 Diabetes Is Associated With Decreased Insulin Sensitivity and an Impaired Balance Between Insulin Sensitivity and Insulin Secretion in White Youth
Diabetes Care·2005· 137 citedOpen Access
Adiponectin in Youth
Diabetes Care·2004Open Access
Adiponectin in Youth
Diabetes Care·2004· 274 citedOpen Access
Validation of surrogate estimates of insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion in children and adolescents
The Journal of Pediatrics·2004· 453 cited
Obesity, Regional Fat Distribution, and Syndrome X in Obese Black<i>Versus</i>White Adolescents: Race Differential in Diabetogenic and Atherogenic Risk Factors
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism·2003· 365 cited
Hyperinsulinemia in African-American Children
Diabetes·2002· 234 citedOpen Access
Survival With Hypopituitarism From Congenital Syphilis
PEDIATRICS·2002· 21 cited
Metformin Therapy in Obese Adolescents with Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Impaired Glucose Tolerance: Amelioration of Exaggerated Adrenal Response to Adrenocorticotropin with Reduction of Insulinemia/Insulin Resistance
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism·2002· 265 citedOpen Access
Insulin resistance of puberty in African-American children: lack of a compensatory increase in insulin secretion
Pediatric Diabetes·2002· 32 cited
Dihydrotestosterone Treatment in Adolescents with Delayed Puberty: Does it Explain Insulin Resistance of Puberty?
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism·2001· 35 citedOpen Access

Frequent Co-authors

Silva Arslanian(13), Neslihan Gungor(9), Fida Bacha(7), Vered Lewy(4), Kapriel Danadian(4), Janine E. Janosky(3), Janine Janosky(1), Bruce S. Keenan(1), Dawn Nolt(1), Amjad Kouatli(1), Michael L. Moritz(1), Ram K. Menon(1), Marian G. Michaels(1)