George Jerums

Dietary sodium and potassium intake in people with diabetes: are guidelines being met?

Sara Baqar, Adrian Michalopoulos, George Jerums, Elif I Ekinci

Journal article  |  2020  |  Nutrition and Diabetes

OBJECTIVE: Despite public health bodies advocating for lowering dietary sodium and increasing potassium intake to improve cardiova..

Effect of Salt Supplementation on Sympathetic Activity and Endothelial Function in Salt-Sensitive Type 2 Diabetes

Sara Baqar, Yee Wen Kong, Angela X Chen, Christopher O'Callaghan, Richard J MacIsaac, Maree Bouterakos, Gavin W Lambert, George Jerums, Elisabeth E Lambert, Elif Ekinci

Journal article  |  2020  |  The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

CONTEXT: Lower sodium intake is paradoxically associated with higher mortality in type 2 diabetes (T2D). OBJECTIVE: To determine w..

Effect of angiotensin II receptor blocker and salt supplementation on short-term blood pressure variability in type 2 diabetes

Angela X Chen, John L Moran, Renata Libianto, Sara Baqar, Christopher O'Callaghan, Richard J MacIsaac, George Jerums, Elif Ekinci

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Human Hypertension

High blood pressure variability (BPV) has been associated with increased cardiovascular (CV) risk. The effect of dietary salt and ..

Diabetes and higher HbA1c levels are independently associated with adverse renal outcomes in inpatients following multiple hospital admissions

N Torkamani, L Churilov, R Robbins, G Jerums, V Beik, N Radcliffe, S Patterson, R Bellomo, J Burns, GK Hart, Q Lam, DA Power, RJ MacIsaac, DF Johnson, J Zajac, E Ekinci

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Diabetes and its Complications

OBJECTIVE: To assess the association between glycaemic status prior to the first hospital presentation with developing adverse ren..

Changes in soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor type 1 levels and early renal function decline in patients with diabetes

Richard J MacIsaac, Matthew Farag, Varuni Obeyesekere, Michele Clarke, Ray Boston, Glenn M Ward, George Jerums, Elif Ekinci

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Diabetes Investigation

The relationship between serial changes in soluble tumor necrosis factor receptor type 1 (TNFR1) levels and an early decline in es..

Comparison of endothelial function and sympathetic nervous system activity along the glucose continuum in individuals with differing metabolic risk profiles and low dietary sodium intake

Sara Baqar, Nora E Straznicky, Gavin Lambert, Yee Wen Kong, John B Dixon, George Jerums, Elif Ilhan Ekinci, Elisabeth Lambert

Journal article  |  2019  |  BMJ Open Diabetes Research and Care

OBJECTIVE: Low sodium intake may trigger sympathetic nervous system (SNS) activation and endothelial dysfunction. Studies have not..

Is hyperfiltration associated with higher urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio at follow up among Indigenous Australians? The eGFR follow-up study

Elif Ekinci, Elizabeth LM Barr, Federica Barzi, Jaquelyne T Hughes, Paul D Lawton, Graham RD Jones, Wendy Hoy, Alan Cass, Mark Thomas, Ashim Sinha, George Jerums, Kerin O'Dea, Richard J MacIsaac, Louise J Maple-Brown

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Diabetes and its Complications

BACKGROUND: Glomerular hyperfiltration is not able to be detected in clinical practice. We assessed whether hyperfiltration is ass..

Three Dimensional Glomerular Reconstruction: A Novel Approach to Evaluate Renal Microanatomy in Diabetic Kidney Disease

Niloufar Torkamani, George Jerums, Paul Crammer, Alison Skene, David A Power, Sianna Panagiotopoulos, Michele Clarke, Richard J MacIsaac, Elif I Ekinci

Journal article  |  2019  |  Scientific Reports

Mesangial metrics reflect glomerular filtration surface area in diabetes. The point-sampled intercept (PSI) method is the conventi..

The relationship between habitual dietary sodium intake and RAAS blockade on circulating microparticle levels in type two diabetes

Sara Baqar, Dorothy Liu, Lisa F Lincz, Yee Wen Kong, George Jerums, Elif I Ekinci

Journal article  |  2018  |  Clinical Science

OBJECTIVE: Low sodium intake is paradoxically associated with adverse cardiovascular outcomes in individuals with type 2 diabetes ..

Contribution of cardiometabolic risk factors to estimated glomerular filtration rate decline in Indigenous Australians with and without albuminuria - the eGFR Follow-up Study

Elizabeth LM Barr, Federica Barzi, Jaquelyne T Hughes, George Jerums, Kerin O'Dea, Alex DH Brown, Elif I Ekinci, Graham RD Jones, Paul D Lawton, Ashim Sinha, Richard J MacIsaac, Alan Cass, Louise J Maple-Brown

Journal article  |  2018  |  Nephrology

AIM: We assessed associations between cardiometabolic risk factors and estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) decline accordi..