David Simmons

A physician-initiated double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 study evaluating the efficacy and safety of inhibition of NADPH oxidase with the first-in-class Nox-1/4 inhibitor, GKT137831, in adults with type 1 diabetes and persistently elevated urinary albumin excretion: protocol and statistical considerations.

Anne T Reutens, Karin Jandeleit-Dahm, Merlin Thomas, Leon A Bach, Peter G Colman, Timothy ME Davis, Michael D'Emden, Elif I Ekinci, Greg Fulcher, Peter Shane Hamblin, Mark A Kotowicz, Richard J MacIsaac, Claire Morbey, David Simmons, Georgia Soldatos, Gary Wittert, Ted Wu, Mark E Cooper, Jonathan E Shaw

Journal article  |  2019  |  Contemporary Clinical Trials

PURPOSE: Kidney disease caused by type 1 diabetes can progress to end stage renal disease and can increase mortality risk. Nicotin..

Chronic ill health in a regional Victoria setting: A 13-year comparison

Kristen Glenister, Lisa Bourke, Daniel Terry, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2019  |  Australian Journal of Rural Health

OBJECTIVE: High-quality data regarding the prevalence of chronic disease in rural areas are essential in understanding the challen..

Prevalence of NAFLD and metabolic syndrome in rural and regional Victoria, Australia

William Kemp, Ammar Majeed, Dunya Tomic, David Simmons, Kristen Glenister, Lisa Bourke, Sian Wright, Stuart Roberts

Conference Proceedings  |  2019  |  JOURNAL OF HEPATOLOGY

Availability and price of healthier food choices and association with obesity prevalence in New Zealand Maori

Rati Jani, Elaine Rush, Nic Crook, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2018  |  Asia Pacific journal of clinical nutrition

Longitudinal study of health, disease and access to care in rural Victoria: the Crossroads-II study: methods

Kristen M Glenister, Lisa Bourke, Leslie Bolitho, Sian Wright, Stuart Roberts, William Kemp, Leigh Rhode, Ravi Bhat, Sonke Tremper, Dianna J Magliano, Mike Morgan, Rodrigo Marino, William Adam, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2018  |  BMC Public Health

Correlates of poor mental health in early pregnancy in obese European women

Matteo C Sattler, Judith GM Jelsma, Annick Bogaerts, David Simmons, Gernot Desoye, Rosa Corcoy, Juan M Adelantado, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, Juergen Harreiter, Frans A van Assche, Roland Devlieger, Goele Jans, Sander Galjaard, David Hill, Peter Damm, Elisabeth R Mathiesen, Ewa Wender-Ozegowska, Agnieszka Zawiejska, Kinga Blumska, Annunziata Lapolla, et al.

Journal article  |  2017  |  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Development of an Australian cardiovascular disease mortality risk score using multiple imputation and recalibration from national statistics

Kathryn Backholer, Yoichiro Hirakawa, Andrew Tonkin, Graham Giles, Dianna J Magliano, Stephen Colagiuri, Mark Harris, Paul Mitchell, Mark Nelson, Jonathan E Shaw, David Simmons, Leon Simons, Anne Taylor, Jessica Harding, Bamini Gopinath, Mark Woodward

Journal article  |  2017  |  BMC Cardiovascular Disorders

Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery During Pregnancy in Women With Type 1 Diabetes EDITORIAL COMMENT

Zoe A Stewart, Malgorzata E Wilinska, Sara Hartnell, Rosemary C Temple, Gerry Rayman, Katharine P Stanley, David Simmons, Graham R Law, Eleanor M Scott, Roman Hovorka, Helen R Murphy

Journal article  |  2016  |  Obstetrical & Gynecological Survey

Influences of social issues on type 1 diabetes self-management: are we doing enough?

Kalsoom Akhter, Triece Turnbull, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2016  |  Practical Diabetes

Interactions between UCP2 SNPs and telomere length exist in the absence of diabetes or pre-diabetes

Yuling Zhou, David Simmons, Brett D Hambly, Craig S McLachlan

Journal article  |  2016  |  Scientific Reports

Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery during Pregnancy in Women with Type 1 Diabetes

Zoe A Stewart, Malgorzata E Wilinska, Sara Hartnell, Rosemary C Temple, Gerry Rayman, Katharine P Stanley, David Simmons, Graham R Law, Eleanor M Scott, Roman Hovorka, Helen R Murphy

Journal article  |  2016  |  New England Journal of Medicine

CONCEPTT: Continuous Glucose Monitoring in Women with Type 1 Diabetes in Pregnancy Trial: A multi-center, multi-national, randomized controlled trial - Study protocol

Denice S Feig, Elizabeth Asztalos, Rosa Corcoy, Alberto De Leiva, Lois Donovan, Moshe Hod, Lois Jovanovic, Erin Keely, Craig Kollman, Ruth McManus, Kellie Murphy, Katrina Ruedy, J Johanna Sanchez, George Tomlinson, Helen R Murphy

Journal article  |  2016  |  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Association between lung capacity and abnormal glucose metabolism: findings from China and Australia

Dahai Yu, Tao Chen, Rui Qin, Yamei Cai, Zhixin Jiang, Zhanzheng Zhao, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2016  |  Clinical Endocrinology

IADPSG and WHO 2013 Gestational Diabetes Mellitus Criteria Identify Obese Women With Marked Insulin Resistance in Early Pregnancy

Juergen Harreiter, David Simmons, Gernot Desoye, Rosa Corcoy, Juan M Adelantado, Roland Devlieger, Andre van Assche, Sander Galjaard, Peter Damm, Elisabeth R Mathiesen, Dorte M Jensen, Lise Lotte T Andersen, Fidelma Dunne, Annunziata Lapolla, Maria G Dalfra, Alessandra Bertolotto, Urzula Mantaj, Ewa Wender-Ozegowska, Agnieszka Zawiejska, David Hill, et al.

Journal article  |  2016  |  Diabetes Care

HHS in type 1 diabetes associated with medication overdose: can counter-regulatory hormone suppression prevent diabetic ketoacidosis?

E Ghorani, ML Evans, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2016  |  Practical Diabetes

Influence of age on the prevalence and components of the metabolic syndrome and the association with cardiovascular disease

Marion C Devers, Stewart Campbell, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2016  |  BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care

Diabetes integrated care: Are we there yet?

D Simmons, H Wenzel, JC Zgibor

Book Chapter  |  2016

Preface

D Simmons, H Wenzel, JC Zgibor

Book  |  2016

Diabetes among māori and other ethnic groups in New Zealand

E Atlantis, G Joshy, M Williams, D Simmons

Book Chapter  |  2016

Hypertension, antihypertensive treatment and cancer incidence and mortality: a pooled collaborative analysis of 12 Australian and New Zealand cohorts

Jessica L Harding, Manoshayini Sooriyakumaran, Kaarin J Anstey, Robert Adams, Beverley Balkau, Sharon Brennan-Olsen, Tom Briffa, Timothy ME Davis, Wendy A Davis, Annette Dobson, Graham G Giles, Janet Grant, Rachel Huxley, Matthew Knuiman, Mary Luszcz, Paul Mitchell, Julie A Pasco, Christopher M Reid, David Simmons, Leon A Simons, et al.

Journal article  |  2016  |  Journal of Hypertension

The metabolic syndrome and cancer: Is the metabolic syndrome useful for predicting cancer risk above and beyond its individual components?

J Harding, M Sooriyakumaran, KJ Anstey, R Adams, B Balkau, T Briffa, TME Davis, WA Davis, A Dobson, GG Giles, J Grant, M Knuiman, M Luszcz, P Mitchell, JA Pasco, C Reid, D Simmons, L Simons, A Tonkin, M Woodward, et al.

Journal article  |  2015  |  Diabetes & Metabolism

UPBEAT, RADIEL, and DALI: what's the difference?

David Simmons, Mireille NM van Poppel

Journal article  |  2015  |  The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

Comparison of anthropometric measures as predictors of cancer incidence: A pooled collaborative analysis of 11 Australian cohorts

Jessica L Harding, Jonathan E Shaw, Kaarin J Anstey, Robert Adams, Beverley Balkau, Sharon L Brennan-Olsen, Tom Briffa, Timothy ME Davis, Wendy A Davis, Annette Dobson, Leon Flicker, Graham Giles, Janet Grant, Rachel Huxley, Matthew Knuiman, Mary Luszcz, Robert J MacInnis, Paul Mitchell, Julie A Pasco, Christopher Reid, et al.

Journal article  |  2015  |  International Journal of Cancer

Association between pulse pressure and risk of hospital admissions for cardiovascular events among people with Type 2 diabetes: a population-based case-control study

D Yu, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2015  |  Diabetic Medicine

Diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus: falling through the net

Claire L Meek, Hannah B Lewis, Charlotte Patient, Helen R Murphy, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2015  |  Diabetologia

Contributions of Peer Support to Health, Health Care, and Prevention: Papers from Peers for Progress

Edwin B Fisher, Guadalupe X Ayala, Leticia Ibarra, Andrea L Cherrington, John P Elder, Tricia S Tang, Michele Heisler, Monika M Safford, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2015  |  The Annals of Family Medicine

Challenges in the Ethical Review of Peer Support Interventions

David Simmons, Christopher Bunn, Fred Nakwagala, Monika M Safford, Guadalupe X Ayala, Michaela Riddell, Jonathan Graffy, Edwin B Fisher

Journal article  |  2015  |  The Annals of Family Medicine

Competency frameworks in diabetes

D Simmons, T Deakin, N Walsh, B Turner, S Lawrence, L Priest, S George, G Vanterpool, J McArdle, A Rylance, G Terry, P Little

Journal article  |  2015  |  Diabetic Medicine

Safety Considerations with Pharmacological Treatment of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

David Simmons

Journal article  |  2015  |  Drug Safety

Interpretation of HbA(1c): association with mean cell volume and haemoglobin concentration

D Simmons, T Hlaing

Journal article  |  2014  |  Diabetic Medicine

Association between blood pressure and risk of cardiovascular hospital admissions among people with type 2 diabetes

Dahai Yu, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2014  |  Heart

Association between lung capacity measurements and abnormal glucose metabolism: findings from the Crossroads study

D Yu, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2014  |  Diabetic Medicine

Changes in hospital admissions and inpatient tariff associated with a Diabetes Integrated Care Initiative: Preliminary findings

David Simmons, Dahai Yu, Helmut Wenzel

Journal article  |  2014  |  Journal of Diabetes

Relationship between HbA(1c) and risk of all-cause hospital admissions among people with Type 2 diabetes

D Yu, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2013  |  Diabetic Medicine

Peer support: Time to tap the (largely) untapped

D Simmons

Journal article  |  2013  |  European Diabetes Nursing

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: To Screen or Not to Screen? Is this really still a question?

David Simmons, Robert G Moses

Journal article  |  2013  |  Diabetes Care

DALI: Vitamin D and lifestyle intervention for gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) prevention: an European multicentre, randomised trial - study protocol

Judith GM Jelsma, Mireille NM van Poppel, Sander Galjaard, Gernot Desoye, Rosa Corcoy, Roland Devlieger, Andre van Assche, Dirk Timmerman, Goele Jans, Jurgen Harreiter, Alexandra Kautzky-Willer, Peter Damm, Elisabeth R Mathiesen, Dorte M Jensen, Liselotte Andersen, Fidelma Dunne, Annunziata Lapolla, Graziano Di Cianni, Alessandra Bertolotto, Ewa Wender-Oegowska, et al.

Journal article  |  2013  |  BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

Addressing barriers to diabetes care and self-care in general practice: A new framework for practice nurses

E Harwood, C Bunn, S Caton, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Diabetes Nursing

Peer support: Time to tap the (largely) untapped

D Simmons

Journal article  |  2013  |  Practical Diabetes

Which patients with type 2 diabetes attend secondary care clinics?

H Findlay, K Hallett, A Sivakumar, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2013  |  Practical Diabetes

Safety and efficacy of 24-h closed-loop insulin delivery in pregnant women with well-controlled type 1 diabetes

HR Murphy, K Kumareswaran, D Elleri, JM Allen, K Caldwell, M Biagioni, D Simmons, DB Dunger, M Nodale, ME Wilinksa, SA Amiel, R Hovorka

Journal article  |  2013  |  Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics

Expression, Regulation and Putative Nutrient-Sensing Function of Taste GPCRs in the Heart

Simon R Foster, Enzo R Porrello, Brooke Purdue, Hsiu-Wen Chan, Anja Voigt, Sabine Frenzel, Ross D Hannan, Karen M Moritz, David G Simmons, Peter Molenaar, Eugeni Roura, Ulrich Boehm, Wolfgang Meyerhof, Walter G Thomas

Journal article  |  2013  |  PLoS One

Diabetes information technology in UK diabetes secondary care: A snapshot

VER Parker, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2013  |  The British Journal of Diabetes & Vascular Disease

Baseline measures for a school-based obesity control programme: Project Energize: Differences by ethnicity, rurality, age and school socio-economic status

Elaine Rush, Peter W Reed, David Simmons, Tara Coppinger, Stephanie McLennan, David Graham

Journal article  |  2013  |  Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Testing a peer support intervention for people with type 2 diabetes: a pilot for a randomised controlled trial

David Simmons, Simon Cohn, Christopher Bunn, Kym Birch, Sarah Donald, Charlotte Paddison, Candice Ward, Peter Robins, A Toby Prevost, Jonathan Graffy

Journal article  |  2013  |  BMC Family Practice

Diagnostic Criteria and Classification of Hyperglycaemia First Detected in Pregnancy

M Agarwal, M Boulvain, E Coetzee, S Colagiuri, M Falavigna, M Hod, S Meltzer, B Metzger, Y Omori, I Rasa, MI Schmidt, V Seshiah, D Simmons, E Sobngwi

Report  |  2013

Plasma C-peptide concentration in women with Type 1 diabetes during early and late pregnancy

HR Murphy, D Elleri, JM Allen, D Simmons, M Nodale, R Hovorka

Journal article  |  2012  |  Diabetic Medicine

Does a diabetes annual review make a difference?

T Kenealy, B Orr-Walker, R Cutfield, E Robinson, S Buetow, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2012  |  Diabetic Medicine

Gestational diabetes mellitus in Europe: prevalence, current screening practice and barriers to screening. A review

BS Buckley, J Harreiter, P Damm, R Corcoy, A Chico, D Simmons, A Vellinga, F Dunne

Journal article  |  2012  |  Diabetic Medicine

Exploring factors influencing non-attendance at the diabetes clinic and service improvement strategies from patients' perspectives

K Akhter, S Dockray, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2012  |  Practical Diabetes

Successful use of acarbose to manage post-prandial glycaemia in two patients with type 1 diabetes on continuous subcutaneous insulin infusion

Satya Dash, Sarah Crisp, Sara Hartnell, Sarah Donald, Katy Davenport, David Simmons, Mark Evans

Journal article  |  2012  |  Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Pathophysiology of postprandial hyperglycaemia in women with type 1 diabetes during pregnancy

HR Murphy, D Elleri, JM Allen, J Harris, D Simmons, G Rayman, RC Temple, AM Umpleby, DB Dunger, A Haidar, M Nodale, ME Wilinska, R Hovorka

Journal article  |  2012  |  Diabetologia

A school-based obesity control programme: Project Energize. Two-year outcomes

Elaine Rush, Peter Reed, Stephanie McLennan, Tara Coppinger, David Simmons, David Graham

Journal article  |  2012  |  British Journal of Nutrition

Tracking of body mass indices over 2 years in Maori and European children

E Rush, PW Reed, S McLennan, T Coppinger, D Simmons, D Graham

Journal article  |  2012  |  European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Safety and efficacy of 24-h closed-loop insulin delivery in well-controlled pregnant women with type 1 diabetes: A randomized crossover case series (Diabetes Care (2011) 34, (2527-2529))

HR Murphy, K Kumareswaran, D Elleri, JM Allen, K Caldwell, M Biagioni, D Simmons, DB Dunger, M Nodale, ME Wilinska, SA Amiel, R Hovorka

Journal article  |  2012  |  Diabetes Care

The current status of diabetes professional educational standards and competencies in the UKua Position Statement from the Diabetes UK Healthcare Professional Education Competency Framework Task and Finish Group

N Walsh, S George, L Priest, T Deakin, G Vanterpool, B Karet, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2011  |  Diabetic Medicine

Safety and Efficacy of 24-h Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery in Well-Controlled Pregnant Women With Type 1 Diabetes A randomized crossover case series

Helen R Murphy, Kavita Kumareswaran, Daniela Elleri, Janet M Allen, Karen Caldwell, Martina Biagioni, David Simmons, David B Dunger, Marianna Nodale, Malgorzata E Wilinska, Stephanie A Amiel, Roman Hovorka

Journal article  |  2011  |  Diabetes Care

Random Blood Glucose Measurement at Antenatal Booking to Screen for Overt Diabetes in Pregnancy

David Church, David Halsall, Claire Meek, Richard A Parker, Helen R Murphy, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2011  |  Diabetes Care

Diabetes inpatients: a case of lose, lose, lose. Is it time to use a 'diabetes-attributable hospitalization cost' to assess the impact of diabetes?

D Simmons, H Wenzel

Journal article  |  2011  |  Diabetic Medicine

Cost saving and improved glycaemic control in an integrated diabetes service

H Hollern, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2011  |  Diabetes and Primary Care

Should diabetes be commissioned through multidisciplinary networks, rather than Practice Based Commissioning?

David Simmons, Patrick English, Peter Robins, Andrew Craig, Rachael Addicott

Journal article  |  2011  |  Primary Care Diabetes

Diabetes and obesity in pregnancy

David Simmons

Journal article  |  2011  |  Best Practice and Research in Clinical Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Impact of patient level factors on the improvement of the ABCs of diabetes

Gretchen A Piatt, Thomas J Songer, Maria M Brooks, Robert M Anderson, David Simmons, Trevor J Orchard, Linda M Siminerio, Mary T Korytkowski, Janice C Zgibor

Journal article  |  2011  |  Patient Education and Counseling

Closed-Loop Insulin Delivery During Pregnancy Complicated by Type 1 Diabetes

Helen R Murphy, Daniela Eller, Janet M Allen, Julie Harris, David Simmons, Gerry Rayman, Rosemary Temple, David B Dunger, Ahmad Haidar, Marianna Nodale, Malgorzata E Wilinska, Roman Hovorka

Journal article  |  2011  |  Diabetes Care

Effectiveness of a Regional Prepregnancy Care Program in Women With Type 1 and Type 2 Diabetes Benefits beyond glycemic control

Helen R Murphy, Jonathan M Roland, Timothy C Skinner, David Simmons, Eleanor Gurnell, Nicholas J Morrish, Shiu-Ching Soo, Suzannah Kelly, Boon Lim, Joanne Randall, Sarah Thompsett, Rosemary C Temple

Journal article  |  2010  |  Diabetes Care

Increased red cell count in diabetes and pre-diabetes

D Simmons

Journal article  |  2010  |  Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Metformin treatment for Type 2 diabetes in pregnancy?

David Simmons

Journal article  |  2010  |  Bailliere's Best Practice and Research in Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Mapping the availability and accessibility of healthy food in rural and urban New Zealand - Te Wai o Rona: Diabetes Prevention Strategy

Jing Wang, Margaret Williams, Elaine Rush, Nic Crook, Nita G Forouhi, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2010  |  Public Health Nutrition

The New Zealand experience in peer support interventions among people with diabetes

D Simmons, JA Voyle, Elaine Rush, Murray Dear

Journal article  |  2010  |  Family Practice

Ethnic disparities in causes of death among diabetes patients in the Waikato region of New Zealand.

Grace Joshy, Chanukya Kamalinie Colonne, Peter Dunn, David Simmons, Ross Lawrenson

Journal article  |  2010  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

AIM: Assist health service planning by: (1) estimating the causes and disparities in mortality among people with diabetes in Waika..

Gestational diabetes mellitus: NICE for the U.S.? A comparison of the American Diabetes Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists Guidelines with the U.K. National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence Guidelines: Response to Holt et al.

D Simmons, A McElduff, HD McIntyre, M Elrishi

Journal article  |  2010  |  Diabetes Care

Hypomagnesaemia is associated with diabetes: Not pre-diabetes, obesity or the metabolic syndrome

David Simmons, Supriya Joshi, Jonathan Shaw

Journal article  |  2010  |  Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: NICE for the US? A comparison of the American Diabetes Association and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists guidelines with the UK National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines

David Simmons, Aidan McElduff, Harold David McIntyre, Mohamed Elrishi

Journal article  |  2010  |  Diabetes Care

Relationships between a walk test, body size and metabolic risk among a New Zealand Maori community

EC Rush, N Crook, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2010  |  Annals of Human Biology

Personal experiences of women with diabetes who do not attend pre-pregnancy care

HR Murphy, RC Temple, VE Ball, JM Roland, S Steel, R Zill-E-Huma, D Simmons, LR Royce, TC Skinner

Journal article  |  2010  |  Diabetic Medicine

DIABETES Diabetes risk after gestational diabetes mellitus

David Simmons

Journal article  |  2009  |  Nature Reviews Endocrinology

Recalibration and validation of the SCORE risk chart in the Australian population: the AusSCORE chart

Lei Chen, Andrew M Tonkin, Lynelle Moon, Paul Mitchell, Annette Dobson, Graham Giles, Michael Hobbs, Patrick J Phillips, Jonathan E Shaw, David Simmons, Leon A Simons, Anthony P Fitzgerald, Guy De Backer, Dirk De Bacquer

Journal article  |  2009  |  European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation

Optimal waist cutpoint for screening for dysglycaemia and metabolic risk: evidence from a Maori cohort

Elaine C Rush, Nic Crook, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2009  |  British Journal of Nutrition

Prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance, and impaired fasting glucose among Maori in Te Wai o Rona: Diabetes Prevention Strategy.

David Simmons, Elaine Rush, Nic Crook

Journal article  |  2009  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

AIMS: To describe the prevalence of undiagnosed diabetes, impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) and impaired fasting glucose (IFG) ("dy..

Epidemiologic context of diabetes in pregnancy

D Simmons

Book Chapter  |  2009

Difficulties in the use of risk factors to screen for gestational diabetes mellitus.

David Simmons, Marion C Devers, Louise Wolmarans, Elizabeth Johnson

Journal article  |  2009  |  Diabetes Care

Development and piloting of a community health worker-based intervention for the prevention of diabetes among New Zealand Maori in Te Wai o Rona: Diabetes Prevention Strategy

D Simmons, E Rush, N Crook

Journal article  |  2008  |  Public Health Nutrition

Increasing activity and improving nutrition through a schools-based programme: Project Energize. 1. Design, programme, randomisation and evaluation methodology

David Graham, Sarah Appleton, Elaine Rush, Stephanie McLennan, Peter Reed, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2008  |  Public Health Nutrition

Point-of-care testing as a tool for screening for diabetes and pre-diabetes.

E Rush, N Crook, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2008  |  Diabetic Medicine

AIM: To determine the utility of finger-prick point-of-care testing (POCT) of blood glucose for the detection of dysglycaemia. MET..

Diabetes during and after pregnancy: Screen more, monitor better

David Simmons

Journal article  |  2008  |  Canadian Medical Association Journal

Characteristics and blood pressure management in patients with and without diabetes in primary care in rural Victoria

David Simmons

Journal article  |  2008  |  Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Should liver function tests be included in definitions of metabolic syndrome? Evidence from the association between liver function tests, components of metabolic syndrome and prevalent cardiovascular disease

MC Devers, S Campbell, J Shaw, P Zimmet, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2008  |  Diabetic Medicine

Low prevalence of retinopathy, but high prevalence of nephropathy among Maori with newly diagnosed diabetes-Te Wai o Rona: Diabetes Prevention Strategy

Sarina Lim, Chandrasakaran Chellumuthi, Nic Crook, Elaine Rush, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2008  |  Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Concordance and discordance between primary and secondary care health workers in perceptions of barriers to diabetes care.

Steven Lillis, David Simmons, Judith Swan, Jarrod Haar

Journal article  |  2008  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

AIMS: To understand differences between primary care health professionals and secondary care health workers in their perceptions o..

Screening, diagnosis and services for women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) in New Zealand: a technical report from the National GDM Technical Working Party.

David Simmons, Janet Rowan, Rosemary Reid, Norma Campbell, undefined National GDM Working Party

Journal article  |  2008  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

Rates of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) and Type 2 diabetes in pregnancy are increasing with the epidemic of obesity. GDM is ..

Retention of patients in the Get Checked free annual diabetes review programme in New Zealand.

Grace Joshy, Ross A Lawrenson, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2008  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

AIMS: To characterise the retention of patients in the Get Checked free annual diabetes review programme in the Waikato region of ..

Diagnosis of gestational diabetes mellitus - a comparison of two screening tests. Which is the way ahead?

David Simmons

Journal article  |  2008  |  Nature Clinical Practice Endocrinology & Metabolism

Personal impact of type 2 diabetes decreased over 5 years: implications for motivating patients.

Tim Kenealy, Campbell Kyle, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2008  |  Primary Care Diabetes

AIM: To investigate the change in personal impact of diabetes, in the same patients, over 5 years. METHODS: Subjects were 144 Euro..

Diabetes in Pregnancy in New Zealand

D SIMMONS, J Oats

Book Chapter  |  2008

Characteristics and blood pressure management of diabetic and non-diabetic patients in primary care in rural Victoria

D SIMMONS

Journal article  |  2008  |  Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Ethnic differences in diabetic retinopathy

D Simmons, G Clover, C Hope

Journal article  |  2007  |  Diabetic Medicine

Diabetes risk factors, diabetes and diabetes care in a rural Australian community

David Simmons, Lisa Bourke, Edward Yau, Mary Hoodless

Journal article  |  2007  |  Australian Journal of Rural Health

Glycaemic control and antibody status among patients with newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetes.

Doron Hickey, Grace Joshy, Peter Dunn, David Simmons, Ross Lawrenson

Journal article  |  2007  |  The New Zealand medical journal

AIM: To compare the risk of admission to hospital and poor glycaemic control by antibody status among newly diagnosed patients wit..

Glycaemic control and antibody status among Waikato, New Zealand patients with newly diagnosed Type 1 diabetes

D Hickey, G Joshy, P Dunn, D Simmons, R Lawrenson

Journal article  |  2007  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

Self-reported past gestational diabetes mellitus as a risk factor for abnormal glucose tolerance among Australian women

David Simmons, Simon Eaton, Jonathan Shaw, Paul Zimmet

Journal article  |  2007  |  Diabetes Care

Multiple thrombotic events following warfarin reversal

M Ratnaweera, W Janowski, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2007  |  Internal Medicine Journal

Erratum: A collaborative cardiovascular health program for aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Goulburn-Murray region: Development and risk factor screening at indigenous community organisations (Australian Journal of Primary Health (2007) 13, 1, (9))

L Aitken, I Anderson, V Atkinson, JD Best, P Briggs, J Calleja, S Charles, J Doyle, J Mohamed, R Patten, K Rowley, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2007  |  Australian Journal of Primary Health

The ADIPS pilot National Diabetes in Pregnancy Audit Project

David Simmons, N Wah Cheung, H David McIntyre, Jeff R Flack, Janet Lagstrom, Dianne Bond, Elizabeth Johnson, Louise Wolmarans, Peter Wein, Ashim K Sinha

Journal article  |  2007  |  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

A collaborative cardiovascular health program for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Goulburn-Murray region: Development and risk factor screening at indigenous community organisations

Leeandra Aitken, Ian Anderson, Vicki Atkinson, James D Best, Paul Briggs, Julie Calleja, Sharon Charles, Joyce Doyle, Justin Mohamed, Rochelle Patten, Kevin Rowley, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2007  |  Australian Journal of Primary Health

A case control study of diabetic patients who default from primary care in urban New Zealand

D Simmons, G Clover

Journal article  |  2007  |  Diabetes & Metabolism

Discordance in perceptions of barriers to diabetes care between patients and primary care and secondary care

David Simmons, Steven Lillis, Judith Swan, Jarrod Haar

Journal article  |  2007  |  Diabetes Care

Relationship between maternal glycaemia and birth weight in glucose-tolerant women from different ethnic groups in New Zealand

D Simmons

Journal article  |  2007  |  Diabetic Medicine

Mortality in individuals with Type 2 diabetes and heart disease in a unique New Zealand population

GD Kerr, GD Gamble, RN Doughty, D Simmons, J Baker

Journal article  |  2006  |  Diabetic Medicine

Diabetes information systems: A rapidly emerging support for diabetes surveillance and care

Grace Joshy, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2006  |  Diabetes Technology & Therapeutics

Investigating the accuracy of ethnicity data in New Zealand hospital records: still room for improvement.

Judith Swan, Steven Lillis, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2006  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

BACKGROUND: The accuracy of ethnicity information in the New Zealand hospital data was reported on in 1994. Data collected in the ..

Is grand multiparity associated with an increased risk of dysglycaemia?

D Simmons, J Shaw, A McKenzie, S Eaton, AJ Cameron, P Zimmet

Journal article  |  2006  |  Diabetologia

Ethnic differences in Type 2 diabetes care and outcomes in Auckland: a multiethnic community in New Zealand.

Tom Robinson, David Simmons, David Scott, Eileen Howard, Karen Pickering, Rick Cutfield, John Baker, Ashwin Patel, John Wellingham, Sara Morton

Journal article  |  2006  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

INTRODUCTION: In New Zealand, Maori and Pacific (mostly of Samoan, Tongan, Niuean, or Cook Islands origin) people with Type 2 diab..

Epidemiology of diabetes in New Zealand: revisit to a changing landscape.

Grace Joshy, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2006  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

AIM: The aim of this review is to describe the evolution of the burden of diabetes, its risk factors and complications in New Zeal..

Dental health in rural Victoria: the Crossroads Household Survey

D Simmons, K Culliney, G Joshy, A McKenzie, M Morgan

Journal article  |  2006  |  Australian Dental Journal

Comparison of international and New Zealand guidelines for the care of pregnant women with diabetes

WA Cutchie, NW Cheung, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2006  |  Diabetic Medicine

Translating the chronic care model into the community - Results from a randomized controlled trial of a multifaceted diabetes care intervention

GA Piatt, TJ Orchard, S Emerson, D Simmons, TJ Songer, MM Brooks, M Korytkowski, LM Siminerio, U Ahmad, JC Zgibor

Journal article  |  2006  |  Diabetes Care

Auditing diabetes in pregnancy care in New Zealand.

David Simmons, Jeff R Flack, H David McIntyre

Journal article  |  2006  |  The New Zealand medical journal

Auditing diabetes in pregnancy care in New Zealand [4]

D Simmons, JR Flack, HD McIntyre

Journal article  |  2006  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

Gestational diabetes mellitus: time for consensus on screening and diagnosis.

David Simmons, Louise Wolmarans, Wendy Cutchie, Elizabeth Johnson, Alastair Haslam, Corli Roodt, Janet Rowan

Journal article  |  2006  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

Are energy drinks contributing to the obesity epidemic?

E Rush, S Schulz, V Obolonkin, D Simmons, L Plank

Journal article  |  2006  |  Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Prevalence of diabetes in rural Victoria

D Simmons, A Mckenzie, S Eaton, J Shaw, P Zimmet

Journal article  |  2005  |  Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Gestational diabetes mellitus: from consensus to action on screening and treatment

HD McIntyre, NW Cheung, JJN Oats, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2005  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Characteristics of hypertensive patients and their management in rural Australia

D Simmons

Journal article  |  2005  |  Journal of Human Hypertension

Choice and availability of takeaway and restaurant food is not related to the prevalence of adult obesity in rural communities in Australia

D Simmons, A McKenzie, S Eaton, N Cox, MA Khan, J Shaw, P Zimmet

Journal article  |  2005  |  International Journal of Obesity

In-hospital breast feeding rates among women with gestational diabetes and pregestational Type 2 diabetes in South Auckland

D Simmons, C Conroy, CF Thompson

Journal article  |  2005  |  Diabetic Medicine

Obstetric outcomes among rural Aboriginal Victorians

D Simmons, MA Khan, G Teale

Journal article  |  2005  |  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Controlling the diabetes epidemic: how should we screen for undiagnosed diabetes and dysglycaemia?

D Simmons, CF Thompson, MM Engelgau

Journal article  |  2005  |  Diabetic Medicine

Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes (FIELD) study: baseline characteristics and short-term effects of fenofibrate [ISRCTN64783481]

R Scott, J Best, P Forder, M-R Taskinen, J Simes, P Barter, A Keech, P Barter, J Best, P Colman, M d'Emden, T Davis, P Drury, C Ehnholm, P Glasziou, D Hunt, A Keech, YA Kesaniemi, M Laakso, R Scott, et al.

Journal article  |  2005  |  Cardiovascular Diabetology

How does a household health survey change consumer perspectives of diabetes in a multiethnic area of New Zealand?

D SIMMONS, L BOURKE

Journal article  |  2005  |  Journal of Research for Consumers

Body size, body composition, and fat distribution: a comparison of young New Zealand men of European, Pacific Island, and Asian Indian ethnicities.

Elaine Rush, Lindsay Plank, Vishnu Chandu, Manaia Laulu, David Simmons, Boyd Swinburn, Chittaranjan Yajnik

Journal article  |  2004  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

AIMS: To investigate body size and body fat relationships and fat distribution in young healthy men drawn from New Zealand Europea..

Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among adult New Zealanders of Polynesian and European descent

D Simmons, CF Thompson

Journal article  |  2004  |  Diabetes Care

Should we trust results of meta-analyses?

D Simmons, S Lillis, J Swan, J Haar, JF Smith

Journal article  |  2004  |  The Lancet

Should we trust results of meta-analyses?

Alain Braillon

Journal article  |  2004  |  Lancet

Diabetes care: practice nurse roles, attitudes and concerns

T Kenealy, B Arroll, H Kenealy, B Docherty, D Scott, R Scragg, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2004  |  Journal of Advanced Nursing

Metformin therapy and diabetes in pregnancy.

Sharon J Gardiner, Evan J Begg, Carl MJ Kirkpatrick, Robert B Buckham

Journal article  |  2004  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Metformin therapy and diabetes in pregnancy.

David Simmons, Barry NJ Walters, Janet A Rowan, H David McIntyre

Journal article  |  2004  |  Medical Journal of Australia

No adverse pregnancy outcomes with metformin use have been reported, except in one unmatched study. Otherwise, the studies are sma..

The New Zealand Diabetes Passport Study: a randomized controlled trial of the impact of a diabetes passport on risk factors for diabetes-related complications

D Simmons, GD Gamble, S Foote, DR Cole, G Coster

Journal article  |  2004  |  Diabetic Medicine

Tale of two churches: differential impact of a church-based diabetes control programme among Pacific Islands people in New Zealand

D Simmons, JA Voyle, F Fout, S Feot, L Leakehet

Journal article  |  2004  |  Diabetic Medicine

The need for a large-scale trial of fibrate therapy in diabetes: the rationale and design of the Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes (FIELD) study. [ISRCTN64783481]

P Barter, J Best, P Colman, M d'Emden, T Davis, P Drury, C Ehnholm, P Glasziou, D Hunt, A Keech, YA Kesaniemi, M Laakso, R Scott, RJ Simes, D Sullivan, M-R Taskinen, M Whiting, J-C Ansquer, B Fraitag, N Anderson, et al.

Journal article  |  2004  |  Cardiovascular Diabetology

Impact of an integrated approach to diabetes care at the Rumbalara Aboriginal Health Service

D Simmons

Journal article  |  2003  |  Internal Medicine Journal

Removing the roadblocks to medical and health student training in rural hospitals in Victoria.

Graeme I Jones, Katrina A Alford, Ursula J Russell, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2003  |  Australian Journal of Rural Health

OBJECTIVE: To assess the extent of undergraduate health student placements in regional hospitals in northern Victoria in 1999, pri..

Addressing the shortage of rural physicians in Victoria: maximising rural trainee recruitment

D Simmons, A Fieldhouse, LE Bolitho, GJ Phelps, R Ziffer, GJ Disher

Journal article  |  2003  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Ethnic differences in diabetes symptoms among people without known diabetes in New Zealand

D Simmons, CF Thompson, MM Engelgau

Journal article  |  2003  |  Diabetes Care

Reaching hard-to-reach, high-risk populations: piloting a health promotion and diabetes disease prevention programme on an urban marae in New Zealand

D Simmons, JA Voyle

Journal article  |  2003  |  Health Promotion International

The Crossroads Rural Health Studies: Health in the Benalla Community

AE MCKENZIE, L BOURKE, D SIMMONS

Report  |  2003

The Crossroads Rural Health Studies: Health in the Euroa community

AE MCKENZIE, L BOURKE, D SIMMONS

Report  |  2003

The Crossroads Rural Health Studies: Health in the Seymour Community

AE MCKENZIE, L BOURKE, D SIMMONS

Report  |  2003

Tonga (Kingdom of)

MA KHAN, D SIMMONS, H HARRY, IF VUNILEVA

Book Chapter  |  2003

The Crossroads Rural Health Studies: Health in the Shepparton Community

AE MCKENZIE, L BOURKE, D SIMMONS

Report  |  2003

The Crossroads Rural Health Studies: Health in the Echuca Community

AE MCKENZIE, L BOURKE, D SIMMONS

Report  |  2003

The Crossroads Rural Health Studies: Health in the Alexandra Community

L BOURKE, D SIMMONS

Report  |  2003

Some key elements for developing a case management model of care to optimise outcomes in diabetes in a rural setting

JH ARTRIDGE, D SIMMONS, M SUMMERS

Conference Proceedings  |  2003  |  Proceedings of the 7th National Rural Health Conference

The Crossroads Rural Health Studies: Health in the Mooroopna Community

AE MCKENZIE, L BOURKE, D SIMMONS

Report  |  2003

The Crossroads Rural Health Studies: Health in the Cobram Community

AE MCKENZIE, L BOURKE, D SIMMONS

Report  |  2003

The presence of a common mitochondrial DNA variant is associated with fasting insulin levels in Europeans in Auckland

J Poulton, AL Bednarz, M Scott-Brown, C Thompson, VA Macaulay, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2002  |  Diabetic Medicine

Diabetes care by general practitioners in South Auckland: changes from 1990 to 1999.

Tim Kenealy, Helen Kenealy, Bruce Arroll, David Scott, Robert Scragg, David Simmons

Journal article  |  2002  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

AIM: To compare self-reported practices and preferences for diabetes care by general practitioners (GPs) in South Auckland between..

Barriers to blood glucose monitoring in a multiethnic community

JC Zgibor, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2002  |  Diabetes Care

Eye health in rural Australia

AC Madden, D Simmons, CA McCarty, MA Khan, HR Taylor

Journal article  |  2002  |  Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology

Erratum: Guidelines for the management of gestational diabetes mellitus revisited (Med J Aust (2002) 176 (352))

DS Simmons, BNJ Walters, P Wein, NW Cheung

Journal article  |  2002  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Fetal overnutrition in Polynesian pregnancies and in gestational diabetes may lead to dysregulation of the adipoinsular axis in offspring

D Simmons, BH Breier

Journal article  |  2002  |  Diabetes Care

The utility and efficacy of the new insulins in the management of diabetes and pregnancy.

David Simmons

Journal article  |  2002  |  Current Diabetes Reports

The quest for tight glucose control has led to the development of insulin analogues (insulin lispro, insulin aspart, insulin glarg..

Development of guidelines for non-indigenous people undertaking research among the Indigenous population of north-east Victoria

R Henderson, DS Simmons, L Bourke, J Muir

Journal article  |  2002  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Dispelling the myths about rural consultant physician practice: the Victorian Physicians Survey

D Simmons, LE Bolitho, GJ Phelps, R Ziffer, GJ Disher

Journal article  |  2002  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Association between twin pregnancy and hyperglycemia in a multiethnic community in New Zealand

D Simmons, M Yapa

Journal article  |  2002  |  Diabetes Care

Guidelines for the management of gestational diabetes mellitus revisited

DS Simmons, BNJ Walters, P Wein, NW Cheung

Journal article  |  2002  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Selective screening for gestational diabetes in Chinese women

XL Yang, B Hsu-Hage, LC Yu, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2002  |  Diabetes care

Selective Screening for Gestational Diabetes in Chinese Women

X Yang, B Hsu-Hage, L Yu, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2002  |  Diabetes Care

Adult obesity and growth in childhood [4] (multiple letters)

D Simmons, BH Breier, R Fraser, H Soltani, N Stettler, VA Stallings, T Cundy, S Langley-Evans

Journal article  |  2002  |  British Medical Journal

Adult obesity and growth in childhood - Fuel mediated teratogenesis driven by maternal obesity may be responsible for pandemic of obesity

D Simmons, BH Breier

Journal article  |  2002  |  BMJ

Fuel mediated teratogenesis driven by maternal obesity may be responsible for pandemic of obesity

D SIMMONS, BH BREIER

Journal article  |  2002  |  British Medical Journal

Prevention of complications: A commentary

D SIMMONS

Book Chapter  |  2002

Evaluation of the healthly lifestyle program of the Rumbalara Football Netball Club

L BOURKE, D SIMMONS, J MUIR

Report  |  2002

Adult obesity and growth in childhood. Fuel mediated teratogenesis driven by maternal obesity may be responsible for pandemic of obesity.

D Simmons, BH Breier

Journal article  |  2002  |  BMJ (Clinical research ed.)

General practice changes in South Auckland from 1990 to 1999: A threat to continuity of care?

T KENEALY, B ARROLL, H KENEALY, DJ SCOTT, R SCRAGG, D SIMMONS

Journal article  |  2002  |  New Zealand Family Physician

Determinants of health, disease, and disability: Differences between country and city

D SIMMONS, B HSU-HAGE

Book Chapter  |  2002

Use of insulin pumps in pregnancies complicated by type 2 diabetes and gestational diabetes in a multiethnic community

D Simmons, CF Thompson, C Conroy, DJ Scott

Journal article  |  2001  |  Diabetes Care

Rural training and the state of rural health services: effect of rural background on the perception and attitude of first-year medical students at the university of melbourne.

SA Azer, D Simmons, SL Elliott

Journal article  |  2001  |  Australian Journal of Rural Health

The aim of this project is to investigate the relationship between medical students' background and their perception of the state ..

Impact of a diabetes midwifery educator on the diabetes in pregnancy service at Middlemore Hospital

D Simmons, C Conroy, DJ Scott

Journal article  |  2001  |  Practical Diabetes International

Heart disease and diabetes risk factors in Pacific Islands communities and associations with measures of body

AC Bell, BA Swinburn, D Simmons, W Wang, H Amosa, B Gatland

Journal article  |  2001  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

Effectiveness of changes in the delivery of diabetes care in a rural community.

A O'Grady, D Simmons, S Tupe, G Hewlett

Journal article  |  2001  |  Australian Journal of Rural Health

Diabetes has a significant impact upon health in rural Maori communities. A diabetes club was established to support self-care and..

Polynesians: prone to obesity and Type 2 diabetes mellitus but not hyperinsulinaemia

D Simmons, CF Thompson, D Volklander

Journal article  |  2001  |  Diabetic Medicine

Angiotensin-1-converting enzyme and angiotensinogen gene polymorphisms in Maori and Pacific Island people in New Zealand

CV Kyle, W Abbott, RP Young, B Nijmeijer, D Simmons, GD Braatvedt

Journal article  |  2001  |  Internal Medicine Journal

Diabetes in general practice: Tongans in Tonga and South Auckland.

G Mafi, D Simmons, T Harry, A Patel, J Wellingham, R Cutfield

Journal article  |  2001  |  Journal of Quality In Clinical Practice

The aim of this study was to compare the management and treatment outcomes of Tongan diabetic patients in Tonga and South Auckland..

Rural primary health care in Australia: What can we learn?

D SIMMONS

Journal article  |  2001  |  New Doctor

Personal Barriers to Diabetes Care: Is It Me, Them, or Us?: Preface

D Simmons

Journal article  |  2001  |  Diabetes Spectrum: From Research to Practice

A community diabetes educator course for the unemployed in South Auckland, New Zealand

PB Tregonning, D Simmons, C Fleming

Journal article  |  2001  |  The Diabetes Educator

Predisposition to nephropathy in Polynesians is associated with family history of renal disease, not diabetes mellitus

CF Thompson, D Simmons, JF Collins, A Cecil

Journal article  |  2001  |  Diabetic Medicine

Diabetes in general practice: Tongans in Tonga and South Auckland.

G MAFI, D SIMMONS, H HARRY, A PATEL, J WELLINGHAM, R CUTFIELD

Journal article  |  2001  |  Journal of Quality in Clinical Practice

A multimedia approach to understanding diabetes

D SIMMONS

Journal article  |  2001  |  The Lancet

Advanced training program for rural physicians.

D SIMMONS, GJ PHELPS, R ZIFFER, LE BOLITHO, B KNIGHT, G DISHER

Journal article  |  2001  |  RACP News

Preventable hospitalisations for diabetic complications in rural and urban Victoria

MZ Ansari, D Simmons, WG Hart, F Cicuttini, NJ Carson, NIAG Brand, MJ Ackland, DJ Lang

Conference Proceedings  |  2000  |  Australian Journal of Primary Health - Interchange

Do polynesians have obesity-driven fuel-mediated teratogenesis?

D Simmons, BH Brier

Journal article  |  2000  |  Diabetes Care

Prevalence and characteristics of diabetic patients with no ongoing care in South Auckland

D Simmons, C Fleming

Journal article  |  2000  |  Diabetes Care

Incidence and risk factors for neonatal hypoglycaemia among women with gestational diabetes mellitus in South Auckland

D Simmons, CF Thompson, C Conroy

Journal article  |  2000  |  Diabetic Medicine

Capture-recapture, epidemiology, and list mismatches: Two lists

GAF Seber, JT Huakau, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2000  |  Biometrics

Population based approaches to the integration of primary and secondary care

D Simmons

Conference Proceedings  |  2000  |  Australian Journal of Primary Health - Interchange

Implementing the South Auckland Diabetes Plan: barriers and lessons

D Simmons, T Kenealy, DJ Scott

Journal article  |  2000  |  The New Zealand medical journal

Screening for gestational diabetes mellitus in a multiethnic population in New Zealand

M Yapa, D Simmons

Journal article  |  2000  |  Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Roles and activities of the Commonwealth Government University Departments of Rural Health.

JS Humphreys, D Lyle, J Wakerman, E Chalmers, D Wilkinson, J Walker, D Simmons, A Larson

Journal article  |  2000  |  Australian Journal of Rural Health

Since 1996, University Departments of Rural Health (UDRH) have been established at Broken Hill, Mount Isa, Shepparton, Launceston,..

The development of a national agreed minimum diabetes dataset for New Zealand.

D Simmons, K Coppell, PL Drury

Journal article  |  2000  |  Journal of Quality in Clinical Practice

The development of a minimum diabetes dataset (MDD) for monitoring diabetes in New Zealand was intended to facilitate diabetes qua..

Can medication packaging improve glycemic control and blood pressure in type 2 diabetes? Results from a randomized controlled trial

D Simmons, M Upjohn, GD Gamble

Journal article  |  2000  |  Diabetes Care

High impact of nephropathy on five-year mortality rates among patients with Type 2 diabetes mellitus from a multi-ethnic population in New Zealand

D Simmons, J Schaumkel, A Cecil, DJ Scott, T Kenealy

Journal article  |  1999  |  Diabetic Medicine

The personal costs of diabetes: a significant barrier to care in South Auckland

D Simmons, A Peng, A Cecil, B Gatland

Journal article  |  1999  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

Community development through partnership: promoting health in an urban indigenous community in New Zealand

JA Voyle, D Simmons

Journal article  |  1999  |  Social Science & Medicine

Community networking as a means for identifying people with diabetes in a rural, predominantly bicultural community in New Zealand.

D Simmons, M Kirkwood, S Maxwell, T Weblemoe, BA Gatland, D Richards

Journal article  |  1999  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

Screening for Type 2 diabetes mellitus in the UK Indo-Asian population.

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1999  |  Diabetic Medicine

Prevalence of known diabetes in different ethnic groups in inner urban South Auckland

D Simmons, T Harry, B Gatland

Journal article  |  1999  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

Hypertension guidelines for diabetic patients.

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1999  |  The New Zealand medical journal

Diabetes in New Zealand--better information needed.

N Wilson, O Mansoor, D Simmons

Journal article  |  1999  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

AIMS: To review the availability and quality of data on the epidemiology of diabetes in New Zealand. METHODS: A search was underta..

Gestational diabetes mellitus: growing consensus on management but not diagnosis.

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1999  |  The New Zealand medical journal

Gestational diabetes mellitus: Growing consensus on management but not diagnosis

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1999  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

Optimising ambulatory diabetes care in the information age: Primary care, secondary care or integrated care?

D Simmons, T Kenealy

Journal article  |  1999  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

Optimising ambulatory diabetes care in the information age: primary care, secondary care or integrated care?

D Simmons, T Kenealy

Journal article  |  1999  |  The New Zealand medical journal

Family history of diabetes in a biethnic population

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1999  |  Journal of Internal Medicine of India

Does the "Thunderbirds syndrome" still exist.

D Simmons, PJ Scott

Journal article  |  1998  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

Rationing of resources within both the private and public health care systems is a fact of life. The Thunderbirds TV series encaps..

Personal barriers to diabetes care: Lessons from a multi-ethnic community in New Zealand

D Simmons, T Weblemoe, J Voyle, A Prichard, L Leakehe, B Gatland

Journal article  |  1998  |  Diabetic Medicine

Diabetic nephropathy in New Zealand Maori and Pacific Islands people

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1998  |  Nephrology

Gestational diabetes mellitus - management guidelines - The Australasian Diabetes in Pregnancy Society

L Hoffman, C Nolan, JD Wilson, JJN Oats, D Simmons

Journal article  |  1998  |  Medical Journal of Australia

Early childhood growth in ethnic groups predisposed to NIDDM: a prospective study.

SP Robertson, D Simmons

Journal article  |  1998  |  Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

Evidence is accumulating to suggest that the intrauterine environment may not only influence fetal growth and anthropometric indic..

Personal paper - Risk of diabetic nephropathy in potential living related kidney donors

D Simmons, M Searle

Journal article  |  1998  |  BMJ

A pilot urban church-based programme to reduce risk factors for diabetes among Western Samoans in New Zealand.

D Simmons, C Fleming, J Voyle, F Fou, S Feo, B Gatland

Journal article  |  1998  |  Diabetic Medicine

We have assessed the impact of a 2-year pilot church-base diabetes risk reduction programme on major lifestyle predictors of futur..

Perceptions of diabetes among rural Maori elders and spokespersons

M Kirkwood, D Simmons, T Weblemoe, J Voyle, D Richards

Journal article  |  1997  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

Health care costs of obesity in New Zealand

B Swinburn, T Ashton, J Gillespie, B Cox, A Menon, D Simmons, J Birkbeck

Journal article  |  1997  |  International Journal of Obesity

Influence of maternal insulin treatment on the infants of women with gestational diabetes

D Simmons, S Robertson

Journal article  |  1997  |  Diabetic Medicine

Persistently poor pregnancy outcomes in women with insulin dependent diabetes.

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1997  |  BMJ

NIDDM and breastfeeding.

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1997  |  The Lancet

Dietary practices among Europeans and different South Asian groups in Coventry.

D Simmons, R Williams

Journal article  |  1997  |  British Journal of Nutrition

The dietary customs of people of South Asian origin living in Britain are important determinants of health but have been relativel..

Community-based approaches for the primary prevention of non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus

D Simmons, J Voyle, B Swinburn, K ODea

Journal article  |  1997  |  Diabetic Medicine

Association between neonatal blood pressure and umbilical cord insulin concentration.

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1997  |  Diabetic Medicine

The aetiology of the metabolic syndrome remains unknown. This study investigated whether two components of this syndrome, higher b..

The diabetes care support service for general practitioners in Auckland

D Simmons, CE Fleming, R Cutfield, A Patel, J Innes, J Wellingham

Journal article  |  1997  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

A pilot diabetes awareness and exercise programme in a multiethnic workforce

D Simmons, C Fleming, M Cameron, L Leakehe

Journal article  |  1996  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

Ethnic differences in diabetes care in a multiethnic community in New Zealand

D Simmons, BA Gatland, L Leakehe, C Fleming

Journal article  |  1996  |  Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice

What happens to women with preeclampsia? Microalbuminuria and hypertension following preeclampsia.

RA North, D Simmons, D Barnfather, M Upjohn

Conference Proceedings  |  1996  |  The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

There is little published data on the incidence of remote hypertension, microalbuminuria (a possible marker of remote cardiovascul..

Hyperglycaemia on the surgical wards: A three year follow up study

C Thomspon, D Simmons, J Twiss

Journal article  |  1996  |  Australian and New Zealand Journal of Medicine

Diabetes and hyperglycaemia among patients with congestive cardiac failure in a multiethnic population.

H Bhoopatkar, D Simmons

Journal article  |  1996  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

AIM: To determine the proportion of patients with congestive cardiac failure (CCF) who also have known diabetes. METHOD: A retrosp..

Diabetes and its complications in New Zealand: An epidemiological perspective

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1996  |  The New Zealand medical journal

Can gestational diabetes/non-insulin-dependent diabetes in pregnancy be prevented?

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1996  |  The Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

The epidemiology of diabetes and its complications in New Zealand

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1996  |  Diabetic Medicine

Ethnic differences in the perception of a video developed for a multiethnic diabetes prevention programme in south Auckland, New Zealand.

C Fleming, D Simmons, L Leakehe, J Voyle

Journal article  |  1995  |  Diabetic Medicine

Videos were developed to help increase diabetes awareness among local Maori, Pacific Islands and European communities. The Maori a..

Interrelation between umbilical cord serum sex hormones, sex hormone-binding globulin, insulin-like growth factor I, and insulin in neonates from normal pregnancies and pregnancies complicated by diabetes.

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1995  |  The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Insulin concentration correlates negatively with sex hormone-binding globulin (SHBG) in adults, although the age at which this rel..

FOOT CARE AMONG DIABETIC-PATIENTS IN SOUTH AUCKLAND

D SIMMONS, D SCOTT, T KENEALY, R SCRAGG

Journal article  |  1995  |  The New Zealand medical journal

Frequency of diabetes in family members of probands with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

D Simmons, BA Gatland, L Leakehe, C Fleming

Journal article  |  1995  |  Journal of Internal Medicine

OBJECTIVES: To describe the prevalence of known diabetes in a multi-ethnic community in South Auckland, New Zealand, in relation t..

DIABETIC NEPHROPATHY AND MICROALBUMINURIA IN THE COMMUNITY - THE SOUTH AUCKLAND DIABETES SURVEY

D SIMMONS, LM SHAW, DJ SCOTT, T KENEALY, RK SCRAGG

Journal article  |  1994  |  Diabetes Care

The development of community orientated recommendations for diabetes care in south Auckland. South Auckland Community Diabetes Planning Group.

P Wilson, D Simmons

Journal article  |  1994  |  The New Zealand medical journal

Growing numbers and costs associated with diabetes and its tissue damage are of increasing concern. We describe the development of..

Random blood glucose as a screening test for diabetes in a biethnic population.

D Simmons, DR Williams

Journal article  |  1994  |  Diabetic Medicine

Screening asymptomatic subjects for diabetes is often undertaken using a random capillary whole blood sample for glucose estimatio..

A comparison of two intravenous insulin regimens among surgical patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus.

D Simmons, K Morton, SJ Laughton, DJ Scott

Journal article  |  1994  |  The Diabetes Educator

We compared two intravenous insulin regimens among 58 consecutive surgical patients who required perioperative insulin infusions. ..

DIFFERENCES IN UMBILICAL-CORD INSULIN AND BIRTH-WEIGHT IN NONDIABETIC PREGNANCIES OF WOMEN FROM DIFFERENT ETHNIC-GROUPS IN NEW-ZEALAND

D SIMMONS

Journal article  |  1994  |  Diabetologia

Sex and ethnic group differences in fat distribution in young United Kingdom South Asians and Europids.

J Potts, D Simmons

Journal article  |  1994  |  Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

South Asians (Asians) have a high prevalence of non-insulin-dependent diabetes (NIDDM) and a high incidence of ischaemic heart dis..

PREVALENCE OF KNOWN DIABETES IN A MULTIETHNIC COMMUNITY

D SIMMONS, B GATLAND, C FLEMING, L LEAKEHE, R SCRAGG

Journal article  |  1994  |  The New Zealand medical journal

Amputations in the surgical budget.

D Simmons, C Thomson, D Scott

Journal article  |  1994  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

ETHNIC-DIFFERENCES IN DIABETES KNOWLEDGE AND EDUCATION - THE SOUTH AUCKLAND DIABETES SURVEY

D SIMMONS, L SHAW, T KENEALY, D SCOTT, R SCRAGG

Journal article  |  1994  |  The New Zealand medical journal

SEX-DIFFERENCES IN UMBILICAL-CORD SERUM LEVELS OF INHIBIN, TESTOSTERONE, ESTRADIOL, DEHYDROEPIANDROSTERONE-SULFATE, AND SEX HORMONE-BINDING GLOBULIN IN HUMAN TERM NEONATES

D SIMMONS, JT FRANCE, JA KEELAN, L SONG, BS KNOX

Journal article  |  1994  |  Neonatology

Diabetes and the cost of coronary heart disease.

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1993  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

Criteria for gestational diabetes: a cautionary tale.

D Simmons, DJ Scott, C Conroy, D Ansell

Journal article  |  1993  |  The New Zealand medical journal

The diagnosis of gestational diabetes was developed to predict neonatal outcome (particularly perinatal mortality, macrosomia and ..

Metabolic and clinical characteristics of south Asians and Europeans in Coventry.

D Simmons, MJ Powell

Journal article  |  1993  |  Diabetic Medicine

A house to house survey in Foleshill, Coventry, compared risk factors for Type 2 diabetes and ischaemic heart disease (IHD) among ..

Importance of diabetic foot admissions at Middlemore Hospital.

C Thompson, T McWilliams, D Scott, D Simmons

Journal article  |  1993  |  The New Zealand medical journal

AIMS: To investigate the costs and mortality associated with admission for diabetic foot problems. METHODS: Identification of pati..

Diabetes detection on the surgical wards in an area with a high prevalence of diabetes.

D Simmons, SJ Laughton

Journal article  |  1993  |  The New Zealand medical journal

AIM: To describe the prevalence of diabetes and audit the processes used for diabetes detection on the surgical wards at Middlemor..

Diabetes.

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1993  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

Diabetes in the elderly: an under-diagnosed condition.

D Simmons, DR Williams

Journal article  |  1993  |  Diabetic Medicine

The proportion of the population aged 65 years and over is increasing. The Coventry Diabetes Study was able to investigate the pre..

The effect of a city-wide mass media campaign on the public awareness of diabetes.

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1993  |  Diabetic Medicine

Relationship between myoinositol influx and lipids in diabetic neuropathy.

D Simmons, LL Ng, J Bomford

Journal article  |  1993  |  Acta Diabetologica

Diabetic neuropathy is associated with abnormalities in lipid metabolism and has been postulated to be associated with abnormal my..

Diabetes self help facilitated by local diabetes research: the Coventry Asian Diabetes Support Group.

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1992  |  Diabetic Medicine

Diabetic South Asians know less about the nature of diabetes than Europeans. In view of the difficulties in communicating with dia..

Parity, ethnic group and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes: the Coventry Diabetes Study.

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1992  |  Diabetic Medicine

The prevalence of Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent diabetes) in relation to parity was compared among South Asian (Asian) and Europea..

Diabetes-inpatient utilisation, costs and data validity, Dunedin 1985-9.

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1992  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

Screening for noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance in a Dunedin general practice--is it worth it?

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1992  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

Has the process causing noninsulin dependent diabetes start at birth? Evidence in neonates from a population with a high prevalence of diabetes.

D Simmons, J Baker, A James, A Roberts

Journal article  |  1992  |  The New Zealand medical journal

AIMS: to investigate whether differences in the glucose-insulin axis are present at birth in neonates from ethnic groups at high r..

Screening for noninsulin dependent diabetes mellitus.

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1992  |  New Zealand Medical Journal

Prevalence of diabetes in different regional and religious south Asian communities in Coventry.

D Simmons, DR Williams, MJ Powell

Journal article  |  1992  |  Diabetic Medicine

The prevalence of Type 2 (non-insulin-dependent) diabetes in different South Asian (Asian) communities was compared during the Cov..

Abnormal myoinositol influx in human leucocytes in diabetes but not specifically in diabetic neuropathy.

D Simmons, LL Ng, J Bomford

Journal article  |  1992  |  Diabetes

Abnormal myoinositol metabolism has been implicated as a contributor to the development of diabetic neuropathy. Furthermore, in vi..

THE COVENTRY DIABETES STUDY - PREVALENCE OF DIABETES AND IMPAIRED GLUCOSE-TOLERANCE IN EUROPIDS AND ASIANS

D SIMMONS, DRR WILLIAMS, MJ POWELL

Journal article  |  1991  |  QJM

Knowledge of diabetes in Asians and Europeans with and without diabetes: the Coventry Diabetes Study.

D Simmons, KA Meadows, DR Williams

Journal article  |  1991  |  Diabetic Medicine

Knowledge about the nature, symptoms, complications, and treatment of diabetes was assessed among United Kingdom Europeans and Asi..

Time to abolish the five hour glucose tolerance test?

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1991  |  The New Zealand medical journal

Prevalence and age of onset of type 1 diabetes in adult Asians (Reply)

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1990  |  Diabetic Medicine

Leucocyte Na /H antiport activity in type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients with nephropathy.

LL Ng, D Simmons, V Frighi, MC Garrido, J Bomford, TD Hockaday

Journal article  |  1990  |  Diabetologia

The development of proteinuria in Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients may depend on predisposition to essential hypertens..

Effect of protein kinase C modulators on the leucocyte Na /H antiport in type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic subjects with albuminuria.

LL Ng, D Simmons, V Frighi, MC Garrido, J Bomford

Journal article  |  1990  |  Diabetologia

It is uncertain why only one third of Type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetic patients develop nephropathy. One suggestion is the inhe..

myo-inositol influx into human leucocytes: methods of measurement and the effect of glucose.

D Simmons, J Bomford, LL Ng

Journal article  |  1990  |  Clinical Science

1. Low intracellular concentrations of myo-inositol in diabetic cells may contribute to the development of tissue damage. The caus..

Prevalence and age of onset of type 1 diabetes in adult Asians in the Coventry Diabetes Study.

D Simmons

Journal article  |  1990  |  Diabetic Medicine

Although Asians are known to have an excess of Type 2 diabetes when compared with Europids, the relative prevalence of Type 1 diab..

Cellular sodium influx is low in type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetes.

D Simmons, LL Ng, M Harker, TD Hockaday

Journal article  |  1990  |  Diabetes research (Edinburgh, Lothian)

Leucocyte sodium influx was studied in 29 type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetic subjects and compared to 24 non diabetic controls ma..

Leukocyte isotopically exchangeable intracellular sodium fractions in lean and overweight hypertensives.

LL Ng, D Simmons, M Harker, C Dudley

Journal article  |  1990  |  Metabolism

Leukocyte intracellular sodium, as measured by flame photometry, is increased in essential hypertension, especially when associate..

Limitations of capillary plasma immunoreactive insulin assay as an epidemiological tool.

D Simmons, H Dhar, TD Hockaday

Journal article  |  1989  |  Diabetologia

PREVALENCE OF DIABETES IN A PREDOMINANTLY ASIAN COMMUNITY - PRELIMINARY FINDINGS OF THE COVENTRY DIABETES STUDY

D SIMMONS, DRR WILLIAMS, MJ POWELL

Journal article  |  1989  |  BMJ

Glycaemic control affects cellular sodium metabolism.

D Simmons, LL Ng, M Harker, TD Hockaday

Journal article  |  1989  |  Diabetes Research

Total and amiloride sensitive leucocyte sodium influx in Media containing 10 mmol/l Na was studied directly using a triple isotope..

Leucocyte sodium efflux and electrolyte content in insulin treated diabetes.

LL Ng, D Simmons, M Harker, TD Hockaday

Journal article  |  1988  |  Diabetologia

Leucocyte sodium efflux and sodium content were studied in 41 insulin treated diabetic patients and compared to 41 age, body mass ..