Nkiru Umekwe

Insulin-sensitive and insulin-resistant obese and non-obese phenotypes: role in prediction of incident pre-diabetes in a longitudinal biracial cohort

Ibiye Owei, Nkiru Umekwe, Casey Provo et al. · BMJ Open Diabetes Research & Care · 2017 · 82 citations · Full text

Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetology +15

Amino acid signature predictive of incident prediabetes: A case-control study nested within the longitudinal pathobiology of prediabetes in a biracial cohort

Ibiye Owei, Nkiru Umekwe, Frankie B. Stentz et al. · Metabolism · 2019 · 44 citations · Full text

Medicine, Endocrinology, Genetics +14

Plasma lipid levels predict dysglycemia in a biracial cohort of nondiabetic subjects: Potential mechanisms

Ibiye Owei, Nkiru Umekwe, Jim Y. Wan et al. · Experimental Biology and Medicine · 2016 · 32 citations · Full text

Medicine, Endocrinology, Internal Medicine +16

Awareness of Prediabetes Status and Subsequent Health Behavior, Body Weight, and Blood Glucose Levels

Ibiye Owei, Nkiru Umekwe, Fatoumatta Ceesay et al. · The Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine · 2019 · 29 citations · Full text

Medicine, Endocrinology, Health Behavior +17

Multi-year reproducibility of hyperinsulinemic euglycemic clamp-derived insulin sensitivity in free-living adults: Association with incident prediabetes in the POP-ABC study

Deirdre James, Nkiru Umekwe, Chimaroke Edeoga et al. · Metabolism · 2020 · 21 citations · Full text

Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetology +8