Triglyceride/HDL Ratio as a Screening Tool for Predicting Success at Reducing Anti-Diabetic Medications Following Weight Loss

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Ghanshyam Palamaner Subash Shantha,

Affiliations Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Internal Medicine, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Anita Ashok Kumar,

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Scott Kahan,

Affiliations Department of Health Policy, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Department of Health Policy, George Washington University School of Public Health and Health Services, Washington, D.C., United States of America, Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Pavan Kumar Irukulla,

Affiliation Department of Internal Medicine, The Wright Center for Graduate Medical Education, Scranton, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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Lawrence Jay Cheskin

* E-mail: lcheskin@jhsph.edu

Affiliations Department of Health, Behavior and Society, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America, Johns Hopkins Weight Management Center, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America
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Publication of this article was funded in part by the Open Access Promotion Fund of the Johns Hopkins University Libraries

Competing interests declared: Lawrence Jay Cheskin serves as a consultant and stockholder for Medifast, Inc. and Vivus, Inc.

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