Research Activities and Grants

Valdez-Faller TM, Mercado AB, Mercado-Asis LB. Response of Filipino patients with polycystic ovary disease to insulin sensitizer Rosiglitazone. Poster Presentation, Program and Abstracts, 31st Annual Convention.

Philippine College of Physicians, May 10, 2001 and Poster, Program and Abstracts, 83rd Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, Denver, Colorado.

June 2001 and 11th Congress of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies, Bali, Indonesia, November 7-11, 2001.

Valdez-Faller TM, Mercado AB, Mercado-Asis LB. Lipid profile of Filipino patients with polycystic ovary disease. Poster Presentation, Program and Abstracts, 31st Annual Convention, Philippine College of Physicians, May 10, 2001 and Poster, Program and Abstracts, 83rd Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, Denver, Colorado, June 2001 and 11th Congress of the ASEAN Federation of Endocrine Societies, Bali, Indonesia, November 7-11, 2001.

Mercado-Asis LB, Valdez-Faller TM, Mercado AB. Long term follow-up of Filipino patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) with insulin sensitizer: From Troglitazone to Rosiglitazone. Poster Presentation, Program and Abstracts, 84th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, San Francisco, California, June 19-22, 2002.

Mercado-Asis LB, Mercado AB. Rosiglitazone is safe and effective in the treatment of insulin resistance in children and young adults. Poster Presentation, Program and Abstracts, 84thAnnual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, San Francisco, California, June 19-22, 2002.

Mercado AB, Batista D, Keil MF, Jacobson J, Stratakis CA. Tall Stature in an Adolescent Male: An endocrine-Genetic Evaluation. Poster Presentation, Program and Abstract, 85th Annual Meeting of the endocrine Society, Philadelphia, PA, June 19-22, 2003.

Faden D, Tanofsky-Kraff M, McDuffie J, Fredricks A, Mercado AB, Janovski JA. Loss of control eating and dieting in treatment-seeking overweight adolescents. Oral Presentation, Program and Abstracts, AED 2004 International Conference on Eating Disorders, Orlando, FL, Aril 29- May 3, 2004.

Robotham D, Schoeller D, Mercado AB, Yanovski JA. Body fat in children is underestimated by the QDR4500 DXA relative to deuterium dilution. Poster Presentation, Program and Abstract, 2004 Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, May 1-4-2004.

Mercado AB, Shawker TH, Faden D, Fredricks A, Norman AC, Yanovski JA. Uterine and ovarian size are positively associated with body adiposity in overweight girls age 6-12y. Poster Presentation, Program and Abstract, Research Summaries Book (Selected from over 2,500 abstract and included in 125 newsworthy abstracts). 86th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, New Orleans, LA, June 15-19, 2004.

Norman AC, Drinkard B, McDuffie J, Ghorbani S, Mercado AB, Semega -Janneh M, Freedman, R, Janovski JA. Influence of body composition on exercise fitness and performance in overweight (OW) adolescents. Poster Presentation, Program and Abstracts, North American Association for the Study of Obesity's 2004 Annual Scientific Meeting.

Umpaichitra V, Mercado AB, Juan C, Quintos JB, Castells S. Adiponectin responses to Oral Glucose Tolerance Tests in adolescents with morbid obesity. Poster Presentation, Program and Abstract, 2006 Pediatric Academic Societies' Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 29- May 2, 2006 and Oral Presentation, Program and Abstract, Eastern SPR Annual Meeting, March 18, 2006.

Mercado AB, Umpaichitra V, Quintos JB, Castells S. Insulin, C-peptide and glucose load during 2-hour Oral Glucose Tolerance Test (OGTT) in morbidly obese adolescents. Poster Presentation, Program and Abstract, 2006 Pediatric Academic Societies' Meeting, San Francisco, CA, April 29- May 2, 2006.

Mercado AB, Wilson RC, Obeid J, New MI. Prenatal Diagnosis and Treatment of Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia (21-Hydroxylase Deficiency): When the Parent is a Patient. 88th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, Boston, MA, June 24-27, 2006.

Mercado AB, Umpaichitra V, Quintos JB, Castells S. Association of adiponectin, insulin resistance and C-peptide in adolescents with morbid obesity. 88th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, Boston, MA, June 24-27, 2006.

Mercado AB, Quintos JB, Castells S. Insulin sensitivity indeces and lipid profile of morbidly obese adolescents. 88th Annual Meeting of the Endocrine Society, Boston, MA, June 24-27, 2006.

Mercado-Asis LB, Mercado AB. Lipid Profile of Filipino Patients with Polycystic Ovary Disease (PCOS), J ASEAN Federation Endocrine Soc. 20:1 (Supp) 74 Jan 2002.

Valdez-Faller, TM, Mercado AB, Mercado-Asis LB. Response of Filipino Patients with Polycystic Ovary Disease (PCOS) to Insulin Sensitizer Rosiglitazone. J ASEAN Fed Endo Soc 20:1 (Supp) 74 Jan 2002.

Robotham D, Schoeller D, Mercado AB, Mirch MC, Theim KR, Reynolds JC, Yanovski JA. Estimated of body fat in children by Hologic QDR-2000 and QDR-4500 Dual-Energy X-ray Absorptiometers compared with deuterium dilution. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2006 Mar;42(3):331-335.

Mercado AB, Castells S. Pancreatic b-Cell Hyperactivity in Morbidly Obese Adolescents. Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews. 2006 Dec;3(4):560-563.

Quintos JB, Muzumdar H, George M, Mercado AB, Lu H, Sternberg A, Rao M, Castells S. The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome in Inner City Obese African-American Youth. Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews. 2006 Dec;3(4):571-575.

Review, Chapters and Proceedings

Mercado AB. Ambiguous genitalia. In: RM Perkin, JD Smith, DA Newton (eds.),Pediatric Hospital Medicine. In Textbook of Inpatient Management. Lippincott Williams and Wilkins, Philadelphia, PA, 2003, pp. 627-629.