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Hayek S, Canepa Escaro FC, Sattar A, Gamalski S, Wells KE, Divine G, Ahmedani BK, Lanfear DE, Pladevall M, Williams LK. Effect of ezetimibe on major atherosclerotic disease events and all-cause mortality. Am J Cardiol. 2013 Feb 1;111(4):532-9.

Saffar D, Williams K, Lafata JE, Divine G, Pladevall M. Racial disparities in lipid control in patients with diabetes. Am J Manag Care. 2012 Jun 1;18(6):303-11.

Williams LK, Peterson EL, Wells K, Ahmedani BK, Kumar R, Burchard EG, Chowdhry VK, Favro D, Lanfear DE, Pladevall M. Quantifying the proportion of severe asthma exacerbations attributable to inhaled corticosteroid nonadherence. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2011 Dec 1;128(6):1185-91.

Pladevall M, Brotons C, Gabriel R, Arnau A, Suarez C, de la Figuera M, Marquez E, Coca A, Sobrino J, Divine G, Heisler M, Williams LK, Writing Committee on behalf of COM99 Study Group . Multicenter cluster-randomized trial of a multifactorial intervention to improve antihypertensive medication adherence and blood pressure control among patients at high cardiovascular risk (The COM99 Study). Circulation. 2010 Sep 21;122(12):1183-91.

Williams LK, Peterson EL, Wells K, Campbell J, Wang M, Chowdhry VK, Walsh M, Enberg R, Lanfear DE, Pladevall-Vila M. A cluster-randomized trial to provide clinicians inhaled corticosteroid adherence information for their patients with asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2010 Aug;126(2):225-31.

Habib ZA, Havstad SL, Wells K, Divine G, Pladevall-Vila M, Wiliams LK. Thiazolidinedione use and the longitudinal risk of fractures in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2010 Feb;95(2):592-600.

Habib ZA, Tzogias L, Havstad SL, Wells K, Divine G, Lanfear DE, Tang J, Krajenta R, Pladevall-Vila M, Williams LK. Relationship between thiazolidinedione use and cardiovascular outcomes and all-cause mortality among patients with diabetes: a time-updated propensity analysis. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2009 Jun;18(6):437-47. doi: 10.1002/pds.1722

Williams GC, Patrick H, Niemiec CP, Williams LK, Divine G, Lafata JE, Heisler M, Tunceli K, Pladevall-Vila M. Reducing the health risks of diabetes: how self-determination theory may help improve medication adherence and quality of life. Diabetes Educ. 2009 Mar 26;35(3):484-92.

Wells K, Pladevall-Vila M, Peterson EL, Campbell J, Wang M, Lanfear DE, Williams LK. Race-ethnic differences in factors associated with inhaled steroid adherence among adults with asthma. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2008 Dec 15;178(12):1194-201. doi: 10.1164/rccm.200808-1233OC

Paris J, Peterson EL, Wells K, Pladevall-Vila M, Burchard EG, Choudhry S, Lanfear DE, Williams LK. Relationship between recent short-acting beta-agonist use and subsequent asthma exacerbations. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2008 Nov;101(5):482-7.

Heisler M, Hogan MM, Hofer TP, Schmittdiel JA, Pladevall-Vila M, Kerr EA. When more is not better: treatment intensification among hypertensive patients with poor medication adherence. Circulation. 2008 Jun 3;117(22):2884-92. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.107.724104

Simpkins J, Divine G, Wang M, Holmboe E, Pladevall-Vila M, Williams LK. Improving asthma care through recertification: a cluster randomized trial. Arch Intern Med. 2007 Nov 12;167(20):2240-8.

Nau DP, Steinke DT, Williams LK, Austin R, Lafata JE, Divine G, Pladevall-Vila M. Adherence analysis using visual analog scale versus claims-based estimation. Ann Pharmacother. 2007 Nov;41(11):1792-7.

Pladevall-Vila M, Williams LK, Elston Lafata J, Wang M, Campbell J, Yang J, Divine G. Adherence to lipid lowering drugs is associated with ldl-cholesterol goal achievement. Poster presented at the Society for Epidemiological Research; June 2007. [abstract] Am J Epidemiol. 165(Suppl_11):S-11.

Pladevall-Vila M, Williams LK, Zimmet P, Howard A, Spiro III A, Oh J-Y. The structure of the metabolic syndrome: a meta-confirmatory factor analysis. Poster presented at the Society for Epidemiological Research; June 2007.

Williams LK, Joseph CL, Peterson EL, Moon C, Xi H, Krajenta R, Johnson R, Wells K, Booza JC, Tunceli K, Lafata JE, Johnson CC, Ownby DR, Enberg R, Pladevall-Vila M. Race-ethnicity, crime, and other factors associated with adherence to inhaled corticosteroids. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2007 Jan;119(1):168-75.

Yood MU, Lafata JE, Koro C, Wells KE, Pladevall-Vila M. Time to pharmacotherapy change in response to elevated HbA(1c) test results. Curr Med Res Opin. 2006 Aug;22(8):1567-74.

Tunceli K, Pladevall-Vila M, Williams LK, Divine GW, Simpkins JC, Nag SS, Sajjan SG, Kamal-Bahl SJ, Alexander CM, Lafata JE. Trends in lipid management among patients with diabetes. Endocr Pract. 2006 Jul;12(4):380-7.

Pladevall-Vila M, Kolk D, Elston Lafata J, Williams LK, Wang M. Correlations between mediating behavioral variables and adherence to medications and outcomes among patients with type 2 diabetes (DM2). Poster presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; June 25, 2006. Previously presented at the 12th Annual HMO Research Network Conference.

Pladevall-Vila M, Kolk D, Austin R, Williams LK, Elston Lafata J. Predictive and convergent validity of claims-based measures of adherence to medications. Poster presented at the 2nd North American Congress of Epidemiology; June 2006. Previously presented at the 3rd Annual Research Symposium – HFMG Academic Affairs, Henry Ford Health System.

Pladevall-Vila M, Kolk D, Austin R, Williams LK, Elston Lafata J. Predictive and convergent validity of claims-based measured of adherence to medications. Poster presented at the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting; June 2006. Previously presented at the 3rd Annual Research Symposium – HFMG Academic Affairs, Henry Ford Health System.

Pladevall-Vila M, Kolk DM, Elston Lafata J, Williams LK, Wang M, Austin R. Correlations between mediating behavioral variables and adherence to medications and outcomes among type 2 diabetes patients. Poster presented at the 12th Annual HMO Research Network Conference; May 1, 2006.

Pladevall-Vila M, Kolk DM, Elston Lafata J, Williams LK, Wang M, Austin R. Predictive and convergent validity of claims-based measures of adherence to medications. Poster presented at the 3rd Annual Research Symposium – HFMG Academic Affairs, Henry Ford Health System; April 21, 2006. Detroit, MI.

Pladevall-Vila M, Singal B, Williams LK, Brotons C, Guyer H, Sadurni J, Falces C, Serrano-Rios M, Gabriel R, Shaw JE, Zimmet PZ, Haffner S. A single factor underlies the metabolic syndrome: a confirmatory factor analysis. Diabetes Care. 2006 Jan;29(1):113-22.

Tuncelli K, Bradley CJ, Nerenz D, Williams LK, Pladevall-Vila M, Elston Lafata J. The impact of diabetes on employment and work productivity. Diabetes Care. 2005 Nov;28(11):2662-7.

Williams LK, Peterson EL, Pladevall-Vila M, Tunceli K, Ownby DR, Johnson CC. Timing and intensity of early fevers and the development of allergies and asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2005 Jul;116(1):102-8.

Richter A, Pladevall M, Manjunath R, Lafata JE, Xi H, Simpkins J, Brar I, Markowitz N, Iloeje U, Irish W. Patient characteristics and costs associated with dyslipidaemia and related conditions in HIV-infected patients: a retrospective cohort study. HIV Med. 2005 Mar 1;6(2):79-90.

Pladevall-Vila M, Elston Lafata J, Tunceli K, Divine G, Simpkins J, Williams LK. Racial disparities in lipid management in patients with diabetes. Presented at the Joint Meeting of the Society for Epidemiologic Research and Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics; 2005.

Pladevall-Vila M, Brotons C, Gabriel R. The com99 study results: a cluster-randomized trial of an intervention to improve adherence to antihypertensive drugs among patients at high cardiovascular risk. Poster presented at the Fifteenth European Meeting on Hypertension; 2005.

Williams LK, Pladevall-Vila M, Xi H, Peterson EL, Joseph C, Lafata JE, Ownby DR, Johnson CC. Relationship between adherence to inhaled corticosteroids and poor outcomes among adults with asthma. J Allergy Clin Immunol Pract. 2004 Dec;114(6):1288-93.

Pladevall-Vila M, Williams LK, Potts LA, Divine G, Xi H, Lafata JE. Clinical outcomes and adherence to medications measured by claims data in patients with diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2004 Dec;27(12):2800-5.

Lafata JE, Pladevall-Vila M, Divine G, Ayoub M, Philbin EF. Are there race/ethnicity differences in outpatient congestive heart failure management, hospital use, and mortality among an insured population? Med Care. 2004 Jul;42(7):680-9.

Pladevall-Vila M, Tunceli K, Lafata J. Trends in the management of dyslipidemia in patients with diabetes. Poster presented at the 64th annual sessions of the American Diabetes Association; 2004.

Pladevall-Vila M, Loomis LA, Williams K, Xi H, Akkermann N, Elston-Lafata J. Claims data measurements of medication adherence and metabolic outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes. Poster presented at the 2003 ISPOR 6th Annual European Congress; 2003. [abstract] Value Health. 2003 Nov; 6(6):675-6.

Williams LK, Pladevall-Vila M, Fendrick AM, Lafata JE, McMahon LF. Differences in the reporting of care-related patient injuries to existing reporting systems. Jt Comm J Qual Patient Saf. 2003 Sep;29(9):460-7.

Pladevall-Vila M, Williams K, Guyer H, Sadurni J, Falces C, Ribes A, Pare C, Brotons C, Gabriel R, Serrano-Rios M, Haffner S. The association between leptin and left ventricular hypertrophy: a population-based cross-sectional study. J Hypertens. 2003 Aug;21(8):1467-73.

Pladevall-Vila M, Gabriel R, Sanchez LM, Leiva A, Sobrino J, Pelegri A. The com99 study: a cluster-randomized trial of an intervention to improve compliance with medication: preliminary results. Poster presented at the19th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension; 2002. Prague, Czech Republic.

Pladevall-Vila M, Gabriel R, Arnau A, Sobrino J, Pelegri A, Felip A. The com99 study: a cluster-randomized trial of an intervention to improve compliance: design and baseline characteristics of patients. Poster presented at the 19th Scientific Meeting of the International Society of Hypertension; 2002; 2002. Prague, Czech Republic.

Lurdes Comas Mongay M, Castellote Alonso E, Feixas Roma J, Pladevall-Vila M. TheCholesterol2000document: is itusefulforrenalpatients? Rev Esp Cardiol. 2001 Jun;54(6):807-8.

Guyer H, Pladevall-Vila M, Yanez A, Falces C, Sadurni J, Ribes A, Pare C. The relationship between syndrome x and left ventricular hypertrophy: the impact of different methods of adjusting left ventricular mass. Poster presented at the AHA Conference on Cardiovascular Epidemiology; 2001.

Bonfill X, Marzo M, Pladevall-Vila M, Marti J, Emparanza JI. Strategies for increasing women participation in community breast cancer screening. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2001;(1):CD002943.

Pladevall-Vila M. Relationships between obesity, cardiovascular risk factors and insulin resistance. Presented at the European Congress on Clinical Investigation; 2001.

Pladevall-Vila M, Gabriel R, Yanez A, Sanchez LM, Sobrino J, Marquez E. Therapeutic compliance interventions: a clinical trial. Med Clin (Barc). 2001;116(Suppl 2):63-7.

Espaulella J, Guyer H, Diaz-Escriu F, Mellado-Navas JA, Castells M, Pladevall-Vila M. Nutritional supplementation of elderly hip fracture patients. A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Age Ageing. 2000 Sep;29(5):425-31.

Pladevall-Vila M, Guyer H, Yañez A, Sadurni J, Falces C, Planes A, Ribes A. Left ventricular mass is associated with fasting leptin in women but not in men. Poster presented at the International Society of Hypertension; June 2000. [abstract] J Hypertens. 18:S168.

Guyer H, Pladevall-Vila M, Yanez A, Sadurni J, Falces C, Planes A, Ribes A. Assessing the relationship between left ventricular hypertrophy and the insulin resistance syndrome: the influence of different methods of indexing left ventricular mass. Presented at the European Society of Hypertension; 2000.

Yañez A, Gabriel R, Pladevall-Vila M, Suarez C, Guyer H, Aquilar R. The effect of different echocardiographic diagnostic criteria on the prevalence of the left ventricular hypertrophy in Spain. Poster presented at the International Society of Hypertension; 2000.

Pladevall-Vila M, Gabriel R, Yanez A, Suarez C, Guyer H, Aguilar R. Gender differences in left ventricular remodeling in a Spanish population based study. Poster presented at the European Society of Hypertension; 2000.

Pladevall-Vila M, Arana A, Varas-Lorenzo C. Systematic reviews and meta-analysis on coronary heart disease. (Revisiones sistemáticas y meta-análisis en cardiopatía isquemica). Cardiovasc Risk Fact. 2000;4:270-81.