Published in Circulation on May 20, 2003
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A randomized trial comparing conventional and endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. N Engl J Med (2004) 6.26
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Polysaccharide conjugate vaccine against pneumococcal pneumonia in adults. N Engl J Med (2015) 5.86
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Cognitive outcome after off-pump and on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a randomized trial. JAMA (2002) 5.06
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The interleukin-6 receptor as a target for prevention of coronary heart disease: a mendelian randomisation analysis. Lancet (2012) 4.87
Effect of testosterone supplementation on functional mobility, cognition, and other parameters in older men: a randomized controlled trial. JAMA (2008) 4.83
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Effect of lowering blood pressure on cardiovascular events and mortality in patients on dialysis: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. Lancet (2009) 4.73
Influence of weight reduction on blood pressure: a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials. Hypertension (2003) 4.71
A comparison of on-pump and off-pump coronary bypass surgery in low-risk patients. N Engl J Med (2003) 4.52
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Long-term outcome of open or endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm. N Engl J Med (2010) 3.70
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Duplex ultrasound and magnetic resonance angiography compared with digital subtraction angiography in carotid artery stenosis: a systematic review. Stroke (2003) 2.69
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Dietary phytoestrogens and breast cancer risk. Am J Clin Nutr (2004) 2.55
Estimating interaction on an additive scale between continuous determinants in a logistic regression model. Int J Epidemiol (2007) 2.54
Large-scale gene-centric meta-analysis across 39 studies identifies type 2 diabetes loci. Am J Hum Genet (2012) 2.53
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Alpha-blockers as medical expulsive therapy for ureteral stones. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2014) 2.45
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Preoperative diagnosis of carotid artery stenosis: accuracy of noninvasive testing. Stroke (2002) 2.37
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Thyroid hormone concentrations, disease, physical function, and mortality in elderly men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2005) 2.35
Specialized care and survival of ovarian cancer patients in The Netherlands: nationwide cohort study. J Natl Cancer Inst (2008) 2.34
Self-measurement of blood pressure at home reduces the need for antihypertensive drugs: a randomized, controlled trial. Hypertension (2007) 2.33
Heart disease risk determines menopausal age rather than the reverse. J Am Coll Cardiol (2006) 2.32
Growth predictors and prognosis of small abdominal aortic aneurysms. J Vasc Surg (2008) 2.31
Dietary fiber and blood pressure: a meta-analysis of randomized placebo-controlled trials. Arch Intern Med (2005) 2.30
Internal and external validation of predictive models: a simulation study of bias and precision in small samples. J Clin Epidemiol (2003) 2.28
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Spurious systolic hypertension in young adults; prevalence of high brachial systolic blood pressure and low central pressure and its determinants. J Hypertens (2006) 2.20
The effect of outpatient preoperative evaluation of hospital inpatients on cancellation of surgery and length of hospital stay. Anesth Analg (2002) 2.16
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Depressive symptoms in subjects with diagnosed and undiagnosed type 2 diabetes. Psychosom Med (2007) 2.09
Testosterone, sex hormone-binding globulin and the metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. Int J Epidemiol (2010) 2.08
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Genome-wide association and genetic functional studies identify autism susceptibility candidate 2 gene (AUTS2) in the regulation of alcohol consumption. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2011) 2.01
In-hospital morbidity and mortality due to severe malarial anemia in western Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg (2007) 1.99
Aortic stiffness is associated with atherosclerosis of the coronary arteries in older adults: the Rotterdam Study. J Hypertens (2006) 1.98
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Association of the ER22/23EK polymorphism in the glucocorticoid receptor gene with survival and C-reactive protein levels in elderly men. Am J Med (2004) 1.93
Cognitive function across the life course and the menopausal transition in a British birth cohort. Menopause (2006) 1.92
Cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitor torcetrapib and off-target toxicity: a pooled analysis of the rating atherosclerotic disease change by imaging with a new CETP inhibitor (RADIANCE) trials. Circulation (2008) 1.91
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Obesity genes identified in genome-wide association studies are associated with adiposity measures and potentially with nutrient-specific food preference. Am J Clin Nutr (2009) 1.88
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Identification of the BclI polymorphism in the glucocorticoid receptor gene: association with sensitivity to glucocorticoids in vivo and body mass index. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) (2003) 1.83
Hyperglycemia and diabetes in patients with schizophrenia or schizoaffective disorders. Diabetes Care (2006) 1.83
Coffee intake and incidence of hypertension. Am J Clin Nutr (2007) 1.80
Quantification of epicardial and peri-coronary fat using cardiac computed tomography; reproducibility and relation with obesity and metabolic syndrome in patients suspected of coronary artery disease. Atherosclerosis (2007) 1.80
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Is the association between flow-mediated dilation and cardiovascular risk limited to low-risk populations? J Am Coll Cardiol (2005) 1.79
Age at menopause, cause-specific mortality and total life expectancy. Epidemiology (2005) 1.78
Carbohydrate quantity and quality and risk of type 2 diabetes in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition-Netherlands (EPIC-NL) study. Am J Clin Nutr (2010) 1.77
Does the European clinical trials directive really improve clinical trial approval time? Br J Clin Pharmacol (2008) 1.77
Carotid stiffness and the risk of new vascular events in patients with manifest cardiovascular disease. The SMART study. Eur Heart J (2005) 1.75