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1 Biological, clinical and population relevance of 95 loci for blood lipids. Nature 2010 28.21
2 Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension study (LIFE): a randomised trial against atenolol. Lancet 2002 23.18
3 Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease. Nat Genet 2011 13.25
4 Plasma HDL cholesterol and risk of myocardial infarction: a mendelian randomisation study. Lancet 2012 12.10
5 Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes. Nat Genet 2012 11.09
6 Genetic variants associated with Lp(a) lipoprotein level and coronary disease. N Engl J Med 2009 8.73
7 Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease. Nat Genet 2012 7.59
8 Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with diabetes in the Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension study (LIFE): a randomised trial against atenolol. Lancet 2002 6.87
9 The interleukin-6 receptor as a target for prevention of coronary heart disease: a mendelian randomisation analysis. Lancet 2012 4.87
10 Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways. Nat Genet 2012 4.73
11 Interleukin-6 receptor pathways in coronary heart disease: a collaborative meta-analysis of 82 studies. Lancet 2012 4.63
12 A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance. Nat Genet 2012 4.37
13 Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility. Nat Genet 2014 4.13
14 Association of apolipoprotein E genotypes with lipid levels and coronary risk. JAMA 2007 4.03
15 Positional identification of TNFSF4, encoding OX40 ligand, as a gene that influences atherosclerosis susceptibility. Nat Genet 2005 3.86
16 Albuminuria and cardiovascular risk in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy: the LIFE study. Ann Intern Med 2003 3.78
17 Effects of losartan on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with isolated systolic hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy: a Losartan Intervention for Endpoint Reduction (LIFE) substudy. JAMA 2002 3.70
18 The Swedish Twin Registry in the third millennium: an update. Twin Res Hum Genet 2006 3.58
19 Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies. Nat Genet 2010 3.37
20 Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture. Nat Genet 2013 3.25
21 Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals. PLoS Genet 2012 3.21
22 Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease. Nat Genet 2013 2.92
23 Sex-stratified genome-wide association studies including 270,000 individuals show sexual dimorphism in genetic loci for anthropometric traits. PLoS Genet 2013 2.83
24 Reduction in albuminuria translates to reduction in cardiovascular events in hypertensive patients: losartan intervention for endpoint reduction in hypertension study. Hypertension 2005 2.69
25 Serum heat shock protein 70 levels predict the development of atherosclerosis in subjects with established hypertension. Hypertension 2003 2.35
26 Long term exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of acute coronary events: prospective cohort study and meta-analysis in 11 European cohorts from the ESCAPE Project. BMJ 2014 2.30
27 Secretory phospholipase A(2)-IIA and cardiovascular disease: a mendelian randomization study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2013 2.18
28 Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways. Nat Genet 2012 2.12
29 Effects of losartan or atenolol in hypertensive patients without clinically evident vascular disease: a substudy of the LIFE randomized trial. Ann Intern Med 2003 2.09
30 Carotid atherosclerosis, disease measures, oxidized low-density lipoproteins, and atheroprotective natural antibodies for cardiovascular disease in early rheumatoid arthritis -- an inception cohort study. J Rheumatol 2012 2.08
31 Measurements of carotid intima-media thickness and of interadventitia common carotid diameter improve prediction of cardiovascular events: results of the IMPROVE (Carotid Intima Media Thickness [IMT] and IMT-Progression as Predictors of Vascular Events in a High Risk European Population) study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012 1.96
32 Association between height and coronary heart disease mortality: a prospective study of 35,000 twin pairs. Am J Epidemiol 2006 1.85
33 Genetic variation at the phospholipid transfer protein locus affects its activity and high-density lipoprotein size and is a novel marker of cardiovascular disease susceptibility. Circulation 2010 1.75
34 Comparative analysis of genome-wide association studies signals for lipids, diabetes, and coronary heart disease: Cardiovascular Biomarker Genetics Collaboration. Eur Heart J 2011 1.73
35 Seven lipoprotein lipase gene polymorphisms, lipid fractions, and coronary disease: a HuGE association review and meta-analysis. Am J Epidemiol 2008 1.71
36 The Swedish Twin Registry: establishment of a biobank and other recent developments. Twin Res Hum Genet 2012 1.65
37 Body mass index and mortality: is the association explained by genetic factors? Epidemiology 2011 1.58
38 Association of hypo-responsive toll-like receptor 4 variants with risk of myocardial infarction. Eur Heart J 2004 1.54
39 Measures of oxidized low-density lipoprotein and oxidative stress are not related and not elevated in otherwise healthy men with the metabolic syndrome. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2005 1.53
40 Does albuminuria predict cardiovascular outcome on treatment with losartan versus atenolol in hypertension with left ventricular hypertrophy? A LIFE substudy. J Hypertens 2004 1.53
41 Stroke reduction in hypertensive adults with cardiac hypertrophy randomized to losartan versus atenolol: the Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension study. Hypertension 2004 1.52
42 Risk of new-onset diabetes in the Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension study. J Hypertens 2002 1.51
43 Factors associated with uncontrolled hypertension and cardiovascular risk in hypertensive 60-year-old men and women--a population-based study. Hypertens Res 2009 1.50
44 Job strain and major risk factors for coronary heart disease among employed males and females in a Swedish study on work, lipids and fibrinogen. Scand J Work Environ Health 2002 1.50
45 Pulse pressure and effects of losartan or atenolol in patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy. Hypertension 2005 1.49
46 Effects of losartan compared with atenolol on lipids in patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy: the Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension study. J Hypertens 2009 1.48
47 Phenotype selection for detecting variable genes: a survey of cardiovascular quantitative traits and TNF locus polymorphism. Eur J Hum Genet 2007 1.45
48 Does menopausal hormone therapy reduce myocardial infarction risk if initiated early after menopause? A population-based case-control study. Menopause 2015 1.39
49 [Reply from the SBU about salt and high blood pressure: More controlled long-term trials are required]. Lakartidningen 2004 1.38
50 Seven modifiable lifestyle factors predict reduced risk for ischemic cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality regardless of body mass index: a cohort study. Int J Cardiol 2012 1.35
51 Association of the PD-1.3A allele of the PDCD1 gene in patients with rheumatoid arthritis negative for rheumatoid factor and the shared epitope. Arthritis Rheum 2004 1.34
52 Multi-organ expression profiling uncovers a gene module in coronary artery disease involving transendothelial migration of leukocytes and LIM domain binding 2: the Stockholm Atherosclerosis Gene Expression (STAGE) study. PLoS Genet 2009 1.34
53 Multilocus genetic risk scores for coronary heart disease prediction. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2013 1.32
54 Lifestyle intervention to prevent diabetes in men and women with impaired glucose tolerance is cost-effective. Int J Technol Assess Health Care 2007 1.30
55 Antibodies of IgM subclass to phosphorylcholine and oxidized LDL are protective factors for atherosclerosis in patients with hypertension. Atherosclerosis 2005 1.25
56 The importance of non-exercise physical activity for cardiovascular health and longevity. Br J Sports Med 2013 1.24
57 Genetic and shared environmental factors do not confound the association between birth weight and hypertension: a study among Swedish twins. Circulation 2007 1.23
58 Investigating air pollution and atherosclerosis in humans: concepts and outlook. Prog Cardiovasc Dis 2011 1.19
59 Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration in subclinical carotid atherosclerosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2013 1.18
60 Cross-sectional analysis of baseline data to identify the major determinants of carotid intima-media thickness in a European population: the IMPROVE study. Eur Heart J 2009 1.17
61 Long-term exposure to ambient air pollution and incidence of cerebrovascular events: results from 11 European cohorts within the ESCAPE project. Environ Health Perspect 2014 1.16
62 Linkage between the CYP2C8 and CYP2C9 genetic polymorphisms. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2002 1.15
63 Apolipoprotein(a) genetic sequence variants associated with systemic atherosclerosis and coronary atherosclerotic burden but not with venous thromboembolism. J Am Coll Cardiol 2012 1.14
64 Risk prediction measures for case-cohort and nested case-control designs: an application to cardiovascular disease. Am J Epidemiol 2012 1.13
65 Haplotypes extending across ACE are associated with Alzheimer's disease. Hum Mol Genet 2003 1.11
66 Low levels of IgM antibodies against phosphorylcholine-A potential risk marker for ischemic stroke in men. Atherosclerosis 2008 1.10
67 Low levels of antibodies against phosphorylcholine predict development of stroke in a population-based study from northern Sweden. Stroke 2010 1.09
68 Work related stressful life events and the risk of myocardial infarction. Case-control and case-crossover analyses within the Stockholm heart epidemiology programme (SHEEP). J Epidemiol Community Health 2005 1.05
69 Genetic and environmental influences on decline in biobehavioral markers of aging. Behav Genet 2003 1.04
70 Losartan benefits over atenolol in non-smoking hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy: the LIFE study. Blood Press 2004 1.04
71 Exome sequencing and directed clinical phenotyping diagnose cholesterol ester storage disease presenting as autosomal recessive hypercholesterolemia. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2013 1.03
72 Genetic influences on angina pectoris and its impact on coronary heart disease. Eur J Hum Genet 2007 1.01
73 Low levels of IgM antibodies against phosphorylcholine predict development of acute myocardial infarction in a population-based cohort from northern Sweden. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2009 1.00
74 Increased prevalence of vulnerable atherosclerotic plaques and low levels of natural IgM antibodies against phosphorylcholine in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus. Arthritis Res Ther 2010 0.99
75 Genetic epidemiology of spontaneous subarachnoid hemorrhage: Nordic Twin Study. Stroke 2010 0.99
76 Genetic susceptibility of myocardial infarction. Twin Res Hum Genet 2007 0.99
77 Arterial blood pressure and long-term exposure to traffic-related air pollution: an analysis in the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE). Environ Health Perspect 2014 0.98
78 Hospital readmission after coronary artery bypass grafting: are women doing worse? Ann Thorac Surg 2002 0.97
79 Multivitamin supplements are inversely associated with risk of myocardial infarction in men and women--Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program (SHEEP). J Nutr 2003 0.96
80 Progression of carotid intima-media thickness as predictor of vascular events: results from the IMPROVE study. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2013 0.95
81 Risk factors associated with newly diagnosed high blood pressure in men and women. Am J Hypertens 2008 0.92
82 Identification of the BCAR1-CFDP1-TMEM170A locus as a determinant of carotid intima-media thickness and coronary artery disease risk. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2012 0.92
83 Variants in the coagulation factor 2 receptor (F2R) gene influence the risk of myocardial infarction in men through an interaction with interleukin 6 serum levels. Thromb Haemost 2009 0.92
84 Genetic dominance influences blood biomarker levels in a sample of 12,000 Swedish elderly twins. Twin Res Hum Genet 2009 0.91
85 Milk-derived fatty acids are associated with a more favorable LDL particle size distribution in healthy men. J Nutr 2004 0.91
86 A cladistic model of ACE sequence variation with implications for myocardial infarction, Alzheimer disease and obesity. Hum Mol Genet 2004 0.90
87 The risk of type 2 diabetes in men is synergistically affected by parental history of diabetes and overweight. PLoS One 2013 0.89
88 IgM-phosphorylcholine autoantibodies and outcome in acute coronary syndromes. Int J Cardiol 2012 0.89
89 Cost-effectiveness of primary prevention of coronary heart disease through risk factor intervention in 60-year-old men from the county of Stockholm--a stochastic model of exercise and dietary advice. Prev Med 2003 0.89
90 Effect of ACE insertion/deletion and 12 other polymorphisms on clinical outcomes and response to treatment in the LIFE study. Pharmacogenet Genomics 2010 0.88
91 The interaction between coagulation factor 2 receptor and interleukin 6 haplotypes increases the risk of myocardial infarction in men. PLoS One 2010 0.88
92 Is a unified definition of metabolic syndrome needed? Comparison of three definitions of metabolic syndrome in 60-year-old men and women. Metab Syndr Relat Disord 2009 0.88
93 Prevalence of hypertension in immigrants and Swedish-born individuals, a cross-sectional study of 60-year-old men and women in Sweden. J Hypertens 2008 0.87
94 Common variants of ACE contribute to variable age-at-onset of Alzheimer's disease. Hum Genet 2004 0.87
95 Incidence and case fatality after day 28 of first time myocardial infarction in Sweden 1987-2008. Eur J Prev Cardiol 2011 0.87
96 Genetic influences on CHD-death and the impact of known risk factors: comparison of two frailty models. Behav Genet 2004 0.87
97 The metabolic syndrome and left ventricular hypertrophy--the influence of gender and physical activity. Blood Press 2011 0.86
98 Common and low-frequency genetic variants in the PCSK9 locus influence circulating PCSK9 levels. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2012 0.86
99 Do genetic factors explain the association between poor oral health and cardiovascular disease? A prospective study among Swedish twins. Am J Epidemiol 2009 0.85
100 Air pollution and atherosclerosis: a cross-sectional analysis of four European cohort studies in the ESCAPE study. Environ Health Perspect 2015 0.84
101 Decreased risk for myocardial infarction and lower tumor necrosis factor-alpha levels in carriers of variants of the PDCD1 gene. Hum Immunol 2006 0.84
102 The effects of losartan compared to atenolol on stroke in patients with isolated systolic hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy. The LIFE study. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2005 0.84
103 Blood pressure reduction and antihypertensive medication use in the losartan intervention for endpoint reduction in hypertension (LIFE) study in patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy. Curr Med Res Opin 2007 0.84
104 Low levels of antibodies against phosphorylcholine in Alzheimer's disease. J Alzheimers Dis 2010 0.83
105 A serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentration-associated genetic variant in DHCR7 interacts with type 2 diabetes status to influence subclinical atherosclerosis (measured by carotid intima-media thickness). Diabetologia 2014 0.83
106 The apolipoprotein CI content of triglyceride-rich lipoproteins independently predicts early atherosclerosis in healthy middle-aged men. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 0.83
107 The complex between tPA and PAI-1: risk factor for myocardial infarction as studied in the SHEEP project. Thromb Res 2005 0.83
108 Plasma NT-proBNP concentration is related to ambulatory pulse pressure in peripheral arterial disease. Blood Press 2005 0.83
109 Plasma lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase and carotid intima-media thickness in European individuals at high cardiovascular risk. J Lipid Res 2011 0.83
110 Effect of biological therapy on levels of atheroprotective antibodies against phosphorylcholine and apolipoproteins in rheumatoid arthritis - a one year study. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2011 0.83
111 Prognostic importance of hemoglobin in hypertensive patients with electrocardiographic left ventricular hypertrophy: the Losartan Intervention For End point reduction in hypertension (LIFE) study. Am Heart J 2008 0.83
112 The myeloperoxidase gene and its influence on myocardial infarction in a Swedish population: protective role of the -129A allele in women. Coron Artery Dis 2009 0.83
113 Financial stress in late adulthood and diverse risks of incident cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in women and men. BMC Public Health 2014 0.82
114 Hematocrit and mean arterial blood pressure in pre- and postmenopause women. Vasc Health Risk Manag 2009 0.82
115 Causal relevance of blood lipid fractions in the development of carotid atherosclerosis: Mendelian randomization analysis. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2012 0.82
116 Circulating oxidized low-density lipoprotein is increased in hypertension. Clin Sci (Lond) 2003 0.81
117 Protein biomarkers for the prediction of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia 2015 0.81
118 Identification of a functional apolipoprotein E promoter polymorphism regulating plasma apolipoprotein E concentration. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2013 0.81
119 Repeated blood pressure measurements in a sample of Swedish twins: heritabilities and associations with polymorphisms in the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system. J Hypertens 2002 0.81
120 Low levels of IgM antibodies to oxidized cardiolipin increase and high levels decrease risk of cardiovascular disease among 60-year olds: a prospective study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2013 0.80
121 Association between metabolic effects and tobacco use in 60-year-old Swedish men. Eur J Epidemiol 2008 0.80
122 Evidence that the gene encoding insulin degrading enzyme influences human lifespan. Hum Mol Genet 2008 0.80
123 PAI-1 level and the PAI-1 4G/5G polymorphism in relation to risk of non-fatal myocardial infarction: results from the Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program (SHEEP). Thromb Haemost 2003 0.79
124 Genetic and environmental regulation of inflammatory CVD biomarkers Lp-PLA2 and IgM anti-PC. Atherosclerosis 2011 0.79
125 Predictors of cardiovascular events in patients with hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy: the Losartan Intervention for Endpoint reduction in hypertension study. Blood Press 2009 0.79
126 The effect of leisure-time physical activity on the risk of acute myocardial infarction depending on body mass index: a population-based case-control study. BMC Public Health 2006 0.79
127 Retrospective analysis of coagulation factor II receptor (F2R) sequence variation and coronary heart disease in hypertensive patients. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2007 0.79
128 Primary risk factors influence risk of recurrent myocardial infarction/death from coronary heart disease: results from the Stockholm Heart Epidemiology Program (SHEEP). Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2007 0.78
129 Postprandial enrichment of remnant lipoproteins with apoC-I in healthy normolipidemic men with early asymptomatic atherosclerosis. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2002 0.78
130 Body build and risk of cardiovascular events in hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy: the LIFE (Losartan Intervention For Endpoint reduction in hypertension) study. Circulation 2005 0.78
131 Autoantibodies against modified apolipoprotein B-100 in relation to low-density lipoprotein size and the metabolic syndrome in otherwise healthy men. Metabolism 2008 0.77
132 Apolipoprotein C-I genotype and serum levels of triglycerides, C-reactive protein and coronary heart disease. Metabolism 2010 0.77
133 Targeting the renin-angiotensin system for the reduction of cardiovascular outcomes in hypertension: angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers. Expert Opin Emerg Drugs 2005 0.77
134 Relationships of plasma factor VIIa-antithrombin complexes to manifest and future cardiovascular disease. Thromb Res 2011 0.77
135 Functional changes in adipose tissue in a randomised controlled trial of physical activity. Lipids Health Dis 2012 0.77
136 Chromosome 1p13 genetic variants antagonize the risk of myocardial infarction associated with high ApoB serum levels. BMC Cardiovasc Disord 2012 0.77
137 Elevated ApoB serum levels strongly predict early cardiovascular events. Heart 2012 0.77
138 Telomere length is associated with ACE I/D polymorphism in hypertensive patients with left ventricular hypertrophy. J Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone Syst 2012 0.76
139 A gene-centric study of common carotid artery remodelling. Atherosclerosis 2012 0.76
140 Genes and environment behind ethnical differences in variations in left ventricular mass. J Hypertens 2004 0.75
141 Likelihood of treatment in a coronary care unit for a first-time myocardial infarction in relation to sex, country of birth and socioeconomic position in Sweden. PLoS One 2013 0.75
142 Correction: The Influence of Age and Sex on Genetic Associations with Adult Body Size and Shape: A Large-Scale Genome-Wide Interaction Study. PLoS Genet 2016 0.75
143 Markers of endothelial activity are related to components of the metabolic syndrome, but not to circulating concentrations of the advanced glycation end-product N epsilon-carboxymethyl-lysine in healthy Swedish men. Atherosclerosis 2007 0.75
144 Interaction between air pollution exposure and genes in relation to levels of inflammatory markers and risk of myocardial infarction. BMJ Open 2013 0.75
145 Anti-atherosclerotic effects by AT1 receptor blockade. J Hypertens 2003 0.75
146 Job strain and plasminogen activator inhibitor-1: results from the Swedish WOLF study. Int Arch Occup Environ Health 2004 0.75
147 Myocardial ischaemia in patients with peripheral arterial disease. Clin Physiol Funct Imaging 2007 0.75
148 The effect of losartan versus atenolol on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in patients with hypertension taking aspirin: the Losartan Intervention for Endpoint Reduction in hypertension (LIFE) study. J Am Coll Cardiol 2005 0.75
149 Clinical prediction of normotension in borderline hypertensive men--a 10 year study. J Hypertens 2004 0.75
150 Genome-wide search for QTLs for apolipoprotein A-I level in elderly Swedish DZ twins: evidence of female-specific locus on 15q11-13. Eur J Hum Genet 2008 0.75
151 Familial effects on survival after myocardial infarction: a registry-based sib-pair study. Eur J Epidemiol 2012 0.75
152 Cost analysis of different pharmacological treatment strategies in elderly hypertensives. Blood Press 2005 0.75