Paul K Whelton

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1 Global burden of hypertension: analysis of worldwide data. Lancet 2005 32.76
2 A Randomized Trial of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control. N Engl J Med 2015 19.14
3 Major causes of death among men and women in China. N Engl J Med 2005 11.80
4 Long term effects of dietary sodium reduction on cardiovascular disease outcomes: observational follow-up of the trials of hypertension prevention (TOHP). BMJ 2007 7.54
5 Worldwide prevalence of hypertension: a systematic review. J Hypertens 2004 6.25
6 The metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease in U.S. adults. Ann Intern Med 2004 5.45
7 Effects of low-carbohydrate and low-fat diets: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med 2014 5.31
8 Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and overweight among adults in China. Lancet 2005 5.05
9 Fasting glucose levels and incident diabetes mellitus in older nondiabetic adults randomized to receive 3 different classes of antihypertensive treatment: a report from the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT). Arch Intern Med 2006 4.58
10 Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in china. Hypertension 2002 4.18
11 Trends in blood pressure among children and adolescents. JAMA 2004 4.03
12 Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of cardiovascular disease in US adults: the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiologic Follow-up Study. Am J Clin Nutr 2002 4.00
13 Renal insufficiency and subsequent death resulting from cardiovascular disease in the United States. J Am Soc Nephrol 2002 3.92
14 Outcomes in hypertensive black and nonblack patients treated with chlorthalidone, amlodipine, and lisinopril. JAMA 2005 3.89
15 Body weight and mortality among men and women in China. JAMA 2006 3.41
16 Lower levels of sodium intake and reduced cardiovascular risk. Circulation 2014 3.39
17 Renal outcomes in high-risk hypertensive patients treated with an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or a calcium channel blocker vs a diuretic: a report from the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT). Arch Intern Med 2005 3.18
18 Sodium, blood pressure, and cardiovascular disease: further evidence supporting the American Heart Association sodium reduction recommendations. Circulation 2012 3.14
19 The prevalence of nontraditional risk factors for coronary heart disease in patients with chronic kidney disease. Ann Intern Med 2004 2.94
20 Joint effects of sodium and potassium intake on subsequent cardiovascular disease: the Trials of Hypertension Prevention follow-up study. Arch Intern Med 2009 2.81
21 Cardiovascular outcomes in high-risk hypertensive patients stratified by baseline glomerular filtration rate. Ann Intern Med 2006 2.81
22 Effect of soybean protein on blood pressure: a randomized, controlled trial. Ann Intern Med 2005 2.79
23 Metabolic syndrome and salt sensitivity of blood pressure in non-diabetic people in China: a dietary intervention study. Lancet 2009 2.73
24 Premature deaths attributable to blood pressure in China: a prospective cohort study. Lancet 2009 2.62
25 Visit-to-Visit Variability of Blood Pressure and Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, Heart Failure, and Mortality: A Cohort Study. Ann Intern Med 2015 2.42
26 Relationship between cigarette smoking and novel risk factors for cardiovascular disease in the United States. Ann Intern Med 2003 2.22
27 Prevalence of cardiovascular disease risk factor clustering among the adult population of China: results from the International Collaborative Study of Cardiovascular Disease in Asia (InterAsia). Circulation 2005 2.13
28 Gender difference in blood pressure responses to dietary sodium intervention in the GenSalt study. J Hypertens 2009 2.06
29 Methodological issues in cohort studies that relate sodium intake to cardiovascular disease outcomes: a science advisory from the American Heart Association. Circulation 2014 2.05
30 ALLHAT findings revisited in the context of subsequent analyses, other trials, and meta-analyses. Arch Intern Med 2009 2.02
31 Dietary sodium intake and incidence of congestive heart failure in overweight US men and women: first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiologic Follow-up Study. Arch Intern Med 2002 2.02
32 Cigarette smoking and exposure to environmental tobacco smoke in China: the international collaborative study of cardiovascular disease in Asia. Am J Public Health 2004 2.02
33 Factors associated with hypertension control in the general population of the United States. Arch Intern Med 2002 2.01
34 Prevalence and risk factors of overweight and obesity in China. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2007 1.93
35 Antihypertensive prescriptions for newly treated patients before and after the main antihypertensive and lipid-lowering treatment to prevent heart attack trial results and seventh report of the joint national committee on prevention, detection, evaluation, and treatment of high blood pressure guidelines. Hypertension 2009 1.92
36 Ethnic comparison of weight loss in the Trial of Nonpharmacologic Interventions in the Elderly. Obes Res 2002 1.89
37 Prehypertension and risk of cardiovascular disease in Chinese adults. J Hypertens 2009 1.81
38 Serum total and lipoprotein cholesterol levels and awareness, treatment, and control of hypercholesterolemia in China. Circulation 2004 1.78
39 Blood lead level is associated with elevated blood pressure in blacks. Hypertension 2003 1.75
40 Blood pressure and risk of cardiovascular disease in Chinese men and women. Am J Hypertens 2008 1.74
41 Clinical events in high-risk hypertensive patients randomly assigned to calcium channel blocker versus angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor in the antihypertensive and lipid-lowering treatment to prevent heart attack trial. Hypertension 2006 1.73
42 Insulin resistance and risk of chronic kidney disease in nondiabetic US adults. J Am Soc Nephrol 2003 1.70
43 Dietary intake of folate and risk of stroke in US men and women: NHANES I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study. National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Stroke 2002 1.69
44 Impact of the ALLHAT/JNC7 Dissemination Project on thiazide-type diuretic use. Arch Intern Med 2010 1.64
45 Prevalence of physical activity among Chinese adults: results from the International Collaborative Study of Cardiovascular Disease in Asia. Am J Public Health 2005 1.63
46 Cigarette smoking and erectile dysfunction among Chinese men without clinical vascular disease. Am J Epidemiol 2007 1.62
47 Long-term renal and cardiovascular outcomes in Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT) participants by baseline estimated GFR. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol 2012 1.62
48 Long-term effects of incident diabetes mellitus on cardiovascular outcomes in people treated for hypertension: the ALLHAT Diabetes Extension Study. Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 2012 1.59
49 Increasing prevalence and low awareness, treatment and control of diabetes mellitus among Chinese adults: the InterASIA study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2008 1.57
50 Association between blood pressure responses to the cold pressor test and dietary sodium intervention in a Chinese population. Arch Intern Med 2008 1.53
51 Effect of dietary fiber intake on blood pressure: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. J Hypertens 2004 1.50
52 Thiazide-induced dysglycemia: call for research from a working group from the national heart, lung, and blood institute. Hypertension 2008 1.46
53 Geographic variations in the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in China. J Hypertens 2003 1.45
54 Dietary fiber intake and reduced risk of coronary heart disease in US men and women: the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study. Arch Intern Med 2003 1.43
55 Prevalence of decreased kidney function in Chinese adults aged 35 to 74 years. Kidney Int 2005 1.42
56 Association between inflammation and insulin resistance in U.S. nondiabetic adults: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Diabetes Care 2004 1.40
57 Effect of dietary fiber intake on blood pressure: a meta-analysis of randomized, controlled clinical trials. J Hypertens 2005 1.40
58 Trends in the prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of cardiovascular disease risk factors among noninstitutionalized patients with a history of myocardial infarction and stroke. Am J Epidemiol 2006 1.36
59 Effect of dietary protein supplementation on blood pressure: a randomized, controlled trial. Circulation 2011 1.32
60 Factors associated with hypertension awareness, treatment, and control in a representative sample of the chinese population. Hypertension 2004 1.30
61 A population-based, prospective study of blood pressure and risk for end-stage renal disease in China. J Am Soc Nephrol 2007 1.27
62 Association between the metabolic syndrome and chronic kidney disease in Chinese adults. Nephrol Dial Transplant 2007 1.24
63 Blood pressure control by drug group in the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT). J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2008 1.21
64 Prevalence of non-traditional cardiovascular disease risk factors among persons with impaired fasting glucose, impaired glucose tolerance, diabetes, and the metabolic syndrome: analysis of the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III). Ann Epidemiol 2004 1.21
65 Effect of blood pressure on early decline in kidney function among hypertensive men. Hypertension 2003 1.19
66 Primary prevention of essential hypertension. Med Clin North Am 2004 1.19
67 Serum antioxidant vitamins and blood pressure in the United States population. Hypertension 2002 1.13
68 International collaborative study of cardiovascular disease in Asia: design, rationale, and preliminary results. Ethn Dis 2004 1.12
69 Central rather than overall obesity is related to diabetes in the Chinese population: the InterASIA study. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2007 1.11
70 Clinical outcomes by race in hypertensive patients with and without the metabolic syndrome: Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial (ALLHAT). Arch Intern Med 2008 1.09
71 Mortality and morbidity during and after the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2011 1.04
72 Formal public health education and career outcomes of medical school graduates. PLoS One 2012 1.04
73 Genetic variants in the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and salt sensitivity of blood pressure. J Hypertens 2010 1.03
74 Prevalence and risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus in the Chinese adult population: the InterASIA Study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract 2009 0.98
75 Differences in cardiovascular disease risk when antihypertensive medication adherence is assessed by pharmacy fill versus self-report: the Cohort Study of Medication Adherence among Older Adults (CoSMO). J Hypertens 2015 0.97
76 Hypertension control among newly treated patients before and after publication of the main ALLHAT results and JNC 7 guidelines. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2012 0.95
77 Hypertension subtype and risk of cardiovascular disease in Chinese adults. Circulation 2008 0.94
78 The impact of JNC-VI guidelines on treatment recommendations in the US population. Hypertension 2002 0.93
79 Association of genetic variants in the apelin-APJ system and ACE2 with blood pressure responses to potassium supplementation: the GenSalt study. Am J Hypertens 2010 0.91
80 Agreement on nutrient intake between the databases of the First National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and the ESHA Food Processor. Am J Epidemiol 2002 0.91
81 The risk for mild kidney function decline associated with illicit drug use among hypertensive men. Am J Kidney Dis 2004 0.91
82 ALLHAT: still providing correct answers after 7 years. Curr Opin Cardiol 2010 0.91
83 Characteristics and long-term follow-up of participants with peripheral arterial disease during ALLHAT. J Gen Intern Med 2014 0.91
84 Mortality and morbidity during and after Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial: results by sex. Hypertension 2013 0.90
85 Flawed evidence should not derail sound policy: the case remains strong for population-wide sodium reduction. Am J Hypertens 2013 0.89
86 Salt intake, hypertension and risk of cardiovascular disease: an important public health challenge. Int J Epidemiol 2002 0.88
87 [Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in Chinese adults]. Zhonghua Yu Fang Yi Xue Za Zhi 2003 0.87
88 Getting clinical trial results into practice: design, implementation, and process evaluation of the ALLHAT Dissemination Project. Clin Trials 2009 0.86
89 Chlorthalidone versus hydrochlorothiazide. Ann Intern Med 2013 0.86
90 Standards for the uniform reporting of hypertension in adults using population survey data: recommendations from the World Hypertension League Expert Committee. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2014 0.85
91 Effect of chlorthalidone, amlodipine, and lisinopril on visit-to-visit variability of blood pressure: results from the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 2014 0.85
92 Association of symptoms of depression and obesity with hypertension: the Bogalusa Heart Study. Am J Hypertens 2006 0.85
93 Therapeutic lifestyle changes and drug treatment for high blood cholesterol in China and application of the Adult Treatment Panel III guidelines. Am J Cardiol 2005 0.85
94 Genetic variants in the renin-angiotensin system and blood pressure reactions to the cold pressor test. J Hypertens 2010 0.84
95 Urinary sodium and cardiovascular disease risk: informing guidelines for sodium consumption. JAMA 2011 0.84
96 Interactions of genetic variants with physical activity are associated with blood pressure in Chinese: the GenSalt study. Am J Hypertens 2011 0.84
97 Genome-wide linkage and positional candidate gene study of blood pressure response to dietary potassium intervention: the genetic epidemiology network of salt sensitivity study. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2010 0.82
98 Genetic variants in the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system and blood pressure responses to potassium intake. J Hypertens 2011 0.81
99 Relationship of serum antioxidant vitamins to serum creatinine in the US population. Am J Kidney Dis 2002 0.81
100 Agreement of blood pressure measurements between random-zero and standard mercury sphygmomanometers. Am J Med Sci 2008 0.81
101 Exposure to radiologic contrast media and an increased risk of treated end-stage renal disease. Am J Med Sci 2003 0.80
102 History of myocardial infarction and stroke among incident end-stage renal disease cases and population-based controls: an analysis of shared risk factors. Am J Kidney Dis 2002 0.79
103 A Randomized Trial of Intensive versus Standard Blood-Pressure Control. N Engl J Med 2016 0.78
104 Maternal history of hypertension and blood pressure response to potassium intake: the GenSalt Study. Am J Epidemiol 2012 0.78
105 Relationships between selected gene polymorphisms and blood pressure sensitivity to weight loss in elderly persons with hypertension. Hypertension 2013 0.77
106 Surviving Hurricane Katrina: reconstructing the educational enterprise of Tulane University School of Medicine. Acad Med 2007 0.77
107 Analysis of sex hormone genes reveals gender differences in the genetic etiology of blood pressure salt sensitivity: the GenSalt study. Am J Hypertens 2012 0.77
108 Polymorphisms in the GNB3 and ADD1 genes and blood pressure in a Chinese population. Hum Genet 2010 0.76
109 Immunity-to-change: are hidden motives underlying patient nonadherence to chronic disease medications? Am J Med Sci 2014 0.76
110 The glycemic effects of antihypertensive medications. Curr Hypertens Rep 2014 0.76
111 Effectiveness of chlorthalidone/amiloride versus losartan in patients with stage I hypertension: results from the PREVER-treatment randomized trial. J Hypertens 2016 0.76
112 Benazepril plus amlodipine or hydrochlorothiazide for hypertension. N Engl J Med 2009 0.75
113 Treatment: special conditions. Prevention/public health strategies. J Am Soc Hypertens 2015 0.75
114 Analgesia and public health: meeting the global challenges. Am J Ther 2002 0.75
115 Postural hand tremor and incident hypertension in young to middle-aged adults: the Bogalusa heart study. J Hypertens 2016 0.75
116 Association between chronic kidney disease and cancer mortality: A report from the ALLHAT. Clin Nephrol 2016 0.75