Published in Am J Epidemiol on July 01, 2005
Prevalence factors associated with hypertension in Rukungiri district, Uganda--a community-based study. Afr Health Sci (2009) 2.02
Cardiovascular disease and associated risk factors in Cuba: prospects for prevention and control. Am J Public Health (2005) 1.52
Social patterning of chronic disease risk factors in a Latin American city. J Urban Health (2008) 1.32
Body size and blood pressure: an analysis of Africans and the African diaspora. Epidemiology (2008) 1.08
Blood pressure to height ratios as simple, sensitive and specific diagnostic tools for adolescent (pre)hypertension in Nigeria. Ital J Pediatr (2011) 1.08
Race, ethnicity, and self-reported hypertension: analysis of data from the National Health Interview Survey, 1997-2005. Am J Public Health (2008) 0.96
Ethnic differences in the effect of environmental stressors on blood pressure and hypertension in the Netherlands. BMC Public Health (2007) 0.92
Prevalence of Hypertension in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Medicine (Baltimore) (2015) 0.89
Blacks and Whites in the Cuba have equal prevalence of hypertension: confirmation from a new population survey. BMC Public Health (2013) 0.85
Elevated hypertension risk for African-origin populations in biracial societies: modeling the Epidemiologic Transition Study. J Hypertens (2015) 0.80
Impact of education on obesity and blood pressure in developing countries: A study on the Ibos of Nigeria. N Am J Med Sci (2010) 0.77
Prevalence of hypertension among the elderly Malays living in rural Malaysia. Australas Med J (2011) 0.75
Occupational Disparities in the Association between Self-Reported Salt-Eating Habit and Hypertension in Older Adults in Xiamen, China. Int J Environ Res Public Health (2016) 0.75
Cuba: better care for stroke. BMJ (2006) 0.75
Genome-wide association scan shows genetic variants in the FTO gene are associated with obesity-related traits. PLoS Genet (2007) 14.99
Genetic variants in novel pathways influence blood pressure and cardiovascular disease risk. Nature (2011) 13.25
The Dallas Heart Study: a population-based probability sample for the multidisciplinary study of ethnic differences in cardiovascular health. Am J Cardiol (2004) 9.43
Hypertension prevalence and blood pressure levels in 6 European countries, Canada, and the United States. JAMA (2003) 9.06
Subclinical thyroid disease: scientific review and guidelines for diagnosis and management. JAMA (2004) 8.12
A spectrum of PCSK9 alleles contributes to plasma levels of low-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Am J Hum Genet (2006) 7.89
Admixture mapping for hypertension loci with genome-scan markers. Nat Genet (2005) 6.78
Hypertension treatment and control in five European countries, Canada, and the United States. Hypertension (2003) 5.63
Physical activity does not influence obesity risk: time to clarify the public health message. Int J Epidemiol (2013) 4.71
Association mapping, using a mixture model for complex traits. Genet Epidemiol (2002) 3.95
From the Cover: Whole-genome association study identifies STK39 as a hypertension susceptibility gene. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A (2008) 3.39
Left ventricular hypertrophy is more prevalent in blacks than whites in the general population: the Dallas Heart Study. Hypertension (2005) 3.07
A unified association analysis approach for family and unrelated samples correcting for stratification. Am J Hum Genet (2008) 3.00
Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease. Nat Genet (2013) 2.92
A genome-wide linkage analysis investigating the determinants of blood pressure in whites and African Americans. Am J Hypertens (2003) 2.76
Neighborhood characteristics and hypertension. Epidemiology (2008) 2.70
The association of a SNP upstream of INSIG2 with body mass index is reproduced in several but not all cohorts. PLoS Genet (2007) 2.35
Multiple genes for essential-hypertension susceptibility on chromosome 1q. Am J Hum Genet (2006) 2.34
Common single-nucleotide polymorphisms act in concert to affect plasma levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Am J Hum Genet (2007) 2.28
Linkage analysis of a complex disease through use of admixed populations. Am J Hum Genet (2004) 2.21
Corin I555(P568) allele is associated with enhanced cardiac hypertrophic response to increased systemic afterload. Hypertension (2007) 2.17
Reverse causation and illness-related weight loss in observational studies of body weight and mortality. Am J Epidemiol (2010) 1.99
Genetics. The science and business of genetic ancestry testing. Science (2007) 1.95
Genome-wide association of anthropometric traits in African- and African-derived populations. Hum Mol Genet (2010) 1.90
A combined analysis of genomewide linkage scans for body mass index from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Blood Pressure Program. Am J Hum Genet (2002) 1.87
Impact of energy intake, physical activity, and population-wide weight loss on cardiovascular disease and diabetes mortality in Cuba, 1980-2005. Am J Epidemiol (2007) 1.87
Corin gene minor allele defined by 2 missense mutations is common in blacks and associated with high blood pressure and hypertension. Circulation (2005) 1.84
A meta-analysis identifies new loci associated with body mass index in individuals of African ancestry. Nat Genet (2013) 1.82
Association of genetic variation with systolic and diastolic blood pressure among African Americans: the Candidate Gene Association Resource study. Hum Mol Genet (2011) 1.77
Discovering the full spectrum of cardiovascular disease: Minority Health Summit 2003: report of the Obesity, Metabolic Syndrome, and Hypertension Writing Group. Circulation (2005) 1.67
Success in control of hypertension in a low-resource setting: the Cuban experience. J Hypertens (2006) 1.64
Association between blood pressure and resting energy expenditure independent of body size. Hypertension (2004) 1.62
Genome-wide association analysis of blood-pressure traits in African-ancestry individuals reveals common associated genes in African and non-African populations. Am J Hum Genet (2013) 1.55
Race and ancestry in biomedical research: exploring the challenges. Genome Med (2009) 1.55
Combined admixture mapping and association analysis identifies a novel blood pressure genetic locus on 5p13: contributions from the CARe consortium. Hum Mol Genet (2011) 1.54
Cardiovascular disease and associated risk factors in Cuba: prospects for prevention and control. Am J Public Health (2005) 1.52
The Nigerian antihypertensive adherence trial: a community-based randomized trial. J Hypertens (2013) 1.52
Interrogating local population structure for fine mapping in genome-wide association studies. Bioinformatics (2010) 1.48
Identification, replication, and fine-mapping of Loci associated with adult height in individuals of african ancestry. PLoS Genet (2011) 1.47
Replication of the Wellcome Trust genome-wide association study of essential hypertension: the Family Blood Pressure Program. Eur J Hum Genet (2008) 1.45
Assessing physical activity and its relationship to cardiovascular risk factors: NHANES 2003-2006. BMC Public Health (2011) 1.44
An association study of angiotensinogen polymorphisms with serum level and hypertension in an African-American population. J Hypertens (2003) 1.44
Adjustment for local ancestry in genetic association analysis of admixed populations. Bioinformatics (2010) 1.44
Racial differences in blood pressure response to calcium channel blocker monotherapy: a meta-analysis. Am J Hypertens (2009) 1.41
Protocol for the modeling the epidemiologic transition study: a longitudinal observational study of energy balance and change in body weight, diabetes and cardiovascular disease risk. BMC Public Health (2011) 1.39
Predicting incident diabetes in Jamaica: the role of anthropometry. Obes Res (2002) 1.38
Voluntary participation and informed consent to international genetic research. Am J Public Health (2006) 1.32
Genetic variation in APOL1 and MYH9 genes is associated with chronic kidney disease among Nigerians. Int Urol Nephrol (2012) 1.32
Admixture mapping provides evidence of association of the VNN1 gene with hypertension. PLoS One (2007) 1.31
Stroke mortality and trends from 1990 to 2006 in 39 countries from Europe and Central Asia: implications for control of high blood pressure. Eur Heart J (2011) 1.31
An actor-based model of social network influence on adolescent body size, screen time, and playing sports. PLoS One (2012) 1.29
Markers that discriminate between European and African ancestry show limited variation within Africa. Hum Genet (2002) 1.27
A genome-wide scan for obesity in African-Americans. Diabetes (2002) 1.25
Positional identification of hypertension susceptibility genes on chromosome 2. Hypertension (2004) 1.25
Energy expenditure and adiposity in Nigerian and African-American women. Obesity (Silver Spring) (2008) 1.24
Energy expenditure does not predict weight change in either Nigerian or African American women. Am J Clin Nutr (2008) 1.24
Positional identification of variants of Adamts16 linked to inherited hypertension. Hum Mol Genet (2009) 1.21
Genetic background of patients from a university medical center in Manhattan: implications for personalized medicine. PLoS One (2011) 1.21
Sugary soda consumption and albuminuria: results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1999-2004. PLoS One (2008) 1.20
Association studies of BMI and type 2 diabetes in the neuropeptide Y pathway: a possible role for NPY2R as a candidate gene for type 2 diabetes in men. Diabetes (2007) 1.20
Rapid assessment of genetic ancestry in populations of unknown origin by genome-wide genotyping of pooled samples. PLoS Genet (2010) 1.14
Follow-up of a major linkage peak on chromosome 1 reveals suggestive QTLs associated with essential hypertension: GenNet study. Eur J Hum Genet (2009) 1.14
Activity energy expenditure and adiposity among black adults in Nigeria and the United States. Am J Clin Nutr (2002) 1.13
Linkage disequilibrium and haplotype diversity in the genes of the renin-angiotensin system: findings from the family blood pressure program. Genome Res (2003) 1.13
Obesity reduction and its possible consequences: what can we learn from Cuba's Special Period? CMAJ (2008) 1.11
The contribution of genomic research to explaining racial disparities in cardiovascular disease: a systematic review. Am J Epidemiol (2015) 1.10
Challenges and opportunities for cardiovascular disease prevention. Am J Med (2011) 1.09
Task force #1--magnitude of the prevention problem: opportunities and challenges. 33rd Bethesda Conference. J Am Coll Cardiol (2002) 1.09
Body size and blood pressure: an analysis of Africans and the African diaspora. Epidemiology (2008) 1.08
Haplotypes produced from rare variants in the promoter and coding regions of angiotensinogen contribute to variation in angiotensinogen levels. Hum Mol Genet (2005) 1.08
A meta-analysis of genome-wide linkage scans for hypertension: the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute Family Blood Pressure Program. Am J Hypertens (2003) 1.07
Efficacy of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition in reducing progression from asymptomatic left ventricular dysfunction to symptomatic heart failure in black and white patients. J Am Coll Cardiol (2002) 1.07
Combined analysis of genomewide scans for adult height: results from the NHLBI Family Blood Pressure Program. Eur J Hum Genet (2003) 1.03
Heritability of blood pressure in Nigerian families. J Hypertens (2002) 1.03
Angiotensin I-converting enzyme polymorphisms, ACE level and blood pressure among Nigerians, Jamaicans and African-Americans. Eur J Hum Genet (2004) 1.02
Meta-analysis of genome-wide scans for blood pressure in African American and Nigerian samples. The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute GeneLink Project. Am J Hypertens (2006) 1.01
An updated meta-analysis of genome scans for hypertension and blood pressure in the NHLBI Family Blood Pressure Program (FBPP). Am J Hypertens (2006) 0.95
Efficient calculation of P-value and power for quadratic form statistics in multilocus association testing. Ann Hum Genet (2010) 0.94
Rapid increases in obesity in Jamaica, compared to Nigeria and the United States. BMC Public Health (2008) 0.94
The impact of data quality on the identification of complex disease genes: experience from the Family Blood Pressure Program. Eur J Hum Genet (2006) 0.93
Race in epidemiology: new tools, old problems. Ann Epidemiol (2008) 0.93
An ancestral variant of Secretogranin II confers regulation by PHOX2 transcription factors and association with hypertension. Hum Mol Genet (2007) 0.92
Recommendations for global hypertension monitoring and prevention. Curr Hypertens Rep (2009) 0.91
[The Epidat program]. Rev Panam Salud Publica (2010) 0.91
Sex-differences in adiponectin levels and body fat distribution: longitudinal observations in Afro-Jamaicans. Diabetes Res Clin Pract (2010) 0.90
The feasibility of implementing a dietary sodium reduction intervention among free-living normotensive individuals in south west Nigeria. Ethn Dis (2002) 0.89
Impact of adiponectin and ghrelin on incident glucose intolerance and on weight change. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) (2008) 0.89
Risk factors associated with uncontrolled hypertension: findings from the baseline CARMEN survey in Cienfuegos, Cuba. J Hypertens (2008) 0.89
25-hydroxyvitamin D levels in African American and Nigerian women. Am J Hum Biol (2013) 0.87
Relative height and weight among children and adolescents of rural southwestern Nigeria. Ann Hum Biol (2009) 0.87
Effects of rare and common blood pressure gene variants on essential hypertension: results from the Family Blood Pressure Program, CLUE, and Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities studies. Circ Res (2012) 0.86
A mixed ecologic-cohort comparison of physical activity & weight among young adults from five populations of African origin. BMC Public Health (2014) 0.86
Five blood pressure loci identified by an updated genome-wide linkage scan: meta-analysis of the Family Blood Pressure Program. Am J Hypertens (2010) 0.85
Genetic effects on blood pressure localized to chromosomes 6 and 7. J Hypertens (2005) 0.85
Telomeres and race: what can we learn about human biology from health differentials? Aging Cell (2008) 0.85