Published in J Am Coll Cardiol on June 21, 2005
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Primary and a half prevention: can we identify asymptomatic subjects with high vascular risk? J Am Coll Cardiol (2005) 0.75
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Association between anthropometry, cardiometabolic risk factors, & early life factors & adult measures of endothelial function: Results from the New Delhi Birth Cohort. Indian J Med Res (2015) 0.75
2013 ESH/ESC Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension: the Task Force for the management of arterial hypertension of the European Society of Hypertension (ESH) and of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC). J Hypertens (2013) 18.17
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Severe hypoglycemia and risks of vascular events and death. N Engl J Med (2010) 8.54
Urinary albumin excretion predicts cardiovascular and noncardiovascular mortality in general population. Circulation (2002) 7.25
Vertebroplasty versus conservative treatment in acute osteoporotic vertebral compression fractures (Vertos II): an open-label randomised trial. Lancet (2010) 6.94
The same sequence variant on 9p21 associates with myocardial infarction, abdominal aortic aneurysm and intracranial aneurysm. Nat Genet (2008) 6.72
A randomized trial comparing conventional and endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. N Engl J Med (2004) 6.26
Effectiveness of antipsychotic drugs in first-episode schizophrenia and schizophreniform disorder: an open randomised clinical trial. Lancet (2008) 6.24
Effects of fibrates on cardiovascular outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Lancet (2010) 6.23
Effect of rosuvastatin on progression of carotid intima-media thickness in low-risk individuals with subclinical atherosclerosis: the METEOR Trial. JAMA (2007) 6.02
Polysaccharide conjugate vaccine against pneumococcal pneumonia in adults. N Engl J Med (2015) 5.86
Impact of anesthesia management characteristics on severe morbidity and mortality. Anesthesiology (2005) 5.17
Cognitive outcome after off-pump and on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a randomized trial. JAMA (2002) 5.06
Two-year outcomes after conventional or endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysms. N Engl J Med (2005) 5.02
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
Effects of a fixed-dose combination strategy on adherence and risk factors in patients with or at high risk of CVD: the UMPIRE randomized clinical trial. JAMA (2013) 4.82
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
Prognosis and prognostic research: what, why, and how? BMJ (2009) 4.46
Long-term outcome of open or endovascular repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm. N Engl J Med (2010) 3.70
Common carotid intima-media thickness measurements in cardiovascular risk prediction: a meta-analysis. JAMA (2012) 3.67
Unrecognized heart failure in elderly patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Eur Heart J (2005) 3.58
The global burden of diabetes and its complications: an emerging pandemic. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil (2010) 3.20
Relation between blood pressure and vascular events and mortality in patients with manifest vascular disease: J-curve revisited. Hypertension (2011) 3.11
Risk prediction models: II. External validation, model updating, and impact assessment. Heart (2012) 3.05
Predictive value of noninvasive measures of atherosclerosis for incident myocardial infarction: the Rotterdam Study. Circulation (2004) 2.90
Endogenous sex hormones and metabolic syndrome in aging men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2005) 2.89
Aspirin and coumadin after acute coronary syndromes (the ASPECT-2 study): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet (2002) 2.85
Beta-blockers may reduce mortality and risk of exacerbations in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Arch Intern Med (2010) 2.82
Coffee, decaffeinated coffee, and tea consumption in relation to incident type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review with meta-analysis. Arch Intern Med (2009) 2.79
Risk prediction models: I. Development, internal validation, and assessing the incremental value of a new (bio)marker. Heart (2012) 2.76
Duplex ultrasound and magnetic resonance angiography compared with digital subtraction angiography in carotid artery stenosis: a systematic review. Stroke (2003) 2.69
Torcetrapib and carotid intima-media thickness in mixed dyslipidaemia (RADIANCE 2 study): a randomised, double-blind trial. Lancet (2007) 2.65
Cognitive outcomes 7.5 years after angioplasty compared with off-pump coronary bypass surgery. Ann Thorac Surg (2013) 2.64
Postmenopausal status and early menopause as independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease: a meta-analysis. Menopause (2006) 2.64
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Carotid intima-media thickness measurements in intervention studies: design options, progression rates, and sample size considerations: a point of view. Stroke (2003) 2.61
Peri-coronary epicardial adipose tissue is related to cardiovascular risk factors and coronary artery calcification in post-menopausal women. Eur Heart J (2007) 2.60
Dietary phytoestrogens and breast cancer risk. Am J Clin Nutr (2004) 2.55
Effect of online hemodiafiltration on all-cause mortality and cardiovascular outcomes. J Am Soc Nephrol (2012) 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
High dietary glycemic load and glycemic index increase risk of cardiovascular disease among middle-aged women: a population-based follow-up study. J Am Coll Cardiol (2007) 2.47
Alpha-blockers as medical expulsive therapy for ureteral stones. Cochrane Database Syst Rev (2014) 2.45
Blood pressure response to fish oil supplementation: metaregression analysis of randomized trials. J Hypertens (2002) 2.42
Effect of torcetrapib on carotid atherosclerosis in familial hypercholesterolemia. N Engl J Med (2007) 2.41
Measuring carotid intima-media thickness: extensive ultrasound protocols have value. J Am Soc Echocardiogr (2012) 2.39
Missing covariate data in medical research: to impute is better than to ignore. J Clin Epidemiol (2010) 2.37
Preoperative diagnosis of carotid artery stenosis: accuracy of noninvasive testing. Stroke (2002) 2.37
Asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis and the risk of new vascular events in patients with manifest arterial disease: the SMART study. Stroke (2007) 2.36
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
Time-of-flight MR angiography of carotid artery stenosis: does a flow void represent severe stenosis? AJNR Am J Neuroradiol (2002) 2.26
Effect of moderate alcohol consumption on adiponectin, tumor necrosis factor-alpha, and insulin sensitivity. Diabetes Care (2004) 2.24
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
Coronary collaterals: an important and underexposed aspect of coronary artery disease. Circulation (2003) 2.17
The effect of outpatient preoperative evaluation of hospital inpatients on cancellation of surgery and length of hospital stay. Anesth Analg (2002) 2.16
Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways. Nat Genet (2012) 2.12
Doctors' perceptions and use of evidence-based medicine: a systematic review and thematic synthesis of qualitative studies. Acad Med (2013) 2.11
Clinical effectiveness of influenza vaccination in persons younger than 65 years with high-risk medical conditions: the PRISMA study. Arch Intern Med (2005) 2.11
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
Effect of a reduction in uric acid on renal outcomes during losartan treatment: a post hoc analysis of the reduction of endpoints in non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus with the Angiotensin II Antagonist Losartan Trial. Hypertension (2011) 2.05
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
Prevalence of asymptomatic carotid artery stenosis in the general population: an individual participant data meta-analysis. Stroke (2010) 1.97
Estimating measures of interaction on an additive scale for preventive exposures. Eur J Epidemiol (2011) 1.94
Carotid intima-media thickness and coronary atherosclerosis: weak or strong relations? Eur Heart J (2007) 1.94
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
Adjuvant aspirin therapy reduces symptoms of schizophrenia spectrum disorders: results from a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. J Clin Psychiatry (2010) 1.90
Innate left handedness and risk of breast cancer: case-cohort study. BMJ (2005) 1.90