Barbara Thorand

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1 New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk. Nat Genet 2010 17.89
2 Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis. Nat Genet 2010 16.96
3 Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes. Nat Genet 2012 11.09
4 Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility. Nat Genet 2014 4.13
5 Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in >80 000 subjects identifies multiple loci for C-reactive protein levels. Circulation 2011 3.68
6 Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture. Nat Genet 2013 3.25
7 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
8 Sex-stratified genome-wide association studies including 270,000 individuals show sexual dimorphism in genetic loci for anthropometric traits. PLoS Genet 2013 2.83
9 Large-scale gene-centric meta-analysis across 39 studies identifies type 2 diabetes loci. Am J Hum Genet 2012 2.53
10 Novel biomarkers for pre-diabetes identified by metabolomics. Mol Syst Biol 2012 2.39
11 Meta-analysis of Dense Genecentric Association Studies Reveals Common and Uncommon Variants Associated with Height. Am J Hum Genet 2010 2.15
12 Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways. Nat Genet 2012 2.12
13 Large-scale gene-centric meta-analysis across 32 studies identifies multiple lipid loci. Am J Hum Genet 2012 1.96
14 Cardiovascular effects of fine and ultrafine particles. J Aerosol Med 2005 1.87
15 Body fat distribution and risk of type 2 diabetes in the general population: are there differences between men and women? The MONICA/KORA Augsburg cohort study. Am J Clin Nutr 2006 1.84
16 Clear detection of ADIPOQ locus as the major gene for plasma adiponectin: results of genome-wide association analyses including 4659 European individuals. Atherosclerosis 2009 1.78
17 A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans. PLoS One 2012 1.72
18 Sex differences in risk factors for incident type 2 diabetes mellitus: the MONICA Augsburg cohort study. Arch Intern Med 2002 1.69
19 Patterns of multimorbidity in the aged population. Results from the KORA-Age study. PLoS One 2012 1.58
20 Increased concentrations of C-reactive protein and IL-6 but not IL-18 are independently associated with incident coronary events in middle-aged men and women: results from the MONICA/KORA Augsburg case-cohort study, 1984-2002. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2006 1.46
21 Immunological and cardiometabolic risk factors in the prediction of type 2 diabetes and coronary events: MONICA/KORA Augsburg case-cohort study. PLoS One 2011 1.35
22 Association of systemic chemokine concentrations with impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes: results from the Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg Survey S4 (KORA S4). Diabetes 2005 1.30
23 Loci influencing blood pressure identified using a cardiovascular gene-centric array. Hum Mol Genet 2013 1.27
24 Dense genotyping of candidate gene loci identifies variants associated with high-density lipoprotein cholesterol. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2011 1.27
25 Homocysteine and coronary heart disease: meta-analysis of MTHFR case-control studies, avoiding publication bias. PLoS Med 2012 1.27
26 Age at menarche and its association with the metabolic syndrome and its components: results from the KORA F4 study. PLoS One 2011 1.21
27 Association of passive and active smoking with incident type 2 diabetes mellitus in the elderly population: the KORA S4/F4 cohort study. Eur J Epidemiol 2010 1.21
28 Multimorbidity and health-related quality of life in the older population: results from the German KORA-age study. Health Qual Life Outcomes 2011 1.18
29 IL6 gene promoter polymorphisms and type 2 diabetes: joint analysis of individual participants' data from 21 studies. Diabetes 2006 1.18
30 Questionnaire-based self-reported nutrition habits associate with serum metabolism as revealed by quantitative targeted metabolomics. Eur J Epidemiol 2010 1.17
31 Association of systemic concentrations of macrophage migration inhibitory factor with impaired glucose tolerance and type 2 diabetes: results from the Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg, Survey 4 (KORA S4). Diabetes Care 2006 1.15
32 Functional characterization of promoter variants of the adiponectin gene complemented by epidemiological data. Diabetes 2008 1.15
33 Transforming growth factor-beta1 and incident type 2 diabetes: results from the MONICA/KORA case-cohort study, 1984-2002. Diabetes Care 2009 1.13
34 Genetic markers enhance coronary risk prediction in men: the MORGAM prospective cohorts. PLoS One 2012 1.13
35 Association between domains of physical activity and all-cause, cardiovascular and cancer mortality. Eur J Epidemiol 2010 1.12
36 Joint analysis of individual participants' data from 17 studies on the association of the IL6 variant -174G>C with circulating glucose levels, interleukin-6 levels, and body mass index. Ann Med 2009 1.10
37 Macrophage migration inhibitory factor (MIF) and risk for coronary heart disease: results from the MONICA/KORA Augsburg case-cohort study, 1984-2002. Atherosclerosis 2008 1.09
38 Low levels of serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D are associated with increased risk of myocardial infarction, especially in women: results from the MONICA/KORA Augsburg case-cohort study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2012 1.08
39 Categories of glucose tolerance and continuous glycemic measures and mortality. Eur J Epidemiol 2011 1.08
40 Leptin, adiponectin, their ratio and risk of Coronary Heart Disease: results from the MONICA/KORA Augsburg Study 1984-2002. Atherosclerosis 2009 1.05
41 Genetic predictors of fibrin D-dimer levels in healthy adults. Circulation 2011 1.05
42 Oxidized LDL and the risk of coronary heart disease: results from the MONICA/KORA Augsburg Study. Clin Chem 2011 1.04
43 Hemoglobin A1c and glucose criteria identify different subjects as having type 2 diabetes in middle-aged and older populations: the KORA S4/F4 Study. Ann Med 2010 1.04
44 Chemokines and incident coronary heart disease: results from the MONICA/KORA Augsburg case-cohort study, 1984-2002. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2006 1.04
45 Retinol-binding protein 4 is associated with prediabetes in adults from the general population: the Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg (KORA) F4 Study. Diabetes Care 2011 1.02
46 Metabolomics approach reveals effects of antihypertensives and lipid-lowering drugs on the human metabolism. Eur J Epidemiol 2014 1.01
47 Skin barrier abnormality caused by filaggrin (FLG) mutations is associated with increased serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D concentrations. J Allergy Clin Immunol 2012 1.00
48 Uric acid is more strongly associated with impaired glucose regulation in women than in men from the general population: the KORA F4-Study. PLoS One 2012 0.98
49 Job strain-associated inflammatory burden and long-term risk of coronary events: findings from the MONICA/KORA Augsburg case-cohort study. Psychosom Med 2013 0.98
50 Subclinical inflammation and diabetic polyneuropathy: MONICA/KORA Survey F3 (Augsburg, Germany). Diabetes Care 2009 0.97
51 Physical activity is inversely associated with multimorbidity in elderly men: results from the KORA-Age Augsburg Study. Prev Med 2013 0.97
52 Association between different domains of physical activity and markers of inflammation. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2009 0.95
53 RANTES/CCL5 gene polymorphisms, serum concentrations, and incident type 2 diabetes: results from the MONICA/KORA Augsburg case-cohort study, 1984-2002. Eur J Endocrinol 2008 0.95
54 Variation in the human lipidome associated with coffee consumption as revealed by quantitative targeted metabolomics. Mol Nutr Food Res 2009 0.94
55 Relationship between posttraumatic stress disorder and type 2 diabetes in a population-based cross-sectional study with 2970 participants. J Psychosom Res 2013 0.94
56 Hypoadiponectinemia and proinflammatory state: two sides of the same coin?: results from the Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg Survey 4 (KORA S4). Diabetes Care 2006 0.91
57 Genome-wide association study identifies two novel regions at 11p15.5-p13 and 1p31 with major impact on acute-phase serum amyloid A. PLoS Genet 2010 0.91
58 Plasma metabolomics reveal alterations of sphingo- and glycerophospholipid levels in non-diabetic carriers of the transcription factor 7-like 2 polymorphism rs7903146. PLoS One 2013 0.90
59 Multi-omic signature of body weight change: results from a population-based cohort study. BMC Med 2015 0.89
60 Systemic monocyte chemoattractant protein-1 concentrations are independent of type 2 diabetes or parameters of obesity: results from the Cooperative Health Research in the Region of Augsburg Survey S4 (KORA S4). Eur J Endocrinol 2006 0.89
61 Job strain associated CRP is mediated by leisure time physical activity: results from the MONICA/KORA study. Brain Behav Immun 2012 0.89
62 Markers of inflammation and weight change in middle-aged adults: results from the prospective MONICA/KORA S3/F3 study. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2010 0.88
63 RANTES/CCL5 and risk for coronary events: results from the MONICA/KORA Augsburg case-cohort, Athero-Express and CARDIoGRAM studies. PLoS One 2011 0.87
64 A variant in the ABO gene explains the variation in soluble E-selectin levels-results from dense genotyping in two independent populations. PLoS One 2012 0.87
65 Genome-wide and gene-centric analyses of circulating myeloperoxidase levels in the charge and care consortia. Hum Mol Genet 2013 0.86
66 Association of iron indices and type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of observational studies. Diabetes Metab Res Rev 2014 0.86
67 Job strain as a risk factor for the onset of type 2 diabetes mellitus: findings from the MONICA/KORA Augsburg cohort study. Psychosom Med 2014 0.86
68 Association of plasma aldosterone with the metabolic syndrome in two German populations. Eur J Endocrinol 2011 0.85
69 BiomarCaRE: rationale and design of the European BiomarCaRE project including 300,000 participants from 13 European countries. Eur J Epidemiol 2014 0.85
70 Drug costs in prediabetes and undetected diabetes compared with diagnosed diabetes and normal glucose tolerance: results from the population-based KORA Survey in Germany. Diabetes Care 2013 0.84
71 Gene-centric meta-analyses for central adiposity traits in up to 57 412 individuals of European descent confirm known loci and reveal several novel associations. Hum Mol Genet 2013 0.84
72 Association of subclinical inflammation with polyneuropathy in the older population: KORA F4 study. Diabetes Care 2013 0.84
73 Genome-wide association study pinpoints a new functional apolipoprotein B variant influencing oxidized low-density lipoprotein levels but not cardiovascular events: AtheroRemo Consortium. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2012 0.84
74 Lack of seasonal variation in C-reactive protein. Clin Chem 2002 0.82
75 Association of adiponectin and leptin with relative telomere length in seven independent cohorts including 11,448 participants. Eur J Epidemiol 2014 0.81
76 Protein biomarkers for the prediction of cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes. Diabetologia 2015 0.81
77 Association between variations in the TLR4 gene and incident type 2 diabetes is modified by the ratio of total cholesterol to HDL-cholesterol. BMC Med Genet 2008 0.81
78 Association between anemia and falls in community-dwelling older people: cross-sectional results from the KORA-Age study. BMC Geriatr 2014 0.81
79 Reproductive factors and its association with peripheral arterial disease in women aged 52-81 years: the KORA F4 study. Atherosclerosis 2013 0.81
80 A meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies of the electrocardiographic early repolarization pattern. Heart Rhythm 2012 0.81
81 Discovery of biomarkers for glycaemic deterioration before and after the onset of type 2 diabetes: rationale and design of the epidemiological studies within the IMI DIRECT Consortium. Diabetologia 2014 0.81
82 First investigation of two obesity-related loci (TMEM18, FTO) concerning their association with educational level as well as income: the MONICA/KORA study. J Epidemiol Community Health 2010 0.80
83 Blunted diurnal cortisol pattern is associated with frailty: a cross-sectional study of 745 participants aged 65 to 90 years. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2014 0.80
84 Reproductive factors and serum uric acid levels in females from the general population: the KORA F4 study. PLoS One 2012 0.80
85 Prevalence of known diabetes and antidiabetic therapy between 1984/1985 and 1999/2001 in southern Germany. Diabetes Care 2004 0.80
86 Family history of diabetes is associated with higher risk for prediabetes: a multicentre analysis from the German Center for Diabetes Research. Diabetologia 2013 0.79
87 Molecular Characterization of the NLRC4 Expression in Relation to Interleukin-18 Levels. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2015 0.78
88 Acute-phase serum amyloid A protein and its implication in the development of type 2 diabetes in the KORA S4/F4 study. Diabetes Care 2012 0.78
89 Circulating levels of interleukin-18 independent of body fat and fat-free mass: results from the MONICA/KORA study. Diabetes Care 2006 0.78
90 TGF-β1 content in atherosclerotic plaques, TGF-β1 serum concentrations and incident coronary events. Eur J Clin Invest 2011 0.78
91 Myeloperoxidase, but not oxidized LDL, is associated with leisure-time physical activity: results from the MONICA/KORA Augsburg Studies 1984-1995. Atherosclerosis 2011 0.77
92 Reproductive factors, intima media thickness and carotid plaques in a cross-sectional study of postmenopausal women enrolled in the population-based KORA F4 study. BMC Womens Health 2014 0.77
93 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
94 Are diabetes risk scores useful for the prediction of cardiovascular diseases? Assessment of seven diabetes risk scores in the KORA S4/F4 cohort study. J Diabetes Complications 2013 0.75
95 Changes in Waist Circumference among German Adults over Time - Compiling Results of Seven Prospective Cohort Studies. Obes Facts 2016 0.75
96 Correction: Genome-wide physical activity interactions in adiposity - A meta-analysis of 200,452 adults. PLoS Genet 2017 0.75
97 Prevalence of use and level of awareness of CAM in older people - results from the KORA-Age study. Forsch Komplementmed 2014 0.75
98 Waist circumference modifies the association between serum 25(OH)D and systolic blood pressure: results from NHANES 2001-2006. J Hypertens 2016 0.75