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Title |
Journal |
Year |
PubWeight™‹?› |
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1
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Intensive lipid lowering with simvastatin and ezetimibe in aortic stenosis.
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N Engl J Med
|
2008
|
10.03
|
|
2
|
LDL-cholesterol concentrations: a genome-wide association study.
|
Lancet
|
2008
|
6.44
|
|
3
|
Genetic variants influencing circulating lipid levels and risk of coronary artery disease.
|
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
|
2010
|
4.08
|
|
4
|
Outcome of patients with low-gradient "severe" aortic stenosis and preserved ejection fraction.
|
Circulation
|
2011
|
3.38
|
|
5
|
The validity of the Finnish Hospital Discharge Register and Causes of Death Register data on coronary heart disease.
|
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil
|
2005
|
2.78
|
|
6
|
Genome-wide linkage and association analyses to identify genes influencing adiponectin levels: the GEMS Study.
|
Obesity (Silver Spring)
|
2009
|
2.07
|
|
7
|
Low plasma ghrelin is associated with insulin resistance, hypertension, and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes.
|
Diabetes
|
2003
|
1.82
|
|
8
|
Progression of atherosclerosis is associated with variation in the alpha1-antitrypsin gene.
|
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
|
2003
|
1.65
|
|
9
|
Plasma interleukin-5 levels are related to antibodies binding to oxidized low-density lipoprotein and to decreased subclinical atherosclerosis.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2008
|
1.64
|
|
10
|
The effect of correcting for troponins on trends in coronary heart disease events in Finland during 1993-2002: the FINAMI study.
|
Eur Heart J
|
2006
|
1.63
|
|
11
|
Immunoglobulin M type of autoantibodies to oxidized low-density lipoprotein has an inverse relation to carotid artery atherosclerosis.
|
Circulation
|
2003
|
1.63
|
|
12
|
Coronary artery disease-associated locus on chromosome 9p21 and early markers of atherosclerosis.
|
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
|
2008
|
1.62
|
|
13
|
A blood pressure genetic risk score is a significant predictor of incident cardiovascular events in 32,669 individuals.
|
Hypertension
|
2013
|
1.60
|
|
14
|
Changes in dietary fat intake alter plasma levels of oxidized low-density lipoprotein and lipoprotein(a).
|
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
|
2004
|
1.58
|
|
15
|
ATP-binding cassette transporter A1 locus is not a major determinant of HDL-C levels in a population at high risk for coronary heart disease.
|
Atherosclerosis
|
2003
|
1.58
|
|
16
|
Sequencing analysis of ghrelin gene 5' flanking region: relations between the sequence variants, fasting plasma total ghrelin concentrations, and body mass index.
|
Metabolism
|
2006
|
1.47
|
|
17
|
Association between HERG K897T polymorphism and QT interval in middle-aged Finnish women.
|
J Am Coll Cardiol
|
2002
|
1.46
|
|
18
|
Coronary heart disease: from a disease of middle-aged men in the late 1970s to a disease of elderly women in the 2000s.
|
Eur Heart J
|
2005
|
1.44
|
|
19
|
Apolipoprotein E polymorphism affects carotid artery atherosclerosis in smoking hypertensive men.
|
J Hypertens
|
2002
|
1.41
|
|
20
|
Role of candidate genes in the lipid responses to intensified treatment in Type 2 diabetes.
|
J Endocrinol Invest
|
2005
|
1.39
|
|
21
|
Identification of a sudden cardiac death susceptibility locus at 2q24.2 through genome-wide association in European ancestry individuals.
|
PLoS Genet
|
2011
|
1.38
|
|
22
|
Genetic and phenotypic architecture of metabolic syndrome-associated components in dyslipidemic and normolipidemic subjects: the GEMS Study.
|
Atherosclerosis
|
2007
|
1.36
|
|
23
|
Relation between atherogenic dyslipidemia and the Adult Treatment Program-III definition of metabolic syndrome (Genetic Epidemiology of Metabolic Syndrome Project).
|
Am J Cardiol
|
2005
|
1.32
|
|
24
|
A new definition for myocardial infarction: what difference does it make?
|
Eur Heart J
|
2005
|
1.32
|
|
25
|
Separating the mechanism-based and off-target actions of cholesteryl ester transfer protein inhibitors with CETP gene polymorphisms.
|
Circulation
|
2009
|
1.20
|
|
26
|
Incidence and predictors of silent myocardial infarction in type 2 diabetes and the effect of fenofibrate: an analysis from the Fenofibrate Intervention and Event Lowering in Diabetes (FIELD) study.
|
Eur Heart J
|
2009
|
1.17
|
|
27
|
APOA5 gene variants, lipoprotein particle distribution, and progression of coronary heart disease: results from the LOCAT study.
|
J Lipid Res
|
2004
|
1.16
|
|
28
|
Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor alpha gene variants influence progression of coronary atherosclerosis and risk of coronary artery disease.
|
Circulation
|
2002
|
1.11
|
|
29
|
A natural antibody to oxidized cardiolipin binds to oxidized low-density lipoprotein, apoptotic cells, and atherosclerotic lesions.
|
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol
|
2006
|
1.08
|
|
30
|
Adiponectin polymorphisms, adiposity and insulin metabolism: HERITAGE family study and Oulu diabetic study.
|
Ann Med
|
2005
|
1.04
|
|
31
|
Multiple QTLs influencing triglyceride and HDL and total cholesterol levels identified in families with atherogenic dyslipidemia.
|
J Lipid Res
|
2005
|
1.00
|
|
32
|
Metabolic syndrome and carotid intima media thickness in the Health 2000 Survey.
|
Atherosclerosis
|
2008
|
0.97
|
|
33
|
Tomato juice decreases LDL cholesterol levels and increases LDL resistance to oxidation.
|
Br J Nutr
|
2007
|
0.96
|
|
34
|
Glycemic control over 5 years in 4,900 people with type 2 diabetes: real-world diabetes therapy in a clinical trial cohort.
|
Diabetes Care
|
2012
|
0.95
|
|
35
|
Estrogen replacement therapy increases plasma ghrelin levels.
|
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
|
2005
|
0.95
|
|
36
|
High plasma resistin level is associated with enhanced highly sensitive C-reactive protein and leukocytes.
|
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
|
2006
|
0.94
|
|
37
|
Estimation of VLDL, IDL, LDL, HDL2, apoA-I, and apoB from the Friedewald inputs--apoB and IDL, but not LDL, are associated with mortality in type 1 diabetes.
|
Ann Med
|
2009
|
0.94
|
|
38
|
Interleukin-6 promoter polymorphism and cardiovascular risk factors: the Health 2000 Survey.
|
Atherosclerosis
|
2009
|
0.93
|
|
39
|
Low plasma adiponectin concentration is an indicator of the metabolic syndrome.
|
Eur J Endocrinol
|
2006
|
0.93
|
|
40
|
R643G polymorphism in PECAM-1 influences transendothelial migration of monocytes and is associated with progression of CHD and CHD events.
|
Atherosclerosis
|
2004
|
0.93
|
|
41
|
Interactions between ghrelin, leptin and IGF-I affect metabolic syndrome and early atherosclerosis.
|
Ann Med
|
2008
|
0.93
|
|
42
|
The signal sequence polymorphism of the MnSOD gene is associated with the degree of carotid atherosclerosis.
|
Atherosclerosis
|
2003
|
0.90
|
|
43
|
Resistin is an indicator of the metabolic syndrome according to five different definitions in the Finnish Health 2000 survey.
|
Metab Syndr Relat Disord
|
2011
|
0.90
|
|
44
|
Clinical implications of electrocardiographic left ventricular strain and hypertrophy in asymptomatic patients with aortic stenosis: the Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis study.
|
Circulation
|
2011
|
0.90
|
|
45
|
A novel functional polymorphism in the PECAM-1 gene (53G>A) is associated with progression of atherosclerosis in the LOCAT and REGRESS studies.
|
Atherosclerosis
|
2003
|
0.89
|
|
46
|
Observed and predicted reduction of ischemic cardiovascular events in the Simvastatin and Ezetimibe in Aortic Stenosis trial.
|
Am J Cardiol
|
2010
|
0.89
|
|
47
|
Ghrelin and obestatin modulate early atherogenic processes on cells: enhancement of monocyte adhesion and oxidized low-density lipoprotein binding.
|
Metabolism
|
2009
|
0.89
|
|
48
|
Glomerular filtration rate is related to carotid intima-media thickness in middle-aged adults.
|
Nephrol Dial Transplant
|
2009
|
0.87
|
|
49
|
Estrogen replacement therapy decreases plasma adiponectin but not resistin in postmenopausal women.
|
Metabolism
|
2008
|
0.87
|
|
50
|
Nondipping pattern and carotid atherosclerosis in a middle-aged population: OPERA Study.
|
Am J Hypertens
|
2011
|
0.86
|
|
51
|
Low serum adiponectin level as a predictor of impaired glucose regulation and type 2 diabetes mellitus in a middle-aged Finnish population.
|
Metabolism
|
2008
|
0.86
|
|
52
|
Heart rate variability findings as a predictor of atrial fibrillation in middle-aged population.
|
J Cardiovasc Electrophysiol
|
2014
|
0.85
|
|
53
|
Genetic variants at the resistin locus are associated with the plasma resistin concentration and cardiovascular risk factors.
|
Regul Pept
|
2008
|
0.85
|
|
54
|
The expression of human resistin in different leucocyte lineages is modulated by LPS and TNFalpha.
|
Regul Pept
|
2009
|
0.85
|
|
55
|
Carotid artery intima-media thickness and elasticity in relation to glucose tolerance.
|
Acta Diabetol
|
2011
|
0.84
|
|
56
|
Home-measured blood pressure is more strongly associated with atherosclerosis than clinic blood pressure: the Finn-HOME Study.
|
J Hypertens
|
2007
|
0.84
|
|
57
|
Serum insulin and inflammatory markers in overweight individuals with and without dyslipidemia.
|
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
|
2007
|
0.83
|
|
58
|
Leptin and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein and their interaction in the metabolic syndrome in middle-aged subjects.
|
Metabolism
|
2007
|
0.83
|
|
59
|
Plasma IgA antibody levels to malondialdehyde acetaldehyde-adducts are associated with inflammatory mediators, obesity and type 2 diabetes.
|
Ann Med
|
2013
|
0.82
|
|
60
|
Leptin receptor Arg109 homozygotes display decreased total mortality as well as lower incidence of cardiovascular disease and related death.
|
Gene
|
2013
|
0.82
|
|
61
|
High plasma immunoglobulin (Ig) A and low IgG antibody titers to oxidized low-density lipoprotein are associated with markers of glucose metabolism.
|
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
|
2010
|
0.82
|
|
62
|
Ghrelin vaccination decreases plasma MCP-1 level in LDLR(-/-)-mice.
|
Peptides
|
2009
|
0.82
|
|
63
|
Plasma adiponectin levels are associated with left ventricular hypertrophy in a random sample of middle-aged subjects.
|
Ann Med
|
2010
|
0.82
|
|
64
|
Effects of estrogen replacement therapy on natriuretic peptides and blood pressure.
|
Maturitas
|
2004
|
0.82
|
|
65
|
Dietary modifications and gene polymorphisms alter serum paraoxonase activity in healthy women.
|
J Nutr
|
2002
|
0.81
|
|
66
|
Plasma adiponectin--an independent indicator of liver fat accumulation.
|
Metabolism
|
2011
|
0.81
|
|
67
|
Computationally estimated apolipoproteins B and A1 in predicting cardiovascular risk.
|
Atherosclerosis
|
2012
|
0.81
|
|
68
|
Aging of the population may not lead to an increase in the numbers of acute coronary events: a community surveillance study and modelled forecast of the future.
|
Heart
|
2013
|
0.81
|
|
69
|
Two variants in the resistin gene and the response to long-term overfeeding.
|
Eur J Clin Nutr
|
2004
|
0.81
|
|
70
|
Are coronary event rates declining slower in women than in men - evidence from two population-based myocardial infarction registers in Finland?
|
BMC Cardiovasc Disord
|
2007
|
0.80
|
|
71
|
Non-dipping pattern in ambulatory blood pressure monitoring is associated with metabolic abnormalities in a random sample of middle-aged subjects.
|
Hypertens Res
|
2009
|
0.80
|
|
72
|
Carbamyl adducts on low-density lipoprotein induce IgG response in LDLR-/- mice and bind plasma autoantibodies in humans under enhanced carbamylation.
|
Antioxid Redox Signal
|
2013
|
0.80
|
|
73
|
Association of variation in the interleukin-1 gene family with diabetes and glucose homeostasis.
|
J Clin Endocrinol Metab
|
2009
|
0.80
|
|
74
|
Interleukin-6 promoter polymorphism and late-onset Alzheimer's disease in the Finnish population.
|
J Neurogenet
|
2006
|
0.80
|
|
75
|
A risk score for predicting mortality in patients with asymptomatic mild to moderate aortic stenosis.
|
Heart
|
2011
|
0.80
|
|
76
|
Plasma lipid levels and body weight altered by intrauterine growth restriction and postnatal fructose diet in adult rats.
|
Pediatr Res
|
2012
|
0.79
|
|
77
|
Leptin receptor Lys109Arg and Gln223Arg polymorphisms are associated with early atherosclerosis.
|
Metab Syndr Relat Disord
|
2010
|
0.79
|
|
78
|
High ambulatory blood pressure values associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver in middle-aged adults.
|
J Hypertens
|
2012
|
0.79
|
|
79
|
Fatty liver predicts the risk for cardiovascular events in middle-aged population: a population-based cohort study.
|
BMJ Open
|
2014
|
0.79
|
|
80
|
Increased daily sodium intake is an independent dietary indicator of the metabolic syndrome in middle-aged subjects.
|
Ann Med
|
2011
|
0.79
|
|
81
|
Haptoglobin 2 allele associates with unstable carotid plaque and major cardiovascular events.
|
Atherosclerosis
|
2013
|
0.79
|
|
82
|
Sequencing analysis of the ghrelin receptor (growth hormone secretagogue receptor type 1a) gene.
|
Eur J Endocrinol
|
2004
|
0.79
|
|
83
|
Variation in the vascular endothelial growth factor gene, carotid intima-media thickness and the risk of acute myocardial infarction.
|
Scand J Clin Lab Invest
|
2009
|
0.79
|
|
84
|
Impact of baseline severity of aortic valve stenosis on effect of intensive lipid lowering therapy (from the SEAS study).
|
Am J Cardiol
|
2010
|
0.79
|
|
85
|
Coronary events in persons aged 75 years or older in Finland from 1995 to 2002: the FINAMI study.
|
Am J Geriatr Cardiol
|
2008
|
0.78
|
|
86
|
Adiponectin concentration in plasma is associated with muscle fiber size in healthy middle-aged men.
|
Scand J Clin Lab Invest
|
2012
|
0.78
|
|
87
|
Plasma homocysteine concentration is decreased by dietary intervention.
|
Br J Nutr
|
2003
|
0.78
|
|
88
|
Functional significance of KCNH2 (HERG) K897T polymorphism for cardiac repolarization assessed by analysis of T-wave morphology.
|
Ann Noninvasive Electrocardiol
|
2006
|
0.78
|
|
89
|
Paraoxonase-1 gene Leu-Met55 and Gln-Arg192 polymorphisms are not associated with carotid artery atherosclerosis in a population-based cohort.
|
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil
|
2004
|
0.78
|
|
90
|
Serum homocysteine concentrations, gemfibrozil treatment, and progression of coronary atherosclerosis.
|
Atherosclerosis
|
2004
|
0.77
|
|
91
|
Fasting plasma total ghrelin concentrations in monozygotic twins discordant for obesity.
|
Metabolism
|
2009
|
0.77
|
|
92
|
The effect of energy restriction during pregnancy on obesity-related peptide hormones in rat offspring.
|
Peptides
|
2008
|
0.77
|
|
93
|
Long telomeres in blood leukocytes are associated with a high risk of ascending aortic aneurysm.
|
PLoS One
|
2012
|
0.76
|
|
94
|
Comparison of family history of sudden cardiac death in nonischemic and ischemic heart disease.
|
Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol
|
2012
|
0.76
|
|
95
|
Low-density lipoprotein clearance in patients with chronic renal failure.
|
Nephrol Dial Transplant
|
2009
|
0.76
|
|
96
|
Long-term fructose feeding changes the expression of leptin receptors and autophagy genes in the adipose tissue and liver of male rats: a possible link to elevated triglycerides.
|
Genes Nutr
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
97
|
Gene expression profiles in fetal and neonatal rat offspring of energy-restricted dams.
|
J Nutrigenet Nutrigenomics
|
2010
|
0.75
|
|
98
|
Peptide hormones in infants with feeding disorders.
|
Scand J Clin Lab Invest
|
2013
|
0.75
|
|
99
|
Association between angiotensin-converting enzyme insertion/deletion polymorphism and treatment response in type 2 diabetic patients.
|
Eur J Intern Med
|
2006
|
0.75
|
|
100
|
Temporal changes in cardiovascular autonomic regulation in type II diabetic patients: association with coronary risk variables and progression of coronary artery disease.
|
Ann Med
|
2003
|
0.75
|
|
101
|
[Official document of the International Society of Atherosclerosis: general recommendations for treatment of dyslipidemia. Executive summary].
|
Clin Investig Arterioscler
|
2013
|
0.75
|