Published in BMC Public Health on June 13, 2008
A novel use of structural equation models to examine factors associated with prediabetes among adults aged 50 years and older: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2001-2006. Diabetes Care (2013) 0.88
The effect of chlorogenic acid on blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials. J Hum Hypertens (2014) 0.83
Dietary patterns are associated with disease risk among participants in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. J Nutr (2011) 0.82
Lifestyle Patterns Are Associated with Elevated Blood Pressure among Qatari Women of Reproductive Age: A Cross-Sectional National Study. Nutrients (2015) 0.77
Association Between the Awareness of Dyslipidemia and Health Behavior for Control of Lipid Levels Among Korean Adults with Dyslipidemia. Korean J Fam Med (2017) 0.75
Projections of global mortality and burden of disease from 2002 to 2030. PLoS Med (2006) 49.95
Prediction of coronary heart disease using risk factor categories. Circulation (1998) 48.81
Effect of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with myocardial infarction in 52 countries (the INTERHEART study): case-control study. Lancet (2004) 42.12
Efficacy and safety of cholesterol-lowering treatment: prospective meta-analysis of data from 90,056 participants in 14 randomised trials of statins. Lancet (2005) 32.41
Diabetes, other risk factors, and 12-yr cardiovascular mortality for men screened in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial. Diabetes Care (1993) 17.66
Comparison of C-reactive protein and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels in the prediction of first cardiovascular events. N Engl J Med (2002) 16.23
Diet, lifestyle, and the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in women. N Engl J Med (2001) 14.48
Mediterranean diet, lifestyle factors, and 10-year mortality in elderly European men and women: the HALE project. JAMA (2004) 9.55
Primary prevention of coronary heart disease in women through diet and lifestyle. N Engl J Med (2000) 9.05
Major risk factors as antecedents of fatal and nonfatal coronary heart disease events. JAMA (2003) 7.35
Prevalence of conventional risk factors in patients with coronary heart disease. JAMA (2003) 6.84
Combined impact of health behaviours and mortality in men and women: the EPIC-Norfolk prospective population study. PLoS Med (2008) 6.14
Serum cholesterol concentration and coronary heart disease in population with low cholesterol concentrations. BMJ (1991) 5.45
Physical activity and ischaemic heart disease in middle-aged British men. Br Heart J (1991) 3.81
Validation of dietary assessment methods in the UK arm of EPIC using weighed records, and 24-hour urinary nitrogen and potassium and serum vitamin C and carotenoids as biomarkers. Int J Epidemiol (1997) 3.79
Blood pressure and the global burden of disease 2000. Part II: estimates of attributable burden. J Hypertens (2006) 3.12
Healthy lifestyle factors in the primary prevention of coronary heart disease among men: benefits among users and nonusers of lipid-lowering and antihypertensive medications. Circulation (2006) 3.10
Associations between alcohol consumption and insulin sensitivity and cardiovascular disease risk factors: the Insulin Resistance and Atherosclerosis Study. Diabetes Care (2000) 1.11
Dietary patterns in middle-aged Irish men and women defined by cluster analysis. Public Health Nutr (2004) 1.11
Dietary patterns among a national random sample of British adults. J Epidemiol Community Health (2001) 1.09
Social diversity of Irish adults nutritional intake. Eur J Clin Nutr (2003) 1.02
Established cardiovascular disease and CVD risk factors in a primary care population of middle-aged Irish men and women. Ir Med J (2003) 1.02
Alcohol intake and insulin resistance. A cross-sectional study. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis (2004) 0.83
Clustering of protective factors for glucose intolerance and insulin resistance: a cross-sectional study. Diabet Med (2005) 0.79
Pravastatin in elderly individuals at risk of vascular disease (PROSPER): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet (2002) 17.19
Legislation for smoke-free workplaces and health of bar workers in Ireland: before and after study. BMJ (2005) 2.65
Writing to patients: a randomised controlled trial. Clin Med (2006) 2.13
Lack of effect of lowering LDL cholesterol on cancer: meta-analysis of individual data from 175,000 people in 27 randomised trials of statin therapy. PLoS One (2012) 1.93
Does inflammation determine metabolic health status in obese and nonobese adults? J Clin Endocrinol Metab (2013) 1.67
C-reactive protein and prediction of coronary heart disease and global vascular events in the Prospective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER). Circulation (2007) 1.43
Night-time blood pressure and target organ damage: a comparative analysis of absolute blood pressure and dipping status. J Hypertens (2015) 1.41
Temporal trends in misclassification patterns of measured and self-report based body mass index categories--findings from three population surveys in Ireland. BMC Public Health (2010) 1.39
Defining metabolically healthy obesity: role of dietary and lifestyle factors. PLoS One (2013) 1.30
Association between apolipoprotein E4 and cognitive decline in elderly adults. J Am Geriatr Soc (2007) 1.29
Measured parental weight status and familial socio-economic status correlates with childhood overweight and obesity at age 9. PLoS One (2012) 1.28
Impact of a national smoking ban on hospital admission for acute coronary syndromes: a longitudinal study. Clin Cardiol (2012) 1.25
Self-care coping strategies in people with diabetes: a qualitative exploratory study. BMC Endocr Disord (2009) 1.23
Trends in the incidence of lower extremity amputations in people with and without diabetes over a five-year period in the Republic of Ireland. PLoS One (2012) 1.21
Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome in middle-aged men and women. Diabetes Care (2003) 1.20
A prospective analysis of elevated fasting glucose levels and cognitive function in older people: results from PROSPER and the Rotterdam Study. Diabetes (2010) 1.17
Cohort profile: The Cork and Kerry Diabetes and Heart Disease Study. Int J Epidemiol (2012) 1.14
Exploring the usability of a mobile app for adolescent obesity management. JMIR Mhealth Uhealth (2014) 1.13
The prevalence of self-reported deliberate self harm in Irish adolescents. BMC Public Health (2008) 1.13
Sociodemographic, health and lifestyle predictors of poor diets. Public Health Nutr (2011) 1.11
Living longer and feeling better: healthy lifestyle, self-rated health, obesity and depression in Ireland. Eur J Public Health (2009) 1.11
Prevalence of overweight and obesity on the island of Ireland: results from the North South Survey of Children's Height, Weight and Body Mass Index, 2002. BMC Public Health (2007) 1.09
The direct and indirect costs of both overweight and obesity: a systematic review. BMC Res Notes (2014) 1.08
Management of diabetes in primary care: a structured-care approach. Eur J Gen Pract (2008) 1.08
Height and weight bias: the influence of time. PLoS One (2013) 1.08
A Prospective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER): Screening Experience and Baseline Characteristics. Curr Control Trials Cardiovasc Med (2002) 1.07
Quality of life and quality of care in patients with diabetes experiencing different models of care. Diabetes Care (2009) 1.04
Modelling the impact of specific food policy options on coronary heart disease and stroke deaths in Ireland. BMJ Open (2013) 1.01
Modelling Coronary Heart Disease Mortality declines in the Republic of Ireland, 1985-2006. Int J Cardiol (2013) 1.00
Challenging the role of social norms regarding body weight as an explanation for weight, height, and BMI misreporting biases: development and application of a new approach to examining misreporting and misclassification bias in surveys. BMC Public Health (2011) 0.99
Plasma lipoproteins and apolipoproteins as predictors of cardiovascular risk and treatment benefit in the PROspective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER). Circulation (2005) 0.99
Chronic disease burden associated with overweight and obesity in Ireland: the effects of a small BMI reduction at population level. BMC Public Health (2014) 0.97
Barriers to, and facilitators in, introducing integrated diabetes care in Ireland: a qualitative study of views in general practice. BMJ Open (2013) 0.96
Persistence and remission of musculoskeletal pain in community-dwelling older adults: results from the cardiovascular health study. J Am Geriatr Soc (2012) 0.96
Age and sex differences in prevalence and clinical correlates of depression: first results from the Irish Longitudinal Study on Ageing. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry (2013) 0.93
The 2002-2007 trends of prevalence of asthma, allergic rhinitis and eczema in Irish schoolchildren. Pediatr Allergy Immunol (2012) 0.92
Temporal variation in Irish suicide rates. Suicide Life Threat Behav (2004) 0.91
Neighbourhood perceptions of physical activity: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health (2008) 0.91
The prevalence and determinants of undiagnosed and diagnosed type 2 diabetes in middle-aged irish adults. PLoS One (2013) 0.90
Homocysteine levels in men and women of different ethnic and cultural background living in England. Atherosclerosis (2002) 0.90
Surveillance during pregnancy: methods and response rates from a hospital based pilot study of the Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System in Ireland. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2013) 0.90
The effect of the Irish smoke-free workplace legislation on smoking among bar workers. Eur J Public Health (2009) 0.89
Prevalence of diabetes in the Republic of Ireland: results from the National Health Survey (SLAN) 2007. PLoS One (2013) 0.89
The incidence and repetition of attempted suicide in Ireland. Eur J Public Health (2004) 0.89
Long-term effects of statin treatment in elderly people: extended follow-up of the PROspective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER). PLoS One (2013) 0.89
Socioeconomic change and suicide: a time-series study from the Republic of Ireland. Crisis (2005) 0.88
Counting on commitment; the quality of primary care-led diabetes management in a system with minimal incentives. BMC Health Serv Res (2011) 0.88
The effect of moderate gestational alcohol consumption during pregnancy on speech and language outcomes in children: a systematic review. Syst Rev (2014) 0.87
Age-period-cohort analysis for trends in body mass index in Ireland. BMC Public Health (2013) 0.87
Trends and prevalence of overweight and obesity in primary school aged children in the Republic of Ireland from 2002-2012: a systematic review. BMC Public Health (2014) 0.87
Pregnancy Risk Assessment Monitoring System in Ireland: methods and response rates. Matern Child Health J (2015) 0.86
Caesarean delivery and subsequent pregnancy interval: a systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth (2013) 0.85
QT dispersion, QT maximum and risk of cardiac death in the Caerphilly Heart Study. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil (2004) 0.85
Participation in everyday activities and quality of life in pre-teenage children living with cerebral palsy in South West Ireland. BMC Pediatr (2008) 0.84
Caesarean delivery and subsequent stillbirth or miscarriage: systematic review and meta-analysis. PLoS One (2013) 0.84
Use of analgesics in intentional drug overdose presentations to hospital before and after the withdrawal of distalgesic from the Irish market. BMC Clin Pharmacol (2010) 0.84
Irish exceptionalism? Local food environments and dietary quality. J Epidemiol Community Health (2011) 0.84
The area-level association between hospital-treated deliberate self-harm, deprivation and social fragmentation in Ireland. J Epidemiol Community Health (2007) 0.84
Prevalence of diminished kidney function in a representative sample of middle and older age adults in the Irish population. BMC Nephrol (2012) 0.83
Sociodemographic, lifestyle, mental health and dietary factors associated with direction of misreporting of energy intake. Public Health Nutr (2010) 0.83
The iceberg of suicide and self-harm in Irish adolescents: a population-based study. Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol (2014) 0.83
A smartphone intervention for adolescent obesity: study protocol for a randomised controlled non-inferiority trial. Trials (2014) 0.83
Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction and Depressive Symptoms among the Elderly: A Prospective Cohort Study. Neuroendocrinology (2015) 0.83
Bullying victimisation, self harm and associated factors in Irish adolescent boys. Soc Sci Med (2010) 0.82
Haematinic deficiency and macrocytosis in middle-aged and older adults. PLoS One (2013) 0.81
Positive mental health and well-being among a third level student population. PLoS One (2013) 0.81
Contrasting associations of insulin resistance with diabetes, cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in the elderly: PROSPER long-term follow-up. Diabetologia (2014) 0.81
Oscillometric measure of blood pressure detects association between orthostatic hypotension and depression in population based study of older adults. BMC Psychiatry (2013) 0.81
Application of the UK foresight obesity model in Ireland: the health and economic consequences of projected obesity trends in Ireland. PLoS One (2013) 0.81
Subclinical thyroid dysfunction and functional capacity among elderly. Thyroid (2013) 0.80
Quality-assured screening for diabetic retinopathy delivered in primary care in Ireland: an observational study. Br J Gen Pract (2013) 0.80
Reprint of: bullying victimisation, self harm and associated factors in Irish adolescent boys. Soc Sci Med (2011) 0.80
Developing recommendations to improve the quality of diabetes care in Ireland: a policy analysis. Health Res Policy Syst (2014) 0.80
Research review: Birth by caesarean section and development of autism spectrum disorder and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Child Psychol Psychiatry (2014) 0.80
The identification of barriers preventing the successful implementation of a surgical prophylaxis protocol. Pharm World Sci (2002) 0.79
Epidemiology of allergic reactions to hymenoptera stings in Irish school children. Pediatr Allergy Immunol (2010) 0.79
Determinants of vulnerability in early childhood development in Ireland: a cross-sectional study. BMJ Open (2013) 0.79
Blood pressure control in hypertensive patients in Irish primary care practices. J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) (2009) 0.79
Suicide and deliberate self harm in older Irish adults. Int Psychogeriatr (2010) 0.78
Concordance studies between hospital discharge data and medical records for the recording of lower extremity amputation and diabetes in the Republic of Ireland. BMC Res Notes (2013) 0.78
Job control and ambulatory blood pressure. Scand J Work Environ Health (2014) 0.78
Increasing late stage colorectal cancer and rectal cancer mortality demonstrates the need for screening: a population based study in Ireland, 1994-2010. BMC Gastroenterol (2014) 0.77
Comparison of diabetes risk score estimates and cardiometabolic risk profiles in a middle-aged Irish population. PLoS One (2013) 0.77
Timing of access to secondary healthcare services for diabetes management and lower extremity amputation in people with diabetes: a protocol of a case-control study. BMJ Open (2013) 0.77
Mediating effects of coping style on associations between mental health factors and self-harm among adolescents. Crisis (2013) 0.77
Factors associated with self-cutting as a method of self-harm: findings from the Irish National Registry of Deliberate Self-Harm. Eur J Public Health (2013) 0.76
Physician's Prescribing Preference as an Instrumental Variable: Exploring Assumptions Using Survey Data. Epidemiology (2016) 0.76
Risk of suicide ideation associated with problem-solving ability and attitudes toward suicidal behavior in university students. Crisis (2003) 0.76
Long term effects of advice to reduce dietary salt. Critical faculties should always be exercised. BMJ (2003) 0.75