Robert Ross

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1 Bevacizumab plus irinotecan, fluorouracil, and leucovorin for metastatic colorectal cancer. N Engl J Med 2004 49.02
2 Waist circumference and not body mass index explains obesity-related health risk. Am J Clin Nutr 2004 8.87
3 Low relative skeletal muscle mass (sarcopenia) in older persons is associated with functional impairment and physical disability. J Am Geriatr Soc 2002 8.28
4 Body mass index, waist circumference, and health risk: evidence in support of current National Institutes of Health guidelines. Arch Intern Med 2002 4.47
5 Skeletal muscle cutpoints associated with elevated physical disability risk in older men and women. Am J Epidemiol 2004 3.33
6 Body mass index and waist circumference independently contribute to the prediction of nonabdominal, abdominal subcutaneous, and visceral fat. Am J Clin Nutr 2002 3.33
7 Visceral fat is an independent predictor of all-cause mortality in men. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2006 3.29
8 Age-related changes in total and regional fat distribution. Ageing Res Rev 2009 2.88
9 Phase II and biomarker study of the dual MET/VEGFR2 inhibitor foretinib in patients with papillary renal cell carcinoma. J Clin Oncol 2012 2.61
10 Effects of an energy-restrictive diet with or without exercise on abdominal fat, intermuscular fat, and metabolic risk factors in obese women. Diabetes Care 2002 2.25
11 Adipose tissue quantification by imaging methods: a proposed classification. Obes Res 2003 2.19
12 Body mass index is inversely related to mortality in older people after adjustment for waist circumference. J Am Geriatr Soc 2005 2.15
13 Metabolic syndrome, obesity, and mortality: impact of cardiorespiratory fitness. Diabetes Care 2005 1.99
14 Effect of rimonabant on the high-triglyceride/ low-HDL-cholesterol dyslipidemia, intraabdominal adiposity, and liver fat: the ADAGIO-Lipids trial. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2008 1.96
15 The importance of waist circumference in the definition of metabolic syndrome: prospective analyses of mortality in men. Diabetes Care 2006 1.92
16 Association of cardiorespiratory fitness, body mass index, and waist circumference to nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Gastroenterology 2006 1.90
17 Effects of exercise modality on insulin resistance and functional limitation in older adults: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Intern Med 2009 1.85
18 SLCO2B1 and SLCO1B3 may determine time to progression for patients receiving androgen deprivation therapy for prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol 2011 1.77
19 Visceral fat and liver fat are independent predictors of metabolic risk factors in men. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab 2003 1.76
20 Does waist circumference predict diabetes and cardiovascular disease beyond commonly evaluated cardiometabolic risk factors? Diabetes Care 2007 1.75
21 Exercise without weight loss is an effective strategy for obesity reduction in obese individuals with and without Type 2 diabetes. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2005 1.68
22 Waist circumference and abdominal adipose tissue distribution: influence of age and sex. Am J Clin Nutr 2005 1.64
23 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation: Practice guidelines for management of heart failure in children. J Heart Lung Transplant 2004 1.59
24 Cardiorespiratory fitness attenuates metabolic risk independent of abdominal subcutaneous and visceral fat in men. Diabetes Care 2005 1.58
25 Duration of overweight and metabolic health risk in American men and women. Ann Epidemiol 2004 1.54
26 Discrimination of health risk by combined body mass index and waist circumference. Obes Res 2003 1.53
27 Does measurement site for visceral and abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue alter associations with the metabolic syndrome? Diabetes Care 2006 1.49
28 Case management in a heterogeneous congestive heart failure population: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Intern Med 2003 1.47
29 Ethnic influences on the relations between abdominal subcutaneous and visceral adiposity, liver fat, and cardiometabolic risk profile: the International Study of Prediction of Intra-Abdominal Adiposity and Its Relationship With Cardiometabolic Risk/Intra-Abdominal Adiposity. Am J Clin Nutr 2012 1.45
30 Combination of BMI and Waist Circumference for Identifying Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Whites. Obes Res 2004 1.40
31 Insulin resistance and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in young adult survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Clin Oncol 2009 1.36
32 Protocol for measurement of liver fat by computed tomography. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2005 1.35
33 Development of health-related waist circumference thresholds within BMI categories. Obes Res 2004 1.34
34 Exercise in pregnancy and the postpartum period. J Obstet Gynaecol Can 2003 1.33
35 Abdominal obesity, liver fat, and muscle composition in survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2007 1.32
36 Interindividual variation in abdominal subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue: influence of measurement site. J Appl Physiol (1985) 2004 1.30
37 Skeletal muscle lipid concentration quantified by magnetic resonance imaging. Am J Clin Nutr 2004 1.26
38 Cardiometabolic risk in Canada: a detailed analysis and position paper by the cardiometabolic risk working group. Can J Cardiol 2011 1.24
39 Effects of weight loss among metabolically healthy obese men and women. Diabetes Care 2010 1.22
40 Dose-dependent effects of testosterone on regional adipose tissue distribution in healthy young men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2004 1.21
41 Visceral adipose tissue indicates the severity of cardiometabolic risk in patients with and without type 2 diabetes: results from the INSPIRE ME IAA study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2012 1.21
42 An exercise intervention without weight loss decreases circulating interleukin-6 in lean and obese men with and without type 2 diabetes mellitus. Metabolism 2007 1.20
43 Medium-chain triglycerides increase energy expenditure and decrease adiposity in overweight men. Obes Res 2003 1.19
44 Caffeine ingestion is associated with reductions in glucose uptake independent of obesity and type 2 diabetes before and after exercise training. Diabetes Care 2005 1.17
45 Exercise without weight loss does not reduce C-reactive protein: the INFLAME study. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2010 1.17
46 Vigorous intensity physical activity is related to the metabolic syndrome independent of the physical activity dose. Int J Epidemiol 2012 1.13
47 Effect of exercise training on cardiometabolic risk markers among sedentary, but metabolically healthy overweight or obese post-menopausal women with elevated blood pressure. Atherosclerosis 2009 1.13
48 Detection of early prostate cancer using a hepsin-targeted imaging agent. Cancer Res 2008 1.11
49 Incidental physical activity is positively associated with cardiorespiratory fitness. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2011 1.11
50 Relation between whole-body and regional measures of human skeletal muscle. Am J Clin Nutr 2004 1.11
51 Cardiorespiratory fitness is associated with lower abdominal fat independent of body mass index. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2004 1.09
52 Fitness alters the associations of BMI and waist circumference with total and abdominal fat. Obes Res 2004 1.06
53 Whole-body skeletal muscle mass is not related to glucose tolerance or insulin sensitivity in overweight and obese men and women. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2008 1.06
54 Weight loss strategies for obese adults: personalized weight management program vs. standard care. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2006 1.02
55 Sedentary behavior is not associated with cardiometabolic risk in adults with abdominal obesity. PLoS One 2011 1.01
56 Can EGCG reduce abdominal fat in obese subjects? J Am Coll Nutr 2007 0.98
57 Independent and opposite associations of hip and waist circumference with metabolic syndrome components and with inflammatory and atherothrombotic risk factors in overweight and obese women. Metabolism 2008 0.98
58 Body mass index and hip and thigh circumferences are negatively associated with visceral adipose tissue after control for waist circumference. Am J Clin Nutr 2007 0.98
59 Adipokines, body fatness, and insulin resistance among survivors of childhood leukemia. Pediatr Blood Cancer 2011 0.98
60 Identification and management of cardiometabolic risk in Canada: a position paper by the cardiometabolic risk working group (executive summary). Can J Cardiol 2011 0.96
61 Incidental physical activity and sedentary behavior are not associated with abdominal adipose tissue in inactive adults. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2011 0.96
62 Contribution of diet and physical activity to metabolic parameters among survivors of childhood leukemia. Cancer Causes Control 2012 0.95
63 FGFR3 expression in primary and metastatic urothelial carcinoma of the bladder. Cancer Med 2014 0.95
64 Cross-sectional analysis of the utility of pulmonary function tests in predicting emphysema in ever-smokers. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2011 0.93
65 Hypertriglyceridemia and waist circumference predict cardiovascular risk among HIV patients: a cross-sectional study. PLoS One 2011 0.93
66 Effects on processes and costs of care associated with the addition of an internist to an inpatient psychiatry team. Psychiatr Serv 2005 0.92
67 Physical activity in the treatment of obesity: beyond body weight reduction. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2007 0.92
68 Abdominal obesity and physical inactivity are associated with erectile dysfunction independent of body mass index. J Sex Med 2009 0.92
69 The Na+/Ca2+ exchanger/SR Ca2+ ATPase transport capacity regulates the contractility of normal and hypertrophied feline ventricular myocytes. J Card Fail 2005 0.90
70 Independent associations between liver fat, visceral adipose tissue, and metabolic risk factors in men. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2007 0.89
71 Ability of physical activity to predict cardiovascular disease beyond commonly evaluated cardiometabolic risk factors. Am J Cardiol 2009 0.88
72 Changes in body segment inertial parameters of obese individuals with weight loss. J Biomech 2008 0.88
73 Measurement site and the association between visceral and abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue with metabolic risk in women. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2009 0.87
74 Acute exercise increases adiponectin levels in abdominally obese men. J Nutr Metab 2012 0.86
75 MRI with magnetic nanoparticles monitors downstream anti-angiogenic effects of mTOR inhibition. Mol Imaging Biol 2011 0.86
76 The utility of physical activity in the management of global cardiometabolic risk. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2009 0.86
77 Coffee, tea and their additives: association with BMI and waist circumference. Obes Facts 2010 0.85
78 Electric field stimulation through a biodegradable polypyrrole-co-polycaprolactone substrate enhances neural cell growth. J Biomed Mater Res A 2013 0.84
79 Effects of exercise amount and intensity on abdominal obesity and glucose tolerance in obese adults: a randomized trial. Ann Intern Med 2015 0.84
80 Application of simple anthropometry in the assessment of health risk: implications for the Canadian Physical Activity, Fitness and Lifestyle Appraisal. Can J Appl Physiol 2002 0.84
81 Abdominal adipose tissue distribution and metabolic risk. Sports Med 2003 0.82
82 Importance of Assessing Cardiorespiratory Fitness in Clinical Practice: A Case for Fitness as a Clinical Vital Sign: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association. Circulation 2016 0.82
83 Associations of the limb fat to trunk fat ratio with markers of cardiometabolic risk in elderly men and women. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2009 0.81
84 Novel agents for muscle-invasive and advanced urothelial cancer. BJU Int 2007 0.81
85 Atherogenic low density lipoprotein phenotype in long-term survivors of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukemia. J Lipid Res 2012 0.81
86 Waist circumference adjusted for body mass index and intra-abdominal fat mass. PLoS One 2012 0.81
87 The relationship between cardiometabolic and hemostatic variables: influence of race. Metabolism 2008 0.81
88 Does exercise without weight loss improve insulin sensitivity? Diabetes Care 2003 0.80
89 Exercise-induced improvement in insulin sensitivity is not mediated by change in cardiorespiratory fitness. Diabetes Care 2014 0.79
90 Breast volume is an independent predictor of visceral and ectopic fat in premenopausal women. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2009 0.78
91 Associations between changes in abdominal and thigh muscle quantity and quality. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2008 0.78
92 Cardiorespiratory fitness, obesity, and functional limitation in older adults. J Aging Phys Act 2011 0.77
93 Evidence that the association between exercise intensity and insulin sensitivity is sex dependent. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2011 0.77
94 Liver fat is not a marker of metabolic risk in lean premenopausal women. Metabolism 2004 0.77
95 Waist circumference and cardiorespiratory fitness are independently associated with glucose tolerance and insulin resistance in obese women. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2013 0.77
96 Racial Disparities between the Sex Steroid Milieu and the Metabolic Risk Profile. J Obes 2010 0.76
97 Association between dietary fat intake, liver fat, and insulin sensitivity in sedentary, abdominally obese, older men. Appl Physiol Nutr Metab 2008 0.76
98 Combined use of waist and hip circumference to identify abdominally obese HIV-infected patients at increased health risk. PLoS One 2013 0.75
99 Behavioral risk factors in relation to visceral adipose tissue deposition in adolescent females. Int J Pediatr Obes 2008 0.75
100 Update on exercise and weight control. J Obes 2011 0.75
101 Androgenic sex steroids contribute to metabolic risk beyond intra-abdominal fat in overweight/obese black and white women. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2013 0.75
102 Differences in Abdominal and Liver Fat Accumulation Between Obesity-Matched Diabetic and Non-Diabetic Adults: 3192 Board #257 June 3, 2: 00 PM - 3: 30 PM. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2016 0.75
103 Comparison of Measures of Maximal and Submaximal Fitness in Response to Exercise. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2016 0.75
104 Asymmetric pulmonary artery occlusion pressure opens window to pulmonary venous stenosis. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2013 0.75
105 Effects of Exercise Amount and Intensity on Total and Abdominal Adipose Tissue: 307 Board #144 June 1, 9: 30 AM - 11: 00 AM. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2016 0.75
106 Cardiorespiratory Fitness within an Obesity Risk Classification Model Identifies Men at Increased Risk of Mortality: 304 Board #141 June 1, 9: 30 AM - 11: 00 AM. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2016 0.75
107 Association Between Exercise, Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Change in Insulin: 310 Board #147 June 1, 9: 30 AM - 11: 00 AM. Med Sci Sports Exerc 2016 0.75