Published in Stroke on January 21, 2010
Guidelines for the primary prevention of stroke: a statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association. Stroke (2014) 3.48
Measures of adiposity and risk of stroke in China: a result from the Kailuan study. PLoS One (2013) 1.25
Interleukin-1 and acute brain injury. Front Cell Neurosci (2015) 0.95
Time-dependent impact of diabetes on mortality in patients with stroke: survival up to 5 years in a health insurance population cohort in Germany. Diabetes Care (2012) 0.92
Epidemiology and prevention of stroke: a worldwide perspective. Expert Rev Neurother (2012) 0.88
Critical role of matrix metalloprotease-9 in chronic high fat diet-induced cerebral vascular remodelling and increase of ischaemic brain injury in mice†. Cardiovasc Res (2014) 0.87
Obesity and life expectancy among long-lived Black adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci (2013) 0.81
Association between different obesity measures and the risk of stroke in the EPIC Spanish cohort. Eur J Nutr (2014) 0.80
Emerging risk factors in women. Stroke (2010) 0.80
Body adiposity indices are associated with hypertension in a black, urban Free State community. Afr J Prim Health Care Fam Med (2014) 0.78
Brain Aging in African-Americans: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Experience. Curr Alzheimer Res (2015) 0.78
Interactive effects of physical fitness and body mass index on risk of stroke: A national cohort study. Int J Stroke (2016) 0.76
The Abundance of Epicardial Adipose Tissue Surrounding Left Atrium Is Associated With the Occurrence of Stroke in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation. Medicine (Baltimore) (2016) 0.76
Modelling the potential impact of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax on stroke mortality, costs and health-adjusted life years in South Africa. BMC Public Health (2016) 0.75
Obesity paradox in stroke - Myth or reality? A systematic review. PLoS One (2017) 0.75
Association of high waist-to-height ratio with functional outcomes in patients with acute ischemic stroke: A report from the ACROSS-China study. Medicine (Baltimore) (2017) 0.75
Laser-induced carotid artery injury model in the rat for therapeutic agent screening. Lasers Med Sci (2011) 0.75
The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study: design and objectives. The ARIC investigators. Am J Epidemiol (1989) 37.83
A short questionnaire for the measurement of habitual physical activity in epidemiological studies. Am J Clin Nutr (1982) 17.28
Heart disease and stroke statistics--2009 update: a report from the American Heart Association Statistics Committee and Stroke Statistics Subcommittee. Circulation (2008) 15.35
Stroke incidence and survival among middle-aged adults: 9-year follow-up of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) cohort. Stroke (1999) 7.93
Overweight and obesity as determinants of cardiovascular risk: the Framingham experience. Arch Intern Med (2002) 6.92
Executive summary of the clinical guidelines on the identification, evaluation, and treatment of overweight and obesity in adults. Arch Intern Med (1998) 5.00
Point and interval estimates of partial population attributable risks in cohort studies: examples and software. Cancer Causes Control (2007) 3.49
Body mass index and the risk of stroke in men. Arch Intern Med (2002) 2.90
Prospective study of body mass index and risk of stroke in apparently healthy women. Circulation (2005) 2.73
Attributable risk: advantages of a broad definition of exposure. Am J Epidemiol (1994) 2.45
Body mass index, waist circumference, and waist-hip ratio on the risk of total and type-specific stroke. Arch Intern Med (2007) 2.31
Body mass index and ischemic and hemorrhagic stroke: a prospective study in Korean men. Stroke (2004) 2.22
Prospective associations of fasting insulin, body fat distribution, and diabetes with risk of ischemic stroke. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study Investigators. Diabetes Care (1999) 2.17
Prediction of ischemic stroke risk in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Am J Epidemiol (2004) 1.94
Body size and fat distribution as predictors of stroke among US men. Am J Epidemiol (1996) 1.74
Estimates of excess deaths associated with body mass index and other anthropometric variables. Am J Clin Nutr (2009) 1.73
Ethnic differences in risk factors for ischemic stroke: a European case-control study. Stroke (2004) 1.70
Abdominal obesity and risk of ischemic stroke: the Northern Manhattan Stroke Study. Stroke (2003) 1.61
Incidence of hypertension and stroke in relation to body fat distribution and other risk factors in older women. Stroke (1990) 1.42
Racial and ethnic differences in postacute rehabilitation outcomes after stroke in the United States. Stroke (2008) 1.38
Contribution of obesity and abdominal fat mass to risk of stroke and transient ischemic attacks. Stroke (2008) 1.25
Body mass index in mid-life is associated with a first stroke in men: a prospective population study over 28 years. Stroke (2004) 1.23
Re: "Confidence limits made easy: interval estimation using a substitution method". Am J Epidemiol (1999) 1.20
Reliability of body fat distribution measurements. The ARIC Study baseline cohort results. Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (1995) 1.06
BMI and stroke risk in Korean women. Obesity (Silver Spring) (2008) 1.02
Prospective study of body size and risk for stroke amongst women below age 60. J Intern Med (2006) 1.01
Differences in cardiovascular disease mortality associated with body mass between Black and White persons. Am J Public Health (2007) 0.98
Obesity has a greater impact on cardiovascular mortality in younger men than in older men among non-smoking Koreans. Int J Epidemiol (2005) 0.88
Body fat distribution, obesity, overweight and stroke incidence in women and men--the NHANES I Epidemiologic Follow-up Study. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord (2001) 0.83
Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis: objectives and design. Am J Epidemiol (2002) 35.63
Association analyses of 249,796 individuals reveal 18 new loci associated with body mass index. Nat Genet (2010) 23.08
A common allele on chromosome 9 associated with coronary heart disease. Science (2007) 20.37
Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height. Nature (2010) 20.01
Coronary calcium as a predictor of coronary events in four racial or ethnic groups. N Engl J Med (2008) 18.34
Cardiovascular effects of intensive lifestyle intervention in type 2 diabetes. N Engl J Med (2013) 15.58
Reduction in weight and cardiovascular disease risk factors in individuals with type 2 diabetes: one-year results of the look AHEAD trial. Diabetes Care (2007) 14.35
Body-mass index and mortality among 1.46 million white adults. N Engl J Med (2010) 13.34
Glycated hemoglobin, diabetes, and cardiovascular risk in nondiabetic adults. N Engl J Med (2010) 13.25
Large-scale association analysis identifies 13 new susceptibility loci for coronary artery disease. Nat Genet (2011) 13.25
Meta-analysis: glycosylated hemoglobin and cardiovascular disease in diabetes mellitus. Ann Intern Med (2004) 10.35
Separate and combined associations of body-mass index and abdominal adiposity with cardiovascular disease: collaborative analysis of 58 prospective studies. Lancet (2011) 9.07
Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology (CHARGE) Consortium: Design of prospective meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies from 5 cohorts. Circ Cardiovasc Genet (2009) 8.42
The prevalence and etiology of elevated aminotransferase levels in the United States. Am J Gastroenterol (2003) 8.23
Meta-analysis identifies 13 new loci associated with waist-hip ratio and reveals sexual dimorphism in the genetic basis of fat distribution. Nat Genet (2010) 7.94
Comparative effectiveness of weight-loss interventions in clinical practice. N Engl J Med (2011) 7.81
Readability standards for informed-consent forms as compared with actual readability. N Engl J Med (2003) 7.58
A human colonic commensal promotes colon tumorigenesis via activation of T helper type 17 T cell responses. Nat Med (2009) 7.45
C-reactive protein, fibrinogen, and cardiovascular disease prediction. N Engl J Med (2012) 6.39
Systematic review: comparative effectiveness and safety of oral medications for type 2 diabetes mellitus. Ann Intern Med (2007) 6.09
Major types of dietary fat and risk of coronary heart disease: a pooled analysis of 11 cohort studies. Am J Clin Nutr (2009) 5.79
Carotid intima-media thickness and presence or absence of plaque improves prediction of coronary heart disease risk: the ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities) study. J Am Coll Cardiol (2010) 5.79
Benefits of modest weight loss in improving cardiovascular risk factors in overweight and obese individuals with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care (2011) 5.50
Loss-of-function mutations in APOC3, triglycerides, and coronary disease. N Engl J Med (2014) 5.47
Low-grade systemic inflammation and the development of type 2 diabetes: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. Diabetes (2003) 5.43
Genomewide association studies of stroke. N Engl J Med (2009) 5.29
Predictive value of brachial flow-mediated dilation for incident cardiovascular events in a population-based study: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. Circulation (2009) 5.26
2013 AHA/ACC/TOS guideline for the management of overweight and obesity in adults: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and The Obesity Society. J Am Coll Cardiol (2013) 5.24
Associations of kidney disease measures with mortality and end-stage renal disease in individuals with and without diabetes: a meta-analysis. Lancet (2012) 5.10
The relationship of left ventricular mass and geometry to incident cardiovascular events: the MESA (Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis) study. J Am Coll Cardiol (2008) 5.05
2013 AHA/ACC/TOS guideline for the management of overweight and obesity in adults: a report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Practice Guidelines and The Obesity Society. Circulation (2013) 5.02
Incidence of atrial fibrillation in whites and African-Americans: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Am Heart J (2009) 4.90
Dietary intake and the development of the metabolic syndrome: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. Circulation (2008) 4.84
Heart failure incidence and survival (from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study). Am J Cardiol (2008) 4.83
Cardiac troponin T measured by a highly sensitive assay predicts coronary heart disease, heart failure, and mortality in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Circulation (2011) 4.78
Associations of kidney disease measures with mortality and end-stage renal disease in individuals with and without hypertension: a meta-analysis. Lancet (2012) 4.75
Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways. Nat Genet (2012) 4.73
Diabetic retinopathy in a multi-ethnic cohort in the United States. Am J Ophthalmol (2006) 4.68
Merging and emerging cohorts: not worth the wait. Nature (2007) 4.66
Meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies identify multiple loci associated with pulmonary function. Nat Genet (2009) 4.56
Pathways: a school-based, randomized controlled trial for the prevention of obesity in American Indian schoolchildren. Am J Clin Nutr (2003) 4.53
Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents. Lancet (2016) 4.49
Long-term all-cause mortality in cancer patients with preexisting diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis. JAMA (2008) 4.48
Short-term variability in measures of glycemia and implications for the classification of diabetes. Arch Intern Med (2007) 4.43
Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in two cohorts: the longitudinal investigation of thromboembolism etiology. Am J Med (2004) 4.38
Screening for proteinuria in US adults: a cost-effectiveness analysis. JAMA (2003) 4.33
Smoking, smoking cessation, and risk for type 2 diabetes mellitus: a cohort study. Ann Intern Med (2010) 4.24
Physical activity and stroke risk: a meta-analysis. Stroke (2003) 4.19
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Gastroenterology (2002) 4.15
Absolute and attributable risks of cardiovascular disease incidence in relation to optimal and borderline risk factors: comparison of African American with white subjects--Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Arch Intern Med (2007) 4.05
Identifying individuals at high risk for diabetes: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. Diabetes Care (2005) 3.96
Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and risk for incident coronary heart disease in middle-aged men and women in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Circulation (2004) 3.96
Non-alcoholic fatty liver disease and mortality among US adults: prospective cohort study. BMJ (2011) 3.69
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in >80 000 subjects identifies multiple loci for C-reactive protein levels. Circulation (2011) 3.68
Common variants in 22 loci are associated with QRS duration and cardiac ventricular conduction. Nat Genet (2010) 3.55
Cardiovascular outcomes in trials of oral diabetes medications: a systematic review. Arch Intern Med (2008) 3.54
Neighborhood characteristics and availability of healthy foods in Baltimore. Am J Prev Med (2008) 3.46
Methods for pooling results of epidemiologic studies: the Pooling Project of Prospective Studies of Diet and Cancer. Am J Epidemiol (2006) 3.41
Coronary heart disease risk prediction in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. J Clin Epidemiol (2003) 3.40
Thirty new loci for age at menarche identified by a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies. Nat Genet (2010) 3.37
Trends in the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Asians versus whites: results from the United States National Health Interview Survey, 1997-2008. Diabetes Care (2011) 3.36
Coffee consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus: an 11-year prospective study of 28 812 postmenopausal women. Arch Intern Med (2006) 3.33
Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture. Nat Genet (2013) 3.25
Alcohol intake and colorectal cancer: a pooled analysis of 8 cohort studies. Ann Intern Med (2004) 3.18
NRXN3 is a novel locus for waist circumference: a genome-wide association study from the CHARGE Consortium. PLoS Genet (2009) 3.18
Cardiovascular risk factors and venous thromboembolism incidence: the longitudinal investigation of thromboembolism etiology. Arch Intern Med (2002) 3.15
New gene functions in megakaryopoiesis and platelet formation. Nature (2011) 3.14
Association of adolescent obesity with risk of severe obesity in adulthood. JAMA (2010) 3.10
Genome-wide association study of coronary heart disease and its risk factors in 8,090 African Americans: the NHLBI CARe Project. PLoS Genet (2011) 3.07
Meta-analysis of randomized educational and behavioral interventions in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Educ (2003) 3.05
Coagulation factors, inflammation markers, and venous thromboembolism: the longitudinal investigation of thromboembolism etiology (LITE). Am J Med (2002) 3.04
Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function. Nat Genet (2011) 3.03
Lipoprotein-associated phospholipase A2, high-sensitivity C-reactive protein, and risk for incident ischemic stroke in middle-aged men and women in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Arch Intern Med (2005) 3.00
Traditional and nontraditional risk factors predict coronary heart disease in chronic kidney disease: results from the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. J Am Soc Nephrol (2004) 3.00
China's transition: the effect of rapid urbanization on adult occupational physical activity. Soc Sci Med (2006) 2.99
The Next PAGE in understanding complex traits: design for the analysis of Population Architecture Using Genetics and Epidemiology (PAGE) Study. Am J Epidemiol (2011) 2.98
Excess risk of chronic kidney disease among African-American versus white subjects in the United States: a population-based study of potential explanatory factors. J Am Soc Nephrol (2002) 2.96
Cross-sectional and prospective study of lung function in adults with type 2 diabetes: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Diabetes Care (2007) 2.92
Functional limitations in elderly female cancer survivors. J Natl Cancer Inst (2006) 2.89
The effects of a nurse case manager and a community health worker team on diabetic control, emergency department visits, and hospitalizations among urban African Americans with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a randomized controlled trial. Arch Intern Med (2009) 2.84
Sex-stratified genome-wide association studies including 270,000 individuals show sexual dimorphism in genetic loci for anthropometric traits. PLoS Genet (2013) 2.83
Diabetes mellitus and subsite-specific colorectal cancer risks in the Iowa Women's Health Study. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev (2005) 2.82
Novel associations of multiple genetic loci with plasma levels of factor VII, factor VIII, and von Willebrand factor: The CHARGE (Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genome Epidemiology) Consortium. Circulation (2010) 2.78
Promoting physical activity in middle school girls: Trial of Activity for Adolescent Girls. Am J Prev Med (2008) 2.78
FTO genotype is associated with phenotypic variability of body mass index. Nature (2012) 2.77
Associations of whole-grain, refined-grain, and fruit and vegetable consumption with risks of all-cause mortality and incident coronary artery disease and ischemic stroke: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Am J Clin Nutr (2003) 2.76
Glycemic control and coronary heart disease risk in persons with and without diabetes: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. Arch Intern Med (2005) 2.67
Dietary fiber and risk of coronary heart disease: a pooled analysis of cohort studies. Arch Intern Med (2004) 2.60
Trends in the sensitivity, positive predictive value, false-positive rate, and comparability ratio of hospital discharge diagnosis codes for acute myocardial infarction in four US communities, 1987-2000. Am J Epidemiol (2004) 2.59
Meta-analysis of genome-wide association data identifies two loci influencing age at menarche. Nat Genet (2009) 2.58
Dairy foods, calcium, and colorectal cancer: a pooled analysis of 10 cohort studies. J Natl Cancer Inst (2004) 2.54
Genetic polymorphisms and the progression of liver fibrosis: a critical appraisal. Hepatology (2003) 2.51
Prevalence of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease in the United States: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 1988-1994. Am J Epidemiol (2013) 2.50
Elevated A1C in adults without a history of diabetes in the U.S. Diabetes Care (2009) 2.49
Diabetes mellitus and breast cancer outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis. J Clin Oncol (2010) 2.46