David J Couper

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1 Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis. Nat Genet 2010 16.96
2 Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes. Nat Genet 2012 11.09
3 Genetic variation in GIPR influences the glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose challenge. Nat Genet 2010 6.66
4 Meta-analyses of genome-wide association studies identify multiple loci associated with pulmonary function. Nat Genet 2009 4.56
5 Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility. Nat Genet 2014 4.13
6 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
7 Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function. Nat Genet 2011 3.03
8 Effects of periodontal therapy on rate of preterm delivery: a randomized controlled trial. Obstet Gynecol 2009 2.91
9 Retinal arteriolar narrowing and risk of coronary heart disease in men and women. The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. JAMA 2002 2.78
10 Cerebral white matter lesions, retinopathy, and incident clinical stroke. JAMA 2002 2.72
11 Impact of the NICE guideline recommending cessation of antibiotic prophylaxis for prevention of infective endocarditis: before and after study. BMJ 2011 2.61
12 The association between trait anger and incident stroke risk: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Stroke 2002 2.38
13 Retinal arteriolar diameter and risk for hypertension. Ann Intern Med 2004 2.18
14 A bivariate genome-wide approach to metabolic syndrome: STAMPEED consortium. Diabetes 2011 2.09
15 Age-related macular degeneration and risk for stroke. Ann Intern Med 2006 2.07
16 Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies from the CHARGE consortium identifies common variants associated with carotid intima media thickness and plaque. Nat Genet 2011 1.92
17 Retinal arteriolar narrowing and risk of diabetes mellitus in middle-aged persons. JAMA 2002 1.80
18 Orthostatic hypotension predicts mortality in middle-aged adults: the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) Study. Circulation 2006 1.79
19 Retinal microvascular abnormalities and MRI-defined subclinical cerebral infarction: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Stroke 2005 1.78
20 Retinal microvascular abnormalities and cognitive impairment in middle-aged persons: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Stroke 2002 1.77
21 Genetic variation in soluble epoxide hydrolase (EPHX2) and risk of coronary heart disease: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Hum Mol Genet 2006 1.74
22 A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans. PLoS One 2012 1.72
23 Multiple loci are associated with white blood cell phenotypes. PLoS Genet 2011 1.65
24 Diabetic retinopathy and the risk of coronary heart disease: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Diabetes Care 2007 1.59
25 Associations between the metabolic syndrome and retinal microvascular signs: the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities study. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2004 1.56
26 The Periodontitis and Vascular Events (PAVE) pilot study: adverse events. J Periodontol 2008 1.55
27 Orthostatic hypotension as a risk factor for incident heart failure: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. Hypertension 2012 1.54
28 Genome-wide joint meta-analysis of SNP and SNP-by-smoking interaction identifies novel loci for pulmonary function. PLoS Genet 2012 1.52
29 A genome-wide association study of early menopause and the combined impact of identified variants. Hum Mol Genet 2013 1.50
30 Cardiovascular risk factors for retinal vein occlusion and arteriolar emboli: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities & Cardiovascular Health studies. Ophthalmology 2005 1.49
31 Retinal microvascular abnormalities and renal dysfunction: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. J Am Soc Nephrol 2004 1.48
32 Apolipoprotein E gene and early age-related maculopathy: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Ophthalmology 2006 1.48
33 Fasting plasma free fatty acids and risk of type 2 diabetes: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. Diabetes Care 2004 1.47
34 Cardiometabolic risk in impaired fasting glucose and impaired glucose tolerance: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Diabetes Care 2007 1.45
35 Hypertensive retinopathy and risk of stroke. Hypertension 2013 1.45
36 Identification of nine novel loci associated with white blood cell subtypes in a Japanese population. PLoS Genet 2011 1.45
37 Retinopathy and risk of congestive heart failure. JAMA 2005 1.44
38 Association of novel genetic Loci with circulating fibrinogen levels: a genome-wide association study in 6 population-based cohorts. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2009 1.41
39 Three-year incidence and cumulative prevalence of retinopathy: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. Am J Ophthalmol 2007 1.39
40 Results from the Periodontitis and Vascular Events (PAVE) Study: a pilot multicentered, randomized, controlled trial to study effects of periodontal therapy in a secondary prevention model of cardiovascular disease. J Periodontol 2009 1.38
41 Is diabetic retinopathy an independent risk factor for ischemic stroke? Stroke 2006 1.28
42 Association between chromosome 9p21 variants and the ankle-brachial index identified by a meta-analysis of 21 genome-wide association studies. Circ Cardiovasc Genet 2011 1.26
43 Impact of differential attrition on the association of education with cognitive change over 20 years of follow-up: the ARIC neurocognitive study. Am J Epidemiol 2014 1.18
44 Age-related macular degeneration and risk of coronary heart disease: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Ophthalmology 2007 1.13
45 Common carotid artery wall thickness and external diameter as predictors of prevalent and incident cardiac events in a large population study. Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2007 1.12
46 Diabetes and the risk of sudden cardiac death, the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. Acta Diabetol 2009 1.11
47 Genetic variation associated with circulating monocyte count in the eMERGE Network. Hum Mol Genet 2013 1.05
48 Common carotid arterial interadventitial distance (diameter) as an indicator of the damaging effects of age and atherosclerosis, a cross-sectional study of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Community Cohort Limited Access Data (ARICLAD), 1987-89. Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2006 1.05
49 Smoking and diabetes differ in their associations with subclinical atherosclerosis and coronary heart disease-the ARIC Study. Atherosclerosis 2004 1.03
50 Vital exhaustion as a risk factor for adverse cardiac events (from the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities [ARIC] study). Am J Cardiol 2010 1.03
51 CYP2J2 and CYP2C8 polymorphisms and coronary heart disease risk: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Pharmacogenet Genomics 2007 1.00
52 Cost and cost-effectiveness of the COMBINE study in alcohol-dependent patients. Arch Gen Psychiatry 2008 1.00
53 Genetic variants identified in a European genome-wide association study that were found to predict incident coronary heart disease in the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. Am J Epidemiol 2009 1.00
54 Age-related macular degeneration and long-term risk of stroke subtypes. Stroke 2012 0.99
55 Is early age-related maculopathy related to cognitive function? The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Am J Ophthalmol 2002 0.97
56 Influence of life-course socioeconomic position on incident heart failure in blacks and whites: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Am J Epidemiol 2010 0.95
57 Television, physical activity, diet, and body weight status: the ARIC cohort. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 2008 0.93
58 Comparison of serum, EDTA plasma and P100 plasma for luminex-based biomarker multiplex assays in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the SPIROMICS study. J Transl Med 2014 0.93
59 NOS3 polymorphisms, cigarette smoking, and cardiovascular disease risk: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. Pharmacogenet Genomics 2006 0.92
60 Hemostasis, inflammation, and fatal and nonfatal coronary heart disease: long-term follow-up of the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) cohort. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol 2009 0.92
61 Racial differences in the prevalence of hypertensive retinopathy. Hypertension 2003 0.91
62 Measuring economic outcomes of alcohol treatment using the Economic Form 90. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 2007 0.91
63 Design and analysis of trials of combination therapies. J Stud Alcohol Suppl 2005 0.90
64 B-mode ultrasound common carotid artery intima-media thickness and external diameter: cross-sectional and longitudinal associations with carotid atherosclerosis in a large population sample. Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2008 0.90
65 Retinal arteriolar narrowing and left ventricular hypertrophy in African Americans. the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Am J Hypertens 2008 0.86
66 No interactions between previously associated 2-hour glucose gene variants and physical activity or BMI on 2-hour glucose levels. Diabetes 2012 0.86
67 Race-gender differences in the association of trait anger with subclinical carotid artery atherosclerosis: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. Am J Epidemiol 2007 0.84
68 Bilateral common carotid artery ultrasound for prediction of incident strokes using intima-media thickness and external diameter: an observational study. Cardiovasc Ultrasound 2013 0.83
69 Age-related macular degeneration and cancer mortality in the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. Arch Ophthalmol 2007 0.82
70 Apolipoprotein E gene polymorphisms and retinal vascular signs: the atherosclerosis risk in communities (ARIC) study. Arch Ophthalmol 2007 0.80
71 Apolipoprotein E gene polymorphisms are not associated with diabetic retinopathy: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. Am J Ophthalmol 2006 0.79
72 Changing drinking pattern does not influence health perception: a longitudinal study of the atherosclerosis risk in communities study. J Epidemiol Community Health 2006 0.79
73 Is early age-related macular degeneration associated with cerebral MRI changes? The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities study. Am J Ophthalmol 2006 0.79
74 Medium-term variability of the human serum metabolome in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. OMICS 2014 0.78
75 Estimated plasma stearoyl co-A desaturase-1 activity and risk of incident diabetes: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study. Metabolism 2012 0.77
76 Variation in the checkpoint kinase 2 gene is associated with type 2 diabetes in multiple populations. Acta Diabetol 2009 0.76
77 Pleiotropy and pathway analyses of genetic variants associated with both type 2 diabetes and prostate cancer. Int J Mol Epidemiol Genet 2013 0.75