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Ben Schöttker is affiliated with Heidelberg University in Germany and has contributed extensively to multiple domains within medical and biological research. With a substantial number of publications, their primary fields of study include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Schöttker's research spans several subfields such as Molecular Biology, Oncology, Physiology, Pathology and Forensic Medicine, and Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine.

The scientist's research topics cover a diverse spectrum, including:

  • Vitamin D Research Studies
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
  • Alzheimer's Disease Research and Treatments
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Pancreatic and Hepatic Oncology Research

Frequent coauthors who have collaborated with Schöttker include:

  • Hermann Brenner
  • Bernd Holleczek
  • Hannah Stocker
  • Laura Perna
  • Kira Trares

Schöttker's work has appeared in several publication venues with multiple contributions to each, such as:

  • Nutrients
  • Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • International Journal of Cancer
  • Alzheimer's Research & Therapy

Some recent papers authored or coauthored by Schöttker include:

  • Global Effect of Modifiable Risk Factors on Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality, 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • SCORE2-Diabetes: 10-year cardiovascular risk estimation in type 2 diabetes in Europe, 2023, European Heart Journal
  • Life expectancy associated with different ages at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in high-income countries: 23 million person-years of observation, 2023, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Association of plasma biomarkers, p-tau181, glial fibrillary acidic protein, and neurofilament light, with intermediate and long-term clinical Alzheimer's disease risk: Results from a prospective cohort followed over 17 years, 2022, Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Epigenome-wide association study of incident type 2 diabetes: a meta-analysis of five prospective European cohorts, 2022, Diabetologia

Best Publications

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 328 diseases and injuries for 195 countries, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Theo Vos;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality for 282 causes of death in 195 countries and territories, 1980-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Gregory A Roth;Gregory A Roth;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Solomon M Abay

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohammad H Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H Ross Anderson;Victoria F Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 301 acute and chronic diseases and injuries in 188 countries, 1990-2013: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Theo Vos;Ryan M. Barber;Brad Bell;Amelia Bertozzi-Villa

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex specific all-cause and cause-specific mortality for 240 causes of death, 1990-2013: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013

    Mohsen Naghavi;Haidong Wang;Rafael Lozano;Adrian Davis

  • Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 310 diseases and injuries, 1990–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Theo Vos;Christine Allen;Megha Arora;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national life expectancy, all-cause mortality, and cause-specific mortality for 249 causes of death, 1980–2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

    Haidong Wang;Mohsen Naghavi;Christine Allen;Ryan M Barber

  • Global, regional, and national cancer incidence, mortality, years of life lost, years lived with disability, and disability-adjusted life-years for 29 cancer groups, 1990 to 2017

    Christina Fitzmaurice;Degu Abate;Naghmeh Abbasi;Hedayat Abbastabar

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 84 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017 : a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Jeffrey D. Stanaway;Ashkan Afshin;Emmanuela Gakidou;Stephen S. Lim

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Simon I Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Alcohol use and burden for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2016

    Max G Griswold;Nancy Fullman;Caitlin Hawley;Nicholas Arian

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks in 188 countries, 1990-2013

    Mohammad H. Forouzanfar;Lily Alexander;H. Ross Anderson;Victoria F. Bachman

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 333 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 195 countries and territories, 1990-2016

    Simon I. Hay;Amanuel Alemu Abajobir;Kalkidan Hassen Abate;Cristiana Abbafati

  • Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life years (DALYs) for 306 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 188 countries, 1990-2013 : quantifying the epidemiological transition

    Christopher J. L. Murray;Ryan M. Barber;Kyle J. Foreman;Ayse Abbasoglu Ozgoren

  • World Health Organization cardiovascular disease risk charts: revised models to estimate risk in 21 global regions

    Stephen Kaptoge;Lisa Pennells;Dirk De Bacquer;Marie Therese Cooney

  • Global, regional, and national age-sex-specific mortality and life expectancy, 1950-2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

    Daniel Dicker;Grant Nguyen;Degu Abate;Kalkidan Hassen Abate

  • SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe

    Steven Hageman;Lisa Pennells

  • Estimated glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria for prediction of cardiovascular outcomes: a collaborative meta-analysis of individual participant data.

    Kunihiro Matsushita;Josef Coresh;Yingying Sang;John Chalmers

  • Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

    Honor Bixby;James Bentham;Bin Zhou;Mariachiara Di Cesare

Frequent Co-Authors

Hermann Brenner
Hermann Brenner German Cancer Research Center
Dietrich Rothenbacher
Dietrich Rothenbacher University of Ulm
Johan Ärnlöv
Johan Ärnlöv Karolinska Institute
Tom Wilsgaard
Tom Wilsgaard University of Tromsø - The Arctic University of Norway
Roman Topor-Madry
Roman Topor-Madry Jagiellonian University
Jost B. Jonas
Jost B. Jonas Heidelberg University
Zulfiqar A Bhutta
Zulfiqar A Bhutta Aga Khan University
Young-Ho Khang
Young-Ho Khang Seoul National University
Reza Malekzadeh
Reza Malekzadeh Tehran University of Medical Sciences
Johanna M. Geleijnse
Johanna M. Geleijnse Wageningen University & Research

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