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Benoît Lamarche

Benoît Lamarche

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Medicine

D-Index
93
Citations
37570
World Ranking
10769
National Ranking
430

Overview

Benoît Lamarche is affiliated with Université Laval in Canada and has a strong focus on research in the field of Medicine, with particular emphasis on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Molecular Biology.

The scope of their work covers a diverse range of topics including Nutritional Studies and Diet, Obesity, Physical Activity, and Diet, Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact, Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity, and Fatty Acid Research and Health.

Recent publications by Lamarche include:

  • Changes in diet quality and food security among adults during the COVID-19-related early lockdown: results from NutriQuébec (2020, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition)
  • The diet rapidly and differentially affects the gut microbiota and host lipid mediators in a healthy population (2023, Microbiome)
  • Diet Quality, Saturated Fat and Metabolic Syndrome (2020, Nutrients)
  • Dietary fatty acid intake and gut microbiota determine circulating endocannabinoidome signaling beyond the effect of body fat (2020, Scientific Reports)
  • Artificial intelligence in nutrition research: perspectives on current and future applications (2021, Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism)

The frequent collaborators in Lamarche's research include Simone Lemieux, Didier Brassard, Julie Robitaille, Véronique Provencher, and Patrick Couture.

Lamarche's work is regularly published in venues such as Applied Physiology Nutrition and Metabolism, American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, Nutrients, Current Developments in Nutrition, and Scientific Reports.

Best Publications

  • Hyperinsulinemia as an Independent Risk Factor for Ischemic Heart Disease

    Jean-Pierre Després;Benoît Lamarche;Pascale Mauriège;Bernard Cantin

  • Plasma fibrinogen level and the risk of major cardiovascular diseases and nonvascular mortality: an individual participant meta-analysis.

    J Danesh;S Lewington;S G Thompson;Lowe Gdo.

  • Small, dense low-density lipoprotein particles as a predictor of the risk of ischemic heart disease in men. Prospective results from the Québec Cardiovascular Study.

    B Lamarche;A Tchernof;S Moorjani;B Cantin

  • Hypertriglyceridemic waist: A marker of the atherogenic metabolic triad (hyperinsulinemia; hyperapolipoprotein B; small, dense LDL) in men?

    Isabelle Lemieux;Agnès Pascot;Charles Couillard;Benoı̂t Lamarche

  • Assessing Adiposity A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Marc Andre Cornier;Jean Pierre Després;Nichola Davis;Daurice A. Grossniklaus

  • Apolipoprotein A-I and B levels and the risk of ischemic heart disease during a five-year follow-up of men in the Québec cardiovascular study

    B Lamarche;S Moorjani;P J Lupien;B Cantin

  • Total Cholesterol/HDL Cholesterol Ratio vs LDL Cholesterol/HDL Cholesterol Ratio as Indices of Ischemic Heart Disease Risk in Men: The Quebec Cardiovascular Study

    Isabelle Lemieux;Benoît Lamarche;Charles Couillard;Agnès Pascot

  • Fasting Insulin and Apolipoprotein B Levels and Low-Density Lipoprotein Particle Size as Risk Factors for Ischemic Heart Disease

    Benoît Lamarche;André Tchernof;Pascale Mauriège;Bernard Cantin

  • Low-Density Lipoprotein Subfractions and the Long-Term Risk of Ischemic Heart Disease in Men 13-Year Follow-Up Data From the Québec Cardiovascular Study

    Annie C. St-Pierre;Bernard Cantin;Gilles R. Dagenais;Pascale Mauriège

  • The Dense LDL Phenotype: Association with plasma lipoprotein levels, visceral obesity, and hyperinsulinemia in men

    André Tchernof;Benoît Lamarche;Denis Prud'homme;André Nadeau

  • Effects of Endurance Exercise Training on Plasma HDL Cholesterol Levels Depend on Levels of Triglycerides: Evidence From Men of the Health, Risk Factors, Exercise Training and Genetics (HERITAGE) Family Study

    Charles Couillard;Jean Pierre Després;Benoît Lamarche;Jean Bergeron

  • Physicochemical properties of oat β-glucan influence its ability to reduce serum LDL cholesterol in humans: a randomized clinical trial

    Thomas M S Wolever;Susan M Tosh;Alison L Gibbs;Jennie Brand-Miller

  • HDL-cholesterol as a marker of coronary heart disease risk: the Québec cardiovascular study.

    Jean-Pierre Després;Isabelle Lemieux;Gilles-R Dagenais;Bernard Cantin

  • Lifestyle recommendations for the prevention and management of metabolic syndrome: an international panel recommendation

    Pablo Pérez-Martínez;Dimitri P. Mikhailidis;Vasilios G. Athyros;Mónica Bullo

  • The small, dense LDL phenotype and the risk of coronary heart disease: epidemiology, patho-physiology and therapeutic aspects.

    B Lamarche;I Lemieux;J P Despres

  • Effects of diet and physical activity on adiposity and body fat distribution: implications for the prevention of cardiovascular disease.

    Jean-Pierre Després;Benoît Lamarche

  • Comparison of various electrophoretic characteristics of LDL particles and their relationship to the risk of ischemic heart disease.

    A.C. St-Pierre;I.L. Ruel;B. Cantin;G.R. Dagenais

  • Acute enhancement of insulin secretion by FFA in humans is lost with prolonged FFA elevation

    André Carpentier;Steven D. Mittelman;Benoǐt Lamarche;Richard N. Bergman

  • Effects of Ruminant trans Fatty Acids on Cardiovascular Disease and Cancer: A Comprehensive Review of Epidemiological, Clinical, and Mechanistic Studies

    Sarah K. Gebauer;Jean Michel Chardigny;Jean Michel Chardigny;Marianne Uhre Jakobsen;Benoît Lamarche

  • Effect of endurance exercise training on plasma HDL cholesterol levels depend on the levels of triglycerides. Evidence from men of the Health, Risk Factors, Exercise Trainijng and ˝enetics (HERITAGE) Family Study

    C. Couillard;J. P. Despres;B. Lamarche;J. Bergeron

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean-Pierre Després
Jean-Pierre Després Université Laval
André J. Tremblay
André J. Tremblay Université Laval
Peter Jones
Peter Jones University of Cambridge
Angelo Tremblay
Angelo Tremblay Université Laval
David J.A. Jenkins
David J.A. Jenkins University of Toronto
André Tchernof
André Tchernof Université Laval
Claude Bouchard
Claude Bouchard Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Gilles R. Dagenais
Gilles R. Dagenais Université Laval
Daniel Gaudet
Daniel Gaudet University of Montreal
Louis Pérusse
Louis Pérusse Université Laval

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