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Christos Pitsavos is affiliated with the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Greece. Their research is primarily situated within the field of Medicine, with a strong focus on public health, endocrinology, cardiology, physiology, and epidemiology.

The scientist's main areas of study include:

  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Physiology
  • Epidemiology

Their work covers a variety of topics related to health and disease, particularly in the areas of nutrition, obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular health, and liver disease. Key topics in their research include:

  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Diet, Metabolism, and Disease
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment

Their publication record includes contributions to several frequent venues, indicating active involvement in cardiovascular and nutritional research. These venues include:

  • European Heart Journal
  • Nutrients
  • Atherosclerosis
  • Nature Medicine
  • Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

Recent notable papers authored or co-authored include:

  • "The presence of NAFLD influences the transition of metabolically healthy to metabolically unhealthy obesity and the ten-year cardiovascular disease risk: A population-based cohort study" (2021, Metabolism)
  • "Interpretation of Epidemiological Data Using Multiple Correspondence Analysis and Log-linear Models" (2021, Journal of Data Science)
  • "Burdens of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease attributable to sugar-sweetened beverages in 184 countries" (2025, Nature Medicine)
  • "Longitudinal Trends, Determinants, and Cardiometabolic Impact of Adherence to the Mediterranean Diet among Greek Adults" (2022, Foods)
  • "Dietary vitamin D intake, cardiovascular disease and cardiometabolic risk factors: a sex-based analysis from the ATTICA cohort study" (2020, Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics)

Their frequent co-authors highlight collaborations spanning several researchers, including:

  • Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos
  • Christina Chrysohoou
  • Ekavi Georgousopoulou
  • Matina Kouvari
  • Fotios Barkas

Best Publications

  • Dietary patterns: A Mediterranean diet score and its relation to clinical and biological markers of cardiovascular disease risk

    Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos;Christos Pitsavos;Christodoulos Stefanadis

  • Adherence to the Mediterranean diet attenuates inflammation and coagulation process in healthy adults: The ATTICA Study.

    Christina Chrysohoou;Demosthenes B Panagiotakos;Christos Pitsavos;Undurti N Das

  • Adherence to the Mediterranean food pattern predicts the prevalence of hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, diabetes and obesity, among healthy adults; the accuracy of the MedDietScore

    Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos;Christos Pitsavos;Fotini Arvaniti;Christodoulos Stefanadis

  • Lipid-lowering nutraceuticals in clinical practice: position paper from an International Lipid Expert Panel.

    Arrigo F G Cicero;Alessandro Colletti;Gani Bajraktari;Olivier Descamps

  • Vascular Factors and Risk of Dementia: Design of the Three-City Study and Baseline Characteristics of the Study Population

    Marilyn Antoniak;Maura Pugliatti;Richard Hubbard;John Britton

  • The implication of obesity and central fat on markers of chronic inflammation: The ATTICA study.

    Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos;Christos Pitsavos;Mary Yannakoulia;Christina Chrysohoou

  • Association between prehypertension status and inflammatory markers related to atherosclerotic disease: The ATTICA Study

    Christina Chrysohoou;Christos Pitsavos;Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos;Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos;John Skoumas

  • Epidemiology of cardiovascular risk factors in Greece: aims, design and baseline characteristics of the ATTICA study

    Christos Pitsavos;Demosthenes B Panagiotakos;Christina Chrysohoou;Christodoulos Stefanadis

  • Impact of lifestyle habits on the prevalence of the metabolic syndrome among Greek adults from the ATTICA study.

    Demosthenes B Panagiotakos;Christos Pitsavos;Christine Chrysohoou;John Skoumas

  • Adherence to the Mediterranean diet is associated with total antioxidant capacity in healthy adults: the ATTICA study

    Christos Pitsavos;Demosthenes B Panagiotakos;Natalia Tzima;Christina Chrysohoou

  • Anxiety in relation to inflammation and coagulation markers, among healthy adults: the ATTICA study.

    Christos Pitsavos;Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos;Charalabos Papageorgiou;Efi Tsetsekou

  • Dietary choline and betaine intakes in relation to concentrations of inflammatory markers in healthy adults: the ATTICA study

    Paraskevi Detopoulou;Demosthenes B Panagiotakos;Smaragdi Antonopoulou;Christos Pitsavos

  • The association between food patterns and the metabolic syndrome using principal components analysis: The ATTICA Study.

    Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos;Christos Pitsavos;Yannis Skoumas;Christodoulos Stefanadis

  • Differentiating thrombus from pannus formation in obstructed mechanical prosthetic valves: An evaluation of clinical, transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiographic parameters

    John Barbetseas;Sherif F Nagueh;Christos Pitsavos;Pavlos K Toutouzas

  • Association between the prevalence of obesity and adherence to the Mediterranean diet: the ATTICA study.

    Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos;Christina Chrysohoou;Christos Pitsavos;Christodoulos Stefanadis

  • Adult height and the risk of cause-specific death and vascular morbidity in 1 million people: individual participant meta-analysis

    David Wormser;Emanuele Di Angelantonio;Stephen Kaptoge;Angela M. Wood

  • The use of statins alone, or in combination with pioglitazone and other drugs, for the treatment of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease/non-alcoholic steatohepatitis and related cardiovascular risk. An Expert Panel Statement.

    Vasilios G. Athyros;Theodore K. Alexandrides;Helen Bilianou;Evangelos Cholongitas

  • Inflammation, coagulation, and depressive symptomatology in cardiovascular disease-free people; the ATTICA study.

    Demosthenes B Panagiotakos;Christos Pitsavos;Christina Chrysohoou;Efi Tsetsekou

  • Unfavorable Effect of Smoking on the Elastic Properties of the Human Aorta

    Christodoulos Stefanadis;Eleftherios Tsiamis;Charalambos Vlachopoulos;Costas Stratos

  • The implication of obesity on total antioxidant capacity in apparently healthy men and women: the ATTICA study.

    Christina Chrysohoou;Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos;Christos Pitsavos;Ioannis Skoumas

Frequent Co-Authors

Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos
Demosthenes B. Panagiotakos Harokopio University
Christodoulos Stefanadis
Christodoulos Stefanadis National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Pavlos Toutouzas
Pavlos Toutouzas National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Charalambos Antoniades
Charalambos Antoniades University of Oxford
Charalambos Vlachopoulos
Charalambos Vlachopoulos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Alessandro Menotti
Alessandro Menotti University of Minnesota
George Dedoussis
George Dedoussis Harokopio University
Athanasios G. Papavassiliou
Athanasios G. Papavassiliou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Dimitrios Th. Kremastinos
Dimitrios Th. Kremastinos National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Yannis Manios
Yannis Manios Harokopio University

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