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Dirk Vanderschueren

Dirk Vanderschueren

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D-Index
107
Citations
63104
World Ranking
6115
National Ranking
67

Overview

Dirk Vanderschueren is a researcher affiliated with KU Leuven in Belgium, specializing in fields related to medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their work primarily focuses on endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, molecular biology, pathology and forensic medicine, orthopedics and sports medicine, and reproductive medicine.

The scientist's research covers a variety of interconnected topics, including hormonal and reproductive studies, sexual differentiation and disorders, vitamin D research studies, bone health and osteoporosis research, hypothalamic control of reproductive hormones, prostate cancer treatment and research, and estrogen and related hormone effects.

Dirk Vanderschueren has contributed to multiple papers, including:

  • European Academy of Andrology (EAA) guidelines on investigation, treatment and monitoring of functional hypogonadism in males, 2020, Andrology
  • Vitamin D metabolites and the gut microbiome in older men, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Treatment of Men with Central Hypogonadism: Alternatives for Testosterone Replacement Therapy, 2020, International Journal of Molecular Sciences
  • Role of sex hormone-binding globulin in the free hormone hypothesis and the relevance of free testosterone in androgen physiology, 2022, Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences
  • Associations of Serum Testosterone and Sex Hormone-Binding Globulin With Incident Cardiovascular Events in Middle-Aged to Older Men, 2021, Annals of Internal Medicine

Frequent collaborators in Dirk Vanderschueren's research include Leen Antonio, Frederick C. W. Wu, Terence W O'Neill, Frank Claessens, and Brigitte Decallonne.

Their work is often published in established scientific venues, with frequent appearances in Endocrine Abstracts, Journal of the Endocrine Society, Andrology, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, and European Journal of Endocrinology.

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Yuan Lu;Kaveh Hajifathalian;James Bentham

  • 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

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

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

  • Identification of late-onset hypogonadism in middle-aged and elderly men.

    Frederick C.W. Wu;Abdelouahid Tajar;Jennifer M. Beynon;Stephen R. Pye

  • Meta-analysis: Excess Mortality After Hip Fracture Among Older Women and Men

    Patrick Haentjens;Jay Magaziner;Cathleen S Colón-Emeric;Dirk Vanderschueren

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Effect of 6-Month Whole Body Vibration Training on Hip Density, Muscle Strength, and Postural Control in Postmenopausal Women: A Randomized Controlled Pilot Study

    Sabine M. P. Verschueren;Machteld Roelants;Christophe Delecluse;Stephan Swinnen

  • Hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular axis disruptions in older men are differentially linked to age and modifiable risk factors: the European Male Aging Study.

    Frederick C W Wu;Abdelouahid Tajar;Stephen R Pye;Alan J Silman

  • Androgens and bone

    Dirk Vanderschueren;Liesbeth Vandenput;Steven Boonen;Marie K. Lindberg

  • 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

  • Need for additional calcium to reduce the risk of hip fracture with vitamin D supplementation: Evidence from a comparative metaanalysis of randomized controlled trials

    Steven Boonen;Paul Lips;Roger Bouillon;Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari

  • Estrogens and Androgens in Skeletal Physiology and Pathophysiology.

    Maria Almeida;Michaël R. Laurent;Vanessa Dubois;Frank Claessens

  • Fracture Risk and Zoledronic Acid Therapy in Men with Osteoporosis

    Steven Boonen;Jean-Yves Reginster;Jean-Marc Kaufman;Kurt Lippuner

  • Characteristics of Secondary, Primary, and Compensated Hypogonadism in Aging Men: Evidence from the European Male Ageing Study.

    Abdelouahid Tajar;Gianni Forti;Terence W O'Neill;David M Lee

  • Age-related changes in general and sexual health in middle-aged and older men: results from the European Male Ageing Study (EMAS).

    Giovanni Corona;David M. Lee;Gianni Forti;Daryl B. O'Connor

  • Age-associated changes in hypothalamic-pituitary-testicular function in middle-aged and older men are modified by weight change and lifestyle factors: longitudinal results from the European Male Ageing Study

    E M Camacho;I T Huhtaniemi;T W O'Neill;J D Finn

  • Characteristics of Androgen Deficiency in Late-Onset Hypogonadism: Results from the European Male Aging Study (EMAS)

    Abdelouahid Tajar;Ilpo T Huhtaniemi;Terence W O'Neill;Joseph D Finn

  • Need for additional calcium to reduce the risk of hip fracture with vitamin d supplementation : Evidence from a comparative meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Steven Boonen;Paul Lips;Roger Bouillon;Heike A. Bischoff-Ferrari

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven Boonen
Steven Boonen KU Leuven
Frederick C. W. Wu
Frederick C. W. Wu University of Manchester
Felipe F. Casanueva
Felipe F. Casanueva University of Santiago de Compostela
Ilpo Huhtaniemi
Ilpo Huhtaniemi Imperial College London
Terence W. O'Neill
Terence W. O'Neill University of Manchester
Aleksander Giwercman
Aleksander Giwercman Lund University
Gianni Forti
Gianni Forti University of Florence
Michael E. J. Lean
Michael E. J. Lean University of Glasgow

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