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Overview

Jakob Linseisen is affiliated with the University of Augsburg in Germany and has a substantial body of work primarily in the field of Medicine, with specific focus on cardiology, public health, physiology, epidemiology, and molecular biology.

Their research spans several subfields including:

  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Physiology
  • Epidemiology
  • Molecular Biology

Main topics explored by Jakob Linseisen cover various aspects of nutrition, cardiovascular health, and metabolic diseases. These include:

  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Diet and Metabolism Studies
  • Acute Myocardial Infarction Research
  • COVID-19 and Mental Health
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors
  • Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet

Linseisen has contributed to a number of recent publications with significant citation impact. Notable papers include:

  • Arrhythmic Gut Microbiome Signatures Predict Risk of Type 2 Diabetes, 2020, Cell Host & Microbe
  • Framework and baseline examination of the German National Cohort (NAKO), 2022, European Journal of Epidemiology
  • Impact of body composition on COVID-19 susceptibility and severity: A two-sample multivariable Mendelian randomization study, 2021, Metabolism
  • Association Between Inflammatory Bowel Disease and Both Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis, 2022, JAMA Dermatology
  • Role of Vitamin D in Preventing and Treating Selected Extraskeletal Diseases-An Umbrella Review, 2020, Nutrients

Jakob Linseisen frequently collaborates with a number of researchers. The most common co-authors include:

  • Christa Meisinger
  • Annette Peters
  • Dennis Freuer
  • Timo Schmitz
  • Inge Kirchberger

Research from Linseisen is commonly published in several notable venues. The most frequent publication outlets include:

  • Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz
  • Nutrients
  • Scientific Reports
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Lipids in Health and Disease

Best Publications

  • General and abdominal adiposity and risk of death in Europe.

    T. Pischon;H. Boeing;K. Hoffmann;M. Bergmann

  • General and Abdominal Adiposity and Risk of Death in Europe

    T. Pischon;H. Boeing;K. Hoffmann

  • A susceptibility locus for lung cancer maps to nicotinic acetylcholine receptor subunit genes on 15q25

    Rayjean J. Hung;James D. Mckay;Valerie Gaborieau;Paolo Boffetta

  • Meat, Fish, and Colorectal Cancer Risk: The European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

    Teresa Norat;Sheila Bingham;Pietro Ferrari;Nadia Slimani

  • DNA methylation-based measures of biological age: meta-analysis predicting time to death

    Brian H. Chen;Riccardo E. Marioni;Riccardo E. Marioni;Elena Colicino;Marjolein J. Peters

  • Body Size and Risk of Colon and Rectal Cancer in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

    Tobias Pischon;Petra H. Lahmann;Heiner Boeing;Christine Friedenreich

  • Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Overall Cancer Risk in the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

    Paolo Boffetta;Elisabeth Couto;Janine Wichmann;Janine Wichmann;Pietro Ferrari

  • Meat consumption and mortality - results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

    Sabine Rohrmann;Kim Overvad;H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita;Marianne U. Jakobsen

  • Association between pre-diagnostic circulating vitamin D concentration and risk of colorectal cancer in European populations:a nested case-control study

    Mazda Jenab;H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita;Pietro Ferrari;Franzel J.B. van Duijnhoven

  • An accurate risk score based on anthropometric, dietary, and lifestyle factors to predict the development of type 2 diabetes.

    Matthias B. Schulze;Kurt Hoffmann;Heiner Boeing;Jakob Linseisen

  • Fruit and vegetable intake and the risk of stomach and oesophagus adenocarcinoma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC-EURGAST).

    Carlos A. González;Guillem Pera;Antonio Agudo;H. Bas Bueno-De-Mesquita

  • Associations of dietary calcium intake and calcium supplementation with myocardial infarction and stroke risk and overall cardiovascular mortality in the Heidelberg cohort of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study (EPIC-Heidelberg)

    Kuanrong Li;Rudolf Kaaks;Jakob Linseisen;Sabine Rohrmann

  • Meat intake and risk of stomach and esophageal adenocarcinoma within the European Prospective Investigation Into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).

    Carlos A. González;Paula Jakszyn;Guillem Pera;Antonio Agudo

  • Lifetime and baseline alcohol intake and risk of colon and rectal cancers in the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition (EPIC).

    Pietro Ferrari;Mazda Jenab;Teresa Norat;Aurelie Moskal

  • Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and risk of post-menopausal breast cancer--results of a large case-control study

    Sascha Abbas;Jakob Linseisen;Tracy Slanger;Silke Kropp

  • Fruit, vegetables, and colorectal cancer risk: the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

    Fränzel J.B. Van Duijnhoven;H. Bas Bueno-De-Mesquita;Pietro Ferrari;Mazda Jenab

  • Consumption of Vegetables and Fruits and Risk of Breast Cancer

    Carla H. Van Gils;Petra H.M. Peeters;H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita;Hendriek C. Boshuizen

  • The German National Cohort: Aims, study des

    Wolfgang Ahrens;Wolfgang Hoffmann;Karl Heinz Jöckel;Rudolf Kaaks

  • Blood Pressure and Risk of Renal Cell Carcinoma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

    Steffen Weikert;Heiner Boeing;Tobias Pischon;Cornelia Weikert

  • Body size and risk of renal cell carcinoma in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).

    Tobias Pischon;Petra H. Lahmann;Heiner Boeing;Anne Tjønneland

Frequent Co-Authors

Elio Riboli
Elio Riboli Imperial College London
Kim Overvad
Kim Overvad Aarhus University
Sheila Bingham
Sheila Bingham University of Cambridge
Heiner Boeing
Heiner Boeing German Institute of Human Nutrition
Paolo Vineis
Paolo Vineis Imperial College London
Anne Tjønneland
Anne Tjønneland University of Copenhagen
Rosario Tumino
Rosario Tumino Provincial Health Authority of Syracuse
Rudolf Kaaks
Rudolf Kaaks German Cancer Research Center
Petra H.M. Peeters
Petra H.M. Peeters Utrecht University
Antonia Trichopoulou
Antonia Trichopoulou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens

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