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Overview

Johann Willeit is affiliated with Innsbruck Medical University in Austria and has a significant publication record in the field of medicine, particularly focusing on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, epidemiology, neurology, pulmonary and respiratory medicine, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism. Their research covers various interconnected topics related to cardiovascular health and neurological conditions.

Their main fields of study and subfields include:

  • Medicine
  • Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Epidemiology
  • Neurology
  • Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine
  • Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism

The central topics of Johann Willeit's work address issues such as:

  • Acute Ischemic Stroke Management
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases
  • Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management
  • Antiplatelet Therapy and Cardiovascular Diseases

Notable recent publications by Johann Willeit include:

  • SCORE2-Diabetes: 10-year cardiovascular risk estimation in type 2 diabetes in Europe, 2023, European Heart Journal
  • Dietary spermidine improves cognitive function, 2021, Cell Reports
  • STROKE-CARD care to prevent cardiovascular events and improve quality of life after acute ischaemic stroke or TIA: A randomised clinical trial, 2020, EClinicalMedicine
  • Repeated measurements of blood pressure and cholesterol improves cardiovascular disease risk prediction: an individual-participant-data meta-analysis, 2021, ANU Open Research (Australian National University)
  • The haemochromatosis gene Hfe and Kupffer cells control LDL cholesterol homeostasis and impact on atherosclerosis development, 2020, European Heart Journal

They have frequently published in journals such as:

  • Atherosclerosis
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • European Heart Journal
  • Journal of Neurology
  • Circulation Research

Collaborations are a significant part of Johann Willeit's research output. Frequent co-authors include:

  • Stefan Kiechl
  • Peter Willeit
  • Raimund Pechlaner
  • Manuel Mayr
  • Gregorio Rungger

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

  • Plasma MicroRNA Profiling Reveals Loss of Endothelial MiR-126 and Other MicroRNAs in Type 2 Diabetes

    Anna Zampetaki;Stefan Kiechl;Ignat Drozdov;Peter Willeit

  • 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.

  • A century of trends in adult human height

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

  • Toll-like Receptor 4 Polymorphisms and Atherogenesis

    Stefan Kiechl;Eva Lorenz;Markus Reindl;Christian J Wiedermann

  • Prevalence of insulin resistance in metabolic disorders: the Bruneck Study.

    Enzo Bonora;S Kiechl;J Willeit;F Oberhollenzer

  • Cardioprotection and lifespan extension by the natural polyamine spermidine

    Tobias Eisenberg;Mahmoud Abdellatif;Sabrina Schroeder;Uwe Primessnig;Uwe Primessnig

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

    Steven Hageman;Lisa Pennells

  • 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

  • Association of serum antibodies to heat-shock protein 65 with carotid atherosclerosis.

    Q. Xu;G. Wick;J. Willeit;M. Marosi

  • Chronic Infections and the Risk of Carotid Atherosclerosis Prospective Results From a Large Population Study

    Stefan Kiechl;Georg Egger;Manuel Mayr;Christian J. Wiedermann

  • Osteoprotegerin Is a Risk Factor for Progressive Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Disease

    Stefan Kiechl;Georg Schett;Gregor Wenning;Kurt Redlich

  • Cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes mortality burden of cardiometabolic risk factors from 1980 to 2010: a comparative risk assessment.

    Goodarz Danaei;Yuan Lu;Gitanjali M. Singh;Emily Carnahan

  • Body Iron Stores and the Risk of Carotid Atherosclerosis Prospective Results From the Bruneck Study

    Stefan Kiechl;Johann Willeit;Georg Egger;Werner Poewe

  • Telomere Length and Risk of Incident Cancer and Cancer Mortality

    Peter Willeit;Johann Willeit;Agnes Mayr;Siegfried Weger

  • Lipidomics Profiling and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in the Prospective Population-based Bruneck Study

    Christin Stegemann;Raimund Pechlaner;Peter Willeit;Sarah R. Langley

Frequent Co-Authors

Stefan Kiechl
Stefan Kiechl Innsbruck Medical University
Peter Willeit
Peter Willeit Innsbruck Medical University
Manuel Mayr
Manuel Mayr King's College London
Werner Poewe
Werner Poewe Innsbruck Medical University
Qingbo Xu
Qingbo Xu King's College London
Florian Kronenberg
Florian Kronenberg Innsbruck Medical University
Georg Schett
Georg Schett University of Erlangen-Nuremberg
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Klaus Seppi
Klaus Seppi Innsbruck Medical University
Annette Peters
Annette Peters Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

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