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Karen L. Margolis

Karen L. Margolis

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Medicine

D-Index
107
Citations
67215
World Ranking
6107
National Ranking
3267

Overview

Karen L. Margolis is affiliated with HealthPartners in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, with a particular focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their body of work encompasses various subfields including general health professions, public health, environmental and occupational health, epidemiology, and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

The scientist's research primarily addresses topics related to blood pressure and hypertension studies, heart rate variability and autonomic control, cardiac health and mental health, cardiovascular health and risk factors, cardiovascular health and disease prevention, antiplatelet therapy and cardiovascular diseases, as well as health disparities and outcomes.

Significant publication venues where Karen L. Margolis has frequently published include:

  • Hypertension
  • UNC Libraries
  • American Journal of Hypertension
  • Circulation
  • Journal of General Internal Medicine

Some of the recent papers authored or co-authored by the scientist are:

  • Self-Measured Blood Pressure Monitoring at Home: A Joint Policy Statement From the American Heart Association and American Medical Association (2020), published in Circulation
  • Evidence and Recommendations on the Use of Telemedicine for the Management of Arterial Hypertension (2020), published in Hypertension
  • Major GI bleeding in older persons using aspirin: incidence and risk factors in the ASPREE randomised controlled trial (2020), published in Gut
  • Early Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Experience With the Use of Telehealth to Address Disparities: Scoping Review (2021), published in Journal of Medical Internet Research
  • Inequities in Hypertension Control in the United States Exposed and Exacerbated by COVID-19 and the Role of Home Blood Pressure and Virtual Health Care During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic (2021), published in Journal of the American Heart Association

Their frequent collaborators include Beverly B. Green, Robyn L. Woods, Rory Wolfe, Michael E. Ernst, and Anne M. Murray, each contributing to multiple joint research efforts.

Best Publications

  • Major outcomes in high-risk hypertensive patients randomized to angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or calcium channel blocker vs diuretic: The antihypertensive and lipid-lowering treatment to prevent heart attack trial (ALLHAT)

    Curt D. Furberg;Jackson T. Wright;Barry R Davis;Jeffrey A. Cutler

  • Effects of conjugated equine estrogen in postmenopausal women with hysterectomy: the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial

    Garnet L. Anderson;Marian C. Limacher;Annlouise R. Assaf;Tamsen Bassford

  • Postmenopausal Hormone Therapy and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease by Age and Years Since Menopause

    Jacques E. Rossouw;Ross L. Prentice;JoAnn E. Manson;LieLing Wu

  • Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fractures.

    Rebecca D. Jackson;Andrea Z. LaCroix;Margery Gass;Robert B. Wallace

  • Menopausal hormone therapy and health outcomes during the intervention and extended poststopping phases of the women's health initiative randomized trials

    Jo Ann E. Manson;Rowan T. Chlebowski;Marcia L. Stefanick;Aaron K. Aragaki

  • Low-fat dietary pattern and risk of cardiovascular disease : The women's health initiative randomized controlled dietary modification trial

    Barbara V. Howard;Barbara V. Howard;Linda Van Horn;Judith Hsia;JoAnn E. Manson

  • Success and predictors of blood pressure control in diverse North American settings: the antihypertensive and lipid-lowering treatment to prevent heart attack trial (ALLHAT).

    William C. Cushman;Charles E. Ford;Jeffrey A. Cutler;Karen L. Margolis

  • The efficacy and cost effectiveness of vaccination against influenza among elderly persons living in the community.

    K L Nichol;K L Margolis;J Wuorenma;T Von Sternberg

  • Calcium plus Vitamin D Supplementation and the Risk of Colorectal Cancer

    Jean Wactawski-Wende;Jane Morley Kotchen;Garnet L. Anderson;Annlouise R. Assaf;Annlouise R. Assaf

  • Incidence and Prognosis of Resistant Hypertension in Hypertensive Patients

    Stacie L. Daugherty;J. David Powers;David J. Magid;Heather M. Tavel

  • Low-Fat dietary pattern and risk of invasive breast cancer: The women's health initiative randomized controlled dietary modification trial

    Ross L. Prentice;Bette Caan;Rowan T. Chlebowski;Ruth Patterson

  • The Effectiveness of Vaccination against Influenza in Healthy, Working Adults

    Kristin L. Nichol;April Lind;April Lind;Karen L. Margolis;Maureen Murdoch

  • Effect of Aspirin on Cardiovascular Events and Bleeding in the Healthy Elderly

    John J. McNeil;Rory Wolfe;Robyn L. Woods;Andrew M. Tonkin

  • Conjugated equine estrogens and global cognitive function in postmenopausal women: Women's Health Initiative Memory Study.

    Mark A. Espeland;Stephen R. Rapp;Sally A. Shumaker;Robert Brunner

  • Estrogen therapy and coronary-artery calcification.

    Jo Ann E. Manson;Matthew A. Allison;Jacques E. Rossouw;J. Jeffrey Carr

  • Obesity, body size, and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer: the Women's Health Initiative (United States).

    Libby M. Morimoto;Emily White;Z. Chen;Rowan T. Chlebowski

  • Effects of Conjugated Equine Estrogens on Breast Cancer and Mammography Screening in Postmenopausal Women With Hysterectomy

    Marcia L. Stefanick;Garnet L. Anderson;Karen L. Margolis;Susan L. Hendrix

  • Effect of aspirin on all-cause mortality in the healthy elderly

    John J. McNeil;Mark R. Nelson;Robyn L. Woods;Jessica E. Lockery

  • Action to Control Cardiovascular Risk in Diabetes (ACCORD) Trial: Design and Methods

    John B. Buse

  • Conjugated Equine Estrogens and Global Cognitive Function in Postmenopausal Women: Women’s Health Initiative Memory Study

    Mark A. Espeland;Stephen R. Rapp;Sally A. Shumaker;Robert Brunner

Frequent Co-Authors

Patrick J. O'Connor
Patrick J. O'Connor HealthPartners
JoAnn E. Manson
JoAnn E. Manson Harvard Medical School
David J. Magid
David J. Magid University of Colorado Denver
Marcia L. Stefanick
Marcia L. Stefanick Stanford University
Rowan T. Chlebowski
Rowan T. Chlebowski UCLA Medical Center
Karen C. Johnson
Karen C. Johnson University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Jean Wactawski-Wende
Jean Wactawski-Wende University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Judith K. Ockene
Judith K. Ockene University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School
Ross L. Prentice
Ross L. Prentice Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
Lawrence S. Phillips
Lawrence S. Phillips Emory University

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