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Medicine
Sweden
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
160
Citations
123174
World Ranking
768
National Ranking
17

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in Sweden Leader Award

Overview

Lars Lind is affiliated with Uppsala University in Sweden. Their research primarily focuses on Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology, with notable contributions across subfields such as Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Molecular Biology, Physiology, Genetics, and Epidemiology.

The scientist has explored various research topics, including:

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention
  • Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Cardiovascular Function and Risk Factors

Lars Lind's recent publications illustrate their involvement in cardiovascular and metabolomic research. Selected papers include:

  • Genomic and drug target evaluation of 90 cardiovascular proteins in 30,931 individuals, 2020, Nature Metabolism
  • Global Effect of Modifiable Risk Factors on Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality, 2023, New England Journal of Medicine
  • Prevalence of Subclinical Coronary Artery Atherosclerosis in the General Population, 2021, Circulation
  • An online atlas of human plasma metabolite signatures of gut microbiome composition, 2022, Nature Communications
  • Sex-dimorphic genetic effects and novel loci for fasting glucose and insulin variability, 2021, Nature Communications

Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Johan Ärnlöv (61 collaborations)
  • Johan Sundström (57 collaborations)
  • Gunnar Engström (50 collaborations)
  • Tove Fall (41 collaborations)
  • Sölve Elmståhl (27 collaborations)

Lars Lind often publishes in venues such as:

  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory) with 16 publications
  • Nature Communications with 10 publications
  • PLoS ONE with 9 publications
  • UNC Libraries with 9 publications
  • Scientific Reports with 8 publications

The scope of their work demonstrates a multidisciplinary approach integrating cardiovascular medicine with molecular biology techniques and epidemiological methods, emphasizing genetic and metabolic determinants of health and disease.

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

  • 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

  • Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels

    Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso;Gina M. Peloso

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk

    Josée Dupuis;Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena;Richa Saxena

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes–based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    M Nikpay;A Goel;Won H-H.;L M Hall

  • Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height

    Andrew R. Wood;Tonu Esko;Jian Yang;Sailaja Vedantam

  • New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (vol 42, pg 105, 2010)

    J Dupuis;C Langenberg;I Prokopenko;R Saxena

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • Large-scale association analysis identifies new risk loci for coronary artery disease

    Panos Deloukas;Stavroula Kanoni;Christina Willenborg;Martin Farrall

  • Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology

    Adam E. Locke;Bratati Kahali;Sonja I. Berndt;Anne E. Justice

  • Fine-mapping type 2 diabetes loci to single-variant resolution using high-density imputation and islet-specific epigenome maps.

    Anubha Mahajan;Daniel Taliun;Matthias Thurner;Neil R. Robertson

  • Genetic analysis of over 1 million people identifies 535 new loci associated with blood pressure traits.

    Evangelos Evangelou;Evangelos Evangelou;Helen R. Warren;Helen R. Warren;David Mosen-Ansorena;Borbala Mifsud

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Christian Fuchsberger;Jason A. Flannick;Jason A. Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

  • Causal relationship between obesity and vitamin D status: bi-directional Mendelian randomization analysis of multiple cohorts.

    Karani S. Vimaleswaran;Diane J. Berry;Emmi Tikkanen;Emmi Tikkanen;Stefan Pilz;Stefan Pilz

  • Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease

    Ron Do;Cristen J. Willer;Ellen M. Schmidt;Sebanti Sengupta

  • Prognostic accuracy of day versus night ambulatory blood pressure: a cohort study

    José Boggia;Yan Li;Lutgarde Thijs;Tine W Hansen

  • A comprehensive 1000 Genomes-based genome-wide association meta-analysis of coronary artery disease

    Majid Nikpay;Anuj Goel;Hong-Hee Won;Leanne M. Hall

  • Erratum: New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk (Nature Genetics (2010) 42 (105-116))

    Josée Dupuis;Claudia Langenberg;Inga Prokopenko;Richa Saxena

  • The genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes

    Christian Fuchsberger;Jason Flannick;Tanya M. Teslovich;Anubha Mahajan

Frequent Co-Authors

Erik Ingelsson
Erik Ingelsson Stanford University
Johan Ärnlöv
Johan Ärnlöv Karolinska Institute
Johan Sundström
Johan Sundström Uppsala University
Andrew P. Morris
Andrew P. Morris University of Liverpool
Cecilia M. Lindgren
Cecilia M. Lindgren University of Oxford
Nicholas J. Wareham
Nicholas J. Wareham University of Cambridge
Veikko Salomaa
Veikko Salomaa Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Markus Perola
Markus Perola Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Tonu Esko
Tonu Esko University of Tartu
Claudia Langenberg
Claudia Langenberg Queen Mary University of London

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