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Lyn M. Steffen is affiliated with the University of Minnesota in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, with a primary focus on public health, environmental and occupational health, physiology, nutrition and dietetics, molecular biology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

Their research interests span several interconnected topics, including nutritional studies and diet, diet and metabolism studies, fatty acid research and health, metabolomics and mass spectrometry studies, obesity, physical activity and diet, agriculture sustainability and environmental impact, and consumer attitudes and food labeling.

Steffen's recent publications highlight a detailed focus on fatty acids, metabolism, and health outcomes. Notable papers include:

  • Blood n-3 fatty acid levels and total and cause-specific mortality from 17 prospective studies, 2021, Nature Communications
  • n-3 Fatty Acid Biomarkers and Incident Type 2 Diabetes: An Individual Participant-Level Pooling Project of 20 Prospective Cohort Studies, 2021, Diabetes Care
  • Light Cigarette Smoking Increases Risk of All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality: Findings from the NHIS Cohort Study, 2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • Association of omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids with incident chronic kidney disease: pooled analysis of 19 cohorts, 2023, BMJ
  • Dietary metabolic signatures and cardiometabolic risk, 2022, European Heart Journal

The scientist has collaborated frequently with experts such as David R. Jacobs, Casey M. Rebholz, James M. Shikany, So-Yun Yi, and Xia Zhou.

Steffen's work is often published in venues that reflect the intersection of nutrition, medicine, and cardiovascular health. Predominant publication venues include UNC Libraries, Current Developments in Nutrition, Circulation, Journal of Nutrition, and Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases.

Best Publications

  • Dietary Sugars Intake and Cardiovascular Health A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association

    Rachel K. Johnson;Lawrence J. Appel;Michael Brands;Barbara V. Howard

  • Dietary Intake and the Development of the Metabolic Syndrome The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

    Pamela L. Lutsey;Lyn M. Steffen;June Stevens

  • Nutrients, foods, and dietary patterns as exposures in research: a framework for food synergy

    David R Jacobs;Lyn M Steffen

  • The Effects of Nonpharmacologic Interventions on Blood Pressure of Persons With High Normal Levels: Results of the Trials of Hypertension Prevention, Phase I

    Paul K. Whelton;Lawrence Appel;Jeanne Charleston;Arlene Taylor Dalcin

  • Associations of whole-grain, refined-grain, and fruit and vegetable consumption with risks of all-cause mortality and incident coronary artery disease and ischemic stroke: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study

    Lyn M. Steffen;David R Jacobs;David R Jacobs;June Stevens;Eyal Shahar

  • Dietary carbohydrate intake and mortality: a prospective cohort study and meta-analysis.

    Sara B Seidelmann;Brian Claggett;Susan Cheng;Mir Henglin

  • Dietary Linoleic Acid and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies

    Maryam Farvid;Ming Ding;An Pan;Qi Sun

  • Fruit and Vegetable Consumption and Its Relation to Markers of Inflammation and Oxidative Stress in Adolescents

    Erica M. Holt;Lyn M. Steffen;Antoinette Moran;Samar Basu

  • Dietary patterns are associated with biochemical markers of inflammation and endothelial activation in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

    Jennifer A Nettleton;Lyn M Steffen;Elizabeth J Mayer-Davis;Nancy S Jenny

  • Associations of plant food, dairy product, and meat intakes with 15-y incidence of elevated blood pressure in young black and white adults: the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

    Lyn M Steffen;Candyce H Kroenke;Xinhua Yu;Mark A Pereira

  • Genetic loci associated with plasma phospholipid n-3 fatty acids: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies from the CHARGE Consortium.

    Rozenn N. Lemaitre;Toshiko Tanaka;Weihong Tang;Ani Manichaikul

  • ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Biomarkers and Coronary Heart Disease: Pooling Project of 19 Cohort Studies

    Liana C. Del Gobbo;Fumiaki Imamura;Stella Aslibekyan;Matti Marklund

  • Nonnutritive Sweeteners: Current Use and Health Perspectives A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association and the American Diabetes Association

    Christopher Gardner;Judith Wylie-Rosett;Samuel S. Gidding;Lyn M. Steffen

  • Plant‐Based Diets Are Associated With a Lower Risk of Incident Cardiovascular Disease, Cardiovascular Disease Mortality, and All‐Cause Mortality in a General Population of Middle‐Aged Adults

    Hyunju Kim;Laura E. Caulfield;Vanessa Garcia-Larsen;Lyn M. Steffen

  • Changes in Insulin Resistance and Cardiovascular Risk During Adolescence: Establishment of Differential Risk in Males and Females

    Antoinette Moran;David R. Jacobs;Julia Steinberger;Lyn M. Steffen

  • Food omega-3 fatty acid intake of individuals (total, linolenic acid, long-chain) and their blood pressure: INTERMAP study

    Hirotsugu Ueshima;Jeremiah Stamler;Paul Elliott;Queenie Chan

  • Whole Grain Intake Is Associated with Lower Body Mass and Greater Insulin Sensitivity among Adolescents

    Lyn M Steffen;David R Jacobs;Maureen A. Murtaugh;Antoinette Moran

  • Whole grain intake and its cross-sectional association with obesity, insulin resistance, inflammation, diabetes and subclinical CVD: The MESA Study.

    Pamela L. Lutsey;David R. Jacobs;Sujata Kori;Elizabeth Jane Mayer-Davis

  • Dietary Patterns and Risk of Incident Type 2 Diabetes in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

    Jennifer A. Nettleton;Lyn M. Steffen;Hanyu Ni;Kiang Liu

  • Associations of plant food, dairy product, and meat intakes with 15-y incidence of elevated blood pressure in young black and white adults

    Lyn M Steffen;Candyce H. Kroenke;Xinhua Yu;Mark A Pereira

Frequent Co-Authors

David R. Jacobs
David R. Jacobs University of Minnesota
Michael Y. Tsai
Michael Y. Tsai University of Minnesota
Rozenn N. Lemaitre
Rozenn N. Lemaitre University of Washington
Linda Van Horn
Linda Van Horn Northwestern University
Russell V. Luepker
Russell V. Luepker University of Minnesota
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Julia Steinberger
Julia Steinberger University of Minnesota
Aaron R. Folsom
Aaron R. Folsom University of Minnesota
Josef Coresh
Josef Coresh New York University
Dariush Mozaffarian
Dariush Mozaffarian Tufts University

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