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Martha L. Daviglus is affiliated with the University of Illinois at Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medicine, with significant contributions to cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, public health, environmental and occupational health, physiology, genetics, and molecular biology.

Their work covers a range of topics, including cardiovascular health and risk factors, nutritional studies and diet, obesity, physical activity and diet, diet and metabolism studies, health disparities and outcomes, dementia and cognitive impairment research, as well as genetic associations and epidemiology.

They have published extensively, with frequent publications in venues such as UNC Libraries, Circulation, Alzheimer's & Dementia, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and SLEEP.

Some recent notable papers authored or co-authored by Martha L. Daviglus include:

  • The All of Us Research Program: Data quality, utility, and diversity (2022, Patterns)
  • Host and gut microbial tryptophan metabolism and type 2 diabetes: an integrative analysis of host genetics, diet, gut microbiome and circulating metabolites in cohort studies (2021, Gut)
  • Association Between Preserved Ratio Impaired Spirometry and Clinical Outcomes in US Adults (2021, JAMA)
  • Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses improve resolution of genes and pathways influencing lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk (2023, Nature Genetics)
  • Knowledge Gaps, Challenges, and Opportunities in Health and Prevention Research for Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders: A Report From the 2021 National Institutes of Health Workshop (2022, Annals of Internal Medicine)

Martha L. Daviglus collaborates frequently with several researchers, including Linda C. Gallo, Carmen R. Isasi, Krista M. Perreira, Gregory A. Talavera, and Daniela Sotres-Alvarez. These colleagues appear regularly as co-authors on many of their publications.

Best Publications

  • Fish consumption and the 30-year risk of fatal myocardial infarction

    Martha L. Daviglus;Jeremiah Stamler;Anthony J. Orencia;Alan R. Dyer

  • Human metabolic phenotype diversity and its association with diet and blood pressure

    Elaine Holmes;Ruey Leng Loo;Jeremiah Stamler;Magda Bictash

  • Electron-beam tomography coronary artery calcium and cardiac events: a 37-month follow-up of 5635 initially asymptomatic low- to intermediate-risk adults.

    George T. Kondos;Julie Anne Hoff;Alexander Sevrukov;Martha L. Daviglus

  • Low risk-factor profile and long-term cardiovascular and noncardiovascular mortality and life expectancy: findings for 5 large cohorts of young adult and middle-aged men and women.

    Jeremiah Stamler;Rose Stamler;James D. Neaton;Deborah Wentworth

  • Accumulated evidence on fish consumption and coronary heart disease mortality: a meta-analysis of cohort studies.

    Ka He;Yiqing Song;Martha L. Daviglus;Kiang Liu

  • Prevalence of major cardiovascular risk factors and cardiovascular diseases among Hispanic/Latino individuals of diverse backgrounds in the United States.

    Martha L. Daviglus;Martha L. Daviglus;Gregory A. Talavera;M. Larissa Avilés-Santa;Matthew Allison

  • Design and Implementation of the Hispanic Community Health Study / Study of Latinos

    Paul D. Sorlie;Larissa M. Avilés-Santa;Sylvia Wassertheil-Smoller;Robert C. Kaplan

  • Relationship of baseline serum cholesterol levels in 3 large cohorts of younger men to long-term coronary, cardiovascular, and all-cause mortality and to longevity.

    Jeremiah Stamler;Martha L. Daviglus;Daniel B. Garside;Alan R. Dyer

  • National Lipid Association Recommendations for Patient-Centered Management of Dyslipidemia: Part 2.

    Terry A. Jacobson;Kevin C. Maki;Carl E. Orringer;Peter H. Jones

  • Association between air pollution and coronary artery calcification within six metropolitan areas in the USA (the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis and Air Pollution): a longitudinal cohort study

    Joel D Kaufman;Sara D Adar;R Graham Barr;Matthew Budoff

  • Psychosocial factors and Risk of hypertension: The Coronary Artery Risk development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study

    Lijing L. Yan;Kiang Liu;Karen A. Matthews;Martha L. Daviglus

  • Age and gender distributions of coronary artery calcium detected by electron beam tomography in 35,246 adults.

    Julie Anne Hoff;Eva V. Chomka;Andrew J. Krainik;Martha Daviglus

  • Fish Consumption and Incidence of Stroke A Meta-Analysis of Cohort Studies

    Ka He;Yiqing Song;Martha L. Daviglus;Kiang Liu

  • National Institutes of Health State-of-the-Science Conference Statement: Preventing Alzheimer Disease and Cognitive Decline

    Martha L. Daviglus;Carl C. Bell;Wade Berrettini;Phyllis E. Bowen

  • Healthy Lifestyle Through Young Adulthood and the Presence of Low Cardiovascular Disease Risk Profile in Middle Age The Coronary Artery Risk Development in (Young) Adults (CARDIA) Study

    Kiang Liu;Martha L. Daviglus;Catherine M. Loria;Laura A. Colangelo

  • Magnesium Intake and Incidence of Metabolic Syndrome Among Young Adults

    Ka He;Kiang Liu;Martha L. Daviglus;Steven J. Morris

  • Resting Heart Rate is a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular and Noncardiovascular Mortality: The Chicago Heart Association Detection Project In Industry

    Philip Greenland;Martha L. Daviglus;Alan R. Dyer;Kiang Liu

  • Relationship of blood pressure to 25-year mortality due to coronary heart disease, cardiovascular diseases, and all causes in young adult men: the Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry.

    Katsuyuki Miura;Martha L. Daviglus;Alan R. Dyer;Kiang Liu

  • NIH state-of-the-science conference statement: Preventing Alzheimer's disease and cognitive decline.

    Martha L. Daviglus;Carl C. Bell;Wade Berrettini;Phyllis E. Bowen

  • Associations between Recent Exposure to Ambient Fine Particulate Matter and Blood Pressure in the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)

    Amy H. Auchincloss;Ana V. Diez Roux;Timothy Dvonch;Patrick L. Brown

Frequent Co-Authors

Jeremiah Stamler
Jeremiah Stamler Northwestern University
Linda C. Gallo
Linda C. Gallo San Diego State University
Robert C. Kaplan
Robert C. Kaplan Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Linda Van Horn
Linda Van Horn Northwestern University
Kiang Liu
Kiang Liu Northwestern University
Gregory A. Talavera
Gregory A. Talavera San Diego State University
Krista M. Perreira
Krista M. Perreira University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Neil Schneiderman
Neil Schneiderman University of Miami
Paul Elliott
Paul Elliott Imperial College London
Hector M. González
Hector M. González University of California, San Diego

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