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Patricio López-Jaramillo

Patricio López-Jaramillo

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Medicine
Colombia
2026

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Medicine

D-Index
109
Citations
61509
World Ranking
5674
National Ranking
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Patricio López-Jaramillo publication distribution in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Medicine in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patricio López-Jaramillo sits on this spectrum.

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101 publications 1,796+

This scientist: 512 publications — 60th percentile

60% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Patricio López-Jaramillo D-index placement in Medicine in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Medicine scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where Patricio López-Jaramillo sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 109 D-Index — 72nd percentile

72% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Medicine in Colombia Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Medicine in Colombia Leader Award

Overview

Patricio López-Jaramillo is affiliated with the University of Santander in Colombia and has contributed extensively to the field of medicine, particularly focusing on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their research spans several subfields including public health, environmental and occupational health, organizational behavior and human resource management, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, and general health professions.

The scientist's notable recent publications include:

  • Association of ultra-processed food intake with risk of inflammatory bowel disease: prospective cohort study (2021, BMJ)
  • Association of the triglyceride glucose index as a measure of insulin resistance with mortality and cardiovascular disease in populations from five continents (PURE study): a prospective cohort study (2022, The Lancet Healthy Longevity)
  • Health-Related Quality of Life and Mortality in Heart Failure: The Global Congestive Heart Failure Study of 23 000 Patients From 40 Countries (2021, Circulation)
  • Effect of dulaglutide on cognitive impairment in type 2 diabetes: an exploratory analysis of the REWIND trial (2020, The Lancet Neurology)
  • Polypill with or without Aspirin in Persons without Cardiovascular Disease (2020, New England Journal of Medicine)

The main topics of Patricio López-Jaramillo's research include:

  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet
  • Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology
  • Health and Lifestyle Studies
  • Sodium Intake and Health
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Collaborations have been a significant aspect of their work, frequently coauthoring with:

  • Salim Yusuf
  • Álvaro Avezum
  • Sumathy Rangarajan
  • Fernando Laņas
  • José López-López

The venues where Patricio López-Jaramillo publishes their research most frequently include:

  • Journal of Hypertension
  • European Heart Journal
  • Circulation
  • BMJ Global Health
  • Global Heart

Best Publications

  • Risk factors for ischaemic and intracerebral haemorrhagic stroke in 22 countries (the INTERSTROKE study): a case-control study

    Martin J O'Donnell;Martin J O'Donnell;Denis Xavier;Lisheng Liu;Hongye Zhang

  • Rivaroxaban with or without Aspirin in Stable Cardiovascular Disease

    John W. Eikelboom;Stuart J. Connolly;Jackie Bosch;Gilles R. Dagenais

  • Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in Rural and Urban Communities in High-, Middle-, and Low-Income Countries

    Clara K. Chow;Clara K. Chow;Koon K. Teo;Sumathy Rangarajan;Shofiqul Islam

  • Global and regional effects of potentially modifiable risk factors associated with acute stroke in 32 countries (INTERSTROKE): a case-control study

    Martin J O'Donnell;Martin J O'Donnell;Siu Lim Chin;Sumathy Rangarajan;Denis Xavier

  • Modifiable risk factors, cardiovascular disease, and mortality in 155 722 individuals from 21 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study

    Salim Yusuf;Philip Joseph;Sumathy Rangarajan;Shofiqul Islam

  • Prognostic value of grip strength: findings from the Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study

    Darryl P Leong;Darryl P Leong;Koon K Teo;Koon K Teo;Sumathy Rangarajan;Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo

  • Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study

    Mahshid Dehghan;Andrew Mente;Andrew Mente;Xiaohe Zhang;Sumathi Swaminathan

  • The effect of physical activity on mortality and cardiovascular disease in 130 000 people from 17 high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries: the PURE study

    Scott A Lear;Weihong Hu;Sumathy Rangarajan;Danijela Gasevic

  • Use of secondary prevention drugs for cardiovascular disease in the community in high-income, middle-income, and low-income countries (the PURE Study): a prospective epidemiological survey

    Salim Yusuf;Shofiqul Islam;Clara K Chow;Sumathy Rangarajan

  • Cardiovascular Risk and Events in 17 Low-, Middle-, and High-Income Countries

    Salim Yusuf;Sumathy Rangarajan;Koon Teo;Shofiqul Islam

  • Urinary Sodium and Potassium Excretion, Mortality, and Cardiovascular Events

    Andrew Mente;Sumathy Rangarajan;Matthew J. McQueen;Xingyu Wang

  • Cholesterol Lowering in Intermediate-Risk Persons without Cardiovascular Disease

    Salim Yusuf;Jackie Bosch;Gilles Dagenais;Jun Zhu

  • Association of Urinary Sodium and Potassium Excretion with Blood Pressure

    Andrew Mente;Sumathy Rangarajan;Matthew J. McQueen;Paul Poirier

  • A Call to Action and a Lifecourse Strategy to Address the Global Burden of Raised Blood Pressure on Current and Future Generations: The Lancet Commission on Hypertension

    Michael H. Olsen;Michael H. Olsen;Sonia Y. Angell;Samira Asma;Pierre Boutouyrie

  • Blood-Pressure Lowering in Intermediate-Risk Persons without Cardiovascular Disease

    Eva M. Lonn;Eva M. Lonn;Jackie Bosch;Jackie Bosch;Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo;Jun Zhu

  • 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

  • Advancing the global public health agenda for NAFLD: a consensus statement.

    Jeffrey V Lazarus;Henry E Mark;Quentin M Anstee;Juan Pablo Arab

  • Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake, and cardiovascular disease and deaths in 18 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study

    Victoria Miller;Andrew Mente;Mahshid Dehghan;Sumathy Rangarajan

  • Is C-reactive protein an independent risk factor for essential hypertension?

    Leonelo E. Bautista;Patricio Lopez-Jaramillo;Lina M. Vera;Juan P. Casas

  • Variations in common diseases, hospital admissions, and deaths in middle-aged adults in 21 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study.

    Gilles R Dagenais;Darryl P Leong;Sumathy Rangarajan;Fernando Lanas

Frequent Co-Authors

Alvaro Avezum
Alvaro Avezum Population Health Research Institute
Salim Yusuf
Salim Yusuf McMaster University
Koon K. Teo
Koon K. Teo McMaster University
Rafael Diaz
Rafael Diaz University of Alberta
Annika Rosengren
Annika Rosengren Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Sumathy Rangarajan
Sumathy Rangarajan Population Health Research Institute
Gilles R. Dagenais
Gilles R. Dagenais Université Laval
Rajeev Gupta
Rajeev Gupta Rajasthan University of Health Sciences
Viswanathan Mohan
Viswanathan Mohan Madras Diabetes Research Foundation
Martin O'Donnell
Martin O'Donnell University of Galway

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