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Overview

Paul J. Nestel is a researcher affiliated with the Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute in Australia. Their work primarily focuses on the field of medicine, with a significant emphasis on public health, environmental and occupational health, surgery, physiology, and cardiology and cardiovascular medicine.

The main research topics addressed by Nestel include:

  • Lipoproteins and cardiovascular health
  • Nutritional studies and diet
  • Consumer attitudes and food labeling
  • Diet and metabolism studies
  • Health systems, economic evaluations, quality of life
  • Health and medical research impacts
  • Fatty acid research and health

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Nestel encompass:

  • Trevor A. Mori
  • Gerald F. Watts
  • David Sullivan
  • David L. Hare
  • Karam Kostner

They have published in several journals, with common publication venues including:

  • Heart Lung and Circulation
  • Journal of Lipid Research
  • Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Circulation
  • The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Nestel include:

  • Dietary patterns, dietary nutrients and cardiovascular disease, 2022, Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine
  • Integrated Guidance for Enhancing the Care of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia in Australia, 2020, Heart Lung and Circulation
  • Independence of Lipoprotein(a) and Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol-Mediated Cardiovascular Risk: A Participant-Level Meta-Analysis, 2024, Circulation
  • Shark liver oil supplementation enriches endogenous plasmalogens and reduces markers of dyslipidemia and inflammation, 2021, Journal of Lipid Research
  • Cholesterol transport between red blood cells and lipoproteins contributes to cholesterol metabolism in blood, 2020, Journal of Lipid Research

Best Publications

  • Prevention of cardiovascular events and death with pravastatin in patients with coronary heart disease and a broad range of initial cholesterol levels

    A. Tonkin;P. Alyward;D. Colquhoun;P. Glasziou

  • Association of LDL Cholesterol, Non–HDL Cholesterol, and Apolipoprotein B Levels With Risk of Cardiovascular Events Among Patients Treated With Statins: A Meta-analysis

    S. Matthijs Boekholdt;Benoit J. Arsenault;Samia Mora;Terje R. Pedersen

  • The role of reducing intakes of saturated fat in the prevention of cardiovascular disease: where does the evidence stand in 2010?

    Arne Astrup;Jørn Dyerberg;Peter Creighton Elwood;Kjeld Hermansen

  • Soy Isoflavones Improve Systemic Arterial Compliance but Not Plasma Lipids in Menopausal and Perimenopausal Women

    Paul J. Nestel;Takeshi Yamashita;Takayuki Sasahara;Sylvia Pomeroy

  • Baseline and on-statin treatment lipoprotein(a) levels for prediction of cardiovascular events: individual patient-data meta-analysis of statin outcome trials

    Peter Willeit;Peter Willeit;Paul M Ridker;Paul J Nestel;John Simes

  • The hyperlipidemia of pregnancy in normal and complicated pregnancies

    Julia M. Potter;Paul J. Nestel

  • Plasma lipoprotein lipid and Lp[a] changes with substitution of elaidic acid for oleic acid in the diet

    Paul Nestel;Manny Noakes;Bryan Belling;Rosemary McArthur

  • Isoflavones from red clover improve systemic arterial compliance but not plasma lipids in menopausal women.

    Paul J. Nestel;Sylvia Pomeroy;Sally Kay;Paul Komesaroff

  • The adaptive effects of dietary fish and safflower oil on lipid and lipoprotein metabolism in perfused rat liver

    S H Wong;P J Nestel;R P Trimble;G B Storer

  • The effects of changes in physical activity on major cardiovascular risk factors, hemodynamics, sympathetic function, and glucose utilization in man: a controlled study of four levels of activity.

    G Jennings;L Nelson;P Nestel;M Esler

  • Partial replacement of saturated fatty acids with almonds or walnuts lowers total plasma cholesterol and low-density-lipoprotein cholesterol.

    M Abbey;M Noakes;G B Belling;P J Nestel

  • Lipoprotein predictors of the severity of coronary artery disease in men and women.

    M F Reardon;P J Nestel;I H Craig;R W Harper

  • Physical factors influencing postprandial glucose and insulin responses to starch.

    Kerin. O'Dea;Paul J. Nestel;Lynne. Antonoff

  • Fish oil and cardiovascular disease: lipids and arterial function

    Paul J Nestel

  • The n−3 fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid and docosahexaenoic acid increase systemic arterial compliance in humans

    Paul Nestel;Hideki Shige;Sylvia Pomeroy;Marja Cehun

  • EFFECTS OF THE PROSTAGLANDINS ON HORMONE-INDUCED MOBILIZATION OF FREE FATTY ACIDS.

    Daniel Steinberg;Martha Vaughan;Paul J. Nestel;Ove Strand

  • A reappraisal of the impact of dairy foods and milk fat on cardiovascular disease risk

    J. Bruce German;Robert A. Gibson;Ronald M. Krauss;Paul Nestel

  • Effect of fish oil on lipoproteins, lecithin:cholesterol acyltransferase, and lipid transfer protein activity in humans.

    M Abbey;P Clifton;M Kestin;B Belling

  • Catabolism of Very Low Density Lipoprotein B Apoprotein in Man

    Michael F. Reardon;Noel H. Fidge;Paul J. Nestel

  • Isoflavones reduce arterial stiffness: a placebo-controlled study in men and postmenopausal women.

    Helena J. Teede;Barry P. McGrath;Lakmini DeSilva;Marja Cehun

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew Tonkin
Andrew Tonkin Monash University
Gavin W. Lambert
Gavin W. Lambert Swinburne University of Technology
Markus P. Schlaich
Markus P. Schlaich University of Western Australia
Peter J. Meikle
Peter J. Meikle Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute
John Simes
John Simes University of Sydney
Peter M. Clifton
Peter M. Clifton University of South Australia
David Colquhoun
David Colquhoun University of Queensland
Gerald F. Watts
Gerald F. Watts University of Western Australia
Harvey D. White
Harvey D. White Auckland City Hospital
Murray D. Esler
Murray D. Esler Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute

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