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Paul Muntner is affiliated with the University of Alabama at Birmingham in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the broad field of Medicine, with a significant focus on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine. Other subfields of study include Surgery, Economics and Econometrics, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

The main topics covered in their work consist of:

  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Heart Rate Variability and Autonomic Control
  • Cardiovascular Health and Risk Factors
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life
  • Sodium Intake and Health
  • Nutritional Studies and Diet

Paul Muntner has contributed to numerous papers, some of the recent ones include:

  • "Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990-2019" (2020), published in the Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • "KDIGO 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease" (2021), published in Kidney International
  • "Trends in Blood Pressure Control Among US Adults With Hypertension, 1999-2000 to 2017-2018" (2020), published in JAMA
  • "Hypertension and COVID-19" (2020), published in American Journal of Hypertension
  • "Executive summary of the KDIGO 2021 Clinical Practice Guideline for the Management of Blood Pressure in Chronic Kidney Disease" (2021), published in Kidney International

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Paul Muntner include:

  • Daichi Shimbo
  • Lisandro D. Colantonio
  • Monika M. Safford
  • Byron C. Jaeger
  • Shakia T. Hardy

Paul Muntner's research has been published extensively in several prominent venues, including:

  • American Journal of Hypertension
  • Circulation
  • Hypertension
  • Journal of the American College of Cardiology
  • Journal of the American Heart Association

Best Publications

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2019 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

    Emelia J. Benjamin;Paul Muntner;Alvaro Alonso;Marcio S. Bittencourt

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2017 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

    Emelia J. Benjamin;Michael J. Blaha;Stephanie E. Chiuve;Mary Cushman

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics-2018 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.

    Emelia J. Benjamin;Salim S. Virani;Clifton W. Callaway;Alanna M. Chamberlain

  • Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2016 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics—2015 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • 2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines

    Paul K. Whelton;Robert M. Carey;Wilbert S. Aronow;Donald E. Casey

  • Global burden of hypertension: analysis of worldwide data

    Patricia M Kearney;Patricia M Kearney;Megan Whelton;Kristi Reynolds;Paul Muntner

  • Global Burden of Cardiovascular Diseases and Risk Factors, 1990–2019: Update From the GBD 2019 Study

    Gregory A. Roth;George A. Mensah;Catherine O. Johnson;Giovanni Addolorato

  • Heart disease and stroke statistics-2015 update: A report from the American Heart Association

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • Executive Summary: Heart Disease and Stroke Statistics--2016 Update: A Report From the American Heart Association.

    Dariush Mozaffarian;Emelia J. Benjamin;Alan S. Go;Donna K. Arnett

  • Association of estimated glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in general population cohorts: a collaborative meta-analysis.

    Kunihiro Matsushita;Marije van der Velde;Brad C. Astor;Mark Woodward

  • Mortality prediction with a single general self-rated health question. A meta-analysis.

    Karen B. DeSalvo;Nicole Bloser;Kristi Reynolds;Jiang He

  • The obese without cardiometabolic risk factor clustering and the normal weight with cardiometabolic risk factor clustering: prevalence and correlates of 2 phenotypes among the US population (NHANES 1999-2004).

    Rachel P. Wildman;Paul Muntner;Kristi Reynolds;Aileen P. McGinn

  • The Metabolic Syndrome and Chronic Kidney Disease in U.S. Adults

    Jing Chen;Paul Muntner;L Lee Hamm;Daniel W Jones

  • 2017 ACC/AHA/AAPA/ABC/ACPM/AGS/APhA/ASH/ASPC/NMA/PCNA Guideline for the Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: Executive Summary: A Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Task Force on Clinical Practice Guidelines.

    Paul K. Whelton;Robert M. Carey;Wilbert S. Aronow;Donald E. Casey

  • Trends in blood pressure among children and adolescents.

    Paul Muntner;Jiang He;Jeffrey A. Cutler;Rachel P. Wildman

  • Potential U.S. Population Impact of the 2017 ACC/AHA High Blood Pressure Guideline.

    Paul Muntner;Robert M. Carey;Samuel Gidding;Daniel W. Jones

  • Renal Insufficiency and Subsequent Death Resulting from Cardiovascular Disease in the United States

    Paul Muntner;Jiang He;Lee Hamm;Catherine Loria

  • Measurement of Blood Pressure in Humans: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association.

    Paul Muntner;Daichi Shimbo;Robert M. Carey;Jeanne B. Charleston

  • Sudden Cardiac Arrest

    Emelia J Benjamin;Michael J Blaha;Stephanie E Chiuve;Mary Cushman

Frequent Co-Authors

Monika M. Safford
Monika M. Safford Cornell University
George Howard
George Howard University of Alabama at Birmingham
Robert S. Rosenson
Robert S. Rosenson Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Paul K. Whelton
Paul K. Whelton Tulane University
Virginia J. Howard
Virginia J. Howard University of Alabama at Birmingham
Joseph E. Schwartz
Joseph E. Schwartz Stony Brook University
Mary Cushman
Mary Cushman University of Vermont
Mark Woodward
Mark Woodward Imperial College London
Vera Bittner
Vera Bittner University of Alabama at Birmingham
Jiang He
Jiang He Tulane University

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