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Paul N. Hopkins is affiliated with the University of Utah in the United States. Their research spans multiple domains within medicine and related biomedical sciences, focusing primarily on cardiovascular and metabolic health.

Their main fields of study include Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. More specifically, their work encompasses subfields such as Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Surgery, Genetics, and Molecular Biology.

Hopkins's research topics cover a range of subjects linked to cardiovascular and metabolic function and disease. Key topics include:

  • Hormonal Regulation and Hypertension
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Cardiovascular Disease and Adiposity
  • Sodium Intake and Health
  • Folate and B Vitamins Research
  • Cardiovascular and Exercise Physiology

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Hopkins are:

  • The Unrecognized Prevalence of Primary Aldosteronism (2020), published in Annals of Internal Medicine
  • Carbohydrate and fat intake associated with risk of metabolic diseases through epigenetics of CPT1A (2020), published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Cardiovascular responses to rhythmic handgrip exercise in heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (2020), published in Journal of Applied Physiology
  • No benefit of HDL mimetic CER-001 on carotid atherosclerosis in patients with genetically determined very low HDL levels (2020), published in Atherosclerosis
  • Characterizing a Common CERS2 Polymorphism in a Mouse Model of Metabolic Disease and in Subjects from the Utah CAD Study (2021), published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Frequent co-authors in Hopkins's scholarly work include Donna K. Arnett, Gordon H. Williams, Michael A. Province, Jonathan S. Williams, and Stephen M. Ratchford.

The most common venues for Hopkins's publications include UNC Libraries, The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, Journal of Hypertension, Annals of Internal Medicine, and American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

Best Publications

  • Homocysteine and risk of ischemic heart disease and stroke: A meta-analysis

    R. Clarke;R. Collins;S. Lewington;A. Donald

  • Molecular basis of human hypertension: Role of angiotensinogen

    Xavier Jeunemaitre;Florent Soubrier;Yuri V. Kotelevtsev;Richard P. Lifton;Richard P. Lifton

  • Health Benefits of Gastric Bypass Surgery after 6 Years

    Ted D. Adams;Lance E. Davidson;Sheldon E. Litwin;Sheldon E. Litwin;Ronette L. Kolotkin

  • Weight and Metabolic Outcomes 12 Years after Gastric Bypass

    Ted D. Adams;Ted D. Adams;Lance E. Davidson;Lance E. Davidson;Sheldon E. Litwin;Jaewhan Kim

  • Familial Hypercholesterolemia: Screening, diagnosis and management of pediatric and adult patients: Clinical guidance from the National Lipid Association Expert Panel on Familial Hypercholesterolemia

    Anne C. Goldberg;Paul N. Hopkins;Peter P. Toth;Christie M. Ballantyne

  • Diagnosing heterozygous familial hypercholesterolemia using new practical criteria validated by molecular genetics

    Roger R. Williams;Roger R. Williams;Roger R. Williams;Steven C. Hunt;Steven C. Hunt;Steven C. Hunt;M.Catherine Schumacher;M.Catherine Schumacher;M.Catherine Schumacher;Robert A. Hegele;Robert A. Hegele;Robert A. Hegele

  • Higher serum bilirubin is associated with decreased risk for early familial coronary artery disease

    P N Hopkins;L L Wu;S C Hunt;B C James

  • Familial and genetic determinants of systemic markers of inflammation : the NHLBI family heart study

    James S Pankow;Aaron R Folsom;Mary Cushman;Ingrid B Borecki

  • Molecular Biology of Atherosclerosis

    Paul N. Hopkins

  • Effect of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus on Left Ventricular Geometry and Systolic Function in Hypertensive Subjects Hypertension Genetic Epidemiology Network (HyperGEN) Study

    Vittorio Palmieri;Jonathan N. Bella;Donna K. Arnett;Jennifer E. Liu

  • A survey of 246 suggested coronary risk factors

    Paul N Hopkins;Roger R Williams

  • Familial dyslipidemic hypertension. Evidence from 58 Utah families for a syndrome present in approximately 12% of patients with essential hypertension.

    Roger R. Williams;Steven C. Hunt;Paul N. Hopkins;Barry M. Stults

  • Cancer incidence and mortality after gastric bypass surgery.

    Ted D. Adams;Ted D. Adams;Antoinette M. Stroup;Richard E. Gress;Kenneth F. Adams

  • Familial hypercholesterolemias: prevalence, genetics, diagnosis and screening recommendations from the National Lipid Association Expert Panel on Familial Hypercholesterolemia.

    Paul N. Hopkins;Peter P. Toth;Christie M. Ballantyne;Daniel J. Rader

  • A mutation in PCSK9 causing autosomal-dominant hypercholesterolemia in a Utah pedigree

    Kirsten M. Timms;Susanne Wagner;Mark E. Samuels;Kristian Forbey

  • Usefulness of cardiovascular family history data for population-based preventive medicine and medical research (The Health Family Tree Study and the NHLBI Family Heart Study) ☆

    Roger R Williams;Steven C Hunt;Gerardo Heiss;Michael A Province

  • The Unrecognized Prevalence of Primary Aldosteronism: A Cross-sectional Study.

    Jenifer M Brown;Mohammed Siddiqui;David A Calhoun;Robert M Carey

  • Adipocyte iron regulates adiponectin and insulin sensitivity

    J. Scott Gabrielsen;Yan Gao;Judith A. Simcox;Jingyu Huang

  • GENETIC HERITABILITY AND COMMON ENVIRONMENTAL COMPONENTS OF RESTING AND STRESSED BLOOD PRESSURES, LIPIDS, AND BODY MASS INDEX IN UTAH PEDIGREES AND TWINS

    Steven C. Hunt;Sandra J. Hasstedt;Hiroshi Kuida;Barry M. Stults

  • Efficacy and Safety of Lovastatin in Adolescent Males With Heterozygous Familial Hypercholesterolemia: A Randomized Controlled Trial

    Evan A. Stein;D. Roger Illingworth;Peter O. Kwiterovich;Chris A. Liacouras

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven C. Hunt
Steven C. Hunt Cornell University
Donna K. Arnett
Donna K. Arnett University of South Carolina
Gordon H. Williams
Gordon H. Williams Brigham and Women's Hospital
Jose M. Ordovas
Jose M. Ordovas Tufts University
Lily Wu
Lily Wu University of California, Los Angeles
Dalane W. Kitzman
Dalane W. Kitzman Wake Forest University
Richard B. Devereux
Richard B. Devereux Cornell University
Sandra J. Hasstedt
Sandra J. Hasstedt University of Utah
Michael A. Province
Michael A. Province Washington University in St. Louis
Xavier Jeunemaitre
Xavier Jeunemaitre Université Paris Cité

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