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Pierre Ducimetière

Pierre Ducimetière

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Medicine
France
2023

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Medicine

D-Index
118
Citations
53690
World Ranking
4045
National Ranking
117

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2023 - Research.com Medicine in France Leader Award

Overview

Pierre Ducimetière is affiliated with Université Paris Cité in France. Their research spans multiple areas within medicine and biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology, with a particular focus on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine. Their work intersects several specialized subfields, including biophysics, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, epidemiology, and molecular biology.

The scientist has contributed to research on the following main topics:

  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies
  • Electromagnetic Fields and Biological Effects
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • Liver Disease Diagnosis and Treatment
  • Epigenetics and DNA Methylation
  • Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting
  • Prenatal Screening and Diagnostics

Among their recent publications are:

  • Life expectancy associated with different ages at diagnosis of type 2 diabetes in high-income countries: 23 million person-years of observation, 2023, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Immediate and durable effects of maternal tobacco consumption alter placental DNA methylation in enhancer and imprinted gene-containing regions, 2020, BMC Medicine
  • Radiofrequency exposure of people living near mobile-phone base stations in France, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Health disturbances and exposure to radiofrequency electromagnetic fields from mobile-phone base stations in French urban areas, 2020, Environmental Research
  • Association of Intima-Media Thickness Measured at the Common Carotid Artery With Incident Carotid Plaque: Individual Participant Data Meta-Analysis of 20 Prospective Studies, 2023, Journal of the American Heart Association

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Pierre Ducimetière include:

  • Peter Willeit
  • Vilmundur Guðnason
  • J. Wouter Jukema
  • Maryam Kavousi
  • Veikko Salomaa

Their publications have appeared most commonly in the following venues:

  • Environmental Research
  • The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • BMC Medicine
  • Journal of the American Heart Association
  • UNC Libraries

Best Publications

  • Aortic stiffness is an independent predictor of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in hypertensive patients.

    Stéphane Laurent;Pierre Boutouyrie;Roland Asmar;Isabelle Gautier

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

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

  • Plasma fibrinogen level and the risk of major cardiovascular diseases and nonvascular mortality: an individual participant meta-analysis.

    J Danesh;S Lewington;S G Thompson;Lowe Gdo.

  • Pulse Pressure A Predictor of Long-term Cardiovascular Mortality in a French Male Population

    Athanase Benetos;Michel Safar;Annie Rudnichi;Harold Smulyan

  • Heart-rate profile during exercise as a predictor of sudden death.

    Xavier Jouven;Jean Philippe Empana;Peter J. Schwartz;Michel Desnos

  • Relationship of plasma insulin levels to the incidence of myocardial infarction and coronary heart disease mortality in a middle-aged population.

    P. Ducimetiere;E. Eschwege;L. Papoz;J. L. Richard

  • Predicting sudden death in the population: the Paris Prospective Study I.

    Xavier Jouven;Michel Desnos;Claude Guerot;Pierre Ducimetière

  • Hypertriglyceridaemia as a risk factor of coronary heart disease mortality in subjects with impaired glucose tolerance or diabetes. Results from the 11-year follow-up of the Paris Prospective Study.

    A. Fontbonne;E. Eschwège;F. Cambien;J. L. Richard

  • The Three-Factor Eating Questionnaire-R18 Is Able to Distinguish among Different Eating Patterns in a General Population

    Blandine de Lauzon;Monique Romon;Valérie Deschamps;Lionel Lafay

  • Lipid-related markers and cardiovascular disease prediction.

    E Di Angelantonio;P Gao;L Pennells

  • Cognitive decline in individuals with high blood pressure: A longitudinal study in the elderly

    Christophe Tzourio;Carole Dufouil;Pierre Ducimetière;Annick Alpérovitch

  • Synergistic effects of angiotensin-converting enzyme and angiotensin-II type 1 receptor gene polymorphisms on risk of myocardial infarction.

    L Tiret;P Ducimetière;A Bonnardeaux;F Soubrier

  • C-Reactive Protein, Interleukin-6, and Fibrinogen as Predictors of Coronary Heart Disease The PRIME Study

    Gérald Luc;Jean-Marie Bard;Irène Juhan-Vague;Jean Ferrieres

  • Risk factors for coronary heart disease in patients treated for human immunodeficiency virus infection compared with the general population.

    Marianne Savès;Geneviève Chêne;Pierre Ducimetière;Catherine Leport

  • Relation of intima-media thickness to atherosclerotic plaques in carotid arteries. The Vascular Aging (EVA) Study.

    Claire Bonithon-Kopp;Pierre-Jean Touboul;Claudine Berr;Chantal Leroux

  • Repeated Replication and a Prospective Meta-Analysis of the Association Between Chromosome 9p21.3 and Coronary Artery Disease

    Heribert Schunkert;Anika Götz;Peter Braund;Ralph McGinnis

  • Cognitive decline and fatty acid composition of erythrocyte membranes—The EVA Study

    Barbara Heude;Pierre Ducimetière;Claudine Berr

  • Interleukin-18 and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in European Men The Prospective Epidemiological Study of Myocardial Infarction (PRIME)

    Stefan Blankenberg;Gérald Luc;Pierre Ducimetière;Dominique Arveiler

  • Coronary heart disease mortality in relation with diabetes, blood glucose and plasma insulin levels. The Paris Prospective Study, ten years later.

    Eschwege E;Richard Jl;Thibult N;Ducimetière P

  • Changes in cognitive abilities over a 4-year period are unfavorably affected in elderly diabetic subjects: results of the Epidemiology of Vascular Aging Study.

    Annick Fontbonne;Claudine Berr;Pierre Ducimetière;Annick Alpérovitch

Frequent Co-Authors

Jean Ferrières
Jean Ferrières Federal University of Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées
Dominique Arveiler
Dominique Arveiler University of Strasbourg
Philippe Amouyel
Philippe Amouyel University of Lille
Alun Evans
Alun Evans Queen's University Belfast
Jean Dallongeville
Jean Dallongeville Institut Pasteur
Frank Kee
Frank Kee Queen's University Belfast
Christophe Tzourio
Christophe Tzourio University of Bordeaux
François Cambien
François Cambien University of Bordeaux

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