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Qi Sun is affiliated with Harvard University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of Medicine, with a production of over 400 publications. Their research primarily focuses on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Physiology, Molecular Biology, Nutrition and Dietetics, and Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis as subfields of study.

Their work covers a range of main topics including Nutritional Studies and Diet, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Obesity, Physical Activity and Diet, Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling, Metabolomics and Mass Spectrometry Studies, Nutrition, Genetics and Disease, and Fatty Acid Research and Health.

Qi Sun's recent papers include:

  • Healthy lifestyle and life expectancy free of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and type 2 diabetes: prospective cohort study (2020, BMJ)
  • Association Between Healthy Eating Patterns and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease (2020, JAMA Internal Medicine)
  • Fruit and Vegetable Intake and Mortality (2021, Circulation)
  • Blood n-3 fatty acid levels and total and cause-specific mortality from 17 prospective studies (2021, Nature Communications)
  • Intake of whole grain foods and risk of type 2 diabetes: results from three prospective cohort studies (2020, BMJ)

Frequent co-authors of Qi Sun include:

  • Frank B. Hu
  • Eric B. Rimm
  • Walter C. Willett
  • JoAnn E. Manson
  • Yang Hu

Qi Sun has published frequently in several prominent journals, including:

  • Circulation
  • American Journal of Clinical Nutrition
  • Current Developments in Nutrition
  • JAMA Network Open
  • BMJ

Best Publications

  • Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis

    Benjamin F. Voight;Benjamin F. Voight;Laura J. Scott;Valgerdur Steinthorsdottir;Andrew P. Morris

  • Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes

    Andrew P Morris;Benjamin F Voight;Benjamin F Voight;Tanya M Teslovich;Teresa Ferreira

  • Meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies evaluating the association of saturated fat with cardiovascular disease

    Patty W Siri-Tarino;Qi Sun;Frank B Hu;Ronald M Krauss

  • A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans.

    N D Palmer;C W McDonough;P J Hicks;B H Roh

  • Red Meat Consumption and Mortality Results From 2 Prospective Cohort Studies

    Qi Sun;Adam M. Bernstein;Matthias B. Schulze;JoAnn E. Manson

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

  • Rotating night shift work and risk of type 2 diabetes: two prospective cohort studies in women.

    An Pan;Eva S. Schernhammer;Eva S. Schernhammer;Qi Sun;Qi Sun;Frank B. Hu;Frank B. Hu

  • Depression and risk of stroke morbidity and mortality: a meta-analysis and systematic review.

    An Pan;Qi Sun;Olivia I. Okereke;Kathryn M. Rexrode

  • Red meat consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: 3 cohorts of US adults and an updated meta-analysis.

    An Pan;Qi Sun;Adam M Bernstein;Matthias B Schulze

  • Bidirectional Association Between Depression and Metabolic Syndrome: A systematic review and meta-analysis of epidemiological studies

    An Pan;NaNa Keum;Olivia Ifeoma Okereke;Qi Sun

  • Plant-Based Dietary Patterns and Incidence of Type 2 Diabetes in US Men and Women: Results from Three Prospective Cohort Studies.

    Ambika Satija;Shilpa N. Bhupathiraju;Eric B. Rimm;Eric B. Rimm;Donna Spiegelman

  • Saturated fat, carbohydrate, and cardiovascular disease

    Patty W Siri-Tarino;Qi Sun;Frank B Hu;Ronald M Krauss

  • An Expanded Genome-Wide Association Study of Type 2 Diabetes in Europeans

    Robert A. Scott;Laura J. Scott;Reedik Mägi;Letizia Marullo

  • White rice consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: meta-analysis and systematic review

    Emily A Hu;An Pan;Vasanti Malik;Qi Sun

  • Major Dietary Protein Sources and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in Women

    A. M. Bernstein;Q. Sun;F. B. Hu;Meir Stampfer

  • Determinants and Consequences of Obesity

    Adela Hruby;JoAnn E. Manson;Lu Qi;Vasanti S. Malik

  • Fruit consumption and risk of type 2 diabetes: results from three prospective longitudinal cohort studies

    Isao Muraki;Fumiaki Imamura;JoAnn E Manson;JoAnn E Manson;Frank B Hu;Frank B Hu

  • Dietary flavonoid intakes and risk of type 2 diabetes in US men and women

    Nicole M Wedick;An Pan;Aedín Cassidy;Eric B Rimm

  • Dietary Linoleic Acid and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Prospective Cohort Studies

    Maryam Farvid;Ming Ding;An Pan;Qi Sun

  • Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility

    Anubha Mahajan;Min Jin Go;Weihua Zhang;Jennifer E. Below

Frequent Co-Authors

Frank B. Hu
Frank B. Hu Harvard University
Walter C. Willett
Walter C. Willett Harvard University
JoAnn E. Manson
JoAnn E. Manson Harvard Medical School
Eric B. Rimm
Eric B. Rimm Harvard University
Rob M. van Dam
Rob M. van Dam George Washington University
Kathryn M. Rexrode
Kathryn M. Rexrode Brigham and Women's Hospital
An Pan
An Pan Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Lu Qi
Lu Qi Harvard University
Yanping Li
Yanping Li Harvard University
James B. Meigs
James B. Meigs Harvard University

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