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R. Curtis Ellison

R. Curtis Ellison

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Medicine

D-Index
77
Citations
23039
World Ranking
18385
National Ranking
9175

Overview

R. Curtis Ellison is affiliated with Boston University in the United States and has a research focus primarily within medicine, with an emphasis on cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, public health, environmental and occupational health, pathology and forensic medicine, epidemiology, and endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism.

The main topics of R. Curtis Ellison's work encompass alcohol consumption and health effects, nutritional studies and diet, cardiovascular disease and adiposity, liver disease diagnosis and treatment, genetic associations and epidemiology, diet and metabolism studies, and the relationship between diet, metabolism, and disease.

Ellison has published research in a range of venues, including UNC Libraries, Drugs and Alcohol Today, Nutrients, Clinical Nutrition ESPEN, and Scientific Reports. Some notable recent papers include:

  • Adherence to a Mediterranean-Style Dietary Pattern and Cancer Risk in a Prospective Cohort Study, 2021, Nutrients
  • Dairy Product Consumption and Calcified Atherosclerotic Plaques in the Coronary Arteries: The NHLBI Family Heart Study, 2022, Clinical Nutrition ESPEN
  • Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption and Calcified Atherosclerotic Plaques in the Coronary Arteries: The NHLBI Family Heart Study, 2021, Nutrients
  • Integrative Mendelian Randomization Reveals the Soluble Receptor for Advanced Glycation End Products as Protective in Relation to Rheumatoid Arthritis, 2023, Scientific Reports
  • ISFAR Reiterates Its Defense of Moderate Alcohol Consumption's Health Benefits, 2023, Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs

Frequent coauthors in Ellison's research include Luc Djoussé, Donna K. Arnett, James S. Pankow, Steven C. Hunt, and J. Jeffrey Carr. These collaborations indicate active involvement in multi-author studies spanning related medical and epidemiological disciplines.

Best Publications

  • Relation Between Folate Status, a Common Mutation in Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase, and Plasma Homocysteine Concentrations

    P. F. Jacques;A. G. Bostom;R. R. Williams;R. C. Ellison

  • Influence of parents' physical activity levels on activity levels of young children

    Lynn L. Moore;David A. Lombardi;Mary Jo White;James L. Campbell

  • Association between alcohol and cardiovascular disease:Mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data

    Michael V Holmes;Michael V Holmes;Caroline E Dale;Luisa Zuccolo;Richard J Silverwood

  • Primary and subsequent coronary risk appraisal: new results from the Framingham study.

    Ralph B D'Agostino;Mason W Russell;Daniel M Huse;R.Curtis Ellison

  • Glycosylated Hemoglobins and Long-Term Blood Glucose Control in Diabetes Mellitus

    K H Gabbay;K Hasty;J L Breslow;R C Ellison

  • Effects of indomethacin in premature infants with patent ductus arteriosus: Results of a national collaborative study

    Welton M. Gersony;George J. Peckham;R. Curtis Ellison;Olli S. Miettinen

  • Parent-child relationships in nutrient intake: the Framingham Children's Study

    S A Oliveria;R C Ellison;L L Moore;M W Gillman

  • Does early physical activity predict body fat change throughout childhood

    Lynn L Moore;Di Gao;M.Loring Bradlee;L.Adrienne Cupples

  • The 1298A-->C polymorphism in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR): in vitro expression and association with homocysteine.

    Ilan S. Weisberg;Paul F. Jacques;Jacob Selhub;Andrew G. Bostom

  • Alcohol Consumption and the Prevalence of the Metabolic Syndrome in the U.S.: A cross-sectional analysis of data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

    Matthew S. Freiberg;Howard J. Cabral;Tim C. Heeren;Ramachandran S. Vasan

  • NHLBI Family Heart Study: Objectives and Design

    Millicent Higgins;Michael Province;Gerardo Heiss;John Eckfeldt

  • Aminotransferase Levels and 20-Year Risk of Metabolic Syndrome, Diabetes, and Cardiovascular Disease

    Wolfram Goessling;Wolfram Goessling;Joseph M. Massaro;Ramachandran S. Vasan;Ramachandran S. Vasan;Ralph B. D'Agostino

  • Cardiac tumors in infancy

    Alexander S. Nadas;R.Curtis Ellison

  • Bone Mass and the Risk of Breast Cancer among Postmenopausal Women

    Zhang Y;Kiel Dp;Kreger Be;Cupples La

  • Preschool Physical Activity Level and Change in Body Fatness in Young Children: The Framingham Children's Study

    LL Moore;Usdt Nguyen;Kenneth Rothman;LA Cupples

  • Long-term alcohol consumption and the risk of atrial fibrillation in the Framingham Study.

    Luc Djoussé;Daniel Levy;Emelia J Benjamin;Susan J Blease

  • School-based cardiovascular health promotion: the child and adolescent trial for cardiovascular health (CATCH).

    Cheryl L. Perry;Elaine J. Stone;Guy S. Parcel;R. Curtis Ellison

  • Total Serum Bilirubin and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in the Framingham Offspring Study

    Luc Djoussé;Daniel Levy;L.Adrienne Cupples;Jane C Evans

  • Relation between dietary linolenic acid and coronary artery disease in the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Family Heart Study.

    Luc Djoussé;James S Pankow;John H Eckfeldt;Aaron R Folsom

  • Alcohol consumption and hemostatic factors: analysis of the Framingham Offspring cohort.

    Kenneth J. Mukamal;Praveen P. Jadhav;Ralph B. D’Agostino;Joseph M. Massaro

Frequent Co-Authors

Luc Djoussé
Luc Djoussé Harvard Medical School
Donna K. Arnett
Donna K. Arnett University of South Carolina
Steven C. Hunt
Steven C. Hunt Cornell University
Michael A. Province
Michael A. Province Washington University in St. Louis
John H. Eckfeldt
John H. Eckfeldt University of Minnesota
Yuqing Zhang
Yuqing Zhang Harvard University
Gerardo Heiss
Gerardo Heiss University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
James S. Pankow
James S. Pankow University of Minnesota
L. Adrienne Cupples
L. Adrienne Cupples Boston University
Ralph B. D'Agostino
Ralph B. D'Agostino Wake Forest University

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