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5324

Overview

Robert H. Knopp was affiliated with the University of Washington in the United States. Their work focused on fields related to medicine, with particular emphasis on surgery, endocrinology, diabetes and metabolism, emergency medicine, and economics and econometrics.

Their research spanned several main topics, including:

  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins
  • HIV-related health complications and treatments
  • Health Systems, Economic Evaluations, Quality of Life

Knopp contributed to research published predominantly in venues such as The Lancet and The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. Two notable papers from recent years include:

  • Effect of statin therapy on muscle symptoms: an individual participant data meta-analysis of large-scale, randomised, double-blind trials (2022), published in The Lancet
  • Effects of statin therapy on diagnoses of new-onset diabetes and worsening glycaemia in large-scale randomised blinded statin trials: an individual participant data meta-analysis (2024), published in The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology

The scientist collaborated frequently with other researchers, including Christina Reith, Colin Baigent, Lisa Blackwell, Jonathan Emberson, and Enti Spata. Each of these coauthors contributed to multiple joint publications.

Throughout their career, Robert H. Knopp addressed complex interactions between lipid metabolism, cardiovascular disease, and diabetes, contributing to the understanding of how statin therapies affect muscle symptoms and diabetes risk. Their work incorporated meta-analyses of individual participant data from large randomized controlled trials.

Robert H. Knopp was deceased at the time of this profile. Their research continues to be part of ongoing discussions in medical literature, especially concerning the safety and metabolic effects of cholesterol-lowering treatments.

Best Publications

  • Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes During 6.8 Years of Hormone Therapy: Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study Follow-up (HERS II)

    Stephen Hulley;Curt Furberg;Elizabeth Barrett-Connor;Jane Cauley

  • Relationship of adiponectin to body fat distribution, insulin sensitivity and plasma lipoproteins: evidence for independent roles of age and sex.

    Miriam Cnop;P. J. Havel;K. M. Utzschneider;D. B. Carr

  • Intra-Abdominal Fat Is a Major Determinant of the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III Criteria for the Metabolic Syndrome

    Darcy B. Carr;Kristina M. Utzschneider;Rebecca L. Hull;Keiichi Kodama

  • Dietary Intake and Cell Membrane Levels of Long-Chain n-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acids and the Risk of Primary Cardiac Arrest

    David S. Siscovick;T. E. Raghunathan;Irena King;Sheila Weinmann

  • Drug treatment of lipid disorders

    Robert H. Knopp

  • Shotgun proteomics implicates protease inhibition and complement activation in the antiinflammatory properties of HDL

    Tomas Vaisar;Subramaniam Pennathur;Pattie S. Green;Sina A. Gharib

  • The benefits of statins in people without established cardiovascular disease but with cardiovascular risk factors: meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials

    J. J. Brugts;T. Yetgin;S. E. Hoeks;Antonio Gotto

  • Efficacy and safety of statin therapy in older people: a meta-analysis of individual participant data from 28 randomised controlled trials

    Jane Armitage;Colin Baigent;Elizabeth Barnes;D John Betteridge

  • Efficacy and Safety of Atorvastatin in the Prevention of Cardiovascular End Points in Subjects With Type 2 Diabetes: The Atorvastatin Study for Prevention of Coronary Heart Disease Endpoints in Non-Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus (ASPEN)

    Robert H Knopp;Michael d'Emden;Johan G Smilde;Stuart J Pocock

  • Defective removal of cellular cholesterol and phospholipids by apolipoprotein A-I in Tangier Disease.

    Gordon A. Francis;Robert H. Knopp;John F. Oram

  • The Concurrent Accumulation of Intra-Abdominal and Subcutaneous Fat Explains the Association Between Insulin Resistance and Plasma Leptin Concentrations: Distinct Metabolic Effects of Two Fat Compartments

    Miriam Cnop;Melinda J. Landchild;Josep Vidal;Peter J. Havel

  • Dietary Guidelines for Healthy American Adults A Statement for Health Professionals From the Nutrition Committee, American Heart Association

    R. M. Krauss;R. J. Deckelbaum;N. Ernst;E. Fisher

  • Managing Preexisting Diabetes for Pregnancy: Summary of evidence and consensus recommendations for care

    John L. Kitzmiller;Jennifer M. Block;Florence M. Brown;Patrick M. Catalano

  • Effect of ritonavir on lipids and post-heparin lipase activities in normal subjects

    Jonathan Q. Purnell;Alberto Zambon;Robert H. Knopp;David J. Pizzuti

  • Effects of ezetimibe, a new cholesterol absorption inhibitor, on plasma lipids in patients with primary hypercholesterolemia

    R.H. Knopp;H. Gitter;T. Truitt;H. Bays

  • Carbohydrate metabolism in pregnancy: VI. Plasma fuels, insulin, liver composition, gluconeogenesis, and nitrogen metabolism during late gestation in the fed and fasted rat

    Emilo Herrera;Robert H. Knopp;Norbert Freinkel

  • Incidence of Spontaneous Abortion among Normal Women and Insulin-Dependent Diabetic Women Whose Pregnancies Were Identified within 21 Days of Conception

    Mills Jl;Simpson Jl;Driscoll Sg;Jovanovic-Peterson L

  • Effect of Estrogen/Progestin Potency on Lipid/Lipoprotein Cholesterol

    Patricia Wahl;Carolyn Walden;Robert Knopp;Joanne Hoover

  • Noncardiovascular disease outcomes during 6.8 years of hormone therapy. heart and estrogen/progestin replacement study follow-up (HERS II)

    S. Hulley;C. Furberg;E. Barrett-Connor

  • Estrogen and progestin, lipoprotein(a), and the risk of recurrent coronary heart disease events after menopause.

    Michael G. Shlipak;Joel A. Simon;Eric Vittinghoff;Feng Lin

Frequent Co-Authors

Steven E. Kahn
Steven E. Kahn University of Washington
John J. Albers
John J. Albers University of Washington
Evan A. Stein
Evan A. Stein Medpace (United States)
Michael H. Davidson
Michael H. Davidson University of Chicago
Santica M. Marcovina
Santica M. Marcovina University of Washington
John D. Brunzell
John D. Brunzell University of Washington
James L. Mills
James L. Mills National Institutes of Health
Harold E. Bays
Harold E. Bays Louisville Metabolic and Atherosclerosis Research Center
George A. Bray
George A. Bray Louisiana State University
Alan Chait
Alan Chait University of Washington

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