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Stefan Kiechl is affiliated with Innsbruck Medical University in Austria. Their research output spans predominantly the field of Medicine, with 294 publications, reflecting significant contributions across several subfields including Neurology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Epidemiology, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine, and Surgery.

The scientist's work often focuses on clinical and epidemiological questions related to cerebrovascular and cardiovascular health. Among the main topics covered are Acute Ischemic Stroke Management, Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Stroke Rehabilitation and Recovery, Cerebrovascular and Carotid Artery Diseases, Long-Term Effects of COVID-19, Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management, and Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention.

Stefan Kiechl has published in a variety of journals with repeated contributions in venues such as:

  • International Journal of Stroke
  • European Journal of Neurology
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • European Stroke Journal
  • Movement Disorders

Frequent collaborators include Michael Knoflach, Johann Willeit, Raimund Pechlaner, Lukas Mayer-Suess, and Peter Willeit, indicating ongoing research partnerships within cardiovascular and neurological disciplines.

Selected recent papers illustrate the focus and scope of their research:

  • "SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe", 2021, European Heart Journal
  • "Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Progression as Surrogate Marker for Cardiovascular Risk", 2020, Circulation
  • "SCORE2-Diabetes: 10-year cardiovascular risk estimation in type 2 diabetes in Europe", 2023, European Heart Journal
  • "RETRACTED: Estimating dose-response relationships for vitamin D with coronary heart disease, stroke, and all-cause mortality: observational and Mendelian randomisation analyses", 2021, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • "Nicotinamide for the treatment of heart failure with preserved ejection fraction", 2021, Science Translational Medicine

Best Publications

  • Worldwide trends in body-mass index, underweight, overweight, and obesity from 1975 to 2016: a pooled analysis of 2416 population-based measurement studies in 128·9 million children, adolescents, and adults

    Leandra Abarca-Gómez;Ziad A Abdeen;Zargar Abdul Hamid;Niveen M Abu-Rmeileh

  • Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants

    Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;James Bentham;Gretchen A Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Worldwide trends in diabetes since 1980: a pooled analysis of 751 population-based studies with 4.4 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Yuan Lu;Kaveh Hajifathalian;James Bentham

  • Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants

    Bin Zhou;Rodrigo M Carrillo-Larco;Goodarz Danaei;Leanne M Riley

  • Worldwide trends in blood pressure from 1975 to 2015: a pooled analysis of 1479 population-based measurement studies with 19·1 million participants

    Bin Zhou;James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Honor Bixby

  • Plasma MicroRNA Profiling Reveals Loss of Endothelial MiR-126 and Other MicroRNAs in Type 2 Diabetes

    Anna Zampetaki;Stefan Kiechl;Ignat Drozdov;Peter Willeit

  • 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.

  • A century of trends in adult human height

    James Bentham;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Mariachiara Di Cesare;Gretchen A. Stevens;Bin Zhou

  • Toll-like Receptor 4 Polymorphisms and Atherogenesis

    Stefan Kiechl;Eva Lorenz;Markus Reindl;Christian J Wiedermann

  • C-Reactive Protein, Fibrinogen, and Cardiovascular Disease Prediction

    Stephen Kaptoge;Emanuele Di Angelantonio;Lisa Pennells;Angela M. Wood

  • Cardioprotection and lifespan extension by the natural polyamine spermidine

    Tobias Eisenberg;Mahmoud Abdellatif;Sabrina Schroeder;Uwe Primessnig;Uwe Primessnig

  • Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies

    Angela M. Wood;Stephen Kaptoge;Adam S. Butterworth;Peter Willeit

  • SCORE2 risk prediction algorithms: new models to estimate 10-year risk of cardiovascular disease in Europe

    Steven Hageman;Lisa Pennells

  • Association of Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity With Mortality

    Emanuele Di Angelantonio;Stephen Kaptoge;David Wormser;Peter Willeit

  • Carotid intima-media thickness progression to predict cardiovascular events in the general population (the PROG-IMT collaborative project): a meta-analysis of individual participant data.

    Matthias W. Lorenz;Joseph F. Polak;Maryam Kavousi;Ellisiv B. Mathiesen

  • Chronic Infections and the Risk of Carotid Atherosclerosis Prospective Results From a Large Population Study

    Stefan Kiechl;Georg Egger;Manuel Mayr;Christian J. Wiedermann

  • Osteoprotegerin Is a Risk Factor for Progressive Atherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Disease

    Stefan Kiechl;Georg Schett;Gregor Wenning;Kurt Redlich

  • Cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes mortality burden of cardiometabolic risk factors from 1980 to 2010: a comparative risk assessment.

    Goodarz Danaei;Yuan Lu;Gitanjali M. Singh;Emily Carnahan

  • Telomere Length and Risk of Incident Cancer and Cancer Mortality

    Peter Willeit;Johann Willeit;Agnes Mayr;Siegfried Weger

  • Lipidomics Profiling and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in the Prospective Population-based Bruneck Study

    Christin Stegemann;Raimund Pechlaner;Peter Willeit;Sarah R. Langley

Frequent Co-Authors

Johann Willeit
Johann Willeit Innsbruck Medical University
Peter Willeit
Peter Willeit Innsbruck Medical University
Manuel Mayr
Manuel Mayr King's College London
Qingbo Xu
Qingbo Xu King's College London
Mark Woodward
Mark Woodward Imperial College London
Florian Kronenberg
Florian Kronenberg Innsbruck Medical University
Albert Hofman
Albert Hofman Harvard University
Oscar H. Franco
Oscar H. Franco University Medical Center Utrecht
Veikko Salomaa
Veikko Salomaa Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare
Werner Poewe
Werner Poewe Innsbruck Medical University

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