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Stefano Volpato

University of Ferrara
Italy

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Discipline name Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking

Medicine D-index 74 Citations 17,540 294 World Ranking 15284 National Ranking 566

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study Stefano Volpato is best known for:

Diabetes mellitus
Bacteria
Epidemiology

His study on Internal medicine is often connected to Confidence interval and Proportional hazards model as part of broader study in Confounding. Many of his studies involve connections with topics such as Comorbidity and Internal medicine. Stefano Volpato undertakes interdisciplinary study in the fields of Confidence interval and Hazard ratio through his research. Stefano Volpato incorporates Proportional hazards model and Hazard ratio in his research. Throughout his Demography studies, Stefano Volpato incorporates elements of other sciences such as Gerontology and Cohort. He integrates Gerontology and Demography in his studies. In his research, Stefano Volpato performs multidisciplinary study on Cohort and Cohort study. His Physical therapy study frequently links to other fields, such as Grip strength. Grip strength is closely attributed to Physical therapy in his study.

His most cited work include:

Handgrip Strength and Cause-Specific and Total Mortality in Older Disabled Women: Exploring the Mechanism (534 citations)
Change in Muscle Strength Explains Accelerated Decline of Physical Function in Older Women With High Interleukin-6 Serum Levels (528 citations)
Cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes mortality burden of cardiometabolic risk factors from 1980 to 2010: a comparative risk assessment (499 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date

His Confidence interval research incorporates elements of Hazard ratio and Odds ratio. His multidisciplinary approach integrates Odds ratio and Confidence interval in his work. Stefano Volpato incorporates Internal medicine and Pathology in his studies. He merges Pathology with Internal medicine in his study. Stefano Volpato conducted interdisciplinary study in his works that combined Gerontology and Demography. Stefano Volpato performs integrative study on Demography and Gerontology. In his study, he carries out multidisciplinary Endocrinology and Diabetes mellitus research. Diabetes mellitus and Endocrinology are two areas of study in which Stefano Volpato engages in interdisciplinary research. Environmental health is closely attributed to Population in his study.

Stefano Volpato most often published in these fields:

Internal medicine (89.44%)
Physical therapy (40.99%)
Confidence interval (34.16%)

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Best Publications

Handgrip strength and cause-specific and total mortality in older disabled women: exploring the mechanism.

Taina Rantanen;Taina Rantanen;Stefano Volpato;Luigi Ferrucci;Eino Heikkinen.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2003)

798 Citations

Change in muscle strength explains accelerated decline of physical function in older women with high interleukin-6 serum levels

Luigi Ferrucci;Brenda W. J. H. Penninx;Stefano Volpato;Tamara B. Harris.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2002)

661 Citations

Cardiovascular disease, interleukin-6, and risk of mortality in older women: the women's health and aging study.

Stefano Volpato;Jack M. Guralnik;Luigi Ferrucci;Jennifer Balfour.
Circulation (2001)

580 Citations

Short Physical Performance Battery and all-cause mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis

Rita Pavasini;Jack M. Guralnik;Justin C. Brown;Mauro Di Bari.
BMC Medicine (2016)

486 Citations

Executive Function Correlates with Walking Speed in Older Persons: The InCHIANTI Study

Alesandro Ble;Stefano Volpato;Giovanni Zuliani;Jack M. Guralnik.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2005)

473 Citations

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.
The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology (2014)

469 Citations

Predictive Value of the Short Physical Performance Battery Following Hospitalization in Older Patients

Stefano Volpato;Margherita Cavalieri;Fotini Sioulis;Gianluca Guerra.
Journals of Gerontology Series A-biological Sciences and Medical Sciences (2011)

413 Citations

Reliability and sensitivity to change assessed for a summary measure of lower body function: results from the Women's Health and Aging Study.

Glenn V Ostir;Stefano Volpato;Linda P Fried;Paulo Chaves.
Journal of Clinical Epidemiology (2002)

394 Citations

Insulin-Like Growth Factor I and Interleukin-6 Contribute Synergistically to Disability and Mortality in Older Women

Anne R. Cappola;Qian Li Xue;Luigi Ferrucci;Jack M. Guralnik.
The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism (2003)

386 Citations

Just get out the door! Importance of walking outside the home for maintaining mobility: Findings from the Women's Health and Aging Study

Eleanor M. Simonsick;Jack M. Guralnik;Stefano Volpato;Jennifer L. Balfour.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (2005)

353 Citations

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