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Vittorio Krogh is affiliated with the University of Naples Federico II in Italy. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily within Medicine and Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology. Krogh's extensive work covers subfields including Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Molecular Biology, Oncology, Genetics, and Physiology.

The scientist's research focuses on various main topics such as Nutritional Studies and Diet, Epigenetics and DNA Methylation, Cancer Risks and Factors, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Nutrition, Genetics, and Disease, Genetic Associations and Epidemiology, and Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Krogh include:

  • 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)
  • Genome-wide Association Analysis in Humans Links Nucleotide Metabolism to Leukocyte Telomere Length (2020, The American Journal of Human Genetics)
  • DNA methylation signature of chronic low-grade inflammation and its role in cardio-respiratory diseases (2022, Nature Communications)
  • Exercise Levels and Preferences in Cancer Patients: A Cross-Sectional Study (2020, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
  • Ultra-processed foods consumption and diet quality of European children, adolescents and adults: Results from the I.Family study (2021, Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases)

Krogh has frequently published in several scientific venues, among which the most recurrent are:

  • Nutrients
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • International Journal of Cancer
  • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases
  • UNC Libraries

The scientist has collaborated extensively with a group of frequent co-authors, including Rosario Tumino, Salvatore Panico, Elisabete Weiderpass, Matthias B. Schulze, and Carlotta Sacerdote.

Best Publications

  • Air pollution and lung cancer incidence in 17 European cohorts : Prospective analyses from the European Study of Cohorts for Air Pollution Effects (ESCAPE)

    Ole Raaschou-Nielsen;Zorana Jovanovic Andersen;Rob Beelen;Evangelia Samoli

  • Effects of long-term exposure to air pollution on natural-cause mortality : An analysis of 22 European cohorts within the multicentre ESCAPE project

    Rob Beelen;Ole Raaschou-Nielsen;Massimo Stafoggia;Zorana Jovanovic Andersen

  • Body mass index, serum sex hormones, and breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women.

    T J Key;P N Appleby;G K Reeves;A Roddam

  • Socioeconomic status and the 25 × 25 risk factors as determinants of premature mortality: a multicohort study and meta-analysis of 1·7 million men and women

    Silvia Stringhini;Cristian Carmeli;Markus Jokela;Mauricio Avendaño;Mauricio Avendaño

  • Dietary fibre in food and protection against colorectal cancer in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC): an observational study

    Sheila A Bingham;Nicholas E Day;Robert Luben;Pietro Ferrari

  • Modified Mediterranean diet and survival: EPIC-elderly prospective cohort study

    Antonia Trichopoulou;Philippos Orfanos;Teresa Norat;Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita

  • Epigenome-wide association study of body mass index, and the adverse outcomes of adiposity

    Simone Wahl;Alexander Drong;Benjamin Lehne;Marie Loh;Marie Loh;Marie Loh

  • Body size and breast cancer risk: findings from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC).

    Petra H. Lahmann;Kurt Hoffmann;Naomi Allen;Carla H. Van Gils

  • Dietary fiber intake and risk of colorectal cancer: a pooled analysis of prospective cohort studies.

    Yikyung Park;Yikyung Park;David J. Hunter;Donna Spiegelman;Leif Bergkvist

  • A genome-wide association study identifies pancreatic cancer susceptibility loci on chromosomes 13q22.1, 1q32.1 and 5p15.33

    Gloria M. Petersen;Laufey Amundadottir;Charles S. Fuchs;Peter Kraft

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

  • Postmenopausal serum androgens, oestrogens and breast cancer risk: the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition

    R. Kaaks;S. Rinaldi;T.J. Key;F. Berrino

  • XRCC1. XRCC3. XPD gene polymorphisms, smoking and (32)P-DNA adducts in a sample of healthy subjects

    Giuseppe Matullo;Domenico Palli;Marco Peluso;Simonetta Guarrera

  • Serum Sex Steroids in Premenopausal Women and Breast Cancer Risk Within the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC)

    Rudolf Kaaks;Franco Berrino;Timothy Key;Sabina Rinaldi

  • Meat consumption and mortality - results from the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition

    Sabine Rohrmann;Kim Overvad;H. Bas Bueno-de-Mesquita;Marianne U. Jakobsen

  • Serum uric acid and hypertension : the Olivetti heart study

    F Jossa;E Farinaro;S Panico;V Krogh

  • Relative validity and reproducibility of a food frequency dietary questionnaire for use in the Italian EPIC centres.

    Paola Pisani;Fabrizio Faggiano;Vittorio Krogh;Domenico Palli

  • Circulating sex hormones and breast cancer risk factors in postmenopausal women: Reanalysis of 13 studies

    T J Key;P N Appleby;G K Reeves;A W Roddam;A W Roddam

  • Serum Sex Hormone Levels After Menopause and Subsequent Breast Cancer

    Franco Berrino;Paola Muti;Andrea Micheli;Gianfranco Bolelli

  • Detectable clonal mosaicism and its relationship to aging and cancer

    Kevin B. Jacobs;Meredith Yeager;Weiyin Zhou;Sholom Wacholder

Frequent Co-Authors

Rosario Tumino
Rosario Tumino Provincial Health Authority of Syracuse
Elio Riboli
Elio Riboli Imperial College London
Salvatore Panico
Salvatore Panico University of Naples Federico II
Paolo Vineis
Paolo Vineis Imperial College London
Anne Tjønneland
Anne Tjønneland University of Copenhagen
Kim Overvad
Kim Overvad Aarhus University
Petra H.M. Peeters
Petra H.M. Peeters Utrecht University
Domenico Palli
Domenico Palli Institute for the Study and Prevention of Cancer (Istituto per lo Studio, la Prevenzione e la Rete Oncologica)
Antonia Trichopoulou
Antonia Trichopoulou National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Heiner Boeing
Heiner Boeing German Institute of Human Nutrition

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