Willeit, Peter

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

Abarca-Gómez, L., Abdeen, Z. A., Hamid, Z. A., Abu-Rmeileh, N. M., Acosta-Cazares, B., Acuin, C., Adams, R. J., Aekplakorn, W., Afsana, K., Aguilar-Salinas, C. A., et al. (2017) · The Lancet

Obesity, Physical Activity, DietCancer Risks and Factors

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Global incidence, prevalence, years lived with disability (YLDs), disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs), and healthy life expectancy (HALE) for 371 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Ferrari, A. J., Santomauro, D. F., Aali, A., Abate, Y. H., Abbafati, C., Abbastabar, H., Abd ElHafeez, S., Abdelmasseh, M., Abd-Elsalam, S., Abdollahi, A., et al. (2024) · The Lancet

Global Health and EpidemiologyInsurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk Management

Cited by 5,112

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

Zhou, B., Carrillo-Larco, R. M., Danaei, G., Riley, L. M., Paciorek, C. J., Stevens, G. A., Gregg, E. W., Bennett, J. E., Solomon, B., Singleton, R. K., et al. (2021) · The Lancet

Blood Pressure and Hypertension StudiesSodium Intake and Health

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Global burden of 288 causes of death and life expectancy decomposition in 204 countries and territories and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Naghavi, M., Ong, K. L., Aali, A., Ababneh, H. S., Abate, Y. H., Abbafati, C., Abbasgholizadeh, R., Abbasian, M., Abbasi-Kangevari, M., Abbastabar, H., et al. (2024) · The Lancet

Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk ManagementGlobal Health and Epidemiology

Cited by 2,889

Global burden and strength of evidence for 88 risk factors in 204 countries and 811 subnational locations, 1990–2021: A systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Brauer, M., Roth, G. A., Aravkin, A. Y., Zheng, P., Abate, K. H., Abate, Y. H., Abbafati, C., Abbasgholizadeh, R., Abbasi, M. A., Abbasian, M., et al. (2024) · The Lancet

Cardiovascular Health and Risk FactorsGlobal Public Health Policies and Epidemiology

Cited by 2,884

Body-mass index and all-cause mortality: individual-participant-data meta-analysis of 239 prospective studies in four continents

Di Angelantonio, E., Bhupathiraju, S. N., Wormser, D., Gao, P., Kaptoge, S., de Gonzalez, A. B., Cairns, B. J., Huxley, R., Jackson, C. L., Joshy, G., et al. (2016) · The Lancet

Obesity, Physical Activity, DietCancer Risks and Factors

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

Zhou, B., Bentham, J., Di Cesare, M., Bixby, H., Danaei, G., Cowan, M. J., Paciorek, C. J., Singh, G., Hajifathalian, K., Bennett, J. E., et al. (2017) · The Lancet

Blood Pressure and Hypertension StudiesSodium Intake and Health

Cited by 2,579

Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults

Phelps, N. H., Singleton, R. K., Zhou, B., Heap, R. A., Mishra, A., Bennett, J. E., Paciorek, C. J., Lhoste, V. P., Carrillo-Larco, R. M., Stevens, G. A., et al. (2024) · The Lancet

Obesity, Physical Activity, DietDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Cited by 2,544

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

SCORE2 working group and ESC Cardiovascular risk collaboration, Hageman, S., Pennells, L., Ojeda, F., Kaptoge, S., Kuulasmaa, K., de Vries, T., Xu, Z., Kee, F., Chung, R., et al. (2021) · European Heart Journal

Health Promotion and Cardiovascular PreventionCardiovascular Health and Risk Factors

Cited by 1,810

Cardioprotection and lifespan extension by the natural polyamine spermidine

Eisenberg, T., Abdellatif, M., Schroeder, S., Primessnig, U., Stekovic, S., Pendl, T., Harger, A., Schipke, J., Zimmermann, A., Schmidt, A., et al. (2016) · Nature Medicine

Polyamine Metabolism and ApplicationsGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

Cited by 1,168

Association of cardiometabolic multimorbidity with mortality

Di Angelantonio, E., Kaptoge, S., Wormser, D., Willeit, P., Butterworth, A. S., Bansal, N., O’Keeffe, L. M., Gao, P., Wood, A. M., Burgess, S., et al. (2015) · JAMA

Chronic Disease Management StrategiesDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Cited by 1,155

Global, regional, and national prevalence of adult overweight and obesity, 1990–2021, with forecasts to 2050: a forecasting study for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Ng, M., Gakidou, E., Lo, J., Abate, Y. H., Abbafati, C., Abbas, N., Abbasian, M., Abd ElHafeez, S., Abdel-Rahman, W. M., Abd-Elsalam, S., et al. (2025) · The Lancet

Obesity, Physical Activity, DietDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Cited by 1,151

Burden of 375 diseases and injuries, risk-attributable burden of 88 risk factors, and healthy life expectancy in 204 countries and territories, including 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

Hay, S. I., Ong, K. L., Santomauro, D. F., A, B., Aalipour, M. A., Aalruz, H., Ababneh, H. S., Abaraogu, U. O., Abate, B. B., Abbafati, C., et al. (2025) · The Lancet

Global Health and EpidemiologyCardiovascular Health and Risk Factors

Cited by 916

Leucocyte telomere length and risk of cardiovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

Haycock, P. C., Heydon, E. E., Kaptoge, S., Butterworth, A. S., Thompson, A., & Willeit, P. (2014) · BMJ

Telomeres, Telomerase, and SenescenceGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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Rising rural body-mass index is the main driver of the global obesity epidemic in adults

NCD Risk Factor Collaboration (NCD-RisC), Bixby, H., Bentham, J., Zhou, B., Di Cesare, M., Paciorek, C. J., Bennett, J. E., Taddei, C., Stevens, G. A., Rodriguez-Martinez, A., et al. (2019) · Nature

Obesity, Physical Activity, DietIndigenous Health and Education

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Association of LPA Variants With Risk of Coronary Disease and the Implications for Lipoprotein(a)-Lowering Therapies: A Mendelian Randomization Analysis

Burgess, S., Ference, B. A., Staley, J. R., Freitag, D. F., Mason, A. M., Nielsen, S. F., Willeit, P., Young, R., Surendran, P., Karthikeyan, S., et al. (2018) · JAMA Cardiology

Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular HealthGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

Cited by 689

Environmental toxic metal contaminants and risk of cardiovascular disease: systematic review and meta-analysis

Chowdhury, R., Ramond, A., O’Keeffe, L. M., Shahzad, S., Kunutsor, S. K., Muka, T., Gregson, J., Willeit, P., Warnakula, S., Khan, H., et al. (2018) · BMJ

Heavy Metal Exposure and ToxicityHeavy metals in environment

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Global fertility in 204 countries and territories, 1950–2021, with forecasts to 2100: a comprehensive demographic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2021

Bhattacharjee, N. V., Schumacher, A. E., Aali, A., Abate, Y. H., Abbasgholizadeh, R., Abbasian, M., Abbasi-Kangevari, M., Abbastabar, H., Abd ElHafeez, S., Abd-Elsalam, S., et al. (2024) · The Lancet

Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk ManagementDemographic Trends and Gender Preferences

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Global burden of 292 causes of death in 204 countries and territories and 660 subnational locations, 1990–2023: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2023

Naghavi, M., Kyu, H. H., A, B., Aalipour, M. A., Aalruz, H., Ababneh, H. S., Abafita, B. J., Abaraogu, U. O., Abbafati, C., Abbasi, M., et al. (2025) · The Lancet

Insurance, Mortality, Demography, Risk ManagementGlobal Health and Epidemiology

Cited by 595

Baseline and on-statin treatment lipoprotein(a) levels for prediction of cardiovascular events: individual patient-data meta-analysis of statin outcome trials

Willeit, P., Ridker, P. M., Nestel, P. J., Simes, J., Tonkin, A. M., Pedersen, T. R., Schwartz, G. G., Olsson, A. G., Colhoun, H. M., Kronenberg, F., et al. (2018) · The Lancet

Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular HealthDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

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Telomere length and risk of incident cancer and cancer mortality

Willeit, P., Willeit, J., Mayr, A., Weger, S., Oberhollenzer, F., Brandstätter, A., Kronenberg, F., & Kiechl, S. (2010) · JAMA

Telomeres, Telomerase, and SenescenceGenetics, Aging, and Longevity in Model Organisms

Cited by 484

Height and body-mass index trajectories of school-aged children and adolescents from 1985 to 2019 in 200 countries and territories: a pooled analysis of 2181 population-based studies with 65 million participants

Rodriguez-Martinez, A., Zhou, B., Sophiea, M. K., Bentham, J., Paciorek, C. J., Iurilli, M. L., Carrillo-Larco, R. M., Bennett, J. E., Di Cesare, M., Taddei, C., et al. (2020) · The Lancet

Obesity, Physical Activity, DietHuman Health and Disease

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SCORE2-Diabetes: 10-year cardiovascular risk estimation in type 2 diabetes in Europe

SCORE2-Diabetes Working Group and the ESC Cardiovascular Risk Collaboration, Pennells, L., Kaptoge, S., Østergaard, H. B., Read, S. H., Carinci, F., Franch-Nadal, J., Petitjean, C., Taylor, O., Hageman, S. H. J., et al. (2023) · European Heart Journal

Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and LipoproteinsHealth Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention

Cited by 329

Prevalence and Psychosocial Correlates of Mental Health Outcomes Among Chinese College Students During the Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) Pandemic

Chi, X., Becker, B., Yu, Q., Willeit, P., Jiao, C., Huang, L., Hossain, M. M., Grabovac, I., Yeung, A., Lin, J., et al. (2020) · Frontiers in Psychiatry

COVID-19 and Mental HealthStudent Stress and Coping

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