Franco, Oscar H.

Prevalence and Prognostic Implications of Coronary Artery Calcification in Low-Risk Women: A Meta-analysis

Kavousi, M., Desai, C. S., Ayers, C., Blumenthal, R. S., Budoff, M. J., Mahabadi, A.-A., Ikram, M. A., van der Lugt, A., Hofman, A., Erbel, R., et al. (2016) · JAMA

Cardiac Imaging and DiagnosticsHealth Promotion and Cardiovascular Prevention

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Large-scale genome-wide analysis identifies genetic variants associated with cardiac structure and function

Wild, P. S., Felix, J. F., Schillert, A., Teumer, A., Chen, M.-H., Leening, M. J. G., Völker, U., Großmann, V., Brody, J. A., Irvin, M. R., et al. (2017) · Journal of Clinical Investigation

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

Cited by 129

High androgens in postmenopausal women and the risk for atherosclerosis and cardiovascular disease: the Rotterdam study

Meun, C., Franco, O. H., Dhana, K., Jaspers, L., Muka, T., Louwers, Y., Ikram, M. A., Fauser, B. C. J. M., Kavousi, M., & Laven, J. S. E. (2018) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Ovarian function and disordersHormonal and reproductive studies

Cited by 126

Association between progestin-only contraceptive use and cardiometabolic outcomes: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Glisic, M., Shahzad, S., Tsoli, S., Chadni, M., Asllanaj, E., Rojas, L. Z., Brown, E., Chowdhury, R., Muka, T., & Franco, O. H. (2018) · European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

Reproductive Health and ContraceptionVenous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management

Cited by 124

Thyroid function characteristics and determinants: the Rotterdam study.

Chaker, L., Korevaar, T. I. M., Medici, M., Uitterlinden, A. G., Hofman, A., Dehghan, A., Franco, O. H., & Peeters, R. P. (2016) · Thyroid

Thyroid Disorders and TreatmentsThyroid Cancer Diagnosis and Treatment

Cited by 118

Thyroid Function and Sudden Cardiac Death: A Prospective Population-Based Cohort Study

Chaker, L., van den Berg, M. E., Niemeijer, M. N., Franco, O. H., Dehghan, A., Hofman, A., Rijnbeek, P. R., Deckers, J. W., Eijgelsheim, M., Stricker, B. H. C., et al. (2016) · Circulation

Thyroid Disorders and TreatmentsCardiac electrophysiology and arrhythmias

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Thyroid Function Within the Reference Range and the Risk of Stroke: An Individual Participant Data Analysis

Chaker, L., Baumgartner, C., den Elzen, W. P. J., Collet, T.-H., Ikram, M. A., Blum, M. R., Dehghan, A., Drechsler, C., Luben, R. N., Portegies, M. L. P., et al. (2016) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Thyroid Disorders and TreatmentsAcute Ischemic Stroke Management

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Self-Rated Health in middle-aged and elderly Chinese: distribution, determinants and associations with cardio-metabolic risk factors

Haseli-Mashhadi, N., Pan, A., Ye, X., Wang, J., Qi, Q., Liu, Y., Li, H., Yu, Z., Lin, X., & Franco, O. H. (2009) · BMC Public Health

Aging, Health, and DisabilityHealth disparities and outcomes

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Subclinical thyroid dysfunction and the risk of stroke: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Chaker, L., Baumgartner, C., Ikram, M. A., Dehghan, A., Medici, M., Visser, W. E., Hofman, A., Rodondi, N., Peeters, R. P., & Franco, O. H. (2014) · European Journal of Epidemiology

Thyroid Disorders and TreatmentsThyroid and Parathyroid Surgery

Cited by 72

Anemia and iron metabolism in COVID-19: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Taneri, P. E., Alejandro Gómez-Ochoa, S., Llanaj, E., Francis Raguindin, P., Rojas, L. Z., Wyssmann, B. M., Kopp-Heim, D., Hautz, W. E., Eisenga, M. F., Franco, O. H., et al. (2020) · medRxiv

Iron Metabolism and DisordersCOVID-19 Clinical Research Studies

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Serum testosterone, sex hormone‐binding globulin and sex‐specific risk of incident type 2 diabetes in a retrospective primary care cohort

O’Reilly, M. W., Glisic, M., Kumarendran, B., Subramanian, A., Manolopoulos, K. N., Tahrani, A. A., Keerthy, D., Muka, T., Toulis, K. A., Hanif, W., et al. (2019) · Clinical Endocrinology

Hormonal and reproductive studiesDiabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins

Cited by 72

Genome-wide meta-analysis of macronutrient intake of 91,114 European ancestry participants from the cohorts for heart and aging research in genomic epidemiology consortium

Merino, J., Dashti, H. S., Li, S. X., Sarnowski, C., Justice, A. E., Graff, M., Papoutsakis, C., Smith, C. E., Dedoussis, G. V., Lemaitre, R. N., et al. (2019) · Molecular Psychiatry

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyNutrition, Genetics, and Disease

Cited by 66

Multiethnic Exome-Wide Association Study of Subclinical Atherosclerosis

Natarajan, P., Bis, J. C., Bielak, L. F., Cox, A. J., Dörr, M., Feitosa, M. F., Franceschini, N., Guo, X., Hwang, S.-J., Isaacs, A., et al. (2016) · Circulation: Cardiovascular Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyAtherosclerosis and Cardiovascular Diseases

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Association of Thyroid Function With Life Expectancy With and Without Cardiovascular Disease: The Rotterdam Study

Bano, A., Dhana, K., Chaker, L., Kavousi, M., Ikram, M. A., Mattace-Raso, F. U. S., Peeters, R. P., & Franco, O. H. (2017) · JAMA Internal Medicine

Thyroid Disorders and TreatmentsHormonal and reproductive studies

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Physical Activity Types and Coronary Heart Disease Risk in Middle-Aged and Elderly Persons: The Rotterdam Study

Koolhaas, C. M., Dhana, K., Golubic, R., Schoufour, J. D., Hofman, A., van Rooij, F. J. A., & Franco, O. H. (2016) · American Journal of Epidemiology

Physical Activity and HealthCardiovascular and exercise physiology

Cited by 60

Associations Between Systemic and Local Corticosteroid Use With Metabolic Syndrome and Body Mass Index

Savas, M., Muka, T., Wester, V. L., van den Akker, E. L. T., Visser, J. A., Braunstahl, G.-J., Slagter, S. N., Wolffenbuttel, B. H. R., Franco, O. H., & van Rossum, E. F. C. (2017) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Adrenal Hormones and DisordersAdipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases

Cited by 58

Whole-Exome Sequencing Identifies Loci Associated with Blood Cell Traits and Reveals a Role for Alternative GFI1B Splice Variants in Human Hematopoiesis

Polfus, L. M., Khajuria, R. K., Schick, U. M., Pankratz, N., Pazoki, R., Brody, J. A., Chen, M.-H., Auer, P. L., Floyd, J. S., Huang, J., et al. (2016) · The American Journal of Human Genetics

Platelet Disorders and TreatmentsGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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Cross-cultural comparison of correlates of quality of life and health status: the Whitehall II Study (UK) and the Western New York Health Study (US)

Franco, O. H., Wong, Y. L., Kandala, N.-B., Ferrie, J. E., Dorn, J. M., Kivimäki, M., Clarke, A., Donahue, R. P., Manoux, A. S., Freudenheim, J. L., et al. (2012) · European Journal of Epidemiology

Health disparities and outcomesHealth and Well-being Studies

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Searching Embase and MEDLINE by using only major descriptors or title and abstract fields: a prospective exploratory study

Bramer, W. M., Giustini, D., Kleijnen, J., & Franco, O. H. (2018) · Systematic Reviews

Meta-analysis and systematic reviewsInformation Retrieval and Search Behavior

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Rare, low frequency and common coding variants in CHRNA5 and their contribution to nicotine dependence in European and African Americans

Olfson, E., Saccone, N. L., Johnson, E. O., Chen, L.-S., Culverhouse, R., Doheny, K., Foltz, S. M., Fox, L., Gogarten, S. M., Hartz, S., et al. (2016) · Molecular Psychiatry

Smoking Behavior and CessationGenetic Associations and Epidemiology

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A multi-ancestry genome-wide study incorporating gene–smoking interactions identifies multiple new loci for pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure

Sung, Y. J., de las Fuentes, L., Winkler, T. W., Chasman, D. I., Bentley, A. R., Kraja, A. T., Ntalla, I., Warren, H. R., Guo, X., Schwander, K., et al. (2019) · Human Molecular Genetics

Genetic Associations and EpidemiologyBlood Pressure and Hypertension Studies

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Effects of Mediterranean diet, exercise, and their combination on body composition and liver outcomes in metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Arita, V. A., Cabezas, M. C., Hernández Vargas, J. A., Trujillo-Cáceres, S. J., Mendez Pernicone, N., Bridge, L. A., Raeisi-Dehkordi, H., Dietvorst, C. A. W., Dekker, R., Uriza-Pinzón, J. P., et al. (2025) · BMC Medicine

Liver Disease Diagnosis and TreatmentNutritional Studies and Diet

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Healthy Volunteer Effect and Cardiovascular Risk

Leening, M. J. G., Heeringa, J., Deckers, J. W., Franco, O. H., Hofman, A., Witteman, J. C. M., & Stricker, B. H. C. (2014) · Epidemiology

Health Promotion and Cardiovascular PreventionStatistical Methods in Epidemiology

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Defining optimal health range for thyroid function based on the risk of cardiovascular disease

Chaker, L., Korevaar, T. I. M., Rizopoulos, D., Collet, T.-H., Völzke, H., Hofman, A., Rodondi, N., Cappola, A. R., Peeters, R. P., & Franco, O. H. (2017) · The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism

Thyroid Disorders and TreatmentsThyroid and Parathyroid Surgery

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