Aaron R. Folsom

119.1k total citations · 31 hit papers
867 papers, 75.6k citations indexed

About

Aaron R. Folsom is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Aaron R. Folsom has authored 867 papers receiving a total of 75.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 346 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 124 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine and 122 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Aaron R. Folsom's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (88 papers), Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (83 papers) and Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management (82 papers). Aaron R. Folsom is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (88 papers), Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (83 papers) and Venous Thromboembolism Diagnosis and Management (82 papers). Aaron R. Folsom collaborates with scholars based in United States, Japan and Netherlands. Aaron R. Folsom's co-authors include Wayne D. Rosamond, Lloyd E. Chambless, Lawrence H. Kushi, David R. Jacobs, Mary Cushman, Gerardo Heiss, Eyal Shahar, Christie M. Ballantyne, Thomas A. Sellers and Kenneth K. Wu and has published in prestigious journals such as Nature, Science and New England Journal of Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Aaron R. Folsom

860 papers receiving 73.0k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

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Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

Coronary Calcium as a Predictor of Coronary Events in Four Racial or Ethnic Groups

2008 2.1k citations Gregory L. Burke, Aaron R. Folsom et al. profile →
A Common Allele on Chromosome 9 Associated with Coronary Heart Disease

2007 1.2k citations Ruth McPherson, Alexander Pertsemlidis et al. Science profile →
Low-Grade Systemic Inflammation and the Development of Type 2 Diabetes

2003 847 citations James S. Pankow, Christie M. Ballantyne et al. profile →
Association of Hormone-Replacement Therapy with Various Cardiovascular Risk Factors in Postmenopausal Women

1993 761 citations Aaron R. Folsom, Gerardo Heiss et al. profile →
Predictive Value of Brachial Flow-Mediated Dilation for Incident Cardiovascular Events in a Population-Based Study

2009 701 citations Aaron R. Folsom, Gregory L. Burke et al. Circulation profile →
Dietary Antioxidant Vitamins and Death from Coronary Heart Disease in Postmenopausal Women

1996 697 citations Lawrence H. Kushi, Aaron R. Folsom et al. profile →
Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Presence or Absence of Plaque Improves Prediction of Coronary Heart Disease Risk

2010 669 citations Vijay Nambi, Lloyd E. Chambless et al. profile →
Low Heart Rate Variability in a 2-Minute Rhythm Strip Predicts Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Mortality From Several Causes

2000 668 citations Aaron R. Folsom et al. Circulation profile →
Stroke Incidence and Survival Among Middle-Aged Adults

1999 652 citations Wayne D. Rosamond, Aaron R. Folsom et al. Stroke profile →
Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism in two cohorts: the longitudinal investigation of thromboembolism etiology

2004 631 citations Mary Cushman, Wayne D. Rosamond et al. profile →
Community surveillance of coronary heart disease in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study: Methods and initial two years' experience

1996 619 citations Aaron R. Folsom, Lloyd E. Chambless et al. profile →
The Relationship of Left Ventricular Mass and Geometry to Incident Cardiovascular Events

2008 615 citations Richard A. Kronmal, João A.C. Lima et al. profile →
Prospective Study of Hemostatic Factors and Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease

1997 601 citations Aaron R. Folsom, Wayne D. Rosamond et al. Circulation profile →
Recent Trends in Acute Coronary Heart Disease — Mortality, Morbidity, Medical Care, and Risk Factors

1996 583 citations James S. Pankow, Aaron R. Folsom et al. profile →
Physical Activity and Stroke Risk

2003 580 citations Aaron R. Folsom et al. Stroke profile →
Cardiac Troponin T Measured by a Highly Sensitive Assay Predicts Coronary Heart Disease, Heart Failure, and Mortality in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study

2011 561 citations Vijay Nambi, James A. de Lemos et al. Circulation profile →
Community Prevalence of Ideal Cardiovascular Health, by the American Heart Association Definition, and Relationship With Cardiovascular Disease Incidence

2011 556 citations Aaron R. Folsom, Hiroshi Yatsuya et al. profile →
Associations of General and Abdominal Obesity With Multiple Health Outcomes in Older Women

2000 549 citations Aaron R. Folsom, Lawrence H. Kushi et al. profile →
Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Venous Thromboembolism Incidence

2002 545 citations Mary Cushman, Wayne D. Rosamond et al. profile →
Coronary Artery Calcification Compared With Carotid Intima-Media Thickness in the Prediction of Cardiovascular Disease Incidence<subtitle>The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)</subtitle>

2008 536 citations Aaron R. Folsom profile →
Heart Failure Incidence and Survival (from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study)

2008 529 citations Laura R. Loehr, Wayne D. Rosamond et al. profile →
Diabetic Retinopathy in a Multi-ethnic Cohort in the United States

2006 516 citations Aaron R. Folsom, Steven Shea et al. profile →
Dietary carbohydrate intake and mortality: a prospective cohort study and meta-analysis

2018 507 citations Brian Claggett, Amil M. Shah et al. profile →
Prospective Study of Coronary Heart Disease Incidence in Relation to Fasting Total Homocysteine, Related Genetic Polymorphisms, and B Vitamins

1998 495 citations Aaron R. Folsom et al. Circulation profile →
Non–Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus and Fasting Glucose and Insulin Concentrations Are Associated With Arterial Stiffness Indexes

1995 478 citations Aaron R. Folsom et al. Circulation profile →
10-Year Coronary Heart Disease Risk Prediction Using Coronary Artery Calcium and Traditional Risk Factors

2015 450 citations Robyn L. McClelland, Wendy S. Post et al. profile →
Absolute and Attributable Risks of Atrial Fibrillation in Relation to Optimal and Borderline Risk Factors

2011 448 citations Aaron R. Folsom, Laura R. Loehr et al. Circulation profile →
Cardiovascular Event Prediction by Machine Learning

2017 412 citations Robyn L. McClelland, Aaron R. Folsom et al. profile →
Association Between Hospitalization for Pneumonia and Subsequent Risk of Cardiovascular Disease

2015 404 citations Laura R. Loehr, Aaron R. Folsom et al. profile →
Ten-year association of coronary artery calcium with atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA)

2018 380 citations Gregory L. Burke, Aaron R. Folsom et al. profile →
The ARIC (Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities) Study

2021 297 citations Aaron R. Folsom, Josef Coresh et al. profile →

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#	Work	Indexed citations
1	Racial and Ethnic Differences in All-Cause and Cardiovascular Disease Mortality: The MESA Study 2022 ·Circulation ·Wendy S. Post, Karol E. Watson, Spencer Hansen, Aaron R. Folsom, Moysés Szklo, Steven Shea, R. Graham Barr, Gregory L. Burke, Alain G. Bertoni, Norrina B. Allen, James S. Pankow, João A.C. Lima, Jerome I. Rotter, Joel D. Kaufman, W. Craig Johnson, Richard A. Kronmal, Ana V. Diez–Roux, Robyn L. McClelland	71
2	Obesity, Galectin‐3, and Incident Heart Failure: The ARIC Study 2022 ·Journal of the American Heart Association ·Roberta Florido, Lucia Kwak, Justin B. Echouffo‐Tcheugui, Sui Zhang, Erin D. Michos, Vijay Nambi, Ronald Goldberg, Ron C. Hoogeveen, Mariana Lazo, Gary Gerstenblith, Wendy S. Post, Roger S. Blumenthal, Josef Coresh, Aaron R. Folsom, Elizabeth Selvin, Christie M. Ballantyne, Chiadi E. Ndumele	19
3	Clinically Recognized Varicose Veins and Physical Function in Older Individuals: The ARIC Study 2021 ·The Journals of Gerontology Series A ·Yejin Mok, Junichi Ishigami, Yingying Sang, Anna Kucharska‐Newton, Maya Salameh, Jennifer A. Schrack, Priya Palta, Josef Coresh, B. Gwen Windham, Pamela L. Lutsey, Aaron R. Folsom, Kunihiro Matsushita	1
4	Risk of peripheral artery disease according to race and sex: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study 2021 ·Atherosclerosis ·Caitlin W. Hicks, Ning Ding, Lucia Kwak, Shoshana H. Ballew, Corey A. Kalbaugh, Aaron R. Folsom, Gerardo Heiss, Josef Coresh, James H. Black, Elizabeth Selvin, Kunihiro Matsushita	15
5	Pulmonary vascular dysfunction among people aged over 65 years in the community in the Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) Study: A cross-sectional analysis 2020 ·PLoS Medicine ·K. Teramoto, Mário Santos, Brian Claggett, (unknown), Scott D. Solomon, Dalane W. Kitzman, Aaron R. Folsom, Mary Cushman, Kunihiro Matsushita, Hicham Skali, Amil M. Shah	8
6	Serum magnesium, bone–mineral metabolism markers and their interactions with kidney function on subsequent risk of peripheral artery disease: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study 2020 ·Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation ·Steven Menez, Ning Ding, Morgan E. Grams, Pamela L. Lutsey, Gerardo Heiss, Aaron R. Folsom, Elizabeth Selvin, Josef Coresh, Bernard G. Jaar, Kunihiro Matsushita	9
7	High-Sensitivity Troponin I and Incident Coronary Events, Stroke, Heart Failure Hospitalization, and Mortality in the ARIC Study 2019 ·Circulation ·Xiaoming Jia, Wensheng Sun, Ron C. Hoogeveen, Vijay Nambi, Kunihiro Matsushita, Aaron R. Folsom, Gerardo Heiss, David Couper, Scott D. Solomon, Eric Boerwinkle, Amil M. Shah, Elizabeth Selvin, James A. de Lemos, Christie M. Ballantyne	152
8	Prospective Association of Serum and Dietary Magnesium with Colorectal Cancer Incidence 2019 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·(unknown), (unknown), Pamela L. Lutsey, Aaron R. Folsom, Corinne E. Joshu, Elizabeth A. Platz, Anna E. Prizment	19
9	Plasma Concentrations of High Molecular Weight Kininogen and Prekallikrein and Venous Thromboembolism Incidence in the General Population 2019 ·Thrombosis and Haemostasis ·Aaron R. Folsom, Weihong Tang, Saonli Basu, Jeffrey R. Misialek, David Couper, Susan R. Heckbert, Mary Cushman	10
10	Six-Year Changes in Physical Activity and the Risk of Incident Heart Failure 2018 ·Circulation ·Roberta Florido, Lucia Kwak, Mariana Lazo, Vijay Nambi, Haitham M. Ahmed, Sheila M. Hegde, Gary Gerstenblith, Roger S. Blumenthal, Christie M. Ballantyne, Elizabeth Selvin, Aaron R. Folsom, Josef Coresh, Chiadi E. Ndumele	46
11	Longer-term Lipid-lowering Drug Use and Risk of Incident and Fatal Prostate Cancer in Black and White Men in the ARIC Study 2018 ·Cancer Prevention Research ·Alison M. Mondul, Corinne E. Joshu, John R. Barber, Anna E. Prizment, Nrupen A. Bhavsar, Elizabeth Selvin, Aaron R. Folsom, Elizabeth A. Platz	24
12	Aspirin and Non-Aspirin NSAID Use and Prostate Cancer Incidence, Mortality, and Case Fatality in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study 2018 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Lauren M. Hurwitz, Corinne E. Joshu, John R. Barber, Anna E. Prizment, Mara Z. Vitolins, Miranda R. Jones, Aaron R. Folsom, Misop Han, Elizabeth A. Platz	24
13	Association of Age at Menopause With Incident Heart Failure: A Prospective Cohort Study and Meta‐Analysis 2016 ·Journal of the American Heart Association ·Duke Appiah, Pamela J. Schreiner, Ellen W. Demerath, Laura R. Loehr, Patricia P. Chang, Aaron R. Folsom	71
14	Circulating Beta-2 Microglobulin and Risk of Cancer: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study (ARIC) 2016 ·Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention ·Anna E. Prizment, Amy M. Linabery, Pamela L. Lutsey, Elizabeth Selvin, Heather H. Nelson, Aaron R. Folsom, Timothy R. Church, Charles G. Drake, Elizabeth A. Platz, Corinne E. Joshu	41
15	Long-Term Association Between Self-Reported Signs and Symptoms and Heart Failure Hospitalizations: The Atherosclerosis Risk In Communities (ARIC) Study 2010 ·European Journal of Heart Failure ·Christy L. Avery, Katherine T. Mills, Lloyd E. Chambless, Patricia P. Chang, Aaron R. Folsom, Thomas H. Mosley, Hanyu Ni, Wayne D. Rosamond, Lynne E. Wagenknecht, Joy L. Wood, Gerardo Heiss	11
16	Race- and Sex-Specific Associations of Obesity Measures With Ischemic Stroke Incidence in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study 2010 ·Stroke ·Hiroshi Yatsuya, Aaron R. Folsom, Kazumasa Yamagishi, Kari E. North, Frederick L. Brancati, June Stevens	82
17	A Common Allele on Chromosome 9 Associated with Coronary Heart Disease breakdown → 2007 ·Science ·Ruth McPherson, Alexander Pertsemlidis, Nihan Kavaslar, Alexandre F.R. Stewart, Robert Roberts, David R. Cox, David A. Hinds, L Pennacchio, Anne Tybjærg‐Hansen, Aaron R. Folsom, Eric Boerwinkle, Helen H. Hobbs, Jonathan C. Cohen	1164
18	Greater Fish, Fruit, and Vegetable Intakes Are Related to Lower Incidence of Venous Thromboembolism 2006 ·Circulation ·Lyn M. Steffen, Aaron R. Folsom, Mary Cushman, David R. Jacobs, Wayne D. Rosamond	102
19	Physical activity and incident diabetes mellitus in postmenopausal women 2000 ·American Journal of Public Health ·Aaron R. Folsom, Lawrence H. Kushi, C P Hong	103
20	Dietary fat and risk of breast cancer according to hormone receptor status. 1995 ·PubMed ·Lawrence H. Kushi, John D. Potter, Roberd M. Bostick, Carol R. Drinkard, Thomas A. Sellers, Susan M. Gapstur, James R. Cerhan, Aaron R. Folsom	71

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