Brad C. Astor

56.7k total citations · 16 hit papers
299 papers, 28.9k citations indexed

About

Brad C. Astor is a scholar working on Nephrology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. According to data from OpenAlex, Brad C. Astor has authored 299 papers receiving a total of 28.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 137 papers in Nephrology, 72 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 69 papers in Pulmonary and Respiratory Medicine. Recurrent topics in Brad C. Astor's work include Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (83 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (76 papers) and Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (52 papers). Brad C. Astor is often cited by papers focused on Dialysis and Renal Disease Management (83 papers), Chronic Kidney Disease and Diabetes (76 papers) and Renal Transplantation Outcomes and Treatments (52 papers). Brad C. Astor collaborates with scholars based in United States, Canada and Netherlands. Brad C. Astor's co-authors include Josef Coresh, Andrew S. Levey, Kunihiro Matsushita, Paul E. de Jong, Mark Woodward, Marije van der Velde, Tom Greene, Ron T. Gansevoort, Garabed Eknoyan and Erin D. Michos and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Brad C. Astor

287 papers receiving 28.1k citations

Hit Papers

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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.

  1. Association of estimated glomerular filtration rate and albuminuria with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in general population cohorts: a collaborative meta-analysis
    2010 3.0k citations Kunihiro Matsushita, Brad C. Astor et al. profile →
  2. Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and decreased kidney function in the adult US population: Third national health and nutrition examination survey
    2002 2.2k citations Josef Coresh, Brad C. Astor et al. American Journal of Kidney Diseases profile →
  3. The definition, classification, and prognosis of chronic kidney disease: a KDIGO Controversies Conference report
    2010 1.7k citations Josef Coresh, Brad C. Astor et al. profile →
  4. KDOQI US Commentary on the 2012 KDIGO Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Management of CKD
    2014 1.2k citations Brad C. Astor et al. American Journal of Kidney Diseases profile →
  5. KDOQI Clinical Practice Guideline for Vascular Access: 2019 Update
    2020 1.2k citations Alexander S. Yevzlin, Brad C. Astor et al. American Journal of Kidney Diseases profile →
  6. 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels and the Risk of Mortality in the General Population
    2008 944 citations Michal L. Melamed, Brad C. Astor et al. profile →
  7. Lower estimated glomerular filtration rate and higher albuminuria are associated with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality. A collaborative meta-analysis of high-risk population cohorts
    2011 720 citations Kunihiro Matsushita, Josef Coresh et al. profile →
  8. Cystatin C versus Creatinine in Determining Risk Based on Kidney Function
    2013 643 citations Kunihiro Matsushita, Brad C. Astor et al. profile →
  9. Chronic Kidney Disease Awareness, Prevalence, and Trends among U.S. Adults, 1999 to 2000
    2004 624 citations Josef Coresh, Brad C. Astor et al. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology profile →
  10. Lower estimated GFR and higher albuminuria are associated with adverse kidney outcomes. A collaborative meta-analysis of general and high-risk population cohorts
    2011 610 citations Kunihiro Matsushita, Brad C. Astor et al. profile →
  11. Calibration and random variation of the serum creatinine assay as critical elements of using equations to estimate glomerular filtration rate
    2002 584 citations Josef Coresh, Brad C. Astor et al. American Journal of Kidney Diseases profile →
  12. 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 Ron C. Hoogeveen, Brad C. Astor et al. Circulation profile →
  13. Association of three genetic loci with uric acid concentration and risk of gout: a genome-wide association study
    2008 542 citations Anna Köttgen, Brad C. Astor et al. profile →
  14. Lower estimated glomerular filtration rate and higher albuminuria are associated with mortality and end-stage renal disease. A collaborative meta-analysis of kidney disease population cohorts
    2011 533 citations Brad C. Astor, Kunihiro Matsushita et al. profile →
  15. Association of kidney function with anemia: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (1988-1994).
    2002 529 citations Brad C. Astor, Josef Coresh et al. PubMed profile →
  16. Age and Association of Kidney Measures With Mortality and End-stage Renal Disease
    2012 420 citations Stein Hallan, Kunihiro Matsushita et al. profile →

Peers

Brad C. Astor
Adeera Levin Canada
Harold I. Feldman United States
Csaba P. Kövesdy United States
Paul W. Eggers United States
Mark J. Sarnak United States
Allan J. Collins United States
Garabed Eknoyan United States
Norbert Lameire Belgium
Kamyar Kalantar‐Zadeh United States
Francesco Locatelli Italy
Adeera Levin Canada
Brad C. Astor
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All Works

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Yao, Yi, Brad C. Astor, Wei Yang, Tom Greene, & Liang Li. (2024). Predicting kidney graft function and failure among kidney transplant recipients. BMC Medical Research Methodology. 24(1). 324–324.
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Garg, Neetika, Thanh Thanh L. Nguyen, Brad C. Astor, et al.. (2024). Oxalate Nephropathy After Kidney Transplantation: Risk Factors and Outcomes of Two Phenotypes. Clinical Transplantation. 38(6). e15368–e15368.
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Feng, Yijing, Cascade Tuholske, Byoungjun Kim, et al.. (2024). Extreme Humid-Heat Exposure and Mortality Among Patients Receiving Dialysis. American Journal of Kidney Diseases. 84(5). 582–592.e1. 1 indexed citations
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Garg, Shivani, Theresa L. Walunas, Rosalind Ramsey‐Goldman, et al.. (2024). Multiplicative Impact of Adverse Social Determinants of Health on Outcomes in Lupus Nephritis: A Meta‐analysis and Systematic Review. Arthritis Care & Research. 76(9). 1232–1245. 10 indexed citations
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Singh, Tripti, Tingting Li, Didier A. Mandelbrot, Brad C. Astor, & Ali Poyan Mehr. (2023). Prescribing Patterns for Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitors: A Survey of Nephrologists. Kidney International Reports. 8(8). 1669–1671. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Liang, et al.. (2023). A comparison of two approaches to dynamic prediction: Joint modeling and landmark modeling. Statistics in Medicine. 42(13). 2101–2115. 6 indexed citations
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Astor, Brad C., W. Ryan Powell, Andrea Gilmore‐Bykovskyi, et al.. (2023). Associations of Postdischarge Follow‐Up With Acute Care and Mortality in Lupus: A Medicare Cohort Study. Arthritis Care & Research. 75(9). 1886–1896. 3 indexed citations
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Marrone, Michael, Anna E. Prizment, David Couper, et al.. (2023). Total‐, LDL‐, and HDL‐cholesterol, apolipoproteins, and triglycerides with risk of total and fatal prostate cancer in Black and White men in the ARIC study. The Prostate. 83(11). 1046–1059. 3 indexed citations
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Astor, Brad C., Tripti Singh, Fahad Aziz, et al.. (2021). Post‐kidney transplant serum magnesium exhibits a U‐shaped association with subsequent mortality: an observational cohort study. Transplant International. 34(10). 1853–1861. 9 indexed citations
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Parajuli, Sandesh, Ravi Patel, Brad C. Astor, et al.. (2020). Outcomes of simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplants based on preemptive transplant compared to those who were on dialysis before transplant – a retrospective study. Transplant International. 33(9). 1106–1115. 6 indexed citations
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Aziz, Fahad, Margaret R. Jorgenson, Sandesh Parajuli, et al.. (2020). Polyomavirus and cytomegalovirus infections are risk factors for grafts loss in simultaneous pancreas and kidney transplant. Transplant Infectious Disease. 22(3). e13272–e13272. 5 indexed citations
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Astor, Brad C., Arjang Djamali, Didier A. Mandelbrot, Sandesh Parajuli, & Michal L. Melamed. (2019). The Association of 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Levels with Late Cytomegalovirus Infection in Kidney Transplant Recipients: the Wisconsin Allograft Recipient Database. Transplantation. 103(8). 1683–1688. 7 indexed citations
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Rosenberg, Joel, Julia J. Scialla, Tanushree Banerjee, et al.. (2019). Markers of mineral metabolism and vascular access complications: The Choices for Healthy Outcomes in Caring for ESRD (CHOICE) study. Hemodialysis International. 24(1). 43–51. 3 indexed citations
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Matsushita, Kunihiro, Yingying Sang, Shoshana H. Ballew, et al.. (2015). Kidney Measures with Diabetes and Hypertension on Cardiovascular Disease: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study. American Journal of Nephrology. 41(4-5). 409–417. 13 indexed citations
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Rifai, Mahmoud Al, Andrea L.C. Schneider, Álvaro Alonso, et al.. (2014). sRAGE, inflammation, and risk of atrial fibrillation: results from the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study. Journal of Diabetes and its Complications. 29(2). 180–185. 22 indexed citations
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Köttgen, Anna, et al.. (2012). Association of apolipoprotein A1 and B with kidney function and chronic kidney disease in two multiethnic population samples. Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation. 27(7). 2839–2847. 45 indexed citations
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Alonso, Álvaro, Faye L. Lopez, Kunihiro Matsushita, et al.. (2011). Chronic Kidney Disease Is Associated With the Incidence of Atrial Fibrillation. Circulation. 123(25). 2946–2953. 368 indexed citations
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Qiao, Ye, David A. Steinman, Qin Qin, et al.. (2011). Intracranial arterial wall imaging using three‐dimensional high isotropic resolution black blood MRI at 3.0 Tesla. Journal of Magnetic Resonance Imaging. 34(1). 22–30. 232 indexed citations
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Hallan, Stein, Josef Coresh, Brad C. Astor, et al.. (2006). International Comparison of the Relationship of Chronic Kidney Disease Prevalence and ESRD Risk. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 17(8). 2275–2284. 482 indexed citations

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