Keith M. Diaz

7.6k total citations · 2 hit papers
135 papers, 4.4k citations indexed

About

Keith M. Diaz is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Physiology and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Keith M. Diaz has authored 135 papers receiving a total of 4.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 62 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 54 papers in Physiology and 40 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Keith M. Diaz's work include Physical Activity and Health (49 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (39 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (29 papers). Keith M. Diaz is often cited by papers focused on Physical Activity and Health (49 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (39 papers) and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (29 papers). Keith M. Diaz collaborates with scholars based in United States, United Kingdom and Norway. Keith M. Diaz's co-authors include Daichi Shimbo, Steven P. Hooker, Paul Muntner, Virginia J. Howard, Natalie Colabianchi, Joseph E. Schwartz, Brent Hutto, John E. Vena, Steven N. Blair and Praveen Veerabhadrappa and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Annals of Internal Medicine.

In The Last Decade

Keith M. Diaz

123 papers receiving 4.3k 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.

Dose-response associations between accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time and all cause mortality: systematic review and harmonised meta-analysis

2019 1.0k citations Ulf Ekelund, Jakob Tarp et al. BMJ profile →
Patterns of Sedentary Behavior and Mortality in U.S. Middle-Aged and Older Adults

2017 360 citations Keith M. Diaz, Virginia J. Howard et al. Annals of Internal Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Keith M. Diaz United States	31	2.0k	1.6k	1.4k	608	520	135	4.4k
Noël C. Barengo United States	26	1.5k 0.7×	836 0.5×	1.4k 1.0×	678 1.1×	362 0.7×	146	4.2k
J. Larry Durstine United States	38	2.7k 1.4×	1.2k 0.8×	1.3k 0.9×	668 1.1×	1.1k 2.1×	110	6.6k
Jonathan McGavock Canada	40	1.4k 0.7×	1.2k 0.7×	1.4k 1.0×	580 1.0×	441 0.8×	148	4.5k
Carolyn E. Barlow United States	41	2.8k 1.4×	1.9k 1.2×	1.7k 1.2×	580 1.0×	1.7k 3.2×	147	6.3k
Lisa H. Colbert United States	38	2.5k 1.3×	748 0.5×	969 0.7×	403 0.7×	399 0.8×	76	5.5k
Cemal Ozemek United States	26	1.4k 0.7×	1.5k 0.9×	803 0.6×	450 0.7×	958 1.8×	84	3.8k
Ann Albright United States	39	1.8k 0.9×	934 0.6×	1.1k 0.8×	1.1k 1.8×	556 1.1×	92	8.4k
Duck-chul Lee United States	43	3.2k 1.6×	2.1k 1.3×	1.6k 1.2×	508 0.8×	1.8k 3.5×	115	6.4k
Tommi Vasankari Finland	39	2.0k 1.0×	634 0.4×	1.6k 1.1×	600 1.0×	749 1.4×	264	5.8k
Jared P. Reis United States	53	2.7k 1.3×	2.3k 1.4×	2.9k 2.0×	810 1.3×	427 0.8×	185	8.7k

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Hilgenkamp, Thessa I.M., Emily Davidson, Keith M. Diaz, et al.. (2025). Weight‐loss interventions for adolescents with Down syndrome: a systematic review. Obesity. 33(4). 632–658. 1 indexed citations

Diaz, Keith M., et al.. (2024). Functional quantile principal component analysis. Biostatistics. 26(1). 1 indexed citations

Shimbo, Daichi, Ipek Ensari, Keith M. Diaz, et al.. (2024). Translational Research of the Acute Effects of Negative Emotions on Vascular Endothelial Health: Findings From a Randomized Controlled Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(9). e032698–e032698. 7 indexed citations

Birk, Jeffrey L., Talea Cornelius, Ian M. Kronish, et al.. (2023). Association between cardiac event-induced PTSD symptoms and daily intrusive thoughts about cardiac risk: An ecological momentary assessment study. General Hospital Psychiatry. 86. 103–107. 3 indexed citations

Qiao, Ye, Bruce A. Wasserman, Kelley Pettee Gabriel, et al.. (2023). Association of leisure-time physical activity and sedentary behavior with carotid atherosclerosis morphology: The ARIC carotid-MRI study. SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología. 14. 100505–100505. 1 indexed citations

Schwartz, Joseph E., et al.. (2023). How many days are needed? Measurement reliability of wearable device data to assess physical activity. PLoS ONE. 18(2). e0282162–e0282162. 14 indexed citations

Makarem, Nour, Charles German, Keith M. Diaz, et al.. (2023). Rest‐Activity Rhythms Are Associated With Prevalent Cardiovascular Disease, Hypertension, Obesity, and Central Adiposity in a Nationally Representative Sample of US Adults. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(1). e032073–e032073. 21 indexed citations

Dooley, Erin E., Alicia Colvin, Christopher E. Kline, et al.. (2023). Method for Activity Sleep Harmonization (MASH): a novel method for harmonizing data from two wearable devices to estimate 24-h sleep–wake cycles. PubMed. 2(1). 1 indexed citations

Diaz, Keith M., et al.. (2022). A Case of Bilateral Infected Kidney Stones Presenting With Septic Shock and Acute Kidney Injury. Cureus. 14(2). e22506–e22506.

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Ekelund, Ulf, Jakob Tarp, Jostein Steene‐Johannessen, et al.. (2019). Dose-response associations between accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary time and all cause mortality: systematic review and harmonised meta-analysis. BMJ. 366. l4570–l4570. 1047 indexed citations breakdown →

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Diaz, Keith M., Anusorn Thanataveerat, Faith Parsons, et al.. (2018). The Influence of Daily Stress on Sedentary Behavior: Group and Person (N of 1) Level Results of a 1-Year Observational Study. Psychosomatic Medicine. 80(7). 620–627. 16 indexed citations

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Duran, Andrea T., Ian M. Kronish, Nathalie Moise, et al.. (2018). Factors associated with objectively measured exercise participation after hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome. International Journal of Cardiology. 275. 1–5. 7 indexed citations

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Diaz, Keith M., Virginia J. Howard, Brent Hutto, et al.. (2017). Patterns of Sedentary Behavior and Mortality in U.S. Middle-Aged and Older Adults. Annals of Internal Medicine. 8 indexed citations

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Burg, Matthew M., Joseph E. Schwartz, Ian M. Kronish, et al.. (2017). Does Stress Result in You Exercising Less? Or Does Exercising Result in You Being Less Stressed? Or Is It Both? Testing the Bi-directional Stress-Exercise Association at the Group and Person (N of 1) Level. Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 51(6). 799–809. 65 indexed citations

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Diaz, Keith M., et al.. (2017). Differential Response to Exercise in African Americans with High Levels of Inflammation. Ethnicity & Disease. 27(3). 233–233. 3 indexed citations

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Redmond, Nicole, John N. Booth, Rikki M. Tanner, et al.. (2015). Abstract P202: Association of Masked Hypertension and Prehypertension with Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease in the Jackson Heart Study. Circulation. 131. 1 indexed citations

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Diaz, Keith M., John N. Booth, David A. Calhoun, et al.. (2014). Healthy Lifestyle Factors and Risk of Cardiovascular Events and Mortality in Treatment-Resistant Hypertension. Hypertension. 64(3). 465–471. 57 indexed citations

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Diaz, Keith M., et al.. (2014). Double Superior Vena Cava; A Benign Cause of Widened Mediastenum and Implication on Venous Central Access. 2(1). 3 indexed citations

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Diaz, Keith M., Deborah L. Feairheller, Kathleen M. Sturgeon, et al.. (2014). Chronic aerobic exercise improves blood pressure dipping status in African American nondippers. Blood Pressure Monitoring. 19(6). 353–358. 13 indexed citations

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Kent, Shia T., Daichi Shimbo, Lei Huang, et al.. (2014). Antihypertensive Medication Classes Used among Medicare Beneficiaries Initiating Treatment in 2007–2010. PLoS ONE. 9(8). e105888–e105888. 11 indexed citations

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