Leah E. Cahill

26.3k total citations · 1 hit paper
64 papers, 2.4k citations indexed

About

Leah E. Cahill is a scholar working on Physiology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and Nutrition and Dietetics. According to data from OpenAlex, Leah E. Cahill has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.4k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 21 papers in Physiology, 19 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health and 14 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics. Recurrent topics in Leah E. Cahill's work include Nutritional Studies and Diet (13 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (10 papers) and Hemoglobin structure and function (10 papers). Leah E. Cahill is often cited by papers focused on Nutritional Studies and Diet (13 papers), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (10 papers) and Hemoglobin structure and function (10 papers). Leah E. Cahill collaborates with scholars based in Canada, United States and Israel. Leah E. Cahill's co-authors include Eric B. Rimm, Ahmed El‐Sohemy, Frank B. Hu, Walter C. Willett, Majken K. Jensen, Stephanie E. Chiuve, Rania A. Mekary, Olga Theou, Kenneth Rockwood and Kulapong Jayanama and has published in prestigious journals such as Circulation, SHILAP Revista de lepidopterología and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Leah E. Cahill

57 papers receiving 2.3k citations

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Relationship of body mass index with frailty and all-cause mortality among middle-aged and older adults

2022 116 citations Kulapong Jayanama, Olga Theou et al. BMC Medicine profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Leah E. Cahill Canada	26	869	838	349	330	279	64	2.4k
Hamed Mohammadi Iran	31	919 1.1×	718 0.9×	625 1.8×	202 0.6×	393 1.4×	147	3.2k
Fariba Kolahdooz Canada	36	769 0.9×	705 0.8×	456 1.3×	147 0.4×	489 1.8×	100	3.3k
Dianjianyi Sun China	29	937 1.1×	1.0k 1.2×	256 0.7×	385 1.2×	592 2.1×	178	3.6k
Jia-Yi Dong China	24	776 0.9×	701 0.8×	425 1.2×	246 0.7×	310 1.1×	78	2.8k
Sepideh Soltani Iran	26	1.0k 1.2×	922 1.1×	363 1.0×	182 0.6×	312 1.1×	101	2.4k
Amy Jennings United Kingdom	35	1.3k 1.5×	1.2k 1.5×	528 1.5×	167 0.5×	771 2.8×	97	3.4k
Antonio Mistretta Italy	33	1.5k 1.7×	917 1.1×	439 1.3×	168 0.5×	504 1.8×	83	3.6k
Ahmad Jayedi Iran	30	1.5k 1.7×	1.1k 1.3×	558 1.6×	167 0.5×	234 0.8×	114	3.2k
Guo‐Chong Chen China	30	992 1.1×	825 1.0×	464 1.3×	207 0.6×	466 1.7×	114	2.7k
Ming Ding United States	25	906 1.0×	570 0.7×	512 1.5×	229 0.7×	362 1.3×	56	2.6k

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20 of 20 papers shown

Cahill, Leah E., Louis‐Charles Desbiens, Cindy Feng, et al.. (2025). A Comparison of Hospitalization Outcomes Between Peritoneal Dialysis and Home Hemodialysis Patients by Sex and Race. Kidney International Reports. 10(5). 1548–1558.

Mah, Catherine L., Leah E. Cahill, Mohammad Hajizadeh, et al.. (2024). The Relationship between Diet Costs and Dietary Adequacy: A Scoping Review of Measures and Methods with a Focus on Cost Estimation using Food Supply Data. Journal of Nutrition. 155(3). 788–803. 1 indexed citations

Bancks, Michael P., Mark A. Espeland, Judy Bahnson, et al.. (2024). The relationship between repeated measurements of HbA1c and risk of coronary events among the common haptoglobin phenotype groups: the Action for Health in Diabetes (Look AHEAD) study. Cardiovascular Diabetology. 23(1). 356–356. 2 indexed citations

Tarasuk, Valerie, et al.. (2024). Cost of a Healthy Diet: A Population-Representative Comparison of 3 Diet Cost Methods in Canada. Journal of Nutrition. 154(11). 3424–3436. 1 indexed citations

Balshaw, Robert, et al.. (2023). Dietary potassium liberalization with fruit and vegetables versus potassium restriction in people with chronic kidney disease (DK-Lib CKD): a clinical trial protocol. BMC Nephrology. 24(1).

Mollard, Rebecca C., Bohdan L. Luhovyy, Heather Martin, et al.. (2023). Reducing Dietary Acid With Fruit and Vegetables Versus Oral Alkali in People With Chronic Kidney Disease (ReDACKD): A Clinical Research Protocol. Canadian Journal of Kidney Health and Disease. 10. 1035145380–1035145380. 1 indexed citations

Andreou, Pantelis, Andrew P. Levy, John L. Sapp, et al.. (2023). Relationship Between Time‐Varying Achieved High‐Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Risk of Coronary Events Depends on Haptoglobin Phenotype Within the ACCORD Lipid Study. Journal of the American Heart Association. 12(19). e030288–e030288. 3 indexed citations

Theou, Olga, Myles W. O’Brien, Judith Godin, et al.. (2023). Interrupting bedtime to reverse frailty levels in acute care: a study protocol for the Breaking Bad Rest randomized controlled trial. BMC Geriatrics. 23(1). 482–482.

Mekary, Rania A., Susan Kirkland, Olga Theou, et al.. (2022). Prospective study of breakfast frequency and timing and the risk of incident type 2 diabetes in community-dwelling older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 116(2). 325–334. 9 indexed citations

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Jayanama, Kulapong, et al.. (2022). Relationship of body mass index with frailty and all-cause mortality among middle-aged and older adults. BMC Medicine. 20(1). 404–404. 116 indexed citations breakdown →

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Jayanama, Kulapong, Olga Theou, Judith Godin, et al.. (2021). Relationship between diet quality scores and the risk of frailty and mortality in adults across a wide age spectrum. BMC Medicine. 19(1). 64–64. 100 indexed citations

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Rundle, Andrew, Sian Iles, Leah E. Cahill, et al.. (2020). Women’s Views about Breast Cancer Prevention at Mammography Screening Units and Well Women’s Clinics. Current Oncology. 27(3). 336–342. 4 indexed citations

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Levy, Andrew P., Henry N. Ginsberg, Steven G. Coca, et al.. (2020). Haptoglobin Phenotype Modifies the Influence of Intensive Glycemic Control on Cardiovascular Outcomes. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 75(5). 512–521. 29 indexed citations

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Jayanama, Kulapong, Olga Theou, Judith Godin, Leah E. Cahill, & Kenneth Rockwood. (2019). Association of fatty acid consumption with frailty and mortality among middle-aged and older adults. Nutrition. 70. 110610–110610. 32 indexed citations

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Alam, Shazia, Justin J. Lang, Aaron M. Drucker, et al.. (2019). Assessment of the burden of diseases and injuries attributable to risk factors in Canada from 1990 to 2016: an analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study. CMAJ Open. 7(1). E140–E148. 31 indexed citations

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Cahill, Leah E., et al.. (2018). Malnutrition in Canadian hospitals. Canadian Medical Association Journal. 190(40). E1207–E1207. 1 indexed citations

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Connors, Jessica, et al.. (2017). The Impact of Exclusive Enteral Nutrition (EEN) on the Gut Microbiome in Crohn’s Disease: A Review. Nutrients. 9(5). 447–447. 82 indexed citations

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Limbergen, Johan Van, et al.. (2017). The Role of Carrageenan and Carboxymethylcellulose in the Development of Intestinal Inflammation. Frontiers in Pediatrics. 5. 96–96. 106 indexed citations

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Cahill, Leah E., Majken K. Jensen, Stephanie E. Chiuve, et al.. (2015). The Risk of Coronary Heart Disease Associated With Glycosylated Hemoglobin of 6.5% or Greater Is Pronounced in the Haptoglobin 2-2 Genotype. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 66(16). 1791–1799. 42 indexed citations

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Cahill, Leah E., Andrew P. Levy, Stephanie E. Chiuve, et al.. (2013). Haptoglobin Genotype Is a Consistent Marker of Coronary Heart Disease Risk Among Individuals With Elevated Glycosylated Hemoglobin. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 61(7). 728–737. 71 indexed citations

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