Paul K. Whelton

117.0k total citations · 26 hit papers
418 papers, 48.6k citations indexed

About

Paul K. Whelton is a scholar working on Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, Nutrition and Dietetics and Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. According to data from OpenAlex, Paul K. Whelton has authored 418 papers receiving a total of 48.6k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 253 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, 125 papers in Nutrition and Dietetics and 113 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health. Recurrent topics in Paul K. Whelton's work include Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (221 papers), Sodium Intake and Health (111 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (79 papers). Paul K. Whelton is often cited by papers focused on Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (221 papers), Sodium Intake and Health (111 papers) and Nutritional Studies and Diet (79 papers). Paul K. Whelton collaborates with scholars based in United States, China and United Kingdom. Paul K. Whelton's co-authors include Jiang He, Paul Muntner, Kristi Reynolds, Patricia M. Kearney, Michael J. Klag, Robert M. Carey, Flávio Danni Fuchs, Jeffrey A. Cutler, Lydia Bazzano and Lorraine G. Ogden and has published in prestigious journals such as New England Journal of Medicine, The Lancet and JAMA.

In The Last Decade

Paul K. Whelton

406 papers receiving 46.2k 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. Global burden of hypertension: analysis of worldwide data
    2005 5.7k citations Paul Muntner, Paul K. Whelton et al. profile →
  2. Prevalence of Hypertension in the US Adult Population
    1995 2.4k citations Paul K. Whelton, Jeffrey A. Cutler et al. Hypertension profile →
  3. Global burden of hypertension: analysis of worldwide data
    2005 2.3k citations Paul Muntner, Paul K. Whelton et al. profile →
  4. Blood Pressure and End-Stage Renal Disease in Men
    1996 1.2k citations Michael J. Klag, Paul K. Whelton et al. profile →
  5. High Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease
    2019 1.1k citations Flávio Danni Fuchs, Paul K. Whelton Hypertension profile →
  6. Primary Prevention of Hypertension<SUBTITLE>Clinical and Public Health Advisory From the National High Blood Pressure Education Program</SUBTITLE>
    2002 1.1k citations Paul K. Whelton profile →
  7. The Metabolic Syndrome and Chronic Kidney Disease in U.S. Adults
    2004 1.1k citations Paul Muntner, Daniel W. Jones et al. Annals of Internal Medicine profile →
  8. Trends in the Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in the Adult US Population
    1995 988 citations Jeffrey A. Cutler, Paul K. Whelton et al. Hypertension profile →
  9. Major Causes of Death among Men and Women in China
    2005 977 citations Jiang He, Dongfeng Gu et al. profile →
  10. Risk Factors for Congestive Heart Failure in US Men and Women
    2001 868 citations Jiang He, Lydia Bazzano et al. profile →
  11. Worldwide prevalence of hypertension
    2003 838 citations Paul K. Whelton, Jiang He et al. Journal of Hypertension profile →
  12. Long term effects of dietary sodium reduction on cardiovascular disease outcomes: observational follow-up of the trials of hypertension prevention (TOHP)
    2007 826 citations Jeffrey A. Cutler, Lawrence J. Appel et al. profile →
  13. Fruit and vegetable intake and risk of cardiovascular disease in US adults: the first National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Epidemiologic Follow-up Study,,
    2002 791 citations Lydia Bazzano, Jiang He et al. profile →
  14. Prevalence of the metabolic syndrome and overweight among adults in China
    2005 775 citations Dongfeng Gu, Xigui Wu et al. profile →
  15. Hypertension
    2018 738 citations Suzanne Oparil, Paul K. Whelton et al. profile →
  16. Effects of Oral Potassium on Blood Pressure
    1997 725 citations Paul K. Whelton profile →
  17. Renal Insufficiency and Subsequent Death Resulting from Cardiovascular Disease in the United States
    2002 653 citations Paul Muntner, Jiang He et al. profile →
  18. Potential US Population Impact of the 2017 ACC/AHA High Blood Pressure Guideline
    2017 652 citations Paul Muntner, Robert M. Carey et al. Circulation profile →
  19. The Effects of Nonpharmacologic Interventions on Blood Pressure of Persons With High Normal Levels
    1992 584 citations Paul K. Whelton profile →
  20. Epidemiology of hypertension
    1994 560 citations Paul K. Whelton profile →
  21. Systolic Blood Pressure Reduction and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality
    2017 489 citations Tanika N. Kelly, Paul K. Whelton et al. profile →
  22. The design and rationale of a multicenter clinical trial comparing two strategies for control of systolic blood pressure: The Systolic Blood Pressure Intervention Trial (SPRINT)
    2014 360 citations Walter T. Ambrosius, Alfred K. Cheung et al. profile →
  23. Prevention and Control of Hypertension
    2018 338 citations Robert M. Carey, Paul Muntner et al. profile →
  24. Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Management of High Blood Pressure in Adults: Synopsis of the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Hypertension Guideline
    2018 330 citations Robert M. Carey, Paul K. Whelton Annals of Internal Medicine profile →
  25. Treatment of Hypertension
    2022 195 citations Robert M. Carey, Andrew E. Moran et al. profile →
  26. Blood Pressure Effects of Sodium Reduction
    2021 169 citations Tommaso Filippini, Marcella Malavolti et al. Circulation profile →

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Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paul K. Whelton United States 94 24.6k 11.8k 10.7k 9.7k 5.6k 418 48.6k
Jiang He United States 101 19.7k 0.8× 10.8k 0.9× 7.5k 0.7× 10.7k 1.1× 8.0k 1.4× 668 55.4k
Paul Muntner United States 103 23.1k 0.9× 6.6k 0.6× 5.8k 0.5× 8.1k 0.8× 3.9k 0.7× 730 50.8k
Lawrence J. Appel United States 109 17.0k 0.7× 20.3k 1.7× 17.3k 1.6× 7.3k 0.8× 13.2k 2.4× 642 59.3k
Jeremiah Stamler United States 100 14.3k 0.6× 11.7k 1.0× 9.8k 0.9× 9.2k 0.9× 6.1k 1.1× 534 41.7k
David S. Siscovick United States 107 15.0k 0.6× 5.8k 0.5× 6.7k 0.6× 5.1k 0.5× 6.4k 1.2× 598 49.9k
Aaron R. Folsom United States 139 26.9k 1.1× 10.7k 0.9× 6.3k 0.6× 10.3k 1.1× 8.7k 1.6× 867 75.6k
Diederick E. Grobbee Netherlands 125 18.5k 0.8× 7.6k 0.6× 4.5k 0.4× 12.3k 1.3× 6.0k 1.1× 943 64.5k
Nancy R. Cook United States 107 14.3k 0.6× 9.0k 0.8× 6.9k 0.6× 6.8k 0.7× 6.6k 1.2× 440 51.2k
Julie E. Buring United States 128 15.8k 0.6× 12.6k 1.1× 7.9k 0.7× 12.5k 1.3× 9.9k 1.8× 602 66.5k
Aram V. Chobanian United States 47 23.7k 1.0× 5.6k 0.5× 4.9k 0.5× 8.6k 0.9× 4.5k 0.8× 146 39.0k

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All Works

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Fuchs, Flávio Danni, et al.. (2025). Optimizing Nephron Performance: The Old, the New, and the New–Old Diuretic Therapies. Biomedicines. 13(6). 1413–1413.
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Derington, Catherine G., Adam P. Bress, Jennifer S. Herrick, et al.. (2023). Estimated Population Health Benefits of Intensive Systolic Blood Pressure Treatment Among SPRINT-Eligible US Adults. American Journal of Hypertension. 36(9). 498–508. 5 indexed citations
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Parati, Gianfranco, Daniel T. Lackland, Norman R.C. Campbell, et al.. (2022). How to Improve Awareness, Treatment, and Control of Hypertension in Africa, and How to Reduce Its Consequences: A Call to Action From the World Hypertension League. Hypertension. 79(9). 1949–1961. 35 indexed citations
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Sharman, James E., Pedro Ordúñez, Tammy M. Brady, et al.. (2022). The urgency to regulate validation of automated blood pressure measuring devices: a policy statement and call to action from the world hypertension league. Journal of Human Hypertension. 37(2). 155–159. 12 indexed citations
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Filippini, Tommaso, Marcella Malavolti, Paul K. Whelton, et al.. (2021). Blood Pressure Effects of Sodium Reduction. Circulation. 143(16). 1542–1567. 169 indexed citations breakdown →
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Muntner, Paul, Jeff Whittle, Amy I. Lynch, et al.. (2020). Visit-to-Visit Variability of Blood Pressure and Coronary Heart Disease, Stroke, Heart Failure, and Mortality. Annals of Internal Medicine. 3 indexed citations
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Fuchs, Flávio Danni & Paul K. Whelton. (2019). High Blood Pressure and Cardiovascular Disease. Hypertension. 75(2). 285–292. 1125 indexed citations breakdown →
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Whelton, Paul K., et al.. (2018). Acc/aha/aapa/abc/acpm/ags/APhA/ASH/ASPC/nma/pcna guideline for the prevention, Detection, evaluation, and management of high blood pressure in adults: a Report of the American College of Cardiology/American heart Association. Task force on clinical practice guidelines // J. Am. Coll. Cardiol. - 2017. - Nov 13. 7(1). 69 indexed citations
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Bress, Adam P., Lisandro D. Colantonio, Richard Cooper, et al.. (2018). Potential Cardiovascular Disease Events Prevented with Adoption of the 2017 American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association Blood Pressure Guideline. Circulation. 139(1). 24–36. 33 indexed citations
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Zhang, Tao, Shengxu Li, Lydia Bazzano, et al.. (2018). Trajectories of Childhood Blood Pressure and Adult Left Ventricular Hypertrophy. Hypertension. 72(1). 93–101. 69 indexed citations
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Muntner, Paul, Robert M. Carey, Samuel S. Gidding, et al.. (2017). Potential US Population Impact of the 2017 ACC/AHA High Blood Pressure Guideline. Circulation. 137(2). 109–118. 652 indexed citations breakdown →
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Barzilay, Joshua I., Paul K. Whelton, & Barry R. Davis. (2016). Does renin angiotensin system blockade deserve preferred status over other anti-hypertensive medications for the treatment of people with diabetes?. Annals of Translational Medicine. 4(10). 202–202. 4 indexed citations
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Cobb, Laura K., Cheryl A.M. Anderson, Paul Elliott, et al.. (2014). Methodological Issues in Cohort Studies That Relate Sodium Intake to Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes. Circulation. 129(10). 1173–1186. 194 indexed citations
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Kelly, Tanika N., Dongfeng Gu, Jing Chen, et al.. (2008). Hypertension Subtype and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease in Chinese Adults. Circulation. 118(15). 1558–1566. 75 indexed citations
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Cheepudomwit, Sayan, Neil Chapman, Jia He, et al.. (2003). Cardiovascular risk factor levels in urban and rural Thailand – results from the International Collaborative Study of Cardiovascular Disease in Asia. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 10. 4 indexed citations
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Perneger, Thomas, Paul K. Whelton, & Michael J. Klag. (1997). History of hypertension in patients treated for end-stage renal disease. Journal of Hypertension. 15(4). 451–456. 35 indexed citations
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Hill, Michael D., et al.. (1988). Awareness, use, and impact of the 1984 Joint National Committee consensus report on high blood pressure.. American Journal of Public Health. 78(9). 1190–1194. 69 indexed citations
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Whelton, Paul K., Andrew Whelton, & W. Gordon Walker. (1986). Potassium in cardiovascular and renal medicine : arrhythmias, myocardial infarction, and hypertension. 7 indexed citations

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