Saima Basit

2.7k total citations · 1 hit paper
38 papers, 1.9k citations indexed

About

Saima Basit is a scholar working on Obstetrics and Gynecology, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Epidemiology. According to data from OpenAlex, Saima Basit has authored 38 papers receiving a total of 1.9k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 25 papers in Obstetrics and Gynecology, 13 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 9 papers in Epidemiology. Recurrent topics in Saima Basit's work include Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (25 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (12 papers) and Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy (8 papers). Saima Basit is often cited by papers focused on Pregnancy and preeclampsia studies (25 papers), Birth, Development, and Health (12 papers) and Cardiovascular Issues in Pregnancy (8 papers). Saima Basit collaborates with scholars based in Denmark, United States and Norway. Saima Basit's co-authors include Jan Wohlfahrt, Heather A. Boyd, Tine Jess, Mikael Andersson, Mads Melbye, Ebbe Langholz, Christine Rungoe, Henning Bundgaard, Ida Behrens and Nete Munk Nielsen and has published in prestigious journals such as JAMA, Circulation and PLoS ONE.

In The Last Decade

Saima Basit

36 papers receiving 1.9k citations

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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.

Risk of post-pregnancy hypertension in women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: nationwide cohort study

2017 236 citations Ida Behrens, Saima Basit et al. BMJ profile →

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Name	h						Papers	Cites
Saima Basit Denmark	17	670	666	605	529	398	38	1.9k
Michéle David Canada	27	606 0.9×	328 0.5×	131 0.2×	484 0.9×	612 1.5×	66	3.8k
Giuseppe Maria Maruotti Italy	26	1.1k 1.6×	475 0.7×	103 0.2×	932 1.8×	261 0.7×	135	2.2k
Luca Bocciolone Italy	29	1.7k 2.5×	312 0.5×	196 0.3×	175 0.3×	765 1.9×	96	2.8k
M. Krapp Germany	25	468 0.7×	565 0.8×	106 0.2×	684 1.3×	578 1.5×	75	1.8k
T. Frusca Italy	33	2.2k 3.3×	577 0.9×	131 0.2×	2.3k 4.3×	347 0.9×	188	3.8k
Sara De Carolis Italy	25	922 1.4×	169 0.3×	131 0.2×	557 1.1×	279 0.7×	114	2.4k
Vicente Serra Spain	26	638 1.0×	409 0.6×	83 0.1×	1.1k 2.0×	203 0.5×	89	2.3k
Yoav Yinon Israel	30	1.3k 1.9×	457 0.7×	65 0.1×	1.4k 2.7×	404 1.0×	133	2.8k
Konstantinos Dinas Greece	21	531 0.8×	368 0.6×	74 0.1×	346 0.7×	254 0.6×	152	1.6k
Ambrogio P. Londero Italy	22	710 1.1×	279 0.4×	72 0.1×	501 0.9×	268 0.7×	149	1.8k

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Basit, Saima, et al.. (2025). A nationwide register-based cohort study examined the association between preeclampsia in mothers and the risk of kidney disease in their offspring. Kidney International. 108(2). 283–292. 1 indexed citations

Basit, Saima, et al.. (2024). Patterns of Antihypertensive Medication Use in the First 2 Years Post Partum. JAMA Network Open. 7(8). e2426394–e2426394.

Basit, Saima, et al.. (2024). Factors associated with medico-legal autopsy of decedents with psychiatric disorders. Forensic Science International. 355. 111940–111940. 3 indexed citations

Basit, Saima, et al.. (2024). Third‐Trimester Cardiovascular Function and Risk of Hypertensive Disorders of Pregnancy. Journal of the American Heart Association. 13(20). e032673–e032673. 2 indexed citations

Basit, Saima, et al.. (2023). Reference ranges for third‐trimester maternal cardiovascular function parameters measured in normotensive pregnant women using a non‐invasive cardiac output monitor: A study based on data from the prospective PEACH cohort study. BJOG An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. 131(4). 463–471. 4 indexed citations

Basit, Saima, Jan Wohlfahrt, & Heather A. Boyd. (2023). Associations between parenthood and dementia in men and women: biology or confounding?. BMC Neurology. 23(1). 90–90. 5 indexed citations

Basit, Saima, et al.. (2023). Risk and trajectory of premature ischaemic cardiovascular disease in women with a history of pre-eclampsia: a nationwide register-based study. European Journal of Preventive Cardiology. 30(6). 506–516. 20 indexed citations

Basit, Saima, et al.. (2023). The influence of comorbid disease on premature death due to natural and unnatural causes in persons with schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Research. 257. 27–33. 5 indexed citations

Basit, Saima, Anne‐Sophie Sillesen, Anna Axelsson Raja, et al.. (2023). Impact of maternal age and body mass index on the structure and function of the heart in newborns: a Copenhagen Baby Heart Study. BMC Medicine. 21(1). 499–499. 1 indexed citations

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Basit, Saima, Winnie Sia, Roseanne O. Yeung, et al.. (2023). Time trends in preeclampsia and gestational diabetes in Denmark and Alberta, Canada, 2005–2018—A population‐based cohort study. Acta Obstetricia Et Gynecologica Scandinavica. 103(2). 266–275. 3 indexed citations

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Basit, Saima, et al.. (2023). Association between preeclampsia in daughters and risk of cardiovascular disease in parents. European Journal of Epidemiology. 38(3). 335–343. 1 indexed citations

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Basit, Saima, Nikolai Madrid Scheller, Karina Meden Sørensen, et al.. (2022). Cohort profile: The PreEclampsia, Angiogenesis, Cardiac dysfunction and Hypertension (PEACH) Study. Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology. 36(6). 863–878. 4 indexed citations

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Behrens, Ida, Saima Basit, Jacob Alexander Lykke, et al.. (2019). Hypertensive disorders of pregnancy and peripartum cardiomyopathy: A nationwide cohort study. PLoS ONE. 14(2). e0211857–e0211857. 37 indexed citations

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Basit, Saima, Jan Wohlfahrt, & Heather A. Boyd. (2019). Pregnancy loss and risk of later dementia: A nationwide cohort study, Denmark, 1977–2017. Alzheimer s & Dementia Translational Research & Clinical Interventions. 5(1). 146–153. 13 indexed citations

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Kristensen, Jonas Henrik, Saima Basit, Jan Wohlfahrt, Mette Brimnes Damholt, & Heather A. Boyd. (2019). Pre-eclampsia and risk of later kidney disease: nationwide cohort study. BMJ. 365. l1516–l1516. 100 indexed citations

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Basit, Saima, Jan Wohlfahrt, & Heather A. Boyd. (2018). Pre-eclampsia and risk of dementia later in life: nationwide cohort study. BMJ. 363. k4109–k4109. 115 indexed citations

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Behrens, Ida, Saima Basit, Mads Melbye, et al.. (2017). Risk of post-pregnancy hypertension in women with a history of hypertensive disorders of pregnancy: nationwide cohort study. BMJ. 358. j3078–j3078. 236 indexed citations breakdown →

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Harpsøe, Maria C., Saima Basit, Mikael Andersson, et al.. (2014). Body mass index and risk of autoimmune diseases: a study within the Danish National Birth Cohort. International Journal of Epidemiology. 43(3). 843–855. 175 indexed citations

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Rungoe, Christine, Ebbe Langholz, Mikael Andersson, et al.. (2013). Changes in medical treatment and surgery rates in inflammatory bowel disease: a nationwide cohort study 1979–2011. Gut. 63(10). 1607–1616. 257 indexed citations

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Sreenivasan, Nandini, Saima Basit, Jan Wohlfahrt, et al.. (2013). The Short- and Long-Term Risk of Stroke after Herpes Zoster - A Nationwide Population-Based Cohort Study. PLoS ONE. 8(7). e69156–e69156. 82 indexed citations

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