Sanaz Sedaghat

6.9k total citations · 3 hit papers
64 papers, 2.3k citations indexed

About

Sanaz Sedaghat is a scholar working on Psychiatry and Mental health, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and Nephrology. According to data from OpenAlex, Sanaz Sedaghat has authored 64 papers receiving a total of 2.3k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Psychiatry and Mental health, 17 papers in Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine and 13 papers in Nephrology. Recurrent topics in Sanaz Sedaghat's work include Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (18 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (9 papers) and Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (9 papers). Sanaz Sedaghat is often cited by papers focused on Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (18 papers), Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies (9 papers) and Cardiovascular Health and Disease Prevention (9 papers). Sanaz Sedaghat collaborates with scholars based in United States, Netherlands and United Kingdom. Sanaz Sedaghat's co-authors include M. Arfan Ikram, Thomas T. van Sloten, Coen D.A. Stehouwer, Lenore J. Launer, Albert Hofman, Mercedes R. Carnethon, Oscar H. Franco, Abbas Dehghan, Francesco Mattace‐Raso and Ewout J. Hoorn and has published in prestigious journals such as Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Circulation and Journal of the American College of Cardiology.

In The Last Decade

Sanaz Sedaghat

58 papers receiving 2.3k citations

Hit Papers

Cerebral microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes: ... 2020 2026 2022 2024 2020 2020 2022 100 200 300 400
What are hit papers?

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. Cerebral microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes: stroke, cognitive dysfunction, and depression
    2020 441 citations Thomas T. van Sloten, Sanaz Sedaghat et al. profile →
  2. Plasma tau, neurofilament light chain and amyloid-β levels and risk of dementia; a population-based cohort study
    2020 215 citations Sanaz Sedaghat, Albert Hofman et al. profile →
  3. Variation in Population Attributable Fraction of Dementia Associated With Potentially Modifiable Risk Factors by Race and Ethnicity in the US
    2022 105 citations Mark Lee, Timothy M. Hughes et al. profile →

Peers

Sanaz Sedaghat
Daigo Yoshida Japan
Andreea M. Rawlings United States
Priya Palta United States
Yeseon Park Moon United States
Timothy M. Hughes United States
Huiberdina L. Koek Netherlands
Simone J. S. Sep Netherlands
Thomas T. van Sloten Netherlands
Mitsuhiro Yoshita Japan
Cristina Sierra Spain
Daigo Yoshida Japan
Sanaz Sedaghat
Citations per year, relative to Sanaz Sedaghat Sanaz Sedaghat (= 1×) peers Daigo Yoshida

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Fields of papers citing papers by Sanaz Sedaghat

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Sanaz Sedaghat

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Sanaz Sedaghat. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Sanaz Sedaghat based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Sanaz Sedaghat. Sanaz Sedaghat is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Sedaghat, Sanaz, Rob F. Walker, Jialing Liu, et al.. (2025). Proteomics-based aging clocks in midlife or late-life and their associated risk of dementia. Communications Medicine. 5(1). 353–353.
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Guan, Weihua, Abigail J. Johnson, Sanaz Sedaghat, et al.. (2025). Salivary microbiota and clinical periodontal measures predicting cardiometabolic disease mortality: A nationwide survey. Journal of Periodontology. 1 indexed citations
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Lee, Mark, Kamakshi Lakshminarayan, Sanaz Sedaghat, et al.. (2024). Population attributable fraction of total stroke associated with modifiable risk factors in the United States. American Journal of Epidemiology. 193(12). 1712–1719. 6 indexed citations
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Maas, Matthew B., Simin Mahinrad, Sanaz Sedaghat, et al.. (2024). Effects and Thresholds of Young to Midlife Vascular Risks on Brain Health. Hypertension. 81(9). 1935–1944.
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Yao, Shanshan, Laura A. Colangelo, Andrew Perry, et al.. (2024). Implications of metabolism on multi‐systems healthy aging across the lifespan. Aging Cell. 23(4). e14090–e14090. 8 indexed citations
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Casanova, Ramon, Keenan A. Walker, Jamie N. Justice, et al.. (2024). Associations of plasma proteomics and age-related outcomes with brain age in a diverse cohort. GeroScience. 46(4). 3861–3873. 8 indexed citations
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Mok, Yejin, Frances Wang, Shoshana H. Ballew, et al.. (2023). Kidney function, bone-mineral metabolism markers, and calcification of coronary arteries, aorta, and cardiac valves in older adults. Atherosclerosis. 368. 35–43. 2 indexed citations
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Sedaghat, Sanaz, Jean‐Philippe Empana, Timothy M. Hughes, et al.. (2023). Changes in Cardiovascular Health Across Midlife and Late-Life and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Markers of Cerebral Vascular Disease in Late-Life. Stroke. 54(5). 1280–1288. 4 indexed citations
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Burgh, Anna C. van der, Sanaz Sedaghat, M. Arfan Ikram, Ewout J. Hoorn, & Layal Chaker. (2023). Trajectories of kidney function and risk of mortality. International Journal of Epidemiology. 52(6). 1959–1967. 5 indexed citations
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Mahinrad, Simin, Sanaz Sedaghat, Alexander J. Nemeth, et al.. (2019). Cumulative Blood Pressure Exposure During Young Adulthood and Mobility and Cognitive Function in Midlife. Circulation. 141(9). 712–724. 79 indexed citations
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Jaspers, Loes, Josje D. Schoufour, Nicole S. Erler, et al.. (2017). Development of a Healthy Aging Score in the Population-Based Rotterdam Study: Evaluating Age and Sex Differences. Journal of the American Medical Directors Association. 18(3). 276.e1–276.e7. 27 indexed citations
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Sloten, Thomas T. van, Sanaz Sedaghat, Stéphane Laurent, et al.. (2015). Carotid Stiffness Is Associated With Incident Stroke. Journal of the American College of Cardiology. 66(19). 2116–2125. 155 indexed citations
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Sedaghat, Sanaz, Meike W. Vernooij, Elizabeth Loehrer, et al.. (2015). Kidney Function and Cerebral Blood Flow. Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 27(3). 715–721. 52 indexed citations
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Sedaghat, Sanaz, Francesco Mattace‐Raso, Ewout J. Hoorn, et al.. (2015). Arterial Stiffness and Decline in Kidney Function. Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. 10(12). 2190–2197. 130 indexed citations
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Voortman, Trudy, Sanaz Sedaghat, Jessica C. Kiefte–de Jong, et al.. (2015). Protein intake in infancy and kidney size and function at the age of 6 years: The Generation R Study. Pediatric Nephrology. 30(10). 1825–1833. 8 indexed citations
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Sedaghat, Sanaz, Germaine C. Verwoert, A. Hofman, et al.. (2014). Association of renal function with vascular stiffness in older adults: the Rotterdam study. Age and Ageing. 43(6). 827–833. 13 indexed citations
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Heydari, Seyed Taghi, et al.. (2010). Prevalence of Cardiovascular Risk Factors Among Military Personnel in Southern Iran. 4(1). 22–27. 18 indexed citations
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Sabayan, Behnam, et al.. (2010). The Association of Elevated Serum Alanine Aminotransferase with Metabolic Syndrome in a Military Population in Southern Iran. 4(2). 74–80. 7 indexed citations

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