Cardiovascular risk factors in the elderly

High density lipoprotein as a protective factor against coronary heart disease

Tavia Gordon, William P. Castelli, Marthana C. Hjortland et al. · The American Journal of Medicine · 1977 · 5.1K citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Preventive Medicine +16

Obesity as an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease: a 26-year follow-up of participants in the Framingham Heart Study.

Helen B. Hubert, M Feinleib, Patricia McNamara et al. · Circulation · 1983 · 4.3K citations · Full text

Medicine, Cardiology, Epidemiology +16

A SIMPLIFIED METHOD FOR THE ESTIMATION OF TOTAL CHOLESTEROL IN SERUM AND DEMONSTRATION OF ITS SPECIFICITY

Liese L. Abell, Betty B. Levy, Bernard B. Brodie et al. · Journal of Biological Chemistry · 1952 · 3.1K citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Biochemistry, Bioreactor Design +13

Incidence of coronary heart disease and lipoprotein cholesterol levels. The Framingham Study.

William P. Castelli, Robert J. Garrison, Peter W.F. Wilson et al. · PubMed · 1986 · 2.3K citations

Medicine, Cardiology, Clinical Cardiology +12

Beneficial Effects of Combined Colestipol-Niacin Therapy on Coronary Atherosclerosis and Coronary Venous Bypass Grafts

David H. Blankenhorn · JAMA · 1987 · 1.6K citations

Medicine, Pharmacology, Pharmacotherapy +17