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Shah Ebrahim

Active 1979–2025

236
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75,731
Citations
144
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Countries

World map of the countries and regions citing this authorUnited States: 5,927 citing papers, 17.7% of this breakdownUnited Kingdom: 4,651 citing papers, 13.9% of this breakdownChina: 2,219 citing papers, 6.7% of this breakdownAustralia: 1,576 citing papers, 4.7% of this breakdownCanada: 1,388 citing papers, 4.2% of this breakdownGermany: 1,312 citing papers, 3.9% of this breakdownNetherlands: 1,272 citing papers, 3.8% of this breakdownItaly: 1,079 citing papers, 3.2% of this breakdownSweden: 914 citing papers, 2.7% of this breakdownFrance: 775 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownSpain: 767 citing papers, 2.3% of this breakdownIndia: 680 citing papers, 2% of this breakdown
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Institutions

Fields

  • Medicine59.6%
  • Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology19.5%
  • Health Professions3.5%
  • Nursing3.1%
  • Social Sciences2.3%
  • Psychology2.2%
  • Other9.8%

Topics

  • Genetic Associations and Epidemiology4.9%
  • Diabetes, Cardiovascular Risks, and Lipoproteins2.4%
  • Cardiac Health and Mental Health2.2%
  • Lipoproteins and Cardiovascular Health1.7%
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet1.7%
  • Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies1.6%
  • Other85.5%

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  1. ‘Mendelian randomization’: can genetic epidemiology contribute to understanding environmental determinants of disease?*

    Authors: George Davey Smith, Shah Ebrahim - International Journal of Epidemiology 2003 cited by 6,401

  2. A Common Variant in the FTO Gene Is Associated with Body Mass Index and Predisposes to Childhood and Adult Obesity

    Authors: Timothy M. Frayling, Nicholas J. Timpson, Michael N. Weedon, Eleftheria Zeggini, Rachel M. Freathy, Cecilia M. Lindgren, John R. B. Perry, Katherine S. Elliott, Hana Lango Allen, Nigel W. Rayner, Beverley M. Shields, Lorna W. Harries, Jeffrey C. Barrett, Sian Ellard, Christopher J. Groves, Bridget Knight, Ann‐Marie Patch, Andrew R. Ness, Shah Ebrahim, Debbie A. Lawlor, Susan M. Ring, Yoav Ben‐Shlomo, Marjo‐Riitta Järvelin, Ulla Sovio, Amanda J. Bennett, David Melzer, Luigi Ferrucci, Ruth J. F. Loos, Inês Barroso, Nicholas J. Wareham, Fredrik Karpe, Katharine R. Owen, Lon R. Cardon, Mark Walker, G. A. Hitman, Colin N. A. Palmer, Alex S. F. Doney, Andrew D. Morris, George Davey Smith, Andrew T. Hattersley, Mark I. McCarthy - Science 2007 cited by 4,505

  3. Mannheim Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Plaque Consensus (2004–2006–2011)

    Authors: Pierre‐Jean Touboul, Michael G. Hennerici, Stephen Meairs, Hadie Adams, Pierre Amarenco, Natan M. Bornstein, László Csiba, Moı̈se Desvarieux, Shah Ebrahim, R. Hernandez Hernandez, Michael R. Jaff, Serge Kownator, Tasneem Z. Naqvi, Patrizio Prati, Tatjana Rundek, Matthias Sitzer, Ulf Schminke, Jean‐Claude Tardif, Andrew J. Taylor, Éric Vicaut, K.S. Woo - Cerebrovascular Diseases 2012 cited by 1,777

  4. Exercise-based cardiac rehabilitation for coronary heart disease

    Authors: Balraj S Heran, Jenny MH Chen, Shah Ebrahim, T Moxham, Neil Oldridge, Karen Rees, David R. Thompson, Rod S Taylor - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2011 cited by 1,831

  5. Mendel’s laws, Mendelian randomization and causal inference in observational data: substantive and nomenclatural issues

    Authors: George Davey Smith, Michael V. Holmes, Neil M Davies, Shah Ebrahim - European Journal of Epidemiology 2020 cited by 331

  6. Association between alcohol and cardiovascular disease: Mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data

    Authors: Michael V. Holmes, Caroline Dale, Luisa Zuccolo, Richard J. Silverwood, Yanfei Guo, Z. Ye, David Prieto‐Merino, Abbas Dehghan, Stella Trompet, Andrew Wong, Alana Cavadino, Dagmar Drogan, Sandosh Padmanabhan, Simon Li, Ajay Yesupriya, Maarten Leusink, Johan Sundström, Jaroslav A. Hubáček, Hynek Pikhart, Daniel I. Swerdlow, Andrie G. Panayiotou, S. A. Borinskaya, Chris Finan, Sonia Shah, Karoline Kuchenbaecker, Tina Shah, Jorgen Engmann, Lasse Folkersen, Per Eriksson, Fulvio Ricceri, Olle Melander, Carlotta Sacerdote, Dale M. Gamble, Sruti Rayaprolu, Owen A. Ross, S. McLachlan, Olga Vikhireva, Ivonne Sluijs, R.A. Scott, Věra Adámková, Leon Flicker, F. M. van Bockxmeer, Chris Power, Pedro Marques‐Vidal, T W Meade, Michael Marmot, José M. Ferro, S. Paulos-Pinheiro, Steve E. Humphries, Philippa J. Talmud, Irene Mateo Leach, Niek Verweij, Allan Linneberg, Tea Skaaby, Pieter A. Doevendans, Maarten J. Cramer, Pim van der Harst, Olaf H. Klungel, Nicole F. Dowling, Anna F. Dominiczak, Meena Kumari, Andrew Nicolaides, Cornelia Weikert, Heiner Boeing, Shah Ebrahim, Tom R. Gaunt, Jackie F. Price, L. Lannfelt, Anne Peasey, Růžena Kubínová, A. Pajak, Sofia Malyutina, M. I. Voevoda, Algirdas Tamošiūnas, Anke H. Maitland‐van der Zee, Paul E. Norman, Graeme J. Hankey, Michael Bergmann, Amy Hofman, Oscar H. Franco, J. Cooper, Jutta Palmen, Wilko Spiering, Pim A. de Jong, Diana Kuh, Rebecca Hardy, André G. Uitterlinden, M. Arfan Ikram, Ian Ford, Elina Hyppönen, Osvaldo P. Almeida, Nicholas J. Wareham, K.-T. Khaw, Anders Hamsten, Lise Lotte N. Husemoen, Anne Tjønneland, Janne Schurmann Tolstrup, Eric B. Rimm, Joline W. J. Beulens, W. M. Monique Verschuren and 55 more - BMJ 2014 cited by 677

  7. Clustered Environments and Randomized Genes: A Fundamental Distinction between Conventional and Genetic Epidemiology

    Authors: George Davey Smith, Debbie A. Lawlor, Roger Harbord, Nicholas J. Timpson, Ian N.M. Day, Shah Ebrahim - PLoS Medicine 2007 cited by 616

  8. A Community-Based Intervention for Managing Hypertension in Rural South Asia

    Authors: Tazeen H. Jafar, Mihir Gandhi, H. Asita de Silva, Imtiaz Jehan, Aliya Naheed, Eric Finkelstein, Elizabeth L. Turner, Donald E. Morisky, Anuradhani Kasturiratne, Aamir Hameed Khan, John D. Clemens, Shah Ebrahim, Pryseley Nkouibert Assam, Liang Feng - New England Journal of Medicine 2020 cited by 306

  9. Statins for the primary prevention of cardiovascular disease

    Authors: Fiona Taylor, Mark D. Huffman, Ana Filipa Macedo, Theresa HM Moore, Margaret Burke, George Davey Smith, Kirsten Ward, Shah Ebrahim, Hawkins Gay - Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews 2013 cited by 1,835

  10. Trends in premature avertable mortality from non-communicable diseases for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a population-based study

    Authors: Ramón Martínez, Peter Lloyd‐Sherlock, Patricia Soliz, Shah Ebrahim, Enrique Vega, Pedro Ordúñez, Martin McKee - The Lancet Global Health 2020 cited by 247

  11. What can mendelian randomisation tell us about modifiable behavioural and environmental exposures?

    Authors: George Davey Smith, Shah Ebrahim - BMJ 2005 cited by 568

  12. Physical Activity Attenuates the Influence of FTO Variants on Obesity Risk: A Meta-Analysis of 218,166 Adults and 19,268 Children

    Authors: Tuomas O. Kilpeläinen, Lu Qi, Søren Brage, Stephen J. Sharp, Emily Sonestedt, Ellen W. Demerath, Tariq Ahmad, Samia Mora, Marika Kaakinen, Camilla H. Sandholt, Christina Holzapfel, Christine S. Autenrieth, Elina Hyppönen, Stéphane Cauchi, Meian He, Zoltán Kutalik, Meena Kumari, Alena Stančáková, Karina Meidtner, Beverley Balkau, Jonathan T. Tan, Massimo Mangino, Nicholas J. Timpson, Yiqing Song, M. Carola Zillikens, Kathleen A. Jablonski, Melissa E. Garcia, Stefan Johansson, Jennifer L. Bragg‐Gresham, Ying Wu, Jana V. van Vliet‐Ostaptchouk, N. Charlotte Onland‐Moret, Esther Zimmermann, Natalia V. Rivera, Toshiko Tanaka, Heather M. Stringham, Günther Silbernagel, Stavroula Kanoni, Mary F. Feitosa, Søren Snitker, Jonatan R. Ruiz, Jeffery Metter, Maria Teresa Martínez Larrad, Mustafa Atalay, Maarit Hakanen, Najaf Amin, Christine Cavalcanti-Proença, Anders Grøntved, Göran Hallmans, John-Olov Jansson, Johanna Kuusisto, Mika Kähönen, Pamela L. Lutsey, John J. Nolan, Luigi Palla, Oluf Pedersen, Louis Përusse, Frida Renström, Robert A. Scott, Dmitry Shungin, Ulla Sovio, Tuija Tammelin, Tapani Rönnemaa, Timo A. Lakka, Matti Uusitupa, Manuel Serrano‐Ríos, Luigi Ferrucci, Claude Bouchard, Aline Meirhaeghe, Mao Fu, Mark Walker, Ingrid B. Borecki, George Dedoussis, Andreas Fritsche, Claes Ohlsson, Michael Boehnke, Stefania Bandinelli, Cornelia M. van Duijn, Shah Ebrahim, Debbie A. Lawlor, Vilmundur Guðnason, Tamara B. Harris, Thorkild I. A. Sørensen, Karen L. Mohlke, Albert Hofman, André G. Uitterlinden, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Terho Lehtimäki, Olli T. Raitakari, Bo Isomaa, Pål R. Njølstad, José C. Florez, Simin Liu, Andy Ness, Timothy D. Spector, E Shyong Tai, Philippe Froguel, Heiner Boeing, Markku Laakso, Michael Marmot and 16 more - PLoS Medicine 2011 cited by 565

  13. Mendelian randomization: can genetic epidemiology help redress the failures of observational epidemiology?

    Authors: Shah Ebrahim, George Davey Smith - Human Genetics 2007 cited by 448

  14. Newly identified loci that influence lipid concentrations and risk of coronary artery disease

    Authors: Cristen J. Willer, Serena Sanna, Anne Jackson, Angelo Scuteri, Lori L. Bonnycastle, Robert Clarke, Simon Heath, Nicholas J. Timpson, Samer S. Najjar, Heather M. Stringham, James Strait, William L. Duren, Andrea Maschio, Fabio Busonero, Antonella Mulas, Giuseppe Albai, Amy J. Swift, Mario A. Morken, Narisu Narisu, Derrick Bennett, Sarah Parish, Haiqing Shen, Pilar Galán, Pierre Meneton, Serge Herçberg, Diana Zélénika, Wei‐Min Chen, Yun Li, Laura J. Scott, Paul Scheet, Jouko Sundvall, Richard M. Watanabe, Ramaiah Nagaraja, Shah Ebrahim, Debbie A. Lawlor, Yoav Ben‐Shlomo, George Davey-Smith, Alan R. Shuldiner, Rory Collins, Richard N. Bergman, Manuela Uda, Jaakko Tuomilehto, Antonio Cao, Francis S. Collins, Edward G. Lakatta, G.M. Lathrop, Michael Boehnke, David Schlessinger, Karen L. Mohlke, Gonçalo R. Abecasis - Nature Genetics 2008 cited by 1,600

  15. Improving the prevention and management of chronic disease in low-income and middle-income countries: a priority for primary health care

    Authors: Robert Beaglehole, JoAnne E. Epping‐Jordan, Vikram Patel, Mickey Chopra, Shah Ebrahim, Michael Kidd, Andy Haines - The Lancet 2008 cited by 702

  16. Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways

    Authors: Lisette Stolk, John R. B. Perry, Daniel I. Chasman, Chanyi He, Massimo Mangino, Patrick Sulem, Maja Barbalić, Linda Broer, Enda M. Byrne, Florian Ernst, Tõnu Esko, Nora Franceschini, Daníel F. Guðbjartsson, J-J Hottenga, Peter Kraft, Patrick F. McArdle, E. Porcu, Sohyeon Shin, Albert V. Smith, S. van Wingerden, Guijin Zhai, Wei Zhuang, Eva Albrecht, Behrooz Z. Alizadeh, Thor Aspelund, Stefania Bandinelli, Lovorka Barać Lauc, J. Beckmann, Mladen Boban, Eric Boerwinkle, Frank J. Broekmans, Andrea Burri, Harry Campbell, Stephen J. Chanock, C. Chen, Marilyn C. Cornelis, Tanguy Corre, Andrea D. Coviello, Pio D’Adamo, Gareth E. Davies, Ulf dé Fairé, Eco J. C. de Geus, Ian J. Deary, George Dedoussis, Panos Deloukas, Shah Ebrahim, G. Eiríksdóttir, Valur Emilsson, Johan G. Eriksson, Bart C.J.M. Fauser, Liana Ferreli, Luigi Ferrucci, Krista Fischer, Aaron R. Folsom, M. E. Garcia, Paolo Gasparini, Christian Gieger, Nicole L. Glazer, D. E. Grobbee, Per Hall, Toomas Haller, S. E. Hankinson, Merli Hass, Caroline Hayward, Andrew C. Heath, Albert Hofman, Erik Ingelsson, A. Cecile J.W. Janssens, Austin Johnson, David Karasik, Sharon L. R. Kardia, Jules J. Keyzer, Douglas P. Kiel, Ivana Kolčić, Zoltán Kutalik, Jari Lahti, Sandra Lai, Triin Laisk, Joop S.E. Laven, Debbie A. Lawlor, J. Liu, Lorna M. Lopez, Yvonne V. Louwers, Páll Magnússon, Mara Marongiu, Nicholas G. Martin, Irena Martinović Klarić, Corrado Masciullo, Barbara McKnight, Sarah E. Medland, David Melzer, Vincent Mooser, Pau Navarro, Anne B. Newman, Dale R. Nyholt, N. Charlotte Onland‐Moret, Aarno Palotie, Guillaume Paré, Alexander N. Parker, Nancy L. Pedersen and 80 more - Nature Genetics 2012 cited by 378

  17. Exercise-based rehabilitation for patients with coronary heart disease: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

    Authors: Rod S Taylor, Allan Brown, Shah Ebrahim, J. Jolliffe, Hussein Z Noorani, Karen Rees, Becky Skidmore, James A. Stone, David R. Thompson, Neil Oldridge - The American Journal of Medicine 2004 cited by 2,260

  18. Where is the evidence that animal research benefits humans?

    Authors: Pandora Pound, Shah Ebrahim, Peter Sandercock, Michael B. Bracken, Ian Roberts - BMJ 2004 cited by 500

  19. Priority actions for the non-communicable disease crisis

    Authors: Robert Beaglehole, Ruth Bonita, Richard Horton, Cary Adams, George A.O. Alleyne, Perviz Asaria, Vanessa Baugh, Henk Bekedam, Nils E. Billo, Sally Casswell, Michele Cecchini, Ruth Colagiuri, Stephen Colagiuri, Téa Collins, Shah Ebrahim, Michael M. Engelgau, Gauden Galea, Thomas A. Gaziano, Robert Geneau, Andy Haines, James Hospedales, Prabhat Jha, Ann Keeling, Stephen Leeder, Paul Lincoln, Martin McKee, Judith Mackay, Roger Magnusson, Rob Moodie, Modi Mwatsama, Sania Nishtar, Bo Norrving, David Patterson, Peter Piot, Johanna Ralston, Manju Rani, K. Srinath Reddy, Franco Sassi, Nick Sheron, David Stückler, Il Suh, Julie Torode, Cherian Varghese, Judith Watt - The Lancet 2011 cited by 1,634

  20. Manufacturing Epidemics: The Role of Global Producers in Increased Consumption of Unhealthy Commodities Including Processed Foods, Alcohol, and Tobacco

    Authors: David Stückler, Martin McKee, Shah Ebrahim, Sanjay Basu - PLoS Medicine 2012 cited by 672

  21. Mannheim Carotid Intima-Media Thickness Consensus (2004–2006)

    Authors: Pierre‐Jean Touboul, Michael G. Hennerici, Stephen Meairs, Hadie Adams, Pierre Amarenco, Natan M. Bornstein, László Csiba, Moı̈se Desvarieux, Shah Ebrahim, Marc Fatar, R. Hernandez Hernandez, Michael R. Jaff, Serge Kownator, Patrizio Prati, Tatjana Rundek, Matthias Sitzer, Ulf Schminke, J.-C. Tardif, Andrew J. Taylor, Éric Vicaut, K.S. Woo, Faı̈ez Zannad, Mahmoud Zureik - Cerebrovascular Diseases 2006 cited by 1,526

  22. Complex interventions to improve physical function and maintain independent living in elderly people: a systematic review and meta-analysis

    Authors: Andrew D Beswick, Karen Rees, Paul Dieppe, Salma Ayis, Rachael Gooberman‐Hill, Jeremy Horwood, Shah Ebrahim - The Lancet 2008 cited by 788

  23. Mendelian randomisation at 20 years: how can it avoid hubris, while achieving more?

    Authors: George Davey Smith, Shah Ebrahim - The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 2023 cited by 51

  24. Data dredging, bias, or confounding

    Authors: George Davey Smith, Shah Ebrahim - BMJ 2002 cited by 496