| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Fruit and vegetable consumption and mortality from all causes, cardiovascular disease, and cancer: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis of prospective cohort studies | BMJ, The | 2014 | 1,212 |
| 2 | Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes and Risk of Progression to Type 2 Diabetes: a Global Perspective | Current Diabetes Reports | 2016 | 857 |
| 3 | Multivariable association discovery in population-scale meta-omics studies | PLoS Computational Biology | 2021 | 691 |
| 4 | Abdominal Obesity and the Risk of All-Cause, Cardiovascular, and Cancer Mortality | Circulation | 2008 | 684 |
| 5 | Lack of Relation of Increased Malformation Rates in Infants of Diabetic Mothers to Glycemic Control during Organogenesis | New England Journal of Medicine | 1988 | 360 |
| 6 | The Birth Weight "Paradox" Uncovered? | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2006 | 303 |
| 7 | Environmental Factors and Puberty Timing: Expert Panel Research Needs | Pediatrics | 2008 | 281 |
| 8 | A Comparison of Medical Management with Misoprostol and Surgical Management for Early Pregnancy Failure | New England Journal of Medicine | 2005 | 273 |
| 9 | Defining normal and abnormal fetal growth: promises and challenges | American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | 2010 | 216 |
| 10 | The research implications of the selection of a gestational age estimation method | Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology | 2007 | 214 |
| 11 | Genetic variants and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: a systematic review | Human Reproduction Update | 2013 | 203 |
| 12 | Confounding, causality, and confusion: the role of intermediate variables in interpreting observational studies in obstetrics | American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | 2017 | 203 |
| 13 | Preconception low-dose aspirin and pregnancy outcomes: results from the EAGeR randomised trial | Lancet, The | 2014 | 172 |
| 14 | Increasing prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in Chinese women from 1999 to 2008 | Diabetic Medicine | 2011 | 164 |
| 15 | Preconception and early pregnancy air pollution exposures and risk of gestational diabetes mellitus | Environmental Research | 2015 | 151 |
| 16 | Risk factors for gestational diabetes: is prevention possible? | Diabetologia | 2016 | 151 |
| 17 | Prostacyclin and Thromboxane Changes Predating Clinical Onset of Preeclampsia | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 1999 | 148 |
| 18 | Adipokine levels during the first or early second trimester of pregnancy and subsequent risk of gestational diabetes mellitus: A systematic review | Metabolism: Clinical and Experimental | 2015 | 145 |
| 19 | Association Between Cesarean Birth and Risk of Obesity in Offspring in Childhood, Adolescence, and Early Adulthood | JAMA Pediatrics | 2016 | 145 |
| 20 | Maternal Diabetes and the Risk of Autism Spectrum Disorders in the Offspring: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis | Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders | 2014 | 143 |
| 21 | FTO Genotype and 2-Year Change in Body Composition and Fat Distribution in Response to Weight-Loss Diets | Diabetes | 2012 | 139 |
| 22 | Data linkage methods used in maternally‐linked birth and infant death surveillance data sets from the United States (Georgia, Missouri, Utah and Washington State), Israel, Norway, Scotland and Western Australia | Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology | 1997 | 138 |
| 23 | Fat Mass–and Obesity-Associated (FTO) Gene Variant Is Associated With Obesity | Diabetes | 2008 | 135 |
| 24 | Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors Associated With Risk of Progression From Gestational Diabetes Mellitus to Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus | JAMA Internal Medicine | 2014 | 130 |
| 25 | Concurrent validity of the parent‐completed Ages and Stages Questionnaires, 2nd Ed. with the Bayley Scales of Infant Development II in a low‐risk sample | Child: Care, Health and Development | 2010 | 128 |
| 26 | Diminished ovarian reserve in the United States assisted reproductive technology population: diagnostic trends among 181,536 cycles from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology Clinic Outcomes Reporting System | Fertility and Sterility | 2015 | 125 |
| 27 | A prospective study of prepregnancy dietary fat intake and risk of gestational diabetes | American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | 2012 | 122 |
| 28 | Prepregnancy Dietary Protein Intake, Major Dietary Protein Sources, and the Risk of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus | Diabetes Care | 2013 | 122 |
| 29 | Neural tube defect rates before and after food fortification with folic acid | Birth Defects Research Part A: Clinical and Molecular Teratology | 2004 | 118 |
| 30 | BioCycle study: design of the longitudinal study of the oxidative stress and hormone variation during the menstrual cycle | Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology | 2009 | 118 |
| 31 | The NICHD Consecutive Pregnancies Study: recurrent preterm delivery by subtype | American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | 2014 | 118 |
| 32 | Does epidural analgesia prolong labor and increase risk of cesarean delivery? A natural experiment | American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | 2001 | 113 |
| 33 | Placental characteristics and birthweight | Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology | 2008 | 111 |
| 34 | A longitudinal study of depression and gestational diabetes in pregnancy and the postpartum period | Diabetologia | 2016 | 111 |
| 35 | A Prospective Study of Prepregnancy Dietary Iron Intake and Risk for Gestational Diabetes Mellitus | Diabetes Care | 2011 | 105 |
| 36 | Preterm and small-for-gestational-age birth across generations | American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | 1997 | 104 |
| 37 | Quantification of collider‐stratification bias and the birthweight paradox | Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology | 2009 | 103 |
| 38 | Effect of Folic Acid and Zinc Supplementation in Men on Semen Quality and Live Birth Among Couples Undergoing Infertility Treatment | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2020 | 103 |
| 39 | Long-term risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus in relation to BMI and weight change among women with a history of gestational diabetes mellitus: a prospective cohort study | Diabetologia | 2015 | 102 |
| 40 | Association of Polygenic Score for Schizophrenia and HLA Antigen and Inflammation Genes With Response to Lithium in Bipolar Affective Disorder | JAMA Psychiatry | 2018 | 102 |
| 41 | Fetal growth standards: the NICHD fetal growth study approach in context with INTERGROWTH-21st and the World Health Organization Multicentre Growth Reference Study | American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | 2018 | 100 |
| 42 | Long term cognitive development in children with prolonged crying | Archives of Disease in Childhood | 2004 | 98 |
| 43 | Estimating the odds ratio when exposure has a limit of detection | International Journal of Epidemiology | 2009 | 98 |
| 44 | The Association between Parity and Birthweight in a Longitudinal Consecutive Pregnancy Cohort | Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology | 2014 | 98 |
| 45 | Pathogenicity and Convalescent Excretion of Campylobacter in Rural Egyptian Children | American Journal of Epidemiology | 2001 | 97 |
| 46 | Longitudinal Study of Insulin Resistance and Sex Hormones over the Menstrual Cycle: The BioCycle Study | Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism | 2010 | 97 |
| 47 | Father's effect on infant birth weight | American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology | 1998 | 94 |
| 48 | Epidemiology of Rotavirus Diarrhea in Egyptian Children and Implications for Disease Control | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1999 | 94 |
| 49 | A Randomised Trial to Evaluate the Effects of Low‐dose Aspirin in Gestation and Reproduction: Design and Baseline Characteristics | Paediatric and Perinatal Epidemiology | 2013 | 94 |
| 50 | Serum uric acid in relation to endogenous reproductive hormones during the menstrual cycle: findings from the BioCycle study | Human Reproduction | 2013 | 92 |
