| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP): A health examination survey in an east German region: Objectives and design | International Journal of Public Health | 2001 | 477 |
| 2 | Screening for mental health: validity of the MHI-5 using DSM-IV Axis I psychiatric disorders as gold standard | Psychiatry Research | 2001 | 474 |
| 3 | Mental and physical distress is modulated by a polymorphism in the 5-HT transporter gene interacting with social stressors and chronic disease burden | Molecular Psychiatry | 2005 | 256 |
| 4 | Associations between the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) and affect, loneliness and intelligence in normal subjects | Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry | 2009 | 231 |
| 5 | Hepatic steatosis is associated with an increased risk of carotid atherosclerosis | World Journal of Gastroenterology | 2005 | 220 |
| 6 | Moderation of Adult Depression by a Polymorphism in the FKBP5 Gene and Childhood Physical Abuse in the General Population | Neuropsychopharmacology | 2011 | 209 |
| 7 | Smoking, nicotine dependence and psychiatric comorbidity—a population-based study including smoking cessation after three years | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | 2004 | 197 |
| 8 | Independent Risk Factors for Gallstone Formation in a Region with High Cholelithiasis Prevalence | Digestion | 2005 | 188 |
| 9 | Reference Intervals of Serum Thyroid Function Tests in a Previously Iodine-Deficient Area | Thyroid | 2005 | 185 |
| 10 | Impact of Fatty Liver Disease on Health Care Utilization and Costs in a General Population: A 5-Year Observation | Gastroenterology | 2008 | 185 |
| 11 | Post-traumatic stress disorder | European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience | 2006 | 136 |
| 12 | The Association of Thyroid Dysfunction with All-Cause and Circulatory Mortality: Is There a Causal Relationship? | Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism | 2007 | 117 |
| 13 | Hepatitis B and C virus infection and the risk of atherosclerosis in a general population | Atherosclerosis | 2004 | 113 |
| 14 | Tobacco smoking in relation to pain in a national general population survey | Preventive Medicine | 2006 | 109 |
| 15 | Comment on "A Common Genetic Variant Is Associated with Adult and Childhood Obesity" | Science | 2007 | 103 |
| 16 | Probabilities of alcohol high-risk drinking, abuse or dependence estimated on grounds of tobacco smoking and nicotine dependence | Addiction | 2003 | 99 |
| 17 | Smoking status, cigarettes per day, and their relationship to overweight and obesity among former and current smokers in a national adult general population sample | International Journal of Obesity | 2005 | 98 |
| 18 | Childhood maltreatment, the corticotropin‐releasing hormone receptor gene and adult depression in the general population | American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics | 2010 | 98 |
| 19 | STRENGTH OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN TOBACCO SMOKING, NICOTINE DEPENDENCE AND THE SEVERITY OF ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE SYNDROME CRITERIA IN A POPULATION-BASED SAMPLE | Alcohol and Alcoholism | 2003 | 97 |
| 20 | Loci From a Genome-Wide Analysis of Bilirubin Levels Are Associated With Gallstone Risk and Composition | Gastroenterology | 2010 | 96 |
| 21 | Alexithymia, hypertension, and subclinical atherosclerosis in the general population | Journal of Psychosomatic Research | 2010 | 88 |
| 22 | Relationships of Psychiatric Disorders with Overweight and Obesity in an Adult General Population** | Obesity | 2005 | 82 |
| 23 | Nicotine dependence, quit attempts, and quitting among smokers in a regional population sample from a country with a high prevalence of tobacco smoking | Preventive Medicine | 2004 | 81 |
| 24 | Extended recruitment efforts minimize attrition but not necessarily bias | Journal of Clinical Epidemiology | 2009 | 78 |
| 25 | The glu298asp polymorphism in the nitric oxide synthase 3 gene is associated with the risk of ischemic stroke in two large independent case–control studies | Human Genetics | 2007 | 75 |
| 26 | Genetic epistasis between the brain-derived neurotrophic factor Val66Met polymorphism and the 5-HTT promoter polymorphism moderates the susceptibility to depressive disorders after childhood abuse | Progress in Neuro-Psychopharmacology and Biological Psychiatry | 2012 | 73 |
| 27 | Tooth loss and cognitive impairment | Journal of Clinical Periodontology | 2009 | 72 |
| 28 | Association of malocclusion and functional occlusion with subjective symptoms of TMD in adults: results of the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP) | Angle Orthodontist | 2005 | 71 |
| 29 | Physicians’ low detection rates of alcohol dependence or abuse: a matter of methodological shortcomings? | General Hospital Psychiatry | 2001 | 67 |
| 30 | Caries and periodontal disease of the elderly in Pomerania, Germany: results of the Study of Health in Pomerania | Gerodontology | 2004 | 67 |
| 31 | Measuring Sense of Coherence with only three items: A useful tool for population surveys | British Journal of Health Psychology | 2003 | 62 |
| 32 | Urban-rural disparities in smoking behaviour in Germany | BMC Public Health | 2006 | 62 |
| 33 | A short form of the Fagerström Test for Nicotine Dependence and the Heaviness of Smoking Index in two adult population samples | Addictive Behaviors | 2004 | 60 |
| 34 | The effectiveness of internet chat groups in relapse prevention after inpatient psychotherapy | Psychotherapy Research | 2011 | 60 |
| 35 | Signs of temporomandibular disorders in tinnitus patients and in a population-based group of volunteers: results of the Study of Health in Pomerania | Journal of Oral Rehabilitation | 2004 | 59 |
| 36 | Association of mental distress with health care utilization and costs: a 5-year observation in a general population | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology | 2009 | 59 |
| 37 | Harm avoidance in subjects with obsessive-compulsive disorder and their families | Journal of Affective Disorders | 2008 | 58 |
| 38 | Risk Factors for Goiter in a Previously Iodine-Deficient Region | Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes | 2005 | 57 |
| 39 | Evaluation of Consultation in Community Pharmacies with Mystery Shoppers | Annals of Pharmacotherapy | 2007 | 57 |
| 40 | Depressive Disorders Are Related to Nicotine Dependence in the Population But Do Not Necessarily Hamper Smoking Cessation | Journal of Clinical Psychiatry | 2004 | 57 |
| 41 | Occupational Exposure to Ionizing Radiation Is Associated with Autoimmune Thyroid Disease | Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism | 2005 | 54 |
| 42 | Relationships of psychiatric disorders with sleep duration in an adult general population sample | Journal of Psychiatric Research | 2005 | 53 |
| 43 | Efficacy of a text messaging (SMS) based smoking cessation intervention for adolescents and young adults: Study protocol of a cluster randomised controlled trial | BMC Public Health | 2012 | 53 |
| 44 | Associations between the oxytocin receptor gene (OXTR) and “mind-reading” in humans—An exploratory study | Nordic Journal of Psychiatry | 2013 | 51 |
| 45 | Inverse association between periodontitis and respiratory allergies | Clinical and Experimental Allergy | 2006 | 50 |
| 46 | Association of malocclusion and functional occlusion with signs of temporomandibular disorders in adults: results of the population-based study of health in Pomerania | Angle Orthodontist | 2004 | 49 |
| 47 | Alcohol high risk drinking, abuse and dependence among tobacco smoking medical care patients and the general population | Drug and Alcohol Dependence | 2003 | 48 |
| 48 | Relation among stage of change, demographic characteristics, smoking history, and nicotine dependence in an adult German population | Preventive Medicine | 2003 | 47 |
| 49 | Association between parity and autoimmune thyroiditis in a general female population | Autoimmunity | 2008 | 47 |
| 50 | Simple patterns behind complex spatial pain reporting? Assessing a classification of multisite pain reporting in the general population | Pain | 2007 | 46 |
