| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Hundreds of variants clustered in genomic loci and biological pathways affect human height | Nature | 2010 | 1,789 |
| 2 | Multiancestry genome-wide association study of 520,000 subjects identifies 32 loci associated with stroke and stroke subtypes | Nature Genetics | 2018 | 1,124 |
| 3 | Study of 300,486 individuals identifies 148 independent genetic loci influencing general cognitive function | Nature Communications | 2018 | 484 |
| 4 | Genetic contributions to variation in general cognitive function: a meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies in the CHARGE consortium (N=53 949) | Molecular Psychiatry | 2015 | 344 |
| 5 | Association of Midlife to Late-Life Blood Pressure Patterns With Incident Dementia | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2019 | 227 |
| 6 | GWAS for executive function and processing speed suggests involvement of the CADM2 gene | Molecular Psychiatry | 2016 | 134 |
| 7 | Genetic Association for Renal Traits among Participants of African Ancestry Reveals New Loci for Renal Function | PLoS Genetics | 2011 | 109 |
| 8 | Genome-Wide Association of Body Fat Distribution in African Ancestry Populations Suggests New Loci | PLoS Genetics | 2013 | 109 |
| 9 | The Association of Late-Life Diabetes Status and Hyperglycemia With Incident Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia: The ARIC Study | Diabetes Care | 2019 | 104 |
| 10 | Frailty, Kidney Function, and Polypharmacy: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2017 | 92 |
| 11 | The Relationship between Heart Rate Variability and Adiposity Differs for Central and Overall Adiposity | Journal of Obesity | 2012 | 81 |
| 12 | Cognitive Decline and Oral Health in Middle-aged Adults in the ARIC Study | Journal of Dental Research | 2013 | 76 |
| 13 | Large-scale plasma proteomic analysis identifies proteins and pathways associated with dementia risk | Nature Aging | 2021 | 69 |
| 14 | Genome-wide Studies of Verbal Declarative Memory in Nondemented Older People: The Cohorts for Heart and Aging Research in Genomic Epidemiology Consortium | Biological Psychiatry | 2015 | 67 |
| 15 | Midlife Systemic Inflammation Is Associated With Frailty in Later Life: The ARIC Study | Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences | 2019 | 59 |
| 16 | The Prevalence of Anosmia and Associated Factors Among U.S. Black and White Older Adults | Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences | 2017 | 57 |
| 17 | Development and Validation of Risk Prediction Models for Cardiovascular Events in Black Adults | JAMA Cardiology | 2016 | 54 |
| 18 | Blood metabolite markers of cognitive performance and brain function in aging | Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow and Metabolism | 2016 | 53 |
| 19 | Correlates of Dementia and Mild Cognitive Impairment in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Neurocognitive Study (ARIC‐NCS) | Journal of the American Heart Association | 2017 | 46 |
| 20 | Cerebral white matter hyperintensities on MRI and acceleration of epigenetic aging: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study | Clinical Epigenetics | 2017 | 45 |
| 21 | Insulin Resistance Exacerbates Genetic Predisposition to Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Individuals Without Diabetes | Hepatology Communications | 2019 | 41 |
| 22 | An evaluation of the metabolic syndrome in a large multi-ethnic study: the Family Blood Pressure Program | Nutrition and Metabolism | 2005 | 37 |
| 23 | Delirium in elderly people – Authors'reply | Lancet, The | 2014 | 37 |
| 24 | Ankle-brachial index and physical function in older individuals: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study | Atherosclerosis | 2017 | 37 |
| 25 | Association of variants inHTRA1andNOTCH3with MRI-defined extremes of cerebral small vessel disease in older subjects | Brain | 2019 | 37 |
| 26 | Metabolomics and cognition in African American adults in midlife: the atherosclerosis risk in communities study | Translational Psychiatry | 2017 | 34 |
| 27 | Enhancing the Infrastructure of the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study for Cancer Epidemiology Research: ARIC Cancer | Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention | 2018 | 32 |
| 28 | Sequence variation in telomerase reverse transcriptase (TERT) as a determinant of risk of cardiovascular disease: the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) study | BMC Medical Genetics | 2015 | 28 |
| 29 | Physical Activity, Vitamin D, and Incident Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in Whites and Blacks: The ARIC Study | Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism | 2017 | 24 |
| 30 | Chronic Systemic Inflammation Is Associated With Symptoms of Late-Life Depression: The ARIC Study | American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry | 2020 | 24 |
| 31 | Systemic treatment of cancer in the elderly | Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics | 1988 | 22 |
| 32 | Association of Dietary Patterns in Midlife and Cognitive Function in Later Life in US Adults Without Dementia | JAMA Network Open | 2019 | 22 |
| 33 | Relationship Between Midlife Cardiovascular Health and Late‐Life Physical Performance: The ARIC Study | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | 2017 | 21 |
| 34 | Association strength of three adiposity measures with autonomic nervous system function in apparently healthy employees | Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging | 2015 | 20 |
| 35 | Hemostatic Factors, APOL1 Risk Variants, and the Risk of ESRD in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study | Clinical Journal of the American Society of Nephrology: CJASN | 2015 | 20 |
| 36 | Associations Between Inflammation and Physical Function in African Americans and European Americans with Prevalent Cardiovascular Risk Factors | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | 2016 | 20 |
| 37 | The Association of Mid- and Late-Life Systemic Inflammation with Brain Amyloid Deposition: The ARIC-PET Study | Journal of Alzheimer's Disease | 2018 | 20 |
| 38 | Genetic variants associated with risk of Alzheimer's disease contribute to cognitive change in midlife: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study | American Journal of Medical Genetics Part B: Neuropsychiatric Genetics | 2017 | 19 |
| 39 | Adiposity, Change in Adiposity, and Cognitive Decline in Mid‐ and Late Life | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | 2017 | 18 |
| 40 | Severe Hypoglycemia, Cardiac Structure and Function, and Risk of Cardiovascular Events Among Older Adults With Diabetes | Diabetes Care | 2021 | 18 |
| 41 | The INSIG2 rs7566605 genetic variant does not play a major role in obesity in a sample of 24,722 individuals from four cohorts | BMC Medical Genetics | 2009 | 17 |
| 42 | Genome-Wide Association Analysis of the Sense of Smell in U.S. Older Adults: Identification of Novel Risk Loci in African-Americans and European-Americans | Molecular Neurobiology | 2017 | 17 |
| 43 | Physical Activity, Parental History of Premature Coronary Heart Disease, and Incident Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease in the Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study | Journal of the American Heart Association | 2016 | 16 |
| 44 | Epigenetic Age Acceleration and Cognitive Function in African American Adults in Midlife: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study | Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences | 2020 | 15 |
| 45 | Carotid Intima-Media Thickness and Silent Brain Infarctions in a Biracial Cohort: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities (ARIC) Study | American Journal of Hypertension | 2018 | 14 |
| 46 | Association of Hospitalization, Critical Illness, and Infection with Brain Structure in Older Adults | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | 2018 | 14 |
| 47 | Long‐Term Association of Venous Thromboembolism With Frailty, Physical Functioning, and Quality of Life: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study | Journal of the American Heart Association | 2020 | 14 |
| 48 | A Noncoding Variant Near PPP1R3B Promotes Liver Glycogen Storage and MetS, but Protects Against Myocardial Infarction | Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism | 2021 | 12 |
| 49 | The association of motoric cognitive risk with incident dementia and neuroimaging characteristics: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study | Alzheimer's and Dementia | 2022 | 12 |
| 50 | Incident Heart Failure and Cognitive Decline: The Atherosclerosis Risk in Communities Study | Journal of Cardiac Failure | 2017 | 11 |
