| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
|---|
| 1 | Prevalence of Chronic Kidney Disease in the United States | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2007 | 4,121 |
| 2 | Host–microbe interactions have shaped the genetic architecture of inflammatory bowel disease | Nature | 2012 | 4,038 |
| 3 | Association of Sleep-Disordered Breathing, Sleep Apnea, and Hypertension in a Large Community-Based Study | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2000 | 2,764 |
| 4 | Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and decreased kidney function in the adult US population: Third national health and nutrition examination survey | American Journal of Kidney Diseases | 2003 | 2,193 |
| 5 | Population-Based Norms for the Mini-Mental State Examination by Age and Educational Level | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 1993 | 2,074 |
| 6 | New genetic loci implicated in fasting glucose homeostasis and their impact on type 2 diabetes risk | Nature Genetics | 2010 | 1,982 |
| 7 | Fine Particulate Air Pollution and Mortality in 20 U.S. Cities, 1987–1994 | New England Journal of Medicine | 2000 | 1,963 |
| 8 | Prevalence and burden of overactive bladder in the United States | World Journal of Urology | 2003 | 1,925 |
| 9 | Genome-wide association study identifies new susceptibility loci for Crohn disease and implicates autophagy in disease pathogenesis | Nature Genetics | 2007 | 1,633 |
| 10 | Twelve type 2 diabetes susceptibility loci identified through large-scale association analysis | Nature Genetics | 2010 | 1,631 |
| 11 | Chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular risk: epidemiology, mechanisms, and prevention | Lancet, The | 2013 | 1,613 |
| 12 | Efficacy and effectiveness of influenza vaccines: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2012 | 1,534 |
| 13 | HPV-associated head and neck cancer: a virus-related cancer epidemic | Lancet Oncology, The | 2010 | 1,533 |
| 14 | Cleft lip and palate: understanding genetic and environmental influences | Nature Reviews Genetics | 2011 | 1,435 |
| 15 | Inflammation in prostate carcinogenesis | Nature Reviews Cancer | 2007 | 1,352 |
| 16 | The Prescription Opioid and Heroin Crisis: A Public Health Approach to an Epidemic of Addiction | Annual Review of Public Health | 2015 | 1,138 |
| 17 | Prevalence of Migraine Headache in the United States | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 1992 | 1,097 |
| 18 | Relation between Elevated Ambient Temperature and Mortality: A Review of the Epidemiologic Evidence | Epidemiologic Reviews | 2002 | 1,087 |
| 19 | Sequencing of 53,831 diverse genomes from the NHLBI TOPMed Program | Nature | 2021 | 1,069 |
| 20 | Comparison of Noninvasive Markers of Fibrosis in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease | Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology | 2009 | 1,065 |
| 21 | The Existence of Publication Bias and Risk Factors for Its Occurrence | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 1990 | 1,046 |
| 22 | Assessing differential impacts of COVID-19 on black communities | Annals of Epidemiology | 2020 | 944 |
| 23 | The Built Environment and Obesity | Epidemiologic Reviews | 2007 | 845 |
| 24 | Comparison of Risk Prediction Using the CKD-EPI Equation and the MDRD Study Equation for Estimated Glomerular Filtration Rate | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 2012 | 810 |
| 25 | A REVIEW OF VALIDATIONS OF DIETARY ASSESSMENT METHODS | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1982 | 780 |
| 26 | Do Sunlight and Vitamin D Reduce the Likelihood of Colon Cancer? | International Journal of Epidemiology | 1980 | 779 |
| 27 | Major Susceptibility Locus for Prostate Cancer on Chromosome 1 Suggested by a Genome-Wide Search | Science | 1996 | 717 |
| 28 | Epidemiology of Lung Cancer* | Chest | 2003 | 714 |
| 29 | New loci associated with kidney function and chronic kidney disease | Nature Genetics | 2010 | 710 |
| 30 | Is China facing an obesity epidemic and the consequences? The trends in obesity and chronic disease in China | International Journal of Obesity | 2007 | 652 |
| 31 | Deployment of convalescent plasma for the prevention and treatment of COVID-19 | Journal of Clinical Investigation | 2020 | 649 |
| 32 | Surveillance and ascertainment of cardiovascular events | Annals of Epidemiology | 1995 | 636 |
| 33 | Symptoms of depression in two communities | Psychological Medicine | 1977 | 620 |
| 34 | Viral infections in short-term injection drug users: the prevalence of the hepatitis C, hepatitis B, human immunodeficiency, and human T-lymphotropic viruses. | American Journal of Public Health | 1996 | 616 |
| 35 | Epidemiology of Tension-Type Headache | JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association | 1998 | 614 |
| 36 | DIABETES INCIDENCE AND PREVALENCE IN PIMA INDIANS: A 19-FOLD GREATER INCIDENCE THAN IN ROCHESTER, MINNESOTA | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1978 | 607 |
| 37 | Genetic variation in GIPR influences the glucose and insulin responses to an oral glucose challenge | Nature Genetics | 2010 | 591 |
| 38 | MYH9 is associated with nondiabetic end-stage renal disease in African Americans | Nature Genetics | 2008 | 587 |
| 39 | Bacterial vaginosis and disturbances of vaginal flora | Aids | 1998 | 570 |
| 40 | A Quantile-Based g-Computation Approach to Addressing the Effects of Exposure Mixtures | Environmental Health Perspectives | 2020 | 563 |
| 41 | Prevalence of Frequent Headache in a Population Sample | Headache | 1998 | 560 |
| 42 | Disseminated Penicillium marneffei infection in Southeast Asia | Lancet, The | 1994 | 559 |
| 43 | Risk factors for coronary artery disease in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus | American Journal of Medicine | 1992 | 557 |
| 44 | Multiple loci associated with indices of renal function and chronic kidney disease | Nature Genetics | 2009 | 553 |
| 45 | Proton Pump Inhibitor Use and the Risk of Chronic Kidney Disease | JAMA Internal Medicine | 2016 | 553 |
| 46 | Epidemiology of Lung Cancer | Chest | 2007 | 552 |
| 47 | Multi-ethnic genome-wide association study for atrial fibrillation | Nature Genetics | 2018 | 552 |
| 48 | SENILE MACULAR DEGENERATION: A CASE-CONTROL STUDY | American Journal of Epidemiology | 1983 | 550 |
| 49 | Meta-analysis identifies six new susceptibility loci for atrial fibrillation | Nature Genetics | 2012 | 533 |
| 50 | Association between alcohol and cardiovascular disease: Mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data | BMJ, The | 2014 | 528 |
