| # | Title | Journal | Year | Citations |
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| 1 | Discovery and refinement of loci associated with lipid levels | Nature Genetics | 2013 | 2,641 |
| 2 | Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height | Nature Genetics | 2014 | 1,818 |
| 3 | Black Carbon as an Additional Indicator of the Adverse Health Effects of Airborne Particles Compared with PM 10 and PM 2.5 | Environmental Health Perspectives | 2011 | 829 |
| 4 | Common variants associated with plasma triglycerides and risk for coronary artery disease | Nature Genetics | 2013 | 754 |
| 5 | An Ensemble Classification-Based Approach Applied to Retinal Blood Vessel Segmentation | IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering | 2012 | 670 |
| 6 | Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 11 new loci for anthropometric traits and provides insights into genetic architecture | Nature Genetics | 2013 | 578 |
| 7 | Parent-of-origin-specific allelic associations among 106 genomic loci for age at menarche | Nature | 2014 | 548 |
| 8 | Sarcopenic Obesity and Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality: A Population‐Based Cohort Study of Older Men | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society | 2014 | 362 |
| 9 | Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies new susceptibility loci for migraine | Nature Genetics | 2013 | 338 |
| 10 | Identification of heart rate–associated loci and their effects on cardiac conduction and rhythm disorders | Nature Genetics | 2013 | 282 |
| 11 | Age and Gender Variations in Age-related Macular Degeneration Prevalence in Populations of European Ancestry: A Meta-analysis | Ophthalmology | 2012 | 266 |
| 12 | The use of measures of obesity in childhood for predicting obesity and the development of obesity-related diseases in adulthood: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Health Technology Assessment | 2015 | 264 |
| 13 | The estimated prevalence and incidence of late stage age related macular degeneration in the UK | British Journal of Ophthalmology | 2012 | 258 |
| 14 | Development of Prognosis in Palliative care Study (PiPS) predictor models to improve prognostication in advanced cancer: prospective cohort study | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2011 | 192 |
| 15 | Long-term exposure to air pollution and the incidence of asthma: meta-analysis of cohort studies | Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health | 2013 | 183 |
| 16 | Patient and Public Involvement in the Coproduction of Knowledge | Qualitative Health Research | 2012 | 179 |
| 17 | Corticosteroids for prevention of mortality in people with tuberculosis: a systematic review and meta-analysis | Lancet Infectious Diseases, The | 2013 | 167 |
| 18 | Genome-wide physical activity interactions in adiposity ― A meta-analysis of 200,452 adults | PLoS Genetics | 2017 | 158 |
| 19 | IsMycoplasma genitaliumin Women the “New Chlamydia?” A Community‐Based Prospective Cohort Study | Clinical Infectious Diseases | 2010 | 133 |
| 20 | Genome-wide association analysis identifies six new loci associated with forced vital capacity | Nature Genetics | 2014 | 131 |
| 21 | Exercise-based treatments for substance use disorders: evidence, theory, and practicality | American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse | 2015 | 120 |
| 22 | Secretory Phospholipase A2-IIA and Cardiovascular Disease | Journal of the American College of Cardiology | 2013 | 115 |
| 23 | Interleukin 18 and coronary heart disease: Prospective study and systematic review | Atherosclerosis | 2011 | 100 |
| 24 | Genome-wide association study of lung function decline in adults with and without asthma | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology | 2012 | 94 |
| 25 | Acute effects of ambient ozone on mortality in Europe and North America: results from the APHENA study | Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health | 2013 | 87 |
| 26 | Retinal Arteriolar Tortuosity and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in a Multi-Ethnic Population Study of 10-Year-Old Children; the Child Heart and Health Study in England (CHASE) | Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology | 2011 | 82 |
| 27 | Breast-feeding and cardiovascular risk factors and outcomes in later life: evidence from epidemiological studies | Proceedings of the Nutrition Society | 2011 | 74 |
| 28 | Childhood ethnic differences in ametropia and ocular biometry: the Aston Eye Study | Ophthalmic and Physiological Optics | 2011 | 69 |
| 29 | Influence of Adiposity on Insulin Resistance and Glycemia Markers Among U.K. Children of South Asian, Black African-Caribbean, and White European Origin | Diabetes Care | 2013 | 66 |
| 30 | The barriers to and enablers of providing reasonably adjusted health services to people with intellectual disabilities in acute hospitals: evidence from a mixed-methods study | BMJ Open | 2014 | 65 |
| 31 | Audit-based education lowers systolic blood pressure in chronic kidney disease: the Quality Improvement in CKD (QICKD) trial results | Kidney International | 2013 | 64 |
| 32 | Dietary patterns and the risk of CVD and all-cause mortality in older British men | British Journal of Nutrition | 2016 | 60 |
| 33 | Long-term exposure to outdoor air pollution and the prevalence of asthma: meta-analysis of multi-community prevalence studies | Air Quality, Atmosphere and Health | 2013 | 59 |
| 34 | Association between Younger Age When First Overweight and Increased Risk for CKD | Journal of the American Society of Nephrology: JASN | 2013 | 56 |
| 35 | Delineation of blood vessels in pediatric retinal images using decision trees-based ensemble classification | International Journal of Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery | 2014 | 55 |
| 36 | Visual Acuity Measures Do Not Reliably Detect Childhood Refractive Error - an Epidemiological Study | PLoS ONE | 2012 | 54 |
| 37 | Increased risk of tuberculosis disease in people with diabetes mellitus: record-linkage study in a UK population | Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health | 2012 | 53 |
| 38 | Low birth weight, later renal function, and the roles of adulthood blood pressure, diabetes, and obesity in a British birth cohort | Kidney International | 2013 | 53 |
| 39 | Large-Scale Genome-Wide Association Studies and Meta-Analyses of Longitudinal Change in Adult Lung Function | PLoS ONE | 2014 | 52 |
| 40 | Travel to School and Physical Activity Levels in 9–10 Year-Old UK Children of Different Ethnic Origin; Child Heart and Health Study in England (CHASE) | PLoS ONE | 2012 | 51 |
| 41 | Explaining the decline in coronary heart disease mortality in Turkey between 1995 and 2008 | BMC Public Health | 2013 | 51 |
| 42 | Profile of Anisometropia and Aniso-Astigmatism in Children: Prevalence and Association with Age, Ocular Biometric Measures, and Refractive Status | | 2013 | 48 |
| 43 | Alcohol Screening and Brief Interventions for Offenders in the Probation Setting (SIPS Trial): a Pragmatic Multicentre Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial | Alcohol and Alcoholism | 2014 | 48 |
| 44 | Quality of chronic disease care for older people in care homes and the community in a primary care pay for performance system: retrospective study | BMJ: British Medical Journal | 2011 | 47 |
| 45 | Longitudinal Associations Between Changes in Physical Activity and Onset of Type 2 Diabetes in Older British Men | Diabetes Care | 2012 | 47 |
| 46 | Novel childhood asthma genes interact with in utero and early-life tobacco smoke exposure | Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology | 2014 | 47 |
| 47 | Asthma and occupation in the 1958 birth cohort | Thorax | 2013 | 46 |
| 48 | Identifying the factors affecting the implementation of strategies to promote a safer environment for patients with learning disabilities in NHS hospitals: a mixed-methods study | Health Services and Delivery Research | 2013 | 46 |
| 49 | Cannabinoid type 1 receptor antagonists for smoking cessation | The Cochrane Library | 2011 | 45 |
| 50 | A comparison of cognitive function, sleep and activity levels in disease-free breast cancer patients with or without cancer-related fatigue syndrome | BMJ Supportive and Palliative Care | 2012 | 44 |
