OOIR: Observatory of International Research

Papers

(The H4-Index of Cardiovascular Diabetology is 69. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-09-01 to 2025-09-01.)

Article	Citations
The association between index-year, average, and variability of the triglyceride-glucose index with health outcomes: more than a decade of follow-up in Tehran lipid and glucose study	587
Dysregulation of long non-coding RNA gene expression pathways in monocytes of type 2 diabetes patients with cardiovascular disease	278
Correction to: Mortality and cardiovascular events in diabetes mellitus patients at dialysis initiation treated with glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists	272
Healthy longevity-associated protein improves cardiac function in murine models of cardiomyopathy with preserved ejection fraction	249
Proteinuria and the risk of Incident atrial fibrillation according to glycemic stages: a nationwide population-based cohort study	231
Differential prognostic burden of cardiovascular disease and lower-limb amputation on the risk of all-cause death in people with long-standing type 1 diabetes	207
Type 2 diabetes worsens the outcome of ischemia/reperfusion in female STEMI patients and female db/db mice with HFpEF cardiometabolic phenotype	205
SREBP1 deficiency aggravates vascular calcification via iASPP-triggered ferroptosis of vascular smooth muscle cells	193
Pseudohypoxia caused by germline genetic alterations in the VHL gene is associated with increased diabetes and cardiovascular risk: a UK biobank study	181
Correction: Association between triglyceride–glucose index and mortality in critically ill patients with atrial fibrillation: a retrospective cohort study	178
Plasma ceramides are associated with MRI-based liver fat content but not with noninvasive scores of liver fibrosis in patients with type 2 diabetes	171
Surgical treatment on infective endocarditis: impact of diabetes on mortality	164
Long-term dual-trajectories of TyG and LAP and their association with cardiometabolic multimorbidity in midlife: the CARDIA study	131
Investigating sex-specific associations of lipid traits with type 2 diabetes, glycemic traits and sex hormones using Mendelian randomization	124
The interplay of inflammation, exosomes and Ca2+ dynamics in diabetic cardiomyopathy	124
Bone proteins are associated with cardiovascular risk according to the SCORE2-Diabetes algorithm	123
Longitudinal assessment of coronary plaque regression related to sodium–glucose cotransporter-2 inhibitor using coronary computed tomography angiography	122
Impact of remnant cholesterol on short-term and long-term prognosis in patients with prediabetes or diabetes undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: a large-scale cohort study	119
Combined evaluation of arterial stiffness, glycemic control and hypertension for macrovascular complications in type 2 diabetes	119
Impact of T2DM on right ventricular systolic dysfunction and interventricular interactions in patients with essential hypertension: evaluation using CMR tissue tracking	118
Epigenetic crossroads in metabolic and cardiovascular health: the role of DNA methylation in type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular diseases	116
Associations of combined polygenic risk score and glycemic status with atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease and ischemic stroke	114
The effectiveness of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors on cardiorenal outcomes: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis	114
Empagliflozin is associated with lower cardiovascular risk compared with dipeptidyl peptidase-4 inhibitors in adults with and without cardiovascular disease: EMPagliflozin compaRative effectIveness an	112
CVOT Summit 2022 Report: new cardiovascular, kidney, and glycemic outcomes	110

Sex differences and sex steroids influence on the presentation and severity of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy of patients with type 1 diabetes	106
Elevated urine albumin-to-creatinine ratio increases the risk of new-onset heart failure in patients with type 2 diabetes	106
BMI-based obesity classification misses children and adolescents with raised cardiometabolic risk due to increased adiposity	102
Hypofibrinolysis in type 2 diabetes and its clinical implications: from mechanisms to pharmacological modulation	100
Multi-modal characterisation of early-stage, subclinical cardiac deterioration in patients with type 2 diabetes	99
Data-independent LC-MS/MS analysis of ME/CFS plasma reveals a dysregulated coagulation system, endothelial dysfunction, downregulation of complement machinery	99
Fenofibrate to prevent amputation and reduce vascular complications in patients with diabetes: FENO-PREVENT	98
Association between the triglyceride glucose index and in-hospital and 1-year mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease and coronary artery disease in the intensive care unit	98
Combined associations of visceral adipose tissue and adherence to a Mediterranean lifestyle with T2D and diabetic microvascular complications among individuals with prediabetes	98
The predictive value of atherogenic index of plasma and clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential among patients with STEMI—from a prospective cohort study	95
Association between triglyceride–glucose index trajectories and radiofrequency ablation outcomes in patients with stage 3D atrial fibrillation	95
Development and validation of a machine learning model for predicting vulnerable carotid plaques using routine blood biomarkers and derived indicators: insights into sex-related risk patterns	94
The triglyceride-glucose index predicts 1-year major adverse cardiovascular events in end-stage renal disease patients with coronary artery disease	93
Impact of red cell distribution width and red cell distribution width/albumin ratio on all-cause mortality in patients with type 2 diabetes and foot ulcers: a retrospective cohort study	93
The triglyceride-glucose index is associated with atherosclerosis in patients with symptomatic coronary artery disease, regardless of diabetes mellitus and hyperlipidaemia	92
Nonlinear relationship between atherogenic index of plasma and the risk of prediabetes: a retrospective study based on Chinese adults	92
In-hospital glycemic variability and all-cause mortality among patients hospitalized for acute heart failure	90
Association between abdominal obesity indices and risk of cardiovascular events in Chinese populations with type 2 diabetes: a prospective cohort study	89
The atherogenic index of plasma and carotid atherosclerosis in a community population: a population-based cohort study in China	87
High triglyceride-glucose index and stress hyperglycemia ratio as predictors of adverse cardiac events in patients with coronary chronic total occlusion: a large-scale prospective cohort study	86
Dysregulation of hypoxia-inducible factor 1α in the sympathetic nervous system accelerates diabetic cardiomyopathy	85
Association between triglyceride–glucose index and mortality in critically ill patients with atrial fibrillation: a retrospective cohort study	82
Obesity-induced mesenteric PVAT remodelling is sexually dimorphic, but not driven by ovarian hormones	82
Atherogenic index of plasma is associated with major adverse cardiovascular events in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus	82
Association between non-insulin-based insulin resistance indices and cardiovascular events in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a retrospective study	81
Pericoronary adipose tissue radiomics to improve risk stratification for patients with acute coronary syndrome: a multicenter retrospective cohort study	80
Effect of dapagliflozin on the prognosis of patients with acute myocardial infarction undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention	80
Cardiovascular disease in type 2 diabetes mellitus: progress toward personalized management	78
Improving 10-year cardiovascular risk prediction in patients with type 2 diabetes with metabolomics	78
Association between triglyceride glucose-body mass index and cardiovascular outcomes in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention: a retrospective study	77
The association between triglyceride glucose-body mass index and all-cause mortality in critically ill patients with atrial fibrillation: a retrospective study from MIMIC-IV database	77
Comprehensive transcriptomics and metabolomics analyses reveal that hyperhomocysteinemia is a high risk factor for coronary artery disease in a chinese obese population aged 40–65: a prospective cross	75
Lower miR-21/ROS/HNE levels associate with lower glycemia after habit-intervention: DIAPASON study 1-year later	74
Ethnicity should be included as a risk factor for coronary artery calcium score	74
The association between the triglyceride–glucose index and vulnerable plaques in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: insights from coronary computed tomography angiography	74
Predicting major adverse cardiac events in diabetes and chronic kidney disease: a machine learning study from the Silesia Diabetes-Heart Project	74
Plasma metabolite profile of legume consumption and future risk of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease	73
Deficiency of neutral cholesterol ester hydrolase 1 (NCEH1) impairs endothelial function in diet-induced diabetic mice	72
Clinical potential of inclisiran for patients with a high risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease	72
The synergistic effect of the triglyceride-glucose index and a body shape index on cardiovascular mortality: the construction of a novel cardiovascular risk marker	72
Yearly attained adherence to Mediterranean diet and incidence of diabetes in a large randomized trial	70
Multi-trajectories of triglyceride-glucose index and lifestyle with Cardiovascular Disease: a cohort study	70
Real-world characteristics, modern antidiabetic treatment patterns, and comorbidities of patients with type 2 diabetes in central and Eastern Europe: retrospective cross-sectional and longitudinal eva	69
Risk factors for cardiovascular disease in patients with metabolic-associated fatty liver disease: a machine learning approach	69