Pennacchio LA, Olivier M, Hubacek J, Cohen JC, Cox D, Fruchart J, Krauss R, Rubin EM (2001) An Apolipoprotein Influencing Triglycerides in Humans and Mice Revealed by Comparative Sequencing. Science 294: 169-173

Pennacchio LA, Olivier M, Hubacek J, Krauss R, Rubin EM, Cohen JC (2002) Two independent apolipoprotein A5 haplotypes influence human plasma triglyceride levels. Hum Mol Genet 11: 3031-3038

Victor RG, Haley R, Willett DL, Peshock RM, Vaeth PC, Leonard D, Basit M, Cooper R, Iannacchione V, Visscher WA, Staab JM, Hobbs HH (2004) The Dallas Heart Study: a population-based probability sample for the multidisciplinary study of ethnic differences in cardiovascular health. Am J Cardiol 93: 1473-1480

Spranger CB, Ries AJ, Berge CA, Radford NB, Victor RG (2004) Identifying gaps between guidelines and clinical practice in the evaluation and treatment of hypertension. Am J Med 117: 14-18

Cohen JC, Kiss R, Pertsemlidis A, Marcel Y, McPherson R, Hobbs HH (2004) Multiple Rare Alleles Contribute to Low Plasma Levels of HDL Cholesterol. Science 305: 869-872

Jain T, Peshock RM, McGuire D, Willett DL, Yu Z, Vega G, Guerra R, Grundy SM, Hobbs HH (2004) African Americans and Caucasians have a similar prevalence of coronary calcium in the Dallas Heart Study. J Am Coll Cardiol 44: 1011-1017

Deo R, Khera A, McGuire D, Murphy S, Meo Neto JP, Morrow DA, de Lemos J (2004) Association between plasma levels of monocyte chemoattractant protein-1, traditional cardiovascular risk factors, and subclinical atherosclerosis. J Am Coll Cardiol 44: 1812-1818

Browning J, Szczepaniak L, Dobbins R, Nuremberg P, Horton J, Cohen JC, Grundy SM, Hobbs HH (2004) Prevalence of hepatic steatosis in an urban population in the United States: Impact of ethnicity. Hepatology 40: 1387-1395

Wilund KR, Yu L, Xu F, Vega G, Grundy SM, Cohen JC, Hobbs HH (2004) No Association Between Plasma Levels of Plant Sterols and Atherosclerosis in Mice and Men. Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 24: 2326-2332

Szczepaniak L, Nurenberg P, Leonard D, Browning J, Reingold J, Grundy SM, Hobbs HH, Dobbins R (2005) Magnetic resonance spectroscopy to measure hepatic triglyceride content: prevalence of hepatic steatosis in the general population. Am. J. Physiol.-endocrinol. Metab. 288: 462-468

Cohen JC, Pertsemlidis A, Kotowski I, Graham R, Garcia C, Hobbs HH (2005) Low LDL cholesterol in individuals of African descent resulting from frequent nonsense mutations in PCSK9. Nat Genet 37: 161-165

Kramer H, Toto R, Peshock RM, Cooper R, Victor RG (2005) Association between Chronic Kidney Disease and Coronary Artery Calcification: The Dallas Heart Study. J Am Soc Nephrol 16: 507-513

Guerra R, Yu Z, Marcovina S, Peshock RM, Cohen JC, Hobbs HH (2005) Lipoprotein(a) and Apolipoprotein(a) Isoforms: No Association With Coronary Artery Calcification in The Dallas Heart Study. Circulation 111: 1471-1479

Abate N, Chandalia M, Satija P, Adams-Huet B, Grundy SM, Sandeep S, Radha V, Deepa R, Mohan V (2005) ENPP1/PC-1 K121Q Polymorphism and Genetic Susceptibility to Type 2 Diabetes. Diabetes 54: 1207-1213

Vaeth PC, Willett DL (2005) Level of Acculturation and Hypertension among Dallas County Hispanics: Findings from the Dallas Heart Study. Ann Epidemiol 15: 373-380

Reingold J, McGavock J, Kaka S, Tillery T, Victor RG, Szczepaniak L (2005) Determination of triglyceride in the human myocardium by magnetic resonance spectroscopy: reproducibility and sensitivity of the method. Am. J. Physiol.-endocrinol. Metab. 289: 935-939

Drazner M, Dries D, Peshock RM, Cooper R, Klassen C, Kazi F, Willett DL, Victor RG (2005) Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Is More Prevalent in Blacks Than Whites in the General Population: The Dallas Heart Study. Hypertension 46: 124-129

Khera A, McGuire D, Murphy S, Stanek HG, Das S, Vongpatansain W, Wains F, Grundy SM, de Lemos J (2005) Race and Gender Differences in C-Reactive Protein Levels. J Am Coll Cardiol 46: 464-469

White PC (2005) Genotypes at 11β-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type 11B1 and Hexose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Loci Are Not Risk Factors for Apparent Cortisone Reductase Deficiency in a Large Population-Based Sample. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 90: 5880-5883

de Lemos J, Zirlik A, Schönbeck U, Varo N, Murphy S, Khera A, McGuire D, Stanek HG, Lo H, Nuzzo R, Morrow DA, Peshock RM, Libby P (2005) Associations Between Soluble CD40 Ligand, Atherosclerosis Risk Factors, and Subclinical Atherosclerosis: Results from the Dallas Heart Study. Arterioscler. Thromb. Vasc. Biol. 25: 2192-2196

Das S, Drazner M, Dries D, Vega G, Stanek HG, Abdullah S, Canham R, Chung A, Leonard D, Wains F, de Lemos J (2005) Impact of Body Mass and Body Composition on Circulating Levels of Natriuretic Peptides: Results From the Dallas Heart Study. Circulation 112: 2163-2168

Dries D, Victor RG, Rame E, Cooper R, Wu X, Zhu X, Leonard D, Ho S, Wu Q, Post W, Drazner M (2005) Corin Gene Minor Allele Defined by 2 Missense Mutations Is Common in Blacks and Associated With High Blood Pressure and Hypertension. Circulation 112: 2403-2410

Abdullah S, Khera A, Das S, Stanek HG, Canham R, Chung A, Morrow DA, Drazner M, McGuire D, de Lemos J (2005) Relation of Coronary Atherosclerosis Determined by Electron Beam Computed Tomography and Plasma Levels of N-terminal Pro-Brain Natriuretic Peptide in a Multiethnic Population-Based Sample (The Dallas Heart Study). Am J Med 96: 1284-1289

Khera A, de Lemos J, Peshock RM, Lo H, Stanek HG, Murphy S, Wians F, Grundy SM, McGuire D (2006) Relationship Between C-Reactive Protein and Subclinical Atherosclerosis: The Dallas Heart Study. Circulation 113: 38-43

Cohen JC, Pertsemlidis A, Fahmi S, Esmail S, Vega G, Grundy SM, Hobbs HH (2006) Multiple rare variants in NPC1L1associated with reduced sterol absorptand plasma low-density lipoprotein levels. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 103: 1810-1815

Kotowski I, Pertsemlidis A, Luke A, Cooper R, Vega G, Cohen JC, Hobbs HH (2006) A Spectrum of PCSK9 Alleles Contributes to Plasma Levels of Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 78: 410-422

Hollier J, Martin D, Bell D, Li J, Chirachanchai M, Menon D, Leonard D, Victor RG, Cooper R, Auchus R (2006) Epithelial Sodium Channel Allele T594M Is Not Associated With Blood Pressure or Blood Pressure Response to Amiloride. Hypertension 47: 428-433

Cohen JC, Boerwinkle E, Mosley TH, Hobbs HH (2006) Sequence Variations in PCSK9, Low LDL, and Protection against Coronary Heart Disease. N. Engl. J. Med. 354: 1264-1273

Chung A, Das S, Leonard D, Peshock RM, Kazi F, Abdullah S, Canham R, Levine B, Drazner M (2006) Women Have Higher Left Ventricular Ejection Fractions Than Men Independent of Differences in Left Ventricular Volume : The Dallas Heart Study. Circulation 113: 1597-1604

Wallace TW, Abdullah S, Drazner M, Das S, Khera A, McGuire D, Wians F, Sabatine MS, Morrow DA, de Lemos J (2006) Prevalence and Determinants of Troponin T Elevation in the General Population. Circulation 113: 1958-1965

Das S, Vaeth PC, Stanek HG, de Lemos J, Dobbins R, McGuire D (2006) Increased cardiovascular risk associated with diabetes in Dallas County. Am. Heart J. 151: 1087-1093

Li J, Canham R, Vongpatansain W, Leonard D, Auchus R, Victor RG (2006) Do allelic variants in alpha2A and alpha2C adrenergic receptors predispose to hypertension in blacks?. Hypertension 47: 1140-1146

Browning J (2006) Statins and hepatic steatosis: Perspectives from the Dallas Heart Study. Hepatology 44: 466-471

Zhao Z, Tuakli-Wosornu Y, Lagace TA, Kinch L, Grishin N, Horton J, Cohen JC, Hobbs HH (2006) Modular characterization of loss-of-function mutations in PCSK9 and identification of a compound heterozygote. Am. J. Hum. Genet. 79: 514-523

Romeo S, Cohen JC, Hobbs HH (2006) No association between polymorphism in PEMT (V175M) and hepatic triglyceride content in the Dallas Heart Study. Faseb J 20: 2180-2180

Vega G, Adams-Huet B, Peshock RM, Shah B, Grundy SM (2006) Influence of body fat content and distribution on variation in metabolic risk. J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 91: 4459-4466

Chang A, Abdullah S, Jain T, Stanek HG, Das S, McGuire D, Auchus R, de Lemos J (2007) Androgens, estrogens and natriuretic peptide regulation in young women. J Am Coll Cardiol 49: 109-116

Canham R, Das S, Abdullah S, Chung A, Li J, Victor RG, Auchus R, Drazner M (2007) Alpha 2cDel322-324 and B1Arg389 adrenergic polymorphisms are not associated with reduced left ventricular ejection fraction or increased left ventricular volume. J Am Coll Cardiol 49: 274-276

Assmann G, Guerra R, Fox G, Cullenn P, Schulte H, Willett DL, Grundy SM (2007) Harmonizing the Definition of the Metabolic Syndrome: Comparison of the Criteria of the Adult Treatment Panel III and the International Diabetes Federation in U.S. American and European populations. Am J Cardiol 99: 541-548

Abedin M, Omland T, Ueland T, Khera A, Aukrust P, Murphy S, Jain T, Gruntmanis U, McGuire D, de Lemos J (2007) Relation of Osteoprotegerin to Coronary Calcium and Aortic Plaque (from the Dallas Heart Study). Am J Cardiol 99: 513-518

Grundy SM (2007) The Definition of the Metabolic Syndrome: Comparison of the Criteria of the Adult Treatment Panel III and the International Diabetes Federation in United States American and European Populations. Am J Cardiol 99: 541-548

Horton J, Cohen JC, Hobbs HH (2007) Molecular biology of PCSK9: its role in LDL metabolism. Trends Biochem Sci 32: 71-77

Chandalia M, Grundy SM, Adams-Huet B, Abate N (2007) Ethnic differences in the frequency of ENPP1/PC1 121Q genetic variant in the Dallas Heart Study cohort. J Diabetes Complications 21: 143-148

Abdullah S, Khera A, Leonard D, Das S, Canham R, Kamath S, Vega G, Grundy SM, McGuire D, de Lemos J (2006) Sex differences in the association between leptin and CRP: results from the Dallas Heart Study. Atherosclerosis In Press.

Phillips B, de Lemos J, Patel M, McGuire D, Khera A (2007) Age and risk factor profile modify the relationship between family history of myocardial infarction and subclinical atherosclerosis. Am J Cardiol In Press.

Romeo S, Pennacchio LA, Fu Y, Boerwinkle E, Tybjaerg-Hassen A, Hobbs HH, Cohen JC (2007) Population-based resequencing of ANGPTL4 reveals variations that reduce triglycerides and increase HDL in Caucasians. Nat Genet In Press.

Vongpatansain W, Thomas GD, Schwartz R, Cassis LA, Osborne-Lawrence S, Hahner L, Gibson LL, Black S, Samols D, Shaul PW (2007) CRP causes downregulation of vascular AT2 receptors and systolic hypertension in mice.. Circulation In Press.

Bin P, de Lemos J, Patel M, McGuire D, Khera A (2007) Relation of family history of myocardial infarction and the presence of coronary arterial calcium in various age and risk factor groups. Am J Cardiol In Press.

Vega G, Chandalia M, Szczepaniak L, Grundy SM (2007) Metabolic correlates of non-alcoholic fatty liver in women and men. Hepatology In Press.

See R, Abdullah S, McGuire D, Khera A, Patel M, Lindsey J, Grundy SM, de Lemos J (2007) The association of differing measures of overweight and obesity with the prevalence of sub-clinical atherosclerosis in a population-based sample: observations from the Dallas Heart Study. J Am Coll Cardiol In Press.

McPherson R, Pertsemlidis A, Kavaslar N, Stewart A, Roberts R, Cox DR, Hinds DA, Pennacchio LA, Tybjaerg-Hassen A, Folsom AR, Boerwinkle E, Hobbs HH, Cohen JC (2007) A common allele on chromosome 9 associated with coronary heart disease. Science In Press.

Mehta S, Rame E, Khera A, Murphy S, Canham R, Peshock RM, de Lemos J, Drazner M (2007) Left ventricular hypertrophy, sub-clinical atherosclerosis, and inflammation. Hypertension In Press.

Omland T, Drazner M, Ueland T, Abedin M, Murphy S, Aukrust P, de Lemos J (2007) Plasma osteoprotegerin levels in the general population : relation to indices of left ventricular structure and function. Hypertension In Press.

Rame E, Drazner M, Post W, Peshock RM, Lima J, Wu X, McClelland RL, Cooper R, Dries D (2007) Minor corin I555 (P568) allele is associated with enhanced concentric cardiac Hypertrophic response to pressure-overload in African Americans. Hypertension In Press.