Merrill Elias
| Merrill Elias | |
| Known for | Research on blood pressure, arterial stiffness, and cognition |
|---|---|
Merrill Elias is a researcher affiliated with the University of Maine (Orono), known for research on the relationships between blood pressure, arterial stiffness, and cognitive function.[1]
Research
Elias's published work spans studies on hypertension, homocysteine, dietary patterns, and blood pressure measurement methodology, as well as their connections to cognitive and neurologic outcomes. According to Semantic Scholar, his body of work totals 158 papers, which have been cited 8,210 times, yielding an h-index of 41.[2]
Among his publications are studies on homocysteine lowering in the management of treatment-resistant hypertension, the association between yogurt intake and blood pressure in hypertensive individuals, and adherence to a Mediterranean diet in relation to lower blood pressure, drawing on data from the Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study.[3] He has also published on methodological concerns in blood pressure measurement, including work on human errors in automated office blood pressure measurement and the risks of automated wrist-cuff devices and dental chairs in opportunistic blood pressure screening.[4]
Elias's research has been supported by National Institutes of Health funding. NIH records list 33 projects associated with him totaling $9,543,154, including three awards for a project titled "Arterial stiffness, blood pressure and cognition" at the University of Maine Orono, valued at $707,595, $673,251, and $666,979 respectively.[5]
Selected publications
- "Sleep movements and respiratory coupling as a biobehavioral metric for early Alzheimer's disease in independently dwelling adults" (2023), BMC Geriatrics[6]
- "Medical foods for lowering homocysteine in hypertensive patients" (2022), The Journal of Clinical Hypertension[7]
- "New Evidence for Homocysteine Lowering for Management of Treatment-Resistant Hypertension" (2021), American Journal of Hypertension[8]
- "Reclaiming the importance of homocysteine as a marker of cardiovascular and neurologic disease" (2021), Journal of Internal Medicine[9]
- "Higher yogurt intake is associated with lower blood pressure in hypertensive individuals: Cross-sectional findings from the Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal study" (2021), International Dairy Journal[10]
- "Adherence to a Mediterranean diet associated with lower blood pressure in a US sample: Findings from the Maine-Syracuse Longitudinal Study" (2020), The Journal of Clinical Hypertension[11]
- "The perils of automated wrist-cuff devices and dental chairs in opportunistic blood pressure screening" (2020), American Journal of Hypertension[12]
- "Leisure activity for dementia prevention" (2020), Neurology[13]
- "The Need for Accurate Data on Blood Pressure Measurement in the Dental Office" (2020), American Journal of Hypertension[14]
- "Human Errors in Automated Office Blood Pressure Measurement" (2020), Hypertension[15]
External links
- ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile, Merrill Elias.
- ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile, Merrill Elias.
- ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile, Merrill Elias.
- ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile, Merrill Elias.
- ↑ National Institutes of Health, NIH RePORTER grant records.
- ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile, Merrill Elias.
- ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile, Merrill Elias.
- ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile, Merrill Elias.
- ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile, Merrill Elias.
- ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile, Merrill Elias.
- ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile, Merrill Elias.
- ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile, Merrill Elias.
- ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile, Merrill Elias.
- ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile, Merrill Elias.
- ↑ Semantic Scholar author profile, Merrill Elias.