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Kiang Liu
Researcher at Northwestern University
Publications - 652
Citations - 63540
Kiang Liu is an academic researcher from Northwestern University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Blood pressure. The author has an hindex of 125, co-authored 644 publications receiving 56714 citations. Previous affiliations of Kiang Liu include University of California, San Diego & University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis: Objectives and Design
Diane E. Bild,David A. Bluemke,Gregory L. Burke,Robert Detrano,Ana V. Diez Roux,Aaron R. Folsom,Philip Greenland,David R. JacobsJr.,Richard A. Kronmal,Kiang Liu,Jennifer C. Nelson,Daniel H. O'Leary,Mohammed F. Saad,Steven Shea,Moyses Szklo,Russell P. Tracy +15 more
TL;DR: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis was initiated in July 2000 to investigate the prevalence, correlates, and progression of subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) in a population-based sample of 6,500 men and women aged 45-84 years for identification and characterization of CVD events.
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Coronary calcium as a predictor of coronary events in four racial or ethnic groups.
Robert Detrano,Alan D. Guerci,J. Jeffrey Carr,Diane E. Bild,Gregory L. Burke,Aaron R. Folsom,Kiang Liu,Steven Shea,Moyses Szklo,David A. Bluemke,Daniel H. O'Leary,Russell P. Tracy,Karol E. Watson,Nathan D. Wong,Richard A. Kronmal +14 more
TL;DR: The coronary calcium score is a strong predictor of incident coronary heart disease and provides predictive information beyond that provided by standard risk factors in four major racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
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Self-reported and measured sleep duration: how similar are they?
Diane S. Lauderdale,Kristen L. Knutson,Lijing L. Yan,Lijing L. Yan,Kiang Liu,Paul J. Rathouz +5 more
TL;DR: In a population-based sample of middle-aged adults, subjective reports of habitual sleep are moderately correlated with actigraph-measured sleep, but are biased by systematic over-reporting.
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Decline in physical activity in black girls and white girls during adolescence.
Sue Y. S. Kimm,Nancy W. Glynn,Andrea M. Kriska,Bruce A. Barton,Shari S. Kronsberg,Stephen R. Daniels,Patricia B. Crawford,Zak I. Sabry,Kiang Liu +8 more
TL;DR: Substantial declines in physical activity occur during adolescence in girls and are greater in black girls than in white girls, and some determinants of this decline, such as higher body-mass index, pregnancy, and smoking, may be modifiable.
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Leg symptoms in peripheral arterial disease: associated clinical characteristics and functional impairment.
Mary M. McDermott,Philip Greenland,Kiang Liu,Jack M. Guralnik,Michael H. Criqui,Nancy C. Dolan,Cheeling Chan,Lillian Celic,William H. Pearce,Joseph R. Schneider,Leena Sharma,Elizabeth T. Clark,Daniel Gibson,Gary J. Martin +13 more
TL;DR: There is a wide range of leg symptoms in persons with PAD beyond that of classic IC, and functional impairments are found in every PAD symptom group, and the degree of functional limitation varies depending on the type of leg symptom.