Martha L. Daviglus, MD, PhD

Professor of Preventive Medicine and Medicine (Geriatrics)

Dr. Daviglus received an MD degree from the University of St. Simon School of Medicine in 1984, an MPH degree in epidemiology and biostatistics from the University of South Florida in 1988, and a PhD in epidemiology from the University of Illinois in 1995. Dr. Daviglus has been associated with the Department of Preventive Medicine since 1989, first as a fellow in Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Biostatistics, Nutrition and Prevention, and presently as an associate professor. Dr. Daviglus is also an associate professor of medicine (geriatrics) at Northwestern's Feinberg School of Medicine.

Research Interests

Her research activities have concentrated on the epidemiology and prevention of cardiovascular diseases. She has been involved in investigating associations of traditional cardiovascular and nutritional factors with long-term coronary and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in middle-aged and older men and women. She has developed expertise in linking and analyzing Health Care Financing Administration (Medicare) data as endpoints in longitudinal studies. Dr. Daviglus' other research interests focus on the benefits in older age, in terms of health care costs and health-related quality of life, associated with favorable cardiovascular risk profile.

Recent Publications

1. Daviglus ML, Greenland P, Stamler J, Elliott P, Appel LJ, Carnethon MR, Chan Q, Claeys G, Kesteloot H, Miura K, Nakagawa H, Pirzada A, Steffen L, Yan LL, Zhou B, Dyer AR. Relation of Nutrient Intake to Microalbuminuria in Nondiabetic Middle-Aged Men and Women: International Population Study on Macronutrients and Blood Pressure (INTERMAP). Am J Kidney Dis 2005;45(2):256-266.

2. Daviglus ML, Liu K., Yan LL, Pirzada A, Manheim L, Manning W, Garside DB, Wang R, Dyer AR, Greenland P, Stamler J. Relation of body mass index in young adulthood and middle age to Medicare expenditures in older age. JAMA 2004; 292:2743-49.
   See also http://www.northwestern.edu/univ-relations/broadcast/2004/12/obesity.html

3. Daviglus ML, Stamler J, Pirzada A, Yan LY, Garside DB, Liu K, Wang R, Dyer AR, Lloyd-Jones DM, Greenland P. Favorable cardiovascular risk profile in young women and long-term risk of cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. JAMA 2004; 292:1588-92.

4. Daviglus ML, Liu K. Today's agenda: we must focus on achieving favorable levels of all risk factors simultaneously. Editorial. Arch Intern Med. 2004;164:2086-7.

5. Daviglus ML, Pirzada A, Liu K, Yan LY, Garside DB, Dyer AR, Hoff JA, Kondos GT, Stamler J, Greenland P. Comparison of Low Risk and Higher Risk Profile in Middle Age to Frequency and Quantity of Coronary Artery Calcium Years Later. Am J Cardiol 2004;94:367-89.

6. He K, Song Y, Daviglus ML, Liu K, Van Horn L, Dyer AR, Greenland P. Accumulated evidence of fish consumption and coronary heart disease mortality: a meta-analysis of cohort studies. Circulation 2004;109;2705-11.

7. Daviglus ML, Liu K, Pirzada A, Yan LL, Garside DB, Guralnik JM, Feinglass J, Greenland P, Stamler J. Favorable cardiovascular risk profile in middle age and health-related quality of life in older age: Archives Intern Med 2003;163:2460-68.

8. Daviglus ML, Liu K, Yan LL, Pirzada A, Garside DB, Shiffer L, Dyer AR, Greenland P, Stamler J. Body mass index in middle age and health-related quality of life in older age: Archives Intern Med 2003;163:2448-55.

9. Yan LL, Liu K, Matthews KA, Daviglus ML, Ferguson TF, Kiefe CI Psychosocial factors and risk of hypertension: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study. JAMA 2003;290:2138-48.

10. Kondos G, Hoff JA, Sevrukov, Daviglus ML, Garside DB, Devries SS, Chomka EV, Liu K. Electron-beam tomography coronary artery calcium and cardiac events: A 37-month follow-up of 5,635 initially asymptomatic low- to intermediate-risk adults. Circulation 2003;107:2571-76.

11. Ueshima H, Stamler J, Elliott P, Chan Q, Brown IJ, Carnethon MR, Daviglus ML, He K, Moag-Stahlberg A, Rodriguez BL, Steffen LM, Van Horn L, Yarnal J, Zhou B. Food Omega-3 Fatty Acid Intake of Individuals (Total, Linolenic Acid, Long-Chain) and Their Blood Pressure. Hypertension. 2007 June 4.

12. Ueshima H, Stamler J, Elliott P, Chan O, Brown IJ, Carnethon MR, Daviglus ML, He K, Moag-Stahlberg A, Rodriguez BL, Steffen LM, Van Horn L, Yanhell J, Zhous B; INTERMAP Research Roup. Food omega-3 fatty acid intake of individuals (total, linolenic acid, long-chain) and their blood pressure: Intermap study. Hypertenstion 2007 Aug;50(2):313-9.

13. Carnethon MR, Yan L, Greenland P, Garside DB, Dyer AR, Metzger B, Daviglus ML. Resting heart rate in middle age and diabetes development in older age. Diabetes Care. 2007 Oct 24.

14. Dunlop DD, Song J, Manheim LM, Daviglus ML, Chang RW. Racial/Ethnic differences in the development of disability among older adults. Am J Public Health. 2007 Oct 30.

15. Ohira t, Hozawa A, Iribarren C, Daviglus ML, Matthews KA, Gross MD, Jacobs JR Jr. Am J Epidemiology. 2007 Oct 10.

16. Ohira T, Hozawa A, Iribarren C, Daviglus ML, Matthews KA, Gross MD, Jacobs DR Jr. Longitudinal association of serum carotenoids and tochpherols with hostility: the CARDIA study. Am J. Epidemiol. 2008 Jan 1;167(1):42-50.

17. Holmes E, Loo RL, Stamler J, Bictash M, Yap IK, Chan Q, Ebbels T, De Iorio M, Brown IJ, Veselkov KA, Daviglus ML, Kesteloot H, Ueshima H, Zhao L, Nicholson JK, Elliott P. Human metabolic phenotype diversity and its association with diet and blood pressure. Nature. 2008 Apr 20 [Epub ahead of print]

18. Kandula NR, Diez-Roux AV, Chan C, Daviglus ML, Jackson SA, Ni H, Schreiner PJ. Association of acculturation levels and prevalence of diabetes mellitus in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis (MESA). Diabetes Care. 2008 May 5. [Epub ahead of print]

19. Kizilbash MA, Daviglus ML, Dyer AR, Garside DB, Hankinson AL, Yan LL, Tian L, Van L, Wang R, Greenland P. Relation of heart rate with cardiovascular disease in normal-weight individuals: the Chicago Heart Association Detection Project in Industry. Prev Cardiol. 2008 Summer;11(3):141-7.

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