| Body-mass index and cause-specific mortality in 900 000 adults: collaborative analyses of 57 prospective studies Prospective Studies Collaboration The Lancet 373 (9669), 1083-1096, 2009 | 6350 | 2009 |
| Body-mass index and risk of 22 specific cancers: a population-based cohort study of 5· 24 million UK adults K Bhaskaran, I Douglas, H Forbes, I dos-Santos-Silva, DA Leon, ... The lancet 384 (9945), 755-765, 2014 | 2034 | 2014 |
| Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies AM Wood, S Kaptoge, AS Butterworth, P Willeit, S Warnakula, T Bolton, ... The Lancet 391 (10129), 1513-1523, 2018 | 1274 | 2018 |
| Birth weight and risk of type 2 diabetes: a systematic review PH Whincup, SJ Kaye, CG Owen, R Huxley, DG Cook, S Anazawa, ... Jama 300 (24), 2886-2897, 2008 | 1220 | 2008 |
| Huge variation in Russian mortality rates 1984–94: artefact, alcohol, or what? DA Leon, L Chenet, VM Shkolnikov, S Zakharov, J Shapiro, ... The lancet 350 (9075), 383-388, 1997 | 1169 | 1997 |
| Association of BMI with overall and cause-specific mortality: a population-based cohort study of 3· 6 million adults in the UK K Bhaskaran, I dos-Santos-Silva, DA Leon, IJ Douglas, L Smeeth The lancet Diabetes & endocrinology 6 (12), 944-953, 2018 | 1089 | 2018 |
| Reduced fetal growth rate and increased risk of death from ischaemic heart disease: cohort study of 15 000 Swedish men and women born 1915-29 DA Leon, HO Lithell, D Vågerö, I Koupilová, R Mohsen, L Berglund, ... Bmj 317 (7153), 241-245, 1998 | 1047 | 1998 |
| Relation of size at birth to non-insulin dependent diabetes and insulin concentrations in men aged 50-60 years HO Lithell, PM McKeigue, L Berglund, R Mohsen, UB Lithell, DA Leon Bmj 312 (7028), 406-410, 1996 | 964 | 1996 |
| Hypertension in sub-saharan Africa: a systematic review J Addo, L Smeeth, DA Leon Hypertension 50 (6), 1012-1018, 2007 | 907 | 2007 |
| Association between alcohol and cardiovascular disease: Mendelian randomisation analysis based on individual participant data MV Holmes, CE Dale, L Zuccolo, RJ Silverwood, Y Guo, Z Ye, ... Bmj 349, g4164, 2014 | 854 | 2014 |
| Hazardous alcohol drinking and premature mortality in Russia: a population based case-control study DA Leon, L Saburova, S Tomkins, E Andreev, N Kiryanov, M McKee, ... The Lancet 369 (9578), 2001-2009, 2007 | 613 | 2007 |
| Economic change, crime, and mortality crisis in Russia: regional analysis P Walberg, M McKee, V Shkolnikov, L Chenet, DA Leon Bmj 317 (7154), 312-318, 1998 | 605 | 1998 |
| Liver cirrhosis mortality rates in Britain from 1950 to 2002: an analysis of routine data DA Leon, J McCambridge The Lancet 367 (9504), 52-56, 2006 | 554 | 2006 |
| Failure to realise growth potential in utero and adult obesity in relation to blood pressure in 50 year old Swedish men DA Leon, I Koupilova, HO Lithell, L Berglund, R Mohsen, D Vagero, ... Bmj 312 (7028), 401-406, 1996 | 542 | 1996 |
| Changes in life expectancy in Russia in the mid-1990s V Shkolnikov, M McKee, DA Leon The Lancet 357 (9260), 917-921, 2001 | 539 | 2001 |
| Poverty, inequality, and health: an international perspective. DA Leon, G Walt | 491* | 2001 |
| Parity, age at first childbirth, and risk of ovarian cancer HO Adami, M Lambe, I Persson, A Ekbom, CC Hsieh, D Trichopoulos, ... The Lancet 344 (8932), 1250-1254, 1994 | 464 | 1994 |
| Completeness and usability of ethnicity data in UK-based primary care and hospital databases R Mathur, K Bhaskaran, N Chaturvedi, DA Leon, T vanStaa, E Grundy, ... Journal of public health 36 (4), 684-692, 2014 | 455 | 2014 |
| Paternal age and schizophrenia: a population based cohort study A Sipos, F Rasmussen, G Harrison, P Tynelius, G Lewis, DA Leon, ... Bmj 329 (7474), 1070, 2004 | 443 | 2004 |
| Contributions of risk factors and medical care to cardiovascular mortality trends M Ezzati, Z Obermeyer, I Tzoulaki, BM Mayosi, P Elliott, DA Leon Nature Reviews Cardiology 12 (9), 508-530, 2015 | 393 | 2015 |
