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  1. Associations of lipoprotein subclasses with all-cause and cardiovascular mortality: results of two independent cohorts with a 20 year follow-up

    Article • Lipids in Health and Disease, November 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  2. Physical activity and mortality: towards healthspan-oriented metrics and outcomes. A Scientific Statement from the European Association of Preventive Cardiology (EAPC) of the ESC

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, September 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Martin Bahls

  3. Symmetric dimethylarginine as a biomarker of renal impairment after a decade of follow-up

    Article • Scientific Reports, August 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  4. Beyond the mutation: unpacking cardiovascular risk in the familial hypercholesterolaemia phenotype

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, June 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Martin Bahls

  5. Associations of lower values of peak oxygen uptake and handgrip strength with a smaller liver volume

    Article • Upsala Journal of Medical Sciences, May 2025, Uppsala Medical Society

    Martin Bahls

  6. A whisper from the endothelium: can we hear it?

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, May 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Martin Bahls

  7. Low-density lipoprotein cholesterol, lipoprotein(a) and high-sensitivity C-reactive protein are independent predictors of cardiovascular events

    Article • European Heart Journal, May 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Martin Bahls

  8. Clinical and Imaging Markers of Cardiac Function and Brain Health

    Article • Neurology, April 2025, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Martin Bahls

  9. Movement behaviors and cardiorespiratory fitness – a cross-sectional compositional data analysis among German adults

    Article • BMC Sports Science Medicine and Rehabilitation, March 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  10. Immune-metabolic response to acute exercise in patients with heart failure with reduced ejection fraction

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, March 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Martin Bahls

  11. The relationship between age related changes in strength and fitness with body size, shape and composition

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  12. Sex and resting heart rate influence the relation between arterial stiffness and cardiac structure and function – insights from the general population

    Article • Journal of Human Hypertension, March 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  13. Disparities in heart health – Insights from Sweden

    Article • Atherosclerosis, March 2025, Elsevier

    Martin Bahls

  14. A call to action on pregnancy-related lifestyle interventions to reduce cardiovascular risk in the offspring: a scientific statement of the European Association of Preventive Cardiology of the European Society of Cardiology

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, February 2025, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Martin Bahls

  15. Integrating population-based metabolomics with computational microbiome modelling identifies methanol as a urinary biomarker for protective diet–microbiome–host interactions

    Article • Food & Function, January 2025, Royal Society of Chemistry

    Martin Bahls

  16. Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity Determined with Oscillometric Pulse Wave Analysis Algorithm Antares Is an Independent Predictor of Major Adverse Cardiovascular Events: A Prospective Cohort Study

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, November 2024, MDPI AG

    Martin Bahls

  17. Body surface scan anthropometrics are associated with grip strength in the general population

    Article • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, August 2024, Elsevier

    Martin Bahls

  18. Personalized nutritional prevention for Lp(a): PUFAs seem to do the job

    Article • Atherosclerosis, August 2024, Elsevier

    Martin Bahls

  19. The complexities of modelling lifetime risk in the general population

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, May 2024, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Martin Bahls

  20. Body composition markers are associated with changes in inflammatory markers but not vice versa: A bi-directional longitudinal analysis in a population-based sample

    Article • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, May 2024, Elsevier

    Martin Bahls

  21. Sacubitril/valsartan reduces proteasome activation and cardiomyocyte area in an experimental mouse model of hypertrophy

    Article • Journal of Molecular and Cellular Cardiology Plus, March 2024, Elsevier

    Martin Bahls

  22. Left ventricular hypertrophy as a risk factor for accelerated brain aging: Results from the Study of Health in Pomerania

    Article • Human Brain Mapping, February 2024, Wiley

    Martin Bahls

  23. Association of Asymmetric and Symmetric Dimethylarginine with Inflammation in the Population-Based Study of Health in Pomerania

    Article • Biomolecules, November 2023, MDPI AG

    Martin Bahls

  24. Lifestyle interventions to change trajectories of obesity-related cardiovascular risk from childhood onset to manifestation in adulthood: a joint scientific statement of the task force for childhood health of the European Association of Preventive Card...

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, July 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Prof. Giuseppe Biondi-Zoccai, Martin Bahls

  25. Association of plasma chemerin with all-cause and disease-specific mortality – results from a population-based study

    Article • International Journal of Obesity, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  26. Low-grade inflammation is associated with a heterogeneous lipoprotein subclass profile in an apparently healthy population sample

    Article • Lipids in Health and Disease, July 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  27. Identification of candidate metabolite biomarkers for metabolic syndrome and its five components in population-based human cohorts

    Article • Cardiovascular Diabetology, June 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  28. Body composition markers from classic anthropometry, bioelectrical impedance analysis, and magnetic resonance imaging are associated with inflammatory markers in the general population

    Article • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, June 2023, Elsevier

    Martin Bahls

  29. Proportional Internal Work—a New Parameter of Exercise Testing in Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP)

    Article • Journal of Cardiopulmonary Rehabilitation and Prevention, May 2023, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Martin Bahls

  30. The power of large cohorts to improve cardiovascular risk prediction and prevention

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, April 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Martin Bahls

  31. Sphingosine-1-phosphate levels are inversely associated with left ventricular and atrial chamber volume and cardiac mass in men

    Article • Clinical Research in Cardiology, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  32. The Preventiometer - reliability of a cardiovascular multi-device measurement platform and its measurement agreement with a cohort study

    Article • BMC Medical Research Methodology, April 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls, Professor Jean-François Chenot

  33. Associations between anthropometric markers derived from a body scanner and relative fat-free mass in a population-based study

    Article • April 2023, Research Square

    Martin Bahls

  34. Identification of candidate metabolite biomarkers for metabolic syndrome and its five components in population-based human cohorts

    Article • April 2023, Research Square

    Martin Bahls

  35. Data from Physical Activity Does Not Lower the Risk of Lung Cancer

    Article • March 2023, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Martin Bahls

  36. Data from Physical Activity Does Not Lower the Risk of Lung Cancer

    Article • March 2023, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Martin Bahls

  37. Supplementary Note from Physical Activity Does Not Lower the Risk of Lung Cancer

    Article • March 2023, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Martin Bahls

  38. Supplementary Note from Physical Activity Does Not Lower the Risk of Lung Cancer

    Article • March 2023, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Martin Bahls

  39. Supplementary Tables from Physical Activity Does Not Lower the Risk of Lung Cancer

    Article • March 2023, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Martin Bahls

  40. Supplementary Tables from Physical Activity Does Not Lower the Risk of Lung Cancer

    Article • March 2023, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Martin Bahls

  41. The relationship between homoarginine and liver biomarkers: a combination of epidemiological and clinical studies

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  42. Lower aldosterone concentrations are associated with a smaller and thinner heart in the general population. The Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP)

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, January 2023, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Martin Bahls

  43. Body surface scan anthropometrics are related to cardiorespiratory fitness in the general population

    Article • Scientific Reports, December 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  44. Preliminary results of the cross-sectional associations of sedentary behavior and physical activity with serum brain-derived neurotrophic factor in adults with coronary heart disease

    Article • Scientific Reports, November 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  45. Association of spermidine plasma levels with brain aging in a population‐based study

    Article • Alzheimer s & Dementia, November 2022, Wiley

    Martin Bahls

  46. Reference Interval for Serum L-Homoarginine Determined with Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay in the Population-Based Study of Health in Pomerania

    Article • The Journal of Applied Laboratory Medicine, September 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Martin Bahls

  47. Sex‐specific associations of cardiorespiratory fitness and galectin‐3 in the general population

    Article • ESC Heart Failure, September 2022, Wiley

    Martin Bahls

  48. High-Mobility Group Box Protein 1 Is an Independent Prognostic Marker for All-Cause Mortality in Patients With Dilated Cardiomyopathy

    Article • The American Journal of Cardiology, September 2022, Elsevier

    Martin Bahls

  49. Fit für Zwei – Eine Studie zu sitzendem Verhalten und körperlicher Aktivität in der Schwangerschaft

    Article • Zeitschrift für Geburtshilfe und Neonatologie, August 2022, Thieme Publishing Group

    Martin Bahls

  50. Impact of COVID-19 on young healthcare professionals

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, June 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Martin Bahls

  51. Sphingosine-1-phosphate and vascular disease in the general population

    Article • Atherosclerosis, June 2022, Elsevier

    Martin Bahls

  52. Publisher Correction: Simultaneous assessment of spontaneous cage activity and voluntary wheel running in group-housed mice

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  53. Cohort Profile Update: The Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP)

    Article • International Journal of Epidemiology, March 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Martin Bahls

  54. Simultaneous assessment of spontaneous cage activity and voluntary wheel running in group-housed mice

    Article • Scientific Reports, March 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  55. Association of Cardiopulmonary Exercise Capacity and Adipokines in the General Population

    Article • International Journal of Sports Medicine, February 2022, Thieme Publishing Group

    Martin Bahls

  56. How to establish causality between physical inactivity and mortality?

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, February 2022, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Martin Bahls

  57. Low cardiopulmonary fitness is associated with higher liver fat content and higher gamma‐glutamyltransferase concentrations in the general population – “The Sedentary’s Liver”

    Article • Liver International, January 2022, Wiley

    Martin Bahls

  58. Lower Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Associated With Right Ventricular Geometry and Function – The Sedentary’s Heart: SHIP

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, November 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Martin Bahls

  59. Correction to: Arginine derivatives in atrial fibrillation progression phenotypes

    Article • Journal of Molecular Medicine, October 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  60. Arginine metabolism and nitric oxide turnover in the ZSF1 animal model for heart failure with preserved ejection fraction

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  61. Cardiac Hypertrophy Is Associated With Advanced Brain Aging in the General Population

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, September 2021, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Martin Bahls

  62. Cardiac MRI shows an association of lower cardiorespiratory fitness with decreased myocardial mass and higher cardiac stiffness in the general population – The Sedentary's Heart

    Article • Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, September 2021, Elsevier

    Martin Bahls

  63. Lower muscular strength is associated with smaller left and right chambers and lower cardiac mass in the general population – The Sedentary's Heart

    Article • Progress in Cardiovascular Diseases, September 2021, Elsevier

    Martin Bahls

  64. Association of sex-specific differences in lipoprotein(a) concentrations with cardiovascular mortality in individuals with type 2 diabetes mellitus

    Article • Cardiovascular Diabetology, August 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  65. Applications of artificial intelligence/machine learning approaches in cardiovascular medicine: a systematic review with recommendations

    Article • European Heart Journal - Digital Health, June 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Martin Bahls

  66. Low serum TSH levels are associated with low values of fat-free mass and body cell mass in the elderly

    Article • Scientific Reports, May 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  67. Physical activity, sedentary behavior and risk of coronary artery disease, myocardial infarction and ischemic stroke: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study

    Article • Clinical Research in Cardiology, March 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  68. Association of proton pump inhibitor use with endothelial function and metabolites of the nitric oxide pathway: A cross‐sectional study

    Article • Pharmacotherapy The Journal of Human Pharmacology and Drug Therapy, February 2021, Wiley

    Martin Bahls

  69. Lower Cardiorespiratory Fitness Is Associated With a Smaller and Stiffer Heart

    Article • JACC Cardiovascular Imaging, January 2021, Elsevier

    Martin Bahls

  70. A 10-year follow-up of key gas exchange exercise parameters in a general population: results of the Study of Health in Pomerania

    Article • ERJ Open Research, December 2020, European Respiratory Society (ERS)

    Martin Bahls

  71. Physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness—A ten‐year follow‐up

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, December 2020, Wiley

    Martin Bahls

  72. Age-specific associations of serum TSH levels with markers of body composition in two population-based studies

    Article • November 2020, Research Square

    Martin Bahls

  73. The association between thyroid function biomarkers and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  74. Physical activity and Parkinson’s disease: a two-sample Mendelian randomisation study

    Article • Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry, October 2020, BMJ

    Martin Bahls

  75. Physical Activity Does Not Lower the Risk of Lung Cancer

    Article • Cancer Research, September 2020, American Association for Cancer Research (AACR)

    Martin Bahls

  76. Association between cardiorespiratory fitness and handgrip strength with age-related macular degeneration: a population-based study

    Article • British Journal of Ophthalmology, August 2020, BMJ

    Martin Bahls

  77. Carotid Lumen Diameter Is Associated With All‐Cause Mortality in the General Population

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, August 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Martin Bahls

  78. Physical activity and risk of Alzheimer disease

    Article • Neurology, July 2020, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Martin Bahls

  79. Arginine derivatives in atrial fibrillation progression phenotypes

    Article • Journal of Molecular Medicine, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  80. Cardiorespiratory and metabolic responses to exercise testing during lower-body positive pressure running

    Article • Journal of Applied Physiology, April 2020, American Physiological Society

    Martin Bahls

  81. Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Gray Matter Volume in the Temporal, Frontal, and Cerebellar Regions in the General Population

    Article • Mayo Clinic Proceedings, January 2020, Elsevier

    Martin Bahls

  82. Glucose and insulin levels are associated with arterial stiffness and concentric remodeling of the heart

    Article • Cardiovascular Diabetology, November 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  83. Physical activity and risk of Alzheimer’s disease: a two-sample Mendelian randomization study

    Article • October 2019, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Martin Bahls

  84. Brain-derived neurotrophic factor is related with adverse cardiac remodeling and high NTproBNP

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  85. Sex-Specific Associations of Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor and Cardiorespiratory Fitness in the General Population

    Article • Biomolecules, October 2019, MDPI AG

    Martin Bahls

  86. Progression of conventional cardiovascular risk factors and vascular disease risk in individuals: insights from the PROG-IMT consortium

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, October 2019, SAGE Publications

    Martin Bahls

  87. Towards a personalised approach in exercise-based cardiovascular rehabilitation: How can translational research help? A ‘call to action’ from the Section on Secondary Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation of the European Association of Preventive Cardi...

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, October 2019, SAGE Publications

    Martin Bahls

  88. Differential activation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone-system in response to childhood and adulthood trauma

    Article • Psychoneuroendocrinology, September 2019, Elsevier

    Martin Bahls

  89. Do accelerometer-based physical activity patterns differentially affect cardiorespiratory fitness? A growth mixture modeling approach

    Article • Journal of Behavioral Medicine, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  90. Cardio-protective effect of the secretome of Sca-1+ and Sca-1- cells in heart failure – not equal, but equally important?

    Article • Cardiovascular Research, May 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Martin Bahls

  91. Heterogeneous Metabolic Response to Exercise Training in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction

    Article • Journal of Clinical Medicine, April 2019, MDPI AG

    Martin Bahls

  92. Association of domain-specific physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in two population-based cohort studies

    Article • Scientific Reports, October 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  93. Exercise training to reduce cardiovascular risk in patients with metabolic syndrome and type 2 diabetes mellitus: How does it work?

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, October 2018, SAGE Publications

    Martin Bahls

  94. Metabolomic profiling implicates adiponectin as mediator of a favorable lipoprotein profile associated with NT-proBNP

    Article • Cardiovascular Diabetology, August 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  95. The pattern of a broken heart: Can circulating miRs help to distinguish cardiac pathologies from normal post-exercise recovery?

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, August 2018, Elsevier

    Martin Bahls

  96. Low-Circulating Homoarginine is Associated with Dilatation and Decreased Function of the Left Ventricle in the General Population

    Article • Biomolecules, July 2018, MDPI AG

    Martin Bahls

  97. Cardiopulmonary fitness is strongly associated with body cell mass and fat-free mass

    Article • Scandinavian Journal of Medicine and Science in Sports, February 2018, Wiley

    Martin Bahls

  98. Association between serum neuron-specific enolase, age, overweight, and structural MRI patterns in 901 subjects

    Article • Translational Psychiatry, December 2017, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  99. Prediabetes is associated with lower brain gray matter volume in the general population. The Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP)

    Article • Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, December 2017, Elsevier

    Martin Bahls

  100. Alcohol consumption and cardiorespiratory fitness in five population-based studies

    Article • European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, October 2017, SAGE Publications

    Martin Bahls

  101. Domains of physical activity and brain volumes: A population-based study

    Article • NeuroImage, August 2017, Elsevier

    Martin Bahls

  102. Statins are related to impaired exercise capacity in males but not females

    Article • PLOS One, June 2017, PLOS

    Martin Bahls

  103. Data on subgroup specific baseline characteristics and serum sphingosine-1-phosphate concentrations in the Study of Health in Pomerania

    Article • Data in Brief, June 2017, Elsevier

    Martin Bahls

  104. Reference intervals for serum sphingosine-1-phosphate in the population-based Study of Health in Pomerania

    Article • Clinica Chimica Acta, May 2017, Elsevier

    Martin Bahls

  105. Changes in Body Weight and Composition Are Associated With Changes in Left Ventricular Geometry and Function in the General Population

    Article • Circulation Cardiovascular Imaging, March 2017, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Martin Bahls

  106. Associations of Leisure-Time and Occupational Physical Activity and Cardiorespiratory Fitness With Incident and Recurrent Major Depressive Disorder, Depressive Symptoms, and Incident Anxiety in a General Population

    Article • The Journal of Clinical Psychiatry, January 2017, Physicians Postgraduate Press, Inc

    Martin Bahls

  107. Circulating Irisin Concentrations Are Associated with a Favourable Lipid Profile in the General Population

    Article • PLOS One, April 2016, PLOS

    Martin Bahls

  108. Cachexia and right ventricular dysfunction in chronic heart failure: what is the chicken and what the egg?

    Article • European Heart Journal, April 2016, European Society of Cardiology

    Martin Bahls

  109. L-Arginine Derivatives Are Associated with the Hyperthyroid State in the General Population

    Article • Thyroid, February 2016, Mary Ann Liebert Inc

    Martin Bahls

  110. Effect of High‐Calcium Diet on Coronary Artery Disease in Ossabaw Miniature Swine With Metabolic Syndrome

    Article • Journal of the American Heart Association, August 2015, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Dr Connie M Weaver, Martin Bahls

  111. Regulation of the endothelial apelin/APJ system by hemodynamic fluid flow

    Article • Cellular Signalling, July 2015, Elsevier

    Martin Bahls

  112. L-Arginine and SDMA Serum Concentrations Are Associated with Subclinical Atherosclerosis in the Study of Health in Pomerania (SHIP)

    Article • PLOS One, June 2015, PLOS

    Martin Bahls

  113. Mother's exercise during pregnancy programmes vasomotor function in adult offspring

    Article • Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology and Cognate Medical Sciences, December 2013, Wiley

    Martin Bahls

  114. Altered resting hemodynamics in lower-extremity arteries of individuals with spinal cord injury

    Article • Journal of Spinal Cord Medicine, March 2013, Taylor & Francis

    Martin Bahls

  115. Gene expression differences during the heterogeneous progression of peripheral atherosclerosis in familial hypercholesterolemic swine

    Article • BMC Genomics, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Martin Bahls

  116. Impact of porcine maternal aerobic exercise training during pregnancy on endothelial cell function of offspring at birth

    Article • Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease, November 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Martin Bahls

  117. Evidence for greater burden of peripheral arterial disease in lower extremity arteries of spinal cord-injured individuals

    Article • AJP Heart and Circulatory Physiology, September 2011, American Physiological Society

    Martin Bahls

  118. Mechanostasis in apoptosis and medicine

    Article • Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, September 2011, Elsevier

    Martin Bahls

  119. Gene expression differences in healthy brachial and femoral arteries of Rapacz familial hypercholesterolemic swine

    Article • Physiological Genomics, June 2011, American Physiological Society

    Martin Bahls