Dr Ian J Brown

Research Associate, INTERMAP Study

Research Interests and Responsibilities
Analysis and interpretation of diet-blood pressure relationships; diet assessment methods; statistical methods for analyzing diet-disease associations; database management.

Professional Affiliations
Member, American Heart Association, 2008 – present

Key Publications
Brown IJ, Tzoulaki I, Candeias V, Elliott P. Salt intakes around the world: implications for public health. Int J Epidemiol 2009; Advance access published online 7 April 2009. PubMed, doi: doi:10.1093/ije/dyp139

Brown IJ, Elliott P, Robertson CE, Chan Q, Daviglus ML, Dyer AR, Huang CC, Rodriguez BL, Sakata K, Ueshima H, Van Horn L, Zhao L, Stamler J. Dietary starch intakes of individuals and their blood pressure: the International Study of Macronutrients and Micronutrients and Blood Pressure. J Hypertens 2009; 27:231-236. PubMed, doi:10.1097/HJH.0b013e32831a7294

Holmes E, Loo RL, Stamler J, Bictash M, Yap IKS, 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 blood pressure. Nature 2008; 453:396-400. PubMed, doi:10.1038/nature06882

Tzoulaki I, Brown IJ, Chan Q, Van Horn L, Ueshima H, Zhao L, Stamler J, Elliott P. Relation of iron and red meat intake to blood pressure: cross sectional epidemiological study. Brit Med J 2008; 337:a258. PubMed, doi:10.1136/bmj.a258

Elliott P, Kesteloot H, Appel L, Dyer A, Ueshima H, Chan Q, Brown IJ, Zhao L, Stamler J. Dietary phosphorus and blood pressure: International Study of Macro- and Micro-Nutrients and Blood Pressure. Hypertension 2008; 51:669-675. PubMed, doi:10.1161/hypertensionaha.107.103747