David McCarron

  • Associate in AES

dmccarron@academicnetwork.com

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Education

  • 1963-67 B.A. Cum Laude, Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts
  • 1967-71 M.D., University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
  • 1971-72 Straight Medicine Intern, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
  • 1972-73 Medical Resident, Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio
  • 1974-76 Fellow in Nephrology, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts
  • 1976-77 Chief Medical Resident, Tufts-New England Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts

Research Interests

Dr. McCarron is an Adjunct Professor with the Department of Nutrition, University of California-Davis and former Head of the Nephrology Division at Oregon Health & Science University. He is President of Academic Network, a healthcare communication company in Portland Oregon, and Vice President - Health Communications of Stericycle, the parent company of Academic Network. He currently directs the public/private partnership, Shaping America’s Youth, addressing childhood inactivity and excess weight. An internationally recognized authority on the role of dietary nutrients in cardiovascular disease, Dr. McCarron has served as a consultant, investigator, media contact, and medical board member/chairman to numerous private and public organizations over the past 25 years. Most recently, he received the International Award for Modern Nutrition 2004 which is given in recognition for outstanding research contributions to our understanding the role of nutrition in hypertension. He is the author of more than 250 scientific publications, over 500 scientific papers at research meetings and serves on the editorial boards of several professional journals.

Dr. McCarron is a Fellow in the American College of Physicians and the AHA Council for High Blood Pressure Research and is a founding member of the Board of the American Society of Hypertension. He is a frequently invited speaker at U.S. and international medical research meetings and symposia having spoken at over 200 in more than 20 countries. He has been featured in national media including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, CNN, CBS, BBC, PBS and NPR. Dr. McCarron received his undergraduate degree in chemistry from Williams College and medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his training in Internal Medicine at Case Western Reserve-University Hospitals and Nephrology at Tufts-New England Medical Center. He is board certified in Internal Medicine and Nephrology.

Publications

  • Young EW, Bukoski RD, McCarron DA. Calcium metabolism in experimental hypertension. Proc Soc Exp Biol Med 1988; 187:123-141.
  • Metz JA, Karanja N, Torok J, McCarron DA. Modification of total body fat in the spontaneously hypertensive rat and Wistar-Kyoto rat by dietary calcium and sodium. Am J Hypertens 1988; 1:58-60.
  • Hatton DC, Muntzel M, McCarron DA, Pressley M, Bukoski RD. Early effects of dietary calcium on blood pressure, plasma volume and vascular reactivity. Kidney Int 1988; 34(suppl 25):S16-S18.
  • Bukoski RD, Xue H, McCarron DA. Vascular changes during calcium-loading and experimental hypertension. Pharm Res Comm 1988; 20:55-70.
  • Wegener LL, McCarron DA. Acute intravenous calcitonin: failure to modify systemic blood pressure. Peptides 1988; 9:1191-1193.
  • McCarron DA, Lenfesty B, Narasimhan N, Barry JM, Vetto M, Bennett WM. Anatomical heterogeneity of parathyroid glands in posttransplant hyperparathyroidism. Am J Nephrol 1988; 8:388-391.
  • McCarron DA. Calcium metabolism and hypertension. Kidney Int 1989; 35:717-736.
  • Lucas PA, Roullet CM, Lacour B, Dang P, McCarron DA, Drüeke T. Decreased duodenal enterocyte calcium flux rates in the spontaneously hypertensive rat. Am J Hypertens 1989; 2:86-92.
  • Muntzel MS, Hatton DC, Metz JA, McCarron DA. Dietary calcium alters blood pressure in neonatal spontaneously hypertensive rats. Am J Hypertens 1989; 2:158-162.
  • Kaplan NM, Alderman MH, Flamenbaum W, McCarron DA, Perry HM, Saunders E, Shoenberger JA. Guidelines for the treatment of hypertension. Am J Hypertens 1989; 2:75-77.
  • Bukoski RD, DeWan P, McCarron DA. 1,25(OH)2 vitamin D3 modifies growth and contractile function of vascular smooth muscle of spontaneously hypertensive rats. Am J Hypertens 1989; 2:553-556.
  • Roullet J-B, Haluska M, Morchoisne O, McCarron DA. 1,25 dihydroxyvitamin D3-induced alterations of lipid metabolism in human monocyte macrophages. Am J Physiol 1989; 257:E290-E295.
  • Hatton DC, Scrogin K, Metz JA, McCarron DA. Dietary calcium alters blood pressure reactivity in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Hypertension 1989; 13:622-629.
  • Bukoski RD, Xue H, McCarron DA. Mesenteric artery contractile properties during dietary calcium manipulation in spontaneously hypertensive and Wistar Kyoto normotensive rats. Am J Hypertens 1989; 2:440-448.
  • Roullet C, Young EW, Roullet J-B, Lacour B, Drüeke T, McCarron DA. Calcium uptake by duodenal enterocytes isolated from young and mature SHR and WKY rats: influence of dietary calcium. Am J Physiol 1989; 257:F574-F579.
  • Luft FC, Miller JZ, Lyle RM, Melby CL, Fineberg NS, McCarron DA, Weinberger MH, Morris CD. The effect of dietary interventions to reduce blood pressure in normal humans. J Am Coll Nutr 1989; 8:495-503.
  • Karanja N, Phanouvong T, McCarron DA. Blood pressure in spontaneously hypertensive rats fed butterfat, corn oil, or fish oil. Hypertension 1989; 14:674-679.
  • Drüeke T, Lucas PA, Nabarra B, Ben Nasr L, Hennessen U, Dang P, Thomasset M, Lacour B, Coudrier E, McCarron DA. Ultrastructural and functional abnormalities of intestinal and renal epithelium in the spontaneously hypertensive rat. Kidney Int 1990; 37:1438-1448.
  • Oshima T, Young EW, Bukoski RD, McCarron DA. Abnormal calcium handling by fura-2 loaded platelets of spontaneously hypertensive rats. Hypertension 1990; 15:606-611.
  • McCarron DA, Lipkin M, Rivlin RS, Heaney RP. Dietary calcium and chronic diseases. Med Hypotheses 1990; 31:265-273.
  • Morris CD, McCarron DA, Bennett WM. Low level lead exposure, blood pressure, and calcium metabolism. Am J Kidney Dis 1990; XV:568-574.
  • Bourgouin P, Lucas P, Roullet C, Pointillart A, Thomasset M, Brami M, Comte L, Lacour B, Garabedian M, McCarron DA, Drüeke T. Developmental changes of Ca2+, PO4, and calcitriol metabolism in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Am J Physiol 1990; 259:F104-F110.
  • Drüeke T, Hennessen U, Lucas PA, Nabarra B, Ben Nasr L, Thomasset M, Lacour B, Coudrier E, McCarron DA. Epithelial abnormalities in intestine and kidney of the spontaneously hypertensive rat. Am J Hypertens 1990; 3:195S-201S.
  • Young EW, McCarron DA, Morris CD. Calcium regulating hormones in essential hypertension. Importance of gender. Am J Hypertens 1990; 3:161S-166S.
  • Hennessen U, Drüeke T, Comte L, Steuf MC, McCarron DA, Lacour B. Calcium uptake kinetics into brush-border membrane vesicles: higher Vmax in the spontaneously hypertensive rat than in the normotensive control. Biochem Biophys Res Comm 1990; 170:742-747.
  • Metz JA, Karanja N, Young EW, Morris CD, McCarron DA. Bone mineral density in spontaneous hypertension: differential effects of dietary calcium. Am J Med Sci 1990; 300:225-230.
  • McCarron DA. A consensus approach to electrolytes and blood pressure: could we all be right? Hypertension 1991; 17(suppl I):I-170-I-172.
  • Hermsmeyer K, Hatton DC, Karanja N, McCarron DA. Effects of dietary calcium on nimodipine-sensitive calcium channel function in stroke-prone SHR. Stroke 1990; 21(suppl IV):IV-98-IV-101.
  • Hatton DC, Muntzel MS, Absalon J, Lashley D, McCarron DA. Dietary calcium and iron: effects on blood pressure and hematocrit in young spontaneously hypertensive rats. Am J Clin Nutr 1991; 53:542-546.
  • Xue H, McCarron DA, Bukoski RD. 1,25(OH)2 vitamin D3 attenuates the loss of resistance artery contractile function associated with incubation in culture media. Biochem Biophys Res Comm 1991; 174:11-17.
  • Morris CD, Young EW, Roullet C, Drüeke T, McCarron DA. Dietary calcium and blood pressure: modifying factors in specific populations. Am J Clin Nutr 1991; 54:215S-219S.
  • Gaboury CL, Karanja N, Torok J, McCarron DA. Patterns of insulin secretion and responsiveness in Wistar-Kyoto and spontaneously hypertensive rats. Am J Hypertens 1991; 4:661-666.
  • Roullet CM, Roullet JB, Duchambon P, Thomasset M, Lacour B, McCarron DA, Drüeke T. Abnormal intestinal regulation of calbindin-D9K and calmodulin by dietary calcium in genetic hypertension. Am J Physiol 1991; 261:F474-480.
  • Scrogin KE, Hatton DC, McCarron DA. The interactive effects of dietary sodium chloride and calcium on cardiovascular stress responses. Am J Physiol 1991; 226:R945-R949.
  • Oshima T, Young EW, McCarron DA. Abnormal platelet and lymphocyte calcium handling in prehypertensive rats. Hypertension 1991; 18:111-115.
  • Oshima T, Schleiffer R, Young EW, McCarron DA, Bukoski RD. Parathyroidectomy lowers blood pressure independently of changes in platelet free calcium. J Hypertens 1991; 9: 155-158
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  • Oshima T, Young EW, Bukoski RD, McCarron DA. The rise and fall of agonist-evoked platelet Ca2+ in hypertensive rats. Hypertension 1991; 18:758-762.
  • Xue H, McCarron DA, Bukoski RD. 1,25(OH)2 vitamin D3 induced 45Ca uptake in vascular myocytes cultured from spontaneously hypertensive and normotensive rats. Life Sci 1991; 49:651-659.
  • Hatton DC, Bukoski RD, Edgar S, McCarron DA. Chronic alcohol consumption lowers blood pressure enhances vascular contractility in Wistar rats. J Hypertens 1992; 10: 529-537.
  • Morris CD, McCarron DA. Effect of calcium supplementation on blood pressure in an older population with mild systolic hypertension. Am J Hypertens 1992; 5:230-237.
  • Oshima T, Young EW, Hermsmeyer K, McCarron DA. Modification of platelet and lymphocyte calcium handling and blood pressure by dietary sodium and calcium in genetically hypertensive rats. J Lab Clin Med 1992; 119:151-158.
  • Scrogin KE, Hatton DC, McCarron DA. Effects of dietary sodium and calcium on blood pressure reactivity in the SHR and WKY. Clin Exp Hypertens 1992; A13:699-707.
  • Young EW, Morris CD, McCarron DA. Urinary calcium excretion in essential hypertension. J Lab Clin Med 1992; 120:624-632.
  • Oshima T, Tsubokura T, Matsuura H, Kainouchi M, Kajiyama G, McCarron DA. Lack of effect of parathyroid hormone on calcium homeostasis in rat platelets. Am J Hypertens 1992; 5:823-826.
  • Hatton DC, Scrogin KE, Levine D, Feller D, McCarron DA. Dietary calcium modulates blood pressure through an a-1 adrenergic mechanism. Am J Physiol 1993; 264:F234-F238.
  • Schleiffer R, Xue H, McCarron DA, Bukoski R. Effect of chronic and subacute parathyroidectomy on blood pressure and resistance artery contractility in the spontaneously hypertensive rat. J Hypertens 1993; 11:709-716.
  • Hatton DC, Demerritt J, McCarron DA. Stress-induced hypertension in the BHR: duration of stressor. Physiol Behav 1993; 53:435-641.
  • Komura H, Bukoski RD, Karanja N, Morris CD, Shingu T, McCarron DA. Effect of prostacyclin on platelet intracellular free calcium concentration of hypertension and normotensive humans. Am J Hypertens 1993; 6:730-735.
  • Roullet JB, Xue H, Pappu AS, Roullet C, Holcomb S, McCarron DA. Mevalonate availability and cardiovascular function. Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 1993; 90:11728-11732.
  • Karanja N, Morris CD, Rufolo P, Snyder G, Illingworth DR, McCarron DA. The impact of increasing calcium through the diet on nutrient consumption, plasma lipids, and lipoproteins in humans. Am J Clin Nutr 1994; 59:900-907.
  • Hatton DC, McCarron DA. Dietary calcium and blood pressure in experimental models of hypertension: a review. Hypertension 1994; 23:513-530.
  • Roullet JB, Xue H, McCarron DA, Holcomb S, Bennett WM. Vascular mechanisms of cyclosporine-induced hypertension in the rat. J Clin Invest 1994; 93:2244-2250.
  • McCarron DA. Renal protective effects of angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors. Adv Ther 1994; 11:165-176.
  • Roullet CM, Roullet JB, Martin AS, McCarron DA. In vivo effect of calcitriol on calcium transport and calcium binding proteins in the spontaneously hypertensive rat (SHR). Hypertension 1994; 24:176-182.
  • McCarron DA, Hatton DC, Roullet JB, Roullet CM. Dietary calcium, defective cellular Ca2+ handling and arterial pressure control. Can J Physiol Pharmacol 1994; 72:937-944.
  • Reusser ME, McCarron DA. Micronutrient effects on blood pressure regulation. Nutr Rev 1994; 52:367-375.
  • Roullet J-B, Xue H, Burdmann EA, Chapman J, McCarron DA, Bennett WM. Cardiovascular consequences of immunosuppressive drug treatment: a comparative study of cyclosporine A and cyclosporine G. Transplant Proc 1995; 27:346-347.
  • Young EW, Morris CD, Holcomb S, McMillan G, McCarron DA. Regulation of parathyroid hormone and vitamin D in essential hypertension. Am J Hypertens 1995; 8:957-964.
  • Roullet JB, Xue H, Roullet CM, Fletcher WE, Harkin CT, McCarron DA. Mevalonate availability controls human and rat resistance vessel function. J Clin Invest 1995; 96:239-244.
  • Hatton DC, Que Y, McCarron DA. Mechanisms of calcium's effects on blood pressure. Semin Nephrol 1995; 15:593-602.
  • Reusser ME, McCarron DA. Nonpharmacological treatment of hypertension. Prim Care Rpt 1995; 1:57-64.
  • Coste SC, Qi Y, Brooks VL, McCarron DA, Hatton DC. Captopril and stress-induced hypertension in the borderline hypertensive rat. J Hypertens 1995; 13:1391-1398.
  • McCarron DA. Calcium metabolism in hypertension. Keio J Med 1995; 44:105-114.
  • McCarron DA, Bennett WM, Reusser ME. Adverse effects of sodium restriction with concurrent medications. J Renal Nutr 1995; 5:108-115.
  • McCarron DA, Reusser ME. Body weight and blood pressure regulation. Am J Clin Nutr 1996; 63:423S-425S.
  • McCarron DA, Hatton, D. Dietary calcium and lower blood pressure - we can all benefit. JAMA 1996; 275:1128-1129.
  • Hatton DC, Haynes RB, Oparil S, Kris-Etherton P, Pi-Sunyer FX, Resnick LM, Stern JS, Clark S, McMahon M, Morris C, Metz J, Ward A, Holcomb S, McCarron DA. Improved quality of life in patients with generalized cardiovascular metabolic disease on a prepared diet. Am J Clin Nutr 1996; 64:935-943.
  • Hatton DC, McCarron DA. Dietary salt and hypertension. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens 1996; 5:166-169.
  • Roullet JB, Xue H, McDougal P, Chapman J, Roullet CM, McCarron DA. Farnesyl analogues inhibit vasoconstriction in animal and human arteries. J Clin Invest 1996; 97:2384-2390.
  • Hatton DC, Haynes RB, Oparil S, Kris-Etherton P, Pi-Sunyer FX, Resnick LM, Stern JS, McMahon M, Morris C, Metz JA, Ward A, Holcomb S, McCarron DA. Improved quality of life in patients with generalized cardiovascular metabolic disease on a prepared diet. Am J Clin Nutr 1996; 64:935-943.
  • McCarron DA, Oparil S, Chait A, Haynes RB, Kris-Etherton P, Stern JS, Resnick LM, Clark S, Morris CD, Hatton DC, Metz JA, McMahon M, Holcomb S, Snyder GW, Pi-Sunyer FX. Nutritional management of cardiovascular risk factors: a randomized clinical trial. Arch Intern Med 1997; 157:169-177.
  • McCarron DA, Weder AB, Egan BM, Krishna GG, Morris CD, Cohen M, Oparil S. Blood pressure and metabolic responses to moderate sodium restriction in Isradipine-treated hypertensive patients. Am J Hypertens 1997; 10:68-76.
  • Hatton DC, Brooks V, Yue Q, McCarron, DA. The cardiovascular response to stress: Baroreflex resetting and hemodynamics. Am J Physiol 1997; 41:R1588-R1594.
    • Metz JA, Kris-Etherton P, Morris CD, Mustad V, Stern JS, Oparil S, Chait A, Haynes B, Resnick LM, Clark S, Hatton DC, McMahon M, Holcomb S, Snyder GW, Pi-Sunyer FX, McCarron DA. Dietary compliance and cardiovascular risk reduction with a prepared meal plan compared to a self-selected diet. Am J Clin Nutr 1997; 66:373-385.
  • Passmore JC, Hatton DC, McCarron DA. Dietary calcium decreases blood pressure without decreasing renal vascular resistance or altering the response to NO blockage. J Lab Clin Med 1997; 103(6):1-8.
  • Roullet JB, Luft UC, Xue H, Chapman J, Bychkov R, Roullet CM, Luft FC, Haller H, McCarron DA. Farnesol inhibits L-type Ca2+channels in vascular smooth muscle cells. J Biol Chem 1997; 272(51):32240-32246.
  • Roullet JB, Le Quan Sang K-H, Luft U, Watanabe M, Otsuka K, McCarron DA, Devynck, MA. Farnesol inhibition of Ca2+ uptake in A7r5 vascular smooth muscle cells: lack of effect on membrane fluidity and Ca2+-ATPase activities. J Hypertens 1997; 15:1723-1728.
  • Chrysant SG, Weir MR, Weder AB, McCarron DA, Canossa-Terris M, Cohen JD, Menella RF, Kirkegaard LW, Lewin AJ, Weinberger MH. There are no racial, age, sex, or weight differences in the effect of salt on blood pressure in salt sensitive hypertensive patients. Arch Intern Med 1997; 157:2489-2494.
  • Otsuka K, Watanabe M, Yue Q, McCarron DA, Hatton DC. Dietary calcium attenuates platelet aggregation and intracellular Ca2+ mobilization in spontaneously hypertensive rats. Am J Hypertens 1997; 10(1):1165-1170.
  • McCarron DA, Oparil S, Resnick LM, Vanguard Study Group. Comprehensive nutrition plan improves cardiovascular risk factors in essential hypertension. Am J Hypertens 1998; 11:31-40.
  • Weir MR, Chrysant SG, McCarron DA, Canossa-Terris M, Cohen JD, Gunter PA, Lewin AJ, Mennella RF, Kirkegaard LW, Hamilton BP, Weinberger MH, Weder AB. Influence of race and dietary salt on the antihypertensive efficacy of an angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor or a calcium channel antagonist in salt sensitive hypertensives. Hypertension 1998; 31:1088-1096.
  • Kotchen TA, McCarron DA. Dietary electrolytes and blood pressure: a statement for healthcare professionals from the American Heart Association Nutrition Committee. Circulation 1998; 98:613-617.
  • McCarron DA. Diet and blood pressure - the paradigm shift. Science 1998; 281:933-934.
  • Otsuka K, Roullet CM, McDougal P, McCarron DA, Roullet JB. Protein carboxyl methylation controls intracellular pH in human platelets. J Hypertens 1998; 16: 1261 1266.
  • Hatton DC, Metz JA, Kris-Etherton PM, Holcomb S, Morris CD, Oparil S, Haynes RB, Stern JS, Resnick LM, Pi-Sunyer FX, Chait A, Clark S, McMahon M, Reusser ME, McCarron DA. Healthier diets improve quality of life while reducing cardiovascular disease risk factors. Dis Manage Clin Outcomes 1998; 1:106-113.
  • Pi-Sunyer FX, Maggio CA, McCarron DA, Reusser ME, Stern JS, Haynes RB, Oparil S, Kris-Etherton P, Resnick LM, Chait A, Morris CD, Hatton DC, Metz JA, Snyder GW, Clark S, McMahon M. Multicenter randomized trial of a comprehensive prepared meal plan program in type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care 1999; 22:191-197.
  • Luft U, Rostislav B, Gollasch M, Gross V, Roullet JB, McCarron DA, Ried C, Hofmann F, Yagil Y, Yagil C, Haller H, Luft FC. Farnesol blocks the L-type Ca2+ channel by targeting the a1-C subunit. Aterioscler Throm Vasc Biol 1999; 19:959-966.
  • Metz JA, Morris CD, Roberts LA, McClung MR, McCarron DA. Blood pressure and calcium intake are related to bone density in adult males. Br J Nutr 1999; 81:383 388.
  • De Lima JJ, Xue H, Coburn L, Andoh TF, McCarron DA, Bennett WM, Roullet JB. Effects of FK506 in rat and human resistance arteries. Kidney Int 1999; 55:1518-1527.
  • Haynes RB, Kris-Etherton P, McCarron DA, Oparil S, Chait A, Resnick LM, Morris CD, Clark S, Hatton DC, Metz JA, McMahon M, Holcomb S, Snyder G, Pi-Sunyer FX, Stern JS. Nutritionally complete prepared meal plan to reduce cardiovascular risk factors: a randomized clinical trial. J Am Diet Assoc 1999; 99:1077-1083.
  • Chait A, Malinow MR, Nevin DN, Morris CD, Eastgard RL, Kris-Etherton P, Pi-Sunyer FX, Oparil S, Resnick LM, Stern JS, Haynes RB, Hatton DC, Metz JA, Clark S, McMahon M, Holcomb S, Reusser ME, Snyder GW, McCarron DA. Increased dietary micronutrients reduce serum homocysteine in patients at high risk for cardiovascular disease. Am J Clin Nutr 1999; 70:881-887.
  • Heaney RP, McCarron DA, Dawson-Hughes B, Oparil S, Berga SL, Stern JS, Barr SI, Rosen CJ. Dietary changes favorably affect bone remodeling in older adults. J Am Diet Assoc 1999; 99:1228-1233.
  • Metz JA, Stern JS, Kris-Etherton P, Reusser ME, Morris CD, Hatton DC, Oparil S, Haynes RB, Resnick LM, Pi-Sunyer FX, Clark S, Chester L, McMahon M, Snyder GW, McCarron DA. Randomized trial of improved weight loss with a prepared meal plan in overweight and obese patients. Impact on cardiovascular risk-reduction. Arch Intern Med 2000; 160:2150-2158.
  • Barr SI, McCarron DA, Heaney RP, Dawson-Hughes B, Oparil S, Berga S, Stern JS. Effects of increased consumption of fluid milk on energy and nutrient intake, body weight, and cardiovascular risk factors in healthy older adults. J Am Diet Assoc 2000; 100:810-817.
  • Resnick LM, Oparil S, Chait A, Haynes RB, Kris-Etherton P, Stern JS, Clark S, Holcomb S, Hatton DC, Metz JA, McMahon M, Pi-Sunyer FX, McCarron DA. Factors affecting blood pressure responses to diet: the Vanguard Study. Am J Hypertens 2000; 13:956-965.
  • Harrison-Hohner J, Coste S, Dorato V, Curet LB, McCarron D, Hatton D. Prenatal calcium supplementation and postpartum depression: an ancillary study to a randomized trial of calcium for prevention of preeclampsia. Arch Womens Ment Health 2001; 3:141-146.
  • Hatton DC, Yue Q, Dierickx J, Roullet C, Otsuka K, Watanabe M, Coste S, Roullet JB, Phanouvang T, Orwoll E, Orwoll S, McCarron DA. Calcium metabolism and cardiovascular function after spaceflight. J Appl Physiol 2002; 92:3-12.
  • Hatton DC, Yue Q, Chapman J, Xue H, Dierickx , Roullet C, Coste S, Roullet JB, McCarron DA. Blood pressure and mesenteric resistance arterial function after space flight. J Appl Physiol 2002; 92: 13-17.
  • Reusser ME, DiRienzo DB, Miller GD, McCarron DA. Adequate nutrient intake can reduce cardiovascular disease risk in African Americans. J Natl Med Assoc 2003;95:188-195.
  • McCarron DA. DASH-Sodium Trial: where are the data? Am J Hypertens 2003; 16:92-94.
  • Drueke TB, McCarron DA. Paricalcitol as compared with calcitriol in patients undergoing hemodialysis [editorial]. N Engl J Med 2003; 349:496-499.
    • McCarron DA. NHLBI’s conflict of interest: why we need the Data Quality Act [editorial]. Am J Hypertens 2003; 16:789-791.
  • Hatton DC, Harrison-Hohner J, Coste S, Reller M, McCarron DA. Gestational calcium supplementation and blood pressure in the offspring. Am J Hypertens 2003;16:801-805.
  • McCarron DA, Heaney RP. Estimated healthcare savings associated with adequate dairy food intake. Am J Hypertens 2004; 17:88-97.
  • Townsend MS, Fulgoni VL, Stern JS, Adu-Afarwuah, McCarron DA. Low mineral intake predicts high systolic blood pressure in NHANES III and IV: could we all be right? Am J Hypertens 2005; 18:261-269.
  • Reusser ME, McCarron DA. Reducing hypertensive cardiovascular disease risk of African Americans with diet: focus on the facts. J Nutr 2006; 136:1-4.
  • Hatton DC, Harrison-Hohner J, Coste S, Dorato V, Curet LB, McCarron DA. Relationship between postpartum depression and breastfeeding. J Hum Lact 2005; 21:444-449.
  • McCarron DA. Dietary sodium and cardiovascular and renal disease risk factors: dark horse or phantom entry? Nephrol Dial Transplant 2009 [in press].