Recent publications on Aging & Geriatrics

LaCroix AZ, Jackson RD, Aragaki A, Kooperberg C, Cauley JA, Chen Z, Leboff MS, Duggan D, Wactawski-Wende J. OPG and sRANKL serum levels and incident hip fracture in postmenopausal Caucasian women in the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. Bone. 2013 Oct;56(2):474-81. doi:10.1016/j.bone.2013.05.018. Epub 2013 Jun 2. PubMed

Vitiello MV, McCurry SM, Shortreed SM, Balderson BH, Baker LD, Keefe FJ, Rybarczyk BD, Von Korff M. Cognitive-behavioral treatment for comorbid insomnia and osteoarthritis pain in primary care: the Lifestyles Randomized Controlled Trial. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013;61(6):947-56. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12275. Epub 2013 May 27. PubMed

Perry CK, Herting JR, Berke EM, Nguyen HQ, Vernez Moudon A, Beresford SA, Ockene JK, Manson JE, LaCroix AZ. Does neighborhood walkability moderate the effects of intrapersonal characteristics on amount of walking in post-menopausal women?  Health Place. 2013 May;21:39-45. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2012.12.007. Epub 2013 Jan 23. PubMed

Sternfeld B, LaCroix A, Caan BJ, Dunn AL, Newton KM, Reed SD, Guthrie KA, Booth-Laforce C, Sherman KJ, Cohen L, Freeman MP, Carpenter JS, Hunt JR, Roberts M, Ensrud KE. Design and methods of a multi-site, multi-behavioral treatment trial for menopausal symptoms: The MsFLASH experience.  Contemp Clin Trials. 2013 May;35(1):25-34. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.02.009. Epub 2013 Feb 24. PubMed

Reitz C, Jun G, Naj A, Rajbhandary R, Vardarajan BN, Wang LS, Valladares O, Lin CF, Larson EB, Graff-Radford NR, Evans D, De Jager PL, Crane PK, Buxbaum JD, Murrell JR, Raj T, Ertekin-Taner N, Logue M, Baldwin CT, Green RC, Barnes LL, Cantwell LB, Fallin MD, Go RC, Griffith P, Obisesan TO, Manly JJ, Lunetta KL, Kamboh MI, Lopez OL, Bennett DA, Hendrie H, Hall KS, Goate AM, Byrd GS, Kukull WA, Foroud TM, Haines JL, Farrer LA, Pericak-Vance MA, Schellenberg GD, Mayeux R; Alzheimer Disease Genetics Consortium. Variants in the ATP-binding cassette transporter (ABCA7), apolipoprotein E 4, and the risk of late-onset Alzheimer disease in African Americans. JAMA. 2013;309(14):1483-92. doi: 10.1001/jama.2013.2973. PubMed

Reed SD, Lampe JW, Qu C, Gundersen G, Fuller S, Copeland WK, Newton KM. Self-reported menopausal symptoms in a racially diverse population and soy food consumption. Maturitas. 2013 Jun;75(2):152-8. doi:10.1016/j.maturitas.2013.03.003. Epub 2013 Apr 3. PubMed

Wong WB, Lin VW, Boudreau D, Devine EB. Statins in the prevention of dementia and Alzheimer's disease: a meta-analysis of observational studies and an assessment of confounding. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2013 Apr;22(4):345-58. doi: 10.1002/pds.3381. Epub 2012 Dec 6. PubMed

Perry JR, Corre T, Esko T, Chasman DI, Fischer K, Franceschini N, He C, Kutalik Z, Mangino M, Rose LM, Vernon Smith A, Stolk L, Sulem P, Weedon MN, Zhuang WV, Arnold A, Ashworth A, Bergmann S, Buring JE, Burri A, Chen C, Cornelis MC, Couper DJ, Goodarzi MO, Gudnason V, Harris T, Hofman A, Jones M, Kraft P, Launer L, Laven JS, Li G, McKnight B, Masciullo C, Milani L, Orr N, Psaty BM; ReproGen Consortium, Ridker PM, Rivadeneira F, Sala C, Salumets A, Schoemaker M, Traglia M, Waeber G, Chanock SJ, Demerath EW, Garcia M, Hankinson SE, Hu FB, Hunter DJ, Lunetta KL, Metspalu A, Montgomery GW, Murabito JM, Newman AB, Ong KK, Spector TD, Stefansson K, Swerdlow AJ, Thorsteinsdottir U, Van Dam RM, Uitterlinden AG, Visser JA, Vollenweider P, Toniolo D, Murray A. A genome-wide association study of early menopause and the combined impact of identified variants.  Hum Mol Genet. 2013 Apr 1;22(7):1465-72. doi: 10.1093/hmg/dds551. Epub 2013 Jan 9. PubMed

Moyer VA, LeFevre ML, Siu AL, Baumann LC, Bibbins-Domingo K, Curry SJ, Ebell M, Flores G, Cantu AG, Grossman DC, Herzstein J, Melnikow J, Nicholson WK, Owens DK, Reyes C, Wilt TJ, Melnyk B. Screening for intimate partner violence and abuse of elderly and vulnerable adults: U.S. preventive services task force recommendation statement. Ann Intern Med. 2013 Mar 19;158(6):478-86. doi: 10.7326/0003-4819-158-6-201303190-00588. PubMed

Tom SE, Adachi JD, Anderson FA Jr, Boonen S, Chapurlat RD, Compston JE, Cooper C, Gehlbach SH, Greenspan SL, Hooven FH, Nieves JW, Pfeilschifter J, Roux C, Silverman S, Wyman A, LaCroix AZ. Frailty and fracture, disability, and falls: a multiple country study from the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Mar;61(3):327-34. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12146. Epub 2013 Jan 25. PubMed

Joffe H, Guthrie KA, Larson J, Cohen LS, Carpenter JS, LaCroix AZ, Freeman EW. Relapse of vasomotor symptoms after discontinuation of the selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor escitalopram: results from the Menopause Strategies: Finding Lasting Answers for Symptoms and Health Research Network.  Menopause. 2013;20(3):261-8. doi: 10.1097/GME.0b013e31826d3108. PubMed

LaCroix AZ. Editorial: Introducing the 2013 volume of Epidemiologic Reviews on Aging. Am J Epidemiol. 2013 Mar 1;177(5):377-9. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwt011. Epub 2013 Feb 1. PubMed

Dallal CM, Brinton LA, Bauer DC, Buist DS, Cauley JA, Hue TF, LaCroix A, Tice JA, Chia VM, Falk R, Pfeiffer R, Pollak MN, Veenstra TD, Xu X, Lacey JV. Obesity-related hormones and endometrial cancer among postmenopausal women: a nested case-control study within the B~FIT cohort.  Endocr Relat Cancer. 2013 Feb 18;20(1):151-60. doi: 10.1530/ERC-12-0229. Epub 2012 Dec 5. PubMed

Gray SL, Anderson ML, Hubbard RA, LaCroix A, Crane PK, McCormick W, Bowen JD, McCurry SM, Larson EB. Frailty and incident dementia. J Gerontol A Biol Sci MedSci. 2013 Sep;68(9):1083-90. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glt013. Epub 2013 Feb 18. PubMed

Jensen PN, Thacker EL, Dublin S, Psaty BM, Heckbert SR. Racial differences in the incidence of and risk factors for atrial fibrillation in older adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Feb;61(2):276-80. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12085. Epub 2013 Jan 15. PubMed

Tsuang D, Leverenz JB, Lopez OL, Hamilton RL, Bennett DA, Schneider JA, Buchman AS, Larson EB, Crane PK, Kaye JA, Kramer P, Woltjer R, Trojanowski JQ, Weintraub D, Chen-Plotkin AS, Irwin DJ, Rick J, Schellenberg GD, Watson GS, Kukull W, Nelson PT, Jicha GA, Neltner JH, Galasko D, Masliah E, Quinn JF, Chung KA, Yearout D, Mata IF, Wan JY, Edwards KL, Montine TJ, Zabetian CP. APOE ß4 increases risk for dementia in pure synucleinopathies. JAMA Neurol. 2013;70(2):223-8. doi: 10.1001/jamaneurol.2013.600. PubMed

Dams-O'Connor K, Gibbons LE, Bowen JD, McCurry SM, Larson EB, Crane PK. Risk for late-life re-injury, dementia and death among individuals with traumatic brain injury: a population-based study.  J Neurol Neurosurg Psychiatry. 2013 Feb;84(2):177-82. doi: 10.1136/jnnp-2012-303938. Epub 2012 Nov 21. PubMed

Aguila E, Escarce J, Leng M, Morales L. Health status and behavioral risk factors in older adult Mexicans and Mexican immigrants to the United States. J Aging Health. 2013;25(1):136-58. doi: 10.1177/0898264312468155. Epub 2012 Dec 21. PubMed

Passarelli MN, Phipps AI, Potter JD, Makar KW, Coghill AE, Wernli KJ, White E, Chan AT, Hutter CM, Peters U, Newcomb PA. Common single nucleotide polymorphisms in the estrogen receptor beta promoter are associated with colorectal cancer survival in postmenopausal women.  Cancer Res. 2013 Jan 15;73(2):767-75. doi: 10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-12-2484. Epub 2012 Nov 13. PubMed

Costa AG, Wyman A, Siris ES, Watts NB, Silverman S, Saag KG, Roux C, Rossini M, Pfeilschifter J, Nieves JW, Netelenbos JC, March L, LaCroix AZ, Hooven FH, Greenspan SL, Gehlbach SH, Diez-Perez A, Cooper C, Compston JE, Chapurlat RD, Boonen S, Anderson FA Jr, Adachi JD, Adami S. When, where and how osteoporosis-associated fractures occur: an analysis from the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW). PLoS One. 2013 Dec 11;8(12):e83306. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0083306. PubMed