Recent publications on Aging & Geriatrics

Borenstein A, Wu Y, Bowen JS, McCormick WM, Uomoto J, McCurry SM, Schellenberg G, Larson EB. Incidence rates of dementia, Alzheimer’s disease and vascular dementia in the Japanese population in Seattle, WA: the Kame Project. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2014 Jan-Mar;28(1):23-9. doi: 10.1097/WAD.0b013e3182a2e32f. PubMed

Newton KM, Reed SD, Guthrie KA, Sherman KJ, Booth-LaForce C, Caan B, Sternfeld B, Carpenter JS, Learman LA, Freeman EW, Cohen LS, Joffe H, Anderson GL, Larson JC, Ensrud KE, LaCroix AZ. Efficacy of yoga for vasomotor symptoms: a randomized controlled trial. Menopause. 2014 Apr;21(4):339-46. doi: 10.1097/GME.0b013e31829e4baa. PubMed

Stevens JA, Phelan EA. Development of STEADI: a fall prevention resource for health care providers. Health Promot Pract. 2013 Sep;14(5):706-14. doi: 10.1177/1524839912463576. Epub 2012 Nov 16. PubMed

Kamineni A, Weinmann S, Shy KK, Glass AG, Weiss NS. Efficacy of screening in preventing cervical cancer among older women. Cancer Causes Control. 2013 Sep;24(9):1653-60. doi: 10.1007/s10552-013-0239-4. Epub 2013 Jun 7. PubMed

Cohen LS, Joffe H, Guthrie KA, Ensrud KE, Freeman M, Carpenter JS, Anderson GL, Larson JC, LaCroix AZ, Newton KM, Reed SD, Manson JE, Sternfeld B, Freeman EW, Tinker LE, Booth LaForce C. Efficacy of omega-3 for vasomotor symptoms treatment: a randomized controlled trial. Menopause. 2014 Apr;21(4):347-54. doi: 10.1097/GME.0b013e31829e40b8. PubMed

Crane PK, Walker R, Hubbard RA, Li G, Nathan DM, Zheng H, Haneuse S, Craft S, Montine TJ, Kahn SE, McCormick W, McCurry SM, Bowen JD, Larson EB. Glucose levels and risk of dementia. N Engl J Med. 2013;369(6):540-8. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa1215740. PubMed

Cholerton B, Larson EB, Baker LD, Craft S, Crane PK, Millard SP, Sonnen JA, Montine TJ. Neuropathologic correlates of cognition in a population-based sample. J Alzheimers Dis. 2013;36(4):699-709. doi: 10.3233/JAD-130281. Epub 2013 May 10. PubMed

Bell CL, LaCroix A, Masaki K, Hade EM, Manini T, Mysiw WJ, Curb JD, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Prestroke factors associated with poststroke mortality and recovery in older women in the Women's Health Initiative. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Aug;61(8):1324-30. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12361. Epub 2013 Jul 19. PubMed

Miyawaki CE. Generational differences in Japanese Americans' preferred senior service environments. J Gerontol Soc Work. 2013;56(5):388-406. doi: 10.1080/01634372.2013.791906. Epub 2013 Jun 14. PubMed

Larson EB. The body-mind connection in aging and dementia. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Jul;61(7):1210-1. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12257. PubMed

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

Pawloski PA, Geiger AM, Haque R, Kamineni A, Fouayzi H, Ogarek J, Petersen HV, Bosco JL, Thwin SS, Silliman RA, Field TS. Fracture risk in older, long-term survivors of early-stage breast cancer. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2013 Jun;61(6):888-95. doi: 10.1111/jgs.12269. Epub 2013 May 6. 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

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

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

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

Miyashita A, Koike A, Jun G, Wang LS, Takahashi S, Matsubara E, Kawarabayashi T, Shoji M, Tomita N, Arai H, Asada T, Harigaya Y, Ikeda M, Amari M, Hanyu H, Higuchi S, Ikeuchi T, Nishizawa M, Suga M, Kawase Y, Akatsu H, Kosaka K, Yamamoto T, Imagawa M, Hamaguchi T, Yamada M, Moriaha T, Takeda M, Takao T, Nakata K, Fujisawa Y, Sasaki K, Watanabe K, Nakashima K, Urakami K, Ooya T, Takahashi M, Yuzuriha T, Serikawa K, Yoshimoto S, Nakagawa R, Kim JW, Ki CS, Won HH, Na DL, Seo SW, Mook-Jung I; Alzheimer Disease Genetics Consortium, St George-Hyslop P, Mayeux R, Haines JL, Pericak-Vance MA, Yoshida M, Nishida N, Tokunaga K, Yamamoto K, Tsuji S, Kanazawa I, Ihara Y, Schellenberg GD, Farrer LA, Kuwano R. SORL1 is genetically associated with late-onset Alzheimer's disease in Japanese, Koreans and Caucasians. PLoS One. 2013;8(4):e58618. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0058618. Epub 2013 Apr 2. 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