Recent publications on Aging & Geriatrics

Ensrud KE, Joffe H, Guthrie KA, Larson JC, Reed SD, Newton KM, Sternfeld B, LaCroix AZ, Landis CA, Woods NF, Freeman EW. Effect of escitalopram on insomnia symptoms and subjective sleep quality in healthy perimenopausal and postmenopausal women with hot flashes: a randomized controlled trial.  Menopause. 2012 Aug;19(8):848-55. PubMed

Atkinson C, Newton KM, Yong M, Stanczyk FZ, Westerlind KC, Li L, Lampe JW. Daidzein-metabolizing phenotypes in relation to bone density and body composition among premenopausal women in the United States.  Metabolism. 2012 Dec;61(12):1678-82. doi: 10.1016/j.metabol.2012.05.012. Epub 2012 Jul 21. PubMed

Allen M, Sou F, Chai HS, Younkin CS, Crrok J, et al, including Larson EB Novel late-onset Alzheimer’s disease loci variants associate with brain gene expression. Neurology. 2012 Jul 17;79(3):221-8. Epub 2012 Jun 20. PubMed

Chubak J, Anderson ML, Saunders KW, Hubbard RA, Tuzzio L, Liss DT, Morales LS, Reid RJ. Predictors of 1-year change in patient activation among older adults with diabetes and heart disease. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Jul;60(7):1316-21. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.04008.x. PubMed

Alschuler KN, Gibbons LE, Rosenberg DE, Ehde DM, Verrall Am, Bamer AM, Jensen MP Body mass index and waist circumference in persons aging with muscular dystrophy, multiple sclerosis, post-polio syndrome, and spinal cord injury. Disabil Health J. 2012 Jul;5(3):177-84. Epub 2012 May 2. PubMed

Rosenberg DE, Kerr J, Sallis JF, Norman GJ, Calfas K, Patrick K. Promoting walking among older adults living in retirement communities.  J Aging Phys Act. 2012;20(3):379-94. Epub 2011 Dec 20. PubMed

Montine TJ, Sonnen JA, Montine KS, Crane PK, Larson EB. Adult Changes in Thought study: dementia is an individually varying convergent syndrome with prevalent clinically silent diseases that may be modified by some commonly used therapeutics. Curr Alzheimer Res. 2012 Jul;9(6):718-23. PubMed

Satariano WA, Guralnik JM, Jackson RJ, Marottoli RA, Phelan EA, Prohaska TR. Mobility and aging: new directions for public health action.  Am J Public Health.2012 Aug;102(8):1508-15. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300631. Epub 2012 Jun 14. PubMed

Carpenter JS, Guthrie KA, Larson JC, Freeman EW, Joffe H, Reed SD, Ensrud KE, Lacroix AZ. Effect of escitalopram on hot flash interference: a randomized, controlled trial.  Fertil Steril. 2012 Jun;97(6):1399-404.e1. Epub 2012 Apr 3. PubMed

Cholerton B, Baker LD, Trittschuh EH, Crane PK, Larson EB, Arbuckle M, Hernandez H, McCurry SM, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, Craft S. Insulin and sex interactions in older adults with mild cognitive impairment.  J Alzheimers Dis. 2012;31(2):401-10. PubMed

Larson EB, Langa KM. Aging and incidence of dementia: a critical question. Neurology. 2012 May 8;78(19):1452-3. Epub 2012 May 2. PubMed

Woods NF, Cochrane BB, LaCroix AZ, Seguin RA, Zaslavsky O, Liu J, Beasley JM, Brunner RL, Espeland MA, Goveas JS, Lane DS, Manson JE, Mouton CP, Robinson JG, Tinker LF. Toward a positive aging phenotype for older women: observations from the Women's Health Initiative. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2012 Nov;67(11):1191-6. doi: 10.1093/gerona/gls117. Epub 2012 Apr 19. PubMed

Naumann RB, Dellinger AM, Anderson ML, Bonomi AE, Rivara FP. Healthcare utilization and costs among older adult female drivers and former drivers.  J Safety Res. 2012;43(2):141-4. Epub 2012 Feb 12. PubMed

Roux C, Wyman A, Hooven FH, Gehlbach SH, Adachi JD, Chapurlat RD, Compston JE, Cooper C, Diez-Perez A, Greenspan SL, LaCroix AZ, Netelenbos JC, Pfeilschifter J, Rossini M, Saag KG, Sambrook PN, Silverman S, Siris ES, Watts NB, Boonen S. Burden of non-hip, non-vertebral fractures on quality of life in postmenopausal women: The Global Longitudinal study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW). Osteoporos Int. 2012 Dec;23(12):2863-71. Epub 2012 Mar 8. PubMed

Gehlbach S, Saag KG, Adachi JD, Hooven FH, Flahive J, Boonen S, Chapurlat RD, Compston JE, Cooper C, Diez-Perez A, Greenspan SL, LaCroix AZ, Netelenbos JC, Pfeilschifter J, Rossini M, Roux C, Sambrook PN, Silverman S, Siris ES, Watts NB, Lindsay R. Previous fractures at multiple sites increase the risk for subsequent fractures: the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women. J Bone Miner Res. 2012 2012 Mar;27(3):645-53. PubMed

Eastell R, Reid DM, Vukicevic S, Ensrud KE, LaCroix AZ, Thompson JR, Thompson DD, Cummings SR. Effects of 3 years of lasofoxifene treatment on bone turnover markers in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis. Bone. 2012 May;50(5):1135-40. Epub 2012 Feb 12. PubMed

Hammerback K, Felias-Christensen G, Phelan EA. Evaluation of a telephone-based physical activity promotion program for disadvantaged older adults.  Prev Chronic Dis. 2012;9:E62. Epub 2012 Feb 23. PubMed

Phelan EA, Borson S, Grothaus L, Balch S, Larson EB. Association of incident dementia with hospitalizations.  JAMA. 2012;307(2):165-72. PubMed

Lakey SL, Lacroix AZ, Gray SL, Borson S, Williams CD, Calhoun D, Goveas JS, Smoller JW, Ockene JK, Masaki KH, Coday M, Rosal MC, Woods NF. Antidepressant use, depressive symptoms, and incident frailty in women aged 65 and older from the Women's Health Initiative Observational Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 May;60(5):854-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2012.03940.x. Epub 2012 May 9. PubMed

Wright NC, Lisse JR, Beck TJ, Sherrill DL, Mohler MJ, Bassford T, Cauley JA, Lacroix AZ, Lewis CE, Chen Z. Rheumatoid arthritis is associated with less optimal hip structural geometry.  J Clin Densitom. 2012 Jan-Mar;15(1):39-48. Epub 2011 Aug 17. PubMed