Recent publications on Aging & Brain Health

Dublin S, Walker RL, Jackson ML, Nelson JC, Weiss NS, Jackson LA. Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitor use and pneumonia risk in community-dwelling older adults: results from a population-based case-control study. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf. 2012 Nov;21(11):1173-82. doi: 10.1002/pds.3340. Epub 2012 Sep 5. PubMed

Fitzgerald G, Boonen S, Compston JE, Pfeilschifter J, LaCroix AZ, Hosmer DW Jr, Hooven FH, Gehlbach SH. Differing risk profiles for individual fracture sites: evidence from the global longitudinal study of osteoporosis in women (GLOW). J Bone Miner Res. 2012 Sep;27(9):1907-1915. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.1652. PubMed

Jackson LA, Chen WH, Stapleton JT, Dekker CL, Wald A, Brady RC, Edupuganti S, Winokur P, Mulligan MJ, Keyserling HL, Kotloff KL, Rouphael N, Noah DL, Hill H, Wolff MC. Immunogenicity and safety of varying dosages of a monovalent 2009 h1n1 influenza vaccine given with and without AS03 adjuvant system in healthy adults and seniors. J Infect Dis. 2012 Sep;206(6):811-20. Epub 2012 Jul 10. PubMed

Seitz DP, Vigod SN, Lin E, Gruneir A, Newman A, Anderson G, Rapoport MJ, Rochon P, Blumberger DM, Herrmann N. Characteristics of older adults hospitalized in acute psychiatric units in Ontario: a population-based study. Can J Psychiatry. 2012;57(9):554-63. PubMed

Anderson G, LaCroix A, Limacher M, Prentice R, Stefanick M, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Rossouw J. The 2010 North American Menopause Society position statement on hormone therapy goes beyond the available evidence. Menopause. 2012 Jul;19(7):835-6; author reply 836-7. PubMed

Kerr J, Carlson J, Rosenberg DE, Withers A. Identifying and promoting safe walking routes in older adults. Health. 2012;4:720-4. doi: 10.4236/health.2012.429112. PubMed

Kerr J, Rosenberg DE, Nathan A, Millstein R, Carlson J, Crist K, Wasilenko K, Bolling K, Castro CM, Marshall S. Applying the ecological model of behavior change to a physical activity trial in retirement communities: description of the study protocol. Contemp Clin Trials. 2012 Nov;33(6):1180-8. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2012.08.005. Epub 2012 Aug 17. PubMed

Larson EB, King J. "My Mother Was 67 . . . " Arch Intern Med. 2012 Aug 13;172(15):1132. PubMed

Hu Y, Kwok AC, Jiang W, Taback N, Loggers ET, Ting GV, Lipsitz SR, Weeks JC, Greenberg CC. High-cost imaging in elderly patients with stage IV cancer. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2012 Aug 8;104(15):1164-72. Epub 2012 Jul 31. PubMed

Pfeilschifter J, Cooper C, Watts NB, Flahive J, Saag KG, Adachi JD, Boonen S, Chapurlat R, Compston JE, Diez-Perez A, LaCroix AZ, Netelenbos JC, Rossini M, Roux C, Sambrook PN, Silverman S, Siris ES. Regional and age-related variations in the proportions of hip fractures and major fractures among postmenopausal women: the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women.  Osteoporos Int. 2012 Aug;23(8):2179-88. Epub 2011 Nov 16. PubMed

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

Postupna N, Rose SE, Bird TD, Gonzalez-Cuyar LF, Sonnen JA, Larson EB, Keene CD, Montine TJ. Novel antibody capture assay for paraffin-embedded tissue detects wide-ranging amyloid beta and paired helical filament-tau accumulation in cognitively normal older adults. LID - 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2011.00542.x [doi]  Brain Pathol. 2012 Jul;22(4):472-84. doi: 10.1111/j.1750-3639.2011.00542.x. Epub 2011 Nov 14. 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

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

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

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

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

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