Recent publications on Aging & Geriatrics

Jenny NS, Arnold AM, Kuller LH, Sharrett AR, Fried LP, Psaty BM, Tracy RP. Soluble intracellular adhesion molecule-1 is associated with cardiovascular disease risk and mortality in older adults. J Thromb Haemost. 2006;4(1):107-13. PubMed

Mukamal KJ, Chung H, Jenny NS, Kuller LH, Longstreth WT Jr, Mittleman MA, Burke GL, Cushman M, Psaty BM, Siscovick DS. Alcohol consumption and risk of coronary heart disease in older adults: the cardiovascular health study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2006;54(1):30-7. PubMed

Jackson LA, Nelson JC, Benson P, Neuzil KM, Reid RJ, Psaty BM, Heckbert SR, Larson EB, Weiss NS. Functional status is a confounder of the association of influenza vaccine and risk of all cause mortality in seniors. Int J Epidemiol. 2006;35(2):345-52. Epub 2005 Dec 20. PubMed

Jackson LA, Jackson ML, Nelson JC, Neuzil KM, Weiss NS. Evidence of bias in estimates of influenza vaccine effectiveness in seniors. Int J Epidemiol. 2006;35(2):337-44. Epub 2005 Dec 20. PubMed

Bond GE, Burr R, McCurry SM, Rice MM, Borenstein AR, Larson EB. Alcohol and cognitive performance: a longitudinal study of older Japanese Americans: the Kame Project. Int Psychogeriatr. 2005;17(4):653-68. Epub 2005 Sep 27. PubMed

Katon WJ, Schoenbaum M, Fan MY, Callahan CM, Williams J Jr, Hunkeler E, Harpole L, Zhou XH, Langston C, Unutzer J. Cost-effectiveness of improving primary care treatment of late-life depression. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2005;62(12):1313-20 PubMed

Shlipak MG, Katz R, Cushman M, Sarnak MJ, Stehman-Breen C, Psaty BM, Siscovick D, Tracy RP, Newman A, Fried L. Cystatin-C and inflammatory markers in the ambulatory elderly.  Am J Med. 2005;118(12):1416. PubMed

Simon SR, Andrade SE, Ellis JL, Nelson WW, Gurwitz JH, Lafata JE, Davis RL, Feldstein A, Raebel MA. Baseline laboratory monitoring of cardiovascular medications in elderly health maintenance organization enrollees. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005;53(12):2165-9. PubMed

Levine S, Unutzer J, Yip JY, Hoffing M, Leung M, Fan MY, Lin EH, Grypma L, Katon W, Harpole LH, Langston CA. Physicians' satisfaction with a collaborative disease management program for late-life depression in primary care.  Gen Hosp Psychiatry. 2005;27(6):383-91. PubMed

Li G, Shofer JB, Kukull WA, Peskind ER, Tsuang DW, Breitner JC, McCormick W, Bowen JD, Teri L, Schellenberg GD, Larson EB. Serum cholesterol and risk of Alzheimer disease: a community-based cohort study.  Neurology. 2005;65(7):1045-50. PubMed

Kaplan RC, Tirschwell DL, Longstreth WT Jr, Manolio TA, Heckbert SR, Lefkowitz D, El-Saed A, Psaty BM. Vascular events, mortality, and preventive therapy following ischemic stroke in the elderly.  Neurology. 2005;65(6):835-42. PubMed

Woltjer RL, Cimino PJ, Boutte AM, Schantz AM, Montine KS, Larson EB, Bird T, Quinn JF, Zhang J, Montine TJ. Proteomic determination of widespread detergent insolubility, including Abeta but not tau, early in the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s disease. FASEB J. 2005;19(13):1923-5. Epub 2005 Aug 29. PubMed

Fugate Woods N, Lacroix AZ, Gray SL, Aragaki A, Cochrane BB, Brunner RL, Masaki K, Murray A, Newman AB. Frailty: emergence and consequences in women aged 65 and older in the Women's Health Initiative observational study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005;53(8):1321-30. PubMed

Jackson LA, Neuzil KM, Whitney CG, Starkovich P, Dunstan M, Yu O, Nelson JC, Feikin DR, Shay DK, Baggs J, Carste B, Nahm MH, Carlone G. Safety of varying dosages of 7-valent pneumococcal protein conjugate vaccine in seniors previously vaccinated with 23-valent pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine. Vaccine. 2005;23(28):3697-703. PubMed

Jackson LA, Benson P, Neuzil KM, Grandjean M, Marino JL. Burden of community-onset Escherichia coli bacteremia in seniors. J Infect Dis. 2005;191(9):1523-9. Epub 2005 Mar 22. PubMed

Phelan EA, Williams B, Logerfo JP, Lacroix AZ, Grothaus L, Wagner EH. Response letter to Dr. Sachs. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2005;53(5):922-3. PubMed

Tsuang D, Simpson KL, Li G, Barnhart RL, Edland SD, Bowen J, McCormick W, Teri L, Nochlin D, Larson EB, Thompson ML, Leverenz JB. Evaluation of selection bias in an incedent-based dementia autopsy case series. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2005;19(2):67-73. PubMed

Arean PA, Ayalon L, Hunkeler E, Lin EH, Tang L, Harpole L, Hendrie H, Williams JW Jr, Unutzer J. Improving depression care for older, minority patients in primary care. Med Care. 2005;43(4):381-390. PubMed

Borenstein AR, Wu Y, Mortimer JA, Schellenberg GD, McCormick WC, Bowen JD, McCurty S, Larson EB. Developmental and vascular risk factors for Alzheimer’s Disease. Neurobiol Aging. 2005;26:325-34. PubMed

Watson DE, Reid R, Roos N, Heppner P. Growing old together: the influence of population and workforce aging on supply and use of family physicians.  Can J Aging. 2005;24(Suppl 1):s37-45. PubMed