Recent publications on Aging & Geriatrics

Gibbons LE, van Belle G, Yang M, Brayne C, Huppert FA, Paykel E, Larson E. Cross-cultural comparison of the Mini-Mental State Examination in United Kingdom and United States participants with Alzheimer’s disease. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2002;17(8):723-728. PubMed

Phelan EA, Larson EB. "Successful aging" - where next? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002;50(7):1306-8. PubMed

McCormick WC, Ohata CY, Uomoto J, Young HM, Graves AB, Kukull W, Teri L, Vitaliano P, Mortimer JA, McCurry SM, Bowen JD, Larson EB. Similarities and differences in attitudes toward long-term care between Japanese Americans and Caucasian Americans. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002;50(6):1149-55. PubMed

McCurry SM, Gibbons LE, Bond GE, Rice MM, Graves AB, Kukull WA, Teri L, Higdon R, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, Larson EB. Older adults and functional decline: a cross-cultural comparison.  Int Psychogeriatr. 2002;14(2):161-79. PubMed

Hernan MA, Checkoway H, O'Brien R, Costa-Mallen P, De Vivo I, Colditz GA, Hunter DJ, Kelsey KT, Ascherio A. MAOB intron 13 and COMT codon 158 polymorphisms, cigarette smoking, and the risk of PD. Neurology. 2002;58(9):1381-7. PubMed

Kaplan RC, Heckbert SR, Koepsell TD, Rosendaal FR, Furberg CD, Cooper LS, Psaty BM. Calcium channel blocker use and gastrointestinal tract bleeding among older adults. Age Ageing. 2002;31(3):217-218. PubMed

Teri L, Logsdon RG, McCurry SM. Nonpharmacologic treatment of behavioral disturbance in dementia.  Med Clin North Am. 2002;86(3):641-56, viii. PubMed

Edland SD, Tobe VO, Rieder MJ, Bowen JD, McCormick W, Teri L, Schellenberg GD, Larson EB, Nickerson DA, Kukull WA. Mitochondrial genetic variants and Alzheimer disease: a case-control study of the T4336C and G5460A variants. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2002;16(1):1-7. PubMed

Case K, McCormick WC, Young H, McCurry SM, Rice MM, Graves AB, Bowen JD, Kukull WA, Teri L, Larson EB. Reliability of self-reporting of nursing home use among Japanese American elderly. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002. PubMed

Riekse RG, Tsuang D, Leverenz J, Moceri V, McCormick W, Bowen JD, Teri L, Eugenio C, Kukull W, Larson E. Do MMSE scores decline more in cases with autopsy-proven Alzheimer’s disease and vascular lesions compared to those with Alzheimer’s disease alone? J Am Geriatr Soc. 2002;S166. PubMed

Shadlen MF, McCormick WC, Larson EB. Research agenda for understanding Alzheimer disease in diverse populations: work group on cultural diversity, Alzheimer's association.  Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 2002;16 Suppl 2:S96-S100. PubMed

Stewart AL, Gillis D, Grossman M, Pruitt L, McLellan B, Castrillo M, Tuzzio L, Ritter PL. Increasing physical activity levels of underserved seniors: diffusing a research-based program into community settings. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine. 2002; 9, (Suppl 1), 260-261. PubMed

Borenstein Graves A, Mortimer JA, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, McCurry SM, Schellenberg GD, Larson EB. Head circumference and incident Alzheimer's disease: modification by apolipoprotein E. Neurology. 2001;57(8):1453-60. PubMed

Shadlen MF, Larson EB, Gibbons LE, Rice MM, McCormick WC, Bowen J, McCurry SM, Graves AB. Ethnicity and cognitive performance among older African Americans, Japanese Americans, and Caucasians: the role of education. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2001;49(10):1371-8. PubMed

McCormick WC, Hardy J, Kukull WA, Bowen JD, Teri L, Zitzer S, Larson EB. Healthcare utilization and costs in managed care patients with Alzheimer's disease during the last few years of life. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2001;49(9):1156-60. PubMed

Unutzer J, Katon W, Williams JW Jr, Callahan CM, Harpole L, Hunkeler EM, Hoffing M, Arean P, Hegel MT, Schoenbaum M, Oishi SM, Langston CA. Improving primary care for depression in late life: the design of a multicenter randomized trial. Med Care. 2001;39(8):785-99. PubMed

Cushman M, Psaty BM, Meilahn EN, Dobs AS, Kuller LH. Post-menopausal hormone therapy and concentrations of protein C and antithrombin in elderly women. Br J Haematol. 2001;114(1):162-8. PubMed

Moceri VM, Kukull WA, Emanual I, van Belle G, Starr JR, Schellenberg GD, McCormick WC, Bowen JD, Teri L, Larson EB. Using census data and birth certificates to reconstruct the early-life socioeconomic environment and the relation to the development of Alzheimer's disease. Epidemiology. 2001;12(4):383-9. PubMed

Bond GE, Burr R, McCurry SM, Graves AB, Larson EB. Alcohol, aging, and cognitive performance in a cohort of Japanese Americans aged 65 and older: the Kame project. Int Psychogeriatr. 2001;13(2):207-23. PubMed

Larson EB. General internal medicine at the crossroads of prosperity and despair: caring for patients with chronic diseases in an aging society. Ann Intern Med. 2001;134(10):997-1000. PubMed