Recent publications on Aging & Geriatrics

Lemaitre RN, Furberg CD, Newman AB, Hulley SB, Gordon DJ, Gottdiener JS, McDonald RH Jr, Psaty BM. Time trends in the use of cholesterol-lowering agents in older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Arch Intern Med. 1998;158(16):1761-8. PubMed

Graves AB, Rosner D, Echeverria D, Mortimer JA, Larson EB. Occupational exposures to solvents and aluminium and estimated risk of Alzheimer's disease. Occup Environ Med. 1998;55(9):627-33. PubMed

Hu Q, Kukull WA, Bressler SL, Gray MD, Cam JA, Larson EB, Martin GM, Deeb SS. The human FE65 gene: genomic structure and an intronic biallelic polymorphism associated with sporadic dementia of the Alzheimer type. Hum Genet. 1998;103(3):295-303. PubMed

Liu HC, Fuh JL, Wang SJ, Liu CY, Larson EB, Lin KN, Wang HC, Chou P, Wu ZA, Lin CH, Wang PN, Teng EL. Prevalence and subtypes of dementia in a rural Chinese population. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 1998;12(3):127-34. PubMed

Logsdon RG, Teri L, McCurry SM, Gibbons LE, Kukull WA, Larson EB. Wandering: a significant problem among community-residing individuals with Alzheimer's disease. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 1998;53(5):P294-9. PubMed

Larson EB. Genotype testing improved the clinical diagnosis of Alzheimer disease. ACP J Club. 1998;48. PubMed

Sakkinen PA, Cushman M, Psaty BM, Kuller LH, Bajaj SP, Sabharwal AK, Boineau R, Macy E, Tracy RP. Correlates of antithrombin, protein C, protein S, and TFPI in a healthy elderly cohort. Thromb Haemost. 1998;80(1):134-9. PubMed

Craft S, Teri L, Edland SD, Kukull WA, Schellenberg G, McCormick WC, Bowen JD, Larson EB. Accelerated decline in apolipoprotein E-epsilon4 homozygotes with Alzheimer's disease. Neurology. 1998;51(1):149-53. PubMed

Graves AB, Rajaram L, Bowen JD, McCormick WC, McCurry SM, Larson EB. Impaired olfaction as a clinical marker for cognitive decline. Neurobiol Aging. 1998;19:S21. PubMed

Larson EB, McCurry SM, Graves AB, Bowen JD, Rice MM, McCormick WC, Zee N, Homma A, Imai Y, White L, Masaki K, Petrovitch H, Ross W, Yamada M, Mimori Y, Sasaki H. Standardization of the clinical diagnosis of the dementia syndrome and its subtypes in a cross-national study: the Ni-Hon-Sea experience.  J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 1998;53(4):M313-9. PubMed

Smith NL, Psaty BM, Pitt B, Garg R, Gottdiener JS, Heckbert SR. Temporal patterns in the medical treatment of congestive heart failure with angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors in older adults, 1989 through 1995. Arch Intern Med. 1998;158(10):1074-80. PubMed

Larson EB. New drug treatments for Alzheimer disease. Arch Intern Med. 1998;158(9):941-2. PubMed

Cushman M, Rosendaal FR, Psaty BM, Cook EF, Valliere J, Kuller LH, Tracy RP. Factor V Leiden is not a risk factor for arterial vascular disease in the elderly: results from the Cardiovascular Health Study. Thromb Haemost. 1998;79(5):912-5. PubMed

Rathouz PJ, Kasper JD, Zeger SL, Ferrucci L, Bandeen-Roche K, Miglioretti DL, Fried LP. Short-term consistency in self-reported physical functioning among elderly women: the Women's Health and Aging Study. Am J Epidemiol. 1998;147(8):764-73. PubMed

Coleman EA, Wagner EH, Grothaus LC, Hecht J, Savarino J, Buchner DM. Predicting hospitalization and functional decline in older health plan enrollees: Are administrative data as accurate as self-report? J Am Geriatr Soc. 1998;46(4):419-25. PubMed

Gleason PP, Schulz R, Smith NL, Newsom JT, Kroboth PD, Kroboth FJ, Psaty BM. Correlates and prevalence of benzodiazepine use in community-dwelling elderly. J Gen Intern Med. 1998;13(4):243-50. PubMed

Edwards KL, Burchfiel CM, Sharp DS, Curb JD, Rodriguez BL, Fujimoto WY, LaCroix AZ, Vitiello MV, Austin MA. Factors of the insulin resistance syndrome in nondiabetic and diabetic elderly Japanese-American men. Am J Epidemiol. 1998;147(5):441-7. PubMed

Schaie KW, Maitland SB, Willis SL, Intrieri RC. Longitudinal invariance of adult psychometric ability factor structures across 7 years. Psychol Aging. 1998;13(1):8-20. PubMed

Larson EB. Management of Alzheimer's disease in a primary care setting. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 1998;6(2 Suppl 1):S34-40. PubMed

Wallace JI, Buchner DM, Grothaus L, Leveille S, Tyll L, LaCroix AZ, Wagner EH. Implementation and effectiveness of a community-based health promotion program for older adults. J Gerontol. 1998;53A(4):M301-M306. PubMed