Recent publications on Aging & Geriatrics

Buchner DM, Larson EB, Wagner EH, Koepsell TD, de Lateur BJ. Evidence for a non-linear relationship between leg strength and gait. Age Ageing. 1996;25(5):386-91. PubMed

Cushman M, Psaty BM, Macy E, Bovill EG, Cornell ES, Kuller LH, Tracy RP. Correlates of thrombin markers in an elderly cohort free of clinical cardiovascular disease. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 1996;16(9):1163-9. PubMed

Larson EB, Kukull WA. Prevention of Alzheimer disease: a perspective based on successes in the prevention of other chronic diseases. Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord. 1996;10 Suppl 1:9-12. PubMed

Bowen JD, Malter AD, Sheppard L, Kukull WA, McCormick WC, Teri L, Larson EB. Predictors of mortality in patients diagnosed with probable Alzheimer's disease. Neurology. 1996;47(2):433-9. PubMed

Fuh JL, Wang SJ, Larson EB, Liu HC. Prevalence of stroke in Kinmen. Stroke. 1996;27(8):1338-41. PubMed

Scheuner D, Eckman C, Jensen M, Song X, Citron M, Suzuki N, Bird TD, Hardy J, Hutton M, Kukull W, Larson E, Levy-Lahad E, Viitanen M, Peskind E, Poorkaj P, Schellenberg G, Tanzi R, Wasco W, Lannfelt L, Selkoe D, Younkin S. Secreted amyloid beta-protein similar to that in the senile plaques of Alzheimer's disease is increased in vivo by the presenilin 1 and 2 and APP mutations linked to familial Alzheimer's disease. Nat Med. 1996;2(8):864-70. PubMed

Jonas HA, Kronmal RA, Psaty BM, Manolio TA, Meilahn EN, Tell GS, Tracy RP, Robbins JA, Anton-Culver H. Current estrogen-progestin and estrogen replacement therapy in elderly women: association with carotid atherosclerosis. CHS Collaborative Research Group. Cardiovascular Health Study. Ann Epidemiol. 1996;6(4):314-23. PubMed

McCormick WC, Uomoto J, Young H, Graves AB, Vitaliano P, Mortimer JA, Edland SD, Larson EB. Attitudes toward use of nursing homes and home care in older Japanese-Americans. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1996;44(7):769-77. PubMed

Graves AB, Mortimer JA, Larson EB, Wenzlow A, Bowen JD, McCormick WC. Head circumference as a measure of cognitive reserve. Association with severity of impairment in Alzheimer's disease. Br J Psychiatry. 1996;169(1):86-92. PubMed

Tsuang D, Kukull W, Sheppard L, Barnhart RL, Peskind E, Edland SD, Schellenberg G, Raskind M, Larson EB. Impact of sample selection on APOE epsilon 4 allele frequency: a comparison of two Alzheimer's disease samples. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1996;44(6):704-7. PubMed

Beery WL, Greenwald HP. A modified health risk appraisal as a component of a senior health promotion program. HMO Pract. 1996;10(2):91-4. PubMed

Lautenschlager NT, Cupples LA, Rao VS, Auerbach SA, Becker R, Burke J, Chui H, Duara R, Foley EJ, Glatt SL, Green RC, Jones R, Karlinsky H, Kukull WA, Kurz A, Larson EB, Martelli K, Sadovnick AD, Volicer L, Waring SC, Growdon JH, Farrer LA. Risk of dementia among relatives of Alzheimer's disease patients in the MIRAGE study: What is in store for the oldest old? Neurology. 1996;46(3):641-50. PubMed

Edland SD. Bias in slope estimates for the linear errors in variables model by the variance ratio method. Biometrics. 1996;52(1):243-8. PubMed

LaCroix AZ, Leveille SG, Hecht JA, Grothaus LC, Wagner EH. Does walking decrease the risk of cardiovascular disease hospitalizations and death in older adults? J Am Geriatr Soc. 1996;44(2):113-20. PubMed

Jarvik G, Larson EB, Goddard K, Schellenberg GD, Wijsman EM. Influence of apolipoprotein E genotype on the transmission of Alzheimer disease in a community-based sample. Am J Hum Genet. 1996;58(1):191-200. PubMed

Wang SJ, Fuh JL, Teng EL, Liu CY, Lin KP, Chen HM, Lin CH, Wang PN, Ting YC, Wang HC, Lin KN, Chou P, Larson EB, Liu HC. A door-to-door survey of Parkinson's disease in a Chinese population in Kinmen. Arch Neurol. 1996;53(1):66-71. PubMed

Coleman EA, Buchner DM, Cress ME, Chan BK, de Lateur BJ. The relationship of joint symptoms with exercise performance in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1996;44(1):14-21. PubMed

Larson EB, Bruce RA. Exercise in an aging society. In Geriatric Medicine, Third Ed. edited by Cassel CK, Cohen HJ, Larson EB, Meier DE, Resnick NM, Rubenstein LX, Sorensen LB. New York: Springer, 815-821, 1996. PubMed

Larson EB, Imai Y. An overview of dementia and ethnicity with special emphasis on the epidemiology of dementia. In Ethnicity and the Dementias, edited by Yeo G and Gallagher-Thompson D. Washington DC: Taylor & Francis, 9-20, 1996. PubMed

Cassel CK, Cohen HJ, Larson EB, Meier DE, Resnick NM, Rubenstein LZ, Sorensen LF, (Editors). Geriatric Medicine, Third edition. New York, Springer, 1996. PubMed