OLIVIA IFEOMA OKEREKE

Summary

Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi High phobic anxiety is related to lower leukocyte telomere length in women
    Olivia I Okereke
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 7:e40516. 2012
  2. ncbi Dietary fat types and 4-year cognitive change in community-dwelling older women
    Olivia I Okereke
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    Ann Neurol 72:124-34. 2012
  3. ncbi Ten-year change in plasma amyloid beta levels and late-life cognitive decline
    Olivia I Okereke
    Division of Aging and Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 181 Longwood Ave, Third Floor, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Arch Neurol 66:1247-53. 2009
  4. ncbi Adiposity and weight change in mid-life in relation to healthy survival after age 70 in women: prospective cohort study
    Qi Sun
    Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, United States
    BMJ 339:b3796. 2009
  5. ncbi Physical activity at midlife in relation to successful survival in women at age 70 years or older
    Qi Sun
    Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Arch Intern Med 170:194-201. 2010
  6. ncbi Fasting plasma insulin, C-peptide and cognitive change in older men without diabetes: results from the Physicians' Health Study II
    Olivia I Okereke
    Divisions of Aging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Neuroepidemiology 34:200-7. 2010
  7. ncbi A profile of impaired insulin degradation in relation to late-life cognitive decline: a preliminary investigation
    Olivia I Okereke
    Division of Aging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 24:177-82. 2009
  8. ncbi Plasma C-peptide levels and rates of cognitive decline in older, community-dwelling women without diabetes
    Olivia I Okereke
    Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    Psychoneuroendocrinology 33:455-61. 2008
  9. ncbi Prospective study of restless legs syndrome and risk of depression in women
    Yanping Li
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 176:279-88. 2012
  10. ncbi Performance characteristics of plasma amyloid-beta 40 and 42 assays
    Olivia I Okereke
    Division of Aging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Alzheimers Dis 16:277-85. 2009

Research Grants

  1. VITAL-DEP: Depression Endpoint Prevention in the VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL
    OLIVIA IFEOMA OKEREKE; Fiscal Year: 2010

Detail Information

Publications12

  1. ncbi High phobic anxiety is related to lower leukocyte telomere length in women
    Olivia I Okereke
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
    PLoS ONE 7:e40516. 2012
    ..Yet, little is known about relations of anxiety to telomeres. We examined whether a typically chronic form of anxiety--phobic anxiety--is related to telomere length...
  2. ncbi Dietary fat types and 4-year cognitive change in community-dwelling older women
    Olivia I Okereke
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    Ann Neurol 72:124-34. 2012
    ..A study was undertaken to relate dietary fat types to cognitive change in healthy community-based elders...
  3. ncbi Ten-year change in plasma amyloid beta levels and late-life cognitive decline
    Olivia I Okereke
    Division of Aging and Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, 181 Longwood Ave, Third Floor, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Arch Neurol 66:1247-53. 2009
    ..Plasma levels of amyloid beta peptide (Abeta) are potential biomarkers of early cognitive impairment and decline and of Alzheimer disease risk...
  4. ncbi Adiposity and weight change in mid-life in relation to healthy survival after age 70 in women: prospective cohort study
    Qi Sun
    Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, United States
    BMJ 339:b3796. 2009
    ..To examine the hypothesis that mid-life adiposity is associated with a reduced probability of maintaining an optimal health status among those who survive to older ages...
  5. ncbi Physical activity at midlife in relation to successful survival in women at age 70 years or older
    Qi Sun
    Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 655 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Arch Intern Med 170:194-201. 2010
    ..Physical activity is associated with reduced risks of chronic diseases and premature death. Whether physical activity is also associated with improved overall health among those who survive to older ages is unclear...
  6. ncbi Fasting plasma insulin, C-peptide and cognitive change in older men without diabetes: results from the Physicians' Health Study II
    Olivia I Okereke
    Divisions of Aging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Neuroepidemiology 34:200-7. 2010
    ..We examined prospectively relations of fasting insulin levels and insulin secretion to cognitive decline among healthy, community-dwelling older men without diabetes...
  7. ncbi A profile of impaired insulin degradation in relation to late-life cognitive decline: a preliminary investigation
    Olivia I Okereke
    Division of Aging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 24:177-82. 2009
    ..In preliminary analyses, we considered the relation of combined lower insulin secretion (c-peptide) and higher insulin--possibly a phenotype for impaired insulin degradation--to cognitive decline...
  8. ncbi Plasma C-peptide levels and rates of cognitive decline in older, community-dwelling women without diabetes
    Olivia I Okereke
    Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Boston, MA, USA
    Psychoneuroendocrinology 33:455-61. 2008
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  9. ncbi Prospective study of restless legs syndrome and risk of depression in women
    Yanping Li
    Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 176:279-88. 2012
    ..Further prospective studies using refined approaches to ascertainment of RLS and depression are warranted...
  10. ncbi Performance characteristics of plasma amyloid-beta 40 and 42 assays
    Olivia I Okereke
    Division of Aging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, and Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Alzheimers Dis 16:277-85. 2009
    ..While these preliminary findings suggest that measuring plasma Abeta(40) and Abeta(42) may be feasible in varied research settings, additional work in this area is necessary...
  11. ncbi Midlife plasma insulin-like growth factor I and cognitive function in older men
    Olivia I Okereke
    Division of Aging, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    J Clin Endocrinol Metab 91:4306-12. 2006
    ..Emerging biological and epidemiological evidence suggests possible benefits of higher IGF-I levels in cognitive aging...
  12. ncbi Type 2 diabetes mellitus and cognitive decline in two large cohorts of community-dwelling older adults
    Olivia I Okereke
    Division of Aging and Channing Laboratory, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women s Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    J Am Geriatr Soc 56:1028-36. 2008
    ..To relate diabetes mellitus (DM) status and duration to late-life cognitive impairment and decline in men and women...

Research Grants2

  1. VITAL-DEP: Depression Endpoint Prevention in the VITamin D and OmegA-3 TriaL
    OLIVIA IFEOMA OKEREKE; Fiscal Year: 2010
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