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Modelling disease progression in terms of exposure historyK Bandeen-Roche
Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Stat Med 18:2899-916. 1999..We illustrate our methodology using data from a longitudinal epidemiologic investigation of the effects of amateur boxing on neuropsychologic function...
Phenotype of frailty: characterization in the women's health and aging studiesKaren Bandeen-Roche
Department of Biostatistics, The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 61:262-6. 2006..This article evaluates the cross-validity, criterion validity, and internal validity in the Women's Health and Aging Studies (WHAS) of a discrete measure of frailty recently validated in the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS)...
Measuring systemic inflammatory regulation in older adults: evidence and utilityKaren Bandeen-Roche
Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Rejuvenation Res 12:403-10. 2009..We conclude that systemic inflammation is relevant to the process that leads to functional loss in older persons and can be validly measured through biologically informed summary of inflammatory markers...
Cumulative lead dose and cognitive function in older adultsKaren Bandeen-Roche
Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore MD 21205, USA
Epidemiology 20:831-9. 2009..We evaluated whether cumulative lead dose from environmental exposures is associated with cognitive function and decline, and whether such effects are persistent, reversible, or progressive...
Predictors of lane-change errors in older driversCynthia A Munro
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe St, Meyer 218, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:457-64. 2010..To determine the factors that predict errors in executing proper lane changes among older drivers...
Apolipoprotein e genotype, cortisol, and cognitive function in community-dwelling older adultsBrian K Lee
Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Psychiatry 165:1456-64. 2008..Background: Elevated cortisol indicates stress and may be a risk factor for cognitive decline in aging. Genetic factors may influence individual vulnerability to the adverse effects of stress on cognitive function in aging...
Association of visual field loss and mobility performance in older adults: Salisbury Eye Evaluation StudyKathleen A Turano
Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Optom Vis Sci 81:298-307. 2004....
Neighborhood psychosocial hazards and the association of cumulative lead dose with cognitive function in older adultsThomas A Glass
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Epidemiol 169:683-92. 2009..067; executive functioning, P = 0.025). The joint occurrence of environmental stress and lead exposure across the life span may partially explain persistent racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities in cognitive function in late life...
Compensatory strategy use identifies risk of incident disability for the visually impairedSheila K West
Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology and Lions Low Vision Center, Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins University, 600 N Wolfe Street, Rm 129, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Arch Ophthalmol 123:1242-7. 2005..Use of compensatory strategies may be a marker for preclinical disability...
Lifestyle activities and memory: variety may be the spice of life. The women's health and aging study IIMichelle C Carlson
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 18:286-94. 2012..Our findings offer new perspectives in promoting a diverse repertoire of activities to mitigate age-related cognitive declines...
Disparities in cognitive functioning by race/ethnicity in the Baltimore Memory StudyBrian S Schwartz
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Environ Health Perspect 112:314-20. 2004....
Gender and race/ethnicity differences in lead dose biomarkersKeson Theppeang
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Division of Occupational and Environmental Health, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe St, Room W7041, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Public Health 98:1248-55. 2008....
Personality disorders and traits as predictors of incident cardiovascular disease: findings from the 23-year follow-up of the Baltimore ECA studyHochang Benjamin Lee
The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 4th Floor, 5300 Alpha Commons Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Psychosomatics 51:289-96. 2010..Over the past several decades, the relationship between personality traits and heart disease has interested clinicians and researchers alike...
Central corneal thickness and corneal hysteresis associated with glaucoma damageNathan G Congdon
Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, 600 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Am J Ophthalmol 141:868-75. 2006..We sought to measure the impact of central corneal thickness (CCT), a possible risk factor for glaucoma damage, and corneal hysteresis, a proposed measure of corneal resistance to deformation, on various indicators of glaucoma damage...
Divided visual attention as a predictor of bumping while walking: the Salisbury Eye EvaluationAimee Teo Broman
Department of Ophthalmology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 45:2955-60. 2004..The purpose of this study was to determine the association between bumping while walking and divided visual attention, as measured by the useful field of view (UFOV)...
How does visual impairment affect performance on tasks of everyday life? The SEE Project. Salisbury Eye EvaluationSheila K West
Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Arch Ophthalmol 120:774-80. 2002..To determine the association between performance on selected tasks of everyday life and impairment in visual acuity and contrast sensitivity...
Sex differences in cognition in healthy elderly individualsCynthia A Munro
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Neuropsychol Dev Cogn B Aging Neuropsychol Cogn 19:759-68. 2012..Our finding that the pattern of sex differences in cognition observed in young adults is observed in old age has implications for future studies of both healthy elderly individuals and of those with cognitive disorders...
Parallel but not equivalent: challenges and solutions for repeated assessment of cognition over timeAlden L Gross
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 34:758-72. 2012..This study's objective was to compare mean, linear, and equipercentile equating methods and demonstrate their utility in longitudinal research...
Initial manifestations of frailty criteria and the development of frailty phenotype in the Women's Health and Aging Study IIQian Li Xue
Department of Medicine, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, 2024 E Monument Street, Suite 2 700, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 63:984-90. 2008..This study aims to characterize natural history by which commonly used frailty criteria manifest and to assess whether the rate of progression to frailty depends on initial manifestations...
Associations of bone mineral density and lead levels in blood, tibia, and patella in urban-dwelling womenKeson Theppeang
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Environ Health Perspect 116:784-90. 2008..The objective of this study was to evaluate the relations between bone mineral density (BMD) and lead in blood, tibia, and patella and to investigate how BMD modifies these lead biomarkers in older women...
Frailty as a predictor of surgical outcomes in older patientsMartin A Makary
Department of Surgery, John Hopkins University School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 1550 Orleans Street, Baltimore, MD 21231, USA
J Am Coll Surg 210:901-8. 2010..We designed a study to determine if frailty predicts surgical complications and enhances current perioperative risk models...
Effect of financial strain on mortality in community-dwelling older womenSarah L Szanton
Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing, 525 N Wolfe street 424, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 63:S369-74. 2008..We examined the extent to which financial strain was associated with increased mortality risk in older women and whether the relationship differed by race...
Grating visual acuity using the preferential-looking method in elderly nursing home residentsDavid S Friedman
Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 43:2572-8. 2002..To assess the performance of two approaches to visual acuity testing in a group of nursing home residents with cognitive impairment. The study was a cross-sectional comparison of the effectiveness of two tests of visual acuity...
Associations of salivary cortisol with cognitive function in the Baltimore memory studyBrian K Lee
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 64:810-8. 2007..Previous studies have concluded that an elevated level of cortisol is a risk factor for cognitive dysfunction and decline in aging but have been limited by sex exclusion, restricted cognitive batteries, and small sample sizes...
Exploring the hierarchy of mobility performance in high-functioning older womenCarlos O Weiss
Center on Aging and Health, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 62:167-73. 2007....
Association of blood lead and tibia lead with blood pressure and hypertension in a community sample of older adultsDavid Martin
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Epidemiol 163:467-78. 2006..These findings are discussed in the context of complex causal pathways. The data suggest that lead has an acute effect on blood pressure via recent dose and a chronic effect on hypertension risk via cumulative dose...
Patterns of 12-year change in physical activity levels in community-dwelling older women: can modest levels of physical activity help older women live longer?Qian Li Xue
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Am J Epidemiol 176:534-43. 2012..24, 95% confidence interval: 0.63, 2.47). Our findings suggest that physical activity does not have to be vigorous to be beneficial and that the gain may be the greatest among women who reported the lowest levels of activity...
Estimating the rate of progressive visual field damage in those with open-angle glaucoma, from cross-sectional dataAimee Teo Broman
Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology and the Glaucoma Service, Wilmer Ophthalmological Institute, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 49:66-76. 2008..To estimate the rate of visual field progression in open-angle glaucoma (OAG) subjects, by using data from population-based cross-sectional studies...
A higher adherence to a Mediterranean-style diet is inversely associated with the development of frailty in community-dwelling elderly men and womenSameera A Talegawkar
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Nutr 142:2161-6. 2012..48 (95% CI: 0.27, 0.86)] but not with feelings of exhaustion and poor muscle strength. In community-dwelling older adults, higher adherence to a Mediterranean-style diet was inversely associated with the development of frailty...
Older drivers and failure to stop at red lightsSheila K West
Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 2105, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 65:179-83. 2010..We determined the rate of running red traffic lights among older drivers and the relationship of failure to stop to measures of vision and cognition...
Predictors of objective sleep tendency in the general populationNaresh M Punjabi
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
Sleep 26:678-83. 2003....
Visual acuity change and mortality in older adultsEllen E Freeman
Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, Wilmer Eye Institute, Baltimore, MD 21250, USA
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 46:4040-5. 2005..The goals of this study are to determine whether visual acuity loss increases the risk of dying and to examine whether depressive symptoms act as a mediator in this relationship...
Transitions to mobility difficulty associated with lower extremity osteoarthritis in high functioning older women: longitudinal data from the Women's Health and Aging Study IIShari M Ling
Clinical Research Branch, National Institute on Aging Intramural Research Program, and Center on Aging and Health, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, 3001 South Hanover Street, Baltimore, MD 21225, USA
Arthritis Rheum 55:256-63. 2006..To assess the impact of lower extremity osteoarthritis (OA) on transitions to mobility difficulty, and to assess the influence of pain, excess weight, and quadriceps strength on these transitions...
Combining complete multivariate outcomes with incomplete covariate information: a latent class approachQian Li Xue
Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Biometrics 58:110-20. 2002..Combining information in the proposed way is found to improve both accuracy and precision in summarizing multiple categorical outcomes, which effectively diminishes ambiguity and bias in making risk factor inferences...
Total and differential white blood cell counts and their associations with circulating interleukin-6 levels in community-dwelling older womenSean Leng
Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerentology, Johns Hopkins Asthma and Allergy Center, Room 5A.24, 5501 Hopkins Bayview Circle, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60:195-9. 2005....
The effect of disability on personal quality of primary care received by older adultsChun Ju Hsiao
Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Disabil Rehabil 31:1835-42. 2009..A 'response shift' phenomenon may explain the lack of an observed association between persistent disability and personal quality of care...
Predictors of patterns of pain, fatigue, and insomnia during the first year after a cancer diagnosis in the elderlySharon L Kozachik
School of Nursing, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Cancer Nurs 31:334-44. 2008..Pain, fatigue, and insomnia co-occurrence is associated with adverse outcomes and should be proactively targeted for intervention...
Occupational lead exposure and longitudinal decline in neurobehavioral test scoresBrian S Schwartz
Department of Environmental Health Sciences, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Epidemiology 16:106-13. 2005..Lead likely has an acute effect on neurobehavioral test scores as a function of recent dose and a longer-term (possibly progressive) effect on cognitive decline as a function of cumulative dose...
Predicting memory training response patterns: results from ACTIVEJessica B S Langbaum
Department of Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 64:14-23. 2009..Taken together, the findings suggest that we can characterize and predict older adults' response to memory training...
Functional decline and recovery of activities of daily living in hospitalized, disabled older women: the Women's Health and Aging Study ICynthia M Boyd
Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, School of Medicine and Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21224, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:1757-66. 2009..To determine, in disabled, older, community-dwelling women who were hospitalized, the rates and predictors of functional decline, the probability and time course of subsequent functional recovery, and predictors of functional recovery...
Towards patient-centered health services in India--a scale to measure patient perceptions of qualityKrishna Dipankar Rao
Johns Hopkins University, Department of International Health, E 13 6 Vasant Vihar, New Delhi 57, India
Int J Qual Health Care 18:414-21. 2006..i) To develop a reliable and valid scale to measure in-patient and outpatient perceptions of quality in India and (ii) to identify aspects of perceived quality which have large effects on patient satisfaction...
The stability of DSM personality disorders over twelve to eighteen yearsGerald Nestadt
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Meyer 113, Baltimore, Maryland 21287, USA
J Psychiatr Res 44:1-7. 2010..The aim of this study is to investigate the stability of DSM-III personality disorders in a community sample of eastern Baltimore residents unselected for treatment...
Measures of visual function and percentage of preferred walking speed in older adults: the Salisbury Eye Evaluation ProjectIlesh Patel
Department of Ophthalmology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 47:65-71. 2006..Deficits in cognition also play an important role in predicting mobility performance...
Characterizing sleep structure using the hypnogramBruce J Swihart
Department of Biostatistics, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Clin Sleep Med 4:349-55. 2008..The primary objective of this investigation was to demonstrate the utility of log-linear and multistate analysis of the sleep hypnogram in evaluating differences in nocturnal sleep structure in subjects with and without SDB...
Influenza vaccination by race among disabled community dwelling older womenKevin D Frick
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 15:220-36. 2004..The utilization rate did not approach the Healthy People 2010 target...
Monoamine oxidase A regulates antisocial personality in whites with no history of physical abuseIrving M Reti
The School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
Compr Psychiatry 52:188-94. 2011..The 30-base pair variable number tandem repeat in the MAOA promoter regulates MAOA levels, but its effects on ASP in humans are unclear...
Selectivity of executive function deficits in mild cognitive impairmentJason Brandt
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, 21287 7218, USA
Neuropsychology 23:607-18. 2009..Multiple-domain MCI patients had more severe impairments in planning/problem solving and working memory than single-domain patients, leading to the supposition that they, not pure amnestic MCIs, are at highest risk of imminent dementia...
Mental health of children of low-income depressed mothers: influences of parenting, family environment, and ratersAnne W Riley
Department of Population, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Psychiatr Serv 60:329-36. 2009..This study examined the association of maternal depression with the emotional and behavioral problems and adaptive skills of four- to ten-year-old children as rated by their mothers, fathers, and teachers...
Influence of corneal structure, corneal responsiveness, and other ocular parameters on tonometric measurement of intraocular pressureAimee Teo Broman
Dana Center for Preventive Ophthalmology, The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Glaucoma 16:581-8. 2007....
Searching for valid psychiatric phenotypes: discrete latent variable modelsJeannie Marie S Leoutsakos
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA
Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 19:63-73. 2010..A primary challenge in psychiatric genetics is the lack of a completely validated system of classification for mental disorders. Appropriate statistical methods are needed to empirically derive more homogenous disorder subtypes...
Short stature and the risk of adiposity, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes in middle age: the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES III), 1988-1994Keiko Asao
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Diabetes Care 29:1632-7. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: Our study supports the hypothesis that adult markers of prepubertal growth, especially leg length-to-height ratio, are associated with adiposity, insulin resistance, and type 2 diabetes in the general U.S. population...
