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Validation of multi-stage telephone-based identification of cognitive impairment and dementiaValerie C Crooks
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, 100 S Los Robles, Pasadena, CA91101, USA
BMC Neurol 5:8. 2005..This study evaluates whether a brief telephone cognitive assessment strategy can reliably classify cognitive status when compared to an in-person "gold-standard" clinical assessment...
Ischemic stroke and use of estrogen and estrogen/progestogen as hormone replacement therapyD B Petitti
Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Southern California, USA
Stroke 29:23-8. 1998..Information about the risk of stroke in current postmenopausal hormone users is limited...- Clinical practice. Combination estrogen-progestin oral contraceptivesDiana B Petitti
Research and Evaluation Department, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena 91188, USA
N Engl J Med 349:1443-50. 2003 - Prescribing patterns for thiazide diuretics in a large health maintenance organization: relationship to participation as an ALLHAT clinical centerDiana B Petitti
Kaiser Permanente Southern California, 393 E Walnut Street, Pasadena, 91188, USA
Contemp Clin Trials 27:397-403. 2006..8% to 13.0% in the two regions without an ALLHAT clinical site (p > 0.05). Participation in a clinical hypertension study does not appear to accelerate adoption of study recommendations... - Most severe neutropenia in individuals with no chronic condition did not result in a specific diagnosisDiana B Petitti
Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Southern California, 393 East Walnut Street, Pasadena, CA 91188, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 57:1182-7. 2004.... - Invited commentary: how far can epidemiologists get with statistical adjustment?Diana B Petitti
Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA 91188, USA
Am J Epidemiol 162:415-8; discussion 419-20. 2005 - Prevalence of dementia in users of hormone replacement therapy as defined by prescription dataDiana B Petitti
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 57:M532-8. 2002..This study assessed the prevalence of dementia and cognitive impairment in users and nonusers of HRT defined using computer-stored prescription information... - Serum lipids and glucose control: the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth studyDiana B Petitti
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, 393 E Walnut St, Pasadena, CA 91188, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 161:159-65. 2007..To assess the relationship of serum lipid concentrations with glucose control in youth with diabetes mellitus... - Approaches to heterogeneity in meta-analysisD B Petitti
Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California, USA
Stat Med 20:3625-33. 2001..The review also provided some positive models and some recommendations for assessing, reporting and exploring heterogeneity are made considering these models and the published recommendations of experts... - Randomized trial of fructosamine home monitoring in patients with diabetesD B Petitti
Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Research and Evaluation, Pasadena, Calif, USA
Eff Clin Pract 4:18-23. 2001..Levels of fructosamine, 1-amino-1-deoxyfructose, are highly correlated with those of hemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) and can be monitored in the home... - Norplant implants and cardiovascular diseaseD B Petitti
Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena 91188, USA
Contraception 57:361-2. 1998..All data collection for these two studies occurred after approval of Norplant implants for marketing in the US in December 1990. The methods of the individual studies are detailed in prior publications... - Commentary: hormone replacement therapy and coronary heart disease: four lessonsDiana Petitti
Kaiser Permanente Southern California, 393 E Walnut Street, Pasadena, CA 91188, USA
Int J Epidemiol 33:461-3. 2004 - Evaluation of the effect of performance monitoring and feedback on care process, utilization, and outcomeD B Petitti
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, USA
Diabetes Care 23:192-6. 2000..We evaluated a program of performance measurement and monitoring by assessing care process, utilization of services, and outcomes... - Myocardial infarction and use of low-dose oral contraceptives: a pooled analysis of 2 US studiesS Sidney
From the Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program, Northern California, Oakland, CA 94611, USA
Circulation 98:1058-63. 1998..The purpose of the present study was to estimate risk of MI in relation to use of low-dose OCs in a pooled analysis combining results from the 2 sites... 
Incidence of dementia in long-term hormone usersDiana B Petitti
Department of Clinical Analysis, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA
Am J Epidemiol 167:692-700. 2008..95, 1.89) in estrogen/progestin users and 1.23 (95% confidence interval: 0.94, 1.59) in estrogen users. These findings do not provide support for an effect of estrogen or estrogen/progestin use in preventing dementia...- Cognitive domains associated with performance on the telephone interview for cognitive status-modifiedValerie C Crooks
Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, USA
Am J Alzheimers Dis Other Demen 21:45-53. 2006..The TICS-m score showed modest associations with several distinct cognitive domains, including episodic memory for words and nonverbal information and attention... - Satisfaction with pregnancy and newborn care: development and results of a survey in a health maintenance organizationJ M Lawrence
Department of Research and Evaluation, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Am J Manag Care 5:1407-13. 1999..To measure patient satisfaction with pregnancy and newborn care... - Evaluation of a breast cancer patient information and support programA M Geiger
Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Pasadena, USA
Eff Clin Pract 3:157-65. 2000..Women with newly diagnosed breast cancer seek answers to many questions about their disease, treatment options, and prognosis. Failure to meet these needs may cause dissatisfaction with the care process... - Do racial and ethnic differences in serum folate values exist after food fortification with folic acid?Jean M Lawrence
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA, USA
Am J Obstet Gynecol 194:520-6. 2006..Information about folate levels early in pregnancy before the fortification is limited. This study examined the associations between serum folate at first prenatal visit and maternal race/ethnicity, age, vitamin use, and body mass index... - Breast cancer risk in a large cohort of female antidepressant medication usersReina Haque
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, 100 South Los Robles Avenue, 2nd Floor, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Cancer Lett 221:61-5. 2005..12 (95% CI 0.96-1.31). Women who used paroxetine 2 or more years did not have a greater risk of breast cancer compared to women who used the medication for a shorter period... - Limitations and potential uses of census-based data on ethnicity in a diverse communityWansu Chen
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA 91188, USA
Ann Epidemiol 14:339-45. 2004..This evaluation assessed the potential usefulness of ethnicity data based on address geocoding to the 2000 census... - Food fortification with folic acid and rate of multiple births, 1994-2000Jean M Lawrence
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Birth Defects Res A Clin Mol Teratol 70:948-52. 2004..Some studies have suggested that increased FA consumption might increase the risk of multiple gestation pregnancies... - Prescribing patterns for antihypertensive drugs after the Antihypertensive and Lipid-Lowering Treatment to Prevent Heart Attack Trial: report of experience in a health maintenance organizationFagen Xie
Research and Evaluation Department, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California 91101, USA
Am J Hypertens 18:464-9. 2005..The aim of this study was to assess prescribing patterns of antihypertensive agents in a health maintenance organization (HMO) before and after the publications of ALLHAT results... - A preliminary psychometric analysis of a computer-assisted administration of the Telephone Interview of Cognitive Status-modifiedJ Galen Buckwalter
Department of Research and Evaluation, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Pasadena 91101, USA
J Clin Exp Neuropsychol 24:168-75. 2002..However, the CATI version of the TICSm appears to have potential as a cost-effective means of testing cognitive performance... - Measuring quality of care and performance from a population health care perspectiveStephen F Derose
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California 91101, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 24:363-84. 2003..We describe quality measurement sets and systems, criteria for the choice of measures, data sources, and how quality measurements are used to improve health care and outcomes from a population health care perspective... 
Social network, cognitive function, and dementia incidence among elderly womenValerie C Crooks
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Am J Public Health 98:1221-7. 2008..We examined whether social networks had a protective association with incidence of dementia among elderly women...- Lipid abnormalities are prevalent in youth with type 1 and type 2 diabetes: the SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth StudyAnn K Kershnar
Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, 9449 East Imperial Highway, Downey, CA 90242, USA
J Pediatr 149:314-9. 2006..Assessment of the prevalence of serum lipid abnormalities in US youth with type 1 or type 2 diabetes... - Design and evaluation of interventions promoting periconceptional multivitamin useJean M Lawrence
Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Department of Research and Evaluation, Pasadena, California 91101, USA
Am J Prev Med 25:17-24. 2003..Periconceptional folic acid use reduces the risk of neural tube defects and possibly other birth defects. The effectiveness of two interventions to increase the use of multivitamins among women of childbearing ages was evaluated... - Hormone use and cognitive performance in women of advanced ageJ Galen Buckwalter
Department of Research and Evaluation, Southern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Group, Pasadena, California 91101, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:182-6. 2004..To explore the association between hormone replacement therapy (HRT) and cognitive performance in a group of elderly women (>/=75) using a battery of well-standardized neuropsychological instruments... - Diabetes mellitus and cognitive performance in older womenValerie C Crooks
Department of Research and Evaluation, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, Pasadena, California 91188, USA
Ann Epidemiol 13:613-9. 2003..This cross-sectional study sought to identify diabetes accurately in a study population of 3681 women age 75 and older and to determine the association of diabetes with cognitive performance... - Rehospitalisation for neonatal jaundice: risk factors and outcomesA M Geiger
Research and Evaluation Department, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, 100 S Los Robles, Pasadena, CA 91188, USA
Paediatr Perinat Epidemiol 15:352-8. 2001..None of the rehospitalised infants died, were diagnosed with kernicterus or required resuscitation. Attention to risks associated with jaundice rehospitalisation might reduce this undesirable, but not commonly severe, outcome... - Mortality following development of breast cancer while using oestrogen or oestrogen plus progestin: a computer record-linkage studyW Chen
Research and Evaluation Department, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, 91101, USA
Br J Cancer 93:392-8. 2005.... - Changes in the continuation of antihypertensive drug use after ALLHATFagen Xie
Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 7:649-53. 2005..004), whereas the continuation rate was lower for all other drug classes. We provide data to suggest that evidence from randomized trials is one factor influencing the continued use of antihypertensive medication... - Blood pressure levels before dementiaDiana B Petitti
Department of Research and Evaluation, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, 100 S. Los Robles, Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Arch Neurol 62:112-6. 2005..Valid inferences about the effect of BP on the development of dementia require prospective data collection in which subjects are free of dementia or cognitive impairment at enrollment... - The influence of intrapartum antibiotics on the clinical spectrum of early-onset group B streptococcal infection in term infantsP Bromberger
Department of Pediatrics, San Diego Medical Center, Kaiser Permanente Southern California, USA
Pediatrics 106:244-50. 2000..The aim of this study was to determine whether intrapartum antibiotic prophylaxis changed the constellation and timing of onset of clinical signs of group B streptococcal (GBS) infection in term infants... - Mortality, dementia, and apolipoprotein E genotype in elderly white women in the United StatesDeborah M Little
Kaiser Permanente Southern California, Pasadena, California 91101, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:231-6. 2009..To assess the risk of death in relation to apolipoprotein E (APOE) genotype and to evaluate how APOE genotype interacts with dementia and with other major medical conditions to affect survival... - Physician recognition of cognitive impairment: evaluating the need for improvementJoshua Chodosh
Veterans Affairs Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, Los Angeles, California, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 52:1051-9. 2004..To assess physician recognition of dementia and cognitive impairment, compare recognition with documentation, and identify physician and patient factors associated with recognition... - Oral contraceptives and hypercoagulationDiana B Petitti
Research and Evaluation, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, USA
Clin Adv Hematol Oncol 4:813-5. 2006 - Screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus in adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statementNed Calonge
Ann Intern Med 148:846-54. 2008..B recommendation) Current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of routine screening in asymptomatic adults with blood pressure of 135/80 mm Hg or lower. (I statement)... - Presence of diabetic ketoacidosis at diagnosis of diabetes mellitus in youth: the Search for Diabetes in Youth StudyArleta Rewers
Department of Pediatrics, University of Colorado at Denver and Health Sciences Center, Denver, Colorado, USA
Pediatrics 121:e1258-66. 2008..The purpose of this work was to determine the prevalence and predictors of diabetic ketoacidosis at the diagnosis of diabetes in a large sample of youth from the US population... - Health-related quality of life of children and adolescents with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus: SEARCH for Diabetes in Youth StudyMichelle J Naughton
Department of Social Sciences and Health Policy, Division of Public Health Sciences, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, 2000 W First St, Winston Salem, NC 27104, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:649-57. 2008..To examine the associations between demographic and diabetes management variables and the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of youths with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM)... - Prevalence and determinants of elevated apolipoprotein B and dense low-density lipoprotein in youths with type 1 and type 2 diabetesJohn J Albers
Department of Medicine, Northwest Lipid Metabolism and Diabetes Research Laboratories, University of Washington, 401 Queen Anne Avenue North, Seattle, Washington 98109, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 93:735-42. 2008..The objective of the study was to assess the prevalence and determinants of elevated apolipoprotein B (apoB) and dense low-density lipoprotein (LDL) in United States youth with type 1 or type 2 diabetes... - Infant sleeping position and the risk of sudden infant death syndrome in California, 1997-2000De Kun Li
Division of Research, Kaiser Foundation Research Institute, Kaiser Permanente, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
Am J Epidemiol 157:446-55. 2003..0) and AOR = 6.9 (95% CI: 2.3, 20.6) for the prone and side positions, respectively). Infants placed in an unaccustomed prone or side sleeping position had a higher risk of SIDS than infants who were always placed prone or on the side... - Some surprises, some answers, and more questions about hormone therapy: further findings from the Women's Health InitiativeDiana B Petitti
JAMA 294:245-6. 2005 - Cognitive performance of older women who have survived cancerJ Galen Buckwalter
Southern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Group Pasadena, CA 91101, USA
Int J Neurosci 115:1307-14. 2005..Older women who report being hospitalized for cancer as adults may perform similar to women with no history of cancer on rudimentary cognitive tasks... - On the efficacy of screening for breast cancerDavid A Freedman
Department of Statistics, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-3860, USA
Int J Epidemiol 33:43-55. 2004..The critique therefore rests on judgements of study quality, but these judgements are based on misreadings of the data and the literature. CONCLUSION: The prior consensus on mammography was correct... - Use of a dummy (pacifier) during sleep and risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS): population based case-control studyDe Kun Li
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612, USA
BMJ 332:18-22. 2006..To examine the association between use of a dummy (pacifier) during sleep and the risk of sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS) in relation to other risk factors... - Venous thromboembolic disease in users of low-estrogen combined estrogen-progestin oral contraceptivesStephen Sidney
Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program Northern California, 2000 Broadway, Oakland 94612, USA
Contraception 70:3-10. 2004.... - Presurgical cognitive deficits in patients receiving coronary artery bypass graft surgeryKatherine P Rankin
University of California at San Francisco Memory and Aging Center, San Francisco, California 94143 1207, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 9:913-24. 2003..This corroborates previous research suggesting that patients requiring CABG surgery may evidence significant presurgical cognitive deficits as a result of existing vascular disease... - Primary care interventions to promote breastfeeding: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statementNed Calonge
Ann Intern Med 149:560-4. 2008..RECOMMENDATION: The USPSTF recommends interventions during pregnancy and after birth to promote and support breastfeeding (Grade B recommendation)... - Screening for colorectal cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statementNed Calonge
Ann Intern Med 149:627-37. 2008..D recommendation). The USPSTF concludes that the evidence is insufficient to assess the benefits and harms of computed tomographic colonography and fecal DNA testing as screening modalities for colorectal cancer. (I statement)... - Screening for prostate cancer: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statementNed Calonge
Ann Intern Med 149:185-91. 2008..Do not screen for prostate cancer in men age 75 years or older (Grade D recommendation)... - Hormone replacement therapy for prevention: more evidence, more pessimismDiana B Petitti
JAMA 288:99-101. 2002 - Screening for asymptomatic bacteriuria in adults: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force reaffirmation recommendation statementNed Calonge
Ann Intern Med 149:43-7. 2008..Grade A recommendation.) Do not screen for asymptomatic bacteriuria in men and nonpregnant women. (Grade D recommendation.)... - New hope for hormone replacement and the heart?Diana B Petitti
J Am Coll Cardiol 42:1246-8. 2003 - Screening for gestational diabetes mellitus: U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statementDiana B Petitti
Ann Intern Med 148:759-65. 2008..Recommendation: Current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of screening for gestational diabetes mellitus, either before or after 24 weeks' gestation. (I statement.)... - Estrogen replacement and risk of Alzheimer diseaseJ Galen Buckwalter
JAMA 289:1101; author reply 1101-2. 2003