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| Annemarie KosterSummaryAffiliation: National Institutes of Health Country: USA Publications
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Joint associations of adiposity and physical activity with mortality: the National Institutes of Health-AARP Diet and Health StudyAnnemarie Koster
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Am J Epidemiol 169:1344-51. 2009..High physical activity attenuated but did not eliminate the increased mortality risk associated with obesity. Preventing weight gain and promoting physical activity in older persons may lower mortality risk...- Late-life depressed mood and weight change contribute to the risk of each otherAnnemarie Koster
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 18:236-44. 2010.... - Body fat distribution and inflammation among obese older adults with and without metabolic syndromeAnnemarie Koster
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:2354-61. 2010.... - The combined relations of adiposity and smoking on mortalityAnnemarie Koster
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 88:1206-12. 2008..Smoking cessation is associated with increased body weight and a substantial increase in waist circumference. How this affects mortality risk is unknown... 
Waist circumference and mortalityAnnemarie Koster
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
Am J Epidemiol 167:1465-75. 2008..36). The finding that persons with a normal BMI but a large waist circumference had a higher mortality risk in this study suggests that increased waist circumference should be considered a risk factor for mortality, in addition to BMI...- Joint effects of adiposity and physical activity on incident mobility limitation in older adultsAnnemarie Koster
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 56:636-43. 2008..To examine joint associations of physical activity and adiposity measures (body mass index (BMI), waist circumference, percentage body fat) with incident mobility limitation... - Lifestyle factors and incident mobility limitation in obese and non-obese older adultsAnnemarie Koster
Department of Health Care Studies, Medical Sociology Section, Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:3122-32. 2007..This study examines the association between incident mobility limitation and 4 lifestyle factors: smoking, alcohol intake, physical activity, and diet in well-functioning obese (n = 667) and non-obese (n = 2027) older adults... - Association between fitness and changes in body composition and muscle strengthAnnemarie Koster
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, 7201 Wisconsin Ave, 3C309, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:219-26. 2010..To examine the association between physical fitness, assessed according to ability and time to complete a 400-m walk, on changes in body composition and muscle strength over a 7-year period... - Joint association of obesity and metabolic syndrome with incident mobility limitation in older men and women--results from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition StudySari Stenholm
Longitudinal Studies Section, Clinical Research Branch, National Institute on Aging, Harbor Hospital, 3001 South Hanover Street, Baltimore, MD 21225, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 65:84-92. 2010..Although both obesity and the metabolic syndrome (MetS) are known risk factors for decline in physical function, the joint association of obesity and metabolic alterations with risk of incident mobility limitation is unknown... 
Socioeconomic differences in incident depression in older adults: the role of psychosocial factors, physical health status, and behavioral factorsAnnemarie Koster
Department of Health Care Studies, Section of Medical Sociology, Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
J Psychosom Res 61:619-27. 2006....- Association of inflammatory markers with socioeconomic statusAnnemarie Koster
Department of Health Care Studies, Section of Medical Sociology, Universiteit Maastricht, P O Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 61:284-90. 2006.... - Is there a biomedical explanation for socioeconomic differences in incident mobility limitation?Annemarie Koster
Department of Health Care Studies, Section Medical Sociology, Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60:1022-7. 2005..This study examines the association between socioeconomic status and incident mobility limitation in well-functioning older adults, and seeks to determine whether this link could be explained by biomedical factors... - Explanations of socioeconomic differences in changes in physical function in older adults: results from the Longitudinal Aging Study AmsterdamAnnemarie Koster
Department of Health Care Studies, Section Medical Sociology, Universiteit Maastricht, PO Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
BMC Public Health 6:244. 2006.... - Does the amount of fat mass predict age-related loss of lean mass, muscle strength, and muscle quality in older adults?Annemarie Koster
National Institute on Aging, 7201 Wisconsin Avenue, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 66:888-95. 2011..We therefore examined the association of baseline total body fat with changes in leg lean mass, muscle strength, and muscle quality over 7 years of follow-up and whether this link was explained by adipocytokines and insulin resistance... - Employment and physical activity in the U.SDane R Van Domelen
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, USA
Am J Prev Med 41:136-45. 2011..S. and worldwide. Time at work represents a major portion of the day for employed people... - Inflammation and race and gender differences in computerized tomography-measured adipose depotsLydia E Beasley
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 17:1062-9. 2009..Despite the previously established differences in abdominal fat distribution across gender and race, visceral fat remained a significant predictor of inflammatory marker concentration across all four subgroups examined... - Socioeconomic differences in cognitive decline and the role of biomedical factorsAnnemarie Koster
Department of Health Care Studies, Section Medical Sociology, Universiteit Maastricht, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Ann Epidemiol 15:564-71. 2005..This study examines the association between socioeconomic status and cognitive decline in a community-based cohort of well-functioning older adults and seeks to determine whether this link could be explained by biomedical factors... - The role of psychosocial factors in explaining socio-economic differences in mobility decline in a chronically ill population: results from the GLOBE studyAnnemarie Koster
Department of Health Care Studies, Section Medical Sociology, Universiteit Maastricht, P O Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands
Soc Sci Med 61:123-32. 2005..Our findings will not give us new tools for prevention and intervention strategies in order to reduce physical disability and particularly the SES differences therein... - Association of sedentary time with mortality independent of moderate to vigorous physical activityAnnemarie Koster
National Institute on Aging, Intramural Research Program, Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e37696. 2012..The objective our study was to examine the association between objectively measured sedentary time and all-cause mortality... - Adipocytokines and the metabolic syndrome among older persons with and without obesity: the InCHIANTI studySari Stenholm
Clinical Research Branch, National Institute on Aging, 3001 S Hanover Street, Baltimore, MD 21225, USA
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 73:55-65. 2010..The purpose of this study was to: (1) examine the role of adipocytokines in the association between obesity and the MetS and (2) to determine whether the association is different in obese and non-obese persons... - Waist circumference as compared with body-mass index in predicting mortality from specific causesMichael F Leitzmann
Nutritional Epidemiology Branch, Division of Cancer Epidemiology and Genetics, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, U S Department of Health and Human Services, Bethesda, Maryland, United States of America
PLoS ONE 6:e18582. 2011..Whether waist circumference provides clinically meaningful information not delivered by body-mass index regarding prediction of cause-specific death is uncertain... - Associations between body composition and gait-speed decline: results from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition studyKristen M Beavers
Department of Internal Medicine, National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 97:552-60. 2013..In older adults, every 0.1-m/s slower gait speed is associated with a 12% higher mortality. However, little research has identified risk factors for gait-speed decline... - The influence of abdominal visceral fat on inflammatory pathways and mortality risk in obstructive lung diseaseBram van den Borst
NUTRIM School for Nutrition, Toxicology and Metabolism, Department of Respiratory Medicine, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Am J Clin Nutr 96:516-26. 2012..Although altered body composition, especially increased visceral fat (VF) mass, could be a significant contributor to low-grade systemic inflammation, this remains unexplored in COPD... - Associations of visceral and liver fat with the metabolic syndrome across the spectrum of obesity: the AGES-Reykjavik studyLauren J Kim
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, Intramural Research Program, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 19:1265-71. 2011..Importantly, fatty liver may be a novel metabolic risk factor in overweight and obese individuals... - Sedentary activity associated with metabolic syndrome independent of physical activityAndrea Bankoski
Laboratory of Epidemiology, Demography, and Biometry, National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
Diabetes Care 34:497-503. 2011..This study examined the association between objectively measured sedentary activity and metabolic syndrome among older adults... - Socioeconomic inequalities in mobility decline in chronic disease groups (asthma/COPD, heart disease, diabetes mellitus, low back pain): only a minor role for disease severity and comorbidityAnnemarie Koster
Universiteit Maastricht, Department of Health Care Studies, Section Medical Sociology, PO Box 616, 6200 MD, Maastricht, Netherlands
J Epidemiol Community Health 58:862-9. 2004..It is not clear, whether the adverse course of physical functioning in persons with a low socioeconomic status can be explained by a higher prevalence of more severe disease or comorbidity in these persons... - Fetuin-A and incident diabetes mellitus in older personsJoachim H Ix
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, and San Diego Veterans Affairs Healthcare System, 3350 La Jolla Village Dr, Mail Code 111 H, San Diego, CA 92161, USA
JAMA 300:182-8. 2008..In prior cross-sectional studies in humans, higher fetuin-A levels were associated with insulin resistance. However, the longitudinal association of fetuin-A with incident type 2 diabetes mellitus is unknown...