MARTHA MORRISSummaryAffiliation: Rush North Shore Medical Center Country: USA Publications
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Validity and reproducibility of a food frequency questionnaire by cognition in an older biracial sampleMartha Clare Morris
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Am J Epidemiol 158:1213-7. 2003..The modified Harvard SFFQ is a reasonable method of dietary assessment even in a population of older persons, some of whom are at advanced age, have chronic health conditions, and have cognitive impairment...- Dietary fats and the risk of incident Alzheimer diseaseMartha Clare Morris
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, 1645 W Jackson, Suite 675, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Arch Neurol 60:194-200. 2003..Few studies have investigated the effects of dietary fats on the development of Alzheimer disease. We examined the associations between intake of specific types of fat and incident Alzheimer disease in a biracial community study... - Dietary copper and high saturated and trans fat intakes associated with cognitive declineMartha Clare Morris
Department of Internal Medicine, Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, 1645 W Jackson Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Arch Neurol 63:1085-8. 2006..Evidence from prospective epidemiologic studies and animal models suggests that intakes of dietary fats and copper may be associated with neurodegenerative diseases... - Association between blood pressure and cognitive function in a biracial community population of older personsMartha Clare Morris
Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University and Rush Presbyterian St Luke s Medical Center, Chicago, Ill 60612, USA
Neuroepidemiology 21:123-30. 2002..The cross-sectional association between blood pressure and cognitive functions is small and curvilinear and more apparent in persons with cardiovascular conditions... - Incidence of Alzheimer disease in a biracial urban community: relation to apolipoprotein E allele statusDenis A Evans
Rush Institute on Healthy Aging, Chicago, IL, USA
Arch Neurol 60:185-9. 2003..Few studies compare Alzheimer disease (AD) incidence among black and white subjects... - Dietary intake of antioxidant nutrients and the risk of incident Alzheimer disease in a biracial community studyMartha Clare Morris
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush Presbyterian St Luke s Medical Center, 1645 W Jackson, Suite 675, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
JAMA 287:3230-7. 2002..Oxidative processes have been suggested as elements in the development of Alzheimer disease (AD), but whether dietary intake of vitamin E and other antioxidant nutrients prevents its development is unknown... 
Dietary folate and vitamins B-12 and B-6 not associated with incident Alzheimer's diseaseMartha Clare Morris
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, 1645 W Jackson 675, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
J Alzheimers Dis 9:435-43. 2006..It is currently not known whether dietary intakes of folate and vitamins B12 and B6, co-factors in the methylation of homocysteine, protect against Alzheimer's disease...- Docosahexaenoic acid and Alzheimer diseaseMartha Clare Morris
Arch Neurol 63:1527-8. 2006 - Thoughts on B-vitamins and dementiaMartha Clare Morris
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
J Alzheimers Dis 9:429-33. 2006..We also comment on the potential benefits and harms of vitamin supplementation as well as make recommendations for the direction of future studies... - Diet and Alzheimer's disease: meeting the challengesMartha Clare Morris
J Nutr Health Aging 10:204. 2006 - The relation of cigarette smoking to incident Alzheimer's disease in a biracial urban community populationNeelum T Aggarwal
Rush Alzheimer s Disease Center, Rush University Medical Center, Armour Academic Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Neuroepidemiology 26:140-6. 2006.... - Fish consumption and cognitive decline with age in a large community studyMartha Clare Morris
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill 60612, USA
Arch Neurol 62:1849-53. 2005..Dietary intake of fish and the omega-3 fatty acids have been associated with lower risk of Alzheimer disease and stroke... - Dietary folate and vitamin B12 intake and cognitive decline among community-dwelling older personsMartha Clare Morris
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Ill 60612, USA
Arch Neurol 62:641-5. 2005..Deficiencies in folate and vitamin B12 have been associated with neurodegenerative disease... - Prevalence of and factors associated with fecal incontinence in a large community study of older individualsCarline R Quander
Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Am J Gastroenterol 100:905-9. 2005..In this study, we describe the prevalence of fecal incontinence by race, age, sex, the presence of major chronic conditions of stroke and diabetes, and the use of certain psychoactive medications... - Relation of the tocopherol forms to incident Alzheimer disease and to cognitive changeMartha Clare Morris
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 81:508-14. 2005..High intake of vitamin E from food (tocopherol), but not from supplements (which usually contain alpha-tocopherol), is inversely associated with Alzheimer disease... - Predictors of beginning and ending caregiving during a 3-year period in a biracial community population of older adultsJudith J McCann
DNSc, Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, 1645 West Jackson Blvd, Suite 675, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Am J Public Health 94:1800-6. 2004..We sought to identify predictors of beginning and ending caregiving... - Diet and Alzheimer's disease: what the evidence showsMartha Clare Morris
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois, USA
MedGenMed 6:48. 2004 - Consumption of fish and n-3 fatty acids and risk of incident Alzheimer diseaseMartha Clare Morris
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Department of Internal Medicine, Rush Alzheimer s Disease Center, Rush Presbyterian St Luke s Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Arch Neurol 60:940-6. 2003..Dietary n-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids improve brain functioning in animal studies, but there is limited study of whether this type of fat protects against Alzheimer disease... - Vitamin E and cognitive decline in older personsMartha Clare Morris
Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Rush Presbyterian St Luke s Medical Center, 1645 W Jackson, Suite 675, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Arch Neurol 59:1125-32. 2002..Previous studies raise the possibility that antioxidants protect against neurodegenerative diseases... - Is dietary intake of folate too low?Martha Clare Morris
Rush Institute for Healthy Aging, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Lancet 369:166-7. 2007
Research Grants
- Epidemiologic Study of Brain Vitamin E, Diet & Age-Related Neurologic DiseasesMartha Clare Morris; Fiscal Year: 2010..PHS 398/2590 (Rev. 09/04, Reissued 4/2006) Page Continuation Format Page ..
- Incident AD in Mexican Americans: Feasibility StudyMARTHA MORRIS; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Long-Term Dietary Risk Factor Assessment and Incident ADMARTHA MORRIS; Fiscal Year: 2007..The proposed application should help to answer important scientific questions on the dietary prevention of a debilitating disease that affects a large number of older persons. ..
- IANA 2006 SYMPOSIUM NUTRITION AND ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE/COGNITIVE DECLINEMARTHA MORRIS; Fiscal Year: 2006..We expect approximately 300 attendees. A panel of 12 internationally renowned speakers have agreed to present their work. ..
- Long-Term Dietary Risk Factor Assessment and Incident ADMARTHA MORRIS; Fiscal Year: 2009..The proposed application should help to answer important scientific questions on the dietary prevention of a debilitating disease that affects a large number of older persons. ..