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| Caroline S BlaumSummaryAffiliation: University of Michigan Country: USA Publications
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Characteristics related to poor glycemic control in NIDDM patients in community practiceC S Blaum
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA
Diabetes Care 20:7-11. 1997..To identify clinical characteristics related to poor glycemic control in patients with NIDDM cared for by Michigan primary care physicians...- Diabetes, hyperglycaemia and mortality in disabled older women: The Women's Health and Ageing Study IC S Blaum
Department of Medicine, The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0926, USA
Diabet Med 22:543-50. 2005..We evaluated whether cardiovascular disease, comorbidities, or degree of hyperglycaemia, particularly severe hyperglycaemia, affected diabetes-related mortality risk in older, disabled women... - Functional status and health outcomes in older americans with diabetes mellitusCaroline S Blaum
Department of Medicine, The Institute for Social Research, and the Department of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 51:745-53. 2003..To determine how baseline functional status affects health outcomes in older adults with diabetes mellitus (DM)... - Is the metabolic syndrome, with or without diabetes, associated with progressive disability in older Mexican Americans?Caroline S Blaum
The University of Michigan Medical School, and Ann Arbor Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center GRECC, MI 48109 2007, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 62:766-73. 2007..The metabolic syndrome (MetS) is highly prevalent in the growing U.S. Latino population. We hypothesize that MetS, with or without diabetes, is associated with progressive disability in older Mexican Americans... - The association between obesity and the frailty syndrome in older women: the Women's Health and Aging StudiesCaroline S Blaum
University of Michigan, Medical School, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:927-34. 2005..To determine whether obesity is associated with the frailty phenotype and, if so, whether comorbid conditions or inflammatory markers explain this association... - Is hyperglycemia associated with frailty status in older women?Caroline S Blaum
Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, The University of Michigan Medical School, Geriatrics Center, NIB, Room 914, 300 North Ingalls Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2007, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:840-7. 2009..To determine whether hyperglycemia is related to prevalent frailty status in older women... 
Clinical complexity in middle-aged and older adults with diabetes: the Health and Retirement StudyCaroline Blaum
Division of Geriatrics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan and Veterans Administration Health Center, 300 N Ingalls St, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
Med Care 48:327-34. 2010..Some patients with diabetes may have health status characteristics that could make diabetes self-management (DSM) difficult and lead to inadequate glycemic control, or limit the benefit of some diabetes management interventions...- Validity of the minimum data set for assessing nutritional status in nursing home residentsC S Blaum
University of Michigan Medical School, Institute of Gerontology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 66:787-94. 1997.... - Geriatric conditions and disability: the Health and Retirement StudyChristine T Cigolle
University of Michigan, the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Healthcare System Geriatric Research, Education and Clinical Center, and the Ann Arbor Veterans Affairs Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
Ann Intern Med 147:156-64. 2007..The prevalence of geriatric conditions and their effect on health and disability in older adults has not been investigated in population-based samples... - Geriatric conditions develop in middle-aged adults with diabetesChristine T Cigolle
Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, 300 N Ingalls, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2007, USA
J Gen Intern Med 26:272-9. 2011..These conditions are important contributors to the complex health status of older adults. Diabetes mellitus is known to co-occur with geriatric conditions in older adults and has been implicated in the pathogenesis of some conditions... - Predictors of self-report of heart failure in a population-based survey of older adultsTanya R Gure
Division of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2007, USA
Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes 5:396-402. 2012..We hypothesized that those who self-reported HF were more likely to have a higher number of HF-related claims... - Setting eligibility criteria for a care-coordination benefitChristine T Cigolle
Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:2051-9. 2005..To examine different clinically relevant eligibility criteria sets to determine how they differ in numbers and characteristics of individuals served... 
Comparing models of frailty: the Health and Retirement StudyChristine T Cigolle
Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, 300 N Ingalls, Room 919, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 57:830-9. 2009....- Low cognitive performance, comorbid disease, and task-specific disability: findings from a nationally representative surveyCaroline S Blaum
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 57:M523-31. 2002.... - Prevalence of cognitive impairment in older adults with heart failureTanya R Gure
Division of Geriatric and Palliative Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 60:1724-9. 2012..To determine the prevalence of cognitive impairment in older adults with heart failure (HF)... - Degree of disability and patterns of caregiving among older Americans with congestive heart failureTanya Ruff Gure
Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:70-6. 2008.... - The effect of diabetes on disability in middle-aged and older adultsLinda A Wray
Department of Biobehavioral Health, Pennsylvania State University, 315 Health and Human Development East, University Park, PA 16802, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60:1206-11. 2005.... - Six-month cognitive improvement in nursing home residents with severe cognitive impairmentAmna B Buttar
Department of Internal Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine, and Indiana University Center for Aging Research, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202, USA
J Geriatr Psychiatry Neurol 16:100-8. 2003..Nursing home residents with SCI had possible underrecognition of medical problems and poor nutritional status. Measured improvement may indicate possible misclassification for some residents and potential for improvement for others... - Blood pressure trajectories prior to death in patients with diabetesMary A M Rogers
Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Diabetes Care 34:1534-9. 2011..The goals of this study were to examine trajectories of blood pressure (BP) in adults with diabetes and investigate the association of trajectory patterns with mortality... - Informal caregiving for diabetes and diabetic complications among elderly americansKenneth M Langa
Division of General Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor 48109 0429, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 57:S177-86. 2002.... - Examining the evidence: a systematic review of the inclusion and analysis of older adults in randomized controlled trialsDonna M Zulman
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, University of Michigan, 6312 Medical Science Building I, 1150 W Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 5604, USA
J Gen Intern Med 26:783-90. 2011..Due to a shortage of studies focusing on older adults, clinicians and policy makers frequently rely on clinical trials of the general population to provide supportive evidence for treating complex, older patients... - Diabetes and cardiovascular disease prevention in older adultsChristine T Cigolle
Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2007, USA
Clin Geriatr Med 25:607-41, vii-viii. 2009.... - Guideline for the management of heart failure caused by systolic dysfunction: Part I. Guideline development, etiology and diagnosisW E Chavey
Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, USA
Am Fam Physician 64:769-74. 2001..Part I describes the new paradigm of heart failure and offers guidance for diagnostic testing. Part II presents a treatment guideline... - Explaining the role of sex on disability: a population-based studyL A Wray
Department of Medical Education, University of Michigan Medical School, G 1210 Towsley Center, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 0201, USA
Gerontologist 41:499-510. 2001.... - Accelerated dysfunction among the very oldest-old in nursing homesB E Fries
Institute of Gerontology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor VA Medical Center, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 55:M336-41. 2000..This may blind heterogeneity within the oldest category. New, large data sets allow examination of the very oldest-old (e.g., aged > or = 95) and contrasts with those who are younger... - Clinical complexity and mortality in middle-aged and older adults with diabetesChristine T Cigolle
Department of Family Medicine, University of Michigan, 300 N Ingalls, Room 919, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2007
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 67:1313-20. 2012.... - Guideline for the management of heart failure caused by systolic dysfunction: part II. TreatmentW E Chavey
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA
Am Fam Physician 64:1045-54. 2001..Diuretics and digoxin should be reserved, as needed, for symptomatic management of heart failure. Other treatments or treatment programs may be necessary in individual patients... - Caregiver attitudes and hospitalization risk in michigan residents receiving home- and community-based careLisa R Shugarman
RAND Corporation, 1700 Main Street, PO Box 2138, Santa Monica, CA 90407, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:1079-85. 2002..To study a cohort of participants in home- and community-based services (HCBS) in Michigan to evaluate the relationship between (1) caregiver attitudes and participant characteristics and (2) the risk of hospitalization... - Low micronutrient levels as a predictor of incident disability in older womenBenedetta Bartali
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853 6301, USA
Arch Intern Med 166:2335-40. 2006..The role of nutritional status in the disablement process is still unclear. The objective of this study was to assess whether low concentrations of nutrients predict the development and course of disability... - Patterns of disability related to diabetes mellitus in older womenSiobhan C Maty
Department of Epidemiology, The Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 59:148-53. 2004..Other complications of diabetes (e.g., neuropathy, peripheral vascular disease) may mediate diabetes-associated disability in older adults... - Management of diabetes mellitus in older adults: are national guidelines appropriate?Caroline S Blaum
J Am Geriatr Soc 50:581-3. 2002
Research Grants
- Hyperglycemia, Frailty and Disability in Older WomenCaroline Blaum; Fiscal Year: 2006..abstract_text> ..