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| J T BrombergerSummaryAffiliation: University of Pittsburgh Country: USA Publications
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Association of past and recent major depression and menstrual characteristics in midlife: Study of Women's Health Across the NationJoyce T Bromberger
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health and Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Menopause 19:959-66. 2012..The aim of this study was to examine the association of a history of major depression (MD) with menstrual problems in a multiethnic sample of midlife women...
History of depression and women's current health and functioning during midlifeJoyce T Bromberger
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 27:200-8. 2005....- Predictors of first lifetime episodes of major depression in midlife womenJ T Bromberger
Departments of Epidemiology and Psychiatry, and Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Psychol Med 39:55-64. 2009..It is not known whether health-related factors and life stress pose more or less of a risk to the onset of clinical depression than does the menopausal transition... - Racial/ethnic differences in the prevalence of depressive symptoms among middle-aged women: The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)Joyce T Bromberger
University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, 3811 O Hara St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Am J Public Health 94:1378-85. 2004..We examined racial/ethnic differences in significant depressive symptoms among middle-aged women before and after adjustment for socioeconomic, health-related, and psychosocial characteristics... - Longitudinal associations between depression and functioning in midlife womenJoyce T Bromberger
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Maturitas 64:145-59. 2009..None of them directly examined potential moderators or mediators of the relationship between depression and impaired functioning... - Longitudinal change in reproductive hormones and depressive symptoms across the menopausal transition: results from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)Joyce T Bromberger
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 67:598-607. 2010..Results from clinical and epidemiological studies have been inconsistent. It remains unclear whether alterations in serum hormone levels across the menopausal transition are linked to depressive symptoms... - Major depression during and after the menopausal transition: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)J T Bromberger
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Psychol Med 41:1879-88. 2011.... - Mood and menopause: findings from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) over 10 yearsJoyce T Bromberger
Departments of Epidemiology and Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am 38:609-25. 2011..We found that risk for high depressive symptoms and disorder is greater during and possibly after the menopausal transition. Other factors contribute to risk for depression... - Depressive symptoms during the menopausal transition: the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)Joyce T Bromberger
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States
J Affect Disord 103:267-72. 2007..This study examined the longitudinal relationship between changes in menopausal status and the risk of clinically relevant depressive symptoms and whether the relationship differed according to initial depressive symptom level... - Psychologic distress and natural menopause: a multiethnic community studyJ T Bromberger
Department of Epidemiology, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Am J Public Health 91:1435-42. 2001..This study examined the association between psychologic distress and natural menopause in a community sample of African American, White, Chinese, Hispanic, and Japanese women participating in a national women's health study... - Sex steroid hormone profiles are related to sleep measures from polysomnography and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality IndexMary Fran Sowers
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104, USA
Sleep 31:1339-49. 2008..To relate reproductive hormones (and the preceding 7-year rates of their change) to objectively and subjectively assessed sleep measures, independent of age, vasomotor symptom frequency, depressive symptoms, and body size... - Lifetime history of depression and carotid atherosclerosis in middle-aged womenDeborah J Jones
University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 60:153-60. 2003..CONCLUSIONS: Recurrent major depressive episodes may be a risk factor for subclinical atherosclerosis. Prevention of recurrent episodes may also prevent further progression of atherosclerosis... - Race and financial strain are independent correlates of sleep in midlife women: the SWAN sleep studyMartica H Hall
Department of Psychiatry University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Sleep 32:73-82. 2009..To examine racial differences in sleep in a large cohort of midlife women and to evaluate whether indices of socioeconomic status (SES) are associated with racial differences in sleep... - Are there bi-directional associations between depressive symptoms and C-reactive protein in mid-life women?Karen A Matthews
University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Brain Behav Immun 24:96-101. 2010..To test whether depressive symptoms are related to subsequent C-reactive protein (CRP) levels and/or whether CRP levels are related to subsequent depressive symptoms in mid-life women... - Persistent mood symptoms in a multiethnic community cohort of pre- and perimenopausal womenJoyce T Bromberger
Departments of Epidemiology and Psychiatry, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Am J Epidemiol 158:347-56. 2003..These findings suggest that persistent mood symptoms and overall dysphoric mood are associated with the early perimenopause, particularly among women with lower educational attainment... - Childhood abuse is associated with adiposity in midlife women: possible pathways through trait anger and reproductive hormonesAimee J Midei
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Psychosom Med 72:215-23. 2010..To examine the association between childhood abuse/neglect and central adiposity and obesity in a sample of 311 women (n = 106 black, 205 white) from the Pittsburgh site of the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN)... - Marital/cohabitation status and history in relation to sleep in midlife womenWendy M Troxel
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Sleep 33:973-81. 2010..To examine whether current and/or history of marital/cohabitation status are associated with sleep, independent of demographic and general health risk factors... - Recurrent major depression predicts progression of coronary calcification in healthy women: Study of Women's Health Across the NationKaren A Matthews
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Psychosom Med 72:742-7. 2010..It is less clear whether depression is related to the progression of atherosclerosis before the onset of CHD events... - Are inflammatory and coagulation biomarkers related to sleep characteristics in mid-life women?: Study of Women's Health across the Nation sleep studyKaren A Matthews
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Sleep 33:1649-55. 2010.... - Prevalence and selected correlates of eating disorder symptoms among a multiethnic community sample of midlife womenMarsha D Marcus
Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 3811 O Hara Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Ann Behav Med 33:269-77. 2007..There is little information about the symptoms of disordered eating or their association with psychological and physical parameters in midlife women... - Beyond frequency: who is most bothered by vasomotor symptoms?Rebecca C Thurston
Departments of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Menopause 15:841-7. 2008..However, not all women with vasomotor symptoms, including frequent symptoms, are bothered by them. The primary aim was to identify correlates of vasomotor symptom bother beyond symptom frequency... - The relation between perceived unfair treatment and blood pressure in a racially/ethnically diverse sample of womenCharlotte Brown
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Am J Epidemiol 164:257-62. 2006..Although racial/ethnic differences in blood pressure were evident, high levels of perceived unfair treatment were not a correlate of elevated blood pressure... 
The impact of hormone therapy on health-related quality of life: longitudinal results from the Study of Women's Health Across the NationRachel Hess
Department of Medicine, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Menopause 15:422-8. 2008..To determine the impact of hormone therapy (HT) on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) during the menopausal transition and to examine variation based on menopausal symptom status...- Does the menopausal transition affect health-related quality of life?Karen A Matthews
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Am J Med 118:25-36. 2005..There is a clear need for understanding the effects of the menopause beyond the domain of symptoms and to consider whether some domains of HRQOL may improve... - Depressive symptoms and production of proinflammatory cytokines by peripheral blood mononuclear cells stimulated in vitroJill M Cyranowski
Departments of Psychiatry and Psychology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Brain Behav Immun 21:229-37. 2007.... - Discrimination and unfair treatment: relationship to cardiovascular reactivity among African American and European American womenM Guyll
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Health Psychol 20:315-25. 2001.... - Chronic stress burden, discrimination, and subclinical carotid artery disease in African American and Caucasian womenWendy M Troxel
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
Health Psychol 22:300-9. 2003..The results suggest that African Americans may be particularly vulnerable to the burden of chronic stress... - A psychosocial understanding of depression in women: for the primary care physicianJoyce T Bromberger
University of Pittsburgh, USA
J Am Med Womens Assoc 59:198-206. 2004..Information about the context of women's lives and an efficient and brief depression screen can help providers evaluate the presence, severity, and impact of depression in their patients... - Severity of interstitial cystitis symptoms and quality of life in female patientsSamar R El Khoudary
Department of Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15261, USA
J Womens Health (Larchmt) 18:1361-8. 2009.... - Coronary and aortic calcification in women with a history of major depressionPatricia K Agatisa
Department of Psychiatry, Division of Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
Arch Intern Med 165:1229-36. 2005..Waist-hip ratio in part mediated the association. Our findings suggest that recurrent major depression may be a risk factor for early atherosclerosis in women... - Relationship of day-to-day reproductive hormone levels to sleep in midlife womenHoward M Kravitz
Department of Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Arch Intern Med 165:2370-6. 2005.... - Sex steroid hormone gene polymorphisms and depressive symptoms in women at midlifeHoward M Kravitz
Department of Psychiatry, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA
Am J Med 119:S87-93. 2006..13 to 51.82). These data provide evidence that selected genes involved in estrogen synthesis and metabolism increase the odds of more depressive symptoms in women who are premenopausal or perimenopausal... - Sleep disturbance during the menopausal transition in a multi-ethnic community sample of womenHoward M Kravitz
Rush University Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Rush West Campus, 2150 West Harrison Street, Chicago, IL, USA
Sleep 31:979-90. 2008.... - Depressive symptoms, insulin resistance, and risk of diabetes in women at midlifeSusan A Everson-Rose
Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, 1700 W Van Buren St, Suite 470, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Diabetes Care 27:2856-62. 2004..To examine depression and 3-year change in insulin resistance and risk of diabetes and whether associations vary by race... - The relationship of longitudinal change in reproductive hormones and vasomotor symptoms during the menopausal transitionJohn F Randolph
L4228 Women s Hospital, University of Michigan Health System, 1500 East Medical Center Drive, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 0276, USA
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90:6106-12. 2005..Vasomotor symptoms are reported by 65-76% of women traversing the menopausal transition and are a primary reason for medical intervention during this life stage...
Research Grants
- Menopause Depression and AgingJoyce Bromberger; Fiscal Year: 2009..Increasing knowledge of the risks for depression in aging women and the factors that protect them from depression can identify targets for intervention at the prevention as well as the acute treatment level. ..
- Menopause Depression and AgingJoyce Bromberger; Fiscal Year: 2007..Increasing knowledge of the risks for depression in aging women and the factors that protect them from depression can identify targets for intervention at the prevention as well as the acute treatment level. ..
- MENOPAUSAL TRANSITION, MENTAL HEALTH AND ETHNICITYJoyce Bromberger; Fiscal Year: 2005..By continuing to collect systematically psychiatric data in our cohort in conjunction with the continued collection of Core SWAN data, we have a unique opportunity to expand knowledge of women's mental health in midlife and beyond. ..
- MENOPAUSAL TRANSITION, MENTAL HEALTH AND ETHNICITYJoyce Bromberger; Fiscal Year: 2000..abstract_text> ..
- Menopause Depression and AgingJoyce T Bromberger; Fiscal Year: 2010..Increasing knowledge of the risks for depression in aging women and the factors that protect them from depression can identify targets for intervention at the prevention as well as the acute treatment level. ..