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Lifestyle behavior pattern is associated with different levels of risk for incident dementia and Alzheimer's disease: the Cache County studyMaria C Norton
Department of Family Consumer and Human Development, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 60:405-12. 2012..To identify distinct behavioral patterns of diet, exercise, social interaction, church attendance, alcohol consumption, and smoking and to examine their association with subsequent dementia risk...- Church attendance and new episodes of major depression in a community study of older adults: the Cache County StudyMaria C Norton
Department of Family, Consumer and Human Development, Cache County Study on Memory Health and Aging, Utah State University, 4440 Old Main Hill, Logan, UT 84322 4440, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 63:P129-37. 2008..28-0.92). Results suggest that there may be a threshold of church attendance that is necessary for a person to garner long-term protection from depression. We discuss sociological factors relevant to LDS culture... - Caregiver-recipient closeness and symptom progression in Alzheimer disease. The Cache County Dementia Progression StudyMaria C Norton
Department of Family, Consumer and Human Development, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322 2905, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 64:560-8. 2009..Future interventions designed to enhance the caregiving dyadic relationship may help slow decline in AD... - Greater risk of dementia when spouse has dementia? The Cache County studyMaria C Norton
Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development Utah State University, Logan, Utah, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 58:895-900. 2010..To examine the effects of caring for a spouse with dementia on the caregiver's risk for incident dementia... - Early parental death and remarriage of widowed parents as risk factors for Alzheimer disease: the Cache County studyMaria C Norton
Department of Family Consumer and Human Development MCN, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322 2905, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:814-24. 2011..Early parental death is associated with lifelong tendencies toward depression and chronic stress. We tested the hypothesis that early parental death is associated with higher risk for Alzheimer disease (AD) in offspring... 
Gender differences in the association between religious involvement and depression: the Cache County (Utah) studyMaria C Norton
Department of Family, Consumer and Human Development, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322 4440, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 61:P129-36. 2006..Though causality cannot be determined here, these findings suggest that the association between religious involvement and depression may differ substantially between men and women...- Cognitive stimulation and cognitive and functional decline in Alzheimer's disease: the cache county dementia progression studyKatherine A Treiber
Department of Psychology, Utah State University, Logan, UT 84322 4440, USA
J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 66:416-25. 2011..To examine the association of engagement in cognitively stimulating activities with cognitive and functional decline in a population-based sample of incident Alzheimer's disease (AD)... - A population study of Alzheimer's disease: findings from the Cache County Study on Memory, Health, and AgingJoAnn T Tschanz
Department of Psychology, Center for Epidemiologic Studies, Utah State University, Logan 84322 4440, USA
Care Manag J 6:107-14. 2005.... - Three-year incidence of first-onset depressive syndrome in a population sample of older adults: the Cache County studyMaria C Norton
Department of Family, Consumer and Human Development, Utah State University, Logan, 84322, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 14:237-45. 2006.... - Progression of cognitive, functional, and neuropsychiatric symptom domains in a population cohort with Alzheimer dementia: the Cache County Dementia Progression studyJoAnn T Tschanz
Center for Epidemiologic Studies, Department of Psychology, Utah State University, Logan, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:532-42. 2011..In a population-based sample of incident AD cases, we examined progression of impairment in cognition, function, and neuropsychiatric symptoms, and the influence of selected variables on these domains... - A brief metacognition questionnaire for the elderly: comparison with cognitive performance and informant ratings the Cache County StudyTrevor Buckley
Department of Psychology, Utah State University, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 25:739-47. 2010..We hypothesized that the association between self-ratings of change and both outcomes would be greater among individuals without dementia than among those with dementia... - An adaptation of the modified mini-mental state examination: analysis of demographic influences and normative data: the cache county studyJoAnn T Tschanz
Department of Psychology, Utah State University, Logan, Utah 84322 4440, USA
Neuropsychiatry Neuropsychol Behav Neurol 15:28-38. 2002..To present a new version of the Modified Mini-Mental State Examination (3MS-R), provide normative information extending to individuals in the 10th decade, and examine the effects of demographic variables on test performance... - Baseline disability in activities of daily living predicts dementia risk even after controlling for baseline global cognitive ability and depressive symptomsElizabeth B Fauth
Department of Family, Consumer, and Human Development, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA Center for Epidemiological Studies, Utah State University, Logan, UT, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 28:597-606. 2013..Although we expect that cognitive deficits would explain associations between ADL disability and dementia risk, the current study examined ADL as a predictor of future dementia after controlling for global cognitive status... - Mitochondrial genomic analysis of late onset Alzheimer's disease reveals protective haplogroups H6A1A/H6A1B: the Cache County Study on Memory in AgingPerry G Ridge
Department of Biology, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA
PLoS ONE 7:e45134. 2012..paternal inheritance, a pattern consistent with mitochondrial inheritance. The role of specific mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variants and haplogroups in AD risk is uncertain... - Point and 5-year period prevalence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia: the Cache County StudyMartin Steinberg
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 23:170-7. 2008..Neuropsychiatric symptoms are nearly universal in dementia, yet little is known about their longitudinal course in the community... - The incidence of mental and behavioral disturbances in dementia: the cache county studyMartin Steinberg
Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
J Neuropsychiatry Clin Neurosci 15:340-5. 2003..These results argue for a routine assessment of psychiatric disturbances in all patients with dementia, even among those who have never experienced symptoms of mental or behavioral disturbances... - Reduced risk of Alzheimer disease in users of antioxidant vitamin supplements: the Cache County StudyPeter P Zandi
Department of Mental Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Hampton House Room 857, 624 N Broadway, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Arch Neurol 61:82-8. 2004..Antioxidants may protect the aging brain against oxidative damage associated with pathological changes of Alzheimer disease (AD)... - Apolipoprotein E genotype and mortality: findings from the Cache County StudyKathleen M Hayden
Center for the Study of Aging and Human Development, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
J Am Geriatr Soc 53:935-42. 2005..To evaluate the association between apolipoprotein E (apo E) epsilon4 and mortality, the population attributable risk for mortality with epsilon4, and relative contributions of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and Alzheimer's disease (AD)... - Ten dimensions of health and their relationships with overall self-reported health and survival in a predominately religiously active elderly population: the cache county memory studyTruls Østbye
Department of Community and Family Medicine, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina 27710, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 54:199-209. 2006..To document the extent of healthy aging along 10 different dimensions in a population known for its longevity... - Vascular risk factors for incident Alzheimer disease and vascular dementia: the Cache County studyKathleen M Hayden
Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC 27705, USA
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 20:93-100. 2006..Future studies should focus on specific causal pathways for each of these factors with regard to sex to determine if sex differences in the prevalence of vascular factors have an influence on sex differences in dementia risk... - Perspectives on depression, mild cognitive impairment, and cognitive declineDavid C Steffens
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC 27710, USA
Arch Gen Psychiatry 63:130-8. 2006.... - Antihypertensive medication use and incident Alzheimer disease: the Cache County StudyAra S Khachaturian
Khachaturian and Associates Inc, Potomac, MD, USA
Arch Neurol 63:686-92. 2006..CONCLUSIONS: These data suggest that AH medications, and specifically potassium-sparing diuretics, are associated with reduced incidence of AD. Because the latter association is a new finding, it requires confirmation in further study... - Better cognitive performance in elderly taking antioxidant vitamins E and C supplements in combination with nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs: the Cache County StudyMajid Fotuhi
Department of Neurology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, and Center for Memory and Brain Health, LifeBridge Health Brain and Spine Institute, Baltimore, MD, USA
Alzheimers Dement 4:223-7. 2008..05). These results suggest that among elderly individuals with an APOE epsilon4 allele, there is an association between using antioxidant supplements in combination with NSAIDs and less cognitive decline over time... - The persistence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia: the Cache County StudyMartin Steinberg
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21287, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 19:19-26. 2004..To estimate the 18-month persistence of neuropsychiatric symptoms in dementia in a population-based sample, and to compare the severity of neuropsychiatric symptoms at baseline to the severity at 18-month follow-up... 
Regional atrophy of the corpus callosum in dementiaBradley J Hallam
The Travis Research Institute, Center for Biopsychosocial Research, Fuller Graduate School of Psychology, Pasadena, California, USA
J Int Neuropsychol Soc 14:414-23. 2008..Findings suggest that dementia-related CC atrophy occurs primarily in the anterior and posterior portions...- H2 histamine receptor blockade in the treatment of Alzheimer disease: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of nizatidineMichelle C Carlson
Department of Mental Hygiene, and Center on Aging and Health, The Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Alzheimer Dis Assoc Disord 16:24-30. 2002..To evaluate the efficacy of nizatidine, a histamine H2-blocking drug, in delaying the progression of cognitive impairment in older adults with Alzheimer disease (AD)... - Epidemiology of apathy in older adults: the Cache County StudyChiadi U Onyike
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 15:365-75. 2007..The objectives of this study are to describe the distribution of apathy in community-based older adults and to investigate its relationships with cognition and day-to-day functioning...
Research Grants
- Lifespan Stressors and Alzheimer's Disease: The Cache County StudyMaria C Norton; Fiscal Year: 2010..Knowledge to be gained may help clinicians more selectively target AD prevention strategies to vulnerable individuals, decades before clinically identifiable symptoms might arise. ..