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| Consuelo H WilkinsSummaryAffiliation: Washington University School of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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A brief clinical tool to assess physical function: the mini-physical performance testConsuelo H Wilkins
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63108, USA
Arch Gerontol Geriatr 50:96-100. 2010..The 4-item mini-PPT is highly correlated with the 9-item PPT in non-demented and mildly demented persons. This brief tool may be useful in detecting early physical impairment in the clinical setting...- Vitamin D deficiency is associated with worse cognitive performance and lower bone density in older African AmericansConsuelo H Wilkins
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science, Alzheimer s Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 101:349-54. 2009..The detrimental effects of vitamin D deficiency on the bone are widely known; however, recent data suggest that vitamin D deficiency may contribute to other disorders, including low mood, cognitive impairment, and impaired mobility... - Cognitive improvement following treatment in late-life depression: relationship to vascular risk and age of onsetDeanna M Barch
Department of Psychology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 20:682-90. 2012..To test the hypothesis that the degree of vascular burden and/or age of onset may influence the degree to which cognition can improve during the course of treatment in late-life depression... 
Prevention of osteoporotic fractures in the elderlyConsuelo H Wilkins
Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63108, USA
Am J Med 118:1190-5. 2005..Thus, both pharmacological and nonpharmacological strategies need to be employed. The presence of multiple co-morbidities further complicates management of osteoporosis in the elderly population...- Dementia undiagnosed in poor older adults with functional impairmentConsuelo H Wilkins
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science, School of Medicine, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA
J Am Geriatr Soc 55:1771-6. 2007..To identify variables associated with diagnosing dementia in poor older adults by comparing older people with dementia who were diagnosed by their primary care physicians (PCPs) with those not diagnosed by their PCP... 
Regional white matter hyperintensity burden in automated segmentation distinguishes late-life depressed subjects from comparison subjects matched for vascular risk factorsYvette I Sheline
Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Am J Psychiatry 165:524-32. 2008..Correlations between neuropsychological performance and whole brain-segmented white matter hyperintensities and white and gray matter volumes were also examined...- Osteoporosis screening is unjustifiably low in older African-American womenConsuelo H Wilkins
Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63108, USA
J Natl Med Assoc 96:461-7. 2004..This study assesses the osteoporosis screening practices and the frequency of low bone density in a primarily African-American population of older women... - Accelerated weight loss may precede diagnosis in Alzheimer diseaseDavid K Johnson
Department of Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63108, USA
Arch Neurol 63:1312-7. 2006..Specific factors contributing to weight loss are unknown, but these data suggest they operate before the development of DAT. Hence, weight loss may be a preclinical indicator of Alzheimer disease... - Late life depression with cognitive impairment: evaluation and treatmentConsuelo H Wilkins
Department of Medicine Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63108, USA
Clin Interv Aging 4:51-7. 2009..Both antidepressants and psychotherapy can be effective in treating LLD. Subsequent evaluations following treatment should also reassess cognition... - Vitamin D deficiency is associated with low mood and worse cognitive performance in older adultsConsuelo H Wilkins
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science, Alzheimer s Disease Research Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63108, USA
Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 14:1032-40. 2006..This study examined the relationship among vitamin D status, cognitive performance, mood, and physical performance in older adults... - Osteoporosis screening and risk managementConsuelo H Wilkins
Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics and Nutritional Science, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63108, USA
Clin Interv Aging 2:389-94. 2007..Several medications are available to improve bone density and decrease fractures. Adequate calcium and vitamin D intake (and treatment of vitamin D deficiency) are paramount in the management of osteoporosis... - The neuropathology of Alzheimer disease in African American and white individualsConsuelo H Wilkins
Department of Internal Medicine, Neurology, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA
Arch Neurol 63:87-90. 2006..Data from neuropathologic studies of the frequency of Alzheimer disease (AD) among African American persons conflict as to whether the neuropathologic phenotype of AD is identical in African American and white persons...