Selected Publications - 2004

Abbott RD, White LR, Ross GW, Masaki KH, Curb JD, Petrovitch H. Walking and dementia in physically capable elderly men. JAMA. 2004:292;1447-1453.

Anderson GL, Limacher M, Assaf AR, Bassford T, Beresford SA, Black H, Bonds D, Brunner R, Brzyski R, Caan B, Chlebowski R, Curb D, Gass M, Hays J, Heiss G, Hendrix S, Howard BV, Hsia J, Hubbell A, Jackson R, Johnson KC, Judd H, Kotchen JM, Kuller L, LaCroix AZ, Lane D, Langer RD, Lasser N, Lewis CE, Manson J, Margolis K, Ockene J, O'Sullivan MJ, Phillips L, Prentice RL, Ritenbaugh C, Robbins J, Rossouw JE, Sarto G, Stefanick ML, Van Horn L, Wactawski-Wende J, Wallace R, Wassertheil-Smoller S. Effects of conjugated equine estrogen in postmenopausal women with hysterectomy: the Women's Health Initiative randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2004;291:1701-12.

Bernstein, AM, Willcox BJ, Tamaki H, Kunishima N, Suzuki M, Willcox DC, Yoo JS, Perls TT. Autopsy of an Okinawan-Japanese centenarian: Absence of many age-related diseases. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2004; 59(11): 1195-9.

Brown AF, Ettner SL, Piette J, Weinberger M, Gregg E, Shapiro, MF, Karter AJ, Safford M, Waitzfelder B, Prata PA, Beckles GL. Socioeconomic position and health among persons with diabetes mellitus: A conceptual framework and review of the literature. Epidemiol Rev. 2004; 26:63-77. Review.

Curb JD, Belleau G, Abbott R, Rodriguez BL, Sakkinen P, Popper J, Yano K, Tracy R. CRP levels and stroke risk. Cardiol Rev. 2004; 21:11-16.

Curb JD, Ueshima H, Rodriguez BL, Abbott RD, Sekikawa A, Belleau G, Yano K. Coronary heart disease in Japanese Americans: Does it provide clues for prevention? 2004; International Congress Series 1262:586-589.

Curb JD, Abbott RD, Rodriguez BL, Masaki K, Popper J, Chen R, Petrovitch H, Blanchette P, Schatz I, Yano K. Prospective association between low and high total and LDL cholesterol and coronary heart disease in elderly men. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2004;52:1975-1980.

Curb JD, Abbott RD, Rodriguez BL, Masaki KH, Chen R, Popper J, Petrovitch H, Ross GW, Schatz IJ, Belleau GC, Yano K. High density lipoprotein cholesterol and the risk of stroke in elderly men: The Honolulu Heart Program. Am J Epidemiol. 2004;160:150-157.

Curb JD, Abbott RD, Rodriguez BL, Masaki K, Chen R, Sharp DS, Tall AR. A prospective study of HDL cholesterol and cholesteryl ester transfer protein gene mutations and the risk of coronary heart disease in the elderly. J Lipid Res. 2004;45(5):948-953.

Curb JD, Ueshima H, Rodriguez BL, Abbott RA, Sekikawa A, Belleau G, Yano K; Coronary heart disease in Japanese and Japanese Americans: Does it provide clues for prevention? In: Athersclerosis XIII: proceedings of the 13th International Athersclerosis Symposium, 2003, Kyoto, Japan. Matsuzawa Y, Kita T, Nagai R, Teramoto T. Elsevier B.V. (eds) 2004.

Ford ME, Havstad SL, Davis SD, on behalf of PLCO Screening Trial Working Group. A randomized trial of recruitment methods for older African American men in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian (PLCO) cancer screening trial. Soc Clinical Trials. 2004; 1:343-351.

Ford ME, Randolph V, Hopkins-Johnson L, Eason SL, Havstad S, Jankowski M, Swanson GM, Johnson CC, Vernon SW: on behalf of PLCO Screening Trial Working Group. Design of a case management approach to enhance cancer screening trial retention among older African American men. J Aging Health. 2004; 16:5 (Suppl), 39S-57S.

Heckbert SR, Kooperberg C, Safford MM, Psaty BM, Hsia J, McTiernan A, Gaziano JM, Frishman WH, Curb, JD. Comparison of self-report, hospital discharge codes, and adjudication of cardiovascular events in the Women’s Health Initiative. Am J Epidemiol. 2004;160(12):1152-8.

Howard BV, Adams-Campbell L, Allen C, Black H, Passaro M, Rodabough RJ, Rodriguez BL, Safford M, Stevens VJ, Wagenknecht LE. Insulin resistance and weight gain in postmenopausal women of diverse ethnic groups. Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord. 2004;28(8):1039-47.

Hsia J, Criqui MH, Rodabough RJ, Langer RD, Resnick HE, Phillips LS, Allison M, Bonds DE, Masaki K, Caralis P, Kotchen JM. Estrogen plus progestin and the risk of peripheral arterial disease: The Women’s Health Initiative. Circulation. 2004; 109:620-626.

Jorm AF, Masaki KH, Davis DG, Hardman J, Nelson J, Markesbery WR, Petrovitch H, Ross GW, White LR. Memory complaints in nondemented men predict future pathologic diagnosis of Alzheimer disease. Neurology. 2004; 63(10):1960-1.

Kang D, Andriole GL, Van de Vooren RC, Crawford D, Chia D, Urban DA, Reding D, Huang WY, Hayes RB, on behalf of PLCO Screening Trial Working Group. Lower urinary tract - risk behaviours and benign prostatic hyperplasia. Brit J Urology. 2004;93:1241-1245.

Kashon ML, Ross GW, O’Callaghan JP, Miller DB, Petrovitch H, Burchfiel CM, Sharp DS, Markesbery WR, Davis DG, Hardman J, Nelson J, White LR. Associations of cortical astrogliosis with cognitive performance and dementia status. J Alzheimers Dis. 2004;6(6):595-604; discussion 673-81.

Kerr E, Mangione CM, Gerzoff RB, Krein S, Herman WH, Piette JA, Selby JV, Safford MM, Marrero DG, Curb JD, Narayan KMV. Diabetes care quality in the Veterans Affairs Health Care System and commercial managed care: the TRIAD Study. Ann Intern Med. 2004;141 (4): 272-281.

Kim C, Williamson DF, Herman WH, Safford MM, Selby JV, Marrero DG, Curb JD, Thompson TJ, Narayan KMV, Mangione CM; and the TRIAD Study Group. Referral management and the care of patients with diabetes: the Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) Study. Am J Managed Care. 2004; 10 (3):137-143.

Kim C, Williamson DF, Mangione CM, Safford MM, Selby JV, Marrero DG, Curb JD, Thompson TJ, Venkat Narayan KM, Herman WH. Managed care organization and the quality of diabetes care: The Translating Research Into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) study. Diabetes Care. 2004; 27:1529-1534.

Korf ES, White LR, Scheltens P, Launer LJ. Midlife blood pressure and the risk of hippocampal atrophy: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. Hypertension. 2004 Jul;44(1):29-34.

Lafata JE, Simpkins J, Lamerato L, Poisson L, Divine G, Johnson CC, on behalf of PLCO Screening Trial Working Group. The economic impact of false-positive cancer screens. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2004;13 (12):2126-32.

Laurin D, Masaki KH, Foley DJ, White LR, Launer LJ. Midlife dietary intake of antioxidants and risk of late-life incident dementia: the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2004;159(10):959-67.

Nagoshi M, Williams S, Kasuya R, Sakai D, Masaki K, Blanchette PL. Using standardized patients to assess the geriatric medicine skills of medical students, internal medicine residents, and geriatric medicine fellows. Acad Med. 2004; 79(7):698-702.

Peila R, Rodriguez BL, White LR, Launer LJ. Fasting insulin and incident dementia in an elderly population of Japanese-American men. Neurology. 2004;63(2):228-33.

Ross GW, Petrovitch H, Abbott RD, Nelson J, Markesbery W, Davis D, Hardman H, Launer L, Masaki K, Tanner C, White L. Parkinsonian signs and substantia nigra neuron density in decendents elders without PD. Ann Neurol. 2004;56:532-539.

Shumaker SA, Legault C, Kuller L, Rapp SR, Thal L, Lane DS, Fillit H, Stefanick ML, Hendrix SL, Lewis CE, Masaki K, Coker LH. Conjugated equine estrogens and incidence of probable dementia and mild cognitive impairment in postmenopausal women: Women's Health Initiative Memory Study. JAMA. 2004; 291(24):2947-58.

Sit SY, Modugno F, Hill LM, Martin J, Weissfeld JL: on behalf of PLCO Screening Trial Working Group. Transvaginal ultrasound measurement of endometrial thickness as a biomarker for estrogen exposure. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2004;13 (9): 1459-1465.

Tanner CM, Ross GW. Neuroepidemiology: Fundamental considerations. In: Nelson LM, Tanner CM, Van Den Eeden SK, McGuire VM, eds. Neuroepidemiology: From principles to practice. New York: Oxford University Press. 2004. pp 1-22.

Taylor KL, Shelby R, Gelmann E, McGuire C: on behalf of PLCO Screening Trial Working Group. Quality of life and trial adherence among participants in the Prostate, Lung, Colorectal, and Ovarian Cancer Screening Trial. JNCI. 2004; 96(14):1083-1094.

Todoriki H, Willcox DC, Willcox BJ. The effects of post-war dietary change on longevity and health in Okinawa. Oki J Amer Studies. 2004;1:55-64.

Wendelboe AM, Hegmann KT, Alder SC, White GL, Gren LH, Lyon JL: on behalf of PLCO Screening Trial Working Group. Associations between body-mass index and surgery for rotator cuff tendinitis. J Bone Joint Surg. 2004; 86-A (4):743-747.

Willcox BJ, Scott JN. Growth associated proteins and regeneration-induced gene expression in the aging neuron. Mech Age Dev. 2004;125:513-16.

Willcox BJ, Abbott RD, Yano K, Rodriguez BL, Willcox DC, Curb JD. C-reactive protein, cardiovascular disease and stroke: New roles for an old biomarker. Expert Rev Neurother. 2004:4;507-518.

Willcox BJ, Yano K, Chen R, Willcox DC, Rodriguez BL, Masaki KH, Donton T, Tanaka B, Curb JD. How much should we eat? The association between energy intake and mortality in a 36-year follow-up study of Japanese-American men. J Gerontol A Biol Sci. 2004:59;789-795.

Willcox BJ, Abbott RD, Yano K, Rodriguez BL, Willcox DC, Tanaka B, Curb JD. C-reactive protein as a novel risk factor for cardiovascular disease: Is it ready for prime time? Cardio Rev Rep. 2004; 25:66-69.

The Fibrinogen Studies Collaboration. Collaborative meta-analysis of prospective studies of plasma fibrinogen and cardiovascular disease. Eur J Cardiov Prev. 2004; R11:9-17.