Articles
Negative life events: risk to health-related quality of life in children and youth with HIV infection (with Lois C. Howland, Deborah S. Storm, Yunsheng Ma, Steven L. Gortmaker, and James M. Oleske), The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC (2007)
Children and youth with perinatally acquired HIV infection are living longer because of improved drug...
Correlation and regression, Circulation (2006)
In many health-related studies, investigators wish to assess the strength of an association between 2...
Use of a flow-mediated vasodilation technique to assess endothelial function in dogs (with Gary D Puglia, Lisa M Freeman, John E Rush, and Ryan G P King), American journal of veterinary research (2006)
OBJECTIVE: To develop and assess the reproducibility of a protocol to noninvasively test endothelial function...
Vasomotor symptom prevalence is associated with polymorphisms in sex steroid-metabolizing enzymes and receptors (with Carolyn J. Crandall and Ellen B. Gold), The American journal of medicine (2006)
The relation of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of genes involved in estrogen function to vasomotor...
A pilot study of mindfulness-based stress reduction for hot flashes (with James Carmody and Linda Churchill), Menopause (New York, N.Y.) (2006)
OBJECTIVE: A variety of results from both population and laboratory studies suggest that stress and...
Evaluation of four proposed bleeding criteria for the onset of late menopausal transition (with Sioban D. Harlow, Kevin Cain, Lorraine Dennerstein, Roderick Little, Ellen S. Mitchell, Bin Nan, John F. Randolph Jr., John Taffe, and Matheos Yosef), The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2006)
CONTEXT: The current criterion for onset of late menopausal transition is amenorrhea of 90 d...
The value of follicle-stimulating hormone concentration and clinical findings as markers of the late menopausal transition (with John F. Randolph Jr., Lorraine Dennerstein, Kevin Cain, Sioban D. Harlow, Roderick Little, Ellen S. Mitchell, Bin Nan, John Taffe, and Matheos Yosef), The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2006)
CONTEXT: The Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop proposed bleeding and hormonal criteria for the menopausal...
PDA-assisted low glycemic index dietary intervention for type II diabetes: a pilot study (with Yunsheng Ma, Barbara C. Olendzki, David E. Chiriboga, Milagros C. Rosal, E. Sinagra, Andrea R. Hafner, Sherry L. Pagoto, Robert P. Magner, and Ira S. Ockene), European journal of clinical nutrition (2006)
BACKGROUND: Epidemiological and dietary intervention studies suggest that a low-glycemic index (GI) diet is beneficial...
Selected diet and lifestyle factors are associated with estrogen metabolites in a multiracial/ethnic population of women (with MaryFran R Sowers, Daniel S McConnell, John F Jr Randolph, Ellen B. Gold, Margaret K Wilkin, and William L. Lasley), The Journal of nutrition (2006)
Diet and lifestyle factors, body size, and smoking behavior may influence estrogen metabolism, but the...
Relation of cardiovascular risk factors in women approaching menopause to menstrual cycle characteristics and reproductive hormones in the follicular and luteal phases (with Karen A. Matthews, Nanette Santoro, William L. Lasley, Yuefang Chang, Richard C. Pasternak, Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, and Maryfran Sowers), The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2006)
CONTEXT: Menstrual cycle characteristics may be associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk.
OBJECTIVE: The objective...
Conjugated equine estrogens and coronary heart disease: the Women's Health Initiative (with Judith Hsia, Robert D Langer, Joann E Manson, Lewis Kuller, Karen C. Johnson, Susan L Hendrix, Mary Pettinger, Susan R Heckbert, Nancy Greep, Charles B Eaton, John B Kostis, Pat Caralis, and Ross Prentice), Archives of internal medicine (2006)
BACKGROUND: In recent randomized trials, conjugated equine estrogens (CEE) with continuous medroxyprogesterone acetate provided no...
Ethnic differences in cardiovascular risk factor burden among middle-aged women: Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) (with Karen A. Matthews, Mary Fran Sowers, Carol A. Derby, Evan Stein, Heidi Miracle-McMahill, and Richard C. Pasternak), American heart journal (2005)
BACKGROUND: We evaluated ethnic differences in the 10-year risk of myocardial infarction or coronary death...
Quality of life among younger women with breast cancer (with Nancy E. Avis and Janeen Manuel), Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology (2005)
PURPOSE: To describe quality of life (QOL) of younger women 4 to 42 months after...
Correlates of circulating androgens in mid-life women: the study of women's health across the nation (with Nanette Santoro, Javier Torrens, Jenifer E. Allsworth, Joel S. Finkelstein, Ellen B. Gold, Stan Korenman, William L. Lasley, Judith L. Luborsky, Dan McConnell, Mary Fran Sowers, and Gerson Weiss), The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2005)
CONTEXT: Androgens influence sexual differentiation and behavior, body composition, and physical functioning in men, but...
Can follicle-stimulating hormone be used to define menopausal status (with R K Stellato, S M McKinlay, and C Longcope), Endocrine practice : official journal of the American College of Endocrinology and the American Association of Clinical Endocrinologists (2004)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the ability of the level of follicle-stimulating hormone (FSH) to distinguish...
Lifestyle and demographic factors in relation to vasomotor symptoms: baseline results from the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (with Ellen B. Gold, Gladys Block, Laurie Lachance, Gordon FitzGerald, Heidi Miracle, and Sheryl Sherman), American journal of epidemiology (2004)
Results of recent trials highlight the risks of hormone therapy, increasing the importance of identifying...
Body size and ethnicity are associated with menstrual cycle alterations in women in the early menopausal transition: The Study of Women's Health across the Nation (SWAN) Daily Hormone Study (with Nanette Santoro, William L. Lasley, Dan McConnell, Jenifer E. Allsworth, Ellen B. Gold, Joel S. Finkelstein, Gail A. Greendale, Jenny Kelsey, Stan Korenman, Judith L. Luborsky, Karen A. Matthews, Rees Midgley, Lynda Powell, Janice Sabatine, Miriam Schocken, Mary Fran Sowers, and Gerson Weiss), The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2004)
The dynamics of reproductive hormones that characterize the menopausal transition (perimenopause) are incompletely understood, particularly...
Psychosocial problems among younger women with breast cancer (with Nancy E. Avis and Janeen Manuel), Psycho-oncology (2004)
Women diagnosed with breast cancer at a younger age often have concerns less frequently faced...
Association of lipoprotein(a), insulin resistance, and reproductive hormones in a multiethnic cohort of pre- and perimenopausal women (The SWAN Study) (with MaryFran Sowers, Jane A Cauley, and Evan Stein), The American journal of cardiology (2003)
Because evidence suggests lipoprotein (Lp(a)) may be an important cardiovascular risk factor in women, we...
Utilization of services by chronically ill people in managed care and indemnity plans: implications for quality (with Stephen M Davidson, Harriet Davidson, Heidi Miracle-McMahill, J Michael Oakes, David Blumenthal, and Daniel P Valentine), Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financing (2003)
Because incentives for managed care organizations favor cost containment, concerns have been raised that quality...
Chronic disease medication use in managed care and indemnity insurance plans (with Randall S. Stafford, Stephen M. Davidson, Harriet Davidson, Heidi Miracle-McMahill, and David Blumenthal), Health services research (2003)
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of managed care on the use of chronic disease...
Employment and caregiving: exploration of African American caregivers (with Karen Bullock and Sharon L Tennstedt), Social work (2003)
To more completely understand the challenges African American families face when combining employment commitments and...
Help-seeking behaviors of blacks and whites dying from coronary heart disease (with Susan M Frayne, Sarah A McGraw, Kevin W Smith, and John B McKinlay), Ethnicity and health (2003)
OBJECTIVES: This study sought to determine whether blacks and whites with life-threatening cardiac events...
Assessing menstrual cycles with urinary hormone assays (with N Santoro, Jenifer E. Allsworth, Ellen B. Gold, Gail A. Greendale, Stan Korenman, William L. Lasley, D McConnell, P McGaffigan, R Midgely, M Schocken, M Sowers, and G Weiss), American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism (2002)
The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) is a multiethnic cohort study of...
Blood lead level and dental caries in school-age children (with Allison Gemmel, Mary Tavares, Susan Alperin, Jennifer Soncini, David Daniel, Julie Dunn, Norman Braveman, Thomas W. Clarkson, Sonja McKinlay, and David C. Bellinger), Environmental health perspectives (2002)
The association between blood lead level and dental caries was evaluated in cross-sectional analyses of...
Assessment of digit preference in self-reported year at menopause: choice of an appropriate reference distribution (with Catherine B. Johannes and Rebecca K Stellato), American journal of epidemiology (2002)
Estimated associations between self-reported age at menopause and health may be attenuated if self-report is...
The relationship of circulating dehydroepiandrosterone, testosterone, and estradiol to stages of the menopausal transition and ethnicity (with William L. Lasley, Nanette Santoro, John F Randolf, Ellen B. Gold, Gerson Weiss, Daniel S McConnell, and Mary Fran Sowers), The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism (2002)
In this report, 3029 women between the ages of 42 and 54 yr from five...
Longitudinal study of hormone levels and depression among women transitioning through menopause (with Nancy E. Avis, R Stellato, and C Longcope), Climacteric : the journal of the International Menopause Society (2001)
OBJECTIVE: To address the association between depression and absolute levels of estradiol, and change...
Body mass index in mid-life women: relative influence of menopause, hormone use, and ethnicity (with Karen A. Matthews, B Abrams, T Miles, R Neer, L H Powell, and D Wesley), International journal of obesity and related metabolic disorders : journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity (2001)
OBJECTIVE: To assess the relative influence of menopausal status and hormone use on body...
Is there a menopausal syndrome? Menopausal status and symptoms across racial/ethnic groups (with Nancy E. Avis, R Stellato, J Bromberger, P Ganz, V Cain, and M Kagawa-Singer), Social science and medicine (1982) (2001)
In recent years, research on menopausal symptomalogy has focused on identifying symptom groupings experienced by...
Factors associated with age at natural menopause in a multiethnic sample of midlife women (with Ellen B. Gold, J Bromberger, S Samuels, Gail A. Greendale, Sioban D. Harlow, and J Skurnick), American journal of epidemiology (2001)
An unprecedented number of women will experience menopause in the next decade. Although the timing...
Is there an association between menopause status and sexual functioning (with Nancy E. Avis, R Stellato, Catherine B. Johannes, and C Longcope), Menopause (New York, N.Y.) (2000)
OBJECTIVE: The purpose of this study was to address whether: (1) there is an...
An electronic menstrual cycle calendar: comparison of data quality with a paper version (with Catherine B. Johannes, J Woods, R B Goldstein, D Tran, S Mehrotra, Karen B. Johnson, and N Santoro), Menopause (New York, N.Y.) (2000)
OBJECTIVES: This pilot study compared a prototype electronic menstrual calendar on a handheld computer...
A longitudinal study of weight and the menopause transition: results from the Massachusetts Women's Health Study (with V A Casey, Nancy E. Avis, and S M McKinlay), Menopause (New York, N.Y.) (2000)
OBJECTIVE: Results of past studies of menopause and weight are inconsistent, in part because...
Interrelationships among disablement concepts (with A M Jette, S F Assmann, D Rooks, and B A Harris), The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences (1998)
BACKGROUND: Understanding interrelationships among disablement concepts is critical to the design of future disability...
Interviewer effects in a cohort study. Results from the Massachusetts Women's Health Study (with Catherine B. Johannes and J B McKinlay), American journal of epidemiology (1997)
Although interviewer error is widely recognized as an important source of variation in epidemiologic investigations,...
Psychosocial, behavioral, and health factors related to menopause symptomatology (with Nancy E. Avis and S M McKinlay), Women's health (Hillsdale, N.J.) (1997)
Despite wide variation in the reporting of hot flashes and night sweats among menopausal women,...
The effects of health care reforms on job satisfaction and voluntary turnover among hospital-based nurses (with Harriet Davidson, P H Folcarelli, L J Duprat, and J C Clifford), Medical care (1997)
OBJECTIVES: Among the consequences of downsizing and cost containment in hospitals are major changes in...
Understanding the variability in the effectiveness of community heart health programs: a meta-analysis (with D E Sellers, Karen Bullock, and J B McKinlay), Social science and medicine (1982) (1997)
Over the past 25 years, community interventions to reduce cardiovascular disease (CVD) have been conducted...
Test-retest reliability of self-reported disability measures in older adults (with A M Jette and S L Tennstedt), Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (1997)
Does collecting repeated blood samples from each subject improve the precision of estimated steroid hormone levels (with D J Brambilla, S M McKinlay, J B McKinlay, S R Weiss, Catherine B. Johannes, and C Longcope), Journal of clinical epidemiology (1996)
Measuring levels of steroid hormones in epidemiologic studies is difficult because pulsatile release can cause...
Informal care vs. formal services: changes in patterns of care over time (with S Tennstedt and B Harrow), Journal of aging and social policy (1995)
Longitudinal data from a representative sample of community-residing older persons were used to document changes...
The everyday impacts of providing informal care to dependent elders and their consequences for the care recipients (with J B McKinlay and S L Tennstedt), Journal of aging and health (1995)
Longitudinal data were used to identify the relationship between different areas of negative impact and...
A comparison of anlaytic methods for non-random missingness of outcome data (with S L Tennstedt and J B McKinlay), Journal of clinical epidemiology (1995)
Missing outcome values occur frequently in survey data and are rarely missing randomly. Depending on...
How does formal and informal community care affect nursing home use (with A M Jette and S Tennstedt), The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences (1995)
We examined the effects of informal and formal community care on the 6-year risk of...
Longitudinal patterns and correlates of hormone replacement therapy use in middle-aged women (with Catherine B. Johannes, J G Posner, and S M McKinlay), American journal of epidemiology (1994)
Patterns of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) use over time and predictors of initiating or discontinuing...
Measuring depressive symptoms in the frail elderly (with H Davidson and P H Feldman), Journal of gerontology (1994)
To determine the usefulness of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) as a...
Do blacks and whites differ in their use of health care for symptoms of coronary heart disease (with S. A. McGraw, K. W. Smith, J. B. McKinlay, and J. E. Pierson), American journal of public health (1994)
OBJECTIVES. The purpose of this study was to identify the role of race in seeking...
Do characteristics of informal caregivers affect the length of hospital stay for frail elders (with K M Skinner and S L Tennstedt), Journal of aging and health (1994)
Studies examining the length of hospital stay for the very old rarely include characteristics of...
HIV risk among Latino adolescents in two New England cities (with K. W. Smith, S. A. McGraw, L. A. Costa, and J. B. McKinlay), American journal of public health (1993)
OBJECTIVES. Latino adolescents in two urban New England areas were surveyed to assess risk of...
Determining the pattern of community care: is coresidence more important than caregiver relationship (with S L Tennstedt and J B McKinlay), Journal of gerontology (1993)
Researchers have previously emphasized the importance of kinship tie to explaining the pattern of care...
Do blacks and whites differ in reporting Rose Questionnaire angina? Results of the Boston Health Care Project (with K W Smith, S A McGraw, and J B McKinlay), Ethnicity and disease (1993)
We investigated the prevalence of angina (as determined by the Rose Questionnaire) in a random...
Is family care on the decline? A longitudinal investigation of the substitution of formal long-term care services for informal care (with S L Tennstedt and J B McKinlay), The Milbank quarterly (1993)
The focus on rising costs of long-term care now encompasses community as well as institutional...
Health survey methods with minority populations: some lessons from recent experience (with S A McGraw, J B McKinlay, L A Costa, and D L Cohen), Ethnicity and disease (1992)
Until recently, minority populations have been inadequately or inaccurately represented in health research. Researchers are...