Dementia After Traumatic Brain Injury: A Longitudinal Study of Risk Factors and Relative Risk
Funder: Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit Program
Principal Investigator: Sandel, Elizabeth
Sex Hormones, Related Polymorphisms and Cognitive Decline
This study seeks to ascertain the role of hormone replacement therapy in midlife on risk of dementia.
Funder: National Institute on Aging
Principal Investigator: Whitmer, Rachel
Midlife Respiratory Function and Risk of Dementia
This study evaluates the association between midlife respiratory function and risk of dementia more than two decades later. A secondary aim is to ascertain how the association between respiratory function and dementia risk may vary by smoking status.
Funder: Kaiser Permanente Community Benefit Program
Principal Investigator: Whitmer, Rachel
Timing of hormone therapy and dementia: the critical window theory
revisited
Whitmer, R. A.;
Quesenberry, C. P.;
Zhou, J.;
Yaffe, K.;
Ann Neurol
69
(1):
163-9
Jan 2011
PubMed abstract
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Timing of hormone therapy and dementia: The critical window theory revisited
Whitmer, R. A.;
Quesenberry, C. P.;
Zhou, J.;
Yaffe, K.;
Ann Neurol
69
(1):
163-9
Jan 2011
PubMed abstract
»
Heavy Smoking in Midlife and Long-term Risk of Alzheimer Disease
and Vascular Dementia
Rusanen, M.;
Kivipelto, M.;
Quesenberry, C. P., Jr.;
Zhou, J.;
Whitmer, R. A.;
Arch Intern Med
Oct 25 2010
PubMed abstract
»
Use of angiotensin receptor blockers and risk of dementia in a
predominantly male population: prospective cohort analysis
Li, N. C.;
Lee, A.;
Whitmer, R. A.;
Kivipelto, M.;
Lawler, E.;
Kazis, L. E.;
Wolozin, B.;
BMJ
340
b5465
2010
PubMed abstract
»
Midlife Serum Cholesterol and Increased Risk of Alzheimer's and
Vascular Dementia Three Decades Later
Solomon, A.;
Kivipelto, M.;
Wolozin, B.;
Zhou, J.;
Whitmer, R. A.;
Dement Geriatr Cogn Disord
28
(1):
75-80
Aug 4 2009
PubMed abstract
»
NSAID exposure and risk of Alzheimer disease: is timing everything?
Bennett, D. A.;
Whitmer, R. A.;
Neurology
72
(22):
1884-5
Jun 2 2009
PubMed abstract
»
Hypoglycemic episodes and risk of dementia in older patients with
type 2 diabetes mellitus
Whitmer, R. A.;
Karter, A. J.;
Yaffe, K.;
Quesenberry, C. P., Jr.;
Selby, J. V.;
JAMA
301
(15):
1565-72
Apr 15 2009
PubMed abstract
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Central obesity and increased risk of dementia more than three
decades later
Whitmer, R. A.;
Gustafson, D. R.;
Barrett-Connor, E.;
Haan, M. N.;
Gunderson, E. P.;
Yaffe, K.;
Neurology
71
(14):
1057-64
Sep 30 2008
PubMed abstract
»
Type 2 diabetes and risk of cognitive impairment and dementia
Whitmer, R. A.;
Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep
7
(5):
373-80
Sep 2007
PubMed abstract
»
Body mass index in midlife and risk of Alzheimer disease and
vascular dementia
Whitmer, R. A.;
Gunderson, E. P.;
Quesenberry, C. P., Jr.;
Zhou, J.;
Yaffe, K.;
Curr Alzheimer Res
4
(2):
103-9
Apr 2007
PubMed abstract
»
The epidemiology of adiposity and dementia
Whitmer, R. A.;
Curr Alzheimer Res
4
(2):
117-22
Apr 2007
PubMed abstract
»
Homocysteine, B vitamins, and the incidence of dementia and
cognitive impairment: results from the Sacramento Area Latino Study
on Aging
Haan, M. N.;
Miller, J. W.;
Aiello, A. E.;
Whitmer, R. A.;
Jagust, W. J.;
Mungas, D. M.;
Allen, L. H.;
Green, R.;
Am J Clin Nutr
85
(2):
511-7
Feb 2007
PubMed abstract
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Physical activity and dementia: The need for prevention trials
Barnes, D. E.;
Whitmer, R. A.;
Yaffe, K.;
Exerc Sport Sci Rev
35
(1):
24-9
Jan 2007
PubMed abstract
»
Glycosylated hemoglobin level and development of mild cognitive
impairment or dementia in older women
Yaffe, K.;
Blackwell, T.;
Whitmer, R. A.;
Krueger, K.;
Barrett Connor, E.;
J Nutr Health Aging
10
(4):
293-5
Jul-Aug 2006
PubMed abstract
»
Obesity and dementia: lifecourse evidence and mechanisms
Whitmer, R. A.;
Yaffe, K.;
Aging Health
2
(4):
571-578
Aug 2006
PubMed abstract
»