Search Results - "Merkin, Sharon S."

Disability Trends Among Older Americans: National Health and Nutrition Examination Surveys, 1988-1994 and 1999-2004 by Seeman, Teresa E, Merkin, Sharon S, Crimmins, Eileen M, Karlamangla, Arun S

“…We investigated trends in disability among older Americans from 1988 through 2004 to test the hypothesis that more recent cohorts show increased burdens of…”
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Trends in Late-Life Activity Limitations in the United States: An Update From Five National Surveys by Freedman, Vicki A., Spillman, Brenda C., Andreski, Patti M., Cornman, Jennifer C., Crimmins, Eileen M., Kramarow, Ellen, Lubitz, James, Martin, Linda G., Merkin, Sharon S., Schoeni, Robert F., Seeman, Teresa E., Waidmann, Timothy A.

“…This article updates trends from five national U.S. surveys to determine whether the prevalence of activity limitations among the older population continued to…”
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Education, income and ethnic differences in cumulative biological risk profiles in a national sample of US adults: NHANES III (1988–1994) by Seeman, Teresa, Merkin, Sharon S., Crimmins, Eileen, Koretz, Brandon, Charette, Susan, Karlamangla, Arun

“…Data from the nationally representative US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) III cohort were used to examine the hypothesis that…”
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Associations of diet, physical activity and polycystic ovary syndrome in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Women's Study by Lin, Annie W, Siscovick, David, Sternfeld, Barbara, Schreiner, Pamela, Lewis, Cora E, Wang, Erica T, Merkin, Sharon S, Wellons, Melissa, Steffen, Lyn, Calderon-Margalit, Ronit, Cassano, Patricia A, Lujan, Marla E

“…Current evidence supports the adoption of healthy diet and physical activity (PA) behaviors in patients with polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), given the…”
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Examining the association between salivary cortisol levels and subclinical measures of atherosclerosis: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis by Hajat, Anjum, Diez-Roux, Ana V, Sánchez, Brisa N, Holvoet, Paul, Lima, João A, Merkin, Sharon S, Polak, Joseph F, Seeman, Teresa E, Wu, Meihua

“…Summary Objective To investigate the association between salivary cortisol and two markers of subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD), coronary calcification…”
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Prospective Association of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome With Coronary Artery Calcification and Carotid-Intima-Media Thickness: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults Women’s Study by Calderon-Margalit, Ronit, Siscovick, David, Merkin, Sharon S, Wang, Erica, Daviglus, Martha L, Schreiner, Pamela J, Sternfeld, Barbara, Williams, O Dale, Lewis, Cora E, Azziz, Ricardo, Schwartz, Stephen M, Wellons, Melissa F

“…OBJECTIVE—To study the independent associations of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), and its 2 components, hyperandrogenism and anovulation, with coronary…”
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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Risk for Long-Term Diabetes and Dyslipidemia by Wang, Erica T., Calderon-Margalit, Ronit, Cedars, Marcelle I., Daviglus, Martha L., Merkin, Sharon S., Schreiner, Pamela J., Sternfeld, Barbara, Wellons, Melissa, Schwartz, Stephen M., Lewis, Cora E., Williams, O. Dale, Siscovick, David S., Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten

“…To estimate whether women aged 20-32 years who fulfilled National Institutes of Health criteria for polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) would be at higher risk…”
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Team‐Based Interprofessional Competency Training for Dementia Screening and Management by Tan, Zaldy S., Damron‐Rodriguez, JoAnn, Cadogan, Mary, Gans, Daphna, Price, Rachel M., Merkin, Sharon S., Jennings, Lee, Schickedanz, Heather, Shimomura, Sam, Osterweil, Dan, Chodosh, Joshua

“…As many as 50% of people satisfying diagnostic criteria for dementia are undiagnosed. A team‐based training program for dementia screening and management was…”
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Androgenicity in Young Women and Development of Metabolic Syndrome Before Menopause: The CARDIA and CARDIA Women's Studies by Vu, Thanh-Huyen T, Pirzada, Amber, Lewis, Cora E, Schreiner, Pamela J, Liu, Kiang, Sternfeld, Barbara, Calderon-Margalit, Ronit, Merkin, Sharon S, Wellons, Melissa, Williams, O Dale, Kim, Catherine, Siscovick, David S, Daviglus, Martha L

“…There are no reported data from prospective long-term studies on the relation of androgen levels in young women with development of metabolic syndrome (MetS)…”
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Childhood socioeconomic status and adult femoral neck bone strength: Findings from the Midlife in the United States Study by Karlamangla, Arun S, Mori, Takahiro, Merkin, Sharon S, Seeman, Teresa E, Greendale, Gail A, Binkley, Neil, Crandall, Carolyn J

“…Abstract Purpose Bone acquisition in childhood impacts adult bone mass, and can be influenced by childhood socioeconomic conditions. Socioeconomic status is…”
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A Practice Improvement Education Program Using a Mentored Approach to Improve Nursing Facility Depression Care-Preliminary Data by Chodosh, Joshua, Price, Rachel M., Cadogan, Mary P., Damron-Rodriguez, JoAnn, Osterweil, Dan, Czerwinski, Alfredo, Tan, Zaldy S., Merkin, Sharon S., Gans, Daphna, Frank, Janet C.

“…Depression is common in nursing facility residents. Depression data obtained using the Minimum Data Set (MDS) 3.0 offer opportunities for improving diagnostic…”
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Polycystic Ovary Syndrome and Risk for Long-Term Diabetes and Dyslipidemia by Wang, Erica T, Calderon-Margalit, Ronit, Cedars, Marcelle I, Daviglus, Martha L, Merkin, Sharon S, Schreiner, Pamela J, Sternfeld, Barbara, Wellons, Melissa, Schwartz, Stephen M, Lewis, Cora E, Williams, O. Dale, Siscovick, David S, Bibbins-Domingo, Kirsten

“…Consensus criteria for the diagnosis of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) include menstrual irregularities attributable to anovulation, and clinical evidence of…”
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Abstract P127: Health Literacy and COVID-19 Infection and Vaccination: The C4R-MESA Study by Merkin, Sharon S, Jin, Yiqun, Balte, Pallavi, Hinckley Stukovsky, Karen, Allen, Norrina B, Bertoni, Alain G, Lutsey, Pamela L, Pankow, Jim S, Post, Wendy S, Seeman, Teresa, Shea, Steven, Watson, Karol E, Oelsner, Elizabeth

“…Abstract only Rationale: Health literacy (HL) is associated with health prevention behaviors and may influence COVID-19 outcomes. Objective: To test…”
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Abstract P190: Health Literacy And Cardiovascular Health: The Multi-Ethnic Study Of Atherosclerosis by Adam, Hamdi S, Merkin, Sharon S, Anderson, Madison, Seeman, Teresa, Kershaw, Kiarri N, Magnani, Jared W, Everson-rose, Susan A, Lutsey, Pamela L

“…Abstract only Background: Limited health literacy (HL) is associated with individual cardiovascular risk factors and poor risk factor control. The association…”
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Implications of Response Patterns in Questions of Early Life Adverse Events as a Risk Factor for Lower Cognitive Function in the Multi‐Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis by Culkin, Margaret C., Hughes, Tim M., Peavey, Jeremy J., Molina‐Henry, Doris P., Seeman, Teresa E., Merkin, Sharon S., Hayden, Kathleen M.

“…Background Early‐life disadvantage may increase the risk for later cognitive decline. Recently, other aspects of early‐life adversity (ELA) have received…”
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Abstract TP177: Discharge to Skilled Nursing Facility May Explain the Association Between Neighborhood Disadvantage and Mortality after Stroke: the Cardiovascular Health Study by Brown, Arleen F, Vassar, Stefanie D, Liang, Li-Jung, Merkin, Sharon S, Escarce, Jose J, Obviagele, Bruce, Longstreth, W, T

“…Abstract only Background: Older adults who reside in disadvantaged communities have higher mortality after stroke. We examined whether hospital discharge…”
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Abstract WP180: The Association between Neighborhood Socioeconomic Disadvantage, Fish Consumption, and Stroke Risk Factors: the Cardiovascular Health Study by Liang, Li-Jung, Vassar, Stefanie D, Longstreth, W. T, Merkin, Sharon S, Escarce, Jose J, Obviagele, Bruce, Brown, Arleen F

“…Abstract only Background: Fish consumption has been associated with reduced risk of stroke, and residence in low income neighborhoods has been associated with…”
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Abstract P22: Neighborhood Disadvantage and Stroke by Brown, Arleen F, Liang, Li-Jung, Vassar, Stefanie, Merkin, Sharon S, Longstreth, W. T, Ovbiagele, Bruce, Yan, Tingjian, Escarce, Jose

“…Abstract only Background: The spatial and social separation of poorer persons and racial/ethnic minorities into disadvantaged communities may contribute to…”
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Abstract 14977: Association of Childhood Psychosocial Environment With Incident Cardiovascular Disease in Middle Adulthood: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study by Pierce, Jacob B, Kershaw, Kiarri N, Kiefe, Catarina I, Jacobs, David R, Sidney, Stephen, Merkin, Sharon S, Feinglass, Joe

“…IntroductionIndividuals who report higher degrees of adverse psychosocial environments in childhood have higher rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD) in…”
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