Search Results - "Womack, R."

Serial Bone Density Measurement and Incident Fracture Risk Discrimination in Postmenopausal Women by Crandall, Carolyn J, Larson, Joseph, Wright, Nicole C, Laddu, Deepika, Stefanick, Marcia L, Kaunitz, Andrew M, Watts, Nelson B, Wactawski-Wende, Jean, Womack, Catherine R, Johnson, Karen C, Carbone, Laura D, Jackson, Rebecca D, Ensrud, Kristine E

“…Repeated bone mineral density (BMD) testing to screen for osteoporosis requires resources. For patient counseling and optimal resource use, it is important for…”
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Prostacyclin Promotes Degenerative Pathology in a Model of Alzheimer's Disease by Womack, Tasha R, Vollert, Craig T, Ohia-Nwoko, Odochi, Schmitt, Monika, Montazari, Saghi, Beckett, Tina L, Mayerich, David, Murphy, Michael Paul, Eriksen, Jason L

“…Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that is the most common form of dementia in aged populations. A substantial amount of data…”
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Association between 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Metabolic Syndrome in Older Adults: The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study by Agarwal, Subhashish, Tooze, Janet A., Bauer, Douglas C., Cauley, Jane A., Harris, Tamara B., Koster, Annemarie, Womack, Catherine R., Kritchevsky, Stephen B., Houston, Denise K.

“…Objective. Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D) levels and metabolic syndrome (MetS) are prevalent among older adults; however, longitudinal studies examining…”
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Time to Clinically Relevant Fracture Risk Scores in Postmenopausal Women by Gourlay, Margaret L., MD, MPH, Overman, Robert A., MPH, Fine, Jason P., ScD, Crandall, Carolyn J., MD, MS, Robbins, John, MD, MHS, Schousboe, John T., MD, PhD, Ensrud, Kristine E., MD, MPH, LeBlanc, Erin S., MD, MPH, Gass, Margery L., MD, Johnson, Karen C., MD, MPH, Womack, Catherine R., MD, LaCroix, Andrea Z., PhD

“…Abstract Background Clinical practice guidelines recommend use of fracture risk scores for screening and pharmacologic treatment decisions. The timing of…”
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Associations between ACE-Inhibitors, Angiotensin Receptor Blockers, and Lean Body Mass in Community Dwelling Older Women by LaCroix, Andrea Z., Thomson, Cynthia A., Kroenke, Candyce H., Manini, Todd M., Zaslavsky, Oleg, Chen, Zhao, Klimentidis, Yann, Wertheim, Betsy C., Wassertheil-Smoller, Sylvia, Bea, Jennifer W., Womack, Catherine R.

“…Studies suggest that ACE-inhibitors (ACE-I) and angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs) may preserve skeletal muscle with aging. We evaluated longitudinal…”
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Bone Mineral Density Patterns in Vitamin D Deficient African American Men With Sickle Cell Disease by Adams-Graves, Patricia, MD, Daniels, Alden B, Womack, Catherine R., MD, Freire, Amado X., MD, MPH

“…Abstract Objective To describe bone mineral density (BMD) patterns by densitometry in adult African American (AA) men with sickle cell disease (SCD) who are…”
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An examination of the influence of procedurally just strategies on legal cynicism among urban youth experiencing police contact by Hofer, Meret S., Womack, Sean R., Wilson, Melvin N.

“…Adolescents experience more police‐initiated contacts resulting from relatively minor infractions than any other group, and often these interactions do not…”
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Association of BMD and FRAX Score With Risk of Fracture in Older Adults With Type 2 Diabetes by Schwartz, Ann V, Vittinghoff, Eric, Bauer, Douglas C, Hillier, Teresa A, Strotmeyer, Elsa S, Ensrud, Kristine E, Donaldson, Meghan G, Cauley, Jane A, Harris, Tamara B, Koster, Annemarie, Womack, Catherine R, Palermo, Lisa, Black, Dennis M, Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF), the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS), and the Health, Aging, and Body Composition (Health ABC) Research Groups, for the

“…CONTEXT Type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) is associated with higher bone mineral density (BMD) and paradoxically with increased fracture risk. It is not known if…”
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Co‐recovery of physical size and cognitive ability from infancy to adolescence: A twin study by Womack, Sean R., Beam, Christopher R., Giangrande, Evan J., Tong, Xin, Scharf, Rebecca J., Finkel, Deborah, Davis, Deborah W., Turkheimer, Eric

“…This study tested phenotypic and biometric associations between physical and cognitive catch‐up growth in a community sample of twins (n = 1285, 51.8% female,…”
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Variation in symbiont density is linked to changes in constitutive immunity in the facultatively symbiotic coral, Astrangia poculata by Changsut, Isabella, Womack, Haley R, Shickle, Alicia, Sharp, Koty H, Fuess, Lauren E

“…Scleractinian corals are essential ecosystem engineers, forming the basis of coral reef ecosystems. However, these organisms are in decline globally, in part…”
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Genetic and Environmental Correlates of the Nonlinear Recovery of Cognitive Ability in Twins by Womack, Sean R., Beam, Christopher R., Davis, Deborah Winders, Finkel, Deborah, Turkheimer, Eric

“…Twins regularly score nearly a standard deviation below the population mean on standardized measures of cognitive development in infancy but recover to the…”
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Family Turbulence and Child Internalizing and Externalizing Behaviors: Moderation of Effects by Race by Womack, Sean R., Taraban, Lindsay, Shaw, Daniel S., Wilson, Melvin N., Dishion, Thomas J.

“…This study examined the impact of residential instability and family structure transitions on the development of internalizing and externalizing problems from…”
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Photosymbiont Density Is Correlated with Constitutive And Induced Immunity in The Facultatively Symbiotic Coral, Astrangia Poculata by Changsut, Isabella V, Borbee, Erin M, Womack, Haley R, Shickle, Alicia, Sharp, Koty H, Fuess, Lauren E

“…Scleractinian corals, essential ecosystem engineers that form the base of coral reef ecosystems, have faced unprecedented mortality in recent decades due to…”
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A randomized controlled trial to reduce post-cessation weight gain by Pebley, Kinsey, Bursac, Zoran, Klesges, Robert C., Ebbert, Jon O., Womack, Catherine R., Graber, Julia, Little, Melissa A., Derefinko, Karen J., Krukowski, Rebecca A.

“…Background/Objectives Weight gain is a barrier to smoking cessation. Previous interventions targeting weight gain while quitting smoking have largely been…”
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Trajectories of early childhood family instability and the development of externalizing behaviors from middle childhood to adolescence: A prospective study of at‐risk families by Womack, Sean R., Wilson, Melvin N., Tong, Xin, Lemery‐Chalfant, Kathryn, Shaw, Daniel S.

“…This study examined associations between trajectories of family instability across early childhood and trajectories of externalizing behaviors from middle…”
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Characterizing Emotional Support Development: From Adolescent Best Friendships to Young Adult Romantic Relationships by Costello, Meghan A., Allen, Joseph P., Womack, Sean R., Loeb, Emily L., Stern, Jessica A., Pettit, Corey

“…This study examined development of emotional support competence within close friendships across adolescence. A sample of 184 adolescents (53% girls, 47% boys;…”
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Genetic Moderation of the Association Between Early Family Instability and Trajectories of Aggressive Behaviors from Middle Childhood to Adolescence by Womack, Sean R., Clifford, Sierra, Wilson, Melvin N., Shaw, Daniel S., Lemery-Chalfant, Kathryn

“…The present study tested models of polygenic by environment interaction between early childhood family instability and polygenic risk for aggression predicting…”
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Nonlinear Catch-Up Growth in Height, Weight, and Head Circumference from Birth to Adolescence: A Longitudinal Twin Study by Womack, Sean R., Beam, Christopher R., Giangrande, Evan J., Scharf, Rebecca J., Tong, Xin, Ponnapalli, Medha, Davis, Deborah W., Turkheimer, Eric

“…Owing to high rates of prenatal complications, twins are, on average, substantially smaller than population norms on physical measurements including height,…”
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Bidirectional Associations Between Cannabis Use and Depressive Symptoms From Adolescence Through Early Adulthood Among At-Risk Young Men by Womack, Sean R, Shaw, Daniel S, Weaver, Chelsea M, Forbes, Erika E

“…Previous studies have established a relationship between cannabis use and affective problems among adolescents and young adults; however, the direction of…”
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A Longitudinal Analysis of Gene x Environment Interaction on Verbal Intelligence Across Adolescence and Early Adulthood by Dong, LiChen, Giangrande, Evan J., Womack, Sean R., Yoo, Kristy, Beam, Christopher R., Jacobson, Kristen C., Turkheimer, Eric

“…The Scarr-Rowe hypothesis proposes that the heritability of intelligence is higher in more advantaged socioeconomic contexts. An early demonstration of this…”
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