Elizabeth Barrett-Connor
Biographic Data
| ID | 1736183 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elizabeth Barrett-Connor |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elizabeth |
| FAMILY NAME | Barrett-Connor |
| SIGNATURE | BARRETT-CONNOR E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 13 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1990 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: Combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies
BACKGROUND: Low-risk limits recommended for alcohol consumption vary substantially across different national guidelines. To define thresholds associated with lowest risk for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease, we studied individual-participant data from 599 912 current drinkers without previous cardiovascular disease. METHODS: We did a combined analysis of individual-participant data from three large-scale data sources in 19 high-inco…
Replication of the Association of BDNF and MC4R Variants With Dietary Intake in the Diabetes Prevention Program
OBJECTIVE: Genomewide association studies (GWAS) have identified consistent associations with obesity, with a number of studies implicating eating behavior as a primary mechanism. Few studies have replicated genetic associations with dietary intake. This study evaluates the association between obesity susceptibility loci and dietary intake. METHODS: Data were obtained as part of the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a clinical trial of diabetes …
Actigraphy- and Polysomnography-Measured Sleep Disturbances, Inflammation, and Mortality Among Older Men
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether objectively measured sleep characteristics are associated with mortality risk independent of inflammatory burden and comorbidity. METHODS: The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Sleep Study (conducted in 2003-2005) included community-dwelling older men (n = 2531; average [standard deviation {SD}] age = 76.3 (5.5) years). Sleep measures from in-home polysomnography and wrist actigraphy and assessments of serum inflammato…
Associations Between Health and Driving in an Older Adult Cohort in Rancho Bernardo
The vast majority of older drivers in this cohort continued to drive, and did so safely. Health care utilization, medications, medical conditions, and self-assessment of health were associated with non-driving status. Prospective studies are needed to clarify the temporal relationships between these factors
Association of Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity With Mortality
IMPORTANCE The prevalence of cardiometabolic multimorbidity is increasing. OBJECTIVE To estimate reductions in life expectancy associated with cardiometabolic multimorbidity. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Age-and sex-adjusted mortality rates and hazard ratios (HRs) were calculated using individual participant data from the Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration (689 300 participants; 91 cohorts; years of baseline surveys: 1960-2007; latest morta…
Depressive Symptoms, Antidepressant Medication Use, and New Onset of Diabetes in Participants of the Diabetes Prevention Program and the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study
OBJECTIVE: To assess in the Diabetes Prevention Program and Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study whether diagnosis of diabetes predicted elevated depressive symptoms (DS) or use of antidepressant medicine (ADM) following diagnosis; whether diabetes status or duration had significant effect on DS or ADM use; and to determine the associations between A1C, fasting plasma glucose (FPG), normalization of FPG, and DS or ADM use after diagnosis. M…
Comparison of interactive voice response (IVR) with paper administration of instruments to assess functional status, sexual function, and quality of life in elderly men
Is dairy product consumption associated with the incidence of CHD
Objective Studies examining the association of dairy consumption with incident CHD have yielded inconsistent results. The current prospective study examined the association between dairy consumption and CHD in a population-based sample of older community-dwelling adults. Design Baseline CHD risk factors were assessed and an FFQ was self-administered. Participants were followed for morbidity and mortality with periodic clinic visits and annual mai…
Sleep Architecture and Mental Health Among Community-Dwelling Older Men
Depressed mood in older adults may be associated with accelerated age-related changes in sleep architecture. Longitudinal community-based studies using diagnostic measures are needed to further clarify relationships among common mental disorders, aging, and sleep
Individual and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Inflammation in Mexican American Women: What Is the Role of Obesity
OBJECTIVE: Inflammation may represent a biological mechanism underlying associations of socioeconomic status (SES) with cardiovascular disease. We examined relationships of individual and neighborhood SES with inflammatory markers in Mexican American women and evaluated contributions of obesity and related heath behaviors to these associations. METHODS: Two hundred eighty-four Mexican American women (mean age = 49.74 years) were recruited from so…
Sex Differences in the Association of Framingham Cardiac Risk Score With Cognitive Decline in Community-Dwelling Elders Without Clinical Heart Disease
OBJECTIVE: To investigate a possible link between cardiovascular risk factors and age-related cognitive decline, the association of the 1998 Framingham Cardiac Risk Score (FCRS) with the trajectory of cognitive function test (CFT) performance over an 18 year period was examined in adults 50 years and older without clinical heart disease at baseline. METHODS: Participants were 985 men and women who had assessments of cognitive function at 3- to 4-…
Depression and Pregnancy Stressors Affect the Association Between Abuse and Postpartum Depression
Five-year stability in associations of health-related quality of life measures in community-dwelling older adults: The Rancho Bernardo Study
Similar conclusions would result using either instrument SF-12 or SF-36. However, SF-6D and SF-36 assess, at least in part, different underlying aspects of HRQOL. Both age and sex impact HRQOL
Hysterectomy status, estrogen use and quality of life in older women: The Rancho Bernardo study
Sexual Assault and Physical Health: Findings From a Population-Based Study of Older Adults
OBJECTIVE: Prior reports have pointed to an adverse effect of sexual assault on subsequent health, particularly depression and obesity, in women. The objective of this study was to determine whether there is an association between self-reported sexual assault history and objective parameters of physical health in a sample of older men and women. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study of white, middle to upper middle class, older (median ag…
Heart Disease Risk Factors as Determinants of Dependency and Death in an Older Cohort: The Rancho Bernardo Study
Rates of death and dependency were determined for 621 men and women aged 65 years or more, living in an upper-middle-class community in Southern California. Between 1972 and 1986, 44% of the men and 27% of the women died; as expected, mortality rates increased with age and were higher in men than women at all ages. Dependency, defined as service use (institutional or community based), also increased with age but differed little by sex (56% of men…
The biocultural context of social networks and depression among the elderly
The biocultural context of social networks and depression among the elderly
Sleep Architecture and Mental Health Among Community-Dwelling Older Men
Depressed mood in older adults may be associated with accelerated age-related changes in sleep architecture. Longitudinal community-based studies using diagnostic measures are needed to further clarify relationships among common mental disorders, aging, and sleep
The biocultural context of social networks and depression among the elderly
Heart Disease Risk Factors as Determinants of Dependency and Death in an Older Cohort: The Rancho Bernardo Study
Rates of death and dependency were determined for 621 men and women aged 65 years or more, living in an upper-middle-class community in Southern California. Between 1972 and 1986, 44% of the men and 27% of the women died; as expected, mortality rates increased with age and were higher in men than women at all ages. Dependency, defined as service use (institutional or community based), also increased with age but differed little by sex (56% of men…
Sexual Assault and Physical Health: Findings From a Population-Based Study of Older Adults
OBJECTIVE: Prior reports have pointed to an adverse effect of sexual assault on subsequent health, particularly depression and obesity, in women. The objective of this study was to determine whether there is an association between self-reported sexual assault history and objective parameters of physical health in a sample of older men and women. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study of white, middle to upper middle class, older (median ag…
Hysterectomy status, estrogen use and quality of life in older women: The Rancho Bernardo study
Five-year stability in associations of health-related quality of life measures in community-dwelling older adults: The Rancho Bernardo Study
Similar conclusions would result using either instrument SF-12 or SF-36. However, SF-6D and SF-36 assess, at least in part, different underlying aspects of HRQOL. Both age and sex impact HRQOL
Sex Differences in the Association of Framingham Cardiac Risk Score With Cognitive Decline in Community-Dwelling Elders Without Clinical Heart Disease
OBJECTIVE: To investigate a possible link between cardiovascular risk factors and age-related cognitive decline, the association of the 1998 Framingham Cardiac Risk Score (FCRS) with the trajectory of cognitive function test (CFT) performance over an 18 year period was examined in adults 50 years and older without clinical heart disease at baseline. METHODS: Participants were 985 men and women who had assessments of cognitive function at 3- to 4-…
Depression and Pregnancy Stressors Affect the Association Between Abuse and Postpartum Depression
Individual and Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Inflammation in Mexican American Women: What Is the Role of Obesity
OBJECTIVE: Inflammation may represent a biological mechanism underlying associations of socioeconomic status (SES) with cardiovascular disease. We examined relationships of individual and neighborhood SES with inflammatory markers in Mexican American women and evaluated contributions of obesity and related heath behaviors to these associations. METHODS: Two hundred eighty-four Mexican American women (mean age = 49.74 years) were recruited from so…
Is dairy product consumption associated with the incidence of CHD
Objective Studies examining the association of dairy consumption with incident CHD have yielded inconsistent results. The current prospective study examined the association between dairy consumption and CHD in a population-based sample of older community-dwelling adults. Design Baseline CHD risk factors were assessed and an FFQ was self-administered. Participants were followed for morbidity and mortality with periodic clinic visits and annual mai…
Sleep Architecture and Mental Health Among Community-Dwelling Older Men
Depressed mood in older adults may be associated with accelerated age-related changes in sleep architecture. Longitudinal community-based studies using diagnostic measures are needed to further clarify relationships among common mental disorders, aging, and sleep
Association of Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity With Mortality
IMPORTANCE The prevalence of cardiometabolic multimorbidity is increasing. OBJECTIVE To estimate reductions in life expectancy associated with cardiometabolic multimorbidity. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS Age-and sex-adjusted mortality rates and hazard ratios (HRs) were calculated using individual participant data from the Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration (689 300 participants; 91 cohorts; years of baseline surveys: 1960-2007; latest morta…
Depressive Symptoms, Antidepressant Medication Use, and New Onset of Diabetes in Participants of the Diabetes Prevention Program and the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study
OBJECTIVE: To assess in the Diabetes Prevention Program and Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study whether diagnosis of diabetes predicted elevated depressive symptoms (DS) or use of antidepressant medicine (ADM) following diagnosis; whether diabetes status or duration had significant effect on DS or ADM use; and to determine the associations between A1C, fasting plasma glucose (FPG), normalization of FPG, and DS or ADM use after diagnosis. M…
Comparison of interactive voice response (IVR) with paper administration of instruments to assess functional status, sexual function, and quality of life in elderly men
Actigraphy- and Polysomnography-Measured Sleep Disturbances, Inflammation, and Mortality Among Older Men
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate whether objectively measured sleep characteristics are associated with mortality risk independent of inflammatory burden and comorbidity. METHODS: The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Sleep Study (conducted in 2003-2005) included community-dwelling older men (n = 2531; average [standard deviation {SD}] age = 76.3 (5.5) years). Sleep measures from in-home polysomnography and wrist actigraphy and assessments of serum inflammato…
Associations Between Health and Driving in an Older Adult Cohort in Rancho Bernardo
The vast majority of older drivers in this cohort continued to drive, and did so safely. Health care utilization, medications, medical conditions, and self-assessment of health were associated with non-driving status. Prospective studies are needed to clarify the temporal relationships between these factors
Replication of the Association of BDNF and MC4R Variants With Dietary Intake in the Diabetes Prevention Program
OBJECTIVE: Genomewide association studies (GWAS) have identified consistent associations with obesity, with a number of studies implicating eating behavior as a primary mechanism. Few studies have replicated genetic associations with dietary intake. This study evaluates the association between obesity susceptibility loci and dietary intake. METHODS: Data were obtained as part of the Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP), a clinical trial of diabetes …
Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: Combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies
BACKGROUND: Low-risk limits recommended for alcohol consumption vary substantially across different national guidelines. To define thresholds associated with lowest risk for all-cause mortality and cardiovascular disease, we studied individual-participant data from 599 912 current drinkers without previous cardiovascular disease. METHODS: We did a combined analysis of individual-participant data from three large-scale data sources in 19 high-inco…
Medicine (16 works) · Internal Medicine (9 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Depression (economics (4 works) · Disease (4 works)