Michelle R Caunca

Biographic Data

ID6759700
NAMEMichelle R Caunca
GIVEN NAMESMichelle R
FAMILY NAMECaunca
SIGNATURECAUNCA M R
AFFILIATIONSDepartment of Public Health Sciences, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA
ORCID0000-0002-5177-9048
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT2
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
H-INDEX0

  • Associations Between Cognitive Functioning and Mortality in a Population-Based Sample of Older United States Adults

    Open AccessTamar Adjoian Mezzaca, Tamar Adjoian Mezzacca et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2022References: 2

    Objective: To determine whether cognition is associated with mortality among older US adults. Methods: We studied 5,989 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey participants age 60+ in years 1999-2014 with mortality follow-up through 2015. Cognitive function was measured in one standard deviation decrements using the Digit Symbol Substitution Test (DSST), Animal Fluency (AnFl), and two Consortium to Establish a Registry for Alzheimer's Di…

  • Association of High-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol With Cognitive Function

    Open AccessLeslie Grasset, Roelof A J Smit et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2020

    Objective: We aimed to examine whether variability in high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) over time was associated with cognitive function. Method: We conducted a post hoc analysis of the PROspective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk (PROSPER) trial. Our sample included 4,428 participants with at least two repeated HDL-c measures between Months 3 and 24 postbaseline and with cognitive assessments at Month 30. HDL-c variability …