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Mammography using in a community-based sample of older women.

Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine

Fullerton JT, Kritz-Silverstein D, Robins Sadler G, Barrett-Connor E.
PMID: 24203646
Ann Behav Med. 1996 Mar;18(1):67-72. doi: 10.1007/BF02903942.

and older are compliant with the age-specific guidelines for mammography. Cost has often been identified as the greatest barrier to mammography utilization. This study examined adherence to mammography screening guidelines as well as the motivators and barriers to mammography...

Sex differences in the association of fasting and postchallenge glucose levels with grip strength among older adults: the Rancho Bernardo Study.

BMJ open diabetes research & care

Kalyani RR, Kim C, Ferrucci L, Laughlin GA, Kritz-Silverstein D, Kong S, Nan B, Barrett-Connor E.
PMID: 25969742
BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care. 2015 May 04;3(1):e000086. doi: 10.1136/bmjdrc-2015-000086. eCollection 2015.

OBJECTIVE: Persons with diabetes have accelerated muscle loss. The association of fasting and postchallenge glucose levels per se to grip strength, a clinical marker of poor physical function, and potential sex differences in this relationship has not been previously...

Atrioesophageal fistula following ablation procedures for atrial fibrillation: systematic review of case reports.

Open heart

Chavez P, Messerli FH, Casso Dominguez A, Aziz EF, Sichrovsky T, Garcia D, Barrett CD, Danik S.
PMID: 26380098
Open Heart. 2015 Sep 10;2(1):e000257. doi: 10.1136/openhrt-2015-000257. eCollection 2015.

BACKGROUND: Atrioesophageal fistula (AEF) is a rare but serious adverse event of atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation.OBJECTIVE: To identify the clinical characteristics of AEF following ablation procedures for AF and determine the associated mortality.METHODS: A systematic review of observational cases...

Hormone Replacement.

The American journal of geriatric cardiology

Barret-Connor E.
PMID: 11416293
Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 1993 Oct;2(5):36-37.

No abstract available.

Gonorrhea from birth to adolescence.

The Western journal of medicine

Barrett-Connor E.
PMID: 18747625
West J Med. 1976 Jan;124(1):47.

No abstract available.

The Rancho Bernardo Study: 40 years studying why women have less heart disease than men and how diabetes modifies women's usual cardiac protection.

Global heart

Barrett-Connor E.
PMID: 24187655
Glob Heart. 2013 Jun 01;8(2). doi: 10.1016/j.gheart.2012.12.002.

Forty years ago, few cohort studies of cardiovascular disease (CVD) included women and fewer still included diabetes or glycemia as a risk factor. I describe here the Rancho Bernardo Study (RBS), a single-site, >40-year cohort study of sex differences...

Exercise and Survival in the Very Old.

The American journal of geriatric cardiology

Langer RD, Klauber MR, Criqui MH, Barret-Connor EL.
PMID: 11416312
Am J Geriatr Cardiol. 1994 Jul;3(4):24-34.

Risk factors that are strongly associated with cardiovascular events in middle age are less predictive in the elderly. These reduced associations are most evident after about age 75 years. Exercise has been associated with survival in middle-aged men; data...

The Potential of SERMs for Reducing the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease.

Trends in endocrinology and metabolism: TEM

Barrett-Connor E, Cox DA, Anderson PW.
PMID: 10481163
Trends Endocrinol Metab. 1999 Oct;10(8):320-325. doi: 10.1016/s1043-2760(99)00182-4.

Selective estrogen receptor modulators (SERMs) represent a growing class of compounds that act as either estrogen receptor agonists or antagonists in a tissue-selective manner. Preclinical and clinical studies have shown that estrogen has favorable effects on serum lipids and...

Amebiasis, today, in the United States.

California medicine

Barrett-Connor E.
PMID: 5544689
Calif Med. 1971 Mar;114(3):1-6.
Free PMC Article

A most important factor in the detection of amebiasis is to entertain the diagnosis first. Appropriate search for the parasite should precede other diagnostic or therapeutic efforts which may mask the correct diagnosis for weeks. An alert suspicious physician...

The association between bone turnover markers and kyphosis in community-dwelling older adults.

Bone reports

McDaniels-Davidson CR, Kritz-Silverstein D, Huang MH, Laughlin GA, Johnson S, Haapalahti J, Schneider DL, Barrett-Connor E, Kado DM.
PMID: 27868084
Bone Rep. 2016 Apr 08;5:57-61. doi: 10.1016/j.bonr.2016.04.001. eCollection 2016 Dec.

PURPOSE: Hyperkyphosis, accentuated curvature of the thoracic spine, is often attributed to osteoporosis, yet its underlying pathophysiology is not well understood. Bone turnover markers (BTM) reflect the dynamic process of bone formation and resorption. This study examined the association...

Screening for dementia of the alzheimer type in the community: the utility of the Clock Drawing Test.

Archives of clinical neuropsychology : the official journal of the National Academy of Neuropsychologists

Cahn DA, Salmon DP, Monsch AU, Butters N, Wiederholt WC, Corey-Bloom J, Barrett-Connor E.
PMID: 14588458
Arch Clin Neuropsychol. 1996;11(6):529-39.

This study reports the sensitivity and specificity of the Clock Drawing Test (CDT) for detecting dementia of the Alzheimer type in a community-dwelling sample of elderly subjects. Forty-two patients with clinically diagnosed Alzheimer's disease and 237 cognitively intact subjects...

Preventive medicine and public health: preventing osteoporosis.

The Western journal of medicine

Barrett-Connor E.
PMID: 18749875
West J Med. 1985 Nov;143(5):658.

No abstract available.

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