FIU Discovery

Hypertension Control Rates Before and After Implementation of a Multicomponent Quality Improvement Program in Medicare Beneficiaries Primarily of Hispanic Origin in a Large Health System in South Florida, 2011-2018.  Journal of Clinical Hypertension.  28.

Patterns of care for older multiple myeloma patients in the US: An analysis of the national cancer database.  Current Problems in Cancer.  63.

Life Expectancy in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.  JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE.  186:852-860.

Prevalence and Prognostic Significance of COPD in Adults Younger than 50 Years of Age.  NEJM EVIDENCE.  4.

Low Lung Function Is Associated with High Population Attributable Fraction for Cardiovascular Mortality.  Annals of the American Thoracic Society.  22:359-366.

Association of Coagulation Factor XI Level With Cardiovascular Events and Cardiac Function in Community-Dwelling Adults: From ARIC and CHS.  CIRCULATION.  151:356-367.

Iron Deficiency and Incident Heart Failure in Older Community-Dwelling Individuals.  ESC heart failure.  11:1435-1442.

PO-04-076 RADIOFREQUENCY ABLATION OF ATRIAL FIBRILLATION (AF) ACCORDING TO FRAILTY STATUS: REAL WORLD DATA FROM THE MULTICENTER REGISTRY REAL-AF.  Heart Rhythm.  21:s486.

Examining the Causal Mediating Role of Cardiovascular Disease on the Effect of Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease on Cognitive Impairment via Separable Effects.  JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES.  78:1172-1178.

Non-esterified fatty acids and risk of peripheral artery disease in older adults: The cardiovascular health study.  ATHEROSCLEROSIS.  370:25-32.

Sex- and race-specific associations of bone mineral density with incident heart failure and its subtypes in older adults.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  71:742-755.

Iron Deficiency and Incident Heart Failure in Community Dwelling Individuals.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY.  33:239-240.

Pooled Cohort Probability Score for Subclinical Airflow Obstruction.  Annals of the American Thoracic Society.  19:1294-1304.

Upper Reference Limits for High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin T and N-Terminal Fragment of the Prohormone Brain Natriuretic Peptide in Patients With CKD.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES.  79:383-392.

Higher Serum Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor Levels Are Associated With a Lower Risk of Cognitive Decline: A 2-Year Follow Up Study in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.  Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience.  15.

Grip Strength Changes in Bone Marrow Transplant Patients.  Innovation in Aging.  4:522-522.

Intact and C-Terminal FGF23 Assays-Do Kidney Function, Inflammation, and Low Iron Influence Relationships With Outcomes?.  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM.  105.

Performance of the Pooled Cohort Equations to Estimate Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk by Body Mass Index.  JAMA NETWORK OPEN.  3.

Examining the causal mediating role of brain pathology on the relationship between diabetes and cognitive impairment: the Cardiovascular Health Study.  JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY SERIES A-STATISTICS IN SOCIETY.  183:1705-1726.

Association of serum uromodulin with mortality and cardiovascular disease in the elderly-the Cardiovascular Health Study.  NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION.  35:1399-1405.

Association of serum and urinary uromodulin and their correlates in older adults-The Cardiovascular Health Study.  NEPHROLOGY.  25:522-526.

Association of Nonobstructive Chronic Bronchitis With Respiratory Health Outcomes in Adults.  JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE.  180:676-686.

Discrepancy in Frailty Identification: Move Beyond Predictive Validity.  JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES.  75:387-393.

SCREENING FOR LOW SHORT PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE BATTERY SCORES: CAN GRIP STRENGTH AND SINGLE CHAIR STAND BE USEFUL?.  Innovation in Aging.  3:s679-s680.

Association of Serum Uromodulin With ESKD and Kinney Function Decline in the Elderly: The Cardiovascular Health Study.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF KIDNEY DISEASES.  74:501-509.

Discriminative Accuracy of FEV₁: FVC Thresholds for COPD-Related Hospitalization and Mortality.  JAMA-JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN MEDICAL ASSOCIATION.  321:2438-2447.

Biomarkers of Dietary Omega-6 Fatty Acids and Incident Cardiovascular Disease and Mortality: An Individual-Level Pooled Analysis of 30 Cohort Studies.  CIRCULATION.  139:2422-2436.

Role of Late-Life Depression in the Association of Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease With All-Cause Mortality: Cardiovascular Health Study.  Journal of Aging and Health.  31:652-666.

OSTEOSARCOPENIA HAS STRONGER ASSOCIATION WITH IMPAIRED PHYSICAL FUNCTION THAN SARCOPENIA ONLY.  Innovation in Aging.  2:304-304.

Serial circulating omega 3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and healthy ageing among older adults in the Cardiovascular Health Study: prospective cohort study.  The BMJ.  363.

Balance and Gait of Frail, Pre-Frail, and Robust Older Hispanics.  Geriatrics (Switzerland).  3.

Late-Life Depressive Symptoms as Partial Mediators in the Associations between Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease with Onset of Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY.  26:559-568.

Social Network Trajectories in Myocardial Infarction Versus Ischemic Stroke.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.  7.

GAIT OF FALLER AND NON-FALLER OLDER HISPANICS DURING STREET CROSSING SIMULATIONS.  Innovation in Aging.  1:1055-1055.

GRIP STRENGTH, SHORT PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE BATTERY, AND ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING (ADL) DEPENDENCE.  Innovation in Aging.  1:1046-1046.

[P3–554]: PERSISTENT DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AS PARTIAL MEDIATORS IN THE ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SUBCLINICAL CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE WITH ONSET OF MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND DEMENTIA.  ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA.  13:p1190-p1191.

Bone Mineral Density and Risk of Heart Failure in Older Adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.  6.

The Association of Vitamin D Deficiency and Incident Frailty in Older Women: The Role of Cardiometabolic Diseases.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  65:619-624.

Can a Healthy Lifestyle Compress the Disabled Period in Older Adults?.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  64:1952-1961.

ω-3 Polyunsaturated Fatty Acid Biomarkers and Coronary Heart Disease Pooling Project of 19 Cohort Studies.  JAMA INTERNAL MEDICINE.  176:1155-1166.

P4‐364: Depressive Symptoms as Potential Mediators of the Associations of Vascular Burden and Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease with Cognitive Decline: Cardiovascular Health Study.  ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA.  12:p1176-p1177.

Vitamin D and Risk of Neuroimaging Abnormalities.  PLOS ONE.  11.

Vitamin D and Memory Decline: Two Population-Based Prospective Studies.  JOURNAL OF ALZHEIMERS DISEASE.  50:1099-1108.

Cardiovascular and Mortality Outcomes in the Elderly With Impaired Cardiac and Pulmonary Function: The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS).  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.  4.

Urinary uromodulin, kidney function, and cardiovascular disease in elderly adults.  KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL.  88:1126-1134.

Urine Collagen Fragments and CKD Progression-The Cardiovascular Health Study.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY.  26:2494-2503.

Microvascular and Macrovascular Abnormalities and Cognitive and Physical Function in Older Adults: Cardiovascular Health Study.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  63:1886-1893.

One-Year Change in the Japanese Version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment Performance and Related Predictors in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  63:1874-1879.

O2‐03‐01: Vitamin D and decline in global cognition and memory in the cardiovascular health study.  ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA.  11:p177-p178.

O2‐03‐02: Vitamin D and the risk of developing neuroimaging abnormalities.  ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA.  11:p178-p178.

Monitoring 6-Month Trajectory of Grip Strength Improves the Prediction of Long-Term Change in Grip Strength in Disabled Older Women.  JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES.  70:365-371.

Association of mitochondrial DNA levels with frailty and all-cause mortality.  JOURNAL OF MOLECULAR MEDICINE-JMM.  93:177-186.

Prognostic Implications of Microvascular and Macrovascular Abnormalities in Older Adults: Cardiovascular Health Study.  JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES.  69:1495-1502.

Vitamin D and the risk of dementia and Alzheimer disease.  Neurology.  83:920-928.

Physical Activity and Heart Rate Variability in Older Adults The Cardiovascular Health Study.  CIRCULATION.  129:2100-+.

P4–394: Vitamin D and incident Alzheimer's disease in the Cardiovascular Health Cognition Study.  ALZHEIMERS & DEMENTIA.  9:p880-p880.

Hemoglobin decline, function, and mortality in the elderly: The cardiovascular health study.  American Journal of Hematology.  88:5-9.

Soluble CD14 Genomewide Association Analysis and Relationship to Cardiovascular Risk and Mortality in Older Adults.  ARTERIOSCLEROSIS THROMBOSIS AND VASCULAR BIOLOGY.  33:158-+.

The Role of Energetic Cost in the Age-Related Slowing of Gait Speed.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  60:1811-1816.

Patterns of 12-Year Change in Physical Activity Levels in Community-Dwelling Older Women: Can Modest Levels of Physical Activity Help Older Women Live Longer?.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY.  176:534-543.

Long-term Assessment of Inflammation and Healthy Aging in Late Life: The Cardiovascular Health Study All Stars.  JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES.  67:970-976.

Modification of the Association Between Ambient Air Pollution and Lung Function by Frailty Status Among Older Adults in the Cardiovascular Health Study.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY.  176:214-223.

Persistence and Remission of Musculoskeletal Pain in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: Results from the Cardiovascular Health Study.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  60:1393-1400.

Retinal Microvascular Signs and Disability in the Cardiovascular Health Study.  JAMA Ophthalmology.  130:350-356.

Longitudinal Changes in Adiponectin and Inflammatory Markers and Relation to Survival in the Oldest Old: The Cardiovascular Health Study All Stars Study.  JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES.  66:1100-1107.

Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Physical Function in Older Adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study All Stars.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  59:1793-1801.

Associations of Visceral and Liver Fat With the Metabolic Syndrome Across the Spectrum of Obesity: The AGES-Reykjavik Study.  Obesity.  19:1265-1271.

Surrogate screening models for the low physical activity criterion of frailty.  Aging - Clinical and Experimental Research.  23:209-216.

Severe osteopenia and osteoporosis, sarcopenia, and frailty status in community-dwelling older women: Results from the Women's Health and Aging Study (WHAS) II.  BONE.  48:952-957.

Hypertension, White Matter Hyperintensities, and Concurrent Impairments in Mobility, Cognition, and Mood The Cardiovascular Health Study.  CIRCULATION.  123:858-865.

Patterns and Predictors of Recovery from Exhaustion in Older Adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  59:207-213.

Change in Circulating Adiponectin in Advanced Old Age: Determinants and Impact on Physical Function and Mortality. The Cardiovascular Health Study All Stars Study.  JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES.  65:1208-1214.

Heterogeneity in Rate of Decline in Grip, Hip, and Knee Strength and the Risk of All-Cause Mortality: The Women's Health and Aging Study II.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  58:2076-2084.

Concurrent Change in Dehydroepiandrosterone Sulfate and Functional Performance in the Oldest Old: Results From the Cardiovascular Health Study All Stars Study.  JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES.  65:976-981.

Oral intake of Lactobacillus pentosus strain b240 accelerates salivary immunoglobulin A secretion in the elderly: A randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind trial.  Immunity and Ageing.  7.

Red Cell Distribution Width and Mortality in Older Adults: A Meta-analysis.  JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES.  65:258-265.

Nonlinear Multisystem Physiological Dysregulation Associated With Frailty in Older Women: Implications for Etiology and Treatment.  JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES.  64:1049-1057.

Anemia and 9-Year Domain-Specific Cognitive Decline in Community-Dwelling Older Women: The Women's Health and Aging Study II.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  57:1604-1611.

Frailty and Impaired Cardiac Autonomic Control: New Insights From Principal Components Aggregation of Traditional Heart Rate Variability Indices.  JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES.  64:682-687.

Intellectual activity and likelihood of subsequently improving or maintaining Instrumental Activities of Daily Living functioning in community-dwelling older Japanese: a longitudinal study.  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF GERIATRIC PSYCHIATRY.  24:547-555.

Heart rate variability and its changes over 5 years in older adults.  Age and Ageing.  38:212-218.

Long-Term Function in an Older Cohort-The Cardiovascular Health Study All Stars Study.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  57:432-440.

Novel Measures of Heart Rate Variability Predict Cardiovascular Mortality in Older Adults Independent of Traditional Cardiovascular Risk Factors: The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS).  JOURNAL OF CARDIOVASCULAR ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY.  19:1169-1174.

Functional outcomes of anemia in older adults.  Seminars in Hematology.  45:255-260.

Physiological complexity underlying heart rate dynamics and frailty status in community-dwelling older women.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  56:1698-1703.

Baseline serum cholesterol is selectively associated with motor speed and not rates of cognitive decline: The Women's Health and Aging Study II.  JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES.  63:619-624.

Incident physical disability in people with lower extremity peripheral arterial disease: The role of cardiovascular disease.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  56:1037-1044.

Higher levels of inflammation factors and greater insulin resistance are independently associated with higher heart rate and lower heart rate variability in normoglycemic older individuals: The Cardiovascular Health Study.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  56:315-321.

β₂-microglobulin for risk stratification of total mortality in the elderly population -: Comparison with cystatin C and C-reactive protein.  Archives of Internal Medicine.  168:200-206.

Life-space constriction, development of frailty, and the competing risk of mortality.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY.  167:240-248.

The relationship of heart rate and heart rate variability to non-diabetic fasting glucose levels and the metabolic syndrome: The Cardiovascular Health Study.  DIABETIC MEDICINE.  24:855-863.

Types of anemia and mortality among older disabled women living in the community: the Women's Health and Aging Study I.  Aging - Clinical and Experimental Research.  19:259-264.

Association between reduced heart rate variability and cognitive impairment in older disabled women in the community: Women's Health and Aging Study I.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  54:1751-1757.

Frequency of going outdoors as a good predictors for incident disability of physical function as well as disability recovery in community-dwelling older adults in rural Japan.  Journal of Epidemiology.  16:261-270.

Association between mild anemia and executive function impairment in community-dwelling older women: The Women's Health and Aging Study II.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  54:1429-1435.

Cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in community-dwelling elderly individuals with calcification of the fibrous skeleton of the base of the heart and aortosclerosis (The Cardiovascular Health Study).  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY.  97:1281-1286.

Phenotype of frailty: Characterization in the women's health and aging studies.  JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES.  61:262-266.

Comparison of mortality risk for electrocardiographic abnormalities in men and women with and without coronary heart disease (from the cardiovascular health study).  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY.  97:309-315.

10-year follow-up of subclinical cardiovascular disease and risk of coronary heart disease in the cardiovascular health study.  Archives of Internal Medicine.  166:71-78.

Clinical significance of calcification of the fibrous skeleton of the heart and aortosclerosis in community dwelling elderly. The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS).  American Heart Journal.  151:39-+.

Hip axis length as an independent risk factor for hip fracture independently of femural bone mineral density in Caucasian elderly Brazilian women.  BONE.  37:871-875.

Kidney function as a predictor of noncardiovascular mortality.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY.  16:3728-3735.

Proinflammatory state and circulating erythropoietin in persons with and without anemia.  American Journal of Medicine.  118.

A prospective study of anemia status, hemoglobin concentration, and mortality in an elderly cohort - The cardiovascular health study.  Archives of Internal Medicine.  165:2214-2220.

Association of β-blocker use with mortality among patients with congestive heart failure in the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS).  American Heart Journal.  150:464-470.

Impact of anemia and cardiovascular disease on frailty status of community-dwelling older women: The Women's Health and Aging Studies I and II.  JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES.  60:729-735.

Arterial pulse wave velocity as a marker of poor cognitive function in an elderly community-dwelling population.  JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES.  60:607-612.

Diabetes, hyperglycaemia and mortality in disabled older women: The Women's Health and Ageing Study I.  DIABETIC MEDICINE.  22:543-550.

The effect of nandrolone decanoate on bone mineral density, muscle mass, and hemoglobin levels in elderly women with osteoporosis: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial.  JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES.  60:648-653.

Total and differential white blood cell counts and their associations with circulating interleukin-6 levels in community-dwelling older women.  JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES.  60:195-199.

Inflammatory and prothrombotic markers and the progression of renal disease in elderly individuals.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY.  15:3184-3191.

Relationships between brachial-ankle pulse wave velocity and conventional atherosclerotic risk factors in community-dwelling people.  PREVENTIVE MEDICINE.  39:1135-1142.

Anemia and Associated Comorbidities among the Elderly..  BLOOD.  104:5315.

Anemia and Cardiovascular Disease (CVD) Synergistically Interact To Increase the Risk of Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Women..  BLOOD.  104:3137.

What constitutes normal hemoglobin concentration in community-dwelling disabled older women?.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  52:1811-1816.

Risk of congestive heart failure in an elderly population treated with peripheral alpha-1 antagonists.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  52:1648-1654.

Relation of heart rate at rest and mortality in the women's health and aging study.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY.  92:1294-1299.

C-reactive protein, carotid intima-media thickness, and incidence of ischemic stroke in the elderly - The Cardiovascular Health Study.  CIRCULATION.  108:166-170.

The association between time since last meal and blood pressure in older adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  51:824-828.

Hormone replacement therapy and the risk of incident congestive heart failure: The cardiovascular health study.  Journal of Women's Health & Gender-Based Medicine.  12:341-350.

Reliability and sensitivity to change assessed for a summary measure of lower body function - Results from the Women's Health and Aging Study.  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL EPIDEMIOLOGY.  55:916-921.

Looking at the relationship between hemoglobin concentration and prevalent mobility difficulty in older women. Should the criteria currently used to define anemia in older people be reevaluated?.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  50:1257-1264.

Serum interleukin-6 and hemoglobin as physiological correlates in the geriatric syndrome of frailty: A pilot study.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY.  50:1268-1271.

Relation between use of angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and muscle strength and physical function in older women: an observational study.  LANCET.  359:926-930.

Cardiovascular disease, interlenkin-6, and risk of mortality in older women - The women's health and aging study.  CIRCULATION.  103:947-953.

Predicting the risk of mobility difficulty in older women with screening nomograms - The women's health and aging study II.  Archives of Internal Medicine.  160:2525-2533.

Preclinical mobility disability predicts incident mobility disability in older women.  JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES.  55:M43-M52.

Implications of the Exposome for Frailty.  73-79.

Association of Early COPD With Mortality and Respiratory Health Outcomes: The NHLBI Pooled Cohorts Study.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE.

Excess Incidence of Coronary Heart Disease Mortality Attributable to Lower Lung Function.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE.

ASSOCIATION OF LIVER STIFFNESS BY TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY WITH MOBILITY DIFFICULTY IN OLDER ADULTS WITH NO CIRRHOSIS.  Innovation in Aging. 352-352.

Iron Deficiency and Incident Heart Failure in Community Dwelling Individuals.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY OF NEPHROLOGY. 239-240.

Sarcopenia muscular strength and performance cutoffs are associated with incident hip fractures.  Journal of Bone and Mineral Research. 76-76.

Association of low-intensity smoking with respiratory and lung cancer mortality.  EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL.

Risk Score for Subclinical COPD: The NHLBI Pooled Cohorts Study.  EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL.

Associations Between Lung Function Impairment and Incident Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction (HFpEF): The NHLBI Pooled Cohorts Study.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE.

Associations Between Metabolic Syndrome and Longitudinal Respiratory Outcomes: The NHLBI Pooled Cohorts Study.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE.

Smoking Reduction Among Current Smokers and Cause-Specific Mortality: The NHLBI Pooled Cohorts Study.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE.

Late Breaking Abstract - Ten-year risk score for COPD: the NHLBI pooled cohorts study.  EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL.

OSTEOSARCOPENIA PHENOTYPE AND FRAILTY STATUS BY CHS AND SOF CRITERIA.  OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL. S350-S350.

Social Isolation and Incident Disability with Activities of Daily Living (ADL): Clinical Implications.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S222-S222.

Asthma COPD Overlap Is Associated with Increased Mortality and Respiratory Events, the NHLBI Pooled Cohorts Study.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE.

Comparing Risk Factors for Lung Cancer Mortality Among Men and Women: The NHLBI Pooled Cohorts Study.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE.

COMPARATIVE ACCURACY OF SHORT PHYSICAL PERFORMANCE BATTERY VS. TIME UP AND GO: FALL SCREENING IMPLICATIONS.  Innovation in Aging. 516-516.

Late Breaking Abstract - Optimizing FEV1/FVC threshold to predict COPD hospitalization and mortality: NHLBI pooled cohorts study.  EUROPEAN RESPIRATORY JOURNAL.

Prognostic Significance of Non-Obstructive Chronic Bronchitis (NCB) in the General Population: the NHLBI Pooled Cohorts Study.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE.

CIRCULATING N-3 POLYUNSATURATED-FATTY ACIDS AND THE MAINTENANCE OF HEALTHY AGEING IN OLDER ADULTS, THE CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH STUDY.  JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY AND COMMUNITY HEALTH. A34-A35.

OSTEOSARCOPENIA IS MORE ASSOCIATED WITH DISABILITY COMPARED TO SARCOPENIA OR OSTEOPOROSIS ALONE, IN OLDER ADULTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: DATA FROM SARCOS STUDY.  OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL. S248-S249.

THE ASSOCIATION OF OSTEOSARCOPENIA, SARCO-PENIA AND OSTEOPOROSIS WITH WEAKNESS AND MOBILITY IN OLDER ADULTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE: DATA FROM SARCOS STUDY.  OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL. S243-S243.

Association of Osteosarcopenia, Sarcopenia EWGSOP alone and Osteoporosis alone with Mobility in older adults: Data from SARCOS study.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S49-S49.

Gait and Balance Characteristics of Older Hispanics by Frailty Status.  GERONTOLOGIST.

HYPERTENSION CONTROL IMPROVEMENT: A LARGE-SCALE PROGRAM FOR MEDICARE AND DUAL ELIGIBLE PATIENTS.  GERONTOLOGIST. 41-41.

PREVALENCE OF DEPRESSION AND ITS RELATED SOCIAL FACTORS AMONG HISPANIC OLDER ADULTS.  GERONTOLOGIST. 90-90.

Systolic blood pressure changes in hypertensive patients participating in a novel primary-care-based wellness program designed for Hispanics 65 years and older in South Florida.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S192-S192.

BURDEN OF FALLS-RELATED EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT UTILIZATION AND COST BY OLDER ADULTS IN FLORIDA IN 2013.  GERONTOLOGIST. 643-643.

SHORT-TERM VARIABILITY OF GRIP STRENGTH IS PREDICTIVE OF LONG-TERM CHANGE IN GRIP STRENGTH IN OLDER DISABLED WOMEN.  GERONTOLOGIST. 100-100.

Mitochondrial DNA Copy Number as a Predictor of Cardiovascular Disease.  CIRCULATION.

ONE-YEAR CHANGE IN MONTREAL COGNITIVE ASSESSMENT PERFORMANCE AND RELATED PREDICTORS IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS.  GERONTOLOGIST. 170-170.

Heart Failure and Mortality in the Elderly With Impaired Cardiac and Pulmonary Function.  CIRCULATION.

HEART RATE VARIABILITY AND 9-YEAR COGNITIVE DECLINE IN THE CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH STUDY.  GERONTOLOGIST. 208-208.

LIFESTYLE FACTORS AND ACTIVE LIFE EXPECTANCY IN THE CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH STUDY.  GERONTOLOGIST. 170-171.

LONGITUDINAL EVIDENCE ON COEVOLUTION OF PHYSIOLOGICAL CHANGES IN OLDER WOMEN.  GERONTOLOGIST. 373-373.

THRESHOLD EFFECT OF MULTISYSTEM PHYSIOLOGICAL DYSREGULATION ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF FRAILTY IN OLDER WOMEN.  GERONTOLOGIST. 572-572.

BURDEN OF MICROVASCULAR AND MACROVASCULAR DISEASE AND FUNCTIONAL STATUS IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER ADULTS: THE CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH STUDY.  GERONTOLOGIST. 623-623.

IS THERE A CAUSAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POOR SLEEP QUALITY AND FRAILTY IN OLDER WOMEN?.  GERONTOLOGIST. 630-630.

YEARS OF ACTIVE AND DISABLED LIFE IN THE CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH STUDY (CHS).  GERONTOLOGIST. 623-623.

Predictors of Baseline Lung Function and Lung Function Decline Differ in the Women’s Health and Aging Study (WHAS) II.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE. a6025-a6025.

Are osteosarcopenia, sarcopenia and osteoporosis different syndromes? Results from the Women's Health and Aging Study (WHAS) II..  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S73-S73.

Sarcodynapenia, Sarcopenia, Dynapenia in Community-Dwelling Very Old Women: Results from the Women's Health and Aging Study (WHAS) II..  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S73-S73.

CANDIDATE GENES AND INDICATORS OF PHYSICAL FUNCTION IN OLDER ADULTS.  GERONTOLOGIST. 537-537.

TRAJECTORIES OF CHANGE IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY AND ALL-CAUSE MORTALITY: THE WOMEN'S HEALTH AND AGING STUDY (WHAS) II.  GERONTOLOGIST. 559-559.

Low muscle strength and osteoporosis in Community-Dwelling Older Women: Results from the Women's Health and Aging Study (WHAS) II..  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S142-S142.

Modification of the relationship between Vitamin D levels and Physical Performance according to body mass index status in community-dwelling Older Women.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S69-S69.

Retinal Microvascular Signs and Disability in the Cardiovascular Health Study..  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S34-S35.

JOINT ASSOCIATION OF VISCERAL AND THIGH SUBCUTANEOUS FAT WITH THE METABOLIC SYNDROME: THE AGES-REYKJAVIK STUDY.  GERONTOLOGIST. 246-246.

RECOVERY FROM PAIN AND EXHAUSTION IN OLDER ADULTS: THE CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH STUDY.  GERONTOLOGIST. 254-254.

VITAMIN D STATUS AND PERFORMANCE ON THE TRAIL MAKING TEST PARTS A AND B: CROSS-SECTIONAL AND LONGITUDINAL ANALYSES OF WOMEN'S HEALTH AND AGING STUDY II DATA.  GERONTOLOGIST. 440-440.

WALKING SPEED AND ENERGETIC EFFICIENCY IN OLDER ADULTS.  GERONTOLOGIST. 125-125.

Energy Availability And Walking Speed In Older Adults: A Key To Mobility?.  Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise. 48-48.

Effects of musculoskeletal pain and exhaustion on mobility and physical activity in the Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS)..  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. 104-104.

Sarcopenia, Osteoporosis, and Frailty components in Community-Dwelling Older Women: Results from the Women's Health and Aging Study (WHAS) II.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. 46-46.

Vitamin D Insufficiency and Longitudinal Memory Decline in Initially High Functioning Community-Dwelling Older Women: The Women's Health and Aging Study (WHAS) 2..  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. 87-88.

Vitamin D Insufficiency is Associated with Incident Mobility Limitation: CHS All Stars.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. 13-13.

25-HYDROXYVITAMIN D AND PHYSICAL FUNCTION IN ADULTS OF ADVANCED AGE: THE CHS ALL STARS.  GERONTOLOGIST. 419-419.

ARE ASSOCIATIONS OF ADIPONECTIN WITH HEALTH IN OLD AGE ADAPTIVE?.  GERONTOLOGIST. 454-454.

ASSOCIATIONS BETWEEN SERUM BIOMARKER CHANGE AND FUNCTIONAL CHANGE IN VERY OLD ADULTS.  GERONTOLOGIST. 210-211.

AUTONOMIC DYSFUNCTION AND IADL DISABILITY IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER WOMEN: THE WOMEN'S HEALTH AND AGING STUDY I.  GERONTOLOGIST. 287-287.

DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS AND HEART RATE VARIABILITY IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER WOMEN.  GERONTOLOGIST. 454-455.

DOES IL-6 TRACK WITH FUNCTIONAL DECLINE?.  GERONTOLOGIST. 454-454.

GREATER DHEAS CHANGE IS ASSOCIATED WITH HIGHER INCIDENT MORTALITY IN VERY OLD ADULTS.  GERONTOLOGIST. 454-454.

OSTEOPOROSIS AND FRAILTY STATUS IN ELDERLY PEOPLE WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES. PRELIMINARY RESULTS FROM FRAILTY IN ELDERLY OUTPATIENTS WITH CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE STUDY-FRAGICORS.  GERONTOLOGIST. 457-457.

VITAMIN D STATUS AND RISK OF INCIDENT FRAILTY: THE WOMEN'S HEALTH AND AGING STUDY (WHAS) II.  GERONTOLOGIST. 215-215.

The Relation Between Mitral Annular Calcification, Lipid Profile and C-Reactive Protein Level in the Elderly: The Cardiovascular Health Study.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. A411-A412.

Dehydroepiandrosterone sulfate (DHEAS) in the oldest old and factors associated with 9-year DHEAS decline.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S72-S73.

The Effect of Systolic Blood Pressure and Pulse Pressure on Cognitive Function: The Women's Health and Aging Study II.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S197-S198.

Vitamin D Status and Frailty Status: Results from WHAS I and II Studies.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S10-S10.

Hemoglobin Decline and Health Outcomes in the Elderly: the Cardiovascular Health Study.  BLOOD. 1183-1183.

ANEMIA AND 9-YEAR DOMAIN-SPECIFIC COGNITIVE DECLINE IN COMMUNITY-DWELLING OLDER WOMEN: THE WOMEN'S HEALTH AND AGING STUDY II.  GERONTOLOGIST. 530-530.

INFLAMMATION: MEASURES OF C-REACTIVE PROTEIN (CRP) OVER TIME AND HEALTHY AGING.  GERONTOLOGIST. 463-463.

JOINT EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE PHYSIOLOGICAL SYSTEMS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF FRAILTY.  GERONTOLOGIST. 247-247.

SERUM LIPIDS AND FUNCTION IN OLDER ADULTS: THE CHS ALL STARS STUDY.  GERONTOLOGIST. 463-463.

SUBCLINICAL VASCULAR DISEASE BURDEN AND DECLINE IN PHYSICAL FUNCTION OVER TIME AMONG OLDER ADULTS.  GERONTOLOGIST. 698-698.

Relationship between fatigue and mobility disability: findings from the women's health and aging studies I and II.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S207-S207.

Osteoporosis, sarcopenia, and frailty status in community-dwelling older women: Results from the women's health and aging study..  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S190-S191.

Association of heart rate variability with cognitive impairment in older disabled women in the community..  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S8-S8.

Physical activity & years of healthy life: The Cardiovascular Health Study..  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S14-S14.

Abnormal heart rate variability is a powerful independent predictor of long-term cardiovascular mortality in the elderly: The cardiovascular health study.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 28A-29A.

Association of life space and frailty among community-dwelling older women.  GERONTOLOGIST. 380-380.

Interleukin-6 as a predictor of cardiovascular and noncardiovascular mortality: The cardiovascular health study.  CIRCULATION. E227-E228.

Prospective study of anemia and mortality in the elderly: The Cardiovascular Health Study.  CIRCULATION. E213-E213.

Autonomic cardiovascular regulation, hemoglobin, and frailty status in community-dwelling, disabled older women..  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S194-S194.

Anemia and associated comorbidities among the elderly..  BLOOD. 414B-414B.

Anemia and cardiovascular disease (CVD) synergistically interact to increase the risk of frailty in community-dwelling older women.  BLOOD. 857A-858A.

Circulating erythropoietin (EPO) and pro-inflammatory markers in elderly (>/=65) persons with and without anemia..  BLOOD. 453A-453A.

Risk of coronary heart disease associated with subelinical disease among older black and white men and women in the cardiovascular health study.  CIRCULATION. 799-799.

Chronic, unexplained anemia in older African Americans..  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S83-S83.

Calcification of the fibrous skeleton of the base of the heart, aortic valve sclerosis and prevalent cardiovascular disease in the elderly: The Cardiovascular Health Study.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 212A-212A.

The severity of mitral annular calcification is associated with prevalent cardiovascular disease in the elderly: The Cardiovascular Health Study.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 240A-240A.

Association of beta-blocker use with total mortality among patients with congestive heart failure in the Cardiovascular Health Study..  CIRCULATION. E81-E81.

Anemia in the elderly is associated with increased healthcare costs and resource utilization..  BLOOD. 750A-751A.

Clinical epidemiology of anemia in older adults..  BLOOD. 508B-508B.

Relationship between anemia and frailty status in older adults: The Women's Health and Aging Studies I and II..  BLOOD. 751A-752A.

Relationship between serum erythropoietin and hemoglobin concentration in community-dwelling older women: The Women's Health and Aging Studies I and II..  BLOOD. 509A-509A.

Unrecognized renal insufficiency and blunted EPO responses in the anemia of older persons: The inchianti study..  BLOOD. 512A-513A.

Predictive value of calcification of the fibrous skeleton of the base of the heart for incident cardiovascular disease in the elderly. The Cardiovascular Health Study.  CIRCULATION. 780-780.

Severity and predictive value of mitral annular calcification for cardiovascular and total mortality in the elderly. The cardiovascular health study.  CIRCULATION. 729-729.

Total cholesterol and IL-6 as biomarkers of the frailty syndrome..  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S207-S208.

Decreased heart rate variability is most strongly associated with mortality in older persons with subclinical cardiovascular disease: The Cardiovascular Health Study.  CIRCULATION. E7011-E7011.

C-reactive protein, internal carotid intima media thickness, and incident ischemic in the elderly: The Cardiovascular Health Study.  CIRCULATION. E102-E102.

Cognitive function in high functioning older women: Does hemoglobin concentration matter?.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S149-S149.

Heart rate variability is confounded by the presence of erratic sinus rhythm.  Computers in cardiology. 669-672.

Relation of hemoglobin and mobility difficulty: Evidence for redefining anemia in older women.  GERONTOLOGIST. 66-66.

Challenging the World Health Organization criteria for anemia in older women..  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. S3-S3.

Understanding Geriatrics-based Assessment in Hematologic Malignancies and Bone Marrow Transplant Patients.  Clinical Lymphoma, Myeloma and Leukemia. E381-E383.

Response to Letter Regarding Article, "Physical Activity and Heart Rate Variability in Older Adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study".  CIRCULATION. E349-E350.

TREATING ANEMIA TO IMPROVE COGNITION - RESPONSE.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY. 995-995.

Iron status and anemia in a population-based study of women with and without disability living in the community: the Women's Health and Aging Studies.  Haematologica. 357-358.

Life Expectancy in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE.

Association of Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Respiratory Health Outcomes in Never-Smoking Adults: The NHLBI Pooled Cohorts Study.  AMERICAN JOURNAL OF RESPIRATORY AND CRITICAL CARE MEDICINE.

Immunofluorescence microtissue array (IMA) for detection of prognostic cancer stem cell biomarkers.  CANCER RESEARCH.

FRAILTY STATUS AND CATHETER ABLATION THERAPY FOR ATRIAL FIBRILLATION IN REAL-AF: A MULTICENTER CLINICAL REGISTRY.  Innovation in Aging. 446-447.

HYPERTENSION CONTROL AND ISCHEMIC STROKE RISK: REAL-WORLD DATA IN HISPANIC MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA.  Innovation in Aging. 755-755.

HYPERTENSION CONTROL PROGRAM IN A LARGE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM SERVING HISPANIC MEDICARE BENEFICIARIES IN SOUTH FLORIDA.  Innovation in Aging. 755-756.

TARGETED SCREENING FOR LIVER FIBROSIS: IDENTIFYING HIGH-RISK ADULTS FOR TRANSIENT ELASTOGRAPHY EVALUATION.  Innovation in Aging. 773-773.

ACCURACY OF THE POOLED COHORT EQUATION TO ESTIMATE ATHEROSCLEROTIC CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE EVENTS BY OBESITY CLASS: A POOLED ASSESSMENT OF FIVE LONGITUDINAL COHORT STUDIES.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 1738-1738.

BONE MINERAL DENSITY AND SUBSEQUENT DEVELOPMENT OF HEART FAILURE IN OLDER ADULTS: THE CARDIOVASCULAR HEALTH STUDY.  JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN COLLEGE OF CARDIOLOGY. 1323-1323.

Association of mild anemia and executive cognitive function impairment in high functioning community-dwelling older women.  BLOOD. 991A-991A.

Shift of the serum erythropoietin-vs.-hemoglobin curve with frailty status in community-dwelling older adults. Results from the women's health and aging studies (WHAS) I and II.  BLOOD. 859A-859A.

Pooled Cohort Probability Score for Subclinical Airflow Obstruction

Multicomponent Blood Pressure Control Program in Medicare Beneficiaries with Hypertension Primarily of Hispanic Origin in a Large Health System in South Florida

Defining and Measuring Preclinical Mobility Limitation: An Expert Consensus Exercise Informed by a Scoping Review.  JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES A-BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND MEDICAL SCIENCES. 1641-1650.

Prevention of falls in older people living in the community.  The BMJ.

Subclinical cardiovascular disease in older adults: insights from the Cardiovascular Health Study..  The American journal of geriatric cardiology. 137-149.