Chair, Department of Epidemiology
Director, Center for Aging and Population Health
Professor of Epidemiology, Medicine and Clinical & Translational Science
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
http://www.caph.pitt.edu
E-mail: newmana@edc.pitt.edu


Departmental Office Manager

Donna Bushey
A528 Crabtree Hall
Graduate School of Public Health
130 DeSoto Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: (412) 624-3056
Fax: (412) 624-3737
email: dlb22@pitt.edu

Administrative Research Assistant

Michelle Kiley
130 DeSoto Street, Room A529 Crabtree Hall
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Phone: (412) 383-1302
Fax: 412-624-3737
email: kileym@edc.pitt.edu



Dr. Anne B. Newman is Professor and Chair of Epidemiology and Director of the Center for Aging and Population Health (CAPH). She is well known for her work in the epidemiology of aging, longevity and disability. She serves as Principal Investigator for several long-term studies of aging and longevity and as the Director of the NIA training grant in the Epidemiology of Aging.



Research interests

• Cardiovascular Disease Epidemiology
• Subclinical atherosclerosis: Associations with aging, disability and frailty
• Sarcopenia and disability
• Sleep, Aging, and Chronic Illness, Sleep Apnea and Aging
• Healthy Aging and Longevity

Research Support

• Principal Investigator
  • Lifestyle and Independence for the Elderly (LIFE) (2009-2016) NIA
  • ASPirin to Reduce Events in the Elderly (ASPREE) (2009-2016) NIA
  • The Long Life Family Study (2004-2013) NIA
  • The CHS All Stars Study (Exceptional aging: 12 year trajectories to function 2004-2016) NIA
  • The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study (1996-2011) NIA
  • Prevention Research Center for Health Aging (2010-2014) CDC
• Co-Principal Investigator
  • University of Pittsburgh Clinical Center for the Osteoarthritis Institute (2002-2013) NIAMS
  • Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS 1988-) NHLBI
  • Peripheral Nerve Function Decline in an Aged Cohort (2007-2012)
  • Brain Anatomical Correlates of Mobility Control in Oldest Old (2007-2012)
• Other
  • Pittsburgh Older Americans Independence Center (Core Director) (2004-2014) NIA
  • Training in the Epidemiology of Aging (Director) (2008-2010) NIH/NIA

Education and Training

• University of Pittsburgh – B.S. Biology, 1978
• University of Pittsburgh – M.D. Medicine, 1982
• University of Pittsburgh – M.P.H. Public Health, 1987
• Presbyterian University Hospital – Internship & Residency, 1982-1985
• Presbyterian University Hospital – Fellowship Geriatric Medicine, 1985-1987

Selected Publications

1. Refereed Articles



1. Georgiopoulou VV, Kalogeropoulos A, Psaty BM, Rodondi N, Bauer DC, Butler AB, Koster A, Smith AL, Harris TB, Newman AB, Kritchevsky SB, Butler J; the Health ABC Study. Lung Function and Risk for Heart Failure Among Older Adults The Health ABC Study. Am J Med. 2011;124(4):334-341. PMCID:PMC3073738
2. Kim DH, Newman AB, Hajjar I, Strotmeyer ES, Klein R, Newton E, Sarnak MJ, Burke GL, Lipsitz LA. Retinal Microvascular Signs and Functional Loss in Older Persons: The Cardiovascular Health Study. Stroke. 2011;42(6):1589-1595. PMCID:PMC3127407
3. Newman AB, Glynn NW, Taylor CA, Sebastiani P, Perls TT, Mayeux R, Christensen K, Zmuda J, Barral S, Lee JH, Simonsick E, Walston J, Yashin A, Hadley E. Health and function of participants in the Long Life Family Study: A comparison with other cohorts. Aging (Albany NY). 2011;3(1):63-76. PMCID: PMC3047140
4. Lettre G, Palmer CD, Young T, Ejebe KG, Allayee H, Benjamin EJ, Bennett F, Bowden DW, Chakravarti A, Dreisbach A, Farlow DN, Folsom AR, Fornage M, Forrester T, Fox E, Haiman CA, Hartiala J, Harris TB, Hazan SL, Heckbert SR, Henderson BE, Hirschhorn JN, Keating BJ, Kritchevsky SB, Larkin E, Li M, Rudock ME, McKenzie CA, Meigs JB, Meng YA, Mosley TH, Newman AB, Newton-Cheh CH, Paltoo DN, Papanicolaou GJ, Patterson N, Post WS, Psaty BN, Qasim AN, QU L, Rader DJ, Redline S, Reilly MP, Reiner AP, Rich SS, Rotter JI, Liu Y, Shrader P, Siscovick DS, Tang WHW, Taylor HA Jr, Tracy RP, Vasan RS, Water KM, Wilks R, Wilson JG, Fabitz RR, Gabriel SB, Kathiresan S, Boerwinkle E. Genome-wide association study of coronary heart disease and its risk factors in 8,090 African Americans: The NHLBI CARe Project. PLoS Genetics. 2011;7(2):e1001300. PMCID: PMC3037413
5. Hajjar I, Quach L, Yang F, Chaves PHM, Newman AB, Mukamal K, Longstreth W Jr, Inzitari M, Lipzitz LA. Hypertension, white matter hyperintensities and concurrent impairments in mobility, cognition and mood: The Cardiovascular Health Study. Circulation. 2011;123(8):858-865. PMCID: PMC3081662
6. Rosano C, Sigurdsson S, Siggeirsdottir K, Phillips CL, Garcia M, Jonsson PV, Eiriksdottir G, Newman AB, Harris TB, van Buchem MA, Gudnason V, Launer LJ. Magnetization transfer imaging, white matter hyperintensities, brain atrophy and slower gait in older men and women. Neurobiol Aging. 2010;31(7):1197-204. PMCID: PMC2873052
7. Watson NL, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Youk AO, Boudreau RM, Mackey RH, Simonsick EM, Rosano C, Hardy SE, Windham BG, Harris TB, Najjar SS, Lakatta EG, Atkinson HH, Johnson KC, Bauer DC, Newman AB; Health ABC Study. Arterial stiffness and gait speed in older adults with and without peripheral arterial disease. Am J Hypertens. 2011;24(1):90-95. Erratum in: Am J Hypertens. 2011;24(2):248. Nemwan, Anne B [corrected to Newman, Anne B]. PMCID:PMC3290653
8. Alley DE, Koster A, Mackey D, Cawthon P, Ferrucci L, Simonsick EM, Yu B, Hardy S, Goodpaster B, Sarkisian C, Houston DK, Kritchevsky SB, Cummings S, Lee JS, Tylavsky FA, Newman A, Harris T; Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. Hospitalization and change in body composition and strength in a population-based cohort of older persons. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2010;58(11):2085-2091. PMCID: PMC3059115
9. Studenski S, Perera S, Patel K, Rosano C, Faulkner K, Inzitari M, Brach J, Chandler J, Cawthon P, Connor EB, Nevitt M, Visser M, Kritchevsky S, Bandinelli S, Harris T, Newman AB, Cauley J, Ferrucci L, Guralnik J. Gait speed and survival in older adults. JAMA. 2011;305(1):50-58. PMCID: PMC3080184.
10. Kaplan RC, Petersen AK, Chen MH, Teumer A, Glazer NL, Döring A, Lam CS, Friedrich N, Newman A, Müller M, Yang Q, Homuth G, Cappola A, Klopp N, Smith H, Ernst F, Psaty BM, Wichmann HE, Sawyer DB, Biffar R, Rotter JI, Gieger C, Sullivan LS, Völzke H, Rice K, Spyroglou A, Kroemer HK, Ida Chen YD, Manolopoulou J, Nauck M, Strickler HD, Goodarzi MO, Reincke M, Pollak MN, Bidlingmaier M, Vasan RS, Wallaschofski H. A genome-wide association study identifies novel loci associated with circulating IGF-I and IGFBP-3. Hum Mol Genet. 2011;20(6):1241-1251. PMCID: PMC3043664
11. Roumelioti ME, Buysse DJ, Sanders MH, Strollo P, Newman AB, Unruh ML. Sleep-disordered breathing and excessive daytime sleepiness in chronic kidney disease and hemodialysis. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011;6(5):986-994. PMCID: PMC3087794
12. Spencer KL, Olson LM, Schnetz-Boutaud N, Gallins P, Agarwal A, Iannaccone A, Kritchevsky SB, Garcia M, Nalls MA, Newman AB, Scott WK, Pericak-Vance MA, Haines JL. Using genetic variation and environmental risk factor data to identify individuals at high risk for age-related macular degeneration. PLoS One. 2011;6(3):e17784. PMCID: PMC3063776
13. Shastri S, Tighiouart H, Katz R, Rifkin DE, Fried LF, Shlipak MG, Newman AB, Sarnak MJ. Chronic Kidney Disease in Octogenarians. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2011;6(6):1410-1417. PMCID: PMC3109939
14. Sanders JL, Boudreau RM, Fried LP, Walston JD, Harris TB, Newman AB. Measurement of organ structure and function enhances understanding of the physiological basis of frailty: the Cardiovascular Health Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011;59(9):1581-1588. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03557.x PMCID: PMC3282048
15. O'Donovan A, Pantell MS, Puterman E, Dhabhar FS, Blackburn EH, Yaffe K, Cawthon RM, Opresko PL, Hsueh WC, Satterfield S, Newman AB, Ayonayon HN, Rubin SM, Harris TB, Epel ES; for the Health Aging and Body Composition Study. Cumulative Inflammatory Load Is Associated with Short Leukocyte Telomere Length in the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. PLoS One. 2011;6(5):e19687. PMCID: PMC3094351
16. Landau M, Kurella-Tamura M, Shlipak MG, Kanaya A, Strotmeyer E, Koster A, Satterfield S, Simsonick EM, Goodpaster B, Newman AB, Fried LF; Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. Correlates of insulin resistance in older individuals with and without kidney disease. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2011;26(9):2814-2819. PMCID: PMC3203409 [Available on 2012/9/1]
17. Madero M, Wassel CL, Peralta CA, Najjar SS, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Fried LF, de Boer IH, Shlipak MG, Newman AB, Hausman D, Sarnak MJ, Kritchevsky SB, Ix JH. Markers of Mineral Metabolism Are Not Associated With Aortic Pulse Wave Velocity in Community-Living Elderly Persons: The Health Aging and Body Composition Study. Am J Hypertens. 2011;24(7):755-761. doi: 10.1038/ajh.2011.43. PMCID: PMC3117915
18. Barral S, Cosentino S, Costa R, Matteini A, Christensen K, Andersen SL, Glynn NW, Newman AB, Mayeux R. Cognitive function in families with exceptional survival. Neurobiol Aging. 2012;33(3):619.e1-7. PMCID: PMC3126873 [Available on 2013/3/1]
19. Rossi AP, Watson NL, Newman AB, Harris TB, Kritchevsky SB, Bauer DC, Satterfield S, Goodpaster BH, Zamboni M. Effects of Body Composition and Adipose Tissue Distribution on Respiratory Function in Elderly Men and Women: The Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2011;66A(7):M801-M808. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glr058 PMCID: PMC3143349
20. Koster A, Ding J, Stenholm S, Caserotti P, Houston DK, Nicklas BJ, You T, Lee JS, Visser M, Newman AB, Schwartz AV, Cauley JA, Tylavsky FA, Goodpaster BH, Kritchevsky SB, Harris TB; for the Health ABC study. Does the Amount of Fat Mass Predict Age-Related Loss of Lean Mass, Muscle Strength, and Muscle Quality in Older Adults? J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2011;66A(8):M888-M895. PMCID:PMC3184893
21. Tranah GJ, Manini TM, Lohman KK, Nalls MA, Kritchevsky S, Newman AB, Harris TB, Miljkovic I, Biffi A, Cummings SR, Liu Y. Mitochondrial DNA variation in human metabolic rate and energy expenditure. Mitochondrion. 2011;11(6):855-861. PMID: 21586348. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mito.2011.04.005
22. Butler J, Kalogeropoulos AP, Georgiopoulou VV, Bibbins-Domingo K, Najjar SS, Sutton-Tyrrell KC, Harris TB, Kritchevsky SB, Lloyd-Jones DM, Newman AB, Psaty BM. Systolic blood pressure and incident heart failure in the elderly. The Cardiovascular Health Study and the Health, Ageing and Body Composition Study. Heart. 2011;97(16):1304-1311. PMID: 21636845. doi:10.1136/hrt.2011.225482
23. Morley JE, Abbatecola AM, Argiles JM, Baracos V, Bauer J, Bhasin S, Cederholm T, Coats AJ, Cummings SR, Evans WJ, Fearon K, Ferrucci L, Fielding RA, Guralnik JM, Harris TB, Inui A, Kalantar-Zadeh K, Kirwan BA, Mantovani G, Muscaritoli M, Newman AB, Rossi-Fanelli F, Rosano GM, Roubenoff R, Schambelan M, Sokol GH, Storer TW, Vellas B, von Haehling S, Yeh SS, Anker SD; Society on Sarcopenia, Cachexia and Wasting Disorders Trialist Workshop. Sarcopenia with limited mobility: an international consensus. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2011;12(6):403-409. PMID: 21640657 doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2011.04.014
24. Robare JF, Bayles CM, Newman AB, Williams K, Milas C, Boudreau R, McTigue K, Albert SM, Taylor C, Kuller LH. The "10 keys" to healthy aging: 24-month follow-up results from an innovative community-based prevention program. Health Educ Behav. 2011;38(4):379-388. PubMed PMID: 21652780 doi: 10.1177/1090198110379575
25. Kizer JR, Arnold AM, Jenny NS, Cushman M, Strotmeyer ES, Ives DG, Ding J, Kritchevsky SB, Chaves PH, Hirsch CH, Newman AB. Longitudinal changes in adiponectin and inflammatory markers and relation to survival in the oldest old: the Cardiovascular Health Study All Stars study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2011;66A(10):M1100-M1107. PMCID: PMC3172562 [Available on 2012/10/1]
26. Inzitari M, Arnold AM, Patel KV, Mercer LD, Karlamangla A, Ding J, Psaty BM, Williamson JD, Kuller LH, Newman AB. Subclinical vascular disease burden and risk for death and cardiovascular events in older community dwellers. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2011;66A(9):M986-M993. PMCID: PMC3202905 [Available on 2012/9/1]
27. van den Borst B, Koster A, Yu B, Gosker HR, Meibohm B, Bauer DC, Kritchevsky SB, Liu Y, Newman AB, Harris TB, Schols AM. Is age-related decline in lean mass and physical function accelerated by obstructive lung disease or smoking? Thorax. 2011;66(11):961-969. doi:10.1136/thoraxjnl-2011-200010 PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3285455
28. Mackey DC, Manini TM, Schoeller DA, Koster, A, Glynn NW, Goodpaster BH, Satterfield S, Newman AB, Harris TB, Cummings SR; the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study. Validation of an Armband to Measure Daily Energy Expenditure in Older Adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2011;66A(10):M1108-M1113. PMCID: PMC3172563 [Available on 2012/10/1]
29. Thorpe RJ Jr, Koster A, Kritchevsky SB, Newman AB, Harris T, Ayonayon HN, Perry S, Rooks RN, Simonsick EM; Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study. Race, socioeconomic resources, and late-life mobility and decline: findings from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2011;66A(10):M1114-M1123. PMCID: PMC3172564 [Available on 2012/10/1]
30. Watson NL, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Rosano C, Boudreau RM, Hardy SE, Simonsick EM, Najjar SS, Launer LJ, Yaffe K, Atkinson HH, Satterfield S, Newman AB. Arterial stiffness and cognitive decline in well-functioning older adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2011;66A(12):M1336-M1142. PMCID: PMC3210954 [Available on 2012/12/1]
31. Walter S, Atzmon G, Demerath EW, Garcia ME, Kaplan RC, Kumari M, Lunetta KL, Milaneschi Y, Tanaka T, Tranah GJ, Völker U, Yu L, Arnold A, Benjamin EJ, Biffar R, Buchman AS, Boerwinkle E, Couper D, De Jager PL, Evans DA, Harris TB, Hoffmann W, Hofman A, Karasik D, Kiel DP, Kocher T, Kuningas M, Launer LJ, Lohman KK, Lutsey PL, Mackenbach J, Marciante K, Psaty BM, Reiman EM, Rotter JI, Seshadri S, Shardell MD, Smith AV, van Duijn C, Walston J, Zillikens MC, Bandinelli S, Baumeister SE, Bennett DA, Ferrucci L, Gudnason V, Kivimaki M, Liu Y, Murabito JM, Newman AB, Tiemeier H, Franceschini N. A genome-wide association study of aging. Neurobiol Aging. 2011;32(11):2109.e15-28. PMCID: PMC3193030
32. Fielding RA, Rejeski WJ, Blair S, Church T, Espeland MA, Gill TM, Guralnik JM, Hsu FC, Katula J, King AC, Kritchevsky SB, McDermott MM, Miller ME, Nayfield S, Newman AB, Williamson JD, Bonds D, Romashkan S, Hadley E, Pahor M; LIFE Research Group. The Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders Study: design and methods. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2011;66A(11):M1226-M1237. PMCID:PMC3193523
33. Strotmeyer ES, Kamineni A, Cauley JA, Robbins JR, Fried LF, Siscovick DS, Harris TB, Newman AB; the Cardiovascular Health Study. Potential explanatory factors for higher incident hip fracture risk in older diabetic adults. Curr Gerontol Geriatr Res. 2011;2011:979270. PMCID: PMC3152969
34. Chaudhry SI, McAvay G, Ning Y, Allore HG, Newman AB, Gill TM. Risk factors for onset of disability among older persons newly diagnosed with heart failure: the cardiovascular health study. J Card Fail. 2011;17(9):764-770. PMCID: PMC3164529 [Available on 2012/9/1]
35. Tinetti ME, McAvay GJ, Chang SS, Newman AB, Fitzpatrick AL, Fried TR, Peduzzi PN. Contribution of Multiple Chronic Conditions to Universal Health Outcomes. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011;59(9):1686-1691. PMID: 21883118doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03573.x.
36. Tinetti ME, McAvay G, Chang SS, Ning Y, Newman AB, Fitzpatrick A, Fried TR, Harris TB, Nevitt MC, Satterfield S, Yaffe K, Peduzzi P. Effect of chronic disease-related symptoms and impairments on universal health outcomes in older adults. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011;59(9):1618-1627. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03576.x. Erratum in: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011;59(11):2196. PMCID: PMC3287052
37. Woodard GA, Mehta VG, Mackey RH, Tepper P, Kelsey SF, Newman AB, Sutton-Tyrrell K. C-Reactive Protein is Associated with Aortic Stiffness in a Cohort of African American and White Women Transitioning through Menopause. Menopause. 2011;18(12):1291-1297. PMCID: PMC3230700[Available on 2012/12/1]
38. Bis JC, Kavousi M, Franceschini N, Isaacs A, Abecasis GR, Schminke U, Post WS, Smith AV, Cupples LA, Markus HS, Schmidt R, Huffman JE, Lehtimäki T, Baumert J, Münzel T, Heckbert SR, Dehghan A, North K, Oostra B, Bevan S, Stoegerer EM, Hayward C, Raitakari O, Meisinger C, Schillert A, Sanna S, Völzke H, Cheng YC, Thorsson B, Fox CS, Rice K, Rivadeneira F, Nambi V, Halperin E, Petrovic KE, Peltonen L, Wichmann HE, Schnabel RB, Dörr M, Parsa A, Aspelund T, Demissie S, Kathiresan S, Reilly MP, Taylor K, Uitterlinden A, Couper DJ, Sitzer M, Kähönen M, Illig T, Wild PS, Orru M, Lüdemann J, Shuldiner AR, Eiriksdottir G, White CC, Rotter JI, Hofman A, Seissler J, Zeller T, Usala G, Ernst F, Launer LJ, D'Agostino RB Sr, O'Leary DH, Ballantyne C, Thiery J, Ziegler A, Lakatta EG, Chilukoti RK, Harris TB, Wolf PA, Psaty BM, Polak JF, Li X, Rathmann W, Uda M, Boerwinkle E, Klopp N, Schmidt H, Wilson JF, Viikari J, Koenig W, Blankenberg S, Newman AB, Witteman J, Heiss G, Duijn C, Scuteri A, Homuth G, Mitchell BD, Gudnason V, O'Donnell CJ; CARDIoGRAM Consortium. Meta-analysis of genome-wide association studies from the CHARGE consortium identifies common variants associated with carotid intima media thickness and plaque. Nat Genet. 2011;43(10):940-947. doi: 10.1038/ng.920. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3257519
39. Ix JH, Biggs ML, Kizer JR, Mukamal KJ, Djousse L, Zieman SJ, de Boer IH, Nelson TL, Newman AB, Criqui MH, Siscovick DS. Association of Body Mass Index with Peripheral Arterial Disease in Older Adults: The Cardiovascular Health Study. Am J Epidemiol. 2011;174(9):1036-1043. PMCID: PMC3243937 [Available on 2012/11/1]
40. Sanders JL, Fitzpatrick AL, Boudreau RM, Arnold AM, Aviv A, Kimura M, Fried LF, Harris TB, Newman AB. Leukocyte telomere length is associated with noninvasively measured age-related disease: The Cardiovascular Health Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2012;67A(4):M409-M416. PMCID: PMC3309872
41. Kuipers AL, Gundberg C, Kammerer CM, Dressen AS, Nestlerode CS, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Bunker CH, Newman AB, Zmuda JM. Genetic analysis of serum osteocalcin and bone mineral in multigenerational Afro-Caribbean families. Osteoporos Int. 2012;23(5):1521-1531. PubMed PMID: 21935688. doi: 10.1007/s00198-011-1763-2
42. Rosano C, Studenski SA, Aizenstein HJ, Boudreau RM, Longstreth WT Jr., Newman AB. Slower gait, slower information processing and smaller prefrontal area in older adults. Age Ageing. 2012;41(1):58-64. PMCID: PMC3234076 [Available on 2013/1/1]
43. Marsh AP, Rejeski WJ, Espeland MA, Miller ME, Church TS, Fielding RA, Gill TM, Guralnik JM, Newman AB, Pahor M; LIFE Study Investigators. Muscle strength and BMI as predictors of major mobility disability in the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders pilot (LIFE-P). J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2011;66A(12):M1376-M1383. PMCID:PMC3210962 [Available on 2012/12/1]
44. Venkatraman VK, Aizenstein HJ, Newman AB, Yaffe K, Harris T, Kritchevsky S, Ayonayon HN, Rosano C. Lower Digit Symbol Substitution Score in the Oldest Old is Related to Magnetization Transfer and Diffusion Tensor Imaging of the White Matter. Front Aging Neurosci. 2011;3:11. PMCID: PMC3180637
45. Marcum ZA, Perera S, Donohue JM, Boudreau RM, Newman AB, Ruby CM, Studenski SA, Kwoh CK, Simonsick EM, Bauer DC, Satterfield S, Hanlon JT; for the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. Analgesic Use for Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis in Community-Dwelling Elders. Pain Med. 2011;12(11):1628-1636. doi: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2011.01249.x. PMCID: PMC3221937 [Available on 2012/11/1]
46. Njajou OT, Cawthon RM, Blackburn EH, Harris TB, Li R, Sanders JL, Newman AB, Nalls M, Cummings SR, Hsueh WC. Shorter telomeres are associated with obesity and weight gain in the elderly. Int J Obes (Lond). 2011 In Press. doi: 10.1038/ijo.2011.196. PubMed PMID: 22005719.
47. Bentley AR, Kritchevsky SB, Harris TB, Holvoet P, Jensen RL, Newman AB, Lee JS, Yende S, Bauer D, Cassano PA; Health ABC Study. Dietary antioxidants and forced expiratory volume in 1 s decline: the Health, Aging and Body Composition study. Eur Respir J. 2012;39(4):979-984. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00190010
48. Vallejo AN, Hamel DL Jr, Mueller RG, Ives DG, Michel JJ, Boudreau RM, Newman AB. NK-like T cells and plasma cytokines, but not anti-viral serology, define immune fingerprints of resilience and mild disability in exceptional aging. PLoS One. 2011;6(10):e26558. PMCID: PMC3197651
49. Mitchell GF, Verwoert GC, Tarasov KV, Isaacs A, Smith AV, Yasmin, Rietzschel ER, Tanaka T, Liu Y, Parsa A, Najjar SS, O'Shaughnessy KM, Sigurdsson S, De Buyzere ML, Larson MG, Sie MP, Andrews JS, Post WS, Mattace-Raso FU, McEniery CM, Eiriksdottir G, Segers P, Vasan RS, van Rijn MJ, Howard TD, McArdle PF, Dehghan A, Jewell ES, Newhouse SJ, Bekaert S, Hamburg NM, Newman AB, Hofman A, Scuteri A, De Bacquer D, Arfan Ikram M, Psaty BM, Fuchsberger C, Olden M, Wain LV, Elliott P, Smith NL, Felix JF, Erdmann J, Vita JA, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Sijbrands EJ, Sanna S, Launer LJ, De Meyer T, Johnson AD, Schut AF, Herrington DM, Rivadeneira F, Uda M, Wilkinson IB, Aspelund T, Gillebert TC, Van Bortel L, Benjamin EJ, Oostra BA, Ding J, Gibson Q, Uitterlinden AG, Abecasis GR, Cockcroft JR, Gudnason V, De Backer GG, Ferrucci L, Harris TB, Shuldiner AR, van Duijn CM, Levy D, Lakatta EG, Witteman JC. Common Genetic Variation in the 3'-BCL11B Gene Desert Is Associated With Carotid-Femoral Pulse Wave Velocity and Excess Cardiovascular Disease Risk: The AortaGen Consortium. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2012;5(1):81-90. PMCID: PMC3288392 [Available on 2013/2/1]
50. Kim DH, Chaves PH, Newman AB, Klein R, Sarnak MJ, Newton E, Strotmeyer ES, Burke GL, Lipsitz LA. Retinal microvascular signs and disability in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Arch Ophthalmol. 2012;130(3):350-356. PubMed PMID: 22084159. doi:10.1001/archophthalmol.2011.1735
51. Houston DK, Tooze JA, Davis CC, Chaves PH, Hirsch CH, Robbins JA, Arnold AM, Newman AB, Kritchevsky SB. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and physical function in older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study All Stars. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011;59(10):1793-1801. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03601.x. PMCID: PMC3228270 [Available on 2012/10/1]
52. Gray SL, Boudreau RM, Newman AB, Studenski SA, Shorr RI, Bauer DC, Simonsick EM, Hanlon JT; for the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme Inhibitor and Statin Use and Incident Mobility Limitation in Community-Dwelling Older Adults: The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2011;59(12):2226-2232. PMID: 22092102. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03721.x
53. Ton TG, Jain S, Biggs ML, Thacker EL, Strotmeyer ES, Boudreau R, Newman AB, Longstreth WT Jr, Checkoway H. Markers of inflammation in prevalent and incident Parkinson's disease in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Parkinsonism Relat Disord. 2012;18(3):274-278. PMCID: PMC3288759 [Available on 2013/3/1]
54. O'Donnell CJ, Kavousi M, Smith AV, Kardia SL, Feitosa MF, Hwang SJ, Sun YV, Province MA, Aspelund T, Dehghan A, Hoffmann U, Bielak LF, Zhang Q, Eiriksdottir G, van Duijn CM, Fox CS, de Andrade M, Kraja AT, Sigurdsson S, Elias-Smale SE, Murabito JM, Launer LJ, van der Lugt A, Kathiresan S; the CARDIoGRAM Consortium, Krestin GP, Herrington DM, Howard TD, Liu Y, Post W, Mitchell BD, O'Connell JR, Shen H, Shuldiner AR, Altshuler D, Elosua R, Salomaa V, Schwartz SM, Siscovick DS, Voight BF, Bis JC, Glazer NL, Psaty BM, Boerwinkle E, Heiss G, Blankenberg S, Zeller T, Wild PS, Schnabel RB, Schillert A, Ziegler A, Münzel TF, White CC, Rotter JI, Nalls M, Oudkerk M, Johnson AD, Newman AB, Uitterlinden AG, Massaro JM, Cunningham J, Harris TB, Hofman A, Peyser PA, Borecki IB, Cupples LA, Gudnason V, Witteman JC. Genome-Wide Association Study for Coronary Artery Calcification With Follow-Up in Myocardial Infarction. Circulation. 2011;124(25):2855-2864. doi: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.110.974899. PMCID: NIHMS340656
55. Leishear K, Ferrucci L, Lauretani F, Boudreau RM, Studenski SA, Rosano C, Abbate R, Gori AM, Corsi AM, Di Iorio A, Guralnik JM, Bandinelli S, Newman AB, Strotmeyer ES. Vitamin B12 and homocysteine levels and 6-year change in peripheral nerve function and neurological signs. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2012;67A(5):M537-M543. PMCID: PMC3326240
56. Hirsch CH, Buzková P, Robbins JA, Patel KV, Newman AB. Predicting late-life disability and death by the rate of decline in physical performance measures. Age Ageing. 2012;41(2):155-161. PMCID: PMC3280678 [Available on 2013/3/1]
57. Thorpe RJ Jr, Koster A, Bosma H, Harris TB, Simonsick EM, van Eijk JT, Kempen GI, Newman AB, Satterfield S, Rubin SM, Kritchevsky SB; for the Health ABC Study. Racial Differences in Mortality in Older Adults: Factors Beyond Socioeconomic Status. Ann Behav Med. 2012;43(1):29-38. PMCID:NIHMS353173
58. Waring AC, Rodondi N, Harrison S, Kanaya AM, Simonsick EM, Miljkovic I, Satterfield S, Newman AB, Bauer DC; for the Health, Ageing, and Body Composition (Health ABC) Study. Thyroid function and prevalent and incident metabolic syndrome in older adults: the health, ageing and body composition study. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2012;76(6):911-918. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2011.04328.x. PMCID: PMC3334430
59. Murabito JM, White CC, Kavousi M, Sun YV, Feitosa MF, Nambi V, Lamina C, Schillert A, Coassin S, Bis JC, Broer L, Crawford DC, Franceschini N, Frikke-Schmidt R, Haun M, Holewijn S, Huffman JE, Hwang SJ, Kiechl S, Kollerits B, Montasser ME, Nolte IM, Rudock ME, Senft A, Teumer A, van der Harst P, Vitart V, Waite LL, Wood AR, Wassel CL, Absher DM, Allison MA, Amin N, Arnold A, Asselbergs FW, Aulchenko Y, Bandinelli S, Barbalic M, Boban M, Brown-Gentry K, Couper DJ, Criqui MH, Dehghan A, den Heijer M, Dieplinger B, Ding J, Dörr M, Espinola-Klein C, Felix SB, Ferrucci L, Folsom AR, Fraedrich G, Gibson Q, Goodloe R, Gunjaca G, Haltmayer M, Heiss G, Hofman A, Kieback A, Kiemeney LA, Kolcic I, Kullo IJ, Kritchevsky SB, Lackner KJ, Li X, Lieb W, Lohman K, Meisinger C, Melzer D, Mohler ER 3rd, Mudnic I, Mueller T, Navis G, Oberhollenzer F, Olin JW, O'Connell J, O'Donnell CJ, Palmas W, Penninx BW, Petersmann A, Polasek O, Psaty BM, Rantner B, Rice K, Rivadeneira F, Rotter JI, Seldenrijk A, Stadler M, Summerer M, Tanaka T, Tybjaerg-Hansen A, Uitterlinden AG, van Gilst WH, Vermeulen SH, Wild SH, Wild PS, Willeit J, Zeller T, Zemunik T, Zgaga L, Assimes TL, Blankenberg S, Boerwinkle E, Campbell H, Cooke JP, de Graaf J, Herrington D, Kardia SL, Mitchell BD, Murray A, Münzel T, Newman AB, Oostra BA, Rudan I, Shuldiner AR, Snieder H, van Duijn CM, Völker U, Wright AF, Wichmann HE, Wilson JF, Witteman JC, Liu Y, Hayward C, Borecki IB, Ziegler A, North KE, Cupples LA, Kronenberg F. Association between chromosome 9p21 variants and the ankle-brachial index identified by a meta-analysis of 21 genome-wide association studies. Circ Cardiovasc Genet. 2012;5(1):100-112. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3303225.
60. Conroy MB, Kwoh CK, Krishnan E, Nevitt MC, Boudreau R, Carbone LD, Chen H, Harris TB, Newman AB, Goodpaster BH; Health ABC Study. Muscle strength, mass, and quality in older men and women with knee osteoarthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2012;64(1):15-21. doi: 10.1002/acr.20588. PMCID: PMC3252211 [Available on 2013/1/1]
61. Stolk L, Perry JR, Chasman DI, He C, Mangino M, Sulem P, Barbalic M, Broer L, Byrne EM, Ernst F, Esko T, Franceschini N, Gudbjartsson DF, Hottenga JJ, Kraft P, McArdle PF, Porcu E, Shin SY, Smith AV, van Wingerden S, Zhai G, Zhuang WV, Albrecht E, Alizadeh BZ, Aspelund T, Bandinelli S, Lauc LB, Beckmann JS, Boban M, Boerwinkle E, Broekmans FJ, Burri A, Campbell H, Chanock SJ, Chen C, Cornelis MC, Corre T, Coviello AD, d'Adamo P, Davies G, de Faire U, de Geus EJ, Deary IJ, Dedoussis GV, Deloukas P, Ebrahim S, Eiriksdottir G, Emilsson V, Eriksson JG, Fauser BC, Ferreli L, Ferrucci L, Fischer K, Folsom AR, Garcia ME, Gasparini P, Gieger C, Glazer N, Grobbee DE, Hall P, Haller T, Hankinson SE, Hass M, Hayward C, Heath AC, Hofman A, Ingelsson E, Janssens AC, Johnson AD, Karasik D, Kardia SL, Keyzer J, Kiel DP, Kolcic I, Kutalik Z, Lahti J, Lai S, Laisk T, Laven JS, Lawlor DA, Liu J, Lopez LM, Louwers YV, Magnusson PK, Marongiu M, Martin NG, Klaric IM, Masciullo C, McKnight B, Medland SE, Melzer D, Mooser V, Navarro P, Newman AB, Nyholt DR, Onland-Moret NC, Palotie A, Paré G, Parker AN, Pedersen NL, Peeters PH, Pistis G, Plump AS, Polasek O, Pop VJ, Psaty BM, Räikkönen K, Rehnberg E, Rotter JI, Rudan I, Sala C, Salumets A, Scuteri A, Singleton A, Smith JA, Snieder H, Soranzo N, Stacey SN, Starr JM, Stathopoulou MG, Stirrups K, Stolk RP, Styrkarsdottir U, Sun YV, Tenesa A, Thorand B, Toniolo D, Tryggvadottir L, Tsui K, Ulivi S, van Dam RM, van der Schouw YT, van Gils CH, van Nierop P, Vink JM, Visscher PM, Voorhuis M, Waeber G, Wallaschofski H, Wichmann HE, Widen E, Wijnands-van Gent CJ, Willemsen G, Wilson JF, Wolffenbuttel BH, Wright AF, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Zemunik T, Zgaga L, Zillikens MC, Zygmunt M, Study TL, Arnold AM, Boomsma DI, Buring JE, Crisponi L, Demerath EW, Gudnason V, Harris TB, Hu FB, Hunter DJ, Launer LJ, Metspalu A, Montgomery GW, Oostra BA, Ridker PM, Sanna S, Schlessinger D, Spector TD, Stefansson K, Streeten EA, Thorsteinsdottir U, Uda M, Uitterlinden AG, van Duijn CM, Völzke H, Murray A, Murabito JM, Visser JA, Lunetta KL. Meta-analyses identify 13 loci associated with age at menopause and highlight DNA repair and immune pathways. Nat Genet. 2012;44(3):260-268. doi: 10.1038/ng.1051. PMCID: PMC3288642 [Available on 2012/7/22]
62. Brown MA, Goodwin JL, Silva GE, Behari A, Newman AB, Punjabi NM, Resnick HE, Robbins JA, Quan SF. The Impact of Sleep-Disordered Breathing on Body Mass Index (BMI): The Sleep Heart Health Study (SHHS). Southwest J Pulm Crit Care. 2011 8;3:159-168. PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3266949
63. Brach JS, Wert D, Vanswearingen JM, Newman AB, Studenski SA. Use of Stance Time Variability for Predicting Mobility Disability in Community-Dwelling Older Persons: A Prospective Study. J Geriatr Phys Ther. 2012. In Press. doi: 10.1519/JPT.0b013e318243e5f9. PMCID:PMC3349774 [Available on 2013/8/6]
64. Jenny NS, French B, Arnold AM, Strotmeyer ES, Cushman M, Chaves PH, Ding J, Fried LP, Kritchevsky SB, Rifkin DE, Sarnak MJ, Newman AB. Long-term Assessment of Inflammation and Healthy Aging in Late Life: The Cardiovascular Health Study All Stars. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2012. In Press. PMID: 22367431. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glr261
65. Bentley AR, Kritchevsky SB, Harris TB, Newman AB, Bauer DC, Meibohm B, Clark AG, Cassano PA; for the Health, Aging, Body Composition Study. Genetic variation in antioxidant enzymes and lung function. Free Radic Biol Med. 2012;52(9):1577-1583. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2012.02.025. PMCID: NIHMS366891
66. Cesari M, Kritchevsky SB, Nicklas B, Kanaya AM, Patrignani P, Tacconelli S, Tranah GJ, Tognoni G, Harris TB, Incalzi RA, Newman AB, Pahor M; for the Health ABC study. Oxidative Damage, Platelet Activation, and Inflammation to Predict Mobility Disability and Mortality in Older Persons: Results From the Health Aging and Body Composition Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2012;67A(6):M671-M676. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glr246. PMCID: PMC3348494
67. Walter S, Mackenbach J, Vokó Z, Lhachimi S, Ikram MA, Uitterlinden AG, Newman AB, Murabito JM, Garcia ME, Gudnason V, Tanaka T, Tranah GJ, Wallaschofski H, Kocher T, Launer LJ, Franceschini N, Schipper M, Hofman A, Tiemeier H. Genetic, Physiological, and Lifestyle Predictors of Mortality in the General Population. Am J Public Health. 2012;102(4):e3-e10. PMID: 22397355 doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2011.300596
68. Britton KA, Mukamal KJ, Ix JH, Siscovick DS, Newman AB, Deboer IH, Thacker EL, Biggs ML, Gaziano JM, Djoussé L. Insulin resistance and incident peripheral artery disease in the Cardiovascular Health Study. Vasc Med. 2012. In Press. PMID: 22402937 doi: 10.1177/1358863X11436195
69. Kaplan RC, Bùzková P, Cappola AR, Strickler HD, McGinn AP, Mercer LD, Arnold AM, Pollak MN, Newman AB. Decline in Circulating Insulin-Like Growth Factors and Mortality in Older Adults: Cardiovascular Health Study All-Stars Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2012;97(6):1970-1976. PMID: 22442270. doi: 10.1210/jc.2011-2967
70. Rodondi N, Locatelli I, Aujesky D, Butler J, Vittinghoff E, Simonsick E, Satterfield S, Newman AB, Wilson PW, Pletcher MJ, Bauer DC; Health ABC Study. Framingham risk score and alternatives for prediction of coronary heart disease in older adults. PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e34287. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0034287. PMCID: PMC3314613
71. Auer R, Bauer DC, Marques-Vidal P, Butler J, Min LJ, Cornuz J, Satterfield S, Newman AB, Vittinghoff E, Rodondi N; Health ABC Study. Association of major and minor ECG abnormalities with coronary heart disease events. JAMA. 2012;307(14):1497-1505. doi:10.1001/jama.2012.434
72. Metti AL, Cauley JA, Newman AB, Ayonayon HN, Barry LC, Kuller LM, Satterfield S, Simonsick EM, Yaffe K. Plasma Beta Amyloid Level and Depression in Older Adults. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2012 In Press PMID: 22499763. doi: 10.1093/gerona/gls093
73. Budhiraja P, Budhiraja R, Goodwin JL, Allen RP, Newman AB, Koo BB, Quan SF. Incidence of restless legs syndrome and its correlates. J Clin Sleep Med. 2012;8(2):119-124. http://dx.doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.1756. PMCID: PMC3311406.
74. Yenchek RH, Ix JH, Shlipak MG, Bauer DC, Rianon NJ, Kritchevsky SB, Harris TB, Newman AB, Cauley JA, Fried LF; for the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study. Bone Mineral Density and Fracture Risk in Older Individuals with CKD. Clin J Am Soc Nephrol. 2012 In Press. PMID: 22516286. doi: 10.2215/CJN.12871211
75. Collet TH, Gussekloo J, Bauer DC, den Elzen WP, Cappola AR, Balmer P, Iervasi G, Asvold BO, Sgarbi JA, Völzke H, Gencer B, Maciel RM, Molinaro S, Bremner A, Luben RN, Maisonneuve P, Cornuz J, Newman AB, Khaw KT, Westendorp RG, Franklyn JA, Vittinghoff E, Walsh JP, Rodondi N; for the Thyroid Studies Collaboration. Subclinical Hyperthyroidism and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease and Mortality. Arch Intern Med. 2012 In Press. PMID: 22529182. doi:10.1001/archinternmed.2012.1927
76. Agarwal S, Jacobs DR Jr, Vaidya D, Sibley CT, Jorgensen NW, Rotter JI, Chen YD, Liu Y, Andrews JS, Kritchevsky S, Goodpaster B, Kanaya A, Newman AB, Simonsick EM, Herrington DM. Metabolic Syndrome Derived from Principal Component Analysis and Incident Cardiovascular Events: The Multi Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA) and Health, Aging, and Body Composition (Health ABC). Cardiol Res Pract. 2012;2012:919425. doi: 10.1155/2012/919425. PMCID: PMC3318892.
77. Rosano C, Aizenstein HJ, Newman AB, Venkatraman V, Harris T, Ding J, Satterfield S, Yaffe K; For the Health ABC Study. Neuroimaging differences between older adults with maintained versus declining cognition over a 10-year period. Neuroimage. 2012;62(1):307-313. PMID: 22542701. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2012.04.033
78. Ellinor PT, Lunetta KL, Albert CM, Glazer NL, Ritchie MD, Smith AV, Arking DE, Müller-Nurasyid M, Krijthe BP, Lubitz SA, Bis JC, Chung MK, Dörr M, Ozaki K, Roberts JD, Smith JG, Pfeufer A, Sinner MF, Lohman K, Ding J, Smith NL, Smith JD, Rienstra M, Rice KM, Van Wagoner DR, Magnani JW, Wakili R, Clauss S, Rotter JI, Steinbeck G, Launer LJ, Davies RW, Borkovich M, Harris TB, Lin H, Völker U, Völzke H, Milan DJ, Hofman A, Boerwinkle E, Chen LY, Soliman EZ, Voight BF, Li G, Chakravarti A, Kubo M, Tedrow UB, Rose LM, Ridker PM, Conen D, Tsunoda T, Furukawa T, Sotoodehnia N, Xu S, Kamatani N, Levy D, Nakamura Y, Parvez B, Mahida S, Furie KL, Rosand J, Muhammad R, Psaty BM, Meitinger T, Perz S, Wichmann HE, Witteman JC, Kao WH, Kathiresan S, Roden DM, Uitterlinden AG, Rivadeneira F, McKnight B, Sjögren M, Newman AB, Liu Y, Gollob MH, Melander O, Tanaka T, Stricker BH, Felix SB, Alonso A, Darbar D, Barnard J, Chasman DI, Heckbert SR, Benjamin EJ, Gudnason V, Kääb S. Meta-analysis identifies six new susceptibility loci for atrial fibrillation. Nat Genet. 2012;44(6):670-675. doi: 10.1038/ng.2261. PMCID: PMC3366038.
79. Sanders JL, Boudreau RM, Penninx BW, Simonsick EM, Kritchevsky SB, Satterfield S, Harris TB, Bauer DC, Newman AB; for the Health ABC Study. Association of a Modified Physiologic Index With Mortality and Incident Disability: The Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2012. In Press. PMID: 22546961. doi: 10.1093/gerona/gls123
80. Fox CS, Liu Y, White CC, Feitosa M, Smith AV, Heard-Costa N, Lohman K; GIANT Consortium; MAGIC Consortium; GLGC Consortium, Johnson AD, Foster MC, Greenawalt DM, Griffin P, Ding J, Newman AB, Tylavsky F, Miljkovic I, Kritchevsky SB, Launer L, Garcia M, Eiriksdottir G, Carr JJ, Gudnason V, Harris TB, Cupples LA, Borecki IB. Genome-wide association for abdominal subcutaneous and visceral adipose reveals a novel locus for visceral fat in women. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(5):e1002695. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.1002695. PMCID: PMC3349734
81. Broer L, Demerath EW, Garcia ME, Homuth G, Kaplan RC, Lunetta KL, Tanaka T, Tranah GJ, Walter S, Arnold AM, Atzmon G, Harris TB, Hoffmann W, Karasik D, Kiel DP, Kocher T, Launer LJ, Lohman KK, Rotter JI, Tiemeier H, Uitterlinden AG, Wallaschofski H, Bandinelli S, Dörr M, Ferrucci L, Franceschini N, Gudnason V, Hofman A, Liu Y, Murabito JM, Newman AB, Oostra BA, Psaty BM, Smith AV, van Duijn CM. Association of heat shock proteins with all-cause mortality. Age (Dordr). 2012. In Press. PMID: 2255562. doi: 10.1007/s11357-012-9417-7
82. Tranah GJ, Lam ET, Katzman SM, Nalls MA, Zhao Y, Evans DS, Yokoyama JS, Pawlikowska L, Kwok PY, Mooney S, Kritchevsky S, Goodpaster BH, Newman AB, Harris TB, Manini TM, Cummings SR; For the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. Mitochondrial DNA sequence variation is associated with free-living activity energy expenditure in the elderly. Biochim Biophys Acta. 2012 In Press. PubMed PMID: 22659402. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bbabio.2012.05.012