Faculty Bio - Joseph M. Zmuda, PhD

Associate Professor of Epidemiology
Associate Professor of Human Genetics
Department of Epidemiology
A544 Crabtree Hall
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA 15261
Voice: 412-624-2970
E-mail:
zmudaj@edc.pitt.edu
Research Interests
- Genetic and molecular epidemiology of common complex diseases
- Osteoporosis
- Aging
Research Support
- Principal Investigator
- NIH- NIAMS (R01-AR049747) Epidemiology of Bone Loss in African Men.
- NIH - NIA (R01-AG033618) Wnt Genes and Skeletal Aging: From the Population to the Cell.
- Co-Investigator
- NIH-NIAMS (R01-AR035582; J.Cauley, PI); Study of Osteoporotic Fractures.
- NIH-NIAMS (R01-AR045654-08A1; J.Cauley, PI); Osteoporotic Fractures in Men.
Education & Training
- University of Rhode Island - B.S. Nutrition, 1989
- University of Rhode Island - M.S. Exercise Physiology, 1991
- University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health Epidemiology, M.P.H. - 1996, PhD - 2000
- Post-Doctoral Training
- PCR and Molecular Biology Workshop, Smith College, New England Biolabs, 2001
- University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, Cancer Epidemiology, Department of Epidemiology, Pittsburgh, PA, 2001-2003
- Genetic Analysis of Complex Human Diseases, Duke University Medical Center, Center for Human Genetics, Durham, NC, 2003
- Short Course in Statistical Genetics, University of Alabama Section on Statistical Genetics, Washington, DC, 2004
- Genomics and Genetic Epidemiology, Harvard Medical School, Department of Genetics and Center for Genetics and Genomics, Boston, MA, 2004
- Genomics in Biomedical Research, Programs for Genomic Applications, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2004.
Awards & Honors
| 1995-1996 |
United States Public Health Service Traineeship |
| 1997 |
National Osteoporosis Foundation Fellowship Award |
| 1997 |
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Quantitative Ultrasound Research Award (Finalist) |
| 1998 |
Judy S. Finkelstein Memorial Award |
| 2000 |
Outstanding Student Award, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh |
| 2000 |
Delta Omega National Honor Society |
| 2001 |
American Federation for Aging Research Award |
| 2003 |
Young Investigator Award, American Society for Bone and Mineral Research |
Selected Publications (from past 2 years)
*Yerges LM, Moffett SP, Wheeler VW, Cauley JA, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Ferrell RE, Zmuda JM. Functional Characterization of Genetic Variation in the Frizzled 1 (FZD1) Promoter and Association with Bone Phenotypes: More to the LRP5 Story? Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2009; 24(1):87-96. PMC2689083
Delmonico MJ, Zmuda JM, Harris TB, Manini T, Schwarz A, Li R, Roth SM, Hurley BF, Ferrell RE, Newman AB - For the Health ABC and MrOS Studies. Association of the ACTN3 Genotype and Physical Functioning with Age in Older Adults. The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 2008; 63(11):1227-34. PMC2728123
Cauley JA, Lui L-Y, Barnes D, Ensrud KE, Zmuda JM, Hillier TA, Hochberg MC, Schwartz AV, Yaffe K, Cummings SR, Newman AB. Successful Skeletal Aging: A Marker of Low Fracture Risk and Longevity. The Study of Osteoporotic Fractures (SOF). Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2009; 24(1):134-43. PMC2605163
Zmuda JM, Yerges LM, Kammerer CM, Cauley JA, Wang X, Nestlerode CS, Wheeler VW, Patrick AL, Bunker CH, Moffett SP, Ferrell RE. Association Analysis of WNT10B with Bone Mass and Structure among Individuals of African Ancestry. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2009; 24(3):437-47. PMC2659518
Farhat GN, Taioli E, Cauley JA, Zmuda JM, Orwoll E, Bauer DC, Wilt T, Hoffman A, Beer T, Shikany J, Daniels N, Chan J, Fink H, Barrett-Connor E, Parsons JK, Bunker CH. The Association of Bone Mineral Density with Prostate Cancer in the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention 2009; 18(1):148-54. PMC2651680
Eriksson A, Lorentzon M, Vandenput L, Labrie F, Lindersson M, Syvanen A-C, Orwoll E, Cummings S, Zmuda J, Ljunggren, Karlsson M, Mellstrom D, Ohlsson C. Genetic Variations in Sex Steroid-Related Genes as Predictors of Serum Estrogen Levels in Men. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2009; 94(3):1033-41. PMC2681277
Okobia MN, Bunker CH, Garte SJ, Zmuda JM, Ezeome E, Anyanwu SN, Uche EE, Osime U, Ojukwu J, Kuller LH, Ferrell RE, Taioli E. Cytochrome P450 1B1 Val432Leu Polymorphism and Breast Cancer Risk in Nigerian Women: A Case Control Study. Infectious Agents and Cancer 2009; Feb10;4 Suppl 1:s12. PMC2638457
Xiong DH, Liu, XG, Guo YF, Tan LJ, Wang L, Sha BY, Tang ZH, Pan F, Yang TL, Chen XD, Lei SF, Yerges LM, Zhu XZ, Wheeler VW, Patrick AL, Bunker CH, Guo Y, Yan H, Pei YF, Zhang YP, Levy S, Papasian CJ, Xiao P, Lundberg YW, Recker RR, Liu YZ, Liu YJ, Zmuda JM, Deng HW. Genome-wide Association and Follow-up Replication Studies Identified ADAMTS18 and TGFBR3 as Bone Mass Candidate Genes in Different Ethnic Groups. American Journal of Human Genetics 2009; 84(3):388-98. PMC2667986
Moffett SP, Dillon KA, Yerges LA, Goodrich LJ, Nestlerode C, Bunker C, Wheeler VW, Patrick A, Zmuda JM. Identification and Association Analysis of Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms in the Human Noggin (NOG) Gene and Osteoporosis Phenotypes. Bone 2009; 44(5):999-1002. NIHMS112885
Iuliano AD, Feingold E, Wahed AS, Kleiner DE, Belle SH, Conjeevaram HS, Zmuda J, Liang TJ, Yee LJ for the Virahep-C Study. Host Genetics, Steatosis and Insulin Resistance among African Americans and Caucasian Americans with Hepatitis C Virus Genotype-1 Infection. Intervirology 2009; 52(1):49-56. PMC2803674
Reich D, Nalls MA, Kao WHL, Akylbekova EL, Tandon A, Patterson N, Mullikin J, Hsueh WC, Cheng CY, Coresh J, Boerwinkle E, Li M, Waliszewska A, Neubauer J, Li R, Leak TS, Ekunwe L, Files JC, Hardy CL, Zmuda JM, Taylor HA, Ziv E, Harris TB, Wilson JG. Reduced Neutrophil Count in People of African Descent is Due to a Regulatory Variant in the Duffy Antigen Receptor for Chemokines gene. PLoS Genetics 2009 January; 5(1):e1000360. PMC2628742
*Sheu Y, Cauley JA, Wheeler VW, Patrick AL, Bunker CH, Kammerer CM, Zmuda JM. Natural History and Correlates of Hip BMD Loss with Aging in Men of African Ancestry: The Tobago Bone Health Study. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2009; 24(7):1290-8. PMC2697627
Okamura T, Sekikawa A, Kadowaki T, El-Saed A, Abbott RD, Curb JD, Edmundowicz D, Nakamura Y, Murata K, Kashiwagi A, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Evans RW, Zmuda JM, Maegawa H, Hozawa A, Mitsunami K, Nisio Y, Miljkovic-Gacic I, Horie M, Miyamastu N, Murakami Y, Kuller LH, Ueshima H. Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein, Coronary Calcium, and Intima-Media Thickness of the Carotid Artery in Middle-Age Japanese Men. American Journal of Cardiology 2009; 104(6):818-22. PMC2830799
*Miljkovic I, Li H, Yerges LM, Gordon CL, Goodpaster BH, Kuller LH, Nestlerode C, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Zmuda JM. Association of the CPT1B Gene with Skeletal Muscle Fat Infiltration in Afro-Caribbean Men. Obesity 2009; 17(7):1396-401. PMC2895554
Sanders JL, Cauley JA, Boudreau RM, Zmuda JM, Strotmeyer ES, Opresko PL, Hsueh W-C, Cawthon RM, Li R, Harris TB, Kritchevsky SB, Newman AB for the Health ABC Study. Leukocyte Telomere Length is not Associated with Bone Mineral Density, Osteoporosis, or Fracture in Older Adults: Results from the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2009; 24(9):1531-6. PMC2730927
*Kuipers A, Zhang Y, Cauley JA, Nestlerode CS, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Hoffman AR, Orwoll ES, Zmuda JM, for the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study Group. Association of a High Mobility Group Gene (HMGA2) Variant with Bone Mineral Density. Bone 2009; 45(2):295-300. PMC2795567
Cheng C-Y, Kao WHL, Patterson N, Tandon A, Haiman CA, Harris TB, Xing C, John EM, Ambrosone CB, Brancati FL, Coresh JF, Press MF, Parekh RS, Klag MJ, Meoni LA, Hsueh W-C, Fejerman L, Pawlikowska L, Freedman ML, Jandorf LH, Bandera EV, Ciupak GL, Nalls MA, Akylbekova EL, Orwoll ES, Leak TS, Miljkovic I, Li R, Ursin G, Bernstein L, Ardlie K, Taylor HA, Boerwinckle E, Zmuda JM, Henderson BE, Wilson JG, Reich D. Admixture mapping of 15,280 African Americans identifies obesity susceptibility loci on chromosomes 5 and X. PLoS Genetics 2009; 5(5):e1000490. PMC2679192
*Miljkovic I, Cauley JA, Petit MA, Ensrud KE, Strotmeyer E, Sheu Y, Gordon CL, Goodpaster BH, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Kuller LH, Faulkner KA, Zmuda JM for the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Research Group. Greater Adipose Tissue Infiltration in Skeletal Muscle among Older Men of African Ancestry. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2009;94(8):2735.42. PMC2730872
Cluett C, McDermott MM, Guralnik J, Ferrucci L, Bandinelli S, Miljkovic I, Zmuda JM, Li R, Tranah G, Harris T, Rice N, Henley W, Frayling TM, Murray A, Melzer D. The 9p2l Myocardial Infarction risk allele increases risk of Peripheral Artery Disease in older people. Circulation Cardiovascular Genetics. 2009; 2(4):347-53. PMC2777723
*Yerges LM, Klei L, Cauley JA, Roeder K, Kammerer CM, Moffett SP, Ensrud KE, Nestlerode CS, Marshall LM, Hoffman AR, Lewis C, Lang T, Barrett-Connor E, Ferrell RE, Orwoll ES, Zmuda JM for the MrOS Research Group. High-Density Association Study of 383 Candidate Genes for Volumetric Bone Density at the Femoral Neck and Lumbar Spine among Older Men. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2009; 24(12):2039-49. PMC2791518
*Sheu Y, Cauley JA, Bunker CH, Wheeler VW, Patrick AL, Gordon CL, Kammerer CM, Zmuda JM. Correlates of Trabecular and Cortical Volumetric Bone Mineral Density in Men of African Ancestry. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2009; 24(12):1960-8. PMC2791513
Ensrud KE, Taylor BC, Paudel M, Cauley JA, Cawthon PM, Cummings SR, Fink HA, Barrett-Connor E, Zmuda JM, Shikany JM, Orwoll ES for the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study Group. Circulating 25-hydroxyvitamin D Levels and Rate of Hip Bone Loss in Older Men: The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2009; 94(8):2773-80. PMC2730873
Kerkhof HJ, Lories RJ, Meulenbelt I, Jonsdottir I, Valdes AM, Arp P, Ingvarsson T, Jhamai M, Jonsson H, Stolk L, Thorleifsson G, Zhai G, Zhang F, Zhu Y, van der Breggen R, Carr A, Doherty M, Doherty S, Felson DT, Gonzalez A, Halldorsson BV, Hart DJ, Hauksson VB, Hofman A, Ioannidis JPA, Kloppenburg M, Lane NE, Loughlin J, Luyten FP, Nevitt MC, Parimi N, Pols HAP, van de Putte T, Rivadeneira F, Slagboom EP, Styrkársdóttir U, Tsezou A, Zmuda J, Spector TD, Stefansson K, Uitterlinden AG, van Meurs JBJ. A Genome-Wide Association Study Identifies a Locus on Chromosome 7q22 to Influence Susceptibility for Osteoarthritis. Arthritis & Rheumatism 2010;62(2):499-510. PMID: 20112360
Storti KL, Arena VC, Barmada MM, Bunker CH, Hanson RL, Laston SL, Yeh J-L, Zmuda JM, Howard BV, Kriska AM. Objectively Measured Physical Activity Levels in American Indian Adults. American Journal of Preventive Medicine 2009; 37(6):481-7. PMC2828819
*Goodrich LJ, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Miljkovic I, Nestlerode CS, Kuipers AL, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Zmuda JM. Molecular Variation in Neuropeptide Y and Bone Mineral Density among Men of African Ancestry. Calcified Tissue International 2009; 85(6): 507-13. NIHMS201400
*Yerges LM, Klei L, Cauley JA, Roeder K, Kammerer CM, Ensrud KE, Nestlerode CS, Lewis C, Lang T, Barrett-Connor E, Moffett SP, Hoffman AR, Ferrell RE, Orwoll ES, Zmuda JM for the MrOS Research Group. Candidate Gene Analysis of Femoral Neck Trabecular and Cortical Volumetric Bone Mineral Density in Older Men. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2010 Feb;25(2):330-8. PMC Journal - In Process
Petit M, Paudel ML, Taylor B, Hughes J, Strotmeyer ES, Schwartz AV, Cauley JA, Zmuda JM, Hoffman AR, Ensrud KE. Bone Mass and Strength in Older Men with Type 2 Diabetes: The Osteoporotic Fractures In Men Study. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2010 Feb;25(2):285-91. PMC Journal - In Process
Barbour KE, Zmuda JM, Boudreau R, Strotmeyer ES, Horwitz MJ, Evans RW, Gordon CL, Petit MA, Ensrud KE, Cauley JA for the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Research Group. Correlates of Trabecular and Coritcal Volumetric Bone Mineral Density at the Radius and Tibia of Older Men: The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2010; 25(5):1017-28. PMC Journal - In Process
Zhang Y, Kuipers AL, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Nestlerode CS, Jin Z, Wheeler VW, Patrick AL, Bunker CH, Zmuda JM. Functional and Association Analysis of Frizzled 1 (FZD1) Promoter Haplotypes with Femoral Neck Geometry. Bone 2010 Apr;46(4):1131-7. PMC2842476
Bodnar LM, Catov JM, Zmuda JM, Cooper ME, Parrott MS, Roberts JM, Marazita ML, Simhan HN. Maternal Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D Concentrations are Associated with Small-for-Gestational Age Births in White Women. Journal of Nutrition 2010 May;140(5):999-1006. PMC2855265
*Faulkner KA, Roth SM, Cauley JA, Stone K, Hillier TA, Ensrud KE, Hochberg M, Nevitt MC, Zmuda JM. Familial Resemblance and Shared Latent Familial Variance in Recurrent Fall-Risk in Older Women. Journal of Applied Physiology 2010 May;108(5):1142-7. PMC2867539
*Miljkovic I, Yerges LM, Kuller LH, Wang X, Kammerer CM, Nestlerode CS, Kuipers A, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Evans RW, Zmuda JM. Association Analysis of 33 Lipoprotein Candidate Genes in Multi-generational Families of African Ancestry. Journal of Lipid Research 2010; 51(7):1823-31. PMC2882746
Cousins JM, Petit MA, Paudel ML, Taylor BC, Hughes J, Cauley JA, Zmuda JM, Cawthon PM, Ensrud KE for The Osteoporotic Fractures In Men (Mros) Study Group. Muscle Power and Physical Activity are Associated with Bone Strength in Older Men: The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study. Bone 2010; 47(2):205-11. PMC3073372
Kostek MC, Devaney JM, Gordish-Dressman H, Harris TB, Thompson PD, Clarkson PM, Angelopoulos TJ, Gordon PM, Moyna NM, Pescatello LS, Visich PS, Zoeller RF, Seip RL, Garcia M, Li R, Zmuda JM, Delmonico MJ, Kanaya A, Hoffman EP. A polymorphism near IGF1 is associated with body composition and muscle function in women from the Health, Aging, and Body Composition Study. European Journal of Applied Physiology 2010; 110(2):315-24. PMC2928925
Rotman Y, Koh C, Zmuda JM, Kleiner DE, Sanyal AJ, Liang TJ. The Association of Genetic Variability in PNPLA3 with Histological Severity of Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease. Hepatology 2010; 52(3):894-903. PMC2932770
Andersson N, Strandberg L, Nilsson S, Adamovic S, Karlsson MK, Ljunggren Ö, Mellström D, Lane NE, Zmuda JM, Nielsen C, Orwoll E, Lorentzon M, Ohlsson C, Jansson J-O for the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Research Group. A Variant near the Interleukin-6 Gene Is Associated with Fat Mass in Caucasian Men. International Journal of Obesity (Lond). 2010; 34(6):1011-9. PMC2885503
Nam H-S, Shin M-H, Zmuda JM, Leung PC, Lau EMC, Barrett-Connor E, Orwoll ES, Cauley JA for the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Research Group. Race/Ethnic Differences in Bone Mineral Densities in Older Men. Osteoporosis International 2010 Dec; 21(12):2115-12. PMC2974925
*Yerges-Armstrong LM, Miljkovic I, Cauley JA, Sheu Y, Gordon CL, Wheeler VW, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Zmuda JM. Adipose Tissue and Volumetric Bone Mineral Density of Older Afro-Caribbean Men. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2010; 25(10):2221-8. PMC Journal - In Process
Cauley JA, Blackwell T, Salamone L, Zmuda JM, Bauer DC, Fullman RL, Ensrud KE, Stone KL, Lang TF, Barrett-Connor E and Orwoll ES. Correlates of Trabecular and Cortical Volumetric Bone Mineral Density (vBMD) at the Femoral Neck and Lumbar Spine: The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men Study. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2010; 25(9):1958-71. PMC Journal - In Process
Zmuda JM, Yerges LM, Moffett SP, Klei L, Kammerer CM, Roeder K, Cauley JA, Kuipers A, Ensrud KE, Nestlerode CS, Lewis C, Lang T, Barrett-Connor E, Hoffman AR, Ferrell RE, Orwoll ES for the MrOS Research Group. Genetic Analysis of Vertebral Trabecular Bone Density and Cross-Sectional Area in Older Men. Osteoporosis International 2011; 22(4):1079-90. PMC Journal - In Process
Sheu Y, Zmuda JM, Boudreau RM, Petit MA, Ensrud KE, Bauer DC, Gordon CL, Orwoll ES, Cauley JA. Bone Strength Measured by Peripheral Quantitative Computed Tomography and the Risk of Non-vertebral Fractures: The Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Study. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2011; 26(1):63-71. PMC Journal - In Process
Orwoll ES, Nielson CM, Labrie F, Barrett-Connor E, Cauley JA, Cummings SR, Ensrud K, Karlsson M, Lewis C, Patrick AL, Lunggren O, Mellström D, Stefanick M, Yoshimura N, Zmuda J, Leung PC, Lau E, Vandenput L, Ohlsson C. Geographical and Racial Variation in Serum Sex Steroid Levels in Older Men. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2010 Oct; 95(10):E151-60. PMC3050097
Beason TS, Bunker CH, Zmuda JM, Wilson JW, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Weissfeld JL. ADRB2 Gene Variants, DEXA Body Composition, and Hypertension in Tobago men of African Descent. Metabolism 2010 Aug 18; [Epub ahead of print]. NIHMS223011; PMC2992095
Barbour KE, Zmuda JM, Horwitz MJ, Strotmeyer ES, Boudreau R, Evans RW, Ensrud KE, Gordon CL, Petit MA, Patrick AL, Cauley JA. The Association between Serum 25-Hydroxyvitamin D and Indices of Bone Strength in Caucasian and African Ancestry Men. Osteoporosis International 2010 Nov 23; [Epub ahead of print]. PMC Journal - In Process.
Panoutsopoulou K, Southam L, Elliott KS, Rayner NW, Zhai G, Beazley C, Thorleifsson G, Arden NK, Carr A, Chapman K, Deloukas P, Doherty M, McCaskie A, Ollier WER, Ralston SH, Spector TD, Valdes AM, Wallis GA,Wilkinson JM, Arden E, Battley K, Blackburn H, Blanco FJ, Bumpstead S, Cupples LA, Day-Williams AG, Dixon K, Doherty SA, Esko T, Evangelou E, Felson D, Gomez-Reino JJ, Gonzalez A, Gordon A, Gwilliam R, Halldorsson BV, Hauksson BV, Hofman A, Hunt SSE, Ioannidis JPA, Ingvarsson T, Jonsdottir I, Jonsson H, Keen R, Kerkhof HJM, Kloppenburg MG, Koller N, Lakenberg N, Lane NE, Lee AT, Metspalu A, Meulenbelt I, Nevitt MC, O'Neill F, Parimi N, Potter SC, Rego-Perez I, Riancho JA, Sherburn K, Slagboom PE, Stefansson K, Styrkarsdottir U, Sumillera M, Swift D, Thorsteinsdottir U, Tsezou A, Uitterlinden AG, van Meurs JBJ, Watkins B, Wheeler M, Mitchell S, Zhu Y, Zmuda JM, arcOGEN Consortium, Zeggini E, Loughlin J. Insights Into the Genetic Architecture of Osteoarthritis from Stage 1 of the arcOGEN Study. Annals of Rheumatic Diseases 2011; 70(5):864-7. PMC3070286
*Sheu Y, Cauley JA, Wheeler VW, Ensrud KE, Patrick AL, Bunker CH, Orwoll ES, Zmuda JM for the Osteoporotic Fractures in Men (MrOS) Research Group. Age-Related Decline in Bone Density among Ethnically Diverse Older Men. Osteoporosis International 2011; 22(2):599-605. PMC Journal - In Process
Devaney JM, Gordish-Dressman H, Harmon BT, Bradbury MK, Devaney SA, Harris TB, Thompson PD, Clarkson PM, Price TB, Angelopoulos TJ, Gordon PM, Moyna NM, Pescatello LS, Visich PS, Zoeller RF, Seip RL, Seo J, Kim BH, Tosi LL, Garcia M, Li R, Zmuda JM, Delmonico MJ, Lindsay RS, Howard BV, Kraus WE, Hoffman EP. AKT1 Polymorphisms are Associated with Risk for Metabolic Syndrome. Human Genetics 2011; 129(2):129-39. PMC3020305
*Miljkovic I, Bodnar LM, Cauley JA, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Kuller LH, Zmuda JM. Vitamin D levels among Afro-Caribbean Men are higher than for African-American Men. Ethnicity and Disease (In Press).
Lanktree MB, Guo Y, Murtaza M, Glessner JT, Bailey SD, Onland-Moret NC, Lettre G, Ongen H, Rajagopalan R, Johnson T, Shen H, Nelson CP, Klopp N, Baumert J, Padmanabhan S, Pankratz N, Pankow JS, Shah S, Taylor K, Barnard J, Peters BJ, Maloney C, Lobmeyer MT, Stanton A, Zafarmand MH, Romaine SPR, Mehta A, van Iperen EPA, Gong Y, Price TS, Smith EN, Kim CE, Asselbergs FW, Atwood LD, Bailey KM, Bhatt D, Bauer F, Behr ER, Bhangale T, Boer JMA, Boehm BO, Bradfield JP, Brown M, Braund PS, Burton PR, Carty C, Chandrupatla HR, Chen W, Connell J, Dalgeorgou C, de Boer A, Drenos F, Elbers CC, Fang JC, Fox CS, Frackelton EC, Fuchs B, Gibson Q, Gieger C, Goel A, Grobbee DE, Hastie C, Howard PJ, Huang G-H, Johnson WC, Kleber MC, Kooperberg C, Ky B, LaCroix A, Lanken P, Lathrop M, Li M, Marshall V, Melander O, Mentch FD, Meyer N, Monda KL, Montpetit A, Murugesan G, Nakayama K, Nondahl D, Onipinla A, Rafelt S, Newhouse SJ, Otieno FG, Patel S, Putt ME, Rodriguez S, Safa RN, Sawyer DB, Schreiner PJ, Srinivasan SR, Sweitzer NK, Thomas KA, Thorand B, Tischfield S, Tobin M, Tomaszweski M, Verschuren WMM, Wallace C, Winkelmann B, Zhang H, Zheng D, Zhang L, Zmuda JM, Clarke R, Balmforth AJ, Danesh J, Day IN, Schork NJ, de Bakker PIW, Delles C, Duggan D, Hingorami AD, Hirschhorn JN, Hofker MH, Humphries SE, Kivimaki M, Lawlor DA, Kottke-Marchant K, Mega JL, Mitchell BD, Morrow DA, Palmen J, Redline S, Shields DC, Shuldiner AR, Sleiman PM, Smith GD, Farrall M, Jamshidi Y, Christiani DC, Hall AS, Doevendans PA, Christie J, Berenson GS, Murray SS, Illig T, Dorn II GW, Cappola TP, Boerwinkle E, Sever P, Rader DJ, Reilly MP, Caulfield M, Talmud PJ, Topol E, Engert JC, Wang K, Dominiczak An, Hamsten A, Silverstein RL, Lange LA, Sabatine MS, Wijmenga C, Trip M, Saleheen D, Peden JF, Cruickshanks KJ, Hilse A, O'Connell JR, Klungel OH, Maitland-van der Zee AH, Schadt EE, Johnson JA, Jarvik GP, Papanicolaou GJ, Watkins H on behalf of PROCARDIS, Grant SFA, Munroe PB, North KE, Samani NJ, Koenig W, Gaunt TR, Anand SS, van der Schouw YT, Kumari M on behalf of the Whitehall II Study and the WHII 50K Group, Soranzo N, FitzGerald GA, Reiner A, Hegele RA, Hakonarson H, Keating BJ. Meta-Analysis of Dense Gene-Centric Association Studies Reveals Common and Uncommon Variants Associated with Height. American Journal of Human Genetics 2011; 88(1):6-18. PMC3014369
Okobia MN, Zmuda JM, Ferrell RE, Patrick AL, Bunker CH. Chromosome 8q24 Variants are Associated with Prostate Cancer Risk in a High Risk Population of African Ancestry. The Prostate 2011 Jan 12 [Epub ahead of print].
*Miljkovic I, Cauley JA, Dressen AS, Gordon CL, Goodpaster BH, Kuller LH, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Orwoll ES, Zmuda JM. Bioactive Androgens and Glucuronidated Androgen Metabolites are Associated with Skeletal Muscle Fat Distribution among Older Black Men. Metabolism 2011 Feb 24 [Epub ahead of print].
Rariy CM, Ratcliffe SJ, Weinstein R, Bhasin S, Blackman MR, Cauley JA, Robbins J, Zmuda JM, Harris T, Fried LP, Cappola AR. Higher Serum Free Testosterone Concentration in Older Women is Associated with Greater Bone Mineral Density, Lean Body Mass and Total Fat Mass: The Cardiovascular Health Study. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2011 96(4):989-96. PMC3070250
Barbour KE, Zmuda JM, Boudreau R, Strotmeyer ES, Horwitz MJ, Evans RW, Kanaya AM, Harris TB, Bauer DC, Cauley JA. Adipokines and the Risk of Fracture in Older Adults. Journal of Bone and Mineral Research 2011 Feb 10 [Epub ahead of print].
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 EC. Health and Function of Participants in the Long Life Family Study: A Comparison With Other Cohorts. Aging (Albany, NY) 2011; 3(1)63-76. PMC3047140
Manini TM, Patel KV, Bauer DC, Ziv E, Schoeller DA, Mackey DC, Li R, Newman AB, Nalls M, Zmuda JM, Harris TB for the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study. European Ancestry and Resting Metabolic Rate. European Journal of Clinical Nutritition (In Press).
Swarbrick MM, Evans DS, Valle MI, Favre H, Wu S-H, Njajou OT, Li R, Zmuda JM, Miljkovic-Gacic I, Harris TB, Kwok P-Y, Vaisse C, Hsueh W-C. Replication and Extension of Association between Common Genetic variants in SIM1 and Human adiposity. Obesity (In Press).
*Kuipers AL, Gundberg C, Kammerer CM, Dressen AS, Nestlerode CS, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Bunker CH, Newman AB, Zmuda JM. Heritability and Genome-Wide Linkage Analysis of Serum Osteocalcin in Multigenerational Afro-Caribbean Families. Osteoporosis International (In Press).
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