Research agenda for frailty in older adults: toward a better understanding of physiology and etiology: summary from the American Geriatrics Society/National Institute …

…, L Ferrucci, JM Guralnik, AB Newman… - Journal of the …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
… Anne Newman participated in organizing the meeting and contributing to the discussion
and to writing and critical revisions of the text. William Ershler participated in the conference, …

Aortic pulse wave velocity improves cardiovascular event prediction: an individual participant meta-analysis of prospective observational data from 17,635 subjects

…, GF Mitchell, SS Najjar, AB Newman… - Journal of the American …, 2014 - jacc.org
Objectives : The goal of this study was to determine whether aortic pulse wave velocity (aPWV)
improves prediction of cardiovascular disease (CVD) events beyond conventional risk …

Inflammatory markers in population studies of aging

T Singh, AB Newman - Ageing research reviews, 2011 - Elsevier
PURPOSE: To review findings from major epidemiologic studies regarding risk factors for and
consequences of elevated markers of inflammation in older adults. RESULTS: Most large, …

Frailty in older adults: evidence for a phenotype

…, CM Tangen, J Walston, AB Newman… - The Journals of …, 2001 - academic.oup.com
Background. Frailty is considered highly prevalent in old age and to confer high risk for falls,
disability, hospitalization, and mortality. Frailty has been considered synonymous with …

Gait speed and survival in older adults

…, S Kritchevsky, S Badinelli, T Harris, AB Newman… - Jama, 2011 - jamanetwork.com
Context Survival estimates help individualize goals of care for geriatric patients, but life tables
fail to account for the great variability in survival. Physical performance measures, such as …

Association of sleep-disordered breathing, sleep apnea, and hypertension in a large community-based study

…, JM Samet, S Redline, RB D'agostino, AB Newman… - Jama, 2000 - jamanetwork.com
ContextSleep-disordered breathing (SDB) and sleep apnea have been linked to hypertension
in previous studies, but most of these studies used surrogate information to define SDB (eg…

Sleep-disordered breathing and cardiovascular disease: cross-sectional results of the Sleep Heart Health Study

…, S Redline, ET Lee, AB Newman… - American journal of …, 2001 - atsjournals.org
Disordered breathing during sleep is associated with acute, unfavorable effects on
cardiovascular physiology, but few studies have examined its postulated association with …

The loss of skeletal muscle strength, mass, and quality in older adults: the health, aging and body composition study

…, FA Tylavsky, M Visser, AB Newman - The Journals of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Background. The loss of muscle mass is considered to be a major determinant of strength
loss in aging. However, large-scale longitudinal studies examining the association between …

Sarcopenia: an undiagnosed condition in older adults. Current consensus definition: prevalence, etiology, and consequences. International working group on …

…, WJ Evans, S Bhasin, JE Morley, AB Newman… - Journal of the American …, 2011 - Elsevier
Sarcopenia, the age-associated loss of skeletal muscle mass and function, has considerable
societal consequences for the development of frailty, disability, and health care planning. A …

Strength, but not muscle mass, is associated with mortality in the health, aging and body composition study cohort

AB Newman, V Kupelian, M Visser… - The Journals of …, 2006 - academic.oup.com
Background. Although muscle strength and mass are highly correlated, the relationship
between direct measures of low muscle mass (sarcopenia) and strength in association with …