Publications

Critical Determinants of Cognitive Aging and Dementia for Minority or Migrant Populations

Propensity Scores in Health Disparities Research: The Example of Cognitive Aging and the Hispanic Paradox. [link]. Katrina L Kezios, Scott C Zimmerman, Adina Zhang, Sebastian Calonico, Neal Jawadekar, M Maria Glymour, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

Associations of Religion Service Attendance with Cognitive Function in Midlife: Findings from the CARDIA Study [link] Isabel S Nelson, Katrina Kezios, Martine Elbejjani, Peiyi Lu, Kristine Yaffe, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

Associations between Cognitive Functioning and Mortality in a Population-Based Sample of Older Adults: Differences by Sex and Education [link] Tamar Adjoian Mezzaca, Leah V Dodds, Tatjana Rundek, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Michelle R Caunca, Joyce Gomes-Osman, David A Loewenstein, Neil Schneiderman, Tali Elfassy

Racial residential segregation in young adulthood and brain integrity in middle age: can we learn from small samples? [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Neal Jawadekar, Katrina Kezios, Michelle R Caunca, Tali Elfassy, Sebastian Calonico, Kiarri N Kershaw, Kristine Yaffe, Lenore Launer, Martine Elbejjani, Leslie Grasset, Jennifer Manly, Michelle C Odden, M Maria Glymour

Intergenerational educational mobility and type 2 diabetes in the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging [link] Lindsay Fernández-Rhodes, Julia B Ward, Chantel L Martin, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Jacqueline Torres, Penny Gordon-Larsen, Mary N Haan, Allison E Aiello

Estimating the effects of Mexico to US migration on elevated depressive symptoms: evidence from pooled cross-national cohorts [link] Audrey R Murchland, A Zeki Al Hazzouri, Lanyu Zhang, Tali Elfassy, Leslie Grasset, Alicia R Riley, Rebeca Wong, Mary N Haan, Richard N Jones, Jacqueline M Torres, M Maria Glymour

Quantifying lifecourse drivers of international migration: A cross-national analysis of Mexico and the US [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Lanyu Zhang, Audrey R Murchland, Leslie Grasset, Jacqueline M Torres, Richard N Jones, Rebeca Wong, M Maria Glymour

Association of racial residential segregation throughout young adulthood and cognitive performance in middle-aged participants in the CARDIA Study [link] Michelle R Caunca, Michelle C Odden, M Maria Glymour, Tali Elfassy, Kiarri N Kershaw, Stephen Sidney, Kristine Yaffe, Lenore Launer, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

Incidence of hypertension among US Hispanics/Latinos: the Hispanic community health study/study of Latinos, 2008 to 2017 [link] Tali Elfassy, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Jianwen Cai, Pedro L Baldoni, Maria M Llabre, Tatjana Rundek, Leopoldo Raij, James P Lash, Gregory A Talavera, Sylvia Wassertheil‐Smoller, Martha Daviglus, John N Booth III, Sheila F Castaneda, Melawhy Garcia, Neil Schneiderman

Racial discrimination in medical cre settings and opioid pain reliever misuse in a US cohort 1992 to 2015 [link] Samuel L Swift, M Maria Glymour, Tali Elfassy, Cora Lewis, Catarina I Kiefe, Stephen Sidney, Sebastian Calonico, Daniel Feaster, Zinzi Bailey, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

Daily intake of sodium and potassium among diverse US Hispanics/Latinos, the Hispanic community health study/study of Latinos [link] Tali Elfassy, Daniela Sotres-Alvarez, Linda Van Horn, Sonia Angell, Neil Schneiderman, Tatjana Rundek, Leopoldo Raij, Sylvia W Smoller, Yasmin Mossavar-Rahmani, Martha L Daviglus, David B Hanna, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

Relation of diabetes to cognitive function in Hispanics/Latinos of diverse backgrounds in the United States [link] Tali Elfassy, Allison E Aiello, Neil Schneiderman, Mary N Haan, Wassim Tarraf, Hector M González, Marc Gellman, Hermes J Florez, Jose A Luchsinger, Clinton B Wright, Ellen Grober, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

The association of parental and offspring educational attainment with systolic blood pressure, fasting blood glucose, and waist circumference in Latino adults [link] Jessica Cruz Whitley, Carmen A Peralta, Mary Haan, Allison E Aiello, Anne Lee, Julia Ward, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, John Neuhaus, Sally Moyce, Lenny López

Education, bilingualism, and cognitive trajectories: Sacramento Area Latino Aging Study (SALSA) [link] Dan Mungas, Dawnté R Early, M Maria Glymour, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Mary N Haan

Perceived walking speed, measured tandem walk, incident stroke, and mortality in older Latino adults: a prospective cohort study [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Elizabeth Rose Mayeda, Tali Elfassy, Anne Lee, Michelle C Odden, Divya Thekkethala, Clinton B Wright, Maria M Glymour, Mary N Haan

Influence of neighborhood socioeconomic position on the transition to type II diabetes in older Mexican Americans: the Sacramento Area Longitudinal Study on Aging [link] Lorena Garcia, Anne Lee, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, John M Neuhaus, Sally Moyce, Allison Aiello, Tali Elfassy, Mary N Haan

Associations of intergenerational education with metabolic health in US Latinos [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Mary N Haan, Whitney R Robinson, Penny Gordon‐Larsen, Lorena Garcia, Erin Clayton, Allison E Aiello

Impact of neighborhood socioeconomic position on prevalence of diabetes and pre-diabetes in older Latinos: the Sacramento area Latino Study on aging [link] Lorena Garcia, Anne Lee, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, John Neuhaus, Mollie Epstein, Mary Haan

Impact of acculturation on cardiovascular risk factors among elderly Mexican Americans [link] Lenny López, Carmen A Peralta, Anne Lee, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Mary N Haan

Reduced heart rate variability is associated with worse cognitive performance in elderly Mexican Americans [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Mary N Haan, Yingzi Deng, John Neuhaus, Kristine Yaffe

Life-course exposure to early socioeconomic environment, education in relation to late-life cognitive function among older Mexicans and Mexican Americans [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Mary N Haan, Sandro Galea, Allison E Aiello

Poverty, Financial Security and Cognitive Aging

Depressive symptoms mediate the relationship between sustained food insecurity and cognition: a causal mediation analysis [link] Peiyi Lu, Katrina Kezios, Kristine Yaffe, Soohyun Kim, Adina Zhang, Floriana H Milazzo, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

Racial Differences in Employment and Poverty Histories and Health in Older Age [link] Peiyi Lu, Katrina Kezios, Floriana Milazzo, Neal Jawadekar, Mack Shelley, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

History of Low Hourly Wage and All-Cause Mortality Among Middle-Aged Workers [link] Katrina L Kezios, Peiyi Lu, Sebastian Calonico, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

Association between supplemental nutrition assistance program use and memory decline: findings from the Health and Retirement Study [link] Peiyi Lu, Katrina Kezios, Jongseong Lee, Sebastian Calonico, Christopher Wimer, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

Association of low hourly wages in middle age with faster memory decline in older age: evidence from the health and retirement study [link] Katrina L Kezios, Adina Zhang, Soohyun Kim, Peiyi Lu, M Maria Glymour, Tali Elfassy, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

Association of negative financial shocks during the Great Recession with depressive symptoms and substance use in the USA: the CARDIA study [link] Samuel Longworth Swift, Tali Elfassy, Zinzi Bailey, Hermes Florez, Daniel J Feaster, Sebastian Calonico, Steve Sidney, Catarina I Kiefe, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

Work Hours and Cognitive Function: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis [link] Luenda E Charles, Desta Fekedulegn, Cecil M Burchfiel, Kaori Fujishiro, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Annette L Fitzpatrick, Stephen R Rapp

Relation between 20-year income volatility and brain health in midlife: The CARDIA study [link] Archana Singh-Manoux, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Leslie Grasset, M Glymour, Tali Elfassy, Samuel Swift, Kristine Yaffe

Sociodemographic disparities in long-term mortality among stroke survivors in the United States: the REGARDS study [link] Tali Elfassy, Leslie Grasset, M Maria Glymour, Samuel Swift, Lanyu Zhang, George Howard, Virginia J Howard, Matthew Flaherty, Tatjana Rundek, Theresa L Osypuk, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

Improving the epidemiological understanding of the dynamic relationship between life course financial well-being and health [link] Samuel L Swift, Zinzi Bailey, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

Association of income volatility with incident cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in a US cohort: 1990 to 2015 [link] Tali Elfassy, Samuel L Swift, M Maria Glymour, Sebastian Calonico, David R Jacobs Jr, Elizabeth R Mayeda, Kiarri N Kershaw, Catarina Kiefe, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

Association between sustained poverty and changes in body mass index, 1990-2015: the Coronary artery Risk Development in Young Adults Study [link] Tali Elfassy, M Maria Glymour, Kiarri N Kershaw, Mercedes Carnethon, Maria M Llabre, Cora E Lewis, Neil Schneiderman, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

Neighborhood socieconomic status and cross-sectional associations with obesity and urinary biomarkers of diet among New York City adults: the heart follow-up study [link] Tali Elfassy, S Yi Stella, Maria M Llabre, Neil Schneiderman, Marc Gellman, Hermes Florez, Guillermo Prado, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

Sustained economic hardship and cognitive function: The coronary artery risk development in young adults study [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Tali Elfassy, Stephen Sidney, David Jacobs, Kristine Yaffe

Lifetime socioeconomic position and functional decline in older Mexican Americans: Results from the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging [link] Adina Zeki Al-Hazzouri, Michelle Odden, Elizabeth R Mayeda, Allison E Aiello, John M Neuhaus, Mary N Haan

Causal Inference Methods in Aging and Health Disparities

Regression discontinuity design to evaluate the effect of statins on myocardial infarction in electronic health records [link] Michelle C Odden, Adina Zhang, Neal Jawadekar, Annabel Tan, Andrew E Moran, M Maria Glymour, Carol Brayne, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Sebastian Calonico

Practical Guide to Honest Causal Forests for Identifying Heterogeneous Treatment Effects [link] Neal Jawadekar, Katrina Kezios, Michelle C Odden, Jeanette A Stingone, Sebastian Calonico, Kara Rudolph, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

Statins and cognitive decline in the Cardiovascular Health Study: a comparison of different analytical approaches [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Neal Jawadekar, Leslie Grasset, Paulina Kaiser, Katrina Kezios, Sebastian Calonico, Maria Glymour, Calvin Hirsch, Alice M Arnold, Ravi Varadhan, Michelle C Odden

A comparison of regression discontinuity and propensity score matching to estimate the causal effects of statins using electronic health records [link] Michelle C Odden, Adina Zhang, Neal Jawadekar, Annabel Tan, Andrew E Moran, Soohyun Kim, M Maria Glymour, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Sebastian Calonico

Progress and Future Challenges in aging and diversity research in the United States [link] Paul Brewster, Lisa Barnes, Mary Haan, Julene K Johnson, Jennifer J Manly, Anna María Nápoles, Rachel A Whitmer, Luis Carvajal-Carmona, Dawnte Early, Sarah Farias, Elizabeth Rose Mayeda, Rebecca Melrose, Oanh L Meyer, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Ladson Hinton, Dan Mungas

Use of a pooled cohort to impute cardiovascular disease risk factors across the adult life course [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Eric Vittinghoff, Yiyi Zhang, Mark J Pletcher, Andrew E Moran, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Sherita H Golden, Kristine Yaffe

Can survival bias explain the age attenuation of racial inequalities in stroke incidence? A simulation study [link] Elizabeth Rose Mayeda, Hailey R Banack, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Jessica R Marden, Rachel A Whitmer, M Maria Glymour

Comparing methods to address bias in observational data: statin use and cardiovascular events in a US cohort [link] Paulina Kaiser, Alice M Arnold, David Benkeser, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Calvin H Hirsch, Bruce M Psaty, Michelle C Odden

Aging Research in Low- to Middle-Income Countries

Late-life learning and health: challenges, opportunities, and future directions [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Martine Elbejjani, Maya Abi Chahine, Ritu Sadana, Abla M Sibai

Awareness and attitudes towards advance care planning in primary care: role of demographic, socioeconomic and religiosity factors in a cross-sectional Lebanese study [link] Georges Assaf, Sarah Jawhar, Kamal Wahab, Rita El Hachem, Tanjeev Kaur, Maria Tanielian, Lea Feghali, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Martine Elbejjani

Gender differences in physical disability among older adults in underprivileged communities in Lebanon [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Abla Mehio Sibai, Monique Chaaya, Ziyad Mahfoud, Kathryn M Yount

Risk estimates for hip fracture from clinical and densitometric variables and impact of database selection in Lebanese subjects [link] Mohammad Badra, Abla Mehio-Sibai, Adina Zeki Al-Hazzouri, Hala Abou Naja, Ghassan Baliki, Mariana Salamoun, Nadim Afeiche, Omar Baddoura, Suhayl Bulos, Rachid Haidar, Suhayl Lakkis, Ramzi Musharrafieh, Afif Nsouli, Assaad Taha, Ahmad Tayim, Ghada El-Hajj Fuleihan

The injury severity score or the new injury severity score for predicting mortality, intensive care unit admission and length of hospital stay: Experience from a university hospital in a developing country [link] Hala Tamim, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Ziad Mahfoud, Maria Atoui, Souheil El-Chemaly

Cardiovascular Determinants of Cognitive Health

Diastolic Blood Pressure and Cognitive Functioning: Differences by Systolic Blood Pressure Among US Adults [link]. A Mathew, RA Mesa, L Nahodyl, J Tremblay, T Rundek, AZ Al Hazzouri, T Elfassy

Associations between 20-year lipid variability throughout young adulthood and midlife cognitive function and brain integrity [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Michelle R Caunca, Neal Jawadekar, Leslie Grasset, Tali Elfassy, Michelle C Odden, Chenkai Wu, Martine Elbejjani, Lenore Launer, Kristine Yaffe

Association between cumulative low-density lipoprotein cholesterol exposure during young adulthood and middle age and risk of cardiovascular events [link] Yiyi Zhang, Mark J Pletcher, Eric Vittinghoff, Autumn M Clemons, David R Jacobs, Norrina B Allen, Alvaro Alonso, Brandon K Bellows, Elizabeth C Oelsner, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Dhruv S Kazi, Sarah D De Ferranti, Andrew E Moran

Body mass index in early adulthood and dementia in late life: Findings from a pooled cohort [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Eric Vittinghoff, Tina Hoang, Sherita H Golden, Annette L Fitzpatrick, Adina Zhang, Leslie Grasset, Kristine Yaffe

Association between cumulative low-density lipoprotein cholesterol exposure during young adulthood and middle age and risk of cardiovascular events [link] Yiyi Zhang, Mark J Pletcher, Eric Vittinghoff, Autumn M Clemons, David R Jacobs, Norrina B Allen, Alvaro Alonso, Brandon K Bellows, Elizabeth C Oelsner, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Dhruv S Kazi, Sarah D De Ferranti, Andrew E Moran

Cardiovascular risk factors across the life course and cognitive decline: a pooled cohort study [link] Kristine Yaffe, Eric Vittinghoff, Tina Hoang, Karen Matthews, Sherita H Golden, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

Systolic blood pressure and cognition in the elderly: the northern manhattan study [link] Xiaoyan Sun, Chuanhui Dong, Bonnie E Levin, Michelle Caunca, Adina Zeki Al Hazzourie, Janet T DeRosa, Yaakov Stern, Ying Kuen Cheung, Mitchell SV Elkind, Tatjana Rundek, Clinton B Wright, Ralph L Sacco

Association of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol with cognitive function: findings from the PROspective Study of Pravastatin in the Elderly at Risk [link] Leslie Grasset, Roelof AJ Smit, Michelle R Caunca, Tali Elfassy, Michelle C Odden, Jeroen van der Grond, Mark A van Buchem, David J Stott, Naveed Sattar, Stella Trompet, J Wouter Jukema, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

Association of heart rate variability with cognitive performance: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis [link] Christopher L Schaich, Diego Malaver, Haiying Chen, Hossam A Shaltout, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, David M Herrington, Timothy M Hughes

Associations of blood pressure and cholesterol levels during young adulthood with later cardiovascular events [link] Yiyi Zhang, Eric Vittinghoff, Mark J Pletcher, Norrina B Allen, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Kristine Yaffe, Pallavi P Balte, Alvaro Alonso, Anne B Newman, Diane G Ives, Jamal S Rana, Donald Lloyd-Jones, Ramachandran S Vasan, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Holly C Gooding, Sarah D de Ferranti, Elizabeth C Oelsner, Andrew E Moran

Heart rate variability and cognitive function in middle-age adults: the coronary artery risk development in young adults [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Tali Elfassy, Mercedes R Carnethon, Donald M Lloyd-Jones, Kristine Yaffe

Associations of sodium and potassium with obesity measures among diverse US Hispanic/Latino adults: results from the Hispanic Community Health Study/Study of Latinos [link] Tali Elfassy, Yasmin Mossavar‐Rahmani, Linda Van Horn, Marc Gellman, Daniela Sotres‐Alvarez, Neil Schneiderman, Martha Daviglus, Jeannette M Beasley, Maria M Llabre, Pamela A Shaw, Guillermo Prado, Hermes Florez, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

Impacts of hypertension on cognitive function: a scientific statement from the American Heart Association [link] Costantino Iadecola, Kristine Yaffe, José Biller, Lisa C Bratzke, Frank M Faraci, Philip B Gorelick, Martha Gulati, Hooman Kamel, David S Knopman, Lenore J Launer, Jane S Saczynski, Sudha Seshadri, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri

American Heart Association Council on hypertension; council on clinical cardiovascular disease in the young; council on cardiovascular and stroke nursing [link] C Iadecola, K Yaffe, J Biller, LC Bratzke, FM Faraci, PB Gorelick, M Gulati, H Kamel, DS Knopman, LJ Launer, JS Saczynski, S Seshadri, A Zeki Al Hazzouri

Intima-media thickness and cognitive function in stroke-free middle-aged adults: findings from the coronary artery risk development in young adults study [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Eric Vittinghoff, Stephen Sidney, Jared P Reis, David R Jacobs Jr, Kristine Yaffe

Subclinical atherosclerotic calcification and cognitive functioning in middle-aged adults: the CARDIA Study [link] Jared P Reis, Lenore J Launer, James G Terry, Catherine M Loria, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Stephen Sidney, Kristine Yaffe, David R Jacobs Jr, Christopher T Whitlow, Na Zhu, J Jeffrey Carr

Cardiovascular Risk Score, Cognitive Decline, and Dementia in Older Mexican Americans: The Role of Sex and Education [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Mary N Haan, John M Neuhaus, Mark Pletcher, Carmen A Peralta, Lenny López, Eliseo J Pérez Stable

Pulse wave velocity and cognitive decline in elders [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Anne B Newman, Eleanor Simonsick, Kaycee M Sink, Kim Sutton Tyrrell, Nora Watson, Suzanne Satterfield, Tamara Harris, Kristine Yaffe

Arterial stiffness and cognitive function in the elderly [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Kristine Yaffe

Leptin, mild cognitive impairment, and dementia among elderly women [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Katie L Stone, Mary N Haan, Kristine Yaffe

Central Obseity, leptin, and cognitive decline: the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Mary N Haan, Rachel A Whitmer, Kristine Yaffe, John Neuhaus

Other Determinants of Health and Aging

Depressive symptoms imputed across the life course are associated with cognitive impairment and cognitive decline [link] Willa D Brenowitz, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Eric Vittinghoff, Sherita H Golden, Annette L Fitzpatrick, Kristine Yaffe

Results of the CARDIA study suggest that higher dietary potassium may be kidney protective [link]

Association of traumatic brain injury with dementia and memory decline in older adults in the United States [link]

Greater depressive symptoms, cognition, and markers of brain aging: Northern Manhattan Study [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Michelle R Caunca, Juan Carlos Nobrega, Tali Elfassy, Ying Kuen Cheung, Noam Alperin, Chuanhui Dong, Mitchell SV Elkind, Ralph L Sacco, Charles DeCarli, Clinton B Wright

Factors associated with ischemic stroke survival and recovery in older adults [link] Divya Thekkethala Winovich, William T Longstreth Jr, Alice M Arnold, Ravi Varadhan, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Mary Cushman, Anne B Newman, Michelle C Odden

Epidemiology and risk factors for dementia [link] Kristine Yaffe, A Al Hazzouri

Trajectories of function and biomarkers with age: CHS All Stars Study [link] Anne B Newman, Jason L Sanders, Jorge R Kizer, Robert M Boudreau, Michelle C Odden, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Alice M Arnold

Long-term cumulative depressive symptom burden and risk of cognitive decline and dementia among very old women [link] Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, Eric Vittinghoff, Amy Byers, Ken Covinsky, Dan Blazer, Susan Diem, Kristine E Ensrud, Kristine Yaffe

Association between chronic kidney disease detected using creatinine and cystatin C and death and cardiovascular events in elderly Mexican Americans: the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging (SALSA) [link] Carmen A Peralta, Anne Lee, Michelle C. Odden, Lenny Lopez, Adina Zeki Al Hazzouri, John Neuhaus, Mary N Haan

Transient-evoked otoacoustic emissions in a group of professional singers who have normal pure-tone hearing thresholds [link] Abdul-Latif Hamdan, Kim S Abouchacra, Adina G Zeki Al Hazzouri, Georges Zaytoun