The Epidemiology of Aging

Forward – Anne B. Newman, MD, MPH, Jane A. Cauley, DrPH
Section 1. Methods
1. The Demography of Aging – Jane A. Cauley, DrPH
2. Conducting Case-Control and Cohort Studies in Older Adults – Robert B. Wallace, MD, MSc
3. Study Design: Randomized Controlled Trials – Marco Pahor, MD, Matteo Cesari, MD, PhD
4. Target populations, recruitment, retention, and optimal testing methods: Methodological issues for studies in the epidemiology of aging - Elsa S. Strotmeyer, PhD, MPH, Rachel E. Ward, MPH
5. Nursing Home Research – Susan Hardy, MD, PhD
6. Use of proxies and informants - Ann L. Gruber-Baldini, PhD, Michelle Shardell, PhD, Kelly D. Lloyd, PhD, Jay Magaziner, PhD, MSHyg
7. Assessing Functional Status and Disability in Epidemiologic Studies - Jack M. Guralnik, MD, PhD, Kushang V. Patel, PhD, Luigi Ferrucci, MD, PhD
8. Comorbidity and Multimorbidity - Anne B. Newman, MD, MPH
9. Measurement of Social Factors in Aging Research - Lisa Fredman, PhD, Jennifer Lyons, MPH
10. Lifecourse Epidemiology and Aging - Mark Edwards, MRCP , Elaine Dennison, PhD, FRCP, Avan Aihie Sayer, PhD, FRCP, Cyrus Cooper, FMedSci
11. Using Epidemiology to Inform Community Health Programs and Policy - Steven M. Albert, PhD, Julie Donohue, PhD
Section 2. Aging, Geriatric Syndromes and Common Conditions
12. Understanding the aging process using epidemiologic approaches - Jason L. Sanders, PhD, Robert M. Boudreau, PhD, Anne B. Newman, MD, MPH
13. Genetics of Human Longevity and Healthy Aging - Joanne M. Murabito, MD ScM, Kathryn L. Lunetta, PhD
14. Aging, Infection and Immunity, Sachin S. Kale, MD, Namita Ahuja, MD, Sachin Yende, MD MS
15. Nutritional Epidemiology in Aging - Stephen B. Kritchevsky, PhD, Denise K. Houston, PhD, RD
16. Body composition and aging - Marjolein Visser, PhD , Tamara B. Harris, MD, MS
17. Epidemiology of Falls and Mobility Disorders - Katherine Ritchey DO, Stephanie Studenski MD MPH
18. Medication Use in Older Adults - Zachary A. Marcum, PharmD, MSc, Emily P. Peron, PharmD, Joseph T. Hanlon, PharmD, MS
19. Visual Impairment - Barbara E. K. Klein, MD, MPH and Ronald Klein, MD, MPH
20. Age-Related Hearing Loss - Elizabeth Purchase Helzner, PhD
21. Oral Health and the Epidemiology of Oral Disease in Older Adults - Robert J. Weyant, DMD, DrPH
22. Epidemiology of Cancer and Aging - Kerri M. Clough-Gorr, DSc, MPH, Rebecca A. Silliman, MD, PhD
23. The Epidemiology of Coronary Artery Disease in Older Adults - Anne B. Newman, MD, MPH
24. Asthma and COPD - Paul Enright, MD, Carlos A. Vaz Fragoso, MD
25. The Impact of Diabetes in Older Adults - Joshua Barzilay, MD
26. The Pre-Diabetic, Insulin-Resistant State - Joshua Barzilay, MD
27. Chronic Kidney Disease - Stacy Andersen, MD, PhD, Linda Fried, MD, MPH
28. Osteoporosis - Jane A. Cauley, DrPH
29. Epidemiology of Osteoarthritis - C. Kent Kwoh, MD, MPH
30. Stroke Epidemiology and Prevention - Lewis H. Kuller, MD, DrPH
31. Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease - Deborah Barnes, PhD, MPH, Oscar Lopez, MD, Kristine Yaffe, MD
32. Depression and other common mental health disorders in old age - Brenda WJH Penninx, PhD, Hannie C Comijs, PhD
Index.