The Epidemiology of Aging

1. The Demography of Aging
Jane A. Cauley

2. Conducting Case-Control and Cohort Studies in Older Adults
Robert B. Wallace

3. Study Design: Randomized Controlled Trials
Marco Pahor, Matteo Cesari

4. Target Populations, Recruitment, Retention, and Optimal Testing Methods: Methodological Issues for Studies in the Epidemiology of Aging
Elsa S. Strotmeyer, Rachel E. Ward

5. Nursing Home Research
Susan Hardy

6. Use of Proxies and Informants
Ann L. Gruber-Baldini, Michelle Shardell, Kelly D. Lloyd, Jay Magaziner

7. Assessing Functional Status and Disability in Epidemiologic Studies
Jack M. Guralnik, Kushang Patel, Luigi Ferrucci

8. Comorbidity and Multimorbidity
Anne B. Newman, Anne B. Newman, Anne B. Newman

9. Measurement of Social Factors in Aging Research
Lisa Fredman, Jennifer Lyons

10. Lifecourse Epidemiology and Aging
Mark Edwards, Elaine Dennison, Avan Aihie Sayer, Cyrus Cooper

11. Using Epidemiology to Inform Community Health Programs and Policy
Steven M. Albert, Julie Donohue

12. Understanding the Aging Process Using Epidemiologic Approaches
Jason L. Sanders, Robert M. Boudreau, Anne B. Newman, Anne B. Newman, Anne B. Newman

13. Genetics of Human Longevity and Healthy Aging
Joanne M. Murabito, Kathryn L. Lunetta

14. Aging, Infection and Immunity
Sachin S. Kale, Namita Ahuja, Sachin Yende

15. Nutritional Epidemiology in Aging
Stephen B. Kritchevsky, Denise K. Houston

16. Body Composition and Aging
Marjolein Visser, Tamara B. Harris

17. Epidemiology of Falls and Mobility Disorders
Katherine Ritchey, Stephanie Studenski

18. Medication Use in Older Adults
Zachary A. Marcum, Emily P. Peron, Joseph T. Hanlon

19. Visual Impairment
Barbara E. K. Klein, Ronald Klein

20. Age-Related Hearing Loss
Elizabeth Purchase Helzner

21. Oral Health and the Epidemiology of Oral Disease in Older Adults
Robert J. Weyant

22. Epidemiology of Cancer and Aging
Kerri M. Clough-Gorr, Rebecca A. Silliman

23. The Epidemiology of Coronary Artery Disease in Older Adults
Anne B. Newman, Anne B. Newman, Anne B. Newman

24. Asthma and COPD
Paul Enright, Carlos A. Vaz Fragoso

25. The Pre-Diabetic, Insulin-Resistant State
Joshua Barzilay

26. The Impact of Diabetes in Older Adults
Joshua Barzilay

27. Chronic Kidney Disease
Stacy Andersen, Linda Fried

28. Osteoporosis
Jane A. Cauley

29. Epidemiology of Osteoarthritis
C. Kent Kwoh

30. Stroke Epidemiology and Prevention
Lewis H. Kuller

31. Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
Deborah Barnes, Oscar Lopez, Kristine Yaffe

32. Depression and Other Common Mental Health Disorders in Old Age
Brenda W. J. H. Penninx, Hannie C. Comijs

Nyckelord: Biomedicine, Biomedicine general, Epidemiology, Aging