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Selected 2006 NERI Publications

• Adams A., Buckingham C.D., Arber S., McKinlay J.B., Marceau L., and Link C. The influence of patient age on clinical decision-making about coronary heart disease in the USA and the UK. Ageing and Society. 2006; 26: 303-321.
• Arber S., McKinlay J.B.,  Adams A., Marceau L., Link C., and O’Donnell A. Patient
  characteristics and inequalities in doctors’ diagnostic and management strategies relating to CHD: A video-simulation experiment. Social Science and Medicine. 2006; 62(1): 103-15.
• Bellinger DC, Trachtenberg F, Barregard L, Tavares M, Cernichiari E, Daniel D, McKinlay SM.  Neuropsychological and Renal Effects of Dental Amalgam in Children. JAMA. 2007; 295(15):1775-1783, 2006.
• Berkowitz J, Picard M, , Harkness S, Sanborn TA, Hochman JS, Slater JN. Echocardiographic and Angiographic Correlations in Patients with Cardiogenic Shock Secondary to Acute Myocardial Infarction. American J Cardiol 2006; 98(8):1004-1008.
• Bieliauskas LA, Back-Madruga C, Lindsay KL, Snow KK, Kronfol Z, Lok AS, Padmanabhan L, Fontana RJ. Clinical relevance of cognitive scores in hepatitis C patients with advanced fibrosis. J Clin Exp Neuropsychol. 2006 Nov; 28(8):1346-61.
• Bonkovsky HL, Naishadham D, Lambrecht RW, Chung RT, Hoefs JC, Nash SR, Rogers TE, Banner BF, Sterling RK, Donovan JA, Fontana RJ, Di Bisceglie AM, Ghany MG, Morishima C, HALT-C Trial Group. Influence of iron and HFE mutations on severity and response to therapy during retreatment of advanced chronic hepatitis C. Gastroenterology. 2006 Nov; 131(5):1440-51.
• Bullock, Karen, Sarah A. McGraw.  A Community Capacity Enhancement Approach to Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening Among Older Women of Color.  Health and Social Work. 31 (1): 16-25, 2006. 
• Cowell AJ, Grabill TC, Foley EG, Miller K, Larson MJ. Trends in Number of Persons with Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders and Payments for their Services in Public and Private Sector Health Plans, Mental Health United States, 2004; 2006, Chapter 16, pp 149-180.
• Cox G, Sleeper L, Lowe A, Towbin J, Colan S, Orav EJ, Lurie P, Messere J, Wilkinson J, Lipshultz SE.  Factors Associated with Establishing a Causal Diagnosis in Children with Cardiomyopathy. Pediatrics. 2006;118;1519-1531.
• Derby CA, Zilbert S, Brambilla D, Morales KH, McKinlay JB.  Body mass index, waist circumference and waist to hip ratio and change in sex steroid hormones:  the Massachusetts Male Aging Study.  Clinical Endocrinology 2006;65:125-131.
• Everson GT, Hoefs JC, Seeff LB, Bonkovsky HL, Naishadham D, Shiffman ML, Kahn JA, Lok ASF, Di Bisceglie AM, Lee WM, Dienstag JL, Ghany MG, Morishima C, HALT-C Trial Group. Impact of disease severity on outcome of antiviral therapy for chronic hepatitis C: Lessons from the HALT-C Trial. Hepatology 2006 Dec; 44(6):1675-84.
• Farkouh ME, Ramanathan K, Aymong ED, Webb JG, Harkness SM, Sleeper LA, Hochman JS.  An Early Revascularization Strategy is Associated with a Survival Benefit for Diabetic Patients in Cardiogenic Shock After Acute Myocardial Infarction. Clinical Cardiology 2006; 29:204-10.
• Fontana RJ, Sanyal AJ, Mehta S, Doherty MC, Neuschwander-Tetri BA, Everson GT, Kahn JA, Malet PF, Sheikh MY, Chung RT, Ghany MG, Gretch DR, HALT-C Trial Group. Portal hypertensive gastropathy in chronic hepatitis C patients with bridging fibrosis and compensated cirrhosis: results from the HALT-C trial.  Am J Gastroenterol 2006; 101(5): 983-92.
• Goodman MS, Li Y, Bennett GG, Stoddard AM, Emmons KE. An evaluation of multiple behavioral risk factors for cancer in a working class, multi-ethnic population. Journal of Data Science. 2006; 4: 291-306.
• Halvas EK, Aldrovandi GM, Balfe P, Beck IA, Boltz VF, Frenkel LM, Hazelwood JD, Johnson VA, Kearney M, Kovacs A, Kuritzkes DR, Metzner KJ, Nissley DV, Nowicki M, Ziermann R,  Zhao Y, Jennings CL, Bremer J, Brambilla D, Mellors JW.  Blinded, Multicenter Comparison of Methods to Detect Low Frequency Drug-Resistant HIV-1 Variants.  J. Clin. Micro. 2006;44:2612-2614.
• Hochman JS, Sleeper LA, Webb JG, Dzavik V, Buller CE, Aylward P, Col J, White HD.  “Early Revascularization Improves Long-Term Survival for Cardiogenic Shock Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction.”  JAMA 2006; 295:2511-2515.
• Jeger RV, Harkness SM, Ramanathan K, Bulller CE, Pfisterer ME, Sleeper LA, Hochman JS. Emergency revascularization in patients with cardiogenic shock on admission:  A Report from the SHOCK Trial and Registry." European Heart Journal. 2006 27(6):664-670. Jan 19 epub.
• Kertesz SG, Larson MJ, Cheng DM, Tucker JA, Winter M, Mullins A, Saitz R, Samet JH. Need and Non-Need Factors Associated with Addiction Treatment Utilization within Cohort of Homeless and Housed, Medical Care, 2006; 44, 225-233.
• Krieger N, Waterman PD, Hartman C, Bates LM, Stoddard AM, Quinn MM, Sorensen G, Barbeau EM. Social hazards on the job: workplace abuse, sexual harassment and racial discrimination – A study of black, Latino and white low-income women and men workers in the United States. International Journal of Health Services. 2006; 36:51-85.
• Kuo H, Jones RN, Milberg W P, Tennstedt S, Talbot L, Morris JN, Lipsitz LA.  Cognitive function in normal-weight, overweight, and obese older adults: An analysis of the Advanced Cognitive Training for Independent and Vital Elderly cohort. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2007;54: 97-103.
• Kupelian V, Page ST, Araujo AB, Travison TG, Bremner WJ, McKinlay JB. Low sex hormone-binding globulin, total testosterone, and symptomatic androgen deficiency are associated with development of the metabolic syndrome in non-obese men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006;91(3):843-50.
• Kupelian V, Shabsigh R, Araujo AB, O'Donnell AB, McKinlay JB. Erectile dysfunction as a predictor of the metabolic syndrome in aging men: results from the Massachusetts Male Aging Study. J Urol 2006;176(1):222-6.
• Kupelian V, Shabsigh R, Travison TG, Page ST, Araujo AB, McKinlay JB. Is there a relationship between sex hormones and erectile dysfunction? Results from the Massachusetts Male Aging Study. J Urol 2006;176(6):2584-8.
• Kupelian V, Wei JT, O’Leary MP, Kusek JW, Litman HJ, Link CL, McKinlay JB. Prevalence of Lower Urinary Tract Symptoms (LUTS) and Effect on Quality of Life in a Racially and Ethnically Diverse Random Sample: the Boston Area Community Health (BACH) Survey. Archives of Internal Medicine. 2007;166(21):2381-87.
• Kwiatkowski JL, Granger S, Brambilla D, Brown RC, Adams RJ, for the STOP Study Investigators.  Elevated blood flow velocity in the anterior cerebral artery and stroke risk in sickle cell disease.  British Journal of Hematology 2006;134:333-339. 
• Larson MJ, Miller K, Fleming K. Antidepressant Medication Use in Private Insurance Health Plans, 2002. Psychiatric Services. 2006; 57(2):175.
• Larson MJ, Saitz R, Horton NJ, Lloyd-Travaglini C, Samet JH. Emergency Department and Hospital Utilization Among Alcohol and Drug-Dependent Detoxification Patients Without Primary Medical Care. Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse. 2006; 32:435-52.
• Lee MT, Piomelli S, Granger S, Miller ST, Harkness S, Brambilla D, and Adams RJ for the STOP Study Investigators. Stroke Prevention Trial in Sickle Cell Anemia (STOP): Extended Follow-Up and Final Results. Blood. 2006;108:847-852.
• Lezcano NE, Odo N, Kutlar A, Brambilla D, Adams RJ.  Regular Transfusion Lowers Plasma Free Hemoglobin in Children With Sickle-Cell Disease at Risk for Stroke. Stroke 2006;37:1424-6.
• Litman HJ, Bhasin S, Link CL, Araujo AB, McKinlay JB.  Serum androgen levels in black, Hispanic, and white men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 91(11):4326-34. Epub 2006 Aug 15.
• Mahony L, Sleeper LA, Anderson PAW, Gersony WM, McCrindle BW, Minich LL, Newburger JW, Saul JP, Vetter VL, Pearson GD. The Pediatric Heart Network:  A primer for the conduct of multicenter studies in patients with congenital and acquired heart disease.  Pediatr Cardiol 2006;27:191-8.
• McKinlay JB. Debate: Should we begin a large clinical trial of testosterone in men? "Not yet". J Men's Health Gender 2006;3(1):33-5. 
• McKinlay, JB, Link, CL, Arber, S, Marceau, L, O'Donnell, A, Adams, A, Lutfey, K. How do doctors in different countries manage the same patient? Results of a factorial experiment. Health Services Research. 2006; 41(6):2182-2200.
• Mohr BA, Bhasin S, Link CL, O'Donnell AB, McKinlay JB. The effect of changes in adiposity on testosterone levels in older men: longitudinal results from the Massachusetts Male Aging Study. Eur J Endocrinol 2006;155(3):443-52.
• Morishima C, Morgan TR, Everhart JE, Wright EC, Shiffman ML, Everson GT, Lindsay KL, Lok ASF, Bonkovsky HL, Di Bisceglie AM, Lee WM, Dienstag JL, Ghany MG, Gretch DR, HALT-C Trial Group. HCV RNA detection by TMA during the hepatitis C antiviral long-term treatment against cirrhosis (HALT-C) trial. Hepatology. 2006; 44(2): 360-7.
• Morishima C, Polyak SJ, Ray R, Doherty MC, Di Bisceglie AM, Malet PF, Bonkovsky HL, Sullivan DG, Gretch DR, Rothman AL, Koziel MJ, Lindsay KL, Hepatitis C Antiviral Long-Term Treatment against Cirrhosis Trial Group. Hepatitis C virus-specific immune responses and quasi-species variability at baseline are associated with nonresponse to antiviral therapy during advanced hepatitis C. J Infect Dis. 2006 Apr;193(7):931-40.
• O'Donnell AB, Travison TG, Harris SS, Tenover JL, McKinlay JB. Testosterone, dehydroepiandrosterone, and physical performance in older men: results from the Massachusetts Male Aging Study. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2006;91(2):425-31.
• Page ST, Kupelian V, Bremner WJ, McKinlay JB. The androgen receptor gene CAG repeat polymorphism does not predict increased risk of heart disease: longitudinal results from the Massachusetts Male Ageing Study. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2006;65(3):333-9.
• Paterson DS, Trachtenberg FL, Thompson EG, Belliveau RA, Darnall RA, Chadwick AE, Krous HF, Kinney HC. Multiple Abnormalities in the Brainstem Serotonergic System in the Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.JAMA. Nov 1;296(17):2124-32, 2006.
• Sanyal AJ, Fontana RJ, Di Bisceglie AM,  Everhart JE, Doherty MC, Everson GT, Donovan JA, Malet PF, Mehta S, Sheikh MY, Reid AE, Ghany MG, Gretch DR, HALT-C Trial Group. The prevalence and risk factors associated with esophageal varices in subjects with hepatitis C and advanced fibrosis. Gastrointest Endosc, 2006 Dec; 64(6):855-64.
• Sicard GA, Zwolak RM, Sidawy AN, White RA, Siami FS, for SVS Outcomes Committee. Endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair: Long-term outcome measures in patients at high risk for open surgery. J Vasc Surg. 2006;44:229-36.
• Sleeper LA, Anderson P, Hsu DT, Mahony L, McCrindle BW, Roth SJ, Saul JP, Williams RV, Geva T, Colan SD, Clark BJ.  Design of a large cross-sectional study to facilitate future clinical trials in children with the Fontan palliation. Amer Heart J. 2006; 152:427-433.
• Stark JR, Bertone-Johnson ER, Costanza ME, Stoddard AM. Factors associated with colorectal cancer risk perception: the role of polyps and family history. Health Education Research. 2006; 21:740-749.
• Towbin JA, Lowe AM, Sleeper LA, Orav EJ, Clunie S, Messere J, Colan SD, Gox GF, Lurie P, Hsu D, Canter C, Lipshultz SE.  Incidence, Causes and Outcomes of Dilated Cardiomyopathy in Children:  Findings from the Pediatric Cardiomyopathy Registry. JAMA. 2006; 296(15):1867-1876.
• Travison TG, Araujo AB, Wruck LM, Kupelian V, O'Donnell AB, McKinlay JB. Assessment of screening evaluations is not straightforward Comment on: "Comparison of screening questionnaires for the diagnosis of hypogonadism" [J.E. Morley, H.M. Perry III, R.T. Kevorkian, P. Patrick, Maturitas 53 (2006) 424-429]. Maturitas 2006;54(3):305-6; author reply 7-8.
• Travison TG, Morley JE, Araujo AB, O'Donnell AB, McKinlay JB. The relationship between libido and testosterone levels in aging men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006;91(7):2509-13.
• Vogiatzi MG, Macklin EA, Fung EB, Vichinsky E, Olivieri NF, Kwiatkowski J, Cohen A, Neufeld E, Giardina PJ. Prevalence of fractures among the Thalassemia syndromes in North America Bone. 2006 Apr; 38 (4): 571-5.
• Willis SL, Tennstedt SL, Marsiske M, Ball K, Elias J, Koepke KM, Morris JN, Rebok GW, Unverzagt FW, Stoddard AM, Wright E for the ACTIVE Study Group. Long-term effects of cognitive training on everyday functional outcomes in older adults. JAMA. 2006; 296: 2805-2814.
• Wolinsky F, Unverzagt F, Smith D, Jones R, Wright E, Tennstedt S.  Effects of ACTIVE cognitive training trial on clinically relevant declines in health-related quality of life.  Jnl of Gerontology: Social Sciences. 61B(5): S281-287, 2006.
• Wolinsky FD, Unverzagt FW, Smith DM, Jones R, Stoddard A, Tennstedt SL. The ACTIVE cognitive training trial and health-related quality of life: protection that lasts for 5 years. Journal of Gerontology. 2006; 61(12):1324-1329
• Yaggi HK, Araujo AB, McKinlay JB. Sleep duration as a risk factor for the development of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2006;29(3):657-61.
• Zijlstra GAR, Tennstedt SL, van Haastregt JCM, van Eijk  JThM,  Kempen GIJM. Reducing fear of falling and avoidance of activity in elderly persons: the development of a Dutch version of an American intervention. Patient Education and Counseling. 2006; 62: 200-227.