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Acevedo-Fontánez AI, Cvejkus RK, Zmuda JM, Kuipers AL, Barinas-Mitchell E, Sekikawa A, Wheeler V, Rosano C, Miljkovic I. Skeletal muscle adiposity is a novel risk factor for poor cognition in African Caribbean women. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2023 Sep;31(9):2398-2406. doi: 10.1002/oby.23816. Epub 2023 Jul 20. PubMed PMID: 37475604; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10680092.
Thomas CE, Adibi JJ, Kuipers AL, Diergaarde B, Luu HN, Jin A, Koh WP, Gao YT, Adams-Haduch J, Wang R, Lokshin A, Behari J, Yuan JM. Soluble CD137 and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma: nested case-control studies in cohorts in Shanghai and Singapore. Br J Cancer. 2023 Jun;128(11):2081-2088. doi: 10.1038/s41416-023-02223-z. Epub 2023 Mar 28. PubMed PMID: 36977826; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10206096.
Loika Y, Loiko E, Feng F, Stallard E, Yashin AI, Arbeev K, Kuipers AL, Feitosa MF, Province MA, Kulminski AM. Exogenous exposures shape genetic predisposition to lipids, Alzheimer's, and coronary heart disease in the MLXIPL gene locus. Aging (Albany NY). 2023 Apr 18;15(9):3249-3272. doi: 10.18632/aging.204665. Epub 2023 Apr 18. PubMed PMID: 37074818; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC10449285.
Marron MM, Cvejkus RK, Acevedo-Fontanez AI, Kuipers AL, Nair S, Carr JJ, Terry JG, Wheeler V, Miljkovic I. Replacing sedentary time with light activity was associated with less adiposity across several depots in African ancestry men. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2022 Dec;30(12):2489-2496. doi: 10.1002/oby.23582. PubMed PMID: 36415998; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9832382.
Katz R, Gay EL, Kuipers AL, Lee JH, Honig LS, Christensen K, Feitosa MF, Wojczynski MK, Glynn NW. Association of leukocyte telomere length with perceived physical fatigability. Exp Gerontol. 2022 Dec;170:111988. doi: 10.1016/j.exger.2022.111988. Epub 2022 Oct 24. PubMed PMID: 36302456.
Thomas CE, Diergaarde B, Kuipers AL, Adibi JJ, Luu HN, Chang X, Dorajoo R, Heng CK, Khor CC, Wang R, Jin A, Koh WP, Yuan JM. NAFLD polygenic risk score and risk of hepatocellular carcinoma in an East Asian population. Hepatol Commun. 2022 Sep;6(9):2310-2321. doi: 10.1002/hep4.1976. Epub 2022 May 3. PubMed PMID: 35503778; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9426386.
Galvin A, Feitosa M, Arbeev K, Kuipers AL, Wojczynski M, Ukrainsteva S, Christensen K. Physical resilience after a diagnosis of cardiovascular disease among offspring of long-lived siblings. Eur J Ageing. 2022 Sep;19(3):437-445. doi: 10.1007/s10433-021-00641-7. eCollection 2022 Sep. PubMed PMID: 36052181; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9424427.
Tilves C, Zmuda JM, Kuipers AL, Nair S, Carr JJ, Terry JG, Peddada S, Wheeler V, Miljkovic I. Relative associations of abdominal and thigh compositions with cardiometabolic diseases in African Caribbean men. Obes Sci Pract. 2021 Dec;7(6):738-750. doi: 10.1002/osp4.529. eCollection 2021 Dec. PubMed PMID: 34877013; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8633926.
Yudkovicz JJ, Minster RL, Barinas-Mitchell E, Christensen K, Feitosa M, Barker MS, Newman AB, Kuipers AL. Pleiotropic effects between cardiovascular disease risk factors and measures of cognitive and physical function in long-lived adults. Sci Rep. 2021 Sep 9;11(1):17980. doi: 10.1038/s41598-021-97298-0. PubMed PMID: 34504188; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8429644.
Cvejkus RK, Miljkovic I, Barone Gibbs B, Zmuda JM, Wheeler VW, Kuipers AL. Association of physical activity with blood pressure in African ancestry men. Prev Med Rep. 2021 Sep;23:101458. doi: 10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101458. eCollection 2021 Sep. PubMed PMID: 34194964; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8227803.
Sherlala RA, Kammerer CM, Kuipers AL, Wojczynski MK, Ukraintseva SV, Feitosa MF, Mengel-From J, Zmuda JM, Minster RL. Relationship Between Serum IGF-1 and BMI Differs by Age. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2021 Jun 14;76(7):1303-1308. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glaa282. PubMed PMID: 33180942; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8202150.
Feitosa MF, Kuipers AL, Wojczynski MK, Wang L, Barinas-Mitchell E, Kulminski AM, Thyagarajan B, Lee JH, Perls T, Christensen K, Newman AB, Zmuda JM, Province MA. Heterogeneity of the Predictive Polygenic Risk Scores for Coronary Heart Disease Age-at-Onset in Three Different Coronary Heart Disease Family-Based Ascertainments. Circ Genom Precis Med. 2021 Jun;14(3):e003201. doi: 10.1161/CIRCGEN.120.003201. Epub 2021 Apr 12. PubMed PMID: 33844929; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8214825.
Yang Y, Zmuda JM, Wojczynski MK, Thyagarajan B, Christensen K, Cvejkus RK, Kuipers AL. Genetic association analysis of the cardiovascular biomarker: N-terminal fragment of pro-B-type natriuretic peptide (NT-proBNP). PLoS One. 2021;16(3):e0248726. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0248726. eCollection 2021. PubMed PMID: 33720941; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7959346.
Yau MS, Kuipers AL, Price R, Nicolas A, Tajuddin SM, Handelman SK, Arbeeva L, Chesi A, Hsu YH, Liu CT, Karasik D, Zemel BS, Grant SF, Jordan JM, Jackson RD, Evans MK, Harris TB, Zmuda JM, Kiel DP. A Meta-Analysis of the Transferability of Bone Mineral Density Genetic Loci Associations From European to African Ancestry Populations. J Bone Miner Res. 2021 Mar;36(3):469-479. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.4220. Epub 2020 Dec 18. PubMed PMID: 33249669; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8353846.
LaSorda KR, Gmelin T, Kuipers AL, Boudreau RM, Santanasto AJ, Christensen K, Renner SW, Wojczynski MK, Andersen SL, Cosentino S, Glynn NW. Epidemiology of Perceived Physical Fatigability in Older Adults: The Long Life Family Study. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2020 Sep 16;75(9):e81-e88. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glz288. PubMed PMID: 31828303; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7494027.
Miljkovic I, Kuipers AL, Cvejkus RK, Carr JJ, Terry JG, Thyagarajan B, Wheeler VW, Nair S, Zmuda JM. Hepatic and Skeletal Muscle Adiposity Are Associated with Diabetes Independent of Visceral Adiposity in Nonobese African-Caribbean Men. Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2020 Aug;18(6):275-283. doi: 10.1089/met.2019.0097. Epub 2020 May 11. PubMed PMID: 32392448; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7406994.
Kuipers AL, Miljkovic I, Barinas-Mitchell E, Nestlerode CS, Cvejkus RK, Wheeler VW, Zhang Y, Zmuda JM. Wnt Pathway Gene Expression Is Associated With Arterial Stiffness. J Am Heart Assoc. 2020 Feb 4;9(3):e014170. doi: 10.1161/JAHA.119.014170. Epub 2020 Jan 30. PubMed PMID: 32013702; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC7033870.
Tilves C, Zmuda JM, Kuipers AL, Carr JJ, Terry JG, Wheeler V, Peddada SD, Nair S, Miljkovic I. Associations of Thigh and Abdominal Adipose Tissue Radiodensity with Glucose and Insulin in Nondiabetic African-Ancestry Men. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2020 Feb;28(2):404-411. doi: 10.1002/oby.22695. Epub 2019 Dec 24. PubMed PMID: 31872575; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6980942.
Kuipers AL, Wojczynski MK, Barinas-Mitchell E, Minster RL, Wang L, Feitosa MF, Kulminski A, Thyagarajan B, Lee JH, Province MA, Newman AB, Zmuda JM. Genome-wide linkage analysis of carotid artery traits in exceptionally long-lived families. Atherosclerosis. 2019 Dec;291:19-26. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2019.10.008. Epub 2019 Oct 10. PubMed PMID: 31634740; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6899182.
Kuipers AL, Miljkovic I, Barinas-Mitchell E, Cvejkus R, Bunker CH, Wheeler VW, Zmuda JM. Arterial stiffness and hypertension status in Afro-Caribbean men. J Hypertens. 2019 Mar;37(3):546-554. doi: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000001909. PubMed PMID: 30234778; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6355357.
Ali H, Zmuda JM, Cvejkus RK, Kershaw EE, Kuipers AL, Oczypok EA, Wheeler V, Bunker CH, Miljkovic I. Wnt Pathway Inhibitor DKK1: A Potential Novel Biomarker for Adiposity. J Endocr Soc. 2019 Feb 1;3(2):488-495. doi: 10.1210/js.2018-00325. eCollection 2019 Feb 1. PubMed PMID: 30746507; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6364619.
Hwang J, Zmuda JM, Kuipers AL, Bunker CH, Santanasto AJ, Wheeler VW, Miljkovic I. Serum Vitamin D and Age-Related Muscle Loss in Afro-Caribbean Men: The Importance of Age and Diabetic Status. J Frailty Aging. 2019;8(3):131-137. doi: 10.14283/jfa.2018.40. PubMed PMID: 31237313; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6621556.
Cui C, Sekikawa A, Kuller LH, Lopez OL, Newman AB, Kuipers AL, Mackey RH. Aortic Stiffness is Associated with Increased Risk of Incident Dementia in Older Adults. J Alzheimers Dis. 2018;66(1):297-306. doi: 10.3233/JAD-180449. PubMed PMID: 30282361; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC6313252.
Kuipers AL, Zmuda JM, Carr JJ, Terry JG, Nair S, Cvejkus R, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Wassel CL, Miljkovic I. Association of ectopic fat with abdominal aorto-illiac and coronary artery calcification in african ancestry men. Atherosclerosis. 2017 Aug;263:198-204. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2017.06.030. Epub 2017 Jun 16. PubMed PMID: 28651187; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5557679.
Zhao Q, Zmuda JM, Kuipers AL, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Youk AO, Miljkovic I. Muscle Attenuation Is Associated With Newly Developed Hypertension in Men of African Ancestry. Hypertension. 2017 May;69(5):957-963. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.116.08415. Epub 2017 Mar 6. PubMed PMID: 28264917; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5391288.
Zhao Q, Zmuda JM, Kuipers AL, Jonnalagadda P, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Youk AO, Miljkovic I. Greater skeletal muscle fat infiltration is associated with higher all-cause mortality among men of African ancestry. Age Ageing. 2016 Jul;45(4):529-34. doi: 10.1093/ageing/afw062. Epub 2016 Apr 13. PubMed PMID: 27076522; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4916343.
Kuipers AL, Kammerer CM, Pratt JH, Bunker CH, Wheeler VW, Patrick AL, Zmuda JM. Association of Circulating Renin and Aldosterone With Osteocalcin and Bone Mineral Density in African Ancestry Families. Hypertension. 2016 May;67(5):977-82. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.115.06837. Epub 2016 Mar 14. PubMed PMID: 26975710; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4833607.
Kuipers AL, Miljkovic I, Evans R, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Zmuda JM. Optimal serum cholesterol concentrations are associated with accelerated bone loss in African ancestry men. Osteoporos Int. 2016 Apr;27(4):1577-1584. doi: 10.1007/s00198-015-3416-3. Epub 2015 Nov 24. PubMed PMID: 26602914; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4792711.
Tilves CM, Zmuda JM, Kuipers AL, Nestlerode CS, Evans RW, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Miljkovic I. Association of Lipopolysaccharide-Binding Protein With Aging-Related Adiposity Change and Prediabetes Among African Ancestry Men. Diabetes Care. 2016 Mar;39(3):385-91. doi: 10.2337/dc15-1777. Epub 2015 Dec 30. PubMed PMID: 26721818; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4764043.
Miljkovic I, Kuipers AL, Cvejkus R, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Gordon CL, Zmuda JM. Myosteatosis increases with aging and is associated with incident diabetes in African ancestry men. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2016 Feb;24(2):476-82. doi: 10.1002/oby.21328. Epub 2015 Dec 23. PubMed PMID: 26694517; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4731257.
Kuipers AL, Egwuogu H, Evans RW, Patrick AL, Youk A, Bunker CH, Zmuda JM. Renal Function and Bone Loss in a Cohort of Afro-Caribbean Men. J Bone Miner Res. 2015 Dec;30(12):2215-20. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.2562. Epub 2015 Jun 16. PubMed PMID: 26011289; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4775470.
Miljkovic I, Kuipers AL, Cauley JA, Prasad T, Lee CG, Ensrud KE, Cawthon PM, Hoffman AR, Dam TT, Gordon CL, Zmuda JM. Greater Skeletal Muscle Fat Infiltration Is Associated With Higher All-Cause and Cardiovascular Mortality in Older Men. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2015 Sep;70(9):1133-40. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glv027. Epub 2015 Apr 2. PubMed PMID: 25838547; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4553718.
Kuipers AL, Miljkovic I, Carr JJ, Terry JG, Nestlerode CS, Ge Y, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Zmuda JM. Association of circulating sclerostin with vascular calcification in Afro-Caribbean men. Atherosclerosis. 2015 Mar;239(1):218-23. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.01.010. Epub 2015 Jan 17. PubMed PMID: 25618029; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4331206.
Kuipers AL, Yu S, Kammerer CM, Nestlerode CS, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Zhang Y, Zmuda JM. Heritability and genetics of serum dickkopf 1 levels in African ancestry families. Calcif Tissue Int. 2015 Feb;96(2):155-9. doi: 10.1007/s00223-014-9948-2. Epub 2014 Dec 31. PubMed PMID: 25550102; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4320655.
Kuipers AL, Zmuda JM, Carr JJ, Terry JG, Patrick AL, Ge Y, Hightower RC, Bunker CH, Miljkovic I. Association of volumetric bone mineral density with abdominal aortic calcification in African ancestry men. Osteoporos Int. 2014 Mar;25(3):1063-9. doi: 10.1007/s00198-013-2486-3. Epub 2013 Aug 22. PubMed PMID: 23974859; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3945719.
Kuipers AL, Zhang Y, Yu S, Kammerer CM, Nestlerode CS, Chu Y, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Miljkovic I, Zmuda JM. Relative influence of heritability, environment and genetics on serum sclerostin. Osteoporos Int. 2014 Mar;25(3):905-12. doi: 10.1007/s00198-013-2517-0. Epub 2013 Oct 18. PubMed PMID: 24136102; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3948173.
Kuipers AL, Kammerer CM, Miljkovic I, Woodard GA, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Newman AB, Zmuda JM. Genetic epidemiology and genome-wide linkage analysis of carotid artery ultrasound traits in multigenerational African ancestry families. Atherosclerosis. 2013 Nov;231(1):120-3. doi: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.09.005. Epub 2013 Sep 11. PubMed PMID: 24125421; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3837479.
Li H, Kuipers A, Kammerer CM, Bunker CH, Kuller LH, Miljkovic I, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Zmuda JM. The association between renal function biomarkers and subclinical cardiovascular measures in African Caribbean families. Ethn Dis. 2013 Autumn;23(4):492-8. PubMed PMID: 24392614; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4059560.
Miljkovic I, Kuipers AL, Kuller LH, Sheu Y, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Evans RW, Zmuda JM. Skeletal muscle adiposity is associated with serum lipid and lipoprotein levels in Afro-Caribbean men. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 Sep;21(9):1900-7. doi: 10.1002/oby.20214. Epub 2013 May 13. PubMed PMID: 23671057; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3748155.
Kuipers AL, Miljkovic I, Kammerer CM, Evans RW, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Zmuda JM. Evidence for a genetic link between bone and vascular measures in African ancestry families. J Bone Miner Res. 2013 Aug;28(8):1804-10. doi: 10.1002/jbmr.1922. PubMed PMID: 23505032; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3720825.
Hughes TM, Althouse AD, Niemczyk NA, Hawkins MS, Kuipers AL, Sutton-Tyrrell K. Effects of weight loss and insulin reduction on arterial stiffness in the SAVE trial. Cardiovasc Diabetol. 2012 Sep 22;11:114. doi: 10.1186/1475-2840-11-114. PubMed PMID: 22998737; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3468408.
Kuipers AL, Gundberg C, Kammerer CM, Dressen AS, Nestlerode CS, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Bunker CH, Newman AB, Zmuda JM. Genetic analysis of serum osteocalcin and bone mineral in multigenerational Afro-Caribbean families. Osteoporos Int. 2012 May;23(5):1521-31. doi: 10.1007/s00198-011-1763-2. Epub 2011 Sep 21. PubMed PMID: 21935688; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3768139.
Miljkovic I, Kuipers AL, Kammerer CM, Wang X, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Kuller LH, Evans RW, Zmuda JM. Markers of inflammation are heritable and associated with subcutaneous and ectopic skeletal muscle adiposity in African ancestry families. Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2011 Aug;9(4):319-26. doi: 10.1089/met.2010.0133. Epub 2011 Apr 18. PubMed PMID: 21501070; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3142634.
Zmuda JM, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Moffett SP, Klei L, Kammerer CM, Roeder K, Cauley JA, Kuipers A, Ensrud KE, Nestlerode CS, Hoffman AR, Lewis CE, Lang TF, Barrett-Connor E, Ferrell RE, Orwoll ES. Genetic analysis of vertebral trabecular bone density and cross-sectional area in older men. Osteoporos Int. 2011 Apr;22(4):1079-90. doi: 10.1007/s00198-010-1296-0. Epub 2010 Dec 9. PubMed PMID: 21153022; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3691107.
Miljkovic I, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Kuller LH, Kuipers AL, Wang X, Kammerer CM, Nestlerode CS, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Evans RW, Zmuda JM. Association analysis of 33 lipoprotein candidate genes in multi-generational families of African ancestry. J Lipid Res. 2010 Jul;51(7):1823-31. doi: 10.1194/jlr.M003897. Epub 2010 Mar 22. PubMed PMID: 20308432; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2882746.
Zhang Y, Kuipers AL, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Nestlerode CS, Jin Z, Wheeler VW, Patrick AL, Bunker CH, Zmuda JM. Functional and association analysis of frizzled 1 (FZD1) promoter haplotypes with femoral neck geometry. Bone. 2010 Apr;46(4):1131-7. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2009.12.026. Epub 2010 Jan 4. PubMed PMID: 20051274; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2842476.
Goodrich LJ, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Miljkovic I, Nestlerode CS, Kuipers AL, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Zmuda JM. Molecular variation in neuropeptide Y and bone mineral density among men of African ancestry. Calcif Tissue Int. 2009 Dec;85(6):507-13. doi: 10.1007/s00223-009-9307-x. Epub 2009 Oct 29. PubMed PMID: 19865784; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4905686.
Kuipers A, Zhang Y, Cauley JA, Nestlerode CS, Chu Y, Bunker CH, Patrick AL, Wheeler VW, Hoffman AR, Orwoll ES, Zmuda JM. Association of a high mobility group gene (HMGA2) variant with bone mineral density. Bone. 2009 Aug;45(2):295-300. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2009.04.197. Epub 2009 Apr 17. PubMed PMID: 19376282; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2795567.
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