Jennifer Weuve

Alzheimer disease in the U.S.: now through 2050.

Hebert LE, Weuve J, Scherr PA, Evans DA. Alzheimer disease in the United States (2010–2050) estimated using the 2010 census. Neurology (in press; published ahead of print February 6, 2013).

Selected related stories

Alzheimer’s rates expected to triple by 2050 because of aging baby boomers (CBS News)

Number of Americans With Alzheimer’s May Triple by 2050 (HealthDay)

An Alzheimer’s ‘epidemic’ could hit the USA by 2050 (USA TODAY)

(Source: neurology.org)

The red blood cell distribution width and prevalent dementia.

Weuve J, Mendes de Leon CF, Bennett DA, Dong X, Evans DA. The red cell distribution width and anemia in relation to prevalent dementia. Alzheimer Disease & Associated Disorders (in press).

Cumulative lead exposure and cognition in persons with Parkinson’s disease.

Weuve J, Press DZ, Grodstein F, Wright RO, Hu H, Weisskopf MG. Cumulative exposure to lead and cognitive function in persons with Parkinson’s disease. Movement Disorders 2013 Feb;28(2):176-182.

(Source: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

Inflammatory markers in blood in relation to dementia risk.

Koyama A, O’Brien J, Weuve J, Blacker D, Metti AL, Yaffe K. The role of peripheral inflammatory markers in dementia and Alzheimer’s disease: a meta-analysis. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 2013 Apr;68(4):433-440.

(Source: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

Socioeconomic inequalities in health: do our methods do them justice?

Weuve J. Magnitude matters: beyond detection in the presence of selection, in research on socioeconomic inequalities in health [invited commentary]. Epidemiology 2013 Jan;24(1):10-13.

(Source: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, PM air pollution, and cognitive decline.

Weuve J, Yanosky JD. Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, particulate air pollution, and cognitive decline-reply. Archives of Internal Medicine 2012 Jul 9;172(13):1045-1046.

In reply to letter about study of PM exposure and cognitive decline.

Exposure to lead in relation to depressive and anxiety symptoms.

Eum K-D, Korrick SA, Weuve J, Okereke O, Kubzansky LD, Hu H, Weisskopf MG. Relation of cumulative low-level lead exposure to depressive and phobic anxiety symptom scores in middle-aged and elderly women. Environmental Health Perspectives 2012;160(6):817-823.

Related story (Environmental Health News)

(Source: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

Exposure to particulate air pollution and cognitive decline.

Weuve J, Puett RC, Schwartz J, Yanosky JD, Laden F*, Grodstein F*. Exposure to particulate air pollution and cognitive decline in older women. Archives of Internal Medicine 2012;172(3):219-227.

* contributed equally.

Selected related stories:

Invited commentary (Archives of Internal Medicine)

Letter to the editor and reply (Archives of Internal Medicine)

Smog in our brains (Monitor on Psychology, American Psychological Association)

Common air pollutant linked to mental decline (WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio)

Pollution can put minds in a fog (Chicago Tribune)

Smog may harm women’s brains (HealthDay via MSN)

Air pollution tied to heart and brain risks (Well of the New York Times)

Air pollution ups risk of stroke, impaired memory (Science Friday)

Air pollution linked to cognitive decline (Voice of America)

Correlation structure in inverse-probability-weighted analyses of repeated measures: a cautionary note.

Tchetgen ET, Glymour MM, Weuve J, Robins JM. Specifying the correlation structure in inverse-probability-weighting estimation for repeated measures. Epidemiology 2012 Jul;23(4):644-6.

Clarification on the methods used in this paper on using inverse probability of attrition weights to account for selective attrition.

(Source: journals.lww.com)

Cadmium exposure and neurodevelopment.

Ciesielski T, Weuve J, Bellinger DC, Schwartz J, Lanphear B, Wright RO. Cadmium exposure and neurodevelopmental outcomes in US children. Environmental Health Perspectives 2012;120(5):758-763.

(Source: ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)

Rejoinder to commentary on “Selective attrition, smoking and cognitive decline.”

Tchetgen Tchetgen EJ, Glymour MM, Shpitser I, Weuve J. To weight or not to weight? On the relation between inverse-probability-weighting and principal stratification for truncation by death. Epidemiology 2012;23(1):132-137.

Related items:

The original paper (Weuve J. et al)

Commentary (Chaix B. et al)

Clarification (Tchtegen Tchetgen E.J. et al)

Selective attrition, smoking and cognitive decline: an application of inverse probability of attrition weights.

Weuve J, Tchetgen Tchetgen EJ, Glymour MM, Beck TL, Aggarwal NT, Wilson RS, Evans DA, Mendes de Leon CF. Accounting for bias due to selective attrition in analyses of cognitive decline: the example of smoking and cognitive decline in older adults. Epidemiology 2012;23(1):119-128.

Related items:

Commentary (Chaix B. et al)

Rejoinder (Tchetgen Tchetgen EJ. et al)

Clarification of methods (Tchetgen Tchetgen EJ. et al)

Performance on simple motor tasks predicts outcomes in Parkinson’s disease.

Grill S, Weuve J, Weisskopf MG. Predicting outcomes in Parkinson’s disease: comparison of simple motor performance measures and the Unified Parkinson’s Disease Rating Scale-III. Journal of Parkinson’s Disease 2011;1(3):287-298.

(Source: iospress.metapress.com)

Impact of attrition on associations between demographic factors and cognitive decline.

Rajan KB, Leurgans SE, Weuve J, Beck TL, Evans DA. Effect of demographic risk factors on the change in cognitive function in the presence of non-participation and truncation due to death. Journal of Biometrics & Biostatistics 2011;S3:001.

(Source: omicsonline.org)

Blood pressure and risk of Alzheimer disease, in Epidemiology.

Power MC, Weuve J, Gagne JJ, McQueen MB, Viswanathan A, Blacker D. The association between blood pressure and incident Alzheimer disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Epidemiology 2011 22(5):646-659.

See the complementary entry on AlzRisk here.

(Source: journals.lww.com)