Internet usage and the prospective risk of dementia: A population-based cohort study.
Cho G, Betensky RA, Chang VW.
J Am Geriatr Soc. 2023 08. 71(8):2419-2429. PMID: 37132331
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Neuropathology-Independent Association Between APOE Genotype and Cognitive Decline Rate in the Normal Aging-Early Alzheimer Continuum.
Qian J, Zhang Y, Betensky RA, Hyman BT, Serrano-Pozo A.
Neurol Genet. 2023 Feb. 9(1):e200055. PMID: 36698453
Causal inference in medical records and complementary systems pharmacology for metformin drug repurposing towards dementia.
Charpignon ML, Vakulenko-Lagun B, Zheng B, Magdamo C, Su B, Evans K, Rodriguez S, Sokolov A, Boswell S, Sheu YH, Somai M, Middleton L, Hyman BT, Betensky RA, Finkelstein SN, Welsch RE, Tzoulaki I, Blacker D, Das S, Albers MW.
Nat Commun. 2022 Dec 10. 13(1):7652. PMID: 36496454
Genomic and Transcriptomic Analyses of NF1-Mutant Melanoma Identify Potential Targeted Approach for Treatment.
Jour G, Illa-Bochaca I, Ibrahim M, Donnelly D, Zhu K, Miera EV, Vasudevaraja V, Mezzano V, Ramswami S, Yeh YH, Winskill C, Betensky RA, Mehnert J, Osman I.
J Invest Dermatol. 2023 03. 143(3):444-455.e8. PMID: 35988589
Association between lower body temperature and increased tau pathology in cognitively normal older adults.
Blessing EM, Parekh A, Betensky RA, Babb J, Saba N, Debure L, Varga AW, Ayappa I, Rapoport DM, Butler TA, de Leon MJ, Wisniewski T, Lopresti BJ, Osorio RS.
Neurobiol Dis. 2022 09. 171:105748. PMID: 35550158
Sex and Race Differences in the Evaluation and Treatment of Young Adults Presenting to the Emergency Department With Chest Pain.
Banco D, Chang J, Talmor N, Wadhera P, Mukhopadhyay A, Lu X, Dong S, Lu Y, Betensky RA, Blecker S, Safdar B, Reynolds HR.
J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 05 17. 11(10):e024199. PMID: 35506534
Nonparametric and semiparametric estimation with sequentially truncated survival data.
Betensky RA, Qian J, Hou J.
Biometrics. 2023 06. 79(2):1000-1013. PMID: 35426133
Platelet Function Is Associated With Dementia Risk in the Framingham Heart Study.
Ramos-Cejudo J, Johnson AD, Beiser A, Seshadri S, Salinas J, Berger JS, Fillmore NR, Do N, Zheng C, Kovbasyuk Z, Ardekani BA, Pomara N, Bubu OM, Parekh A, Convit A, Betensky RA, Wisniewski TM, Osorio RS.
J Am Heart Assoc. 2022 05 03. 11(9):e023918. PMID: 35470685
APOE e4 and late-life cognition: mediation by structural brain imaging markers.
Ma Y, Sajeev G, VanderWeele TJ, Viswanathan A, Sigurdsson S, Eiriksdottir G, Aspelund T, Betensky RA, Grodstein F, Hofman A, Gudnason V, Launer L, Blacker D.
Eur J Epidemiol. 2022 Jun. 37(6):591-601. PMID: 35471691
Nonparametric bounds for the survivor function under general dependent truncation.
Qian J, Betensky RA.
Scand Stat Theory Appl. 2023 Mar. 50(1):327-357. PMID: 37179756
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