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Adrian M. Ostfeld
Researcher at Yale University
Publications - 81
Citations - 7272
Adrian M. Ostfeld is an academic researcher from Yale University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Blood pressure. The author has an hindex of 40, co-authored 81 publications receiving 7138 citations. Previous affiliations of Adrian M. Ostfeld include United States Department of Veterans Affairs.
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Depressive symptoms in relation to physical health and functioning in the elderly
Lisa F. Berkman,Cathy S. Berkman,Stanislav V. Kasl,Daniel H. Freeman,Linda Leo,Adrian M. Ostfeld,Joan Cornoni-Huntley,Jacob A. Brody +7 more
TL;DR: The authors conclude that physical disabilities among the elderly do not appear to be a major threat to the validity of the CES-D scale and that the strong associations between physical and mental health should be rigorously investigated.
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An epidemiologic study of lifting and twisting on the job and risk for acute prolapsed lumbar intervertebral disc
Jennifer L. Kelsey,Jennifer L. Kelsey,Penny B. Githens,Augustus A. White,Theodore R. Holford,Stephen D. Walter,Stephen D. Walter,Theresa Z. O'Connor,Adrian M. Ostfeld,Ulrich H. Weil,Wayne O. Southwick,John A. Calogero +11 more
TL;DR: An epidemiologic case‐control study undertaken in Connecticut during 1979–1981 indicated that persons with jobs requiring lifting objects of more than 11.3 kg (25 lb) an average of more-than 25 times per day had over three times the risk for acute prolapsed lumbar intervertebral disc as people whose jobs did not involve lifting Objects of this weight.
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Lack of Association Between Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease Mortality and Morbidity and All-Cause Mortality in Persons Older Than 70 Years
Harlan M. Krumholz,Teresa E. Seeman,Susan S. Merrill,Carlos F. Mendes de Leon,Viola Vaccarino,David I. Silverman,Reiko Tsukahara,Adrian M. Ostfeld,Lisa F. Berkman +8 more
TL;DR: The hypothesis that hypercholesterolemia or low HDL-C are important risk factors for all-cause mortality, coronary heart disease mortality, or hospitalization for myocardial infarction or unstable angina in this cohort of persons older than 70 years is not supported.
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Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly: Study Design and Methodology
Joan Cornoni-Huntley,Adrian M. Ostfeld,James O. Taylor,Robert B. Wallace,Dan G. Blazer,Lisa F. Berkman,Denis A. Evans,Frank J. Kohout,Jon H. Lemke,Paul A. Scherr +9 more
TL;DR: The value of this research lies in the longitudinal design which allows for analyses aimed at identifying risk factors of diseases, disabilities, hospitalizations, institutionalization, and mortality.
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Association of visual impairment with mobility and physical function.
Marcel E. Salive,Jack M. Guralnik,Robert J. Glynn,William G. Christen,Robert B. Wallace,Adrian M. Ostfeld +5 more
TL;DR: To examine the association of distant vision and physical function in the population of older adults, a large sample of adults over the age of 60 was surveyed.