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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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Blood pressure concordance between spouses
TL;DR: When spouse concordance in blood pressure was examined controlling for age, obesity, dietary salt intake, socioeconomic status, income, education, occupation, smoking, and exercise of both spouses and similarities in these variables, the correlations between spouses' blood pressures remained significant.
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Urinary-free cortisol excretion in relation to age in acutely stressed persons with depressive symptoms.
TL;DR: It was observed that elderly persons under stress excreted larger amounts of urinary‐free cortisol than did middle‐aged persons and the high depression scores in this acutely stressed sample were indicative of a higher severity of stress response and also a higher risk of occurrence of depressive syndromes.
Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly, 1981-1993: [East Boston, Massachusetts, Iowa and Washington Counties, Iowa, New Haven, Connecticut, and North Central North Carolina]
TL;DR: The goals of the Established Populations for Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (EPESE) project were to describe and identify predictors of mortality, hospitalization, and placement in long-term care facilities and to investigate risk factors for chronic diseases and loss of functioning.
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Intermittent Claudication and Subsequent Cardiovascular Disease in the Elderly
Eleanor M. Simonsick,Jack M. Guralnik,Charles H. Hennekens,Robert B. Wallace,Adrian M. Ostfeld +4 more
TL;DR: It is demonstrated that intermittent claudication is an important predictor of mortality and cardiovascular morbidity in ambulatory older adults independent of associated coronary ischemia and cardiovascular disease risk factors.
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Urinary free cortisol and separation anxiety early in the course of bereavement and threatened loss
Selby C. Jacobs,John W. Mason,Thomas R. Kosten,Stanislav V. Kasl,Adrian M. Ostfeld,Victor Wahby +5 more
TL;DR: Among 56 persons who were acutely bereaved or threatened with a loss, a group with worsening separation anxiety over a period of a month early after the event had higher urinary free cortisol output than a group experiencing improvement in grief.