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Benjamin D. Capistrant
Researcher at Smith College
Publications - 61
Citations - 1735
Benjamin D. Capistrant is an academic researcher from Smith College. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Prostate cancer. The author has an hindex of 19, co-authored 61 publications receiving 1313 citations. Previous affiliations of Benjamin D. Capistrant include Harvard University & Fenway Health.
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Motoric cognitive risk syndrome: Multicountry prevalence and dementia risk
Joe Verghese,Cédric Annweiler,Emmeline Ayers,Nir Barzilai,Olivier Beauchet,David A. Bennett,Stephanie A. Bridenbaugh,Aron S. Buchman,Michele L. Callisaya,Michele L. Callisaya,Richard Camicioli,Benjamin D. Capistrant,Somnath Chatterji,Anne-Marie De Cock,Luigi Ferrucci,Nir Giladi,Jack M. Guralnik,Jeffrey M. Hausdorff,Roee Holtzer,Ki Woong Kim,Paul Kowal,Reto W. Kressig,Jae Young Lim,Sue Lord,Kenichi Meguro,Manuel Montero-Odasso,Susan W. Muir-Hunter,Mohan Leslie Noone,Lynn Rochester,Velandai Srikanth,Cuiling Wang +30 more
TL;DR: MCR is common in older adults, and is a strong and early risk factor for cognitive decline, and can be easily applied to identify high-risk seniors in a wide variety of settings.
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Chronic Noncommunicable Diseases in 6 Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Findings From Wave 1 of the World Health Organization's Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE).
Perianayagam Arokiasamy,Uttamacharya,Paul Kowal,Benjamin D. Capistrant,Theresa E. Gildner,Elizabeth A. Thiele,Richard B. Biritwum,Alfred Yawson,George A. Mensah,Tamara Maximova,Fan Wu,Yanfei Guo,Yang Zheng,Sebastiana Kalula,Aaron Salinas Rodriguez,Betty Manrique Espinoza,Melissa A. Liebert,Geeta N. Eick,Kirstin N. Sterner,Tyler M. Barrett,Kwabena O. Duedu,Ernest Gonzales,Nawi Ng,Joel Negin,Yong Jiang,Julie Byles,Savathree Lorna Madurai,Nadia Minicuci,J. Josh Snodgrass,Nirmala Naidoo,Somnath Chatterji +30 more
TL;DR: Algorithm/measured test-based prevalence of NCDs was much higher than self-reported prevalence in all 6 countries, indicating underestimation of NCS prevalence in low- and middle-income countries and highlighting the inadequacies in diagnosis and management of N CDs in local health-care systems.
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Current and long-term spousal caregiving and onset of cardiovascular disease
TL;DR: Spousal caregiving independently predicted risk of CVD in a large sample of US adults and there was significant evidence that the effect for long-term care givers differs for non-whites and white.
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Assessing Mobility Difficulties for Cross-National Comparisons: Results from the World Health Organization Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health
TL;DR: To assess the correspondence between self‐reported and measured indicators of mobility disability in older adults in six low‐ and middle‐income countries (LMICs), a comparison of eight LMICs and three OECD countries was conducted.
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Spousal caregiving and incident hypertension
TL;DR: Providing IADL care to a spouse significantly predicted hypertension onset in a nationally representative sample of US adults and varied by race, gender, or recipient memory illness diagnosis.