Christina Dintica, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar
Psychiatry
+1 415 610-6928

Christina S. Dintica, PhD, received her PhD in medical science with focus on epidemiology of cognitive aging from Karolinska Institute in Sweden. Her postdoctoral work will focus on vascular risk factors and subclinical CVD markers in relation to cognitive outcomes and neuroimaging patterns of brain aging.

Publications: 

Trajectories in depressive symptoms and midlife brain health.

Translational psychiatry

Dintica CS, Habes M, Schreiner PJ, Launer LJ, Yaffe K

Dementia Risk and Disadvantaged Neighborhoods.

JAMA neurology

Dintica CS, Bahorik A, Xia F, Kind A, Yaffe K

Association Between Sensory Impairment and Dementia: The Roles of Social Network and Leisure Activity.

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD

Dintica CS, Calderón-Larrañaga A, Vetrano DL, Xu W

Epidemiology and Risk Factors for Dementia.

The Psychiatric clinics of North America

Dintica CS, Yaffe K

Long-term depressive symptoms and midlife brain age.

Journal of affective disorders

Dintica CS, Habes M, Erus G, Simone T, Schreiner P, Yaffe K

Elevated blood pressure is associated with advanced brain aging in mid-life: A 30-year follow-up of The CARDIA Study.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Dintica CS, Habes M, Erus G, Vittinghoff E, Davatzikos C, Nasrallah IM, Launer LJ, Sidney S, Yaffe K

Loneliness, Not Social Support, Is Associated with Cognitive Decline and Dementia Across Two Longitudinal Population-Based Cohorts.

Journal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD

Freak-Poli R, Wagemaker N, Wang R, Lysen TS, Ikram MA, Vernooij MW, Dintica CS, Vernooij-Dassen M, Melis RJM, Laukka EJ, Fratiglioni L, Xu W, Tiemeier H

Shared risk and protective factors between Alzheimer's disease and ischemic stroke: A population-based longitudinal study.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Wang R, Qiu C, Dintica CS, Shang Y, Larrañaga AC, Wang HX, Xu W

Associations Between Cardiovascular Risk, Structural Brain Changes, and Cognitive Decline.

Journal of the American College of Cardiology

Song R, Xu H, Dintica CS, Pan KY, Qi X, Buchman AS, Bennett DA, Xu W

The relation of poor mastication with cognition and dementia risk: a population-based longitudinal study.

Aging

Dintica CS, Marseglia A, Wårdh I, Stjernfeldt Elgestad P, Rizzuto D, Shang Y, Xu W, Pedersen NL

Association of lifespan cognitive reserve indicator with the risk of mild cognitive impairment and its progression to dementia.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Xu H, Yang R, Dintica C, Qi X, Song R, Bennett DA, Xu W

The Role of Cognitive Impairment, Physical Disability, and Chronic Conditions in the Association of Sleep Duration With All-Cause Mortality Among Very Old Adults.

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Cao Z, Dintica C, Shang Y, Cheng Y, Li S, Yang H, Sun L, Xu W, Wang Y

Leisure activity and social integration mitigate the risk of dementia related to cardiometabolic diseases: A population-based longitudinal study.

Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association

Wang Z, Marseglia A, Shang Y, Dintica C, Patrone C, Xu W

Association of Lifespan Cognitive Reserve Indicator With Dementia Risk in the Presence of Brain Pathologies.

JAMA neurology

Xu H, Yang R, Qi X, Dintica C, Song R, Bennett DA, Xu W

Impaired olfaction is associated with cognitive decline and neurodegeneration in the brain.

Neurology

Dintica CS, Marseglia A, Rizzuto D, Wang R, Seubert J, Arfanakis K, Bennett DA, Xu W

Tooth loss is associated with accelerated cognitive decline and volumetric brain differences: a population-based study.

Neurobiology of aging

Dintica CS, Rizzuto D, Marseglia A, Kalpouzos G, Welmer AK, Wårdh I, Bäckman L, Xu W