Life Course Approach to Dementia | Kristine Yaffe Group

Selected Publications

Dintica CS, Jiang X, Launer LJ, Bryan RN, Yaffe K. Life's Essential 8 and midlife trajectories in cognition and brain health: The CARDIA studyexternal site (opens in a new window). Alzheimers Dement. 2025 May;21(5):e14464. doi: 10.1002/alz.14464. Epub 2024 Dec 23. PMID: 39711366; PMCID: PMC12079641.
Bahorik AL, Hoang TD, Jacobs DR, Levine DA, Yaffe K. Association of Changes in C-Reactive Protein Level Trajectories Through Early Adulthood With Cognitive Function at Midlife: The CARDIA Study.external site (opens in a new window) Neurology. 2024 Jul 23;103(2):e209526. doi: 10.1212/WNL.0000000000209526. Epub 2024 Jul 3. PMID: 38959452; PMCID: PMC11226328.
Jiang, X., Lewis, C. E., Allen, N. B., Sidney, S., & Yaffe, K. (2023). Premature Cardiovascular Disease and Brain Health in Midlife: The CARDIA Study.external site (opens in a new window) Neurology, 100(14), e1454–e1463. https://doi.org/10.1212/WNL.0000000000206825
Brenowitz WD, Fornage M, Launer LJ, Habes M, Davatzikos C, Yaffe K. Alzheimer's Disease Genetic Risk, Cognition, and Brain Aging in Midlifeexternal site (opens in a new window). Ann Neurol. 2023 Mar;93(3):629-634.
Dintica CS, Habes M, Erus G, Vittinghoff E, Davatzikos C, Nasrallah IM, Launer LJ, Sidney S, Yaffe K. Elevated blood pressure is associated with advanced brain aging in mid-life: A 30-year follow-up of The CARDIA Study.external site (opens in a new window) Alzheimers Dement. 2022 Jul 2:10.1002/alz.12725.
Yaffe K, Vittinghoff E, Hoang T, Matthews K, Golden SH, Zeki Al Hazzouri A. Cardiovascular Risk Factors Across the Life Course and Cognitive Decline: A Pooled Cohort Study.external site (opens in a new window) Neurology. 2021 Apr 27;96(17):e2212-e2219.
Bahorik AL, Sidney S, Kramer-Feldman J, Jacobs DR Jr, Mathew AR, Reis JP, Yaffe K. Early to Midlife Smoking Trajectories and Cognitive Function in Middle-Aged US Adults: the CARDIA Study.external site (opens in a new window) J Gen Intern Med. 2021 Jan 26. doi: 10.1007/s11606-020-06450-5.
Zeki Al Hazzouri A, Vittinghoff E, Zhang Y, Pletcher MJ, Moran AE, Bibbins-Domingo K, Golden SH, Yaffe K. Use of a pooled cohort to impute cardiovascular disease risk factors across the adult life course.external site (opens in a new window) Int J Epidemiol. 2019 Jun 1;48(3):1004-1013.
Hoang TD, Reis J, Zhu N, Jacobs DR Jr, Launer LJ, Whitmer RA, Sidney S, Yaffe K. Effect of Early Adult Patterns of Physical Activity and Television Viewing on Midlife Cognitive Function.external site (opens in a new window) JAMA Psychiatry. 2016 Jan;73(1):73-9.
Yaffe K, Vittinghoff E, Pletcher MJ, Hoang TD, Launer LJ, Whitmer R, Coker LH, Sidney S. Early adult to midlife cardiovascular risk factors and cognitive function.external site (opens in a new window) Circulation. 2014 Apr 15;129(15):1560-7.