2019
Midlife Study of the Louisville Twins: Connecting Cognitive Development to Biological and Cognitive Aging
Beam CR, Turkheimer E, Finkel D, Levine ME, Zandi E, Guterbock TM, Giangrande EJ, Ryan L, Pasquenza N, Davis DW. Midlife Study of the Louisville Twins: Connecting Cognitive Development to Biological and Cognitive Aging. Behavior Genetics 2019, 50: 73-83. PMID: 31820295, PMCID: PMC7033012, DOI: 10.1007/s10519-019-09983-6.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLouisville Twin StudyCognitive developmentCognitive agingCognitive functioningCognitive developmental trajectoriesLongitudinal Twin StudyTwin studiesPhysical health factorsEpisodic memoryLower biological ageFunctional ability measuresIQ measuresAbility measuresDevelopmental trajectoriesFSIQ scoresMidlife phaseMidlife studyPhysical functioningFunctional abilityChronological ageFunctioningPsychiatric outcomesSecond pilot studySecond studyIQ
2012
The Impact of Insulin Resistance and Inflammation on the Association Between Sarcopenic Obesity and Physical Functioning
Levine ME, Crimmins EM. The Impact of Insulin Resistance and Inflammation on the Association Between Sarcopenic Obesity and Physical Functioning. Obesity 2012, 20: 2101-2106. PMID: 22310233, PMCID: PMC3527629, DOI: 10.1038/oby.2012.20.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDual-energy X-ray absorptiometryC-reactive proteinInsulin resistancePhysical functioningSarcopenic obesityPhysical functioning problemsMuscle massDifferent body composition phenotypesSerum C-reactive proteinAppendicular skeletal muscle massHomeostasis model assessmentNutrition Examination SurveyCross-sectional studyX-ray absorptiometryBody composition categoriesSkeletal muscle massBody composition phenotypesBody composition measurementsPoisson regression modelsRace/ethnicityNonsarcopenic obesitySarcopenic nonobeseSarcopenic nonobesitySarcopenic obeseSystemic inflammation