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• Trends in out-of-pocket medical care expenditures for Medicare-age adults with arthritis between 1998 and 2004.

  OBJECTIVE: To provide estimates of the growth in out-of-pocket (OOP) medical expenditures for persons with arthritis. METHODS: OOP medical expenditure…

  Authors: Ithai Z Lurie, Dorothy D Dunlop, Larry M Manheim

  Source: Arthritis and rheumatism. 2008 Aug

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• 25-hydroxyvitamin D and cardiovascular risk factors in women with systemic lupus erythematosus.

  OBJECTIVE: Low serum levels of 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25[OH]D; vitamin D) are associated with a higher frequency of cardiovascular disease and risk fact…

  Authors: Peggy W Wu, Elisa Y Rhew, Alan R Dyer, Dorothy D Dunlop, Craig B Langman, Heather Price, Kim Sutton-Tyrrell, David D McPherson, Daniel Edmundowicz, George T Kondos,…

  Source: Arthritis and rheumatism. 2009 Oct 15

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• Population impact of arthritis on disability in older adults.

  OBJECTIVE: Disability threatens the independence of older adults and has large economic and societal costs. This article examines the population impac…

  Authors: Jing Song, Rowland W Chang, Dorothy D Dunlop

  Source: Arthritis and rheumatism. 2006 Apr 15

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• Racial/ethnic differences in activities of daily living disability in older adults with arthritis: a longitudinal study.

  OBJECTIVE: To investigate racial/ethnic differences in disability onset among older Americans with arthritis. Factors amenable to clinical and public …

  Authors: Jing Song, Huan J Chang, Manasi Tirodkar, Rowland W Chang, Larry M Manheim, Dorothy D Dunlop

  Source: Arthritis and rheumatism. 2007 Aug 15

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• Association between African American race/ethnicity and low bone mineral density in women with systemic lupus erythematosus.

  OBJECTIVE: To determine the association between race/ethnicity and bone mineral density (BMD) in women with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). METHOD…

  Authors: Chin Lee, Orit Almagor, Dorothy D Dunlop, Anurekha B Chadha, Susan Manzi, Stewart Spies, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman

  Source: Arthritis and rheumatism. 2007 May 15

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• Quadriceps strength and osteoarthritis progression in malaligned and lax knees.

  BACKGROUND: Quadriceps muscle strengthening is a common goal in the management of knee osteoarthritis. In healthy knees, strength protects against new…

  Authors: Leena Sharma, Dorothy D Dunlop, September Cahue, Jing Song, Karen W Hayes

  Source: Annals of internal medicine. 2003 Apr 15

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• Pain, functional limitations, and aging.

  OBJECTIVES: To examine the relationship between functional limitations and pain across a spectrum of age, ranging from mid life to advanced old age. D…

  Authors: Kenneth E Covinsky, Karla Lindquist, Dorothy D Dunlop, Edward Yelin

  Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2009 Sep

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• Correlates of improvement in walking ability in older persons in the United States.

  OBJECTIVES: We analyzed factors associated with improvement in walking ability among respondents to the nationally representative Health and Retiremen…

  Authors: Joe Feinglass, Jing Song, Larry M Manheim, Pamela Semanik, Rowland W Chang, Dorothy D Dunlop

  Source: American journal of public health. 2009 Mar

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• The effect of glucosamine and/or chondroitin sulfate on the progression of knee osteoarthritis: a report from the glucosamine/chondroitin arthritis intervention trial.

  OBJECTIVE: Osteoarthritis (OA) of the knee causes significant morbidity and current medical treatment is limited to symptom relief, while therapies ab…

  Authors: Allen D Sawitzke, Helen Shi, Martha F Finco, Dorothy D Dunlop, Clifton O Bingham, Crystal L Harris, Nora G Singer, John D Bradley, David Silver, Christopher G Jackson,…

  Source: Arthritis and rheumatism. 2008 Oct

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• Effect of arthritis in middle age on older-age functioning.

  OBJECTIVES: To examine whether symptomatic arthritis in middle age predicts the earlier onset of functional difficulties (difficulty with activities o…

  Authors: Kenneth E Covinsky, Karla Lindquist, Dorothy D Dunlop, Thomas M Gill, Edward Yelin

  Source: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society. 2008 Jan

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