2023
Polygenic Susceptibility to Hypertension and Blood Pressure Control in Stroke Survivors
Acosta J, Both C, Demarais Z, Conlon C, Leasure A, Torres-Lopez V, de Havenon A, Petersen N, Gill T, Sansing L, Sheth K, Falcone G. Polygenic Susceptibility to Hypertension and Blood Pressure Control in Stroke Survivors. Neurology 2023, 100: e1587-e1597. PMID: 36690452, PMCID: PMC10103110, DOI: 10.1212/wnl.0000000000206763.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWorse BP controlUncontrolled blood pressureDiastolic blood pressureBlood pressureStroke survivorsPolygenic risk scoresBP controlPolygenic susceptibilityMean diastolic blood pressureMean systolic blood pressureStroke Prevention TrialBlood pressure controlSystolic blood pressureResistant hypertensionVascular eventsHemorrhagic strokePrevention trialsVitamin InterventionMultivariable modelRisk scoreGenetic predispositionPressure controlLogistic regressionSurvivorsHypertension
2022
Insomnia with objective short sleep duration in community‐living older persons: A multifactorial geriatric health condition
Miner B, Doyle M, Knauert M, Yaggi H, Stone K, Ancoli‐Israel S, Cauley J, Redline S, Blackwell T, Gill T, Groups F. Insomnia with objective short sleep duration in community‐living older persons: A multifactorial geriatric health condition. Journal Of The American Geriatrics Society 2022, 71: 1198-1208. PMID: 36524599, PMCID: PMC10089942, DOI: 10.1111/jgs.18195.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsShort sleep durationObjective short sleep durationCommunity-living older personsSleep durationOsteoporotic fracturesOlder menCommunity-living older menOlder personsMultiple predisposingHealth conditionsMen Sleep StudyModifiable risk factorsSeparate logistic regression modelsPoor sleep qualityHigh-risk phenotypeCross-sectional studyCross-sectional associationsMiddle-aged personsLogistic regression modelsClinical correlatesRisk factorsMultivariable modelSleep studiesSleep qualityOlder women
2015
The role of intervening hospital admissions on trajectories of disability in the last year of life: prospective cohort study of older people
Gill TM, Gahbauer EA, Han L, Allore HG. The role of intervening hospital admissions on trajectories of disability in the last year of life: prospective cohort study of older people. The BMJ 2015, 350: h2361. PMID: 25995357, PMCID: PMC4443433, DOI: 10.1136/bmj.h2361.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsActivities of Daily LivingAgedCohort StudiesConnecticutDementiaDisability EvaluationDisabled PersonsDisease ProgressionFemaleFrail ElderlyGeriatric AssessmentHospitalizationHumansMaleMultiple Organ FailureNeoplasmsPrognosisProspective StudiesSeverity of Illness IndexTerminal CareUnited StatesConceptsCourse of disabilityProspective cohort studyHospital admissionTrajectories of disabilitySeverity of disabilityCatastrophic disabilitySevere disabilityCohort studyAcute hospital admissionPalliative care approachMultiple hospital admissionsAdvance care planningPersonal care needsEnd of lifeDisability scoresOlder patientsPotential confoundersOccurrence of admissionMultivariable modelCare planningMAIN OUTCOMECare approachDaily livingCare needsAdmission