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Overview

Jane A. Cauley is affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh in the United States and focuses primarily on medical research. Their work spans a range of topics related to aging, bone health, and body composition, with a strong emphasis on osteoporosis and fracture risk.

Their recent publications include the following:

  • Sarcopenia Definition: The Position Statements of the Sarcopenia Definition and Outcomes Consortium, 2020, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • Gut microbiome pattern reflects healthy ageing and predicts survival in humans, 2021, Nature Metabolism
  • Association of Menopausal Hormone Therapy With Breast Cancer Incidence and Mortality During Long-term Follow-up of the Women's Health Initiative Randomized Clinical Trials, 2020, JAMA
  • Treatment-related changes in bone mineral density as a surrogate biomarker for fracture risk reduction: meta-regression analyses of individual patient data from multiple randomised controlled trials, 2020, The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology
  • Muscle Mass Assessed by the D3-Creatine Dilution Method and Incident Self-reported Disability and Mortality in a Prospective Observational Study of Community-Dwelling Older Men, 2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series A

Frequent coauthors include:

  • Peggy M. Cawthon
  • Kristine E. Ensrud
  • Eric Orwoll
  • Carolyn Crandall
  • Nancy E. Lane

Jane A. Cauley's work is commonly published in these venues:

  • Journal of Bone and Mineral Research
  • Osteoporosis International
  • Innovation in Aging
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • UNC Libraries

The scientist's main field of study is Medicine, with a total of 462 publications. Subfields include:

  • Physiology
  • Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
  • Surgery
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • Oncology

Main topics of their research encompass:

  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Nutrition and Health in Aging
  • Hip and Femur Fractures
  • Body Composition Measurement Techniques
  • Bone health and treatments
  • Frailty in Older Adults
  • Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention

Best Publications

  • Risk factors for hip fracture in white women. Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group.

    Steven R. Cummings;Michael C. Nevitt;Warren S. Browner;Katie Stone

  • Gait speed and survival in older adults.

    Stephanie Studenski;Subashan Perera;Kushang Patel;Caterina Rosano

  • Randomised trial of effect of alendronate on risk of fracture in women with existing vertebral fractures

    Dennis M Black;Steven R Cummings;David B Karpf;Jane A Cauley

  • Once-yearly zoledronic acid for treatment of postmenopausal osteoporosis

    Dennis M. Black;Pierre D. Delmas;Richard Eastell;Ian R. Reid

  • Bone density at various sites for prediction of hip fractures

    S R Cummings;D M Black;M C Nevitt;W Browner

  • The Effect of Raloxifene on Risk of Breast Cancer in Postmenopausal Women: Results From the MORE Randomized Trial

    Steven R. Cummings;Stephen Eckert;Kathryn A. Krueger;Deborah Grady

  • Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes During 6.8 Years of Hormone Therapy: Heart and Estrogen/Progestin Replacement Study Follow-up (HERS II)

    Stephen Hulley;Curt Furberg;Elizabeth Barrett-Connor;Jane Cauley

  • Calcium plus vitamin D supplementation and the risk of fractures.

    Rebecca D. Jackson;Andrea Z. LaCroix;Margery Gass;Robert B. Wallace

  • Bisphosphonate-associated osteonecrosis of the jaw: Report of a Task Force of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

    Sundeep Khosla;David Burr;Jane Cauley;David W. Dempster

  • Common genetic determinants of vitamin D insufficiency: a genome-wide association study

    Thomas J. Wang;Feng Zhang;J. Brent Richards;Bryan Kestenbaum

  • Effects of Continuing or Stopping Alendronate After 5 Years of Treatment The Fracture Intervention Trial Long-term Extension (FLEX): A Randomized Trial

    Dennis M. Black;Ann V. Schwartz;Kristine E. Ensrud;Jane A. Cauley

  • Menopausal hormone therapy and health outcomes during the intervention and extended poststopping phases of the women's health initiative randomized trials

    Jo Ann E. Manson;Rowan T. Chlebowski;Marcia L. Stefanick;Aaron K. Aragaki

  • Body mass index, serum sex hormones, and breast cancer risk in postmenopausal women.

    T J Key;P N Appleby;G K Reeves;A Roddam

  • Appendicular bone density and age predict hip fracture in women. The Study of Osteoporotic Fractures Research Group.

    Steven R. Cummings;Dennis M. Black;Michael C. Nevitt;Warren S. Browner

  • Effects of estrogen plus progestin on risk of fracture and bone mineral density: the Women's Health Initiative randomized trial.

    Jane A. Cauley;John Robbins;Zhao Chen;Steven R. Cummings

  • Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies 56 bone mineral density loci and reveals 14 loci associated with risk of fracture

    Karol Estrada;Unnur Styrkarsdottir;Evangelos Evangelou;Yi-Hsiang Hsu

  • American Society of Clinical Oncology 2003 Update on the Role of Bisphosphonates and Bone Health Issues in Women With Breast Cancer

    Bruce E. Hillner;James N. Ingle;Rowan T. Chlebowski;Julie Gralow

  • RISK OF MORTALITY FOLLOWING CLINICAL FRACTURES

    J. A. Cauley;D. E. Thompson;K. C. Ensrud;J. C. Scott

  • BMD at Multiple Sites and Risk of Fracture of Multiple Types: Long-Term Results From the Study of Osteoporotic Fractures

    Katie L. Stone;Dana G. Seeley;Li Yung Lui;Jane A. Cauley

  • Comparison of 2 Frailty Indexes for Prediction of Falls, Disability, Fractures, and Death in Older Women

    Kristine E. Ensrud;Susan K. Ewing;Brent C. Taylor;Howard A. Fink

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristine E. Ensrud
Kristine E. Ensrud University of Minnesota
Steven R. Cummings
Steven R. Cummings University of California, San Francisco
Peggy M. Cawthon
Peggy M. Cawthon University of California, San Francisco
Eric S. Orwoll
Eric S. Orwoll Oregon Health & Science University
Katie L. Stone
Katie L. Stone University of California, San Francisco
Joseph M. Zmuda
Joseph M. Zmuda University of Pittsburgh
Douglas C. Bauer
Douglas C. Bauer University of California, San Francisco
Tamara B. Harris
Tamara B. Harris National Institutes of Health
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor University of California, San Diego
Dennis M. Black
Dennis M. Black University of California, San Francisco

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