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Overview

Lon R. White is affiliated with the University of Hawaii at Manoa in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on the field of Medicine, with a particular emphasis on Psychiatry and Mental Health, Neurology, Physiology, Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine, as well as Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis.

Their scholarly output includes extensive work on topics such as Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Alzheimer's Disease research and treatments, Health, Environment, and Cognitive Aging, Health Disparities and Outcomes, Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments, Blood Pressure and Hypertension Studies, and Nutritional Studies and Diet.

White's recent publications cover a range of studies on neurodegenerative diseases, cognitive impairment, and dementia. Notable recent papers include:

  • Frequency of LATE neuropathologic change across the spectrum of Alzheimer's disease neuropathology: combined data from 13 community-based or population-based autopsy cohorts (2022) published in Acta Neuropathologica
  • The prevalence, correlation, and co-occurrence of neuropathology in old age: harmonisation of 12 measures across six community-based autopsy studies of dementia (2023) published in The Lancet Healthy Longevity
  • Cognitive Impairment in Older Adults and Therapeutic Strategies (2020) published in Pharmacological Reviews
  • Risk of Alzheimer's disease and related dementia by sex and race/ethnicity: The Multiethnic Cohort Study (2021) published in Alzheimer's & Dementia
  • Association of Cognition and Dementia With Neuropathologic Changes of Alzheimer Disease and Other Conditions in the Oldest Old (2022) published in Neurology

White frequently collaborates with several other researchers, including Thomas J. Montine, Margaret E. Flanagan, Lenore J. Launer, Unhee Lim, and Veronica Wendy Setiawan.

Their publications appear most often in venues such as Alzheimer's & Dementia, Innovation in Aging, Neurology, PLoS ONE, and Journal of Alzheimer's Disease.

Best Publications

  • Midlife hand grip strength as a predictor of old age disability.

    T Rantanen;J M Guralnik;D Foley;K Masaki

  • Midlife blood pressure and dementia: the Honolulu–Asia aging study☆

    Lenore J Launer;G.Webster Ross;G.Webster Ross;Helen Petrovitch;Kamal Masaki

  • Walking and dementia in physically capable elderly men.

    Robert D. Abbott;Lon R. White;G. Webster Ross;Kamal H. Masaki

  • Early inflammation and dementia: A 25‐year follow‐up of the Honolulu‐Asia aging study

    Reinhold Schmidt;Helena Schmidt;J. David Curb;Kamal Masaki

  • Association of olfactory dysfunction with risk for future Parkinson's disease.

    G. Webster Ross;Helen Petrovitch;Robert D. Abbott;Caroline M. Tanner

  • Untreated Blood Pressure Level Is Inversely Related to Cognitive Functioning: The Framingham Study

    Mernll F. Elias;Philip A Wolf;Ralph B. D'Agostino;Janet Cobb

  • CSF Aβ 42 levels correlate with amyloid-neuropathology in a population-based autopsy study

    D. Strozyk;K. Blennow;L. R. White;L. J. Launer

  • Effects of Walking on Mortality among Nonsmoking Retired Men

    Hakim Aa;Petrovitch H;Burchfiel Cm;Ross Gw

  • Prevalence of dementia and probable senile dementia of the Alzheimer type in the Framingham Study.

    D L Bachman;P A Wolf;R Linn;J E Knoefel

  • Incidence of dementia and probable Alzheimer's disease in a general population The Framingham Study

    D. L. Bachman;P. A. Wolf;R. T. Linn;J. E. Knoefel

  • Midlife blood pressure and neuritic plaques, neurofibrillary tangles, and brain weight at death: the HAAS☆

    H Petrovitch;L.R White;L.R White;L.R White;G Izmirilian;G.W Ross;G.W Ross

  • Prevalence of dementia in older Japanese-American men in Hawaii: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study.

    White L;Petrovitch H;Ross Gw;Ross Gw;Masaki Kh

  • Trends in the incidence and prevalence of Alzheimer’s disease, dementia, and cognitive impairment in the United States

    Walter A. Rocca;Ronald C. Petersen;David S. Knopman;Liesi E. Hebert

  • A 32-year prospective study of change in body weight and incident dementia: the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study.

    Robert Stewart;Kamal Masaki;Qian Li Xue;Rita Peila

  • Race and sex differences in hip fracture incidence.

    M. E. Farmer;Lon R. White;J. A. Brody;K. R. Bailey

  • Excessive daytime sleepiness and subsequent development of Parkinson disease

    R. D. Abbott;G. W. Ross;L. R. White;C. M. Tanner

  • Metabolic cardiovascular syndrome and risk of dementia in Japanese-American elderly men. The Honolulu-Asia aging study.

    S. Kalmijn;D. Foley;L. White;C. M. Burchfiel

  • Grip strength changes over 27 yr in Japanese-American men

    T. Rantanen;K. Masaki;D. Foley;G. Izmirlian

  • A longitudinal survey of self-reported bowel habits in the United States

    James E. Everhart;Vay Liang W. Go;Vay Liang W. Go;Richard S. Johannes;Richard S. Johannes;Stacey C. Fitzsimmons;Stacey C. Fitzsimmons

  • Cerebrovascular pathology and dementia in autopsied Honolulu-Asia Aging Study participants.

    Lon White;Lon White;Helen Petrovitch;John Hardman;James Nelson

Frequent Co-Authors

Kamal Masaki
Kamal Masaki University of Hawaii at Manoa
Lenore J. Launer
Lenore J. Launer National Institutes of Health
Helen Petrovitch
Helen Petrovitch Veterans Health Administration
Robert D. Abbott
Robert D. Abbott University of Virginia
Thomas J. Montine
Thomas J. Montine Stanford University
William R. Markesbery
William R. Markesbery University of Kentucky
Caroline M. Tanner
Caroline M. Tanner University of California, San Francisco
Beatriz L. Rodriguez
Beatriz L. Rodriguez University of Hawaii at Manoa
Paul K. Crane
Paul K. Crane University of Washington
Philip A. Wolf
Philip A. Wolf Boston University

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