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Peggy M. Cawthon is affiliated with the University of California, San Francisco in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on medical science, with significant contributions in physiology, orthopedics and sports medicine, surgery, geriatrics and gerontology, and molecular biology.

The main topics addressed in their research include nutrition and health in aging, body composition measurement techniques, frailty in older adults, bone health and osteoporosis research, cardiovascular and exercise physiology, physical activity and health, as well as cerebral palsy and movement disorders.

Among recent papers authored or co-authored by Peggy M. Cawthon are:

  • Sarcopenia Definition: The Position Statements of the Sarcopenia Definition and Outcomes Consortium (2020) published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • Sarcopenia and Cardiovascular Diseases (2023) published in Circulation
  • The Conceptual Definition of Sarcopenia: Delphi Consensus from the Global Leadership Initiative in Sarcopenia (GLIS) (2024) published in Age and Ageing
  • Supplemental Vitamin D and Incident Fractures in Midlife and Older Adults (2022) published in the New England Journal of Medicine
  • Putative Cut-Points in Sarcopenia Components and Incident Adverse Health Outcomes: An SDOC Analysis (2020) published in the Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Peggy M. Cawthon include:

  • Anne B. Newman
  • Steven R. Cummings
  • Stephen B. Kritchevsky
  • Paul M. Coen
  • Jane A. Cauley

The most common publication venues for their work are:

  • Innovation in Aging
  • The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
  • Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise

Best Publications

  • Gait speed and survival in older adults.

    Stephanie Studenski;Subashan Perera;Kushang Patel;Caterina Rosano

  • The FNIH Sarcopenia Project: Rationale, Study Description, Conference Recommendations, and Final Estimates

    Stephanie A. Studenski;Katherine W. Peters;Dawn E. Alley;Peggy M. Cawthon

  • Sarcopenia: etiology, clinical consequences, intervention, and assessment

    T Lang;T Streeper;P Cawthon;K Baldwin

  • 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

  • Short Physical Performance Battery and all-cause mortality: systematic review and meta-analysis

    Rita Pavasini;Jack M. Guralnik;Justin C. Brown;Mauro Di Bari

  • Frailty and Risk of Falls, Fracture, and Mortality in Older Women: The Study of Osteoporotic Fractures

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

  • Design and baseline characteristics of the osteoporotic fractures in men (MrOS) study — A large observational study of the determinants of fracture in older men

    Eric Orwoll;Janet Babich Blank;Elizabeth Barrett-Connor;Jane Cauley

  • A Comparison of Frailty Indexes for the Prediction of Falls, Disability, Fractures and Mortality in Older Men

    Kristine E. Ensrud;Kristine E. Ensrud;Kristine E. Ensrud;Susan K. Ewing;Peggy M. Cawthon;Howard A. Fink;Howard A. Fink

  • Frailty in Older Men: Prevalence, Progression, and Relationship with Mortality

    Peggy M. Cawthon;Lynn M. Marshall;Yvonne Michael;Thuy Tien Dam

  • Grip Strength Cutpoints for the Identification of Clinically Relevant Weakness

    Dawn E. Alley;Michelle D. Shardell;Katherine W. Peters;Robert R. McLean

  • Overview of recruitment for the osteoporotic fractures in men study (MrOS)

    Janet Babich Blank;Peggy Mannen Cawthon;Mary Lou Carrion-Petersen;Loretta Harper

  • Criteria for Clinically Relevant Weakness and Low Lean Mass and Their Longitudinal Association With Incident Mobility Impairment and Mortality: The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) Sarcopenia Project

    Robert R. McLean;Michelle D. Shardell;Dawn E. Alley;Peggy M. Cawthon

  • Sarcopenia Definition: The Position Statements of the Sarcopenia Definition and Outcomes Consortium

    Shalender Bhasin;Thomas G. Travison;Todd M. Manini;Sheena Patel

  • Do muscle mass, muscle density, strength, and physical function similarly influence risk of hospitalization in older adults?

    Peggy Mannen Cawthon;Kathleen M. Fox;Shravanthi R. Gandra;Matthew J. Delmonico

  • An Evidence-Based Comparison of Operational Criteria for the Presence of Sarcopenia

    Thuy Tien Dam;Katherine W. Peters;Maren Fragala;Peggy M. Cawthon

  • Cutpoints for Low Appendicular Lean Mass That Identify Older Adults With Clinically Significant Weakness

    Peggy M. Cawthon;Katherine W. Peters;Michelle D. Shardell;Robert R. McLean

  • High-Trauma Fractures and Low Bone Mineral Density in Older Women and Men

    Dawn C. Mackey;Li-Yung Lui;Peggy M. Cawthon;Douglas C. Bauer

  • Gender Differences in Osteoporosis and Fractures

    Peggy M. Cawthon

  • BMI and fracture risk in older men: The osteoporotic fractures in men study (MrOS)

    Carrie M Nielson;Lynn M Marshall;Annette L Adams;Erin S LeBlanc;Erin S LeBlanc

  • BMD and Risk of Hip and Nonvertebral Fractures in Older Men:A Prospective Study and Comparison With Older Women

    Steven R Cummings;Peggy M Cawthon;Kristine E Ensrud;Jane A Cauley

Frequent Co-Authors

Kristine E. Ensrud
Kristine E. Ensrud University of Minnesota
Jane A. Cauley
Jane A. Cauley University of Pittsburgh
Eric S. Orwoll
Eric S. Orwoll Oregon Health & Science University
Steven R. Cummings
Steven R. Cummings University of California, San Francisco
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor
Elizabeth Barrett-Connor University of California, San Diego
Nancy E. Lane
Nancy E. Lane University of California, Davis
Katie L. Stone
Katie L. Stone University of California, San Francisco
Anne B. Newman
Anne B. Newman University of Pittsburgh
Tamara B. Harris
Tamara B. Harris National Institutes of Health
Howard A Fink
Howard A Fink University of Minnesota

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