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Stephen B. Kritchevsky

Stephen B. Kritchevsky

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Medicine

D-Index
158
Citations
107651
World Ranking
839
National Ranking
478

Overview

Stephen B. Kritchevsky is affiliated with Wake Forest University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in medicine, with a particular focus on aging and related physiological processes.

The main fields of study in Kritchevsky's work include Medicine, with notable subfields such as Physiology, Geriatrics and Gerontology, Psychiatry and Mental Health, Cognitive Neuroscience, and Molecular Biology. This interdisciplinary approach underlines their involvement in diverse aspects of health science as it relates to aging populations.

Research topics prominently addressed by Kritchevsky include Nutrition and Health in Aging, Frailty in Older Adults, Diet and Metabolism Studies, Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research, Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention, Body Composition Measurement Techniques, and Cardiovascular and Exercise Physiology. These areas highlight a focus on understanding and mitigating aging-related conditions and improving quality of life in older adults.

Among the recent papers featuring Kritchevsky's contributions are:

  • International Exercise Recommendations in Older Adults (ICFSR): Expert Consensus Guidelines, 2021, published in The Journal of Nutrition Health & Aging
  • Senolytics dasatinib and quercetin in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis: results of a phase I, single-blind, single-center, randomized, placebo-controlled pilot trial on feasibility and tolerability, 2023, EBioMedicine
  • Molecular damage in aging, 2021, Nature Aging
  • Metformin Reduces Aging-Related Leaky Gut and Improves Cognitive Function by Beneficially Modulating Gut Microbiome/Goblet Cell/Mucin Axis, 2020, The Journals of Gerontology Series A
  • Association of Pace of Aging Measured by Blood-Based DNA Methylation With Age-Related Cognitive Impairment and Dementia, 2022, Neurology

Kritchevsky often collaborates with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Anne B. Newman, Peggy M. Cawthon, Steven R. Cummings, Paul M. Coen, and Bret H. Goodpaster, each contributing to a substantial number of joint publications.

Their work is published frequently in venues such as Innovation in Aging, The Journals of Gerontology Series A, UNC Libraries, bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory), and GeroScience, indicating active engagement with journals focused on aging and medical science.

Best Publications

  • Gait speed and survival in older adults.

    Stephanie Studenski;Subashan Perera;Kushang Patel;Caterina Rosano

  • The Loss of Skeletal Muscle Strength, Mass, and Quality in Older Adults: The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study

    Bret H Goodpaster;Seok Won Park;Tamara B Harris;Steven B Kritchevsky

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

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

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

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

  • Strength, But Not Muscle Mass, Is Associated With Mortality in the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study Cohort

    Anne B. Newman;Varant Kupelian;Marjolein Visser;Eleanor M. Simonsick

  • Muscle mass, muscle strength, and muscle fat infiltration as predictors of incident mobility limitations in well-functioning older persons

    M. Visser;B.H. Goodpaster;S.B. Kritchevsky;A.B. Newman

  • Elevated aortic pulse wave velocity, a marker of arterial stiffness, predicts cardiovascular events in well-functioning older adults.

    Kim Sutton-Tyrrell;Samer S. Najjar;Robert M. Boudreau;Lakshmi Venkitachalam

  • Effect of Structured Physical Activity on Prevention of Major Mobility Disability in Older Adults: The LIFE Study Randomized Clinical Trial

    Marco Pahor;Jack M. Guralnik;Jack M. Guralnik;Walter T. Ambrosius;Steven Blair

  • Dietary protein intake is associated with lean mass change in older, community-dwelling adults: the Health, Aging, and Body Composition (Health ABC) Study.

    Denise K Houston;Barbara J Nicklas;Jingzhong Ding;Tamara B Harris

  • Prognostic value of usual gait speed in well-functioning older people--results from the Health, Aging and Body Composition Study.

    Matteo Cesari;Stephen B. Kritchevsky;Brenda W. H. J. Penninx;Barbara J. Nicklas

  • Sarcopenic obesity: definition, cause and consequences.

    Sari Stenholm;Tamara B Harris;Taina Rantanen;Marjolein Visser

  • Inflammatory markers and onset of cardiovascular events: results from the Health ABC study.

    Matteo Cesari;Brenda W.J.H. Penninx;Anne B. Newman;Stephen B. Kritchevsky

  • The I.A.N.A. task force on frailty assessment of older people in clinical practice

    G Abellan van Kan;Y Rolland;H Bergman;J E Morley

  • Association of long-distance corridor walk performance with mortality, cardiovascular disease, mobility limitation, and disability.

    Anne B. Newman;Eleanor M. Simonsick;Barbara L. Naydeck;Robert M. Boudreau

  • Sarcopenia: Alternative Definitions and Associations with Lower Extremity Function

    Anne B. Newman;Varant Kupelian;Marjolein Visser;Eleanor Simonsick

  • Novel genetic associations for blood pressure identified via gene-alcohol interaction in up to 570K individuals across multiple ancestries

    Mary F. Feitosa;Aldi T. Kraja;Daniel I. Chasman;Yun J. Sung

  • Causal relationship between obesity and vitamin D status: bi-directional Mendelian randomization analysis of multiple cohorts.

    Karani S. Vimaleswaran;Diane J. Berry;Emmi Tikkanen;Emmi Tikkanen;Stefan Pilz;Stefan Pilz

  • Leg Muscle Mass and Composition in Relation to Lower Extremity Performance in Men and Women Aged 70 to 79: The Health, Aging and Body Composition Study

    Marjolein Visser;Marjolein Visser;Stephen B. Kritchevsky;T. Bret H. Goodpaster;Anne B. Newman

  • Metformin as a Tool to Target Aging.

    Nir Barzilai;Jill P. Crandall;Stephen B. Kritchevsky;Mark A. Espeland

  • Effects of a physical activity intervention on measures of physical performance: Results of the lifestyle interventions and independence for Elders Pilot (LIFE-P) study.

    Marco Pahor;Steven N. Blair;Mark Espeland;Roger Fielding

Frequent Co-Authors

Tamara B. Harris
Tamara B. Harris National Institutes of Health
Anne B. Newman
Anne B. Newman University of Pittsburgh
Marco Pahor
Marco Pahor University of Florida
Yongmei Liu
Yongmei Liu Duke University
Eleanor M. Simonsick
Eleanor M. Simonsick National Institutes of Health
Barbara J. Nicklas
Barbara J. Nicklas Wake Forest University
Bruce M. Psaty
Bruce M. Psaty University of Washington
Suzanne Satterfield
Suzanne Satterfield University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Bret H. Goodpaster
Bret H. Goodpaster Translational Research Institute
Jerome I. Rotter
Jerome I. Rotter UCLA Medical Center

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