Selected Publications

Manly JJ, Jones RN, Langa KM, Ryan LH, Levine DA, McCammon R, Heeringa SG, Weir D. Estimating the prevalence of dementia and mild cognitive impairment in the US: the 2016 Health and Retirement Study Harmonized Cognitive Assessment Protocol project. JAMA Neurology. 2022; 79(12): 1242-1249.

Nicholas LH, Langa KM, Bynum JP, Hsu JW. Financial presentation of Alzheimer disease and related dementias. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2021 Feb 1;181(2):220-7.

Choi H, Steptoe A, Heisler M, Clarke P, Schoeni RF, Jivraj F, Cho T, Langa KM. Comparison of Health Outcomes Among High- and Low-Income Adults Aged 55 to 64 Years in the US vs England. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2020; 180(9): 1185-1193 .

Langa KM, Burke JF. Preclinical Alzheimer Disease—Early Diagnosis or Overdiagnosis?. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2019; 179(9): 1161-1162.

Lourida I, Hannon E, Littlejohns TJ, Langa KM, Hyppönen E, Kuźma E, Llewellyn DJ. Association of Lifestyle and Genetic Risk With Incidence of Dementia. JAMA. 2019; 322(5): 430-437.

Pool LR, Burgard SA, Needham BL, Elliott MR, Langa KM, De Leon CF. Association of a negative wealth shock with all-cause mortality in middle-aged and older adults in the United States. JAMA. 2018; 319(13): 1341-1350.

Langa KM, Larson EB, Crimmins EM, Faul JD, Levine DA, Kabeto MU, Weir DR. A comparison of the prevalence of dementia in the United States in 2000 and 2012. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2017; 177(1): 51-58.

Karlawish J, Langa KM. Unfinished business in preventing Alzheimer disease. JAMA Internal Medicine. 2016; 176(12): 1739-1740.

Levine DA, Galecki AT, Langa KM, Unverzagt FW, Kabeto MU, Giordani B, Wadley VG. Trajectory of cognitive decline after incident stroke. JAMA. 2015; 314(1): 41-51.

Langa KM, Levine DA. The diagnosis and management of mild cognitive impairment: a clinical review. JAMA. 2014; 312(23): 2551-2561.

Larson EB, Yaffe K, Langa KM. New insights into the dementia epidemic. New England Journal of Medicine. 2013; 369(24): 2275-2277.

Hurd MD, Martorell P, Delavande A, Mullen KJ, Langa KM. Monetary costs of dementia in the United States. New England Journal of Medicine. 2013; 368(14): 1326-1334.

Nicholas LH, Langa KM, Iwashyna TJ, Weir DR. Regional variation in the association between advance directives and end-of-life Medicare expenditures. JAMA. 2011; 306(13): 1447-1453.

Iwashyna TJ, Ely EW, Smith DM, Langa KM. Long-term cognitive impairment and functional disability among survivors of severe sepsis. JAMA. 2010; 304(16): 1787-1794.

Silveira MJ, Kim SY, Langa KM. Advance directives and outcomes of surrogate decision making before death. New England Journal of Medicine. 2010; 362(13): 1211-1218.

Rogers MA, Langa KM. Untreated poor vision: a contributing factor to late-life dementia. American Journal of Epidemiology. 2010; 171(6): 728-735.

Langa KM, Llewellyn DJ, Lang IA, Weir DR, Wallace RB, Kabeto MU, Huppert FA. Cognitive health among older adults in the United States and in England. BMC Geriatrics. 2009; 9(1): 23.

Brown SL, Smith DM, Schulz R, Kabeto MU, Ubel PA, Poulin M, Yi J, Kim C, Langa KM. Caregiving behavior is associated with decreased mortality risk. Psychological Science. 2009; 20(4): 488-494.

Llewellyn DJ, Lang IA, Langa KM, Naughton F, Matthews FE. Exposure to secondhand smoke and cognitive impairment in non-smokers: national cross sectional study with cotinine measurement. BMJ. 2009; 338: b462.

Larson EB, Langa KM. The rising tide of dementia worldwide. The Lancet. 2008; 372(9637): 430-432.

Plassman BL, Langa KM, Fisher GG, Heeringa SG, Weir DR, Ofstedal MB, Burke JR, Hurd MD, Potter GG, Rodgers WL, Steffens DC. Prevalence of cognitive impairment without dementia in the United States. Annals of Internal Medicine. 2008; 148(6): 427-434.

Plassman BL, Langa KM, Fisher GG, Heeringa SG, Weir DR, Ofstedal MB, Burke JR, Hurd MD, Potter GG, Rodgers WL, Steffens DC. Prevalence of dementia in the United States: the aging, demographics, and memory study. Neuroepidemiology. 2007; 29(1-2): 125-132.

Langa KM, Foster NL, Larson EB. Mixed dementia: emerging concepts and therapeutic implications. JAMA. 2004; 292(23): 2901-2908.

Kent DM, Fendrick AM, Langa KM. New and dis-improved: on the evaluation and use of less effective, less expensive medical interventions. Medical Decision Making. 2004; 24(3): 281-286.

Langa KM, Chernew ME, Kabeto MU, Regula Herzog A, Beth Ofstedal M, Willis RJ, Wallace RB, Mucha LM, Straus WL, Fendrick AM. National estimates of the quantity and cost of informal caregiving for the elderly with dementia. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 2001; 16(11): 770-778.

Katz SJ, Kabeto M, Langa KM. Gender disparities in the receipt of home care for elderly people with disability in the United States. JAMA. 2000; 284(23): 3022-3027.

Langa KM, Sussman EJ. The effect of cost-containment policies on rates of coronary revascularization in California. New England Journal of Medicine. 1993; 329(24): 1784-1789.

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