{"id":4415,"date":"2022-11-23T13:40:50","date_gmt":"2022-11-23T18:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/geriatrics\/?page_id=4415"},"modified":"2026-02-05T12:21:52","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T17:21:52","slug":"recent-publications","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/geriatrics\/research\/recent-publications\/","title":{"rendered":"Recent Publications"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Below are links to various published studies and papers by UNC Division of Geriatric Medicine and the Center for Aging and Health personnel.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nature.com\/articles\/s41591-026-04210-2\">Unintended risks of sarcopenic obesity during weight-loss interventions in older people (<em>Nature Science<\/em>, February 2026)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/94d4b5546c37cb03ff61413a9\/files\/cb11c363-cf8a-9e61-14d3-decfe6f4f463\/Deriving_sex_specific_anthropometric_cut_points_for_obesity_and_cardiovascular_disease_risk_in_Qatari_Adults.pdf\">Deriving sex-specific anthropometric cut-points for obesity and cardiovascular disease risk in Qatari adults (<em>Nature<\/em>, December 2025)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.sagepub.com\/doi\/epub\/10.1177\/03000605251371603\">Assessing the relationship between anthropometric indices and visceral adipose tissue: A cross-sectional study in a Qatari population (<em>Journal of International Medical Research,\u00a0<\/em>September 2025)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/94d4b5546c37cb03ff61413a9\/files\/c20db374-a832-6d7a-6a17-9d49e5486a71\/Dewar_CDN.pdf\">The Optimal Health Weight and Lifestyle (OHWL) Clinic: Comprehensive, Multidisciplinary and Geriatric-Focused Care for Q9 Multimorbid Older Adults With Obesity (<em>Current Developments in Nutrition<\/em>, September 2025)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/94d4b5546c37cb03ff61413a9\/files\/82e0ddb4-74f2-912e-9910-c30e7f0da88c\/lin24l_interspeech.pdf\">Analyzing Multimodal Features of Spontaneous Voice Assistant Commands for Mild Cognitive Impairment Detection (<em>Interspeech<\/em>, September 2025)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jgs.70054\">An Analysis of Institutional Anti-Amyloid Websites (<em>JAGS<\/em>, August 2025)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/40860522\/\">Frailty Trajectories and Social Determinants of Health of Older Adults in Rural and Urban Areas in the U.S. (<em>Journal of Aging and Longevity,<\/em> August 2025)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jgs.19607\">Advancing Age and Risk From the Elevated Atherogenic Index: Triglyceride (TG) to High-Density Cholesterol (HDL-C) Ratio (<em>JAGS<\/em>, June 2025)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jgs.19613\">A Multimodal Fall Prevention Intervention in the Setting of the Emergency Department (<em>JAGS<\/em>, June 2025)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jgs.19608\">Obesity and Transition to Assisted Living Services in Older Adults: An Analysis From the National Health and Aging Trends Study (<em>JAGS<\/em>, June 2025)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/94d4b5546c37cb03ff61413a9\/files\/f9fccc2a-ce4a-846b-4691-56d265098be3\/J_American_Geriatrics_Society_2025_Kumar_Advancing_Age_and_Risk_From_the_Elevated_Atherogenic_Index_Triglyceride_TG.pdf\">Advancing Age and Risk From the Elevated Atherogenic Index: Triglyceride (TG) to High-Density Cholesterol (HDL-C) Ratio (<em>JAGS<\/em>, May 2025)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mcusercontent.com\/94d4b5546c37cb03ff61413a9\/files\/2d860509-f360-fe0e-9973-3d0ae6a115a9\/J_American_Geriatrics_Society_2025_Muthukkumar_Obesity_and_Transition_to_Assisted_Living_Services_in_Older_Adults_An.pdf\">Obesity and Transition to Assisted Living Services in Older Adults: An Analysis From the National Health and Aging Trends Study (<em>JAGS<\/em>, May 2025)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jgs.19479\">CoCare-CI: A Clinical Innovation to Address Behavioral Symptoms in Hospitalized Older Adults With Cognitive Impairment (<em>JAGS<\/em>, April 2025)<\/a><\/p>\n<div role=\"tablist\" class=\"panel-group accordion-icon-left oscitas-bootstrap-container\" id=\"unc-accordion-0\">\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-0-0\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-0-0\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-0\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-0-0\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-0-0\">\n                2024            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h4>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-0-0\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jgs.19353\">Older Adults With Obesity: Need for 4Ms Age-Friendly Approach to Care (JAGS, December 2024)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jgs.19130\">Prognostication in Alzheimer&#8217;s disease and related dementias (<em>JAGS<\/em>, August 2024)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jgs.19040\">Pre-post-evaluation of a dementia-specific advance care planning toolkit for Japanese primary care clinicians (<em>JAGS<\/em>, June 2024)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/epdf\/10.1111\/jgs.18972\">Measuring frailty in clinical practice: Overcoming challenges with implementation (<em>JAGS<\/em>, May 2024)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jgs.18947\">Initiative to deprescribe high-risk drugs for older adults presenting to the emergency department after falls (<em>JAGS<\/em>, May 2024)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jgs.18799\">Nutrition interventions for body composition, physical function, cognition in hospitalized older adults: A systematic review of individuals 75\u2009years and older (<em>JAGS<\/em>, February 2024)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-1-0\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-1-0\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-1\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-1-0\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-1-0\">\n                2023            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h4>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-1-0\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s40266-023-01071-z\">Patient Perceptions of Opioids and Benzodiazepines and Attitudes Toward Deprescribing (<em>Drugs &amp; Aging<\/em>, October 2023)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jgs.18561\">Establishing and sustaining an acute care for elders unit: An incremental journey to success (August 2023)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mdpi.com\/2218-1989\/13\/7\/853\">Baseline Serum Biomarkers Predict Response to a Weight Loss Intervention in Older Adults with Obesity: A Pilot Study (<em>Metabolites<\/em>, July 2023)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"panel panel-default oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n    <div id=\"panel-heading-details-2-0\" class=\"panel-heading oscitas-bootstrap-container\" role=\"tab\">\n\n        <h4 class=\"panel-title oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n            <button class=\"accordion-toggle oscitas-bootstrap-container collapsed\" \n                id = \"button-details-2-0\"\n                data-toggle=\"collapse\"\n                data-parent=\"#unc-accordion-2\"    \n                aria-controls=\"#details-2-0\"  \n                aria-expanded=\"false\" \n                href=\"#details-2-0\">\n                2022            <\/button>\n\n        <\/h4>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div id=\"details-2-0\" class=\"panel-collapse collapse  oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n\n        <div class=\"panel-body oscitas-bootstrap-container\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/36335990\/\">Controversies in Osteoporosis Treatment of Nursing Home Resident (<em>JAMDA<\/em>, November 2022)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.med.unc.edu\/medicine\/geriatrics\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1287\/2022\/10\/JAGS_Long-term-weight-change-after-a-technology-based-weight.pdf\">Long-term weight change after a technology-based weight loss intervention (<em>JAGS<\/em>, October 2022)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/10.1111\/jgs.18066\">Anticholinergic co-prescribing in nursing home residents using cholinesterase inhibitors: potential deprescribing cascade (<em>JAGS<\/em>, October 2022)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1111\/jgs.18007\">Medicare&#8217;s annual wellness visit: 10\u2009years of opportunities gained and lost (<em>JAGS<\/em>, October 2022)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clinicalnutritionjournal.com\/article\/S0261-5614(22)00237-0\/fulltext\">Association between food insecurity and probable sarcopenia: Data from the 2011\u20132014 National Health and nutrition examination survey (<em>Clinical Nutrition<\/em>, September 2022)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1879406822001060\">Use of geriatric assessment in cancer clinical trials: A systematic review (<em>JGO<\/em>, September 2022)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/science\/article\/abs\/pii\/S1879406822001023\">Prevalence and clinical correlates of cognitive impairment in adults with plasma cell disorders (<em>JGO<\/em>, September 2022)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/link.springer.com\/article\/10.1007\/s40266-022-00967-6\">Primary-Care Prescribers\u2019 Perspectives on Deprescribing Opioids and Benzodiazepines in Older Adults (<em>Drugs &amp; Aging<\/em>, July 2022)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cureus.com\/articles\/96221-development-and-evaluation-of-a-faculty-teaching-boot-camp-before-and-during-the-covid-19-pandemic\">Development and Evaluation of a Faculty Teaching Boot Camp Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic (<em>Cureus<\/em>, June 2022)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/diabetesjournals.org\/care\/article\/45\/7\/1558\/147046\/Effect-of-Deintensifying-Diabetes-Medications-on\"> Effect of Deintensifying Diabetes Medications on Negative Events in Older Veteran Nursing Home Residents (<em>Diabetes Care<\/em>, May 2022)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/trialsjournal.biomedcentral.com\/articles\/10.1186\/s13063-022-06164-5\">A deprescribing medication program to evaluate falls in older adults: methods for a randomized pragmatic clinical trial (<em>Trials<\/em>, April 2022)<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n        \n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below are links to various published studies and papers by UNC Division of Geriatric Medicine and the Center for Aging and Health personnel. 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