Center on Population Health and Aging
Carolina African-American Twin Study of Aging - Bibliography
2007
Whitfield, K.E.
,
G. King
,
S. Moller
,
C.L. Edwards
,
T.L. Nelson
and
D.J. Vandenbergh
(2007).
"Concordance Rates for Smoking among African-American Twins."
Journal of the National Medical Association
99(3):213-217.
2006
Nelson, T.L.
,
D.T. Brandon
,
S.A. Wiggins
and
K.E. Whitfield
(2006).
"Genetic and Environmental Influences on Body Fat and Blood Pressure in
African-American Adult Twins."
International Journal of Obesity
30(2):243-250.
2005
Whitfield, K.E.
(2005).
"Studying Biobehavioral Aspects of Health Disparities among Older Adult Minorities."
Journal of Urban Health
82(2 Suppl 3):iii103-iii110.
2004
Bennett, G.G.
,
M.M. Merritt
,
J.J. Sollers
,
C.L. Edwards
,
K.E. Whitfield
,
D.T. Brandon
and
R.D. Tucker
(2004).
"Stress, Coping, and Health Outcomes among African-Americans: A Review of the John Henryism Hypothesis."
Psychology and Health
19(3):369-383.
Whitfield, K.E. (2004). "Behavioral Genetic Studies of Health." In Anderson, N.B. and M.E. Kemeny (Eds.) , Encyclopedia of Health and Behavior, Volumes 1 and 2. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Whitfield, K.E. (2004). "Twin Studies and Dementia. Theorizing Sibling Ties in Adulthood: Discussion and Debate." In Sourcebook of Family Theory and Research. Sage.
Whitfield, K.E. and K.I. Jackson (2004). "Race and SES Differences in the Relationship between Religion and Health." In Schaie, K.W. , N.M. Krause and A. Booth (Eds.) , Religious Influences on Health and Well-Being in the Elderly. New York: Springer Publishing Co.
Whitfield, K.E. , S.A. Wiggins , R. BeLue and D.T. Brandon (2004). "Genetic and Environmental Influences on Forced Expiratory Volume in African Americans: The Carolina African-American Twin Study of Aging." Ethnicity & Disease 14(2):206-211.
2003
Brandon, D.T.
,
K.E. Whitfield
,
J.J. Sollers
,
S.A. Wiggins
,
S.G. West
,
G.P. Vogler
,
G.E. McClearn
and
J.F. Thayer
(2003).
"Genetic and Environmental Influences on Blood Pressure and Pulse Pressure among Adult African Americans."
Ethnicity and Disease
13(2):193-199.
Brandon, D.T. , K.E. Whitfield , J.J. Sollers , S.A. Wiggins , S.G. West , G.P. Vogler , G.E. McClearn and J.F. Thayer (2003). "The Nature and Nurture of Blood Pressure in African Americans." Ethnicity and Disease 13(2):297-298.
Vandenbergh, D.J. , K.A. Anthony and K.E. Whitfield (2003). "Optimizing DNA Yield from Buccal Swabs in the Elderly: Attempts to Promote Buccal Cell Growth in Culture." American Journal of Human Biology 15(5):637-642.
Whitfield, K.E. (2003). "Sources of Individual Differences in Cognitive Aging among African Americans." In Boston, P.Q. (Ed.) , The Cultural Diversity of Aging: The 14th Annual Southeastern Regional Student Convention in Gerontology and Geriatrics; Symposia, Posters, and Keynote Address. Athens: The University of Georgia Gerontology Center.
Whitfield, K.E. (2003). "Sources of Individual Differences in Indices of Health Disparities among Older African Americans." Phylon 50:145-159.
Whitfield, K.E. , D.T. Brandon , S.A. Wiggins , G.P. Vogler and G.E. McClearn (2003). "Does Intact Pair Status Matter in the Study of African American Twins?: The Carolina African American Twin Study of Aging." Experimental Aging Research 29(4):407-423.
Whitfield, K.E. , S.A. Wiggins and D.T. Brandon (2003). "Genetics and Health Disparities: Fears and Realities." Journal of the National Medical Association 95(7):539-543.
2002
Nelson, T.L.
,
D.T. Brandon
,
S.A. Wiggins
and
K.E. Whitfield
(2002).
"Genetic and Environmental Influences on Body-Fat Measures among African-American Twins."
Obesity Research
10(8):733-739.
Whitfield, K.E. , D.T. Brandon and S.A. Wiggins (2002). "Sociocultural Influences in Genetic Designs of Aging: Unexplored Perspectives." Experimental Aging Research 28(4):391-405.
2000
Whitfield, K.E.
and
D.T. Brandon
(2000).
"Individual Differences, Ethnicity, and Aging: What Can Gero-Genetic Studies Contribute?."
African-American Research Perspectives
6(2):115-122.
1995
Whitfield, K.E.
and
T.P. Miles
(1995). "Studying Ethnicity and Behavioral Medicine: A Quantitative Genetic Approach." In
Turner, J.R.
,
J.K. Hewitt
and
L.R. Cardon
(Eds.)
, Behavior Genetic Approaches in Behavioral Medicine.
New York, NY:
Plenum.
Articles currently under review or in preparation:
Presentations
Whitfield, K.E. & Allaire, J.C. Individual Differences in Memory Among African Americans: Results from the Carolina African American Twin Study of Aging. To be presented at Gerontological Society of America, Washington, D.C.
Nelson, TL, Brandon, D.T, & Wiggins, S.A., & Whitfield, K.E, (2004). Are There Shared Genetic and Environmental Influences among Body Fat and Blood Pressure in African American Twins? North American Association for the Study of Obesity, Las Vegas, Nevada.
Whitfield, K.E. & Allaire, J.C. (2004). Genetic and environmental influences on memory among African Americans: Results from the Carolina African American Twin Study of Aging. Presented at Cognitive Aging Conference, Atlanta, GA.
Brandon, D.T., Whitfield, K.E. & Nelson, T. (2003). Explaining variability in the relationship between BMI and SBP in adulthood among African Americans. Presented at the Gerontological Society of America.
Brandon, D.T., & Whitfield, K.D. (2003). Explaining variability in John Henryism: Environment and Genes. Presented at the Society for Behavioral Medicine meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah.
Jackson, K.I., Wiggins, S.A., Brandon, D.T., & Nelson, T., & Whitfield, K.E. (2002). Body composition measures as predictors of physical impairment among older African Americans. Presented at the Gerontological Society of American meeting in Boston, MA.
Brandon, D.T., & Whitfield, K.E. (2002). Perceived Stress as a Predictor of Pulse Pressure among adult African Americans. Presented at the Gerontological Society of American meeting in Boston, MA.
Nelson, TL, Whitfield, K.E, Brandon, D.T, & Wiggins, S.A. (2002). Genetic and environmental influences on body fat measures among African American twins. Presented at the American Heart Association Epidemiology Conference in Honolulu, HI.
Brandon, D. T., Whitfield, K. E., Vogler, G. P., & West, S.G. (2002). Perceived stress and blood pressure among African American Adults. Presented at the Society for Behavioral Medicine annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
Brandon, D.T., Wiggins, S.A., & Whitfield, K.E. (2001). Sources of variance in measures of well-being African American twins. Presented at the Gerontological Society of America annual meeting in Chicago , Il.
Baker, T.A., Brandon, D.T., Wiggins, S.A., & Whitfield, K.E. (2001). Genetic influences on arthritis: Results from the Carolina African American Twin Study of Aging. Presented at the Gerontological Society of America annual meeting in Chicago, Il.
Whitfield, K. E., & Brandon, D. T. (2001). Genetic and environmental influences on health: A study of older African American twins. Presented at the Annual Regional Research Conference on Ethnic and Minority Health in Philadelphia, PA.
Whitfield, K.E., Brandon, D.T., Thayer, J., & Wiggins, S.A. (2001). Genetic and environmental influences on hemodynamics. Presented at the Society for Behavioral Medicine annual meeting in Seattle WA.
Brandon, D.T., Whitfield, K.E., & Wiggins, S.A. (2000). Does intact pair status matter in the study of African American twins? Presented at the Gerontological Society of America's annual meeting in Washington, D.C.
Whitfield, K.E. (1999). Studying African American twins, you have to find them first: The Carolina African American Twin Study of Aging. Presented at the Gerontological Society of America's annual meeting in San Francisco.
Baker, T.A., Caskie, G., Willis, S., Whitfield, K., & Sczynski, J. (1999). Identifying demographic and medication indices as predictors of study participation. Presented at the Gerontological Society of America's annual meeting in San Francisco.
Whitfield, K.E. (1999). Shared beginnings, separate paths and common end points: The health of older African American twins. Presented at the American Psychological Association meeting in Boston.
