authors: Thurston RC, Sowers MF, Chang Y, Sternfeld B, Gold EB, Johnston JM, Matthews KA.
title: Adiposity and vasomotor symptom reporting among midlife women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN)  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2008.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol 167:78-85 PMID: 17881385 .

authors: Thurston RC, Sowers MF, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Everson-Rose SA, Lewis TT, Edmundowicz D, Matthews KA.
title: Abdominal adiposity and hot flashes among midlife women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2008.   journal: Menopause   info: Menopause. 15:429-434 PMID: 18204407 .

authors: Finkelstein JS, Brockwell SE, Mehta V, Greendale GA, Sowers MR, Ettinger B, Lo JC, Johnston JM, Cauley JA, Danielson ME, Neer RM.
title: Bone mineral density changes during the menopause transition in a multi-ethnic cohort of women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health.
date: 2008.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 93:861-868 PMID: 18160467 .

authors: Tomey KM, Sowers MR, Crandall C, Johnston J, Jannausch M, Yosef M.
title: Dietary Intake is related to prevalence of functional limitations in mid-life women  . keywords: Arthritis and Physical Functioning; Nutrition.
date: 2008.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol. 167:935-943 PMID: 18250080 .

authors: Sowers MFR, Wildman RP, Mancuso, Eyvazzadeh AD, Karvonen-Gutierrez CA, Rillamas-Sun E, Jannausch ML.
title: Change in adipocytokines and ghrelin with menopause  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health; Genetics; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2008.   journal: Maturitas   info: Maturitas 50:149-157 PMID: 18280066 .

authors: Santoro N, Crawford SL, Lasley WL, Luborsky JL, McConnell D, Randolph Jr JF, Gold EB, Greendale GA, Korenman SJ, Sowers MF.
title: Factors related to declining luteal function in women during the menopausal transition: SWAN, the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2008.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 93:1711-21; PMID: 18285413 .

authors: Sowers MF, Yosef M, Jamadar D, Jacobson J, Karavonen-Gutierrez, Jaffe M.
title: BMI vs body composition and radiographically defined osteoarthritis of the knee in women: a 4-year follow-up study  . keywords: Arthritis and Physical Functioning; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2008.   journal: Osteoarthritis and cartilage / OARS, Osteoarthritis Research Society   info: Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 16:367-372 PMID: 17884608 .

authors: Wildman RP, Mancuso P, Wang C, Kim M, Scherer PE, Sowers MR.
title: Adipocytokine and ghrelin levels in relation to cardiovascular disease risk factors in women at midlife: longitudinal associations  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2008.   journal: International journal of obesity   info: Int J Obes (Lond). 32:740-8 [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 18180784 .

authors: **Kelley-Hedgepeth AL, Chae C, Lloyd-Jones DM, Colvin A, Matthews KM, Johnston J, Sowers MFR, Sternfeld B, Pasternak RC.
title: Ethnic differences in C-Reactive protein levels  . keywords: Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2008.   journal: Clinical chemistry   info: Clin Chem 56:1-11PMID: 18403563 .

**designates that student is first author

authors: **Procter-Gray E, Cobb KL, Crawford SL, Bachrach L, Chirra A, Sowers MF, Greendale GA, Nieves J, Kent KK, Kelsey JL.
title: The effect of oral contraceptives on body weight and body composition in young female runners  . keywords: Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2008.   journal: Medicine and science in sports and exercise   info: Med Sci Sports Exerc 40:1205-1212 PMID: 18580398 .

**designates that student is first author

authors: Kravitz HM, Zhao X, Bromberger JT, Gold EB, Hall MH, Matthews KA, Sowers MR.
title: Sleep disturbance during the menopausal transition in a multi-ethnic community sample of women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Sleep.
date: 2008.   journal: Sleep   info: SLEEP 31:979-990 PMID: 18652093 .

authors: Sowers MFR, Eyvazzadeh AD, McConnell D, Yosef M, Jannausch ML, Zheng D, Harlow S, Randolph JF.
title: Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH) and inhibin-B in the definition of ovarian aging and the menopause transition  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics.
date: 2008.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab.[Epub ahead of print] 93:3478-3483 PMID: 18593767 .

authors: Sowers MFR, Zheng H, McConnell D, Nan B, Harlow S, Randolph JF.
title: Follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) and its rate of change to define menopause transition stages  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2008.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab.[Epub ahead of print] 93:3958-64 PMID: 18647816 .

authors: Sowers MFR, Zheng H, McConnell D, Nan B, Harlow S, Randolph JF.
title: Estradiol rates of change in relation to the final menstrual period from a population-based cohort of women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Genetics.
date: 2008.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab [Epub ahead of print] 93:3847-52; PMID: 18647803 .

authors: Wildman RP, Muntner P, Reynolds K, McGinn A, Raipathak S, Wylie-Rosett J, Sowers MFR.
title: Prevalence and correlates of two phenotypes among the US population The obese without cardiometabolic risk factor clustering and the normal weight with cardiometabolic risk factor clustering: NHANES III  . keywords: Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2008.   journal: Archives of internal medicine   info: Arch Intern Med. 168:1617-24 PMID: 18695075 .

authors: Sowers MF, Zheng H, Kravitz HM, Matthews KA, Bromberger JT, Gold EB, Owens JF, Consens F and Hall M.
title: Sex steroid hormone profiles are related to sleep measures from polysomnography and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Sleep.
date: 2008.   journal: Sleep   info: SLEEP, 31:1339-49 PMID: 18853931 .

authors: Crawford SL, Avis NE, Gold EB, Johnston J, Kelsey JL, Santoro N, Sowers MF, Sternfeld B.
title: Sensitivity and specificity for recalled vasomotor symptoms in a multi-ethnic cohort  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause.
date: 2008.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Amer J Epidemiol 2008 Oct 25. [Epub ahead of print] 168:1452-1459 PMID: 18953064 .