authors: Tomey K, Sowers MF.
title: Assessment of physical functioning: A conceptual model encompassing environmental factors and individual compensation strategies  . keywords: Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2009.   journal: Physical therapy   info: Phys Ther. 89:705-14 PMID: 19443558 .

authors: Sowers MF, Karvonen-Gutierrez C, Jannausch M, Yosef M, Jiang Y, Garnero P, Jacobson J.
title: Longitudinal changes of serum COMP and urinary CTX-II predict X-ray defined knee osteoarthritis severity and stiffness in women  . keywords: Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2009.   journal: Osteoarthritis and cartilage / OARS, Osteoarthritis Research Society   info: Osteoarthritis Cartilage [Epub ahead of print], doi:10.1016/j.joca.2009.06.001PMID: 19563924 .

authors: Sowers MF, Karvonen-Gutierrez C, Palmieri-Smith R, Jacobson JA, Jiang Y, Ashton-Miller JA.
title: Knee Osteoarthritis in Obese Patients With Cardiometabolic Clustering  . keywords: Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2009.   journal: Arthritis and rheumatism   info: Arthritis Rheum. 10:1328-36 PMID: 19790111 .

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 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: Sowers MF, Zheng H, Tomey K, Karvonen-Gutierrez C, Jannausch M, Li X, Matheos Y, Symons J.
title: Changes in body composition in women over six years at midlife: Ovarian and chronological aging. keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2007.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2006 Dec. 27 [Epub ahead of print]; 92:895-901 .

authors: Tomey KM, Sowers MR, Li X, McConnell DS, Crawford S, Gold EB, Lasley B, Randolph JF Jr.
title: Dietary fat subgroups, zinc, and vegetable components are related to urine F2a-isoprostane concentration, a measure of oxidative stress, in midlife women  . keywords: Arthritis and Physical Functioning; Genetics; Nutrition.
date: 2007.   journal: The Journal of nutrition   info: J Nutr 137:2412-9. PMID: 17951478 .

authors: Sowers M, Tomey K, Jannausch M, Eyvazzadeh A, Nan B, Randolph J Jr.
title: Physical functioning and menopause states  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2007.   journal: Obstetrics and gynecology   info: Obstet Gynecol.110:1290-6. PMID: 18055722 .

authors: Sowers MF, Jannausch ML, Gross M, Karvonen-Gutierrez CA, Palmieri RM, Crutchfield M, Richards-McCullough K.
title: Performance-based physical functioning in African-American and Caucasian women at mid-life: Considering body composition, quadriceps strength, and knee osteoarthritis  . keywords: Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2006.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol; [Epub ahead of print], 163:950-8 PMID: 16554351 .

authors: Sowers MF, McConnell D, Jannausch M, Buyuktur AG, Hochberg M, Jamadar DA.
title: Estradiol and its metabolites and their association with knee osteoarthritis  . keywords: Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2006.   journal: Arthritis and rheumatism   info: Arthritis Rheum. [Epub ahead of print] 54:2481-2487 PMID: 16871545 .

authors: Sowers M.
title: Lower peak bone mass and its decline. keywords: Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2006.   journal: Osteoporosis Best Practice   info: Osteoporosis Best Practice & Research Compendium: 53-71 .

authors: Clark MK, Sowers MF, Levy B, Nichols S.
title: Bone mineral density loss and recovery during 48 months in first-time users of depot medroxyprogesterone acetate  . keywords: Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2006.   journal: Fertility and sterility   info: Fertil Steril. 86:1466-1477 PMID: 16996507 .

authors: Sowers MF, Crutchfield M, Richards K, Wilkin M, Furniss A, Jannausch M, Zhang D, Gross M.
title: Sarcopenia is related to physical functioning and leg strength in middle-aged women  . keywords: Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2005.   journal: The journals of gerontology. Series A, Biological sciences and medical sciences   info: J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci 60: 486-490 PMID: 15933389 .

authors: Santoro N, Torrens J, Crawford S, Allsworth JE, Finkelstein JS, Gold EB, Korenman S, Lasley WL, Luborsky JL, McConnell D, Sowers MF, Weiss G.
title: Correlates of circulating androgens in mid-life women: The Study of Women´s Health Across the Nation  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Arthritis and Physical Functioning; Genetics.
date: 2005.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab 90:4836-4845 PMID: 15840738 .

authors: Hayes CW, Jamadar DA, Welch GW, Jannausch ML, Lachance LL, Capul DC, Sowers MF.
title: Osteoarthritis of the knee: Comparison of MR Imaging findings with radiographic severity measurements and pain in middle-aged women  . keywords: Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2005.   journal: Radiology   info: Radiology 237:998-1007 PMID: 16251398 .

authors: Bainbridge K, Sowers MF, Harlow S, Lin X.
title: Risk factors for low bone mineral density and the six-year rate of bone loss among pre- and perimenopausal women  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2004.   journal: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA   info: Osteoporos Int 15: 439-446 PMID: 15205714 .

authors: Sowers MF, Januausch ML, Liang W, Willing M.
title: Estrogen receptor genotypes and their association with the 10-year changes in bone mineral density and osteocalcin concentrations  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2004.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab 89:733-739 PMID: 14764789 .

authors: Kasa-Vubu JZ, Sowers MF, Ye W, Carlson NE, Meckmongdol T.
title: Differences in endocrine function with varying fitness capacity in postpubertal females across the weight spectrum  . keywords: Arthritis and Physical Functioning; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2004.   journal: Archives of pediatrics & adolescent medicine   info: Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med, 158:333-340 PMID: 15066872 .

authors: Kurina LM, Gulati M, Everson-Rose SA, Chung PJ, Karavolos K, Cohen NJ, Kandula N, Lukezic R, Dugan SA, Sowers MF, Powell LH, Pickett KE.
title: The effect of menopause on grip and pinch strength: Results from the Chicago, Illinois, site of the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2004.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol 160:484–491 PMID: 15321846 .

authors: Sternfeld B, Wang H, Quesenberry CP Jr, Abrams B, Everson-Rose SA, Greendale GA, Matthews KA, Torrens JI, Sowers MF.
title: Physical activity and changes in weight and waist circumference in midlife women-findings from the Study of Women´s Health Across the Nation  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2004.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol 160:912-922 PMID: 15496544 .

authors: Sowers MF, Hayes C, Jamadar D, Capul D, Lachance L, Jannausch M, Welch G.
title: Magnetic resonance-detected subchondral bone marrow and cartilage defect characteristics associated with pain and x-ray-defined knee osteoarthritis  . keywords: Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2003.   journal: Osteoarthritis and cartilage / OARS, Osteoarthritis Research Society   info: Osteoarthritis Cartilage 11:387-93 PMID: 12801478 .

authors: Clark MK, Sowers MF, Dekordi F, Nichols S.
title: Bone mineral density and fracture among alcohol dependent women in treatment and in recovery  . keywords: Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2003.   journal: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA   info: Osteoporos Int 14:396-403 PMID: 12730765 .

authors: Sowers MF, Jannausch M, Stein E, Jamadar D, Hochberg M, Lachance L.
title: C-reactive protein as a biomarker for emergent osteoarthritis  . keywords: Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2002.   journal: Osteoarthritis and cartilage / OARS, Osteoarthritis Research Society   info: Osteoarthritis Cartilage 10:595-601PMID: 12479380 .

authors: Finkelstein JS, Sowers MF, Greendale GA, Lee MLT, Neer RM, Cauley JA, Ettinger B.
title: Ethnic variation in bone turnover in pre-and early perimenopausal women: effects of anthropometric and lifestyle factors  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2002.   journal: The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism   info: J Clin Endocrinol Metab 87:3051-3056 PMID: 12107200 .

authors: Sternfeld B, Jacobs MK, Quesenberry CP, Gold EG, Sowers MF.
title: Physical activity and menstrual cycle characteristics in two prospective cohorts  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2002.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol 156:402-9 PMID: 12196309 .

authors: Sowers MF, Hayes CW, Jamadar D.
title: Cartilage defects, subchondral bone marrow changes, pain and knee osteoarthritis. keywords: Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2002.   journal: Osteoarthritis and cartilage / OARS, Osteoarthritis Research Society   info: Osteoarthritis Cartilage 10 (A) S17-18 .

authors: Lachance L, Sowers MF, Jamadar D, Hochberg M.
title: The natural history of emergent osteoarthritis of the knee  . keywords: Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2002.   journal: Osteoarthritis and cartilage / OARS, Osteoarthritis Research Society   info: Osteoarthritis Cartilage 10:849-854; PMID: 12435329 .

authors: Pope SK, Sowers MF, Welch GW, Albrecht G.
title: Functional limitations in women at midlife: The role of health conditions, behavioral and environmental factors  . keywords: Arthritis and Physical Functioning; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2001.   journal: Women's health issues : official publication of the Jacobs Institute of Women's Health   info: Womens Health Issues 11:1-10 PMID: 11704470 .

authors: Lachance L, Sowers MF, Jamadar D, Jannausch M Hochberg M, Crutchfield M.
title: The experience of pain and emergent osteoarthritis of the knee  . keywords: Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2001.   journal: Osteoarthritis and cartilage / OARS, Osteoarthritis Research Society   info: Osteoarthritis Cartilage 9:527-32 PMID: 11520166 .

authors: Sowers MF.
title: The epidemiology of risk factors for osteoarthritis: Systemic factors  . keywords: Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 2001.   journal: Current opinion in rheumatology   info: Cur Opin Rheumatol 13:447-451PMID: 11604603 .

authors: Sowers MF, Pope S, Welch G, Sternfeld B, Albrecht G.
title: The association of menopause and physical functioning in women at the mid-life  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2001.   journal: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society   info: J Am Geriatr Soc 49: 1485-1492 PMID: 11890587 .

authors: Sowers MF, Lachance L, Hochberg M, Jamadar D.
title: Radiographically defined osteoarthritis of the hand and knee in young and middle-aged African American and Caucasian women  . keywords: Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2000.   journal: Osteoarthritis and cartilage / OARS, Osteoarthritis Research Society   info: Osteoarthritis Cartilage 8:69-77 PMID: 10772235 .

authors: Henderson P, Sowers MF, Kutzko K, Jannausch M.
title: Bone mineral density in grand multiparous with extended lactation  . keywords: Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2000.   journal: American journal of obstetrics and gynecology   info: Am J Obstet Gynecol 182:1371-7 PMID: 10871451 .

authors: Pope S, Sowers MF.
title: Functional limitations and hearing in women at midlife  . keywords: Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2000.   journal: The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences   info: J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 55B:S190-4 PMID: 11833986 .

authors: Felson DT, Lawrence RC, Dieppe PA, Hirsch R, Helmick CG, Jordan JM, Kington RS, Lane NE, Nevitt MC, Zhang Y, Sowers MF, McAlindon T, Spector TD, Poole AR, Yanovski SZ, Ateshian G, Sharma L, Buckwalter JA, Brandt K, Fries JF.
title: Osteoarthritis – New Insights  . keywords: Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2000.   journal: Annals of internal medicine   info: Ann Intern Med 137: 221-227 PMID: 11033593 .

authors: Sowers MF.
title: Peak bone mass and its decline  . keywords: Reproductive Aging and Menopause; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 2000.   journal: Bailliere's best practice & research. Clinical endocrinology & metabolism   info: Baillieres Best Pract Res Clin Endocrinol Metab 14:317-329 PMID: 11035909 .

authors: Sowers MF, Lachance L, Jamadar D, Hochberg M, Crutchfield M, Jannausch ML.
title: The associations of bone mineral density and bone turnover markers with osteoarthritis of the hand and knee in pre- and peri-menopausal women  . keywords: Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 1999.   journal: Arthritis and rheumatism   info: Arthritis Rheum 42:483-489 PMID: 10088771 .

authors: Sowers MF, Lachance L.
title: Vitamins and arthritis: The roles of vitamins A, C, D, and E  . keywords: Arthritis and Physical Functioning; Nutrition.
date: 1999.   journal: Rheumatic diseases clinics of North America   info: Rheum Dis Clin North Am 25: 315-32 PMID: 10356420 .

authors: Willing M, Sowers MF, Aron D, Jannausch M, Clark MK, Burns T, Bunten C, Crutchfield M, D'Agostino D.
title: Bone mineral density and it change in white women: Estrogen and vitamin D receptor genotypes and their interaction  . keywords: Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 1998.   journal: Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research   info: J Bone Miner Res 13:695-705 PMID: 9556070 .

authors: Sowers MF, Hochberg MC, Crabbe JP, Muhich A, Crutchfield M, Updike S.
title: The association of bone mineral density and sex hormone levels with osteoarthritis of the hand and knee in premenopausal women  . keywords: Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 1996.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol 143:38-47 PMID: 8533745 .

authors: Sowers MF.
title: Pregnancy and lactation as risk factors for subsequent bone loss and osteoporosis  . keywords: Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning; Pregnancy.
date: 1996.   journal: Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research   info: J Bone Miner Res 11:1052-1060 PMID: 8854240 .

authors: Carman W, Sowers MF, Hawthorne VM, Weissfeld LA.
title: Obesity as a risk factor for osteoarthritis of the hand and wrist: A prospective study  . keywords: Arthritis and Physical Functioning; Obesity, Metabolism, Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease.
date: 1994.   journal: American journal of epidemiology   info: Am J Epidemiol 139:119-29 PMID: 8296779 .

authors: Sowers MF, Zobel D, Weissfeld L, Hawthorne VM, Carman W.
title: Progression of osteoarthritis of the hand and metacarpal bone loss: A twenty-year follow-up of incident cases  . keywords: Bone and Bone Health; Arthritis and Physical Functioning.
date: 1991.   journal: Arthritis and rheumatism   info: Arthritis Rheum 34:36-42 PMID: 1984778 .

authors: **Thomas AC, Sowers MF, Karvonen-Gutierrez C, Palmieri-Smith RM.
title: Quadriceps dysfunction and early knee osteoarthritis  . keywords:
date: 2009.   journal: Journal of Orthopaedic Research   info: J Orthop Res. [Epub ahead of print], 2009 Nov 13; PMID: 19918898.

**designates that student is first author