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     Development of cardiovascular risk in adolescents

     Pathways connecting socioeconomic status and health

     Women's health / Menopause

     Psychobiological determinants of cardiovascular risk

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Development of cardiovascular risk in adolescents

Allen, M.T., Matthews, K.A., & Kenyon, K.L.  (2000). The relationships of resting baroreflex sensitivity, heart rate variability and measures of impulse control in children and adolescents.  International Journal of Psychophysiology, 37, 185-194.  International Journal of Psychophysiology

Salomon, K., Matthews, K.A., & Allen, M. T. (2000). Patterns of sympathetic and parasympathetic reactivity in a sample of children and adolescents. Psychophysiology, 17, 842-849. Psychophysiology archives

Chen, E., & Matthews, K.A.  (2001). Cognitive appraisal biases: An approach to understanding the relationship between socioeconomic status and cardiovascular reactivity in children.  Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 23, 101-111. Article

Chen, E., Matthews, K.A., Salomon, K., & Ewart, C.K.  (2002). Cardiovascular reactivity during social and nonsocial stressors:  Do children’s personal goals and expressive skills matter?  Health Psychology, 21, 16-24.   Ó2002 American Psychological Association.

Ewart, C.K., Jorgensen, R.S., Suchday, S., Chen, E., & Matthews, K.A.  (2002).  Measuring stress resilience and coping in vulnerable youth:  The social competence interview.  Psychological Assessment, 14, 339-352.   Ó2002 American Psychological Association.

Matthews, K.A., Salomon, K., Kenyon, K., & Allen, M.T.  (2002).  Stability of children’s and adolescents’ hemodynamic responses to psychological challenge:  A 3-year longitudinal study of a multiethnic cohort of boys and girls.  Psychophysiology,  39, 826-834.  Article

Chen, E., Matthews, K.A., Boyce, W.T.  & Thomas, W. (2002).  Socioeconomic differences in children’s health: How and why do these relationships change with age?  Psychological Bulletin, 128, 295-329.   Ó2002  American Psychological Association.

Brady, S.S., & Matthews, K.A. (2002).  The influence of socioeconomic status and ethnicity on adolescents’ exposure to stressful life events.  Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 27, 575-583.   Ó 2002 Oxford Journals.

Chen, E., & Matthews, K.A.  (2003).  Development of the cognitive appraisal and understanding of social events (CAUSE) videos:  Application to explaining the link between socioeconomic status and cardiovascular reactivity in older adolescents.  Health Psychology, 22, 106-110.  Ó2003 American Psychological Association.

Matthews, K.A., Salomon, K., Brady, S.S., & Allen, M.T. (2003).  Cardiovascular reactivity to stress predicts future blood pressure in adolescence.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 65, 410-415.  Article

Räikkönen, K., Matthews, K.A., & Salomon, K.  (2003). Hostility predicts metabolic syndrome risk factors in children and adolescents.  Health Psychology 22:279-286.  Ó2003  American Psychological Association.

Troxel, W.M., & Matthews, K.A. (2004).  What are the costs of marital conflict and dissolution to children's physical health?  Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 7, 29-57.  Article

Chen, E., Langer, D.A., Raphaelson, Y.E., & Matthews, K.A.  (2004).  Socioeconomic status and health in adolescents:  The role of stress interpretations.  Child Development, 75, 1039-1052.  Article

Matthews, K.A., Salomon, K., Kenyon, K., & Zhou, F. (2005). Unfair treatment, discrimination, and ambulatory blood pressure in black and white adolescents. Health Psychology,  24, 258-265. Ó2005  American Psychological Association.

Goldbacher, E. M., Matthews, K. A., & Salomon, K.  (2005).  Central adiposity is associated with cardiovascular reactivity to stress in adolescents.  Health Psychology.    Ó2005 American Psychological Association.

Gump, B.B., Stewart, P., Reihman, J., Lonky, E., Darvill, T., Matthews, K.A., Parsons, P.J.  (2005). Prenatal and early childhood blood lead levels and cardiovascular functioning in 9 ½ year old children.  Neurotoxicology and Teratology, 27, 655-665.  Neurotoxicology and Teratology

Brady, S.S., & Matthews, K.A.  (2006).  Chronic stress influences ambulatory blood pressure in adolescents.  Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 31, 80-88.  Article

Gallo, L.C., & Matthews, K.A.  (2006).  Adolescents’ attachment orientation influences ambulatory blood pressure responses to every day social interactions.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 68, 253-261.  Article

Brady, S.S. & Matthews, K.A.  (2006).  Effects of media violence on health-related outcomes among young men.  Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 160, 341-347.  Article

Chen, E., Martin, A.D., & Matthews, K.A.  (2006).  Understanding health disparities:  The role of race and socioeconomic status in children’s health.  American Journal of Public Health, 96, 702-708.  Article

McGrath, J. J., Matthews, K. A., & Brady, S. S.  (2006).  Individual versus neighborhood socioeconomic status and race as predictors of adolescent ambulatory blood pressure and heart rate.  Social Science and Medicine, 63, 1442-1453.  Article

Gump, B. B., Reihman, J. B., Stewart, P., Lonky, E., Darvill, T., & Matthews, K. A.  (2007). Blood lead (Pb) levels:  A potential environmental mechanism explaining the relation between socioeconomic status and cardiovascular reactivity in children.  Health Psychology, 26, 296-304.  American Psychological Association

Chen, E., Matthews, K. A., & Zhou, F.  (2007).  Interpretations of ambiguous social situations and cardiovascular responses in adolescents.  Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 34, 26-36.  Article

Chen, E., Martin, A. D., & Matthews, K. A. (2007).  Trajectories of socioeconomic status across children’s lifetimes predict health.  Pediatrics, 120, 297-303.  Article

Raikkonen, K., & Matthews, K.A.  (2008). Do dispositional pessimism and optimism predict ambulatory blood pressure during schooldays and nights in adolescents?  Journal of Personality. 76, 605-630.  Article

Midei, A.J., & Matthews, K.A.  (2009).  Social relationships and negative emotional traits are associated with central adiposity and arterial stiffness in healthy adolescents.  Health Psychology, 28, 347-353.  American Psychological Association

Thurston, R.C., & Matthews, K.A. (2009). Racial and socioeconomic disparities in arterial stiffness and intima media thickness among adolescents. Social Science & Medicine, 68, 807-813.

Gump, B. B., Reihman, J., Stewart, P., Lonky, E., Darvill, T., Granger, D. A., & Matthews, K. A. (2009).  Trajectories of maternal depressive symptoms over their child’s lifespan: Relation to adrenocortical, cardiovascular, and emotional functioning in children.  Development and Psychopathology, 21, 207-225.

Beatty, D.L., & Matthews, K.A. (2009).  Unfair treatment and trait anger in relation to nighttime ambulatory blood pressure in African American and White adolescents.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 71, 813-820.

Gump, B.B., Reihman, J., Stewart, P., Lonky, E., Granger, D.A. & Matthews, K.A. (in press).  Blood lead (Pb) levels: Further evidence for an environmental mechanism explaining the association between socioeconomic status and psychophysiological dysregulation in children.  Health Psychology, 28, 614-620.

Low, C.A., Salomon, K., & Matthews, K.A.  (2009). Chronic life stress, cardiovascular reactivity, and subclinical cardiovascular disease in adolescents. Psychosomatic Medicine, 71, 927-931.

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Pathways connecting socioeconomic status and health

Matthews, K. A., Räikkönen, K., Everson, S. A., Flory, J. D., Marco, C. A., Owens, J. F., & Lloyd, C. E. (2000). Do the daily experiences of healthy men and women vary according to occupational prestige and work strain? Psychosomatic Medicine, 62, 346-353.   Article

Gump, B. B., & Matthews, K. A. (2000). Are vacations good for your health? The 9 year mortality experience after the multiple risk factor intervention trial. Psychosomatic Medicine, 62, 608-612.  Article

Detre, K., Kip, K.E., Feinleib, M., Matthews, K.A., & Belle, S. (2001).  Mortality of males to females in comparable high level jobs: 15-year experience in the federal women’s study.  American Journal of Epidemiology, 154, 221-229.  Ó 2001 Article  

Gallo, L.C., Matthews, K.A., Kuller, L.H., Sutton-Tyrrell, K. & Edmundowicz, D. (2001). Educational attainment and coronary and aortic calcification in post-menopausal women.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 63, 925-935.  Article

Matthews, K.A., Kiefe, C.I., Lewis, C.E., Liu, K., Sidney, S., & Yunis, C. (2002).  Socioeconomic trajectories and incident hypertension in a biracial cohort of young adults.  Hypertension, 39, 772-776.  American Heart Association

Whooley, M.A., Kiefe, C.I., Chesney, M.A., Markovitz, J.H., Matthews, K.A., & Hulley, S.B.  (2002).  Depressive symptoms, unemployment, and loss of income:  The CARDIA Study.  Archives of Internal Medicine,  162, 2614-2620.  © 2002 American Medical Association.

Matthews, K.A. (2002). Commentary: Is an educated wife hazardous to her husband's heart?: never, always, or sometimes?  International Journal of Epidemiology, 31, 806-807.  Ó 2002 Oxford Journals. 

Chen, E., Matthews, K.A., Boyce, W.T.  & Thomas, W. (2002).  Socioeconomic differences in children’s health: How and why do these relationships change with age?  Psychological Bulletin, 128, 295-329.   Ó2002  American Psychological Association.

Brady, S.S., & Matthews, K.A. (2002).  The influence of socioeconomic status and ethnicity on adolescents’ exposure to stressful life events.  Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 27, 575-583.   Ó 2002 Oxford Journals.

Chen, E., & Matthews, K.A.  (2003).  Development of the cognitive appraisal and understanding of social events (CAUSE) videos:  Application to explaining the link between socioeconomic status and cardiovascular reactivity in older adolescents.  Health Psychology, 22, 106-110.  Ó2003 American Psychological Association.

Gallo, L.C., Troxel, W.M., Matthews, K.A., Jansen-McWilliams, L., Kuller, L.H., & Sutton-Tyrrell, K.  (2003).  Occupation and subclinical carotid artery disease in women:  Are clerical workers at greater risk?  Health Psychology, 22, 19-29.  Ó2003 American Psychological Association.

Gallo, L.C., & Matthews, K. A.  (2003).  Understanding the association between socioeconomic status and health:  Do negative emotions play a role?  Psychological Bulletin, 129, 10-51.  Ó2003 American Psychological Association. 

Rutledge, T., Reis, S.E., Olson, M., Owens, J.F., Kelsey, S.F., Pepine, C.J., Reichek, N., Rogers, W.J., Merz, C.N.B., Sopko, G., Cornell, C.E., & Matthews, K.A. (2003).  Socioeconomic status variables predict cardiovascular disease risk factors and prospective mortality risk among women with chest pain:  The WISE study. Behavioral Modification, 27, 54-67.  Article

Chen, E., Langer, D.A., Raphaelson, Y.E., & Matthews, K.A.  (2004).  Socioeconomic status and health in adolescents:  The role of stress interpretations.  Child Development, 75, 1039-1052.  Article

Gallo, L.C., Bogart LM, Vranceanu, A, & Matthews, K.A. (2005).  Socioeconomic status, resources, psychological experiences, and emotional responses: A test of the reserve capacity model?  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 88, 336-399.  Ó2005 American Psychological Association. 

Karlamangla, A.S., Singer, B.H., Williams, D.R., Schwartz, J.E., Matthews, K.A., Kiefe, C.I., & Seeman, T.E. (2005). Impact of socioeconomic status on longitudinal accumulation of cardiovascular risk in young adults: The CARDIA Study (USA).  Social Science and Medicine, 60, 999-1015.   Article

Chen, E., Martin, A.D., & Matthews, K.A.  (2006).  Understanding health disparities:  The role of race and socioeconomic status in children’s health.  American Journal of Public Health, 96, 702-708.  Article

McGrath, J. J., Matthews, K. A., & Brady, S. S.  (2006).  Individual versus neighborhood socioeconomic status and race as predictors of adolescent ambulatory blood pressure and heart rate.  Social Science and Medicine, 63, 1442-1453.  Article

Chen, E., Matthews, K. A., & Zhou, F.  (2007).  Interpretations of ambiguous social situations and cardiovascular responses in adolescents.  Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 34, 26-36.  Article

Gump, B. B., Reihman, J. B., Stewart, P., Lonky, E., Darvill, T., & Matthews, K. A.  (2007). Blood lead (Pb) levels:  A potential environmental mechanism explaining the relation between socioeconomic status and cardiovascular reactivity in children.  Health Psychology, 26, 296-304.  American Psychological Association

Heinonen, K., Raikkonen, K., & Matthews, K.A., Scheier, M., Raitakari, O.T., Pulkki, L., Keltikangas-Järvinen, L.  (2006).  Socioeconomic status in childhood and adulthood: Associations with dispositional optimism and pessimism over a 21-year follow-up.  Journal of Personality, 74, 1111-1126.  Article

Chen, E., Martin, A. D., & Matthews, K. A. (2007).  Trajectories of socioeconomic status across children’s lifetimes predict health.  Pediatrics, 120, 297-303.  Article

Janicki-Deverts, D., Cohen, S., Alder, N. E., Schwartz, J. E., Matthews, K. A., & Seeman, T. E. (2007).  Socioeconomic status is related to urinary catecholamines in the coronary artery risk development in young adults (CARDIA) study.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 69, 514-520.  Abstract

Gianaros, P.J., Horenstein, J.A., Cohen, S., Matthews, K.A., Brown, S.M., Flory, J.D., Critchley, H.D., Manuck, S.B., & Hariri, A.R. (2008). Perigenual anterior cingulate morphology covaries with perceived social standing. Social, Cognitive, and Affective Neuroscience, 2, 161-173. Article

Matthews, K.A., Raikkonen, K., & Gallo, L.C. (2008). Association between socioeconomic status and metabolic syndrome in women: Testing the Reserve Capacity Model. Health Psychology.  27, 576-83.  American Psychological Association

Mezick, E.J., Matthews, K.A., Hall, M., Strollo, P.J., Buysse, D.J., Kamarck, T.W., Owens, J.F., & Reis, S.E. (2008). The influence of race and socioeconomic status on sleep: Pittsburgh SleepSCORE Project.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 70, 410-416.  Abstract

Gianaros, P.J., Horenstein, J.A., Hariri, A.R., Sheu, L.K., Manuck, S.B., Matthews, K.A., & Cohen, S. (2008). Potential neural embedding of parental social standing.  Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 3, 91-96.  Article

Scuteri, A.L., Lakatta, E.G., Mehta, V., Najjar, S.S., Everson-Rose, S.A., Sutton-Tyrell, K., & Matthews, K.A. (2008).  Education eclipses ethnicity in predicting the development of the metabolic syndrome in different ethnic groups in mid-life:  the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN).  Diabetic Medicine, 25, 1390-1399.

Janicki-Deverts, J., Cohen, S., Matthews, K.A., Cullen, M.R.  (2008). History of unemployment predicts future elevations in C-reactive protein among male participants in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study.  Annals of Behavioral Medicine. 36,176–185.  Article

Adler, N., Singh-Manoux, A., Schwartz, J., Stewart, J., Matthews, K., & Marmot, M.  (2008).  Social status and health: A comparison or British civil servants in Whitehall II with European and African American in CARDIA.  Social Science and Medicine, 66, 1034-1045.

Janicki-Deverts, D., Cohen, S., Matthews, K.A., Gross, M.D., & Jacobs Jr., D.R. (2009). Socioeconomic status, antioxidant micronutrients, and correlates of oxidative damage: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) Study.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 71, 541-548.

Hall, M.H., Matthews, K.A., Kravitz, H.M., Gold, E.B., Buysse, D.J., Bromberger, J.T., Owens,  J.F., Sowers, M.F. (2009). Race and financial strain are independent correlates of sleep in midlife women: The SWAN Sleep Study. Sleep, 32, 73-82.

Thurston, R.C., & Matthews, K.A. (2009). Racial and socioeconomic disparities in arterial stiffness and intima media thickness among adolescents. Social Science & Medicine, 68, 807-813.

Grunewald, T.L., Cohen, S., Matthews, K.A., Tracy, R., & Seeman, T.E. (2009). Association of socioeconomic status with inflammation markers in black and white men and women in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study.  Social Science Medicine, 69, 451-459.

Cohen, S., Janicki-Deverts, D., Chen, E., & Matthews, K.A. (2010). Childhood socioeconomic status and adult health. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1186, 37-55.

Matthews, K.A., Gallo, L.C., & Taylor, S.E. (2010). Are psychosocial factors mediators of socioeconomic status and health connections?: A progress report and blueprint for the future.  Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 1186, 146-173.

Thurston, R.C., & Matthews, K.A. (in press).  The importance of considering both racial and socioeconomic disparities: A response to Collins and Alpert.  Social Science and Medicine.

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Women's health / Menopause

Rutledge, T., Reis, S.E., Olson, M., Owens, J., Kelsey, S.F., Pepine, C.J., Reichek, N., Rogers, W.J., Bairey Merz, C.N., Sopko, G., Cornell, C.E., & Matthews, K.A. (2001).  Psychosocial variables are associated with atherosclerosis risk factors among women with chest pain: The WISE study.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 63, 282-288.  Article

Matthews, K.A., Flory, J.D., Owens, J.F., Harris, K.F., & Berga, S.L.  (2001). Influence of estrogen replacement therapy on cardiovascular responses to stress of healthy postmenopausal women.  Psychophysiology, 38, 391-398.  Psychophysiology Archives

Rutledge, T., Reis, S.E., Olson, M., Owens, M., Kelsey, S.F., Pepine, C.J., Reichek, N., Rogers, W.J., Merz, C.N.B., Sopko, G., Cornell, C.E., Sharaf, B., & Matthews, K.A. (2001).  History of anxiety disorders is associated with a decreased likelihood of angiographic coronary artery disease in women with chest pain:  The WISE study.  Journal of American College of Cardiology, 37, 780-785.   Article

Matthews, K.A., Kuller, L.H., Sutton-Tyrrell, K., & Chang, Y-F. (2001).  Changes in cardiovascular risk factors during the peri and post-menopause and carotid artery atherosclerosis in health women. Stroke, 23, 1104-1111.   American Heart Association Journals

Matthews, K.A., Abrams, B., Crawford, S., Miles, T., Neer, R., Powell, L.H., Wesley, D. (2001).  Body mass index in mid-life women:  Relative influence of menopause, hormone use, and ethnicity.  International Journal of Obesity, 25, 863-873.  Article

Sutton-Tyrrell, K., Kuller, L.H., Matthews, K.A., Holubkov, R., Patel, A., Edmundowicz, D., & Newman, A. (2002).  Subclinical atherosclerosis in multiple vascular beds: An index of atherosclerotic burden evaluated in postmenopausal women.  Atherosclerosis, 160, 407-416. Atherosclerosis Archives

Owens, J.F., Matthews, K.A., & Everson, S.A. (2002).  Effects of suppressing ovarian hormones on cognitive function in young women.  Menopause, 9, 227-235.  Abstract

Mackey, R.H., Kuller, L.H., Sutton-Tyrrell, K., Evans, R.W., Holubkov, R., & Matthews, K.A. (2003).  Lipoprotein subclasses and coronary artery calcification in postmenopausal women from the Healthy Women Study.  American Journal of Cardiology, 90, 71-76.  Article

Bairey Merz, C.N., Johnson, B.D., Sharaf, B.L., Bittner, V., Berga, S.L., Braunstein, G.D., Hodgson, T.K., Matthews, K.A., Pepine, C.J., Reis, S.E., Reichek, N., Rogers, W.J., Pohost, W.J., Pohost, G.M., Kelsey, S.F., & Sopko, G. for the WISE Study Group.  (2003).  Hypoestrogenemia of hypothalalmic origin and coronary artery disease in premenopausal women:  A report from the NHLBI-sponsored WISE study.  Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 41, 413-419.  Article

Owens, J.F., Matthews, K.A., Räikkönen, K, & Kuller, L.H. (2003).  It is never too late: Change in physical activity fosters change in cardiovascular risk factors in middle aged women.  Preventive Cardiology, 6, 22-28.  Abstract

Randolph, J.F. Jr., Sowers, M.F., Gold, E.B., Mohr, B.A., Luborsky, J., Santoro, N., McConnell, D.S., Finkelstein, J.S., Korenman, S.G., Matthews, K.A., Sternfeld, B., & Lasley, B.L. (2003).  Reproductive hormones in the early menopausal transition:  Relationship to ethnicity, body size, and menopausal status.  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 88, 1516-1522.  Article

Olson,  M.B., Kelsey, S.F., Matthews, K.A., Shaw, L.J., Sharaf, B.L., Pohost, G.M., Cornell, C.E., McGorray, S.P., Vido, D., & Bairey Merz, C.N.  (2003).  Symptoms, myocardia ischaemia and quality of life in women:  Results from the NHLBI-sponsored WISE study.  European Heart Journal, 24, 1506-1514.  Article

Gallo, L.C., Troxel, W.M., Kuller, L.H., Sutton-Tyrrell, K., Edmundowicz, D., & Matthews, K.A. (2003).  Marital status, marital quality and atherosclerotic burden in postmenopausal women.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 65, 952-962.    Article

Gallo, L.C., Troxel, W.M., Matthews, K.A., & Kuller, L.H. (2003). Marital status and quality in middle-aged women: Association with levels and trajectories of cardiovascular risk factors.  Health Psychology, 22, 453-463.  Ó2003  American Psychological Association.

Avis, N.E., Ory, M., Matthews, K., Schocken, M., Bromberger, J., & Colvin, A. (2003).  Health-related quality of life in a multi-ethnic sample of middle-aged women:  Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN).  Medical Care, 41, 1262-1276.  Abstract

Cyranowski, J.M., Bromberger, J., Youk, A., Matthews, K.A., Kravitz, H.M., & Powell, L.H. (2004). Lifetime depression history and sexual function in women at midlife. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 33, 539-548.  Article

Santoro, N., Lasley, B., McConnell, D., Allsworth, J., Crawford, S., Gold, E. B., Finkelstein, J. S., Greendale, G. A., Kelsey, J., Korenman, S., Luborsky, J. L., Matthews, K., Midgley, R., Powell, L., Sabatine, J., Schocken, M., Sowers, M. F., & Weiss, G.  (2004).  Body size and ethnicity are associated with menstrual cycle alterations in women in the early menopausal transition: the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation (SWAN) Daily Hormone Study.  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 89, 2622-2631.  Article

Sternfeld, B., Wang, W., Quesenberry Jr., C.P., Abrams, B., Everson-Rose, S., Greendale, G.A., Matthews, K.A., & Sowers, M.F. (2004). Physical activity and changes in weight and waist circumference in mid-life women: Findings from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation.  American Journal of Epidemiology, 160, 912-922.   Ó 2004 Oxford Journals.

Mackey, R.H., Kuller, L.H., Sutton-Tyrrell K., Evans, R.W., Holubkov, R., Matthews, K.A. (2005). Hormone therapy, lipoprotein subclasses and coronary artery calcification: the Healthy Women Study. Archives of  Internal Medicine, 165, 510-515.  Article

Bromberger, J.T., Kravitz, H.M., Wei, H.L., Brown, C., Youk, A. O., Cordal, A., Powell, L.H., & Matthews, K.A.  (2005). History of depression and women’s current health and functioning during midlife.  General Hospital Psychiatry, 27, 200-208.  Article

Sutton-Tyrrell, K., Wildman, R. P., Matthews, K. A., Chae, C., Lasley, B. L., Brockwell, S., Pasternak, R. C., Lloyd-Jones, D., Sowers, M. F., Torréns, J. I.  (2005).  Sex hormone binding globulin and the free androgen index are related to CV risk factors in multi-ethnic pre and peri-menopausal women enrolled in the Study of Women Across the Nation (SWAN).  Circulation, 111, 1242-1249.   American Heart Association

Patel, A.S., Mackey, R.H., Wildman, R.P., Thompson, T., Matthews, K., Kuller, L., & Sutton-Tyrrell, K.  (2005).  Cardiovascular risk factors associated with enlarged diameter of the abdominal aortic and iliac arteries in healthy women.  Atherosclerosis, 178, 311-317.  Article

Everson-Rose, S.A., Matthews, K.A., Torrens, J. I., Bromberger, J. T., Kravitz, H.M., & Meyer, P.M.  (2005). Depressive symptoms, insulin resistance, and risk of diabetes in women at midlife: Response to Pouwer and de Jonge.  Diabetes Care, 28, 1266.  Article

Powell, L.H., Meyer, P., Weiss, G., Matthews, K.A., Santoro, N., Randolph, J.F., Jr., Schocken, M., Skurnick, J., Ory, M.G., Sutton-Tyrrell, K.  (2005). Ethnic differences in past hysterectomy for benign conditions.  Women's Health Issues, 15, 179-186.  Article

Lloyd-Jones, D.M., Sutton-Tyrrell, K., Patel, A.S., Matthews, K.A., Pasternak, R.C., Everson-Rose, S.A., Scuteri, A., Chae, C.U.  (2005). Ethnic variation in hypertension among premenopausal and perimenopausal women Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation.  Hypertension, 46, 1-7.  American Heart Association

Matthews, K.A., Sowers, M.F., Derby, C., Stein, E., Miracle-McMahill, H., & Crawford, S. (2005).  Ethnic differences in cardiovascular risk factor burden among middle-aged women:  Study of Women’s Health across the Nation.  American Heart Journal, 149, 1066-1073.  Article

Brunner, R.L., Gass, M., Aragaki, A., Hays, J., Granek, I., Woods, N., Mason, E., Brzyski, R., Ockene, J., Assaf, A., LaCroix, A., Matthews, K., & Wallace, R., for the Women’s Health Initiative Investigators.  (2005).  Effects of conjugated equine estrogen on health-related quality of life in postmenopausal women with hysterectomy: Results from the Women’s Health Initiative Randomized Clinical Trial.  Archives of Internal Medicine, 165, 1976-1986.   Article

Sowers, M.R., Jannausch, M., Randolph, J.F., McConnell, D., Little, R., Lasley, B., Pasternak, R., Sutton-Tyrrell, K., & Matthews, K.A.  (2005). Androgens are associated with hemostatic and inflammatory factors among women at the mid-life.  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 90, 6064-6071.  Article

Randolph, J.F., Jr., Sowers, M, Bondarenko, I., Gold, E.B., Greendale, G.A., Bromberger, J.T., Brockwell, S.E., & Matthews, K.A.  (2005).  The relationship of longitudinal change in reproductive hormones and vasomotor symptoms during the menopausal transition.  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 90, 6106-6112.  Article

Matthews, K.A. & Bromberger, J.T.  (2005).  Does the menopausal transition affect health-related quality of life?  The American Journal of Medicine, 118 (12B), 25S-36S.  Article

Brown, C., Matthews K.A., & Bromberger J. (2005). How do African American and Caucasian women view themselves at midlife? Journal of Applied Social Psychology, 35, 2057-2075.  Article

Sowers, M., Matthews, K.A., Jannausch, M., Randolph, J.F., McConnell, D., Sutton-Tyrrell K., Little R., Lasley, B., & Pasternak, R. (2005).  Hemostatic factors and estrogen during the menopausal transition.  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 90, 5942-5948.  Article

Gold, E.B., Colvin, A., Avis, N., Bromberger, J., Greendale, G., Powell, L., Sternfeld, B., & Matthews, K.A.  (2006).  Longitudinal analysis of vasomotor symptoms and race/ethnicity across the menopausal transition:  Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN).  American Journal of Public Health, 96, 1226-1235.  Article

Farhat, G., Cauley, J., Matthews, K. A., Newman,  A., Johnston, J., Mackey, R., Edmundowicz, D., & Sutton-Tyrrell, K.  (2006).  Volumetric bone mineral density and vascular calcification in middle-aged women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation.  Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 21, 1839-1846.  Article

Matthews, K. A., Santoro, N., Lasley, B., Chang, Y., Crawford, S., Pasternak, R. C., Sutton-Tyrrell, K., & Sowers, M. F.  (2006).  Relation of  cardiovascular risk factors in women approaching menopause to menstrual cycle characteristics and reproductive hormones in the follicular and luteal phases.  Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 91, 1789-1795.  Article

Yan, L. L., Liu, K., Daviglus, M. L., Colangelo, L. A., Kiefe, C. I., Sidney, S., Matthews, K. A., & Greenland, P.  (2006).  Education, 15-year risk factor progression, and coronary artery calcium in young adulthood and early middle age:  The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults study.  Journal of the American Medical Association, 295, 1793-1800.  Article

Matthews, K. A., Schott, L. L., Bromberger, J., Cyranowski, J., Everson-Rose, S. A., & Sowers, M. F. (2007).  Associations between depressive symptoms and inflammatory/hemostatic markers in women during the menopausal transition.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 69, 124-130. Abstract

Santoro, N., Brockwell, S., Johnston, J., Crawford, S. L., Gold, E. B., Harlow, S. D., Matthews, K. A. & Sutton-Tyrrell, K.  (2007).  Helping midlife women predict the onset of the final menses:  SWAN, the Study of Women's Health Across the nation.  Menopause, 14, 1-9.

Matthews, K. A., Kuller, L. H., Chang, Y., & Edmundowicz, D. (2007).  Premenopausal risk factors for coronary and aortic calcification: A 20-year follow-up in the Healthy Women Study. Preventive Medicine, 45, 302-308.  Preventive Medicine

Bromberger, J. T., Matthews, K. A., Schott, L. L., Brockwell, S., Avis, N. E., Kravitz, H. M., Everson-Rose, S. A., Gold, E. B., Sowers, M. F., & Randolph, J. F. Jr. (2007). Depressive symptoms during the menopausal transition: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN).  Journal of Affective Disorders, 103, 267-272.  Journal of Affective Disorders

Goldman, S. E., Ancoli-Israel, S., Cauley, J., Newman, A., Blackwell, T., Boudreau, R., Hall, M., Matthews, K. A., & Ewing, S. (2007).  Poor sleep is associated with poorer physical performance and greater functional limitation in older women.  Sleep, 30, 1317-1324.  Article

Thurston, R.C., Sowers, M.R., Chang, Y., Sternfeld, B., Gold, E.B., Johnston, J.M., & Matthews, K.A. (2008).  Adiposity and vasomotor symptom reporting among midlife women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation.  American Journal of Epidemiology, 167, 78-85.  Article

Thurston, R. C., Bromberger, J., Chang, Y., Goldbacher, E., Brown, C., Cyranowski, J. M., & Matthews, K.A. (2008).  Childhood abuse or neglect is associated with increased vasomotor symptom reporting among midlife women.  Menopause, 15, 16-22.  Abstract

Hess, R., Colvin, A., Avis, N.E., Bromberger, J.T., Schocken, M., Johnston, J.M., & Matthews, K.A. (2008). The impact of hormone therapy on health related quality of life: Longitudinal results from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation.  Menopause, 15, 422-428.  Abstract

Hess, R., Olshansky, E., Ness, R., Bryce, C.L., Dillon, S., Kapoor, W.N., Chang, C.C.H., & Matthews, K.A. (2008). Pregnancy and birth history influence women’s experience of menopause. Menopause, 15, 435-441.  Abstract

Wildman, R.P., Colvin, A.B., Powell, L.H., Matthews, K.A., Everson-Rose, S.A., Hollenberg, S., Johnston, J.M., & Sutton-Tyrrell, K. (2008). Associations of endogenous sex hormones with the vasculature in menopausal women: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN).  Menopause, 15, 414-421.  Abstract

Thurston, R.C., Sowers, M.F., Sutton-Tyrrell, K., Everson-Rose, S.A., Lewis, T.T., Edmundowicz, D., & Matthews, K.A. (2008). Abdominal adiposity and hot flashes among midlife women. Menopause, 15, 429-434.  Abstract

Olson, M.B., Kelsey, S.F., Matthews, K.A.., Bairey Merz, C.N., Eteiba, W., McGorray, S.P., Cornell, C.E., Vido, D.A., & Muldoon, M.F. (2008). Lipid-lowering medication use and aggression scores in women: a report from the NHLBI-sponsored WISE study. Journal of Women's Health, 17, 187-194.  Article

Santoro, N., Crawford, S.L., Lasley, W.L., Luborsky, J.L., Matthews, K.A., McConnell, D., Randolph, Jr., J.F., Gold, E.B., Greendale, G.A., Korenman, S.G., Powell, L., Sowers, M.F., & Weiss, G.  (2008).  Factors related to declining luteal function in women during the menopausal transition. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism, 93, 1711-1721.  Article

Kravitz, H.M., Zhao, X., Bromberger, J.T., Gold, E.B., Hall, M.H., Matthews, K.A., & Sowers, M.F.  (2008). Sleep disturbance during the menopausal transition in a multi-ethnic community sample of women.  Sleep, 31, 979-990.  Abstract

Thurston, R.C., Sutton-Tyrrell, K., Everson-Rose, S.A., Hess, R., & Matthews, K.A.  (2008). Hot flashes and subclinical cardiovascular disease: Findings from the Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation Heart Study. Circulation. 118, 1234-40.  Circulation

Thurston, R.C., Bromberger, J.T., Joffe, H., Avis, N., Hess, R., Crandall, C., Chang, Y., Green, R., & Matthews, K.A.  (2008).  Beyond frequency: Who is most bothered by vasomotor symptoms? Menopause. 15, 841-7. Abstract

Kuller, L.H.,  Matthews, K.A., Edmundowicz, D., Chang, Y.  (2008). Incident coronary artery calcium among postmenopausal women. Atherosclerosis 200, 278–85.  Abstract

Egizio, V.B., Jennings, J.R., Christie, I.C., Sheu, L.K., Matthews, K.A., Gianaros, P.J. (2008). Cardiac vagal activity during psychological stress varies with social functioning in older women. Psychophysiology.  45, 1-9.  Article

Kelley-Hedgepeth, A., Lloyd-Jones, D.M., Colvin, A., Matthews, K.A., Johnston, J., Sowers, M.R., Sternfeld, B., Pasternak, R.C., Chae, C.U. & SWAN Investigators. (2008).  Ethnic differences in C-reactive protein concentrations. Clinical Chemistry, 54, 1027-1037. Article

Troxel, W.M., Buysse, D.J., Hall, M., & Matthews, K.A. (2009). Marital happiness and sleep disturbances in a multi-ethnic sample of middle-aged women.  Behavioral Sleep Medicine, 7, 2-19.

Bromberger, J.T., Kravitz, H.M., Matthews, K.A., Youk, A., Brown, C., & Feng, W. (2009).  Predictors of first lifetime episodes of major depression in midlife women.  Psychological Medicine, 39, 55-64.

Thurston, R.C., Matthews, K.A., Hernandez, J., &  De la Torre, F. (2009).  Improving the performance of physiologic hot flash measures with support vector machines.  Psychophysiology, 46, 285-292.

Derby, C.A., Crawford, S.L., Pasternak, R.C., Sowers, M., Sternfeld, B., & Matthews, K.A.  (2009). Lipid change during the menopause transition in relation to age and weight:  The Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.  American Journal of Epidemiology, 169, 1352-1361.

Soreca, I., Rosano C., Jennings, J.R., Sheu, L.K., Kuller, L.H., Matthews, K.A., Aizenstein, H. J., & Gianaros, P.J.  (2009). Gain in adiposity across 15 years is associated with reduced gray matter volume in healthy women.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 71, 485-490.

Hess, R., Conroy, M.B., Ness, R., Bryce, C.L., Dillon S., Chang, C.C., & Matthews, K.A.  (2009). Association of lifestyle and relationship factors with sexual functioning of women during midlife.  Journal of Sexual Medicine, 6, 1358-1368.

Torréns, J.I., Sutton-Tyrrell, K., Zhao, X., Matthews, K.A., Brockwell, S., Sowers, M.F., & Santoro, N.  (2009).  Relative androgen excess during the menopausal transition predicts incident metabolic syndrome in mid-life women:  SWAN, the Study of Women's Health Across the Nation.  Menopause, 16, 257-264.

Avis, N.E., Colvin, A, Bromberger, J.T., Hess, R., Matthews, K.A., Ory, M., & Schocken, M. (2009). Change in health-related quality of life over the menopausal transition in a multiethnic cohort of middle-aged women:  Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation.  Menopause, 16, 860-869. 

Thurston, R.C., Sowers, M.R., Sternfeld, B., Gold, E.B., Bromberger, J., Chang, Y., Joffe, H., Crandall, C.J., Waetjen, L.E., & Matthews, K.A. (2009). Gains in body fat and vasomotor symptom reporting over the menopausal transition: The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation.  American Journal of Epidemiology, 170, 766-774.

Whipple, M.O., Lewis, T.T., Sutton-Tyrrell, K., Matthews, K.A., Barinas-Mitchell, E., Powell, L.H., & Everson-Rose, S.A.  (2009). Hopelessness, depressive symptoms, and carotid atherosclerosis in women:  The Study of Women’s Health Across the Nation (SWAN) heart study.  Stroke, 40, 3166-3172.

 Matthews, K.A., Crawford, S.L., Chae, C.U., Everson-Rose, S.A., Sowers, M.F., Sternfeld, B., & Sutton-Tyrrell, K.  (2009). Are changes in cardiovascular disease risk factors in midlife women due to chronological aging or to the menopausal transition?  Journal of the American College of  Cardiology, 54, 2366-2373.

 Matthews, K.A., Schott, L.L., Bromberger, J.T., Cyranowski, J.M., Everson-Rose, S.A., & Sowers, M.F. (2010).  Are there bi-directional associations between depressive symptoms and C-reactive protein in mid-life women? Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 24, 96-101.

Thurston, R.C., Christie, I.C., & Matthews, K.A.  (in press).  Hot flashes and cardiac vagal control: A link to cardiovascular risk?  Menopause.

Thurston, R.C., Kuller, L.H., Edmundowicz, D., & Matthews, K.A.  (in press).  Hot flashes and aortic calcification among postmenopausal women.  Menopause.

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Psychobiological determinants of cardiovascular risk

Rutledge, T., Reis, S.E., Olson, M., Owens, J., Kelsey, S.F., Pepine, C.J., Reichek, N., Rogers, W.J., Bairey Merz, C.N., Sopko, G., Cornell, C.E., & Matthews, K.A. (2001).  Psychosocial variables are associated with atherosclerosis risk factors among women with chest pain: The WISE study.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 63, 282-288.  Article

Matthews, K.A., Flory, J.D., Owens, J.F., Harris, K.F., & Berga, S.L.  (2001). Influence of estrogen replacement therapy on cardiovascular responses to stress of healthy postmenopausal women.  Psychophysiology, 38, 391-398.  Psychophysiology Archives

Rutledge, T., Reis, S.E., Olson, M., Owens, M., Kelsey, S.F., Pepine, C.J., Reichek, N., Rogers, W.J., Merz, C.N.B., Sopko, G., Cornell, C.E., Sharaf, B., & Matthews, K.A. (2001).  History of anxiety disorders is associated with a decreased likelihood of angiographic coronary artery disease in women with chest pain:  The WISE study.  Journal of American College of Cardiology, 37, 780-785.   Article

Guyll, M., Matthews, K.A., & Bromberger, J.T.  (2001).  Discrimination and unfair treatment:  relationship to cardiovascular reactivity among African American and European American women.  Health Psychology 20, 315-325.   Ó2001 American Psychological Association.

Flory, J.D., Matthews, K.A., Sistilli, C.G., Caggiula, A.R., Berga, S.L., & Owens, J.F. (2002).  Short-term suppression of ovarian function and immune measures in healthy women.  Psychoneuroendocrinology,  27, 749-768.  Article

Räikkönen, K., Matthews, K.A., & Kuller, L.H.  (2002).  The relationship between psychological risk attributes and the metabolic syndrome in healthy women:  Antecedent or consequence?  Metabolism, 51, 1537-1577.   Metabolism

Chaput, L.A., Adams, S.H., Simon, J.A., Blumenthal, R.S., Vittinghoff, E., Lin, F., Loh, E., & Matthews, K.A. for the Heart and Estrogen/progestin Replacement Study (HERS) Research Group. (2002). Hostility predicts recurrent coronary events among postmenopausal women with heart disease.  American Journal of Epidemiology, 156, 1092-1099.  Ó 2002 Oxford Journals.

Jones, D.J., Matthews, K.A., Bromberger, J.T., & Sutton-Tyrrell, K.  (2003). Lifetime history of depression and carotid atherosclerosis in middle-aged women. Archives of General Psychiatry, 60, 153-160.  Article

Yan, L.L., Liu, K., Matthews, K.A., Daviglus, M.L., Ferguson, T.F., & Kiefe, C.I.  (2003). Psychosocial factors and risk for hypertension:  The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study.  Journal of the American Medical Association, 290, 2138-2148.   Article

Harris, K.F., Matthews, K.A., Sutton-Tyrrell, K., & Kuller, L.H.  (2003).  Associations between psychological traits and endothelial function in postmenopausal women.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 65, 402-409.  Article

Rutledge, T., Matthews, K.A., Lui, L-Y., Stone, K.L., & Cauley, J.A.  (2003).  Social networks and marital status predict mortality in older-aged women:  Prospective evidence from the study of osteoporotic fractures (SOF). Psychosomatic Medicine, 65, 688-694.  Article

Troxel, W.M., Matthews, K.A., Bromberger, J.T., & Sutton-Tyrrell, K. (2003). Chronic stress burden, discrimination, and subclinical carotid artery disease in African American and Caucasian women.  Health Psychology, 22, 300-309.  Ó2003  American Psychological Association.

Räikkönen, K., Matthews, K.A., Sutton-Tyrrell, K., & Kuller, L.H. (2004). Trait anger and the metabolic syndrome predict progression of carotid atherosclerosis in healthy middle-aged women. Psychosomatic Medicine, 66, 903-908.  Article

Everson-Rose, S.A., Meyer, P.M., Powell, L.H., Pandey, D., Torrens, J.I., Kravitz, H.M., Bromberger, J.T., & Matthews K.A.  (2004).  Depressive symptoms, insulin resistance, and risk for diabetes in women at mid-life. Diabetes Care, 27, 2856-2862.  Article

Matthews, K.A., Gump, B.B., Harris, K.F., Haney, T.L., & Barefoot, J.C.  (2004).  Hostile behaviors predict cardiovascular mortality among men enrolled in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial.  Circulation, 109, 66-70.  American Heart Association

Räikkönen, K., Matthews, K.A., Kondwani, K.A., Bunker, C. H., Melhem, N. M., Ukoli, F.A.M., Asogun, A., & Jacob, R.G.  (2004). Does nondipping of blood pressure at night reflect a trait of blunted cardiovascular responses to daily activities?  Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 27, 131-137.  Article

Harris, K.F., & Matthews, K.A.  (2004). Interactions between autonomic nervous system activity and endothelial function:  A model for the development of cardiovascular disease.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 66, 153-164.  Article

Markovitz, J.M., Matthews, K.A., Whooley, M., Lewis, C., & Greenlund, K. (2004).   Increases in job strain are associated with incident hypertension in the CARDIA Study.  Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 28, 1-9.  Article

Matthews, K. A., Owens, J. F., Salomon, K., Harris, K. F., & Berga, S. L.  (2005).  Influence of hormone therapy on the cardiovascular responses to stress of postmenopausal women.  Biological Psychology, 69, 39-56.  Biological Psychology

Troxel, W. M., Matthews, K. A., Gallo, L. C., & Kuller, L. H.  (2005).  Marital quality and occurrence of the metabolic syndrome in women.   Archives of Internal Medicine, 165, 1022-1027.  Article

Agatisa, P.K., Matthews, K.A., Bromberger, J.T., Edmundowicz, D., Chang, Y.F., & Sutton-Tyrrell, K. (2005).  Coronary and aortic calcification in women with major depression history. Archives of Internal Medicine, 165,  1229-1236.  Article

Gianaros, P.J., Salomon, K., Zhou, F., Owens, J.F., Edmundowicz, D., Kuller, L.H., & Matthews, K. A.  (2005). A greater reduction in high-frequency heart rate variability to a psychological stressor is associated with subclinical coronary and aortic calcification in postmenopausal women.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 67, 553-560.  Article

Yan, L.L., Liu, K., Matthews, K., Davidglus, M. L., & Kiefe C. (2005). Hypertension and psychosocial factors.  Cardiology Review, 22, 39-44.

Iribarren, C., Jacobs, D., Hulley, S., Kiefe, C., Lewis, C., Matthews, K. A., & Roseman J.  (2005).  Causes and demographic, medical, lifestyle and psychosocial predictors of premature mortality:  The CARDIA study.  Social Science and Medicine, 60, 471-482.  Article

Gump, B. B., Matthews, K. A., Eberly, L. E., & Chang, Y. F for the MRFIT Research Group.  (2005). Depressive symptoms and mortality in men.  Results from the multiple risk factor intervention trial.  Stroke, 36, 98-102.  American Heart Association

Matthews, K.A.  (2005).  Psychological perspectives on the development of coronary heart disease.  American Psychologist, 60, 780-796. Abstract

Lewis, T. T., Everson-Rose, S. A., Powell, L. H., Matthews, K. A., Brown, C., Karavolos, K., Sutton-Tyrrell, K., Jacobs, E., & Wesley, D.  (2006).  Chronic exposure to everyday discrimination and coronary artery calcification in African-American women: The SWAN Heart Study.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 68, 362-368. Article

Brown, C., Matthews, K. A., & Bromberger, J. T.  (2006).  The relation between perceived unfair treatment and blood pressure in a racially/ethnically diverse sample of women.  American Journal of Epidemiology, 164, 257-262.  Article

Krantz, D. S., Olson, M. B., Phankao, C., Bairey Merz, C. N., Sopko, G., Vido, D. A., Shaw, L. J., Sheps, D. S., Francis, J., Pepine, C. J., & Matthews, K. A. for the WISE Investigators.  (2006).  Anger, hostility, and cardiac symptoms in women with suspected coronary artery disease: The Women’s Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation (WISE) Study.  Journal of Women's Health, 15, 112-120.  Article

Everson-Rose, S. A., Lewis, T., Karavolos, K., Powell, L., Sutton-Tyrrell, K., & NMatthews, K. A.  (2006).  Cynical hostility and carotid atherosclerosis in African-American and white women: The SWAN Heart study.   American Heart Journal, 152, 982e7-982e13.  Article

Matthews, K. A., Owens, J. F., Edmundowicz, D., Lee, L., & Kuller, L. H.  (2006).  Positive and negative attributes for coronary and aortic calcification in healthy women.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 68, 355-361. Article

Rutledge, T., Reis, S. E., Olson, M. B., Owens, J., Kelsey, S. F., Pepine, C. J., Mankad, S., Rogers, W. J., Bairey Merz, N., Sopko, G., Cornell, C. E., Sharaf, B., & Matthews, K. A.  (2006).  Depression symptom severity and reported treatment history in the prediction of cardiac risk in women with suspected myocardial ischemia.  Archives of General Psychiatry, 63, 874-880.  Article

Knox, S., Barnes, A., Kiefe, C., Lewis, C.E., Iribarren, C., Matthews, K.A., Wong, N.D., & Whooley, M. (2006).  History of depression, race, and cardiovascular risk in CARDIA.  International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 13, 44-50.  Article

Matthews, K.A., Zhu, S., Tucker, D.C., & Whooley, M.A.  (2006).  Blood pressure reactivity to psychological stress and coronary calcification in the CARDIA Study.  Hypertension, 47, 391-395. Article

Matthews, K. A., Schwartz, J., Cohen, S., & Seeman, T.  (2006).  Diurnal cortisol decline is related to coronary calcification: CARDIA Study.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 68, 657-661.  Article

Räikkönen, K., Matthews, K. A., & Kuller, L. H.  (2007).  Depressive symptoms and stressful life events predict metabolic syndrome among middle-aged women: A comparison of World Health Organization, Adult Treatment Panel III, and International Diabetes Foundation definitions.  Diabetes Care, 30, 872-877.  Article

Goldbacher, E.M., & Matthews, K.A. (2007).  Are psychological characteristics related to risk of the metabolic syndrome?  Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 34, 240-252.  Article

Ohira, T., Hozawa, A., Iribarren, C., Daviglus, M. L., Matthews, K., Gross, M. D., & Jacobs, D. R., Jr.  (2008).  Longitudinal association of serum carotenoids and tocopherols with hostility: The Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) study.  American Journal of Epidemiology, 167, 42-50.  Article

Lewis, T.T., Everson-Rose, S.A., Colvin, A., Matthews, K.A., Bromberger, J.T., Sutton-Tyrell, K.  (2009). The interactive effects of race and depressive symptoms on calcification in African-American and White women.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 71, 163-170.

Goldbacher, E.M., Bromberger, J., & Matthews, K.A. (2009).  Lifetime history of major depression predicts the development of the metabolic syndrome in middle-aged women.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 71, 266-272.

Schott, L.L., Kamarck, T.W., Matthews, K.A., Brockwell, S.E., & Sutton-Tyrrell, K.  (2009).  Is brachial artery flow-mediated dilation associated with negative affect?  International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 16, 241-247.

Tindle, H.A., Chang, Y.F., Kuller, L.H., Manson, J.E., Robinson, J.G., Rosal. M,C, Siegle, G.J., & Matthews, K.A. (2009). Optimism, cynical hostility, and incident coronary heart disease and mortality in the Women’s Health Initiative.  Circulation, 120, 656-662.

Schwarz, E.B., Tepper, P., Tyrrell-Sutton, K., Matthews, K.A., Thurston, R.C., & Janssen, I.  (2010).  Lactation and maternal measures of subclinical cardiovascular disease. Obstetrics and Gynecology, 115, 41-48.

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Gump, B. B., Matthews, K. A., Scheier, M. F., Schulz, R., Bridges, M. W., & Magovern, G. J., Sr. (2001). Illness representations according to age and effects on health behaviors following coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 49, 284-289.  Article

Gump, B.B., & Matthews, K.A. (2003). Special intervention reduces CVD mortality for adherent participants in the Multiple Risk Factor Intervention Trial.  Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 26, 61-68.  Article

Hess, R., Matthews, K., McNeil, M., Chang, C.C.J., Kapoor, W., & Bryce, C.  (2005).  Health services research in the privacy age.  Journal of General Internal Medicine, 20, 1045-1049.  Article

Scheier, M., Ingersoll, K., Wrosch, C., Schulz, R., Matthews, K., Baum, A., Zdaniuk, B., Martire, C., & Cohen, S.  (2006).  The life engagement test: Assessing purpose in life.  Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 29, 291-298.  Article

Ruiz, J.M., Matthews, K.A., Scheier, M.F., Schulz, R.  (2006).  Does whom you marry matter for your health?  Influence of patient’s and spouse’s personality on their partner’s psychological well-being following coronary artery bypass surgery.  Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 91, 255-267.  Abstract

Cyranowski, J. M., Marsland, A. L., Bromberger, J. T., Whiteside, T., Chang, Y. F., & Matthews, K. A. (2007).  Depressive symptoms and production of proinflammatory cytokines by peripheral blood mononuclear cells stimulated in vitro.  Brain, Behavior, and Immunity, 21, 229-237.  Article

Gianaros, P. J., Jennings, J. R., Sheu, L. K., Derbyshire, W. G., & Matthews, K. A.  (2007).  Heightened functional neural activation to psychological stress covaries with exaggerated blood pressure reactivity.  Hypertension, 49, 134-140.  Article

Gianaros, P. J., Jennings, J. R., Sheu, L. K., Greer, P. J., Kuller, L. H., & Matthews, K. A.  (2007).  Prospective reports of chronic life stress predict decreased grey matter volume in the hippocampus.  NeuroImage, 35, 795-803.  Article

Farhat, G. N., Newman, A. B., Sutton-Tyrrell, K., Matthews, K. A., Boudreau, R., Schwartz, A. V., Lavsky, F., Visser, M., & Cauley, J. A.  for the Health ABC Study.  (2007).  The association of bone mineral density measures with incident cardiovascular disease in older adults.  Osteoporosis International, 18, 999-1008.  Article

Gianaros, P.J., Sheu, L.K., Matthews, K.A., Jennings, J.R., Manuck, S.B., & Hariri, A.R. (2008).  Individual differences in stressor-evoked blood pressure reactivity vary with activation, volume, and functional connectivity of the amygdale.  The Journal of Neuroscience, 28, 990-999.  Article

Goldman, S.E., Hall, M., Boudreau, R., Matthews, K.A., Cauley, J.A., Ancoli-Israel, S., Stone, K.L., Rubin, S.M., Satterfield, S., Simonsick, E.M., & Newman, A.B. (2008).  Association between nighttime sleep and napping in older adults.  Sleep, 31, 733-740.  Article

Matthews, K.A., Kamarck, T.W., Hall, M., Strollo, P.J., Owens, J.F., Buysse, D.J., Lee, L., & Reis, S.E.  (2008). Blood pressure dipping and sleep disturbance in African American and Caucasian men and women. American Journal of Hypertension, 21, 826-831. Article

Sowers, M.F., Zheng, H., Kravitz, H.M., Matthews, K.A., Bromberger, J., Gold, E.G., Owens, J.F., Consens, F., Hall, M.  (2008).  Sex steroid hormone profiles are related to sleep measures from polysomnography and the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index.  Sleep. 31,1339-49.  Abstract

Buysse, D.J., Hall, M.H., Strollo, P.J., Kamarck, T.W., Owens, J.F., Laisze, L., Reis, S.E., & Matthews, K.A.  (2008).  Relationships between the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI), Epworth Sleepiness Scale (ESS), and clinical/polysomnographic measures in a community sample.  Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine. 4, 563-571.  Article

Mezick, E.J., Matthews, K.A., Hall, M., Kamarck, T.W., Buysse, D.J., Owens, J.F., & Reis, S.E.  (2009). Intra-individual variability in sleep duration and fragmentation: associations with stress.  Psychoneuroendocrinology, 34, 1346-1354.

Pesonen, A-K., Räikkönen, K., Matthews, K.A., Heinonen, K., Paavonen, J., Lahti, J., Komsi, N., Lemola, S., Järvenpää, A-L., Kajantie, E., & Strandberg, T. (2009).  Prenatal origins of poor sleep in children. Sleep, 32, 1086-1092.

Pressman, S.D., Matthews, K.A., Cohen, S., Martire, L.M., Scheier, M., Baum, A., & Schulz, R. (2009). Association of enjoyable life activities with psychological and physical well-being.  Psychosomatic Medicine, 71, 725-732. 

Troxel, W.M., Buysse, D.J., Hall, M., Kamarck, T.W., Strollo, P.J., Owens, J.F., Reis, S.E., &  Matthews, K.A. (2010). Social integration, social contacts, and blood pressure dipping in African-Americans and whites.  Journal of Hypertension, 28, 265-271.

 Mezick, E.J., Matthews, K.A., Hall, M., Kamarck, T.W., Buysse, D.J., Owens, J.F., Strollo, P.J., & Reis, S.E. (in press). Low life purpose and high hostility are related to an attenuated decline in nocturnal blood pressure.  Health Psychology.

Lemola, S., Räikkönen, K., Matthews, K.A., Scheier, M.F., Heinonen, K., Pesonen, A-K., Komsi, N., & Lahti, J.  (in press).  A new measure for dispositional optimism and pessimism in young children.  European Journal of  Personality.

Owens, J.F., Buysse, D.J., Hall, M., Kamarck, T.W., Lee, L., Strollo, P.J., Reis, S.E., & Matthews, K.A. (in press).  Napping, nighttime sleep, and cardiovascular risk factors in mid-life adults.  Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine.

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