Elaine D. Eaker, ScD - Selected Publications

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Barnabei, V., O'Connor, J., Nimphius, M., Vierkant, R., and Eaker, E. (2008). The effects of a web-based tool on patient-provider communication regarding menopausal hormone therapy: A randomized evaluation. Journal of Women's Health, 17(1), 147-158.

Eaker, E.D., Sullivan, L.M., Kelly-Hayes, M., D'Agostino, R.B., Sr., and Benjamin, E.J. (2007). Marital status, marital strain and the risk of coronary heart disease or total mortality: The Framingham Offspring Study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 69, 509-513.

Eaker, E.D., Sullivan, L.M., Kelly-Hayes, M., D'Agostino, R.B., Sr., and Benjamin, E.J. (2005). Tension and anxiety and the prediction of the 10-year incidence of coronary heart disease, atrial fibrillation, and total mortality: The Framingham Offspring Study. Psychosomatic Medicine, 67(5), 692-696.

Eaker, E.D., Sullivan, L.M., Kelly-Hayes, M., D'Agostino, R.B., Sr., and Benjamin, E.J. (2004). Does job strain increase the risk for coronary heart disease or death in men and women? The Framingham Offspring Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 159(10), 950-958.

Eaker, E.D., Sullivan, L.M., Kelly-Hayes, M., D'Agostino, R.B., Sr., and Benjamin, E.J. (2004). Anger and hostility predict the development of atrial fibrillation in men in the Framingham Offspring Study. Circulation, 109(10), 1267-1271.

Eaker ED, Vierkant RA, Mickel SF. Predictors of nursing home admission and/or death in incident Alzheimer's disease and other dementia cases compared to controls: a population-based study. Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2002;55:462-8.

Eaker ED, Jaros L, Vierkant RA, Lantz P, Remington P. A Controlled Community Intervention to Increase Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening: Women's Health Alliance Intervention Study. J Public Health Management Practice 2001;7:20-30.

Eaker ED, Wittman LM, Bergs RE. The Rural Women's Health Study: health and behavior of farm and nonfarm resident women. WMJ 2000;99:37-40

Eaker ED. Social and psychological aspects of coronary heart disease in women. Cardiol Rev 1998;6(3):182-90.

Eaker ED, Vierkant RA, Konitzer KA, Remington PL. Cervical cancer screening among women with and without hysterectomies. Obstet Gynecol 1998;91(4):551-5.

Hahn RA, Eaker E, Rolka H. Reliability of reported age at menopause. Am J Epidemiol 1997;146:771-5.

Barzilay JI, Kronmal RA, Bittner V, Eaker E, Evans C, Foster ED. Coronary artery disease and coronary artery bypass grafting in diabetic patients aged >65 years (report from the Coronary Artery Surgery Study [CASS] Registry). Am J Cardiol 1994;74:334-9.

Eaker ED, Chesebro JH, Sacks FM, Wenger NK, Whisnant JP. AHA medical/scientific statement special report on cardiovascular disease in women. Circulation 1993;88(4):1999-2009.

Eaker ED, Johnson WD, Loop FD, Wenger NK. Heart disease in women: How different? Patient Care 1992;26(3):191-204.

Macera CA, Eaker ED, Jannarone RJ, et al. A measure of perceived burden among caregivers. Evaluation and the Health Professions 1993;16(2):204-11.

Eaker E, Pinsky J, Castelli WP. Myocardial infarction and CHD death in women: Psychosocial predictors after twenty years of followup from the Framingham Study. Am J Epidemiol 1992; 135:854-864.

Eaker ED, Kronmal R, Kennedy JW, Davis K. Comparison of the long-term, post surgical survival of women and men in the Coronary Artery Surgery Study (CASS). Am Heart J 1989; 117:71.

Eaker ED, Packard B, Thom T. Epidemiology and risk factors for coronary heart disease in women. In Cardiovascular Clinics, Pamala Douglas (ed.): New York, F.A. Davis, 1989;19(3):129-145.

Books and Monographs

Eaker ED, Packard B, Wenger NK, Clarkson TB, Tyroler HA (Eds). Coronary Heart Disease in Women. New York: Haymarket Doyma, 1987.

Ostfeld AO, Eaker ED. Measuring Psychosocial Variables in Epidemiological Studies of Cardiovascular Disease. U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, NIH Publication No. 85-2270, March 1985.

Articles, Editorials, and Letters

Eaker ED. Oestrogen and Alzheimer's disease [letter]. Lancet 1996;348:1028.

Eaker ED, Hahn RA. More on the women's health initiative [reply]. N Engl J Med 1994;330(22):1619-20.

Eaker E, Hahn RA. Women's health initiative [letter]. N Engl J Med 1994;330(1):70-1.

Eaker E, Chesebro JH, Sacks FM, Wenger NK, Whisnant JP, Winston M. Special report: cardiovascular disease in women. Special writing group. Heart Dis Stroke 1994;3(2):114-9. (Invited Paper)

Eaker ED, Castelli WB. Recurrent coronary disease and type A behavior in the Framingham Study [letter]. N Engl J Med 1988; 319:1480-81.

Eaker E. Psychosocial characteristics associated with coronary heart disease in a population over 65 years old: the Framingham Heart Study. Proceedings from the Conference on Mental Health Aspects of Physical Disease in Late Life. NIMH Publication, 1983.

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