Andrea Z. LaCroix, PhD
Senior Investigator
206-287-2868
lacroix.az@ghc.org
Recent publications
Curriculum vitae (CV)
Research interests and experience
- Women's health: menopause; osteoporosis/fracture; cardiovascular health; disability in older women;
- Aging & geriatrics: disability in older women; cardiovascular health; menopause; osteoporosis/fracture
- Medication use & patient safety: older women
Andrea LaCroix is an epidemiologist interested in older women's health, including cardiovascular disease, osteoporosis and disability.
Recent publications
Woods NF, Cochrane BB, LaCroix AZ, Seguin RA, Zaslavsky O, Liu J, Beasley JM, Brunner RL, Espeland MA, Goveas JS, Lane DS, Manson JE, Mouton CP, Robinson JG, Tinker LF. Toward a positive aging phenotype for older women: observations from the Women's Health Initiative. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2012 Apr 19 [Epub ahead of print] PubMed
Ioannidis G, Flahive J, Pickard L, Papaioannou A, Chapurlat RD, Saag KG, Silverman S, Anderson FA Jr, Gehlbach SH, Hooven FH, Boonen S, Compston JE, Cooper C, Diez-Perez A, Greenspan SL, LaCroix AZ, Lindsay R, Netelenbos JC, Pfeilschifter J, Rossini M, Roux C, Sambrook PN, Siris ES, Watts NB, Adachi JD; for the GLOW Investigators. Non-hip, non-spine fractures drive healthcare utilization following a fracture: the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW). Osteoporos Int. 2012 Apr 12 [Epub ahead of print] PubMed
Carpenter JS, Guthrie KA, Larson JC, Freeman EW, Joffe H, Reed SD, Ensrud KE, Lacroix AZ. Effect of escitalopram on hot flash interference: a randomized, controlled trial. Fertil Steril. 2012 Apr 3 [Epub ahead of print] PubMed
Ensrud KE, Joffe H, Guthrie KA, Larson JC, Reed SD, Newton KM, Sternfeld B, LaCroix AZ, Landis CA, Woods NF, Freeman EW. Effect of escitalopram on insomnia symptoms and subjective sleep quality in healthy perimenopausal and postmenopausal women with hot flashes: a randomized controlled trial. Menopause. 2012 Mar 19. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed
Dennison EM, Compston JE, Flahive J, Siris ES, Gehlbach SH, Adachi JD, Boonen S, Chapurlat R, Diez-Perez A, Anderson FA Jr, Hooven FH, LaCroix AZ, Lindsay R, Netelenbos JC, Pfeilschifter J, Rossini M, Roux C, Saag KG, Sambrook P, Silverman S, Watts NB, Greenspan SL, Premaor M, Cooper C, for the GLOW Investigators. Effect of co-morbidities on fracture risk: findings from the Global Longitudinal Study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW). Bone. 2012 Mar 9. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed
Roux C, Wyman A, Hooven FH, Gehlbach SH, Adachi JD, Chapurlat RD, Compston JE, Cooper C, Diez-Perez A, Greenspan SL, LaCroix AZ, Netelenbos JC, Pfeilschifter J, Rossini M, Saag KG, Sambrook PN, Silverman S, Siris ES, Watts NB, Boonen S. Burden of non-hip, non-vertebral fractures on quality of life in postmenopausal women: The Global Longitudinal study of Osteoporosis in Women (GLOW). Osteoporos Int. 2012 Mar 8. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed
Hutter CM, Chang-Claude J, Slattery ML, Pflugeisen BM, Lin Y, Duggan D, Nan H, Lemire M, Rangrej J, Figueiredo JC, Jiao S, Harrison TA, Liu Y, Chen LS, Stelling DL, Warnick GS, Hoffmeister M, Kury S, Fuchs CS, Giovannucci E, Hazra A, Kraft P, Hunter DJ, Gallinger S, Zanke BW, Brenner H, Frank B, Ma J, Ulrich CM, White E, Newcomb PA, Kooperberg C, LaCroix AZ, Prentice RL, Jackson RD, Schoen RE, Chanock SJ, Berndt SI, Hayes RB, Caan BJ, Potter JD, Hsu L, Bezieau S, Chan AT, Hudson TJ, Peters U. Characterization of gene-environment interactions for colorectal cancer susceptibility loci. Cancer Res. 2012 Feb 24. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed
Eastell R, Reid DM, Vukicevic S, Ensrud KE, LaCroix AZ, Thompson JR, Thompson DD, Cummings SR. Effects of 3 years of lasofoxifene treatment on bone turnover markers in women with postmenopausal osteoporosis. Bone. 2012 Feb 12. [Epub ahead of print]. PubMed
Greenspan SL, Wyman A, Hooven FH, Adami S, Gehlbach S, Anderson Jr FA, Boone S, Lacroix AZ, Lindsay R, Coen Netelenbos J, Pfeilschifter J, Silverman S, Siris ES, Watts NB. Predictors of treatment with osteoporosis medications after recent fragility fractures in a multinational cohort of postmenopausal women. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2012 Mar;60(3):455-61. doi: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2011.03854.x. Epub 2012 Feb 8. PubMed
Braden JB, Young A, Sullivan MD, Walitt B, LaCroix AZ, Martin L. Predictors of change in pain and physical functioning among post-menopausal women with recurrent pain conditions in the Women's Health Initiative observational cohort. J Pain. 2012;13(1):64-72. PubMed
To view more publications, please see Dr. LaCroix's CV.