Robert D. Abbott

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University of Virginia
School of Medicine
Biostatistics and Epidemiology
Professor
Shiga University of Medical Science
Health Science
Visiting Professor
Korea University
College of Medicine
Korea University Genomic Institute
Statistical Consultant
University of Hawaii
John A. Burns School of Medicine
Geriatric Medicine
Clinical Professor
University of Virginia
College and Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Statistics
Professor

Mailing Address

Biostatistics and Epidemiology
P.O. Box 800717
Charlottesville, Virginia 22908-0717
United States

Contact Information

Phone: (434) 924-1687
Fax: (434) 924-8437
rda3e@virginia.edu
http://www.healthsystem.virginia.edu/internet/phs/wdc-lib/faculty_page.cfm?id=12

Qualifications

Ph.D., University of Michigan, Biostatistics, 1977.
M.A., University of Michigan, Statistics, 1974.
M.P.H., University of Michigan, Biostatistics, 1974.
B.S., Western Michigan University, Mathematics, 1972.

Expertise and Research Interests

Survival analysis, nonparametric methods, quantile regression, resampling techniques, nonlinear regression, chronic disease epidemiology (atherosclerosis, stroke, vascular dementia, Alzheimer's disease, cognitive impairment, and Parkinson's disease), and clinical trials methodology.

Keywords

COS Keywords:

Alzheimer's Disease, Biometry, Biostatistics, Cardiovascular Diseases, Cardiovascular System, Clinical Trial, Dementia, Epidemiology, Exercise, Genomics, Geriatrics, Heart Diseases, Metabolism, Nutrition or Dietetics, Preventive Medicine, Risk Factor Analysis, Statistics, Stroke, Survival Probability.

Additional Terms:

Biostatistics, Cardiovascular Epidemiology, Geriatric Epidemiology.

Memberships

American College of Epidemiology
American Heart Association
American Statistical Association
Council on Epidemiology and Prevention
Council on Nutrition, Physical Activity, and Metabolism
International Biometrics Society
Stroke Council

Honors and Awards

2007, Fellowship, Japan Cardiovascular Research Foundation
2006-2007, Invitation Fellowship, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science
2005, Investigator Research Award, Pacific Health Research Institute
1999, Harrison Teaching Award, University of Virginia
1998, Fellow, American College of Epidemiology
1984, Fellow, American Heart Association

Publications

  • Abbott RD, Ueshima H, Rodriguez BL, Kadowaki T, Masaki KH, Willcox BJ, Sekikawa A, Kuller LH, Edmundowicz D, Shin C, Kashiwagi A, Nakamura Y, El-Saed A, Okamura T, White R, Curb JD (2007) Coronary Artery Calcification in Japanese Men in Japan and Hawaii, American Journal of Epidemiology, 166, 1280-1287
  • Abbott RD, Launer LJ, Rodriguez BL, Ross GW, Wilson PWF, Masaki KH, Strozyk D, Curb JD, Yano K, Popper JS, Petrovitch H (2007) Serum estradiol and risk of stroke in elderly men, Neurology, 68, 563-568
  • Abbott RD, Ross GW, Petrovitch H, Tanner CM, Davis DG, Masaki KH, Launer LJ, Curb JD, White LR (2007) Bowel movement frequency in late-life and incidental Lewy bodies, Movement Disorders, 22, 1581-1586
  • Abbott RD, Ueshima H, Masaki KH, Willcox BJ, Rodriguez BL, Ikeda A, Yano K, White LR, Curb JD (2007) Coronary Artery Calcification and Total Mortality in Elderly Men, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 55, 1948-1954
  • Ross GW, Abbott RD, Petrovitch H, Tanner CM, Davis DG, Nelson J, Markesbery WR, Hardman J, Masaki K, Launer L, White LR (2006) Association of olfactory dysfunction with incidental Lewy bodies, Movement Disorders, 21, 2062-2067
  • Abbott RD, Ross GW, White LR, Tanner CM, Masaki KH, Nelson JS, Curb JD, Petrovitch H (2005) Excessive daytime sleepiness and subsequent development of Parkinson's disease, Neurology, 65, 1442-1449
  • Curb JD, Abbott RD, Rodriguez BL, Masaki K, Popper J, Chen R, Petrovitch H, Blanchette P, Schatz I, Yano K, Prospective Association Between Low and High Total and Low-density Lipoprotein Cholesterol and Coronary Heart Disease in Elderly Men, Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 52(12), 1975-80, Dec 2004 Abstract
  • Shin C, Abbott RD, Lee H, Kim J, Kimm K, Prevalence and Correlates of Orthostatic Hypotension in Middle-aged Men and Women in Korea: the Korean Health and Genome Study, Journal of Human Hypertension, 18(10), 717-23, Oct 2004 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, White LR, Ross GW, Masaki KH, Curb JD, Petrovitch H, Walking and dementia in physically capable elderly men, Journal of the American Medical Association, 292(12), 1447-53, September 2004 Abstract
  • Curb JD, Abbott RD, Rodriguez BL, Masaki KH, Chen R, Popper JS, Petrovitch H, Ross GW, Schatz IJ, Belleau GC, Yano K, High density lipoprotein cholesterol and the risk of stroke in elderly men: The Honolulu Heart Program, American Journal of Epidemiology, 160(2), 150-7, July 2004 Abstract
  • Curb JD, Abbott RD, Rodriguez BL, Masaki K, Chen R, Sharp DS, Tall AR, A Prospective Study of HDL-C and Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Gene Mutations and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in The Elderly., Journal of Lipid Research, 45(5), 948-53, May 2004 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Ross GW, White LR, Sanderson WT, Burchfiel CM, Kashon M, Sharp DS, Masaki KH, Curb JD, Petrovitch H, Environmental, life-style, and physical precursors of clinical Parkinson's disease: Recent findings from the Honolulu-Asia Aging Study, Journal of Neurology, 250 Suppl 3, III30-9, October 2003 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Ando F, Masaki KH, Tung KH, Rodriguez BL, Petrovitch H, Yano K, Curb JD, Dietary magnesium intake and the future risk of coronary heart disease (The Honolulu Heart Program), The American Journal of Cardiology, 92(6), 665-9, September 2003 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Curb JD, Rodriguez BL, Masaki KH, Popper JS, Ross GW, Petrovitch H, Age-related changes in risk factor effects on the incidence of thromboembolic and hemorrhagic stroke, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 56(5), 479-86, 2003 Abstract
  • Curb JD, Abbott RD, Rodriguez BL, Sakkinen P, Popper JS, Yano K, Tracy RP, C-reactive protein and the future risk of thromboembolic stroke in healthy men, Circulation, 107(15), 2016-20, 2003 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Ross GW, White LR, Nelson JS, Masaki KH, Tanner CM, Curb JD, Blanchette PL, Popper JS, Petrovitch H, Midlife adiposity and the future risk of Parkinson's disease, Neurology, 59(7), 1051-7, October 2002 Abstract
  • Rodriguez BL, Abbott RD, Fujimoto W, Waitzfelder B, Chen R, Masaki K, Schatz I, Petrovitch H, Ross W, Yano K, Blanchette PL, Curb JD, The American Diabetes Association, World Health Organization, The American Diabetes Association and World Health Organization classifications for diabetes: Their impact on diabetes prevalence and total and cardiovascular disease mortality in elderly Japanes, Diabetes Care, 25(6), 951-5, June 2002 Abstract
  • Sakkinen P, Abbott RD, Curb JD, Rodriguez BL, Yano K, Tracy RP, C-reactive protein and myocardial infarction, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 55(5), 445-51, May 2002 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Curb JD, Rodriguez BL, Masaki KH, Yano K, Schatz IJ, Ross GW, Petrovitch H, Age-related changes in risk factor effects on the incidence of coronary heart disease, Annals of Epidemiology, 12(3), 173-81, April 2002 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Rodriguez BL, Petrovitch H, Yano K, Schatz IJ, Popper JS, Masaki KH, Ross GW, Curb JD, Ankle-brachial blood pressure in elderly men and the risk of stroke: The Honolulu Heart Program, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 54(10), 973-8, October 2001 Abstract
  • Brey RL, Abbott RD, Curb JD, Sharp DS, Ross GW, Stallworth CL, Kittner SJ, beta(2)-Glycoprotein 1-dependent anticardiolipin antibodies and risk of ischemic stroke and myocardial infarction: The Honolulu Heart Program, Stroke, 32(8), 1701-6, August 2001 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Petrovitch H, White LR, Masaki KH, Tanner CM, Curb JD, Grandinetti A, Blanchette PL, Popper JS, Ross GW, Frequency of bowel movements and the future risk of Parkinson's disease, Neurology, 57(3), 456-62, August 2001 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Petrovitch H, Rodriguez BL, Yano K, Schatz IJ, Popper JS, Masaki KH, Ross GW, Curb JD, Ankle/brachial blood pressure in men >70 years of age and the risk of coronary heart disease, American Journal of Cardiology, 86(3), 280-4, 2000 Abstract
  • Ross GW, Abbott RD, Petrovitch H, Morens DM, Grandinetti A, Tung KH, Tanner CM, Masaki KH, Blanchette PL, Curb JD, Popper JS, White LR, Association of coffee and caffeine intake with the risk of Parkinson disease, Journal of the American Medical Association, 283(20), 2674-9, May 2000 Abstract
  • Hakim AA, Curb JD, Burchfiel CM, Rodriguez BL, Sharp DS, Yano K, Abbott RD, Screening for coronary heart disease in elderly men based on current and past cholesterol levels, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 52(12), 1257-65, December 1999 Abstract
  • Hakim AA, Curb JD, Petrovitch H, Rodriguez BL, Yano K, Ross GW, White L R, Abbott R D, Effects of walking on coronary heart disease in elderly men: The Honolulu Heart Program, Circulation, 100(1), 9-13, July 1999 Abstract
  • Hillier TA, Abbott RD, Barrett EJ, Hyponatremia: Evaluating the correction factor for hyperglycemia, American Journal of Medicine, 106(4), 399-403, April 1999 Abstract
  • Bogden PE, Abbott RD, Williamson P, Onopa JK, Koontz LM, Comparing standard care with a physician and pharmacist team approach for uncontrolled hypertension, Journal of General Internal Medicine, 13(11), 740-5, November 1998 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, White LR, Ross GW, Petrovitch H, Masaki KH, Snowdon DA, Curb JD, Height as a marker of childhood development and late-life cognitive function: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study, Pediatrics, 102(3 Pt 1), 602-9, September 1998 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Yano K, Hakim AA, Burchfiel CM, Sharp DS, Rodriguez BL, Curb JD, Changes in total and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol over 10- and 20-year periods (The Honolulu Heart Program), American Journal of Cardiology, 82(2), 172-8, 15 Jul 1998 Abstract
  • Hakim AA, Ross GW, Curb JD, Rodriguez BL, Burchfiel CM, Sharp DS, Yano K, Abbott RD, Coffee consumption in hypertensive men in older middle-age and the risk of stroke: The Honolulu Heart Program, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 51(6), 487-94, June 1998 Abstract
  • Hakim AA, Petrovitch H, Burchfiel CM, Ross GW, Rodriguez BL, White LR, Yano K, Curb JD, Abbott RD, Effects of walking on mortality among nonsmoking retired men, New England Journal of Medicine, 338(2), 94-9, Jan 1998 Abstract
  • Burchfiel CM, Abbott RD, Curb JD, Sharp DS, Rodriguez BL, Arakaki R, Yano K, Association of insulin levels with lipids and lipoproteins in elderly Japanese-American men, Annals of Epidemiology, 8(2), 92-8, 1998 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Sharp DS, Burchfiel CM, Curb JD, Rodriguez BL, Hakim AA, Yano K, Cross-sectional and longitudinal changes in total and high-density-lipoprotein cholesterol levels over a 20-year period in elderly men: The Honolulu Heart Program, Annals of Epidemiology, 7(6), 417-24, August 1997 Abstract
  • Ross GW, Abbott RD, Petrovitch H, Masaki KH, Murdaugh C, Trockman C, Curb JD, White LR, Frequency and characteristics of silent dementia among elderly Japanese-American men: The Honolulu-Asia Aging Study, Journal of the American Medical Association, 277(10), 800-5, 12 Mar 1997 Abstract
  • Burchfiel CM, Abbott RD, Sharp DS, Curb JD, Rodriguez BL, Yano K, Distribution and correlates of lipids and lipoproteins in elderly Japanese-American men. The Honolulu Heart Program, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 16(11), 1356-64, November 1996 Abstract
  • Curb JD, Abbott RD, MacLean CJ, Rodriguez BL, Burchfiel CM, Sharp DS, Ross GW, Yano K, Age-related changes in stroke risk in men with hypertension and normal blood pressure, Stroke, 27(5), 819-24, May 1996 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Curb JD, Rodriguez BL, Sharp DS, Burchfiel CM, Yano K, Effect of dietary calcium and milk consumption on risk of thromboembolic stroke in older middle-aged men: The Honolulu Heart Program, Stroke, 27(5), 813-8, May 1996 Abstract
  • Sharp DS, Abbott RD, Burchfiel CM, Rodriguez BL, Tracy RP, Yano K, Curb JD, Plasma fibrinogen and coronary heart disease in elderly Japanese-American men, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 16(2), 262-8, February 1996 Abstract
  • Sansoy V, Abbott RD, Jayaweera AR, Kaul S, Low yield of transthoracic echocardiography for cardiac source of embolism, American Journal of Cardiology, 75(2), 166-9, 15 Jan 1995 Abstract
  • Kaul S, Abbott RD, Evaluation of chest pain in the emergency department, Annals of Internal Medicine, 121(12), 976-8, 15 Dec 1994 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Behrens GR, Sharp DS, Rodriguez BL, Burchfiel CM, Ross GW, Yano K, Curb JD, Body mass index and thromboembolic stroke in nonsmoking men in older middle age: The Honolulu Heart Program, Stroke, 25(12), 2370-6, December 1994 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Rodriguez BL, Burchfiel CM, Curb JD, Physical activity in older middle-aged men and reduced risk of stroke: The Honolulu Heart Program, American Journal of Epidemiology, 139(9), 881-93, May 1994 Abstract
  • Hendley JO, Abbott RD, Beasley PP, Gwaltney JM Jr, Effect of inhalation of hot humidified air on experimental rhinovirus infection, Journal of the American Medical Association, 271(14), 1112-3, April 1994 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Gutgesell HP, Effects of heteroscedasticity and skewness on prediction in regression: Modeling growth of the human heart, Methods in Enzymology, 240, 37-51, 1994 Abstract
  • Pollock SG, Abbott RD, Boucher CA, Beller GA, Kaul S, Independent and incremental prognostic value of tests performed in hierarchical order to evaluate patients with suspected coronary artery disease: Validation of models based on these tests, Circulation, 85(1), 237-48, January 1992 Abstract
  • Sabia P, Abbott RD, Afrookteh A, Keller MW, Touchstone DA, Kaul S, Importance of two-dimensional echocardiographic assessment of left ventricular systolic function in patients presenting to the emergency room with cardiac-related symptoms, Circulation, 84(4), 1615-24, October 1991 Abstract
  • Wolf PA, Abbott RD, Kannel WB, Atrial fibrillation as an independent risk factor for stroke: The Framingham Study, Stroke, 22(8), 983-8, August 1991 Abstract
  • Reed D, Abbott RD, Smucker ML, Kaul S, Prediction of outcome after mitral valve replacement in patients with symptomatic chronic mitral regurgitation: The importance of left atrial size, Circulation, 84(1), 23-34, July 1991 Abstract
  • Pollock SG, Abbott RD, Boucher CA, Watson DD, Kaul S, A model to predict multivessel coronary artery disease from the exercise thallium-201 stress test, American Journal of Medicine, 90(3), 345-52, March 1991 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Brand FN, Kannel WB, Epidemiology of some peripheral arterial findings in diabetic men and women: Experiences from the Framingham Study, American Journal of Medicine, 88(4), 376-81, April 1990 Abstract
  • MacMahon S, Peto R, Cutler J, Collins R, Sorlie P, Neaton J, Abbott R, Godwin J, Dyer A, Stamler J, Blood pressure, stroke, and coronary heart disease, Lancet, 335(8692), 765-74, 1990 Abstract
  • Eaker ED, Abbott RD, Kannel WB, Frequency of uncomplicated angina pectoris in type A compared with type B persons (the Framingham Study), American Journal of Cardiology, 63(15), 1042-5, 1989 Abstract
  • Brand FN, Abbott RD, Kannel WB, Diabetes, intermittent claudication, and risk of cardiovascular events: The Framingham Study, Diabetes, 38(4), 504-9, April 1989 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Levy D, Kannel WB, Castelli WP, Wilson PW, Garrison RJ, Stokes J 3d, Cardiovascular risk factors and graded treadmill exercise endurance in healthy adults: The Framingham Offspring Study, American Journal of Cardiology, 63(5), 342-6, February 1989 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Donahue RP, Kannel WB, Wilson PW, The impact of diabetes on survival following myocardial infarction in men vs women: The Framingham Study, Journal of the American Medical Association, 260(23), 3456-60, December 1988 Abstract
  • Donahue RP, Abbott RD, Reed DM, Yano K, Physical activity and coronary heart disease in middle-aged and elderly men: The Honolulu Heart Program, American Journal of Public Health, 78(6), 683-5, June 1988 Abstract
  • Wilson PW, Abbott RD, Castelli WP, High density lipoprotein cholesterol and mortality: The Framingham Heart Study, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 8(6), 737-41, 1988 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Wilson PW, Kannel WB, Castelli WP, High density lipoprotein cholesterol, total cholesterol screening, and myocardial infarction: The Framingham Study, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 8(3), 207-11, 1988 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Brand FN, Kannel WB, Castelli WP, Gout and coronary heart disease: The Framingham Study, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 41(3), 237-42, 1988 Abstract
  • Wolf PA, Abbott RD, Kannel WB, Atrial fibrillation: A major contributor to stroke in the elderly: The Framingham Study, Archives of Internal Medicine, 147(9), 1561-4, September 1987 Abstract
  • Donahue RP, Abbott RD, Reed DM, Yano K, Postchallenge glucose concentration and coronary heart disease in men of Japanese ancestry. Honolulu Heart Program, Diabetes, 36(6), 689-92, June 1987 Abstract
  • Donahue RP, Abbott RD, Bloom E, Reed DM, Yano K, Central obesity and coronary heart disease in men, Lancet, 1(8537), 821-4, April 1987 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Donahue RP, MacMahon SW, Reed DM, Yano K, Diabetes and the risk of stroke. The Honolulu Heart Program, Journal of the American Medical Association, 257(7), 949-52, 1987 Abstract
  • Abbott RD. McGee D, The Framingham Study: The probability of developing certain cardiovascular diseases in eight years at specified values of some characteristics, Bethesda, Maryland: (NIH publication 87-2284), 1987
  • Abbott RD, Yin Y, Reed DM, Yano K, Risk of stroke in male cigarette smokers, New England Journal of Medicine, 315(12), 717-20, September 1986 Abstract
  • Donahue RP, Abbott RD, Reed DM, Yano K, Alcohol and hemorrhagic stroke: The Honolulu Heart Program, Journal of the American Medical Association, 255(17), 2311-4, May 1986 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Carroll RJ, Conditional regression models for transient state survival analysis, American Journal of Epidemiology, 123(4), 728-35, April 1986 Abstract
  • Kannel WB, Abbott RD, A prognostic comparison of asymptomatic left ventricular hypertrophy and unrecognized myocardial infarction: The Framingham Study, American Heart Journal, 111(2), 391-7, February 1986 Abstract
  • Brand FN, Abbott RD, Kannel WB, Wolf PA, Characteristics and prognosis of lone atrial fibrillation. 30-year follow-up in the Framingham Study, Journal of the American Medical Association, 254(24), 3449-53, December 1985 Abstract
  • Halperin M, Abbott RD, Blackwelder WC, Jacobowitz R, Lan KK, Verter JI, Wedel H, On the use of the logistic model in prospective studies, Statistics in Medicine, 4(2), 227-35, 1985 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Logistic regression in survival analysis, American Journal of Epidemiology, 121(3), 465-71, March 1985 Abstract
  • Kannel WB, Abbott RD, Incidence and prognosis of unrecognized myocardial infarction: An update on the Framingham study, New England Journal of Medicine, 311(18), 1144-7, November 1984 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Carroll RJ, Interpreting multiple logistic regression coefficients in prospective observational studies, American Journal of Epidemiology, 119(5), 830-6, May 1984 Abstract
  • Carroll RJ, Spiegelman CH, Lan KKG, Bailey KT, Abbott RD, On errors-in-variables for binary regression models, Biometrika, 71, 19-25, 1984
  • Kannel WB, Abbott RD, Savage DD, McNamara PM, Coronary heart disease and atrial fibrillation: The Framingham Study, American Heart Journal, 106(2), 389-96, August 1983 Abstract
  • Castelli WP, Abbott RD, McNamara PM, Summary estimates of cholesterol used to predict coronary heart disease, Circulation, 67(4), 730-4, April 1983 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Garrison RJ, Wilson PW, Epstein FH, Castelli WP, Feinleib M, LaRue C, Joint distribution of lipoprotein cholesterol classes: The Framingham study, Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology, 3(3), 260-72, 1983 Abstract
  • Friedman BA, Abbott RD, Williams GW, A blood ordering strategy for hospital blood banks derived from a computer simulation, American Journal of Clinical Pathology, 78(2), 154-60, August 1982 Abstract
  • Kannel WB, Abbott RD, Savage DD, McNamara PM, Epidemiologic features of chronic atrial fibrillation: The Framingham study, New England Journal of Medicine, 306(17), 1018-22, April 1982 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Garrison RJ, Wilson PW, Castelli WP, Coronary heart disease risk: The importance of joint relationships among cholesterol levels in individual lipoprotein classes, Preventive Medicine, 11(2), 131-41, March 1982 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Dollhopf DJ, Janney AM, Evaluation of overburden sampling intensity in mined land reclamation, Reclamation and Revegetation Research, 1, 255-269, 1982
  • Wilson PW, Abbott RD, Garrison RJ, Castelli WP, Estimation of very-low-density lipoprotein cholesterol from data on triglyceride concentration in plasma, Clinical Chemistry, 27(12), 2008-10, December 1981 Abstract
  • Abbott RD, Friedman BA, Williams GW, Recycling older blood by integration into the inventory of a single large hospital blood bank: A computer simulation application, Transfusion, 18(6), 709-15, 1978 Abstract

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