O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Wolfson SK, Bond MG, Bommer W, Sheth S, Psaty BM, Sharrett AR, Manolio TA. Use of sonography to evaluate carotid atherosclerosis in the elderly. The Cardiovascular Health Study. CHS Collaborative Research Group. Stroke. 1991  ;22(9):1155-63.

O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Kronmal RA, Kittner SJ, Bond MG, Wolfson SK, Bommer W, Price TR, Gardin JM, Savage PJ. Distribution and correlates of sonographically detected carotid artery disease in the Cardiovascular Health Study. The CHS Collaborative Research Group. Stroke. 1992  ;23(12):1752-60.

Tracy RP, Bovill EG, Fried LP, Heiss G, Lee MH, Polak JF, Psaty BM, Savage PJ. The distribution of coagulation factors VII and VIII and fibrinogen in adults over 65 years. Results from the Cardiovascular Health Study. Ann Epidemiol. 1992  ;2(4):509-19.

Bild DE, Fitzpatrick A, Fried LP, Wong ND, Haan MN, Lyles M, Bovill E, Polak JF, Schulz R. Age-related trends in cardiovascular morbidity and physical functioning in the elderly: the Cardiovascular Health Study. J Am Geriatr Soc. 1993  ;41(10):1047-56.

Polak JF, O'Leary DH, Kronmal RA, Wolfson SK, Bond MG, Tracy RP, Gardin JM, Kittner SJ, Price TR, Savage PJ. Sonographic evaluation of carotid artery atherosclerosis in the elderly: relationship of disease severity to stroke and transient ischemic attack. Radiology. 1993  ;188(2):363-70.

Psaty BM, Savage PJ, Tell GS, Polak JF, Hirsch CH, Gardin JM, McDonald RH. Temporal patterns of antihypertensive medication use among elderly patients. The Cardiovascular Health Study. JAMA. 1993  ;270(15):1837-41.

Tell GS, Rutan GH, Kronmal RA, Bild DE, Polak JF, Wong ND, Borhani NO. Correlates of blood pressure in community-dwelling older adults. The Cardiovascular Health Study. Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) Collaborative Research Group. Hypertension. 1994  ;23(1):59-67.

Schulz R, Mittelmark M, Kronmal R, Polak JF, Hirsch CH, German P, Bookwala J. Predictors of perceived health status in elderly men and women. The Cardiovascular Health Study. J Aging Health. 1994  ;6(4):419-47.

Tell GS, Polak JF, Ward BJ, Kittner SJ, Savage PJ, Robbins J. Relation of smoking with carotid artery wall thickness and stenosis in older adults. The Cardiovascular Health Study. The Cardiovascular Health Study (CHS) Collaborative Research Group. Circulation. 1994  ;90(6):2905-8.

Cushman M, Yanez D, Psaty BM, Fried LP, Heiss G, Lee M, Polak JF, Savage PJ, Tracy RP. Association of fibrinogen and coagulation factors VII and VIII with cardiovascular risk factors in the elderly: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Cardiovascular Health Study Investigators. Am J Epidemiol. 1996  ;143(7):665-76.

Kronmal RA, Smith VE, O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Gardin JM, Manolio TA. Carotid artery measures are strongly associated with left ventricular mass in older adults (a report from the Cardiovascular Health Study). Am J Cardiol. 1996  ;77(8):628-33.

Polak JF, Kronmal RA, Tell GS, O'Leary DH, Savage PJ, Gardin JM, Rutan GH, Borhani NO. Compensatory increase in common carotid artery diameter. Relation to blood pressure and artery intima-media thickness in older adults. Cardiovascular Health Study. Stroke. 1996  ;27(11):2012-5.

O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Kronmal RA, Savage PJ, Borhani NO, Kittner SJ, Tracy R, Gardin JM, Price TR, Furberg CD. Thickening of the carotid wall. A marker for atherosclerosis in the elderly? Cardiovascular Health Study Collaborative Research Group. Stroke. 1996  ;27(2):224-31.

Longstreth WT, Shemanski L, Lefkowitz D, O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Wolfson SK. Asymptomatic internal carotid artery stenosis defined by ultrasound and the risk of subsequent stroke in the elderly. The Cardiovascular Health Study. Stroke. 1998  ;29(11):2371-6.

Polak JF, Shemanski L, O'Leary DH, Lefkowitz D, Price TR, Savage PJ, Brant WE, Reid C. Hypoechoic plaque at US of the carotid artery: an independent risk factor for incident stroke in adults aged 65 years or older. Cardiovascular Health Study. Radiology. 1998  ;208(3):649-54.

Fried LP, Kronmal RA, Newman AB, Bild DE, Mittelmark MB, Polak JF, Robbins JA, Gardin JM. Risk factors for 5-year mortality in older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study. JAMA. 1998  ;279(8):585-92.

Newman AB, Shemanski L, Manolio TA, Cushman M, Mittelmark M, Polak JF, Powe NR, Siscovick D. Ankle-arm index as a predictor of cardiovascular disease and mortality in the Cardiovascular Health Study. The Cardiovascular Health Study Group. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 1999  ;19(3):538-45.

Barzilay JI, Spiekerman CF, Wahl PW, Kuller LH, Cushman M, Furberg CD, Dobs A, Polak JF, Savage PJ. Cardiovascular disease in older adults with glucose disorders: comparison of American Diabetes Association criteria for diabetes mellitus with WHO criteria. Lancet. 1999  ;354(9179):622-5.

O'Leary DH, Polak JF, Kronmal RA, Manolio TA, Burke GL, Wolfson SK. Carotid-artery intima and media thickness as a risk factor for myocardial infarction and stroke in older adults. Cardiovascular Health Study Collaborative Research Group. N Engl J Med. 1999  ;340(1):14-22.

Bhadelia RA, Anderson M, Polak JF, Manolio TA, Beauchamp N, Knepper L, O'Leary DH. Prevalence and associations of MRI-demonstrated brain infarcts in elderly subjects with a history of transient ischemic attack. The Cardiovascular Health Study. Stroke. 1999  ;30(2):383-8.

Psaty BM, Furberg CD, Kuller LH, Bild DE, Rautaharju PM, Polak JF, Bovill E, Gottdiener JS. Traditional risk factors and subclinical disease measures as predictors of first myocardial infarction in older adults: the Cardiovascular Health Study. Arch Intern Med. 1999  ;159(12):1339-47.

Gottdiener JS, Arnold AM, Aurigemma GP, Polak JF, Tracy RP, Kitzman DW, Gardin JM, Rutledge JE, Boineau RC. Predictors of congestive heart failure in the elderly: the Cardiovascular Health Study. J Am Coll Cardiol. 2000  ;35(6):1628-37.

Geffken DF, Cushman M, Burke GL, Polak JF, Sakkinen PA, Tracy RP. Association between physical activity and markers of inflammation in a healthy elderly population. Am J Epidemiol. 2001  ;153(3):242-50.

Kaplan RC, Heckbert SR, Koepsell TD, Furberg CD, Polak JF, Schoen RE, Psaty BM. Risk factors for hospitalized gastrointestinal bleeding among older persons. Cardiovascular Health Study Investigators. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2001  ;49(2):126-33.

Newman AB, Naydeck BL, Sutton-Tyrrell K, Polak JF, Kuller LH. The role of comorbidity in the assessment of intermittent claudication in older adults. J Clin Epidemiol. 2001  ;54(3):294-300.