Robert D. Abbott, M.P.H., A.M., Ph.D.

Professor
Biostatistics & Epidemiology
Ph.D., 1977, University of Michigan, Biostatistics

P.O. Box 800717
Tel: 1-434-924-1687
Fax: 1-434-924-8437
Email: rda3e@virginia.edu
Health System West Complex Room 3219

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.

Other Appointments:

Visiting Professor, Department of Health Science, Shiga University of Medical Science, Ostu, Shiga, JAPAN

Professor of Statistics, Department of Statistics, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, USA

Adjunct Professor, Department of Geriatric Medicine, University of Hawaii John A. Burns School of Medicine, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA

Recent Publications

Petrovitch H, Abbott RD, Ross GW, Nelson J, Masaki KH, Tanner CM, White LR. Bowel Movement Frequency in Mid-Life and Substantia Nigra Neuron Density at Death. Movement Disorders 24:371-376, 2009.

Abbott RD, Ueshima H, Hozawa A, Okamura T, Kadowaki T, Miura K, Okuda N, Nakamura Y, Okayama A, Kita Y, Rodriguez BL, Yano K, Curb JD. Risk Factor Effects and Total Mortality in Older Japanese Men in Japan and Hawaii. Annals of Epidemiology 18:913-918, 2008.

Ross GW, Petrovitch H, Abbott RD, Tanner CM, Popper J, Masaki K, Launer L, White LR. Association of Olfactory Dysfunction With Risk of Future Parkinson’s Disease. Annals of Neurology 63:167-173, 2008.

Huang X, Abbott RD, Petrovitch H, Mailman RB, Ross GW. Low LDL Cholesterol and Increased Risk of Parkinson’s Disease: Prospective Results From Honolulu-Asia Aging Study. Movement Disorders 23:1013-1018, 2008.

Abbott RD, Launer LJ, Rodriguez BL, Ross GW, Wilson PWF, Masaki KH, Strozyk D, Curb JD, Yano K, Popper JS, Petrovitch H. Serum Estradiol and Risk of Stroke in Elderly Men. Neurology 68:563-568, 2007.

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. Coronary Artery Calcification in Japanese Men in Japan and Hawaii. American Journal of Epidemiology 166:1280-1287, 2007.

Abbott RD, Ross GW, Petrovitch H, Tanner CM, Davis DG, Masaki KH, Launer LJ, Curb JD, White LR. Bowel Movement Frequency in Late-Life and Incidental Lewy Bodies. Movement Disorders 22:1581-1586, 2007.

Abbott RD, Ueshima H, Masaki KH, Willcox BJ, Rodriguez BL, Ikeda A, Yano K, White LR, Curb JD. Coronary Artery Calcification and Total Mortality in Elderly Men. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 55:1948-1954, 2007.

Ross GW, Abbott RD, Petrovitch H, Tanner CM, Davis DG, Nelson J, Markesbery WR, Hardman J, Masaki K, Launer L, White LR. Association of Olfactory Dysfunction With Incidental Lewy Bodies. Movement Disorders 21:2062-2067, 2006.

Abbott RD, Ross GW, White LR, Tanner CM, Masaki KH, Nelson JS, Curb JD, Petrovitch H. Excessive Daytime Sleepiness and Subsequent Development of Parkinson’s Disease. Neurology 65:1442-1449, 2005.

Park M, Ross GW, Petrovitch H, White LR, Masaki KH, Nelson JS, Tanner CM, Curb JD, Blanchette PL, Abbott, RD. Consumption of Milk and Calcium in Mid-Life and the Future Risk of Parkinson’s Disease. Neurology 64:1047-1051, 2005.

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 292:1447-1453, 2004.

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 18:717-723, 2004.

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 Future Risk of Stroke in Elderly Men: The Honolulu Heart Program. American Journal of Epidemiology 160:150-157, 2004.

Curb JD, Abbott RD, Rodriguez BL, Masaki K, Popper J, Chen R, Petrovitch H, Blanchette P, Schatz I, Yano K. Prospective Association of Low and High Total and LDL Cholesterol With Coronary Heart Disease in Elderly Men. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 52:1975-1980, 2004.

Curb JD, Abbott RD, Rodriguez BL, Masaki K, Chen R, Sharp DS, Tall AR. A Prospective Study of HDL Cholesterol and Cholesteryl Ester Transfer Protein Gene Mutations and the Risk of Coronary Heart Disease in the Elderly. Journal of Lipid Research 45:948-953, 2004.

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