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Sarah L. Booth, Ph.D.

Sarah Booth Senior Scientist and Director
Vitamin K Laboratory
Jean Mayer USDA HNRCA at Tufts University
711 Washington Street
Boston, MA 02111-1524
Phone: (617) 556-3231
Fax: (617) 556-3149
E-mail: sarah.booth@tufts.edu
Education Ph.D., Nutrition
McGill University
Research Focus Vitamin K food composition, dietary assessment, nutritional assessment, and bioavailability
Academic Appointments Professor, Gerald J. and Dorothy R. Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University
Selected Professional Affiliations American Society for Nutritional Sciences
American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

 

Featured HNRCA Research Publications

Shea MK, Booth SL. Role of Vitamin K in Calcification. In: International Congress Series. Elsevier Sciences B.V., 2007:165-178.

Neogi T, Booth SL, Zhang YQ, Jacques PF, Terkeltaub R, Aliabadi P, Felson DT. Low vitamin K status is associated with osteoarthritis in the hand and knee. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2006;54(4):1255-1261.

Elder SJ, Haytowitz DB, Howe JA, Peterson JW, Booth SL. Vitamin K contents of meat, dairy and fast food in the US diet. Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry. 2006;54(2):463-467.

Erkkila AT, Lichtenstein AH, Jacques PF, Hu FB, Wilson PWF, Booth SL. Determinants of plasma dihydrophylloquinone in men and women. British Journal of Nutrition. 2005;93(5):701-708.

Booth SL, Broe KE, Peterson JW, Cheng DM, Dawson-Hughes B, Gundberg CM, Cupples LA, Wilson PWF, Kiel DP. Associations between vitamin k biochemical measures and bone mineral density in men and women. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. 2004;89(10):4904-4909.

Other Recent Publications

Troy LM, Jacques PF, Hannan MT, Kiel DP, Lichtenstein AH, Kennedy ET, Booth SL. Dihydrophylloquinone intake is associated with low bone mineral density in men and women. Am J Clin Nutr. 2007;86(2):504-8.

Harrington DJ, Booth SL, Card DJ, Shearer MJ. Excretion of the urinary 5C- and 7C-aglycone metabolites of vitamin K by young adults responds to changes in dietary phylloquinone and dihydrophylloquinone intakes. J Nutr. 2007;137(7):1763-8.

Custodio das Dores SM, Booth SL, Aujo Martini L, de Carvalho Gouvea VH, Padovani CR, de Abreu Maffei FH, Campana AO, Rupp de Paiva SA. Relationship between diet and anticoagulant response to warfarin: a factor analysis. Eur J Nutr. 2007;46(3):147-54.

Pilkey RM, Morton AR, Boffa MB, Noordhof C, Day AG, Su Y, Miller LM, Koschinsky ML, Booth SL. Subclinical vitamin K deficiency in hemodialysis patients. Am J Kidney Dis. 2007;49(3):432-9.

Booth SL. Vitamin K status in the elderly. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2007;10(1):20-3.

O'Donnell CJ, Shea MK, Price PA, Gagnon DR, Wilson PW, Larson MG, Kiel DP, Hoffmann U, Ferencik M, Clouse ME, Williamson MK, Cupples LA, Dawson-Hughes B, Booth SL. Matrix Gla protein is associated with risk factors for atherosclerosis but not with coronary artery calcification. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2006;26(12):2769-74.

Erkkila AT, Booth SL, Hu FB, Jacques PF, Lichtenstein AH. Phylloquinone intake and risk of cardiovascular diseases in men. Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis. 2007;17(1):58-62.

Tovar A, Ameho CK, Blumberg JB, Peterson JW, Smith D, Booth SL. Extrahepatic tissue concentrations of vitamin K are lower in rats fed a high vitamin E diet. Nutr Metab (Lond). 2006;3:29.

Martini LA, Booth SL, Saltzman E, do Rosario Dias de Oliveira Latorre M, Wood RJ. Dietary phylloquinone depletion and repletion in postmenopausal women: effects on bone and mineral metabolism. Osteoporos Int. 2006;17(6):929-35.

McLean RR, Booth SL, Kiel DP, Broe KE, Gagnon DR, Tucker KL, Cupples LA, Hannan MT. Association of dietary and biochemical measures of vitamin K with quantitative ultrasound of the heel in men and women. Osteoporos Int. 2006;17(4):600-7.

To see more of Dr. Sarah Booth's publications, please visit PubMed and search for "Booth SL."