COVID-19

Khattar J, Erbas Oz U, De Rubeis V, de Groh M, Jiang Y, Griffith L, Anderson LN. Change in prevalence of smoking during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic among middle-aged and older adults in Canada: a cohort study of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. BMJ Public Health. 2024 Nov 29;2(2):e001175. doi: 10.1136/bmjph-2024-001175. PMID: 40018579; PMCID: PMC11816966.

Pannozzo K, Griffith LE, Jones A, De Rubeis V, Khattar J, de Groh M, Jiang Y, McMillan J, Anderson LN. Associations between adherence to public health measures and changes in alcohol consumption among middle-aged and older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic: the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). Health Promot Chronic Dis Prev Can. 2026 Jan;46(1):23-34. English, French. doi: 10.24095/hpcdp.46.1.03. PMID: 41538273.

Barha CK, Liu-Ambrose T, Inkster AM, Falck RS, Burma JS, Kirkland S, Griffith LE, Thompson M, Basta NE, McMillan JM, Balion C, Wolfson C, Raina P; Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Team. Epigenetic age predicts depressive symptoms during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging: importance of biological sex. Aging (Albany NY). 2025 Nov 18;17. doi: 10.18632/aging.206337. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41260884.

Su Y, Li M, Schmitz N, Meng X. Cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between COVID-19 stressors and depressive symptoms across sex and age groups: findings from the Canadian longitudinal study on aging. Epidemiol Psychiatr Sci. 2025 Nov 10;34:e53. doi: 10.1017/S2045796025100279. PMID: 41208532.

Yu Y, Chen J, Knight MJ, O’Brien SF, Buckeridge DL, Charlton CL, Russell WA. Comparability of Canadian SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence estimates with statistical adjustment for socio-demographic representation. Can J Public Health. 2025 Nov 10. doi: 10.17269/s41997-025-01128-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 41214282.

Shafizadeh M, Khan MW, Drögemöller B, Stavropoulou C, St John P, Bhullar RP, Chelikani P, Hitchon CA. Genetic Variations in Bitter Taste Receptors and COVID-19 in the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Biomedicines. 2025 Oct 11;13(10):2473. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines13102473. PMID: 41153757; PMCID: PMC12562077.

Falck RS, O’Connell ME, Taler V, Raina P, Wolfson C, Griffith LE, Smith EE, Liu-Ambrose T; Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA) Team. The COVID-19 pandemic’s effects on cognition and 24-hour movement behaviours: Findings from the CLSA. Maturitas. 2025 Mar 11;196:108243. doi: 10.1016/j.maturitas.2025.108243. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40088680.

Oremus M, Tyas SL, Newall NEG, Maxwell CJ, O’Connell ME, Zeng L. The association of pre-COVID-19 social isolation and functional social support with loneliness during COVID-19: a longitudinal analysis of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. Aging Ment Health. 2025 Mar 2:1-10. doi: 10.1080/13607863.2025.2472888. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 40025804.

Khattar J, Oz UE, De Rubeis V, de Groh M, Jiang Y, Griffith L, Anderson LN. Change in prevalence of smoking during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic among middle-aged and older adults in Canada: a cohort study of the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. BMJ Public Health. 2024 Nov 29. 2024;2:e001175. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjph-2024-001175

MacNeil A, Taunque A, Leo SN, Li G, de Groh M, Jiang Y, Fuller-Thomson E. The Mental Health Toll of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Older Adults with Migraine: A Prospective Analysis of Depression Using the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging. J Pain Res. 2024 Nov 20;17:3845-3866. doi: 10.2147/JPR.S469798. PMID: 39583197; PMCID: PMC11586004.

O’Dea E, Wister A, Li L, Canham SL, Mitchell B. Volunteering among Older Adults and Effects of Ethnic Minority Status before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Longitudinal Analyses of the CLSA. Can J Aging. 2024 May 30:1-12. doi: 10.1017/S0714980824000229. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38812428.

De Rubeis V, Griffith LE, Duncan L, Jiang Y, de Groh M, Anderson LN. Self-reported chronic conditions and COVID-19 public health measures among Canadian adults: an analysis of the Canadian longitudinal study on aging. Public Health. 2024 Apr 22;231:99-107. doi: 10.1016/j.puhe.2024.03.015. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38653017.