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Erectile dysfunction severity as a risk marker for cardiovascular disease hospitalisation and all-cause mortality: a prospective cohort studyEmily Banks
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
PLoS Med 10:e1001372. 2013..This study investigates the relationship between severity of erectile dysfunction and specific CVD outcomes...- Randomised trial investigating the relationship of response rate for blood sample donation to site of biospecimen collection, fasting status and reminder letter: the 45 and Up StudyEmily Banks
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
BMC Med Res Methodol 12:147. 2012..It aimed to investigate the relation of fasting status, reminder letters and data collection site to response rates, data quality and biospecimen yield... - Characteristics of Australian cohort study participants who do and do not take up an additional invitation to join a long-term biobank: The 45 and Up StudyEmily Banks
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
BMC Res Notes 5:655. 2012..Little is known about the factors influencing participation in biobanks. This study compares the characteristics of biobank participants with those of non-participants, among members of an existing cohort study... - Cancer screening among migrants in an Australian cohort; cross-sectional analyses from the 45 and Up StudyMarianne F Weber
Cancer Epidemiology Research Unit, Cancer Council NSW, PO Box 572, Kings Cross 1340, NSW, Australia
BMC Public Health 9:144. 2009..The objective of this study was to examine the distribution of bowel, breast and prostate cancer test use by place of birth and years since migration in a large population-based cohort study in Australia... - Investigation of relative risk estimates from studies of the same population with contrasting response rates and designsNicole M Mealing
The Sax Institute, Broadway NSW, Australia
BMC Med Res Methodol 10:26. 2010.... 
Screen-time, obesity, ageing and disability: findings from 91 266 participants in the 45 and Up StudyEmily Banks
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Acton, ACT, Australia
Public Health Nutr 14:34-43. 2011..To assess the relationship between obesity and sedentary behaviours, such as watching television or using a computer ('screen-time'), and describe how this relationship varies between population subgroups...- Recent declines in breast cancer incidence: mounting evidence that reduced use of menopausal hormones is largely responsibleEmily Banks
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200 Australia
Breast Cancer Res 12:103. 2010..Millions of women continue to use HT, and these findings support carefully targeted short duration use as an important ongoing strategy to minimise breast cancer risk... - Hip fracture incidence in relation to age, menopausal status, and age at menopause: prospective analysisEmily Banks
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Acton, Australia
PLoS Med 6:e1000181. 2009..Bone mineral density is known to decrease rapidly after the menopause. There is limited evidence about the separate contributions of a woman's age, menopausal status and age at menopause to the incidence of hip fracture... - Health, ageing and private health insurance: baseline results from the 45 and Up Study cohortEmily Banks
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, ACT 0200, Australia
Aust New Zealand Health Policy 6:16. 2009..Recruitment into the 45 and Up Study began in February 2006 and these analyses relate to the first 103,042 participants who joined the study prior to July 2008... - Cohort profile: the 45 and up studyEmily Banks
Sax Institute, Sydney, Australia
Int J Epidemiol 37:941-7. 2008 
Is psychological distress in people living with cancer related to the fact of diagnosis, current treatment or level of disability? Findings from a large Australian studyEmily Banks
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT
Med J Aust 193:S62-7. 2010..To investigate whether the observed elevated levels of psychological distress in cancer survivors relate specifically to aspects of cancer diagnosis, to treatment or to disability...- Hormone replacement therapy and false positive recall in the Million Women Study: patterns of use, hormonal constituents and consistency of effectEmily Banks
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, ACT 0200, Australia
Breast Cancer Res 8:R8. 2006..The aim of this study is to investigate in detail the relationship between patterns of use of HRT and false positive recall... - Relationship of obesity to physical activity, domestic activities, and sedentary behaviours: cross-sectional findings from a national cohort of over 70,000 Thai adultsEmily Banks
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:762. 2011..Little is known about their relationship with obesity in this context. This study investigates in detail the relationship between obesity, physical activity, domestic activity and sedentary behaviours in a Thai population... - Influence of personal characteristics of individual women on sensitivity and specificity of mammography in the Million Women Study: cohort studyEmily Banks
Cancer Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Gibson Building, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford OX2 6HE
BMJ 329:477. 2004..To examine how lifestyle, hormonal, and other factors influence the sensitivity and specificity of mammography... - Impact of use of hormone replacement therapy on false positive recall in the NHS breast screening programme: results from the Million Women StudyEmily Banks
Cancer Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Gibson Building, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford OX2 6HE
BMJ 328:1291-2. 2004 - Fracture incidence in relation to the pattern of use of hormone therapy in postmenopausal womenEmily Banks
Cancer Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, England
JAMA 291:2212-20. 2004..Evidence is limited on the effects of different patterns of use of postmenopausal hormone therapy on fracture incidence and particularly on the effects of ceasing use... - Health, ageing and private health insurance: baseline results from the 45 and Up Study cohortEmily Banks
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, ACT 0200, Australia
Aust New Zealand Health Policy 6:17. 2009..ABSTRACT: Correction to Banks E, Jorm L, Lujic S, Rogers K. Health, ageing and private health insurance: baseline results from the 45 and Up Study cohort. ANZ Health Policy 2009; 6: 16... - Validity of self-reported height and weight and derived body mass index in middle-aged and elderly individuals in AustraliaSuan Peng Ng
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
Aust N Z J Public Health 35:557-63. 2011..Body mass index (BMI) is an important measure of adiposity. While BMI derived from self-reported data generally agrees well with that derived from measured values, evidence from Australia is limited, particularly for the elderly... - Comparison of various characteristics of women who do and do not attend for breast cancer screeningEmily Banks
Imperial Cancer Research Fund Cancer Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford, UK
Breast Cancer Res 4:R1. 2002..Information regarding the characteristics and health of women who do and do not attend for breast cancer screening is limited and representative data are difficult to obtain... - Decrease in breast cancer incidence following a rapid fall in use of hormone replacement therapy in AustraliaKaren Canfell
Cancer Epidemiology Research Unit, The Cancer Council NSW, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 188:641-4. 2008..To determine if the recent rapid fall in use of hormone replacement therapy (HRT) in Australia has been followed by a reduction in breast cancer incidence among women aged 50 years or older, but not among younger women... - Inequalities in bariatric surgery in Australia: findings from 49,364 obese participants in a prospective cohort studyRosemary J Korda
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia rosemary korda anu edu au
Med J Aust 197:631-6. 2012..To investigate variation, and quantify socioeconomic inequalities, in the uptake of primary bariatric surgery in an obese population... - High risk prescribing in older adults: prevalence, clinical and economic implications and potential for intervention at the population levelDanijela Gnjidic
Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Sydney, Bank Building A15, Science Rd, Sydney, NSW, Australia
BMC Public Health 13:115. 2013..The aims of this project are to determine the prevalence, risk factors, clinical consequences, and costs of high risk prescribing, and to assess the impact of interventions on high risk prescribing in older people... - Is inequity undermining Australia's 'universal' health care system? Socio-economic inequalities in the use of specialist medical and non-medical ambulatory health careRosemary J Korda
Australian Centre for Economic Research on Health, The Australian National University, Australian Capital Territory
Aust N Z J Public Health 33:458-65. 2009.... - Oral Health-Related Quality of Life among a large national cohort of 87,134 Thai adultsVasoontara Yiengprugsawan
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Health Qual Life Outcomes 9:42. 2011..To address this knowledge gap for Thailand, we report oral health findings from a national cohort of 87,134 Thai adults aged between 15 and 87 years and residing all over the country... - Reproducibility of a short semi-quantitative food group questionnaire and its performance in estimating nutrient intake compared with a 7-day diet diary in the Million Women StudyAndrew W Roddam
Cancer Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford OX2 6HE, UK
Public Health Nutr 8:201-13. 2005..To assess the short- and long-term reproducibility of a short food group questionnaire, and to compare its performance for estimating nutrient intakes in comparison with a 7-day diet diary... - Evidence from randomised trials on the long-term effects of hormone replacement therapyValerie Beral
Cancer Research UK Epidemiology Unit, Gibson Building, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford OX2 6HE, UK
Lancet 360:942-4. 2002..Nor will they provide information about other types of oestrogen or progestagen. Answers to such questions will require judicious analysis and interpretation of data from observational studies... - Assessing vitamin D status: pitfalls for the unwaryJeffrey K C Lai
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, Australia
Mol Nutr Food Res 54:1062-71. 2010..Newer assays using alternative biological samples to determine the circulating 25(OH)D have been proposed and advances in the genetics of vitamin D and the role of vitamin D-binding protein may improve future assay accuracy... - Gender, socioeconomic status, and self-rated health in a transitional middle-income setting: evidence from ThailandSam ang Seubsman
Sukhothai Thammathirat Open University, Bangpood, Pakket, Nonthaburi, Thailand
Asia Pac J Public Health 23:754-65. 2011..Income and education had little influence on SRH for females. Among educated Thai adults, females rate their health to be worse than males, and unlike males, this perception is relatively unaffected by socioeconomic status... - Hip fracture risk in relation to vitamin D supplementation and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D levels: a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials and observational studiesJeffrey K C Lai
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, ACT, 0200, Australia
BMC Public Health 10:331. 2010..This study summarises quantitatively the current evidence from RCTs and observational studies regarding vitamin D, parathyroid hormone (PTH) and hip fracture risk... - Parity, breastfeeding, and the subsequent risk of maternal type 2 diabetesBette Liu
School of Medicine, University of Western Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Diabetes Care 33:1239-41. 2010..To examine the effect of childbearing and maternal breastfeeding on a woman's subsequent risk of developing type 2 diabetes... - Cohort profile: The Thai Cohort of 87,134 Open University studentsAdrian C Sleigh
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, ANU College of Medicine and Health Sciences, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Int J Epidemiol 37:266-72. 2008 - Sitting time and all-cause mortality risk in 222 497 Australian adultsHidde P van der Ploeg
Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Arch Intern Med 172:494-500. 2012..This study aimed to determine the independent relationship of sitting time with all-cause mortality... - Smoking in migrants in New South Wales, Australia: report on data from over 100 000 participants in The 45 and Up StudyMarianne F Weber
Cancer Research Division, Cancer Council NSW, Sydney, Australia
Drug Alcohol Rev 30:597-605. 2011..The aim of this study was to compare smoking characteristics of Australian migrants (in terms of place of birth and age migrated) to those of Australian-born residents... - Validation of brief questionnaire measures of sun exposure and skin pigmentation against detailed and objective measures including vitamin D statusJessica Cargill
National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health, The Australian National University, Canberra, Australia
Photochem Photobiol 89:219-26. 2013..54). In this study, brief questionnaire items provided valid rankings of sun exposure and skin color, and enabled the development of a predictive model for 25(OH)D concentration... - Effects of estrogen-only treatment in postmenopausal womenValerie Beral
JAMA 292:684; author reply 685-6. 2004 - Current evidence about the effect of hormone replacement therapy on the incidence of major conditions in postmenopausal womenValerie Beral
Cancer Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Oxford
BJOG 112:692-5. 2005 - Lifestyle factors and primary glioma and meningioma tumours in the Million Women Study cohortV S Benson
Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
Br J Cancer 99:185-90. 2008..In conclusion, for women in the United Kingdom, the incidence of glioma or meningioma tumours increases with increasing height and increasing BMI... - Study of genes and environmental factors in complex diseasesEmily Banks
Lancet 359:1156-7; author reply 1157. 2002 - Mars and Venus: does gender matter in ageing?Julie E Byles
Research Centre for Gender, Health and Ageing, Faculty of Health, University of Newcastle, Newcastle, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 188:271-3. 2008..Gender is more than just a variable to be controlled for in statistical analyses... - Pregnancy in women with a history of breast cancerEmily Banks
BMJ 334:166-7. 2007