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Annual feedback is an effective tool for a sustained increase in calcium intake among older womenKerrie M Sanders
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Barwon Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria 3220, Australia
Nutrients 2:1018-25. 2010..The decreased proportion of these women with an inadequate intake of calcium 12- and 24-months later, suggests this might be a practical, low cost strategy to maintain an adequate calcium intake among older women...
Annual high-dose oral vitamin D and falls and fractures in older women: a randomized controlled trialKerrie M Sanders
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Geelong, Victoria, Australia 3220
JAMA 303:1815-22. 2010..Improving vitamin D status may be an important modifiable risk factor to reduce falls and fractures; however, adherence to daily supplementation is typically poor...
Annual high-dose vitamin D3 and mental well-being: randomised controlled trialKerrie M Sanders
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Barwon Health, PO Box 281, Geelong, Victoria, Australia 3220
Br J Psychiatry 198:357-64. 2011..Epidemiological evidence supports a relationship between vitamin D and mental well-being, although evidence from large-scale placebo-controlled intervention trials is lacking...
Half the burden of fragility fractures in the community occur in women without osteoporosis. When is fracture prevention cost-effective?Kerrie M Sanders
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Barwon Health, The University of Melbourne, PO Box 281, Geelong 3220, Australia
Bone 38:694-700. 2006..Using osteoporosis and age (>60 years) as criteria for intervention reduces the population burden of fractures by 28% and is cost-effective but solutions to the prevention of the remaining 72% of fragility fractures remain unavailable...
Calcium and bone health: position statement for the Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society, Osteoporosis Australia and the Endocrine Society of AustraliaKerrie M Sanders
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Barwon Health, University of Melbourne, Geelong, Vic, Australia
Med J Aust 190:316-20. 2009..Calcium intake significantly above the recommended level is unlikely to achieve additional benefit for bone health...
Trials and tribulations of recruiting 2,000 older women onto a clinical trial investigating falls and fractures: Vital D studyKerrie M Sanders
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences Barwon Health, The University of Melbourne, Geelong, Australia
BMC Med Res Methodol 9:78. 2009..The characteristics of study participants at baseline are also described for this study...
Seasonal periodicity of serum vitamin D and parathyroid hormone, bone resorption, and fractures: the Geelong Osteoporosis StudyJulie A Pasco
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences: Barwon Health, The University of Melbourne, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
J Bone Miner Res 19:752-8. 2004..Whether vitamin D supplementation in winter can reduce the population burden of fractures requires further investigation...
Health outcomes associated with hormone therapy in Australian womenJulie A Pasco
The University of Melbourne, Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences Barwon Health, Victoria, Australia
Curr Drug Saf 4:169-72. 2009..Although the sample size was small, these results do not support an association between HT and mortality, despite a possible link between HT and increased risk of developing vascular disease...
Application of epidemiology to change health policy: defining age-related thresholds of bone mineral density for primary prevention of fractureMargaret J Henry
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, Barwon Health, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Clin Densitom 11:494-7. 2008..9 at 60 yr, -3.1 at 70 yr, and -2.4 at 80 yr. The femoral neck T-score thresholds were lower by 0.5 standard deviation. The high-risk individuals defined by this study should be considered for primary fracture prevention therapy...
Vitamin D deficiency may play a role in depressionMichael Berk
The University of Melbourne, Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences, PO Box 281, Geelong 3220, Victoria, Australia
Med Hypotheses 69:1316-9. 2007..There are a number of trials that have suggested a role for Vitamin D in the supplementary treatment of depression. Dose may be a critical issue, as sun exposure and dietary intake may be low and high doses may be required...
Hormone therapy and risk of non-vertebral fracture: Geelong osteoporosis studyJulie A Pasco
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences Barwon Health, The University of Melbourne, P O Box 281, 3220 Geelong, Australia
Osteoporos Int 15:434-8. 2004..53 (95% CI 0.31-0.92). HT use was associated with 2.6-7.5% higher BMD at axial and appendicular sites. HT use is associated with a halving of risk for non-vertebral fractures and higher BMD...
Beta-adrenergic blockers reduce the risk of fracture partly by increasing bone mineral density: Geelong Osteoporosis StudyJulie A Pasco
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences Barwon Health, The University of Melbourne, Geelong, Australia
J Bone Miner Res 19:19-24. 2004..49-0.96). Beta-blockers were associated with higher BMD at the total hip (2.5%) and UD forearm (3.6%) after adjusting for age, anthropometry, and thiazide use. Beta-blocker use is associated with reduced fracture risk and higher BMD...
Changes in hip fracture rates in southeastern Australia spanning the period 1994-2007Julie A Pasco
Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Barwon Health, School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
J Bone Miner Res 26:1648-54. 2011..However, improved efficacy and increased uptake of antifracture drug treatments, other cohort effects, or other environmental influences cannot be excluded...
Fracture risk score and absolute risk of fractureMargaret J Henry
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences Barwon Health, Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, University of Melbourne, PO Box 281, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia
Radiology 259:495-501. 2011..To report the 5- and 10-year absolute risk of fracture associated with the previously reported fracture risk (FRISK) score...
Paracetamol (acetaminophen) use, fracture and bone mineral densityLana J Williams
School of Medicine, Deakin University, Australia Department of Psychiatry, University of Melbourne, Australia
Bone 48:1277-81. 2011..These data suggest that paracetamol use is a risk factor for fracture, although the mechanism of action remains unclear...
Independent and combined effects of calcium-vitamin D3 and exercise on bone structure and strength in older men: an 18-month factorial design randomized controlled trialSonja Kukuljan
Department of Medicine, The University of Melbourne, Western Hospital, Footscray, Melbourne 3011, Australia
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 96:955-63. 2011..Exercise and calcium-vitamin D are independently recognized as important strategies to prevent osteoporosis, but their combined effects on bone strength and its determinants remain uncertain...
Statin use, bone mineral density, and fracture risk: Geelong Osteoporosis StudyJulie A Pasco
Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences Barwon Health, The University of Melbourne, Geelong Hospital, Barwon Health, PO Box 281, Geelong 3220, Australia
Arch Intern Med 162:537-40. 2002..Recent data suggest that 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A reductase inhibitors (statins) decrease fracture risk and increase bone mineral density (BMD)...
The human cost of fractureJulie A Pasco
University of Melbourne, Department of Clinical and Biomedical Sciences Barwon Health, P O Box 281, 3220, Geelong, Victoria, Australia
Osteoporos Int 16:2046-52. 2005..Short-term morbidity was common for all fractures, with varying degrees of prolonged morbidity often extending to at least a year postfracture...
Is high dose vitamin D harmful?Kerrie M Sanders
Department of Medicine, Western Health, NorthWest Academic Centre, University of Melbourne, PO Box 294, St Albans, Vic, 3021, Australia
Calcif Tissue Int 92:191-206. 2013..The current dilemma of defining vitamin D insufficiency and identifying safe and efficacious repletion regimens needs to be resolved...
Osteo-cise: Strong Bones for Life: Protocol for a community-based randomised controlled trial of a multi-modal exercise and osteoporosis education program for older adults at risk of falls and fracturesJenny Gianoudis
NorthWest Academic Centre, Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Western Health, Melbourne, Australia
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 13:78. 2012..abstract:..
