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Species | Sarah P GarnettSummaryAffiliation: The Children's Hospital at Westmead Country: Australia Publications
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Abdominal fat and birth size in healthy prepubertal childrenS P Garnett
The Robert Vines Growth Centre, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 25:1667-73. 2001..We explore the hypothesis that birth size may relate to fat distribution in childhood and that fat distribution may be a link between birth size and adult disease...
Waist-to-height ratio: a simple option for determining excess central adiposity in young peopleS P Garnett
Division of Research, Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
Int J Obes (Lond) 32:1028-30. 2008....
Researching Effective Strategies to Improve Insulin Sensitivity in Children and Teenagers - RESIST. A randomised control trial investigating the effects of two different diets on insulin sensitivity in young people with insulin resistance and/or pre-diabeSarah P Garnett
Kids Research Institute, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
BMC Public Health 10:575. 2010....- Body mass index and waist circumference in midchildhood and adverse cardiovascular disease risk clustering in adolescenceSarah P Garnett
Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia
Am J Clin Nutr 86:549-55. 2007..Body mass index (BMI) may not indicate the level of central adiposity associated with the clustering of cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors. Hence, it has been recommended that waist circumference be used as an alternative measure... - The prevalence of increased central adiposity in Australian school children 1985 to 2007S P Garnett
Kids Research Institute at the Children s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Obes Rev 12:887-96. 2011..The secular increase in waist circumference and WHtR is concerning as measures of central adiposity are associated with metabolic and cardiovascular risk... - Evaluation of glycaemic status in young people with clinical insulin resistance; fasting glucose, fasting insulin or an oral glucose tolerance test?Sarah P Garnett
Division of Research, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 72:475-80. 2010..However, it is unclear how to best screen overweight and obese young people for prediabetes. The objective of this study was to compare fasting indices with an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) in diagnosing prediabetes... - The art and science of regression modelling; methods for building valid models to explore hormone and body composition interactionsSarah P Garnett
Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Australia
Pediatr Endocrinol Rev 3:40-4. 2005.... - Changes in body weight and health-related quality-of-life in the older adult populationL M León-Muñoz
Department of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, School of Medicine, Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
Int J Obes (Lond) 29:1385-91. 2005..No other study has ascertained the short-term impact of weight change on health-related quality-of-life (HRQL) on a national sample of older adults... - Increasing central adiposity: the Nepean longitudinal study of young people aged 7-8 to 12-13 yS P Garnett
Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Australia
Int J Obes (Lond) 29:1353-60. 2005..However, BMI may not indicate the level of central adiposity. Waist circumference has therefore been recommended to identify young people at risk of morbidity associated with central adiposity... - Relation between hormones and body composition, including bone, in prepubertal childrenSarah P Garnett
Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes and the Research and Development Office, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia
Am J Clin Nutr 80:966-72. 2004..However, data are lacking that address the extent to which concentrations of these hormones influence body composition, bone mass, and density in prepubertal children... - Maternal misconceptions of weight status among Nepean adolescentsVanessa A Shrewsbury
Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
J Acad Nutr Diet 112:2007-13. 2012..These results reinforce the need for strategies in primary care that are implemented throughout adolescence to improve maternal awareness of childhood overweight... - Randomized, controlled trial of metformin for obesity and insulin resistance in children and adolescents: improvement in body composition and fasting insulinShubha Srinivasan
Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001 Westmead, New South Wales 2145, Australia
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 91:2074-80. 2006..Metformin therapy for adults and children with type 2 diabetes is well established. However, its role in the treatment of insulin resistance and obesity in children and adolescents is less clearly defined... - Opposing influences of prenatal and postnatal growth on the timing of menarcheCharmaine S Tam
Institute of Diabetes and Endocrinology, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales 2145, Australia
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 91:4369-73. 2006..Girls were followed up at age 15 yr and their age of menarche was recorded... - Effectiveness of lifestyle interventions in child obesity: systematic review with meta-analysisMandy Ho
The Children s Hospital at Westmead Clinical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Pediatrics 130:e1647-71. 2012..The objective of the study was to examine the impact of lifestyle interventions incorporating a dietary component on both weight change and cardio-metabolic risks in overweight/obese children... - Optimal Macronutrient Content of the Diet for Adolescents With Prediabetes; RESIST a Randomised Control TrialSarah P Garnett
Senior Research Fellow, The Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, New South Wales 2145, Australia
J Clin Endocrinol Metab 98:2116-25. 2013..Further strategies are required to better address prediabetes and clinical features of insulin resistance in adolescents... - Growth and pubertal development of adolescent boys on stimulant medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorderAlison S Poulton
Sydney Medical School Nepean, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 198:29-32. 2013..To investigate the growth and pubertal attainment of boys with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) on stimulant medication... - A flexible diet using an insulin to carbohydrate ratio for adolescents with type 1 diabetes - a pilot studyRachel L Hayes
Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, Australia
Clin Nutr 31:705-9. 2012..The aim of this study was to assess glycemic control, weight status and quality of life over 12 months in adolescents with type 1 diabetes, who were commenced on a flexible meal plan using an insulin to carbohydrate ratio... - Change in women's body mass index and waist circumference, 1997 to 2002: the Nepean StudyVanessa A Shrewsbury
Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, New South Wales
Aust N Z J Public Health 29:183-6. 2005..CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS: Total and abdominal adiposity increased in these Australian women who have children. The results support the need to develop effective weight gain prevention initiatives... - IL-6, IL-8 and IL-10 levels in healthy weight and overweight childrenCharmaine S Tam
Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, NSW, Australia
Horm Res Paediatr 73:128-34. 2010..The aim of this study was to measure IL-6, IL-8 and IL-10 levels in healthy normal weight and overweight children at 8 and 15 years... - Increased adiposity at diagnosis in younger children with type 1 diabetes does not persistSamantha L Clarke
Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, NSW 2145, Australia
Diabetes Care 29:1651-3. 2006 - Monitoring adherence to medication by measuring change in blood pressureAndrew Hayen
Sydney School of Public Health A27, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Hypertension 56:612-6. 2010..67). Monitoring blood pressure is poor at detecting nonadherence to blood pressure-lowering treatment. Further research should look at other methods of assessing adherence... - Test performance of faecal occult blood testing for the detection of bowel cancer in people with chronic kidney disease (DETECT) protocolGermaine Wong
Sydney School of Public Health University of Sydney, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:516. 2011..Among those with CKD, the effectiveness, the efficacy and patients' preferences for cancer screening are unknown... - Probability of coincident vaccination in the 24 or 48 hours preceding sudden infant death syndrome death in AustraliaJulia M L Brotherton
National Centre for Immunisation Research and Surveillance of Vaccine Preventable Diseases, Children s Hospital at Westmead, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Pediatrics 115:e643-6. 2005..This study aimed to determine the probability that an Australian infant who has died of SIDS was vaccinated in the days before death... - Motherhood meets epidemiology: measuring risk factors for breast-feeding cessationJennifer K Peat
Clinical Epidemiology Unit, The Children s Hospital at Westmead, Locked Bag 4001, Westmead, New South Wales 2145, Australia
Public Health Nutr 7:1033-7. 2004..To examine statistical models that have been used to predict the cessation of breast-feeding... - The accuracy of clinical symptoms and signs for the diagnosis of serious bacterial infection in young febrile children: prospective cohort study of 15 781 febrile illnessesJonathan C Craig
Screening and Test Evaluation Program, School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
BMJ 340:c1594. 2010..Design Two year prospective cohort study. Setting The emergency department of The Children's Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, Australia... - Cardiac testing for coronary artery disease in potential kidney transplant recipients: a systematic review of test accuracy studiesLouis W Wang
Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Am J Kidney Dis 57:476-87. 2011..Cardiovascular disease is the leading cause of death after kidney transplant. Screening for coronary artery disease is integral to pretransplant evaluation, although the relative performance of different tests is uncertain... - Appropriate statistical methods are required to assess diagnostic tests for replacement, add-on, and triageAndrew Hayen
Screening and Test Evaluation Program, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J Clin Epidemiol 63:883-91. 2010..To explain which measures of accuracy and which statistical methods should be used in studies to assess the value of a new binary test as a replacement test, an add-on test, or a triage test... - Incidence of vitamin D deficiency rickets among Australian children: an Australian Paediatric Surveillance Unit studyCraig F Munns
Institute of Endocrinology and Diabetes, Children s Hospital at Westmead, Sydney, NSW
Med J Aust 196:466-8. 2012..To determine the incidence of and factors associated with vitamin D deficiency rickets in Australian children... - Association between different restraint use and rear-seated child passenger fatalities: a matched cohort studyWei Du
New South Wales Injury Risk Management Research Centre, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 162:1085-9. 2008..To investigate the association between restraint use and death in rear-seated child passengers and to examine whether the estimated association varies by restraint type and age... - Geographic mapping as a tool for identifying communities at high risk of fire and burn injuries in childrenRoslyn G Poulos
The School of Public Health and Community Medicine, The University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
Burns 35:417-24. 2009..Mapping the occurrence of injury gives injury practitioners the opportunity to identify high risk communities for further investigation of risk factors and implementation of targeted interventions within a defined area... - Association of CKD and cancer risk in older peopleGermaine Wong
National Health and Medical Research Council Centre for Clinical Research Excellence in Renal Medicine, Children s Hospital at Westmead, Westmead, New South Wales, Australia
J Am Soc Nephrol 20:1341-50. 2009..In conclusion, moderate CKD (stage 3) may be an independent risk factor for the development of cancer among older men but not women, and the effect of CKD on risk may vary for different types of cancer... - Mixed models showed no need for initial response monitoring after starting antihypertensive therapyKaty J L Bell
School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
J Clin Epidemiol 62:650-9. 2009..To demonstrate how mixed models may be used to estimate treatment effects, and inform decisions on the need for monitoring initial response... - Sport- or leisure-related injury hospital admissions: do we need to get more out of being struck?Rebecca Mitchell
NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 9:498-505. 2006..These recommendations have national and international implications as ICD-10 is widely used to classify hospitalised morbidity data... - Statin therapy and carotid endarterectomy: a review of trends in New South Wales, 1990-2004David A Robinson
Department of Vascular Surgery, Gosford Hospital, Gosford, New South Wales, Australia
ANZ J Surg 79:456-61. 2009..Hence, our aim was to look at the numbers of carotid interventions in our State to see whether this trend was more pervasive and to look at trends in statin prescriptions over the same time-course... - Area socioeconomic status and childhood injury morbidity in New South Wales, AustraliaRoslyn Poulos
School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Inj Prev 13:322-7. 2007..To explore the relationship between child injury morbidity and socioeconomic status... - Trends in hospitalisation rates for road traffic injuries in child motor vehicle passengers in New South Wales, July 1998--June 2005Wei Du
NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Med J Aust 187:515-8. 2007..To analyse changes in the incidence of injuries requiring hospitalisation for child passengers in motor vehicle crashes... - Determining the intra- and inter-observer reliability of screening tools used in sports injury researchAndrew Hayen
NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre, University of New South Wales, NSW, Australia
J Sci Med Sport 10:201-10. 2007.... - Characterisation of organellar proteomes: a guide to subcellular proteomic fractionation and analysisEdwin Ho
School of Biotechnology and Biomolecular Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia
Proteomics 6:5746-57. 2006..Our results show that to fully explore subcellular fractions of the proteome, specific analytical strategies should be employed. We outline strategies for all 22 subcellular compartments... - Declines in Australian suicide: a reanalysis of Mcphedran and Baker (2008)Simon Chapman
Health Policy 88:152-4. 2008 - Comparison of methods to correct the miscounting of multiple episodes of care when estimating the incidence of hospitalised injury in child motor vehicle passengersWei Du
NSW Injury Risk Management Research Centre, University of New South Wales, 2052 NSW, Australia
Accid Anal Prev 40:1563-8. 2008..However, the correction criterion which is optimal may vary depending on different study objectives and different types of hospitalised injuries... - Continuous NSW health survey: quarterly report on health status, health behaviours, and risk factorsLara Harvey
Centre for Epidemiology and Health, NSW Department of Health
N S W Public Health Bull 14:144-6. 2003