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A comparison of adiposity measures as predictors of all-cause mortality: the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort StudyJulie A Simpson
Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Council Council Victoria, and Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, University of Melbourne, Level 2 723 Swanston St, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:994-1003. 2007..Our goal was to examine five different measures of adiposity as predictors of all-cause mortality...
Population pharmacokinetics of artesunate and dihydroartemisinin following intra-rectal dosing of artesunate in malaria patientsJulie A Simpson
Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
PLoS Med 3:e444. 2006..We studied the population pharmacokinetics of intra-rectal artesunate and the relationship with parasitological responses in patients with moderately severe falciparum malaria...- A comparison of different methods for including 'age at menopause' in analyses of the association between hormone replacement therapy use and breast cancerJulie A Simpson
Cancer Epidemiology Centre, The Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne and the Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care 33:11-6. 2007.... - Towards optimal design of anti-malarial pharmacokinetic studiesJulie A Simpson
Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Malar J 8:189. 2009.... - Meat consumption and risk of primary hip and knee joint replacement due to osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort studyYuanyuan Wang
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 12:17. 2011..However, whether it affects the risk of knee and hip osteoarthritis is unknown. We performed a prospective cohort study to examine the relationship between meat consumption and risk of primary hip and knee replacement for osteoarthritis... - Relationship between body adiposity measures and risk of primary knee and hip replacement for osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort studyYuanyuan Wang
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Central and Eastern Clinical School, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
Arthritis Res Ther 11:R31. 2009..It is unknown whether the adipose mass and the distribution of adipose mass are associated with the risk of primary knee and hip replacement for osteoarthritis. The aim of the present investigation was to examine this in a cohort study... 
20/20--Alcohol and age-related macular degeneration: the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort StudyMadeleine K M Adams
Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Am J Epidemiol 176:289-98. 2012..The odds ratio for those drinking more than 20 g of alcohol per day for late AMD was 1.44 (95% confidence interval: 0.85, 2.45; P = 0.17). These results show a modest association between alcohol consumption and increased AMD risk...- Fat consumption and its association with age-related macular degenerationElaine W T Chong
Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Arch Ophthalmol 127:674-80. 2009..To evaluate associations between past dietary fat intake and the prevalence of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)... - Evaluation of an FFQ for assessment of antioxidant intake using plasma biomarkers in an ethnically diverse populationAllison M Hodge
Cancer Epidemiology Centre, The Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Public Health Nutr 12:2438-47. 2009.... - Apolipoprotein E gene associations in age-related macular degeneration: the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort StudyMadeleine K M Adams
Center for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Am J Epidemiol 175:511-8. 2012..77 (P = 0.005)). These results highlight the importance of stratifying by smoking status in elderly populations. Smokers who survive to old age may be more likely to possess unknown genotypes which modify exposure-disease associations... - Adolescents' use of purpose built shade in secondary schools: cluster randomised controlled trialSuzanne J Dobbinson
Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, Cancer Council Victoria, 1 Rathdowne Street, Carlton, VIC 3053, Australia
BMJ 338:b95. 2009..To examine whether students use or avoid newly shaded areas created by shade sails installed at schools... - Can genetic associations change with age? CFH and age-related macular degenerationMadeleine K M Adams
Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne Royal Victorian Eye and Ear Hospital, East Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Hum Mol Genet 21:5229-36. 2012..These findings have important implications for predictive models for AMD and potentially other age-related diseases which extrapolate risks from older cohorts, as they assume homogeneity of association by age, which might not exist... - Optimal designs for population pharmacokinetic studies of the partner drugs co-administered with artemisinin derivatives in patients with uncomplicated falciparum malariaKris M Jamsen
Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Malar J 11:143. 2012.... - Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular mortality accounting for possible misclassification of intake: 11-year follow-up of the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort StudyLinton R Harriss
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Addiction 102:1574-85. 2007..To investigate the relationship between usual daily alcohol intake, beverage type and drinking frequency on cardiovascular (CVD) and coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality, accounting for systematic misclassification of intake... - The relationship between anti-merozoite antibodies and incidence of Plasmodium falciparum malaria: A systematic review and meta-analysisFreya J I Fowkes
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
PLoS Med 7:e1000218. 2010..However, published evidence of the protective effect of these antibodies is conflicting... - Dietary omega-3 fatty acid and fish intake in the primary prevention of age-related macular degeneration: a systematic review and meta-analysisElaine W T Chong
Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Arch Ophthalmol 126:826-33. 2008..To systematically review the evidence on dietary omega-3 fatty acid and fish intake in the primary prevention of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)... - Association between latitude and allergic diseases: a longitudinal study from childhood to middle-ageVicka Oktaria
Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol 110:80-5.e1. 2013..Worldwide variations in allergy prevalence suggest that geographic factors may contribute to asthma. Ecologic studies have suggested that latitude, a marker of UV-B exposure and allergen exposures, may be related to clinical allergies... - HFE C282Y homozygosity is associated with an increased risk of total hip replacement for osteoarthritisYuanyuan Wang
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Semin Arthritis Rheum 41:872-8. 2012..Total joint replacement is considered a surrogate measure for symptomatic end-stage osteoarthritis. We examined the relationship between HFE gene mutations and risk of total hip and knee replacement using a prospective cohort study... - Red meat and chicken consumption and its association with age-related macular degenerationElaine W T Chong
Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, 32 Gisborne Street, East Melbourne 3002, Victoria, Australia
Am J Epidemiol 169:867-76. 2009..43, 95% confidence interval: 0.20, 0.91; P-trend = 0.007). These results suggest that different meats may differently affect AMD risk and may be a target for lifestyle modification... - Optimal designs for population pharmacokinetic studies of oral artesunate in patients with uncomplicated falciparum malariaKris M Jamsen
Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
Malar J 10:181. 2011..In this work optimal design methods were used to determine sampling designs for typical future population PK studies of dihydroartemisinin, the principal biologically active metabolite of oral artesunate... - Alcohol consumption and the risk of age-related macular degeneration: a systematic review and meta-analysisElaine W T Chong
Centre for Eye Research Australia, The University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Am J Ophthalmol 145:707-715. 2008..To review systematically the evidence currently available on alcohol consumption and the risk of age-related macular degeneration (AMD)... - Reduced rates of primary joint replacement for osteoarthritis in Italian and Greek migrants to Australia: the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort StudyYuanyuan Wang
Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Monash University, Alfred Hospital, Melbourne, VIC 3004, Australia
Arthritis Res Ther 11:R86. 2009..The aim of this study was to compare the rates of primary joint replacement for osteoarthritis for Italian and Greek migrants to Australia and Australian-born individuals... - Dietary carbohydrate, fibre, glycaemic index, glycaemic load and the risk of postmenopausal breast cancerGraham G Giles
Cancer Epidemiology Centre, The Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Int J Cancer 118:1843-7. 2006..43, 0.99), p = 0.005. Our data do not support a strong role for GI and GL in breast carcinogenesis but suggest that increased intake of fibre and carbohydrate may be associated with the diagnosis of cancers of more favourable prognosis... - Observed use of sunglasses in public outdoor settings around Melbourne, Australia: 1993 to 2002Magdalena Lagerlund
Centre for Behavioural Research in Cancer, The Cancer Council Victoria, 1 Rathdowne Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
Prev Med 42:291-6. 2006..CONCLUSION: Sunglasses use should be encouraged among the population in general and especially among golfers, tennis players, teenagers, males, and people in lower SES areas... - Plasma phospholipid fatty acid composition as a biomarker of habitual dietary fat intake in an ethnically diverse cohortAllison M Hodge
Cancer Epidemiology Centre, The Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Nutr Metab Cardiovasc Dis 17:415-26. 2007.... - New insights into acquisition, boosting, and longevity of immunity to malaria in pregnant womenFreya J I Fowkes
Macfarlane Burnet Institute of Medical Research, Melbourne, Australia
J Infect Dis 206:1612-21. 2012..How antimalarial antibodies are acquired and maintained during pregnancy and boosted after reinfection with Plasmodium falciparum and Plasmodium vivax is unknown... - Ultraviolet radiation at places of residence and the development of melanocytic nevi in children (Australia)Dallas R English
Cancer Epidemiology Centre, The Cancer Council Victoria, 1 Rathdowne St, 3053, Carlton, Vic, Australia
Cancer Causes Control 17:103-7. 2006..To investigate the relationship between ambient ultraviolet radiation (UV) exposure and number of melanocytic nevi in children... - Decreasing burden of malaria in pregnancy in Malawian women and its relationship to use of intermittent preventive therapy or bed netsGaoqian Feng
Department of Medicine RMH WH, Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
PLoS ONE 5:e12012. 2010..Longitudinal data of malaria prevalence and pregnancy outcomes are valuable in gauging the impact of these antimalarial interventions... - Acquisition of growth-inhibitory antibodies against blood-stage Plasmodium falciparumFiona J McCallum
The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
PLoS ONE 3:e3571. 2008..Antibodies that inhibit the growth of blood-stage Plasmodium falciparum may play an important role in acquired and vaccine-induced immunity in humans. However, the acquisition and activity of these antibodies is not well understood... - A review of the reporting and handling of missing data in cohort studies with repeated assessment of exposure measuresAmalia Karahalios
Cancer Epidemiology Centre, Cancer Council Victoria, Carlton, Vic, Australia
BMC Med Res Methodol 12:96. 2012..We have conducted a review of publications from cohort studies in order to document the reporting of missing data for exposure measures and to describe the statistical methods used to account for the missing data... - Antibodies to variant surface antigens of Plasmodium falciparum-infected erythrocytes are associated with protection from treatment failure and the development of anemia in pregnancyGaoqian Feng
Department of Medicine, Royal Melbourne Hospital, Melbourne, Australia
J Infect Dis 200:299-306. 2009..Antibodies to VSA-PAM develop with gravidity and block placental adhesion or opsonize IEs for phagocytic clearance, helping to prevent maternal anemia and low birth weight in infants... - Assessing the utility of an anti-malarial pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic model for aiding drug clinical developmentSophie Zaloumis
Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, Melbourne School of Population Health, University of Melbourne, Level 3, 207 Bouverie St, Carlton, VIC 3053, Australia
Malar J 11:303. 2012..A comprehensive simulation study to assess the utility of a stage-specific pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic (PK-PD) model for predicting within-host parasite response was performed... - Impact of tobacco control policies and mass media campaigns on monthly adult smoking prevalenceMelanie A Wakefield
Centre for Behavioral Research in Cancer, The Cancer Council Victoria, 1 Rathdowne Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
Am J Public Health 98:1443-50. 2008..We sought to assess the impact of several tobacco control policies and televised antismoking advertising on adult smoking prevalence... - Ethnicity and risk for colorectal cancers showing somatic BRAF V600E mutation or CpG island methylator phenotypeDallas R English
Centre for Molecular, Environmental, Genetic and Analytic Epidemiology, School of Population Health, The University of Melbourne, Level 1, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 17:1774-80. 2008.... - Comparison of methods for imputing ordinal data using multivariate normal imputation: a case study of non-linear effects in a large cohort studyKatherine J Lee
Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics Unit, Murdoch Childrens Research Institute, Melbourne, Australia
Stat Med 31:4164-74. 2012..Imputing categorical variables (which are clearly non-normal) using MVN imputation is challenging, and several approaches have been suggested. However, it remains unclear which approach should be preferred... - Population pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic modelling of the antimalarial chemotherapy chlorproguanil/dapsoneJulie A Simpson
Cancer Epidemiology Centre, The Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Br J Clin Pharmacol 61:289-300. 2006.... - Sun protection and the development of melanocytic nevi in childrenDallas R English
The Cancer Council Victoria, 1 Rathdowne Street, Carlton, Victoria 3053, Australia
Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 14:2873-6. 2005..Using sunscreen on the back when it was uncovered was not associated with number of nevi (P = 0.59). Children who stayed indoors in the middle of the day and wore clothing while outdoors had fewer nevi... - Dietary antioxidants and primary prevention of age related macular degeneration: systematic review and meta-analysisElaine W T Chong
Centre for Eye Research Australia, University of Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia
BMJ 335:755. 2007..To evaluate the effectiveness of dietary antioxidants in the primary prevention of age related macular degeneration (AMD)... - 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...