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Practical considerations when using pedometers to assess physical activity in population studies: lessons from the Burnie Take Heart StudyMichael D Schmidt
Menzies Research Institute at the University of Tasmania, Hobart
Res Q Exerc Sport 78:162-70. 2007..The authors conclude that pedometers can be used in large population studies with a relatively low frequency of data errors. However guidelines for consistent data collection and interpretation are needed...
The relationship between basal and squamous cell skin cancer and smoking related cancersFreddy Sitas
Cancer Research Division, Cancer Council New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
BMC Res Notes 4:556. 2011..abstract:..- Childhood and adolescent predictors of leisure time physical activity during the transition from adolescence to adulthood: a population based cohort studyKim A Jose
Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 23, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 8:54. 2011.... - Takeaway food consumption and its associations with diet quality and abdominal obesity: a cross-sectional study of young adultsKylie J Smith
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart Tasmania 7000, Australia
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 6:29. 2009..abstract:.. - Looking back in time: conducting a cohort study of the long-term effects of treatment of adolescent tall girls with synthetic hormonesFiona J Bruinsma
Mother and Child Health Research, La Trobe University, 215 Franklin St, Melbourne, Victoria 3000, Australia
BMC Public Health 11:S7. 2011..Using the Tall Girls Study as a case study, this paper will present and discuss a number of methodological, ethical and legal challenges that have implications for other public health research... - Cancer risks associated with the diagnosis of infertilityAlison Venn
Menzies Centre for Population Health Research, University of Tasmania, 17 Liverpool Street, Hobart, TAS 7000, Australia
Best Pract Res Clin Obstet Gynaecol 17:343-67. 2003..Cancer incidence in children born after fertility treatment appears to be similar to that in the general population. Discussion of cancer risks in the context of other reproductive and community risks can be helpful to patients... - Overweight and obesity from childhood to adulthood: a follow-up of participants in the 1985 Australian Schools Health and Fitness SurveyAlison J Venn
Menzies Research Institute, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Med J Aust 186:458-60. 2007..To examine overweight and obesity in Australian children followed through to adulthood... - Oestrogen treatment to reduce the adult height of tall girls: long-term effects on fertilityAlison Venn
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 23, Hobart 7001, Australia
Lancet 364:1513-8. 2004..Treatment with oestrogen to reduce the adult height of tall girls has been available since the 1950s. We undertook a retrospective cohort study to assess the long-term effects of this treatment on fertility... - Oestrogen treatment for tall stature in girls: estimating the effect on height and the error in height predictionAlison Venn
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Australia
Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 68:926-9. 2008..To determine the effect of oestrogen treatment on attenuating the growth of tall girls after adjusting for error in height prediction... - Mortality in a cohort of IVF patientsA Venn
Centre for the Study of Mothers and Children s Health, La Trobe University, Carlton 3053, Australia
Hum Reprod 16:2691-6. 2001.... 
Factors affecting the stability of blood lipid and lipoprotein levels from youth to adulthood: evidence from the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health StudyCostan G Magnussen
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 165:68-76. 2011..To examine the effect of lifestyle changes on the stability of blood lipid and lipoprotein levels from youth to adulthood...- Muscular fitness and clustered cardiovascular disease risk in Australian youthCostan G Magnussen
Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, MS1, 17 Liverpool Street, Hobart, 7000, Australia
Eur J Appl Physiol 112:3167-71. 2012..001), moderate (Ptrend < 0.001), and high (Ptrend = 0.001) CRF categories. Among youth, low muscular fitness levels as well as low CRF should be avoided for primary CVD prevention... - Healthy lifestyles and cardiovascular risk profiles in young Australian adults: the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health StudySeana L Gall
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 16:684-9. 2009..We examined whether a healthy lifestyle was associated with cardiovascular risk factors in a cohort of young adults... - The association of pediatric low- and high-density lipoprotein cholesterol dyslipidemia classifications and change in dyslipidemia status with carotid intima-media thickness in adulthood evidence from the cardiovascular risk in Young Finns study, the BogaCostan G Magnussen
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
J Am Coll Cardiol 53:860-9. 2009.... - Menstrual irregularity and bone mass in premenopausal women: cross-sectional associations with testosterone and SHBGShuying Wei
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
BMC Musculoskelet Disord 11:288. 2010..This study aimed to describe the associations between menstrual pattern, testosterone, sex hormone binding globulin (SHBG) and bone mass in a population-based sample of premenopausal women... - Depression and insulin resistance: cross-sectional associations in young adultsSue Pearson
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Diabetes Care 33:1128-33. 2010..To examine the association between depressive disorder and insulin resistance in a sample of young adults using the Composite International Diagnostic Interview to ascertain depression status... - Use of B-mode ultrasound to examine preclinical markers of atherosclerosis: image quality may bias associations between adiposity and measures of vascular structure and functionCostan G Magnussen
Menzies Reserach Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia Research Center of Applied and Preventive Cardiovascualr Medicine, University of Turku and Turku University Hospital, Turku, Finland and Murdoch Children s Research Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
J Ultrasound Med 30:363-9. 2011..The purpose of this study was to examine the association between adiposity measures, ultrasound image quality, and preclinical markers of atherosclerosis in young adults... - Folate status and socio-demographic predictors of folate status, among a national cohort of women aged 26-36 in Australia, 2004-2006Seana Gall
Menzies Research Institute, Tasmania
Aust N Z J Public Health 36:421-6. 2012..To describe serum folate status and the socio-demographic correlates of serum folate status in a national sample of women aged 26-36 years in Australia, 2004-2006... - The association between parity and knee cartilage in young womenShuying Wei
Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, 17 Liverpool Street, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Rheumatology (Oxford) 51:2039-45. 2012..This association was more apparent with increasing number of live births, suggesting a possible adverse effect of parity on knee cartilage... - Which domains of childhood physical activity predict physical activity in adulthood? A 20-year prospective tracking studyVerity Cleland
Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Br J Sports Med 46:595-602. 2012..This study aimed to determine whether childhood domain-specific physical activities predict domain-specific physical activity 20 years later in adulthood, and whether age and sex play a role in these trajectories... - The association between oral contraceptive use, bone mineral density and fractures in women aged 50-80 yearsShuying Wei
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
Contraception 84:357-62. 2011..The associations between oral contraceptive (OC) use, bone mineral density (BMD) and the risk of fractures remain controversial... - Intergenerational educational mobility is associated with cardiovascular disease risk behaviours in a cohort of young Australian adults: The Childhood Determinants of Adult Health (CDAH) StudySeana L Gall
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
BMC Public Health 10:55. 2010..We examined if current education, parental education or educational mobility between generations was associated with healthy lifestyles in young Australian adults... - Oral contraceptive use and boneShuying Wei
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 23, Hobart, Tasmania 7000, Australia
Curr Osteoporos Rep 9:6-11. 2011.... - Evaluating the use of a portable ultrasound machine to quantify intima-media thickness and flow-mediated dilation: agreement between measurements from two ultrasound machinesCostan G Magnussen
Menzies Research Institute, Hobart, Australia
Ultrasound Med Biol 32:1323-9. 2006..We conclude that the portable ultrasound machine can provide measurements of FMD and CIMT that are highly comparable with measurements obtained from a clinic-based machine under similar clinical conditions... - Written action plans in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease increase appropriate treatment for acute exacerbationsRichard Wood-Baker
Respiratory Research Group, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Respirology 11:619-26. 2006..While comprehensive self-management programmes decrease health-care resource utilization, the essential components are unclear. We performed a study of written action plans in the management of COPD... - Syndrome X in 8-y-old Australian children: stronger associations with current body fatness than with infant size or growthT Dwyer
Menzies Centre for Population Health Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Int J Obes Relat Metab Disord 26:1301-9. 2002..We investigated clustering of syndrome X factors in a sample of 8-y-old Australian children, and whether the clusters were associated with size at birth and childhood obesity... - Oral contraceptive use and bone mass in women aged 26-36 yearsS Wei
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 23, Hobart, Tasmania, 7001, Australia
Osteoporos Int 22:351-5. 2011..The association between hormonal contraceptive use and bone mineral density remains controversial... - Parental smoking and smoking experimentation in childhood increase the risk of being a smoker 20 years later: the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health StudySeana L Paul
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Australia
Addiction 103:846-53. 2008..To examine the long-term effects of childhood smoking experimentation and exposure to parental smoking on adult smoking risk... - Risk of cancer after use of fertility drugs with in-vitro fertilisationA Venn
Centre for the Study of Mothers and Children s Health, La Trobe University, Carlton, Victoria, Australia
Lancet 354:1586-90. 1999.... - The provision of compulsory school physical activity: associations with physical activity, fitness and overweight in childhood and twenty years laterVerity Cleland
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart Tasmania 7000, Australia
Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act 5:14. 2008..To determine whether the provision of higher levels of compulsory school physical activity is associated with higher physical activity and fitness levels and less overweight in childhood and 20 years later... - Factors associated with presenteeism among employed Australian adults reporting lifetime major depression with 12-month symptomsFiona Cocker
Menzies Research Institute Tasmania, University of Tasmania, Australia
J Affect Disord 135:231-40. 2011..This study aimed to determine the relative importance of socio-demographic, financial, work and health-related factors associated with presenteeism... - Characteristics of ovarian and uterine cancers in a cohort of in vitro fertilization patientsA Venn
Centre for the Study of Mothers' and Children's Health, La Trobe University, Hobart, TAS 7001, Australia
Gynecol Oncol 82:64-8. 2001..We found an increased incidence of uterine sarcoma in women with a history of infertility. Increased ascertainment of preexisting cancers in the course of infertility investigations and management is to be expected... - Measures of childhood fitness and body mass index are associated with bone mass in adulthood: a 20-year prospective studyStella Foley
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Hobart, Australia
J Bone Miner Res 23:994-1001. 2008..These results suggest that increased skeletal loading in childhood leads to an increase in peak bone mass independent of current loading... - Parental smoking and infant respiratory infection: how important is not smoking in the same room with the baby?Leigh Blizzard
Menzies Centre for Population Health Research, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australian Capital Territory, Australia
Am J Public Health 93:482-8. 2003..We sought to quantify the effect of good smoking hygiene on infant risk of respiratory tract infection in the first 12 months of life... - Physical activity, spirometry and quality-of-life in chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseShauna McGlone
Respiratory Research Group, University of Tasmania, Private Bag 34, Hobart, TAS, 7001, Australia
COPD 3:83-8. 2006..Physical activity was significantly associated with disease severity, measured by lung function, and quality-of-life... - Utility of currently recommended pediatric dyslipidemia classifications in predicting dyslipidemia in adulthood: evidence from the Childhood Determinants of Adult Health (CDAH) study, Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study, and Bogalusa Heart StudyCostan G Magnussen
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania 7001, Australia
Circulation 117:32-42. 2008..The aim of this study was to determine which of the NHANES or NCEP adolescent lipoprotein classifications was most effective for predicting abnormal levels in adulthood... - Small CGG repeat expansion alleles of FMR1 gene are associated with parkinsonismD Z Loesch
School of Psychological Science, La Trobe University, Melbourne Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
Clin Genet 76:471-6. 2009..33, 95% CI: 1.06-5.13), compared with controls. The results suggest that the FMR1 grey zone alleles, as well as premutation alleles, might contribute to the aetiology of disorders associated with parkinsonism... - The association between non-melanoma skin cancer and osteoporotic fractures--a population-based record linkage studyV Srikanth
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Osteoporos Int 18:687-92. 2007..The risk of prior NMSC in our fracture cohort was significantly reduced (standardised incidence ratio 0.69, 95% CI 0.61, 0.78). Adequate lifetime sun exposure may be necessary to protect against osteoporotic fractures in later life... - Adolescent exposure to high-dose estrogen and subsequent effects on lactationHelen L Jordan
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Australia
Reprod Toxicol 24:397-402. 2007..Women treated with high-dose estrogens during adolescence appeared to be no different to untreated women in their ability to lactate... - Concern about tall stature during adolescence and depression in later lifeFiona J Bruinsma
Mother and Child Health Research, La Trobe University, 251 Faraday Street, Carlton VIC 3053, Australia
J Affect Disord 91:145-52. 2006..This retrospective cohort study aimed to examine the long-term psychosocial outcomes for women assessed or treated during adolescence for tall stature... - Persistent iodine deficiency in a cohort of Tasmanian school children: associations with socio-economic status, geographical location and dietary factorsKristen L Hynes
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania
Aust N Z J Public Health 28:476-81. 2004..To determine the adequacy of iodine nutrition of Tasmanian primary school-aged children and to examine possible associations with socio-economic status (SES), location and dietary factors... - A comparison of subjective and objective measures of physical activity and fitness in identifying associations with cardiometabolic risk factorsMichael D Schmidt
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Australia
Ann Epidemiol 18:378-86. 2008..To compare the ability of alternative measures of physical activity and fitness to quantify associations with health outcomes... - Physical activity and healthy weight maintenance from childhood to adulthoodVerity J Cleland
Menzies Research Institute, University of Tasmania, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:1427-33. 2008..Examining personal, social, and environmental factors associated with healthy weight maintenance will be an important next step in understanding why some groups avoid becoming overweight... - Television viewing and abdominal obesity in young adults: is the association mediated by food and beverage consumption during viewing time or reduced leisure-time physical activity?Verity J Cleland
Menzies Research Institute, Hobart, Tasmania, Australia
Am J Clin Nutr 87:1148-55. 2008..The behavioral pathways through which television (TV) viewing leads to increased adiposity in adults are unclear...