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The Association between Home Ownership and the Health of Older Men: Cross‐Sectional Analysis of the Australian Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project.
Khalatbari Soltani, Saman; Cumming, Robert; Rafal, Chomik; Fiona, Blyth; Naganathan, Vasi; Handelsman, David; Le Couteur, David; Waite, Louise; Stanaway, FionaPublished 2021Objective To investigate the association between home ownership and health in older men. Methods Cross‐sectional analysis of 909 community‐dwelling Australian men (mean age: 81.3 ± 4.6) from the Concord Health and ...Open AccessArticle -
Frailty in the Face of COVID-19
Hubbard, Ruth E; Maier, Andrea B; Hilmer, Sarah N; Naganathan, Vasi; Etherton-Beer, Christopher; Rockwood, KennethPublished 2020The Clinical Frailty Scale is a quick and reliable screening tool for frailty. While the CFS has value in allocation of scarce health resources, it also has limitations. Frailty is a continuum rather than a dichotomous ...Article -
Gender differences in plasma ghrelin and its relations to body composition and bone – an opposite-sex twin study
Makovey, Joanna; Naganathan, Vasi; Seibel, Markus; Sambrook, PhilipPublished 2007-04-01Backgrond Ghrelin, a peptide hormone that plays a role in the regulation of appetite and body adiposity, may also play a role in bone metabolism. Objectives We used the opposite-sex twin model to study associations of ...Open AccessArticle -
Gender differences in relationships between body composition components, their distribution and bone mineral density: a cross-sectional opposite sex twin study
Makovey, Joanna; Naganathan, Vasi; Sambrook, PhilipPublished 2005-04-19Numerous studies indicate that bone mineral density (BMD) is closely related to body mass and its components. Most studies have examined these relationships in women with little attention given to how these relationships ...Open AccessArticle -
General practitioners’ decision making about primary prevention of cardiovascular disease in older adults: a qualitative study
Jansen, Jesse; McKinn, Shannon; Bonner, Carissa; Irwig, Les; Doust, Jenny; Glasziou, Paul; Bell, Katy J.L.; Naganathan, Vasi; McCaffery, KirstenPublished 2017-01-13Background: Primary cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention in older people is challenging as they are a diverse group with varying needs, frequent presence of comorbidities, and are more sus- ceptible to treatment harms. ...Open AccessArticle -
Genetic Effects on Bone Loss in Peri- and Postmenopausal Women: A Longitudinal Twin Study
Makovey, Joanna; Nguyen, Tuan V; Naganathan, Vasi; Wark, John D; Sambrook, PhilipPublished 2007-11-01This longitudinal twin study was designed to assess the heritability of bone loss in peri- and postmenopausal women. A sample of 724 female twins was studied. Baseline and repeat BMD measurements were performed. Results ...Open AccessArticle -
Geriatric Comanagement of Older Vascular Surgery Inpatients Reduces Hospital-Acquired Geriatric Syndromes
Thillainadesan, Janani; Aitken, Sarah J; Monaro, Sue R; Cullen, John S; Kerdic, Richard; Hilmer, Sarah N; Naganathan, VasiPublished 2021"OBJECTIVE: This study evaluates the impact of a novel model of care called Geriatric Comanagement of Older Vascular surgery inpatients on clinical outcomes. DESIGN, SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS: A pre-post study of geriatric ...Article -
Medicines Conversation Guide
Weir, Kristie; Jansen, Jesse; Bonner, Carissa; McCaffery, Kirsten; Naganathan, VasiPublished 2018-06-06A Medicines Conversation Guide was developed for pharmacists to use in the context of a Home Medicines Review. The Guide aims to increase patient involvement and support discussions about: general health understanding, ...Open AccessDataset -
Natural history of post‐void residual urine volume over 5 years in community‐dwelling older men: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project
Noguchi, Naomi; Chan, Lewis; Cumming, R; Blyth, Fiona M; Handelsman, David J; Waite, Louise M; Le Couteur, David G; Naganathan, VasiPublished 2017-09-20Article -
Not all older men have the chronic diseases associated with severe COVID-19
Cumming, Robert G.; Khalatbari‐Soltani, Saman; Blyth, Fiona M.; Naganathan, Vasi; Le Couteur, David G.Published 2020Article -
Prospective Association between Socioeconomic Status and Falls among Community-Dwelling Older Men.
Khalatbari-Soltani, Saman; Fiona, Stanaway; Sherrington, Cathie; Blyth, Fiona; Naganathan, Vasi; Handelsman, David; Seibel, Markus; Waite, Louise; Le Couteur, David; Cumming, RobertPublished 2021Background Socioeconomic status (SES) has been suggested as a risk factor for falls but the few prospective studies to test this have had mixed results. We evaluated the prospective association between SES and falls in ...Open AccessArticle
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