Sydney School of Public Health: Recent submissions
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Monitoring adherence to drug treatment by using change in cholesterol concentration: secondary analysis of trial data.
Published 2011A randomised controlled trial which aimed to estimate the accuracy of monitoring cholesterol concentration for detecting non-adherence to lipid lowering treatment. Design: Secondary analysis of data on cholesterol ...Article -
When to remeasure cardiovascular risk in untreated people at low and intermediate risk: observational study.
Published 2013This observational study aimed to estimate the probability of becoming high risk for cardiovascular disease among people at low and intermediate risk and not being treated for high blood pressure or lipid levels.Article -
Rate of normal lung function decline in ageing adults: a systematic review of prospective cohort studies.
Published 2019This systematic review investigated the normal age-related changes in lung function in adults without known lung disease. MEDLINE, Embase and Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL) were searched ...Open AccessArticle -
The potential value of monitoring bone turnover markers among women on alendronate
Published 2012Biochemical markers of bone turnover have been proposed to monitor the response to bisphosphonate therapy for osteoporosis, but this requires true between-person differences in the response to therapy.. Using mixed models ...Open AccessArticle -
Use of randomised trials to decide when to monitor response to new treatment.
Published 2008Is monitoring initial response to treatment always helpful in clinical management of patients? Bell and colleagues have developed a framework for deciding whether surrogate outcomes should be used to monitor initial response ...Open AccessArticle