Research Publications and Outputs: Recent submissions
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Frailty and Cause-Specific Hospitalizations in Community-Dwelling Older Men
Published 2020-01-01Objectives The types of medical conditions leading to hospitalization in frail older people have not been investigated. The objectives were to evaluate associations between frailty and (a) risk of all-cause and cause-specific ...Article -
Pro-inflammatory diet increases circulating inflammatory biomarkers and falls risk in community-dwelling older men
Published 2019-01-01Background: The relations between diet, chronic inflammation, and musculoskeletal health are unclear, especially among older men.Objective:This study aimed to determine associations of the Dietary Inflammatory Index (DII) ...Article -
The Preventable Burden of Breast Cancers for Premenopausal and Postmenopausal Women in Australia: A Pooled Cohort Study
Published 2019-01-01Estimates of the future breast cancer burden preventable through modifications to current behaviours are lacking. We assessed the effect of individual and joint behaviour modifications on breast cancer burden for premenopausal ...Article -
Branched chain amino acids, cardiometabolic risk factors and outcomes in older men: the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project
Published 2019-08-01Increased blood levels of branched chain amino acids (BCAAs) have been associated with cardiometabolic risk factors. Here we studied 918 community dwelling older men to determine the relationship between BCAAs and other ...Article -
Drug Burden Index and change in cognition over time in community dwelling older men: the CHAMP study
Published 2017-03-01Objective: Anticholinergic and sedative medications are associated with acute cognitive impairment, but the long-term impact on change in cognition is unclear. This study investigated the effect of anticholinergic and ...Article