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Open AccessUltra-processed foods and incident cardiovascular disease and hypertension in middle-aged women
Ultra-processed food (UPF) intake has increased in recent decades, yet limited knowledge of long-term effects on cardiovascular health persists and sex-specific data is scant. We determined the association of ...
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Open AccessThe Relationship Between Psychological Distress and Physical Activity Is Non-linear and Differs by Domain: a Cross-Sectional Study
There is increasing evidence for the relationship between physical activity (PA), sedentary behaviour and mental health. Limited data exists on sex-specific associations. We aimed to identify associations betw...
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Open AccessBlood n-3 fatty acid levels and total and cause-specific mortality from 17 prospective studies
The health effects of omega-3 fatty acids have been controversial. Here we report the results of a de novo pooled analysis conducted with data from 17 prospective cohort studies examining the associations betw...
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Age of obesity onset, cumulative obesity exposure over early adulthood and risk of type 2 diabetes
Obesity is a risk factor for type 2 diabetes, yet little is known about how timing and cumulative exposure of obesity are related to disease risk. The aim of this study was to examine the associations between ...
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Open AccessSustained adherence to a Mediterranean diet and physical activity on all-cause mortality in the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study: application of the g-formula
Adherence to a traditional Mediterranean diet has been associated with lower mortality and cardiovascular disease risk. The relative importance of diet compared to other lifestyle factors and effects of dietar...
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Open AccessThe SMILES trial: an important first step
The SMILES trial was the first intervention study to test dietary improvement as a treatment strategy for depression. Molendijk et al. propose that expectation bias and difficulties with blinding might account...
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High calcium intake in men not women is associated with all-cause mortality risk: Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study
The risk of mortality associated with high dietary calcium is uncertain. Unlike a highly publicised study in Swedish women, high dietary calcium intake in men—not women—was associated with increased all-cause ...
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Diet and physical activity as possible mediators of the association between educational attainment and body mass index gain among Australian adults
To quantify the mediating role of leisure time physical activity (LTPA) and five dietary behaviours on educational differences in 13-year body mass index (BMI) gain across adulthood.
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Low Relative Lean Mass is Associated with Increased Likelihood of Abdominal Aortic Calcification in Community-Dwelling Older Australians
Age-related loss of skeletal muscle is associated with increased risk of functional limitation and cardiovascular (CV) mortality. In the elderly abdominal aortic calcification (AAC) can increase CV risk by alt...
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Adiposity assessed by anthropometric measures has a similar or greater predictive ability than dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry measures for abdominal aortic calcification in community-dwelling older adults
To determine whether adiposity assessed by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) compared to simple anthropometric assessments, are more predictive of abdominal aortic calcification (AAC), a risk factor for a...
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Open AccessHypomethylation of smoking-related genes is associated with future lung cancer in four prospective cohorts
DNA hypomethylation in certain genes is associated with tobacco exposure but it is unknown whether these methylation changes translate into increased lung cancer risk. In an epigenome-wide study of DNA from pr...
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Open AccessThe mediating role of dietary factors and leisure time physical activity on socioeconomic inequalities in body mass index among Australian adults
The relationship between socioeconomic position and obesity has been clearly established, however, the extent to which specific behavioural factors mediate this relationship is less clear. This study aimed to ...
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Open AccessA randomised, controlled trial of a dietary intervention for adults with major depression (the “SMILES” trial): study protocol
Despite increased investment in its recognition and treatment, depression remains a substantial health and economic burden worldwide. Current treatment strategies generally focus on biological and psychologica...
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Open AccessPlasma carotenoids are associated with socioeconomic status in an urban Indigenous population: an observational study
Indigenous Australians experience poorer health than other Australians. Poor diet may contribute to this, and be related to their generally lower socioeconomic status (SES). Even within Indigenous populations,...
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Open AccessFibrinogen and associated risk factors in a high-risk population: urban indigenous australians, the druid Study
Epidemiological evidence suggests that fibrinogen and CRP are associated with coronary heart disease risk. High CRP in Indigenous Australians has been reported in previous studies including our 'Diabetes and R...
