-
Article
Food Insecurity and Hearing Loss Are Interrelated: A Cross-Sectional Population-Based Study
We aimed to assess whether objectively measured hearing loss and self-perceived hearing handicap in adults are independently associated with food insecurity, and vice versa.
-
Article
Open AccessA patient-level key performance indicator set to measure the effectiveness of fracture liaison services and guide quality improvement: a position paper of the IOF Capture the Fracture Working Group, National Osteoporosis Foundation and Fragility Fracture Network
The International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Capture the Fracture® Campaign with the Fragility Fracture Network (FFN) and National Osteoporosis Foundation (NOF) has developed eleven patient-level key perfor...
-
Article
Erratum to: Training guidelines for endovascular stroke intervention: an international multi-society consensus document
-
Article
Incident atrial fibrillation and the risk of fracture in the cardiovascular health study
In this prospective cohort of 4462 older adults, incident atrial fibrillation (AF) was not statistically significantly associated with subsequent risk of incident fracture.
-
Article
Hypertension is associated with narrower retinal arteriolar calibre in persons with and without coronary artery disease
The aims of this study were to investigate independent associations between hypertension and retinal vessel calibre in a high cardiovascular risk cohort and to determine whether these associations also exist i...
-
Article
Open AccessProgression-free and overall survival in ovarian cancer patients treated with CVac, a mucin 1 dendritic cell therapy in a randomized phase 2 trial
CAN-003 was a randomized, open-label, Phase 2 trial evaluating the safety, efficacy and immune outcomes of CVac, a mucin 1 targeted-dendritic cell (DC) treatment as a maintenance therapy to patients with epith...
-
Article
Open AccessTraining guidelines for endovascular stroke intervention: an international multi-society consensus document
-
Article
Caregiver perceptions about the impact of caring for patients with wet age-related macular degeneration
Caregivers of older persons with eye disease, namely age-related macular degeneration (AMD), have been reported to have a higher than expected distress. Very few studies have explored caregiver perceptions as ...
-
Article
New vertebral fractures after vertebroplasty: 2-year results from a randomised controlled trial
A randomised controlled trial of vertebroplasty (VP) versus placebo assessed the effect of VP on the risk of further vertebral fractures. While no statistically significant between-group differences for new or...
-
Article
Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies six novel loci associated with habitual coffee consumption
Coffee, a major dietary source of caffeine, is among the most widely consumed beverages in the world and has received considerable attention regarding health risks and benefits. We conducted a genome-wide (GW)...
-
Article
The utility of estimating population-level trajectories of terminal wellbeing decline within a growth mixture modelling framework
Mortality-related decline has been identified across multiple domains of human functioning, including mental health and wellbeing. The current study utilised a growth mixture modelling framework to establish w...
-
Article
Parental history of hypertension and dietary intakes in early adolescent offspring: a population-based study
We investigated the cross-sectional association between parental history of hypertension and dietary intakes among early adolescent schoolchildren. A total of 1845 participants aged 12 years had complete data ...
-
Article
The Victorian Lung Cancer Registry Pilot: Improving the Quality of Lung Cancer Care Through the Use of a Disease Quality Registry
Lung cancer remains a major disease burden in Victoria (Australia) and requires a complex and multidisciplinary approach to ensure optimal care and outcomes. To date, no uniform mechanism is available to captu...
-
Article
Association between diet quality with concurrent vision and hearing impairment in older adults
Published literature shows that individual nutrients could influence the risk of develo** vision and hearing loss. There is, however, a lack of population-based data on the relationship between overall patte...
-
Article
Prevalence and risk factors of food insecurity among a cohort of older Australians
With ongoing national concern about food security, the aim of the study was to estimate the prevalence of food insecurity and to identify associated characteristics in a cohort of older Australians.
-
Article
Open AccessStudy of autologous dendritic cell therapy targeting Mucin 1 as a treatment for the maintenance of ovarian cancer patients in remission
-
Article
Influence of blood pressure and body mass index on retinal vascular caliber in preschool-aged children
We assessed the associations between body mass index (BMI) and blood pressure (BP) with the retinal microvasculature among preschool-aged children. Three hundred and seventy-nine children aged 3–<6 years old h...
-
Article
Potential effects of systematic errors in intraocular pressure measurements on screening for ocular hypertension
Raised intraocular pressure (IOP) increases the risk of glaucoma. Eye-care professionals measure IOP to screen for ocular hypertension (OHT) (IOP>21 mm Hg) and to monitor glaucoma treatment. Tonometers commonl...
-
Article
Salvage revision TKR for infection: a 10-year experience of a two-stage re-implantation technique
The management of an infected total knee replacement (TKR) is a major challenge to the orthopedic surgeon. We report the outcome of a two-stage re-implantation technique over a 10-year period. Thirty-eight pri...
-
Article
Differences in association between birth parameters and blood pressure in children from preschool to high school
We aimed to investigate the association between birth parameters with blood pressure (BP) among preschool- and school-aged children. Two separate childhood datasets were used: (1) 1295 children aged 3–6 years ...
