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Sharon L. Brennan-Olsen
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Open AccessWhen primary healthcare meets queerstory: community-based system dynamics influencing regional/rural LGBTQ + people’s access to quality primary healthcare in Australia
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, Queer, and people of any other minority sexuality or gender identity (LGBTQ + or “Queer”) are often marginalised from accessing quality primary healthcare (PHC) in their lo...
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Open AccessThe contribution of musculoskeletal factors to physical frailty: a cross-sectional study
Musculoskeletal conditions and physical frailty have overlap** constructs. We aimed to quantify individual contributions of musculoskeletal factors to frailty.
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The Predictability of Frailty Associated with Musculoskeletal Deficits: A Longitudinal Study
We investigated and quantified the predictability of frailty associated with musculoskeletal parameters. This longitudinal study included 287 men aged ≥ 50 yr at baseline (2001–2006) from the Geelong Osteoporo...
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Association between serum interleukin-6 and frailty in older men: cross-sectional data
To investigate the association between serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) and frailty.
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Recovery of quality of life is associated with lower mortality 5-year post-fracture: the Australian arm of the International Costs and Utilities Related to Osteoporotic Fractures Study (AusICUROS)
Little is known about factors that lead to excess mortality post-fracture. This study demonstrated that 5-year mortality is lower in older adults who recovered to their pre-fracture health-related quality of l...
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Longitudinal associations of dietary patterns with sociodemographic and lifestyle factors in older adults: the TASOAC study
To derive dietary patterns and examine their longitudinal associations with sociodemographic and lifestyle factors in the Tasmanian Older Adult Cohort.
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Open AccessAnticonvulsant use and bone health in a population-based study of men and women: cross-sectional data from the Geelong Osteoporosis Study
Anticonvulsant use has been linked to bone deficits in specific patient populations. We studied the association between anticonvulsant use and bone health in a population-based sample of men and women.
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Gestational Vitamin D and Offspring Bone Measures: Is the Association Independent of Maternal Bone Quality?
Previously we have reported an association between maternal vitamin D and offspring bone as measured by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry. It is plausible that shared genetics might confound associations betwee...
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Prevalence of Frailty in Older Men and Women: Cross-Sectional Data from the Geelong Osteoporosis Study
Few studies have investigated the prevalence of frailty in the Australian general population. This study determined the prevalence of frailty in a population-based sample of older adults and examined the relat...
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The Association Between Muscle Mass and Strength in Relation to Bone Measures in a Paediatric Population: Sex-Specific Effects
Post-puberty, bone mass displays clear sex-specific patterns. However, research has suggested that a sexual dimorphism in bone mass is evident in younger children and is likely attributable to differences in l...
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Open AccessThe association between a fracture risk tool and frailty: Geelong Osteoporosis Study
Frailty is characterised by age-related declines in physical, psychological and social functioning. Features of frailty overlap with risk factors for fragility fractures. The aim of this study was to investiga...
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Associations between osteoporosis, the severity of sarcopenia and fragility fractures in community-dwelling older adults
To investigate the association between bone mineral density (BMD) and the severity of sarcopenia using the revised European Working Group on Sarcopenia in Older People (EWGSOP2) definition.
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Open AccessRetraction Note: Dietary patterns and their associations with socio-demographic and lifestyle factors in Tasmanian older adults: a longitudinal cohort study
An amendment to this paper has been published and can be accessed via a link at the top of the paper.
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The Epidemiology of Joint Replacements Across Western Victoria, Australia: a Cross-sectional Study
Contemporary data are required to plan interventions and identify gaps in health service provision. As part of the larger Ageing, Chronic Disease and Injury study, we mapped joint replacements across the weste...
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Functional Measures of Sarcopenia: Prevalence, and Associations with Functional Disability in 10,892 Adults Aged 65 Years and Over from Six Lower- and Middle-Income Countries
Identification of sarcopenia in lower- and middle-income countries (LMICs) is limited by access to technologies that assess muscle mass. We investigated associations between two functional measures of sarcopen...
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Open AccessMap** Cancer incidence across Western Victoria: the association with age, accessibility, and socioeconomic status among men and women
Cancer is a leading burden of disease in Australia and worldwide, with incidence rates varying with age, sex and geographic location. As part of the Ageing, Chronic Disease and Injury study, we aimed to map th...
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Open AccessRevision joint replacement surgeries of the hip and knee across geographic region and socioeconomic status in the western region of Victoria: a cross-sectional multilevel analysis of registry data
Residents of rural and regional areas, compared to those in urban regions, are more likely to experience geographical difficulties in accessing healthcare, particularly specialist services. We investigated ass...
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RETRACTED ARTICLE: Dietary patterns and their associations with socio-demographic and lifestyle factors in Tasmanian older adults: a longitudinal cohort study
We aimed to examine dietary patterns and their longitudinal associations with socio-demographic and lifestyle factors in older adults.
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The Social Context of Bone Health: Conclusions and Future Directions
There is a clear contribution made by biological anthropology to contemporary efforts to prevent osteoporosis and fracture and an imperative of understanding epigenetics to future risk identification and targe...
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Cultural and Socioeconomic Determinants of Healthy Aging
Our health is primarily a result of our environment: where we are born, grow, play, live and work influences our prospects of healthy aging. This chapter provides an overview of the Developmental Origins of He...
