2007

  • ADVANCE Collaborative Group; Glasziou P, Alexander J, Beller E, Clarke P. Which health-related quality of life score? A comparison of alternative utility measures in patients with type 2 diabetes in the ADVANCE trial. Health Qual Life Outcomes. 2007;5:21.
  • Aekplakorn W, Pakpeankitwatana V, Lee C, Woodward M, Barzi F, Yamwong S, Unkurapinun N, Sritara P. Abdominal obesity and coronary heart disease in Thai men. Obesity. 2007;15:1036-42.
  • Anderson C. Neuroprotection by angiotensin receptor blockers. J Hypertens. In press. Anderson K, Cass A, Cunningham J, Snelling P, Devitt J, Preece C. The use of psychosocial criteria in Australian patient selection guidelines for kidney transplantation. Soc Sci Med. 2007;64:2107-14.
  • Ansary-Moghaddam A, Woodward M, Huxley R. Obesity and risk of colorectal cancer: a meta-analysis of 31 studies with 70,000 events. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007;16:2533-47.
  • Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration; Barzi F, Patel A, Gu D, Sritara P, Lam T, Rodgers A, Woodward M. Cardiovascular risk prediction tools for populations in Asia. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2007;61:115-21.
  • Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration; Huxley R, Ansary-Moghaddam A, Barzi F, Jamrozik K, Ohkubo T, Fang X, Sun H, Woodward M, Gu D, Imai Y, Lam T, Pan W, Rodgers A, Suh I, Ueshima H. The impact of modifiable risk factors on mortality from prostate cancer in populations of the Asia-Pacific region. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2007;8:199-205.
  • Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration; Huxley R, Ansary-Moghaddam A, Lam T, Ueshima H, Gu D, Kim H, Woodward M, Fang X, Imai Y, Pan W, Rodgers A, Suh I, Kim H, Ueshima H. The role of lifestyle risk factors on mortality from colorectal cancer in populations of the Asia-Pacific region. Asian Pac J Cancer Prev. 2007;8:191-8.
  • Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration; Huxley R, Jamrozik K, Lam T, Barzi F, Ansary-Moghaddam A, Jiang C, Suh I, Woodward M. Impact of smoking cessation on mortality from lung cancer in the Asia- Pacific region. Am J Epidemiol. 2007;165:1280-6.
  • Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration; Kengne AP, Patel A, Barzi F, Jamrozik K, Lam T, Ueshima H, Gu D, Suh I, Woodward M. Systolic blood pressure, diabetes and the risk of cardiovascular diseases in the Asia- Pacific region. J Hypertens. 2007;25:1205-13.
  • Asia Pacific Cohort Study Collaboration; Kengne AP, Patel A, Barzi F, Jamrozik K, Lam T, Ueshima H, Ohkubo T, Kim H, Xianghua F, Woodward M. Cholesterol, diabetes and major cardiovascular diseases in Asia-Pacific region. Diabetologia. 2007;50:2289-97.
  • Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration; Lee C, Huxley R, Lam T, Martiniuk A, Ueshema H, Pan W, Welborn T, Woodward M. Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and population attributable fractions for coronary heart disease and stroke mortality in the WHO South-East Asia and Western Pacific regions. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2007;16:187-92.
  • Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration; Lee C, Martiniuk A, Woodward M, Feigin V, Gu D, Jamrozik K, Lam T, Ni Mhurchu C, Pan W, Suh I, Ueshima H, Woo J, Huxley R. The burden of overweight and obesity in the Asia-Pacific region. Obes Rev. 2007;8:191-6.
  • Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration; Martiniuk A, Lee C, Lawes C, Ueshima H, Suh I, Lam T, Gu D, Feigin V, Jamrozik K, Ohkubo T, Woodward M. Hypertension: its prevalence and population-attributable fraction for mortality from cardiovascular disease in the Asia-Pacific region. J Hypertens. 2007;25:73-9.
  • Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration; Woodward M, Barzi F, Feigin V, Gu D, Huxley R, Nakamura K, Patel A, Ho S, Jamrozik K. Associations between high density lipoprotein cholesterol and both stroke and coronary heart disease in the Asia Pacific region. Eur Heart J. 2007;28:60.
  • Auckland Regional Community Stroke (ARCOS) Study Group; Carter K, Anderson C, Hackett M, Barber P, Bonita R. Improved survival after stroke: is admission to hospital the major explanation? Trends analyses of the Auckland Regional Community Stroke Studies. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2007;23:162-8.
  • Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment Trialists’ Collaboration; Turnbull F, Neal B, Pfeffer M, Kostis J, Algert C, Woodward M, Chalmers J, Zanchetti A, MacMahon S. Blood pressure-dependent and independent effects of agents that inhibit the renin-angiotensin system. J Hypertens. 2007;25:951-8. [Erratum in: J Hypertens. 2007;25:1524].
  • Bogers RP, Bemelmans WJE, Hoogenveen RT, Boshuizen HC, Woodward M, Knekt P, van Dam RM, Hu FB, Visscher TLS, Menotti A, Thorpe RJ, Jamrozik K, Calling S, Strand BH, Shipley MJ. Association of overweight with increased risk of coronary heart disease partly independent of blood pressure and cholesterol levels: a meta-analysis of 21 cohort studies including more than 300,000 persons. Arch Intern Med. 2007;167:1720-8.
  • Borghi J, Shrestha DL, Shrestha D, Jan S. Using focus groups to develop contingent scenarios - a case study of women’s groups in rural Nepal. Soc Sci Med. 2007;64:531-42.
  • Bowman D, Fitzharris M. Too small for concern? Public health and nanotechnology. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2007;31:382-4.
  • Campbell D, Neal B, Chalmers J, Colman S, Jenkins A, Kemp B, Patel A, MacMahon S, Woodward M. Low-density lipoprotein particles and risk of intracerebral hemorrhage in subjects with cerebrovascular disease. Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2007;14:413-8.
  • Campbell D, Woodward M, Chalmers J, Colman S, Jenkins A, Kemp B, Neal B, Patel A, MacMahon S. Perindopril-based blood pressure-lowering therapy reduces aminoterminal- pro-B-type natriuretic peptide in subjects with cerebrovascular disease. J Hypertens. 2007;25:699-705.
  • Cardona M, Joshi R. The challenge of balancing methodological research rigour and practical needs in low-income settings: what are we doing and what we need to do better. Crit Public Health. 2007;17:81-9.
  • Cass A, Cunningham J, Anderson K, Snelling P, Colman S, Devitt J, Preece C, Eris J. Decision-making about suitability for kidney transplantation: results of a national survey of Australian nephrologists. Nephrology. 2007;12:299-304.
  • Chalmers J, Kengne AP, Joshi R, Perkovic V, Patel A. New insights from ADVANCE. J Hypertens Suppl. 2007 Jun;25:S23-30.
  • Chow C, Cardona M, Raju P, Iyengar S, Sukumar A, Raju R, Colman S, Madhav P, Raju R, Srinath Reddy K, Celermajer D, Neal B. Cardiovascular disease and risk factors among 345 adults in rural India - the Andhra Pradesh Rural Health Initiative. Int J Cardiol. 2007;116:180-5.
  • Clayforth C, Fritschi L, McEvoy S, Byrne M, Ingram D, Sterrett G, Harvey J, Joseph D, Jamrozik K. Five-year survival from breast cancer in Western Australia over a decade. Breast. 2007;16:375-81.
  • Colagiuri S, Lee C, Huxley R, Woodward M. Metabolic syndrome and early death. Hypertension. 2007;50:e5.
  • Collaborators TaUS; [Including Cardona M, Cass A, Chalmers J, Fransen M, Huxley R, Patel A, Woodward M]. 45 and up study. Int J Epidemiol. 2007;[Epub ahead of print].
  • Copt S, Heritier S. Robust alternatives to the F-test in mixed linear models based on MM-estimates. Biometrics. 2007;63:1045-52.
  • Cumming RG, Ivers R, Clemson L, Mitchell P, Cullen J, Hayes M, Tanzer M. Improving vision to prevent falls among frail older people: a randomized trial. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007;55:175-81.
  • Dandona L, Dandona R. Drop of HIV estimate for India to less than half. Lancet. 2007;370:1811-3.
  • Duric V, Butow P, Sharpe L, Boyle F, Beith J, Wilcken N, Heritier S, Coates A, Simes J, Stockler M. Psychosocial factors and patients’ preferences for adjuvant chemotherapy in early breast cancer. Psychooncology. 2007;16:48-59.
  • Dzudie A, Menanga A, Hamadou B, Kengne AP, Atchou G, Kingue S. Ultrasonographic study of left ventricular function at rest in a group of highly trained black African handball players. Eur J Echocardiogr. 2007;8:122-7.
  • Fitzharris M, Fildes B, Charlton J, Kossmann T. General health status and functional disability following injury in traffic crashes. Traffic Inj Prev. 2007;8:309-20.
  • Fransen M, McLachlan A. Community physiotherapy results in effective selfmanagement of knee pain. Aust J Physiother. 2007;53:62-3.
  • Fransen M, Nairn L, Winstanley J, Lam P, Edmonds J. Physical activity for osteoarthritis management: a randomised controlled clinical trial evaluating hydrotherapy or Tai Chi classes. Arthritis Rheum. 2007;57:407-14.
  • Glozier N, Hough C, Henderson M, Holland Elliott K. Attitudes to co-workers returning after psychiatric and physical illnesses. Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2007;52:525-34.
  • Glozier N, Prince M. Psychological determinants of primary care requests for urgent outpatient appointments in elective referrals. J Eval Clin Prac. 2007;13:236-41.
  • Haines A, Sanders D, Lehmann U, Rowe A, Lawn J, Jan S, Walker D, Bhutta Z. Achieving child survival goals: potential contribution of community health workers. Lancet. 2007;365:2121-31.
  • Herbert R, Fransen M. Management of chronic knee pain. BMJ. 2007;335:786.
  • Huxley R, Owen C, Whincup P, Cook D, Rich-Edwards J, Smith G, Collins R. Is birthweight a risk factor for ischemic heart disease in later life? Am J Clin Nutr. 2007;85:1244-50.
  • Ingram S. Defining the distinctive communication tools and styles to enable increased effectiveness in health education and promotion amongst Aboriginal people who use English as their everyday language: a literature review and web appraisal of evidence based practice. Aborig Isl Health Work J. 2007;31:32-5.
  • Islam S, Carter K, Mhurchu C, Anderson C. Selenium and zinc in hair and toenails in relation to the physical and mental health status of older adults: The Freemasons Health Study in New Zealand. Australas J Ageing. 2007;26:180-6.
  • Ivers R. Cochrane Corner: systematic reviews of bicycle helmet research. Inj Prev. 2007;13:190.
  • Jones D, Cooper J, Finfer S, Bellomo R, Myburgh J, Higgins A, Peake S, Jenkins I, McNeil J. Advancing intensive care research in Australia and New Zealand: development of the bi-national ANZIC Research Centre. Crit Care Resusc. 2007;9:198-204.
  • Kengne AP, Awah P, Fezeu L, Mbanya J. The burden of high blood pressure and related risk factors in urban Sub-Saharan Africa: evidences from Douala in Cameroon. Afr Health Sci. 2007;7:38-44.
  • Kengne AP, Dehayem M, Choukem S, Awah P, Mbanya J. Application of the modified Framingham cardiovascular risk score to newly diagnosed type 2 black African diabetic patients: cardiovascular topic. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2007;18:234-7.
  • Kengne AP, Kaze F, Dzudie A, Awah P, Ngu K. HIV/AIDS occurrence in the main university teaching hospital in Cameroon: audit of the 2001 activities of the service of internal medicine. J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care. 2007;6:61-5.
  • Ker K, Ivers R. Cochrane Corner: prevention of injuries at home. Inj Prev. 2007;13:141.
  • Lakshmi V, Sudha T, Bhanurekha M, Dandona L. Evaluation of the Murex HIV Ag/ Ab combination assay when used with dried blood spots. Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis. 2007;13:1134-6.
  • Lee W, Bindman J, Ford T, Glozier N, Moran P, Stewart R, Hotopf M. Bias in psychiatric case-control studies: literature survey. Br J Psychiatry. 2007;190:204-9.
  • Li M, Dibley M, Sibbritt D, Zhou X, Yan H. Physical activity and sedentary behaviour in adolescents in Xi’an City, China. J Adolesc Health. 2007;41:99-101.
  • Li N, Li K, Qi Z, Demonty I, Gordon M, Francis L, Molhuizen H, Neal B. Plant sterol-enriched milk tea decreases blood cholesterol concentrations in Chinese adults: a randomised controlled trial. Br J Nutr. 2007;98:978-83.
  • Marseille E, Dandona L, Marshall N, Gaist P, Bautista-Arredondo S, Rollins B, Bertozzi S, Coovadia J, Saba J, Lioznov D, Du Plessis J, Krupitsky E, Stanley N, Over M, Peryshkina A, Kumar SGP, Muyingo S, Pitter C, Lundberg M, Kahn J. HIV prevention costs and program scale: data from the PANCEA project in five low and middle-income countries. BMC Health Serv Res. 2007;7:1-9.
  • Martiniuk A, Speechley K, Secco M, Campbell M. Development and psychometric properties of the Thinking about Epilepsy questionnaire assessing children’s knowledge and attitudes about epilepsy. Epilepsy Behav. 2007;10:595-603.
  • Martiniuk A, Speechley K, Secco M, Campbell M, Donner A. Evaluation of an epilepsy education program for Grade 5 students: a cluster randomised trial. Epilepsy Behav. 2007;10:604-10.
  • McEvoy S. Look what I can do while I’m driving: implications for road safety in Australia. Med J Aust. 2007;187:428-9.
  • McEvoy S, Stevenson M, Woodward M. The contribution of passengers versus mobile phone use to motor vehicle crashes resulting in hospital attendance by the driver. Accid Anal Prev. 2007;39:1170-6.
  • McEvoy S, Stevenson M, Woodward M. The prevalence of, and factors associated with, serious crashes involving a distracting activity. Accid Anal Prev. 2007;39:475-82.
  • MERIT Study Investigators; Cretikos M, Chen J, Hillman K, Bellomo R, Finfer S, Flabouris A. The effectiveness of medical emergency team system implementation and factors associated with the level of use during the MERIT study. Crit Care Resusc. 2007;9:205-12.
  • MERIT Study Investigators; Cretikos M, Chen J, Hillman K, Bellomo R, Finfer S, Flabouris A. The objective medical emergency team activation criteria: a case-control study. Resuscitation. 2007;73:62-72.
  • Monaghan H, Richens A, Colman S, Currie R, Girgis S, Jayne K, Neal B, Patel A. A randomised trial of the effects of an intensive communication strategy on recruitment into a large-scale, multi-centre trial. Contemp Clin Trials. 2007;28:1-5.
  • Mooney G, Coast J, Jan S, McIntyre D, Ryan M, Wiseman V. Searching for a threshold - not so NICE. J Health Serv Res Policy. 2007;12:190-1.
  • Myburgh J, Finfer S, Bellomo R. The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group. ICU Management. 2007;7:43-4.
  • Ninomiya T, Perkovic V, Gallagher M, Jardine M, Cass A, Neal B, MacMahon S, Chalmers J. The efficacy of lower blood pressure goals on the prevention of stroke in chronic kidney disease: data from the PROGRESS study. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007;18:11.
  • ONTARGET/TRANSCEND Investigators; Held C, Gerstein H, Yusuf S, Zhao F, Hilbrich L, Anderson C, Sleight P, Teo K. Glucose levels predict hospitalization for congestive heart failure in patients at high cardiovascular risk. Circulation. 2007;115:1371-5.
  • Overland S, Glozier N, Krokstad S, Mykletun A. Undertreatment before the award of a disability pension for mental illness: the HUNT study. Psychiatr Serv. 2007;58:1479-82.
  • Patel A, ADVANCE Collaborative Group; MacMahon S, Chalmers J, Neal B, Woodward M, Billot L, Harrap S, Poulter N, Marre M, Cooper M, Glasziou P, Grobbee D, Hamet P, Heller S, Liu L, Mancia G, Mogensen C, Pan C, Rodgers A, Williams B. Effects of a fixed combination of perindopril and indapamide on macrovascular and microvascular outcomes in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (the ADVANCE trial): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2007;370:829-40.
  • Perel P, Ker K, Ivers R, Blackhall K. Cochrane Corner: road safety in low and middle-income countries: a neglected research area. Inj Prev. 2007;13:227.
  • Perkovic V, Huxley R, Wu Y, Prabhakaran P, MacMahon S. The burden of blood pressure-related disease: a neglected priority for global health. Hypertension. 2007;50:991-7.
  • Preston-Thomas P, Cass A, O’Rourke P. Kidney disease in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Aborig Isl Health Work J. 2007;31:3-5.
  • Preston-Thomas P, Cass A, O’Rourke P. Trends in the incidence of treated end-stage kidney disease among Indigenous Australians and access to treatment. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2007;31:419-21.
  • PROGRESS Collaborative Group; Perkovic V, Ninomiya T, Arima H, Gallagher M, Jardine M, Cass A, Neal B, MacMahon S, Chalmers J. Chronic kidney disease, cardiovascular events and the effects of perindopril-based blood pressure lowering: data from the PROGRESS Study. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2007;18:2766-72.
  • Prospective Studies Collaboration [MacMahon S], Lewington S, Whitlock G, Clarke R, Sherliker P, Emberson J, Halsey J, Qizilbash N, Peto R, Collins R. Blood cholesterol and vascular mortality by age, sex and blood pressure: a meta-analysis of individual data from 61 prospective studies with 55,000 vascular deaths. Lancet. 2007;370:1829-39.
  • SAFE Study Investigators; Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group; Australian Red Cross Blood Service; George Institute for International Health, Myburgh J, Cooper J, Finfer S, Bellomo R, Norton R, Bishop N, Kai Lo S, Vallance S. Saline or albumin for fluid resuscitation in patients with traumatic brain injury. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:874-84.
  • Shuaib A, Lees KR, Lyden P, Grotta J, Davalos A, Davis SM, Diener HC, Ashwood T, Wasiewski WW, Emeribe U; SAINT II Trials Investigators [Anderson C]. NXY-059 for the treatment of acute ischemic stroke. N Engl J Med. 2007;357:562-71.
  • Sritara P, Patoomanunt P, Woodward M, Narksawat K, Tulyadachanon S, Ratanachaiwong W, Sritara C, Barzi F, Yamwong S, Tanomsup S. Associations between serum lipids and causes of mortality in a cohort of 3,499 urban Thais: The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand (EGAT) study. Angiology. 2007-2008;58:757-63.
  • Sritara P, Sritara C, Woodward M, Wangsuphachart S, Barzi F, Hengprasith B, Yipintsoi T. Prevalence and risk factors of peripheral arterial disease in a selected Thai population. Angiology. 2007;58:572-8.
  • Stockler M, O’Connell R, Nowak A, Goldstein D, Turner J, Wilcken N, Wyld D, Abdi E, Glasgow A, Beale P, Jefford M, Dhillon H, Heritier S, Carter C, Hickie I, Simes R. Zoloft’s Effects on Symptoms and survival Time (Zest) Trial Group. Effect of Sertraline on symptoms and survival in people with advance cancer but without major depression: a placebocontrolled double-blind randomised trial. Lancet Oncol. 2007;8:603-12.
  • Stolk R, Vingerling J, Kennedy Cruickshank J, Hughes A, Stanton A, Juming L, Patel A, Thom SA, Grobbee D; AdRem project team and ADVANCE Management Committee. Rationale and design of the AdRem study: evaluating the effects of blood pressure lowering and intensive glucose control on vascular retinal disorders in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Contemp Clin Trials. 2007;28:6-17.
  • Su S. Fitting single and mixture of generalized lambda distributions to data via discretized and maximum likelihood methods: GLDEX in R. J Stat Softw. 2007;21:1-17.
  • Su S. Optimal smoothing of profit via overhead allocation. Abacus. 2007;43:136-55.
  • Tanomsup S, Aekplakorn W, Sritara P, Woodward M, Yamwong S, Tunlayadechanont S, Tatsaneeyapan A, Lim S, Rajatanavin R. A comparison of components of two definitions of the metabolic syndrome related to cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality in a cohort study in Thailand. Diabetes Care. 2007;25:2138-40.
  • The Australasian Resuscitation in Sepsis Evaluation (ARISE) Investigators; Peake SL, Bellomo R, Cameron PA, Cameron PA, Cross A, Delaney A, Finfer S, Higgins A, Jones DA, Myburgh J, Syres GA, Webb S, Williams P. Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society (ANZICS); Adult Patient Database (APD) Management Committee. The outcome of sepsis and septic shock presenting to the emergency department in Australia and New Zealand. Crit Care Resusc. 2007;9:8-18.
  • The China Salt Substitute Study Collaborative Group; Li N, Neal B, Wu Y, Zhao L, Yu X, Barzi F, Huxley R, Rodgers A. Salt substitution: a low-cost strategy for blood pressure control among rural Chinese. A randomized, controlled trial. J Hypertens. 2007;25:2011-8.
  • The Obesity in Asia Collaboration; Huxley R, Barzi F, Lee C, Lear S, Shaw J, Lam T, Caterson I, Azizi F, Patel J, Suriyawongpaisal P, Oh S, Kang J, Gill T, Zimmet P, James W, Woodward M. Waist circumference thresholds provide an accurate, simple and widely applicable method for the discrimination of diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2007:30:3116-8.
  • Tobias M, Cheung J, Carter K, Anderson C, Feigin V. Stroke surveillance: population-based estimates and projections for New Zealand. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2007;31:520-5.
  • Traub M, Stevenson M, McEvoy S, Briggs G, Lo S, Leibman S, Joseph T. The use of chest computed tomography versus chest x-ray in patients with major blunt trauma. Injury. 2007;38:43-7.
  • Turnbull F, Patel A. Acupuncture for blood pressure lowering - needling the truth. Circulation. 2007;115:3048-9.
  • Webster R, Lacey J, Quine S. Palliative care: a public health priority in developing countries. J Public Health Policy. 2007;28:28-9.
  • White J, Patel V, Herrman H. Australian and New Zealand contribution to international mental health research publications: a survey of high-impact journals. World Psychiatry. 2007;6:49-53.
  • Woodward M, Rumley A, Welsh P, MacMahon S, Lowe G. A comparison of the associations between seven haemostatic or inflammatory variables and coronary heart disease. J Thromb Haemost. 2007;5:1795-800.
  • Xie G, Guo D, Li Y, Liang S, Wu Y. The impact of severity of hypertension on association of PGC-1alpha gene with blood pressure and risk of hypertension. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2007;7:33.