2008

  • AdRem Project Team and ADVANCE Management Committee; Stolk RP, van Schooneveld MJ, Cruickshank JK, Hughes AD, Stanton A, Lu J, Patel A, Thom SA, Grobbee DE, Vingerling JR. Retinal vascular lesions in patients of Caucasian and Asian origin with type 2 diabetes: baseline results from the ADVANCE Retinal Measurements (AdRem) study. Diabetes Care. 2008;31:708-13.
  • Anandacoomarasamy A, Caterson I, Sambrook P, Fransen M, March L. The impact of obesity on the musculoskeletal system. Int J Obes. 2008;32:211-22.
  • Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration; Nakamura K, Barzi F, Lam TH, Huxley R, Feigin VL, Ueshima H, Woo J, Gu D, Ohkubo T, Lawes CM, Suh I, Woodward M. Cigarette smoking, systolic blood pressure, and cardiovascular diseases in the Asia-Pacific region. Stroke. 2008;39:1694-702.
  • Auckland Regional Community Stroke (ARCOS) Study Group; Glozier N, Hackett ML, Parag V, Anderson CS. The influence of psychiatric morbidity on return to paid work after stroke in younger adults: the Auckland Regional Community Stroke (ARCOS) Study, 2002 to 2003. Stroke. 2008;39:1526-32.
  • Auckland Regional Community Stroke (ARCOS) Study Group; Kerse N, Parag V, Feigin V, McNaughton H, Hackett M, Anderson C. Falls after stroke: results from the Auckland Regional Community Stroke (ARCOS) study, 2002-2003. Stroke. 2008;39:1890-3.
  • Australasian Traumatic Brain Injury Study (ATBIS) Investigators for the Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Society Clinical Trials Group; Myburgh J, Cooper J, Finfer S, Venkatesh B, Jones D, Higgins A, Bishop N, Higlett T. Epidemiology and 12-month outcomes from traumatic brain injury in australia and new zealand. J Trauma. 2008;64:854-62.
  • Awah PK, Kengne AP, Fezeu LL, Mbanya JC. Perceived risk factors of cardiovascular diseases and diabetes in Cameroon. Health Educ Res. 2008;23:612-20.
  • Ayer JG, Almafragy HS, Patel AA, Hellyer RL, Celermajer DS. Body mass index is an independent determinant of left atrial size. Heart Lung Circ. 2008;17:19-24.
  • Chalmers J, Joshi R, Patel A. Advances in reducing the burden of vascular disease in type 2 diabetes. Clin Exp Physiol Pharmacol. 2008;35:434-7.
  • Chow CK, Naidu S, Raju K, Raju R, Joshi R, Sullivan D, Celermajer DS, Neal BC. Significant lipid, adiposity and metabolic abnormalities amongst 4535 Indians from a developing region of rural Andhra Pradesh. Atherosclerosis. 2008;196:943-52.
  • Chow CK, McQuillan B, Raju PK, Iyengar S, Raju R, Harmer JA, Neal BC, Celermajer DS. Greater adverse effects of cholesterol and diabetes on carotid intima-media thickness in South Asian Indians: comparison of risk factor-IMT associations in two population-based surveys. Atherosclerosis. 2008;199:116-22.
  • CPACS Investigators; Gao R, Patel A, Gao W, Hu D, Huang D, Kong L, Qi W, Wu Y, Yang Y, Harris P, Algert C, Groenestein P, Turnbull F. Heart. 2008;94:554-60.
  • Crawley JT, Lane DA, Woodward M, Rumley A, Lowe GD. Evidence that high von Willebrand factor and low ADAMTS-13 levels independently increase the risk of a non-fatal heart attack. J Thromb Haemost. 2008;6:583-8.
  • De Galan BE. Can inhaled insulin be used for the treatment of diabetes mellitus? Expert Rev Pharmacoeconomics Outcomes Res. 2008;8:33-42.
  • Dehayem YM, Kengne AP, Choukem SP, Simo NL, Awah KP, Mbanya JC. Spectrum of coma among people with diabetes in Cameroon: appraisal of the implications of challenges at the Yaounde Central Hospital. Ann Trop Med Parasitol. 2008;102:73-8.
  • Detect-2 Collaboration; Lee C, Huxley R, Woodward M, Zimmet P, Shaw J, Cho NH, Kim HR, Viali S, Tominaga M, Vistisen D, Dorch-Johnsen K, Colagiuru S. Comparisons of metabolic syndrome definitions in four populations of the Asia-Pacific region. Metab Syndr Relat Disord. 2008;6:37-46.
  • Eklund C, Kivim￤ki M, Islam MS, Juonala M, K￤h￶nen M, Marniemi J, Lehtim￤ki T, Viikari J, Raitakari OT, Hurme M. C-reactive protein genetics is associated with carotid artery compliance in men in The Cardiovascular Risk in Young Finns Study. Atherosclerosis. 2008;196:841-8.
  • FIA Study Investigators; Foroud T, Sauerbeck L, Brown R, Anderson C, Woo D, Kleindorfer D, Flaherty M, Deka R, Hornung R, Meissner I, Bailey-Wilson J, Rouleau G, Connolly ES, Lai D, Koller D, Huston J, Broderick J. Genome screen to detect linkage to intracranial aneurysm susceptibility genes: the Familial Intracranial Aneurysm (FIA) study. Stroke. 2008;39:1434-40.
  • Fitzharris MP, Charlton J, Bohensky M, Koppel S, Fildes B. Booster seat use by children aged 4-11 years: evidence of the need to revise current Australasian standards to accommodate overweight children. Med J Aust. 2008;188:328-31.
  • Henschke N, Maher CG, Refshauge K. A systematic review identifies five "red flags" to screen for vertebral fracture in patients with low back pain. J Clin Epidemiol. 2008 61:110-8.
  • Herbert RD. Researchers should make data freely available [Editorial]. Aust J Physiother. 2008;54:3.
  • Herbert RD, Hoang PD, Gandevia SC (2008) Are muscles mechanically independent? Journal of Applied Physiology 104: 1549-1550.
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  • Hiller CE, Refshauge K, Kilbreath S, Herbert RD. Intrinsic predictors of lateral ankle sprain in adolescent dancers: a prospective cohort study. Clin J Sport Med. 2008;18: 44-48.
  • InterASIA Collaborative Group; Perkovic V, Cass A, Patel AA, Suriyawongpaisal P, Barzi F, Chadban S, Macmahon S, Neal B. Kidney Int. 2008;73:473-9.
  • Islam MS, Anderson CS, Hankey GJ, Hardie K, Carter K, Broadhurst R, Jamrozik K. Trends in incidence and outcome of stroke in Perth, Western Australia during 1989 to 2001: the Perth Community Stroke Study. Stroke. 2008;39:776-82.
  • Ivers R. Parenting interventions for child injury, and interventions for the construction industry: systematic reviews. Inj Prev. 2008;14:66.
  • Jan S, Pronyk P, Kim J. Accounting for institutional change in health economic evaluation: a program to tackle HIV/AIDS and gender violence in Southern Africa. Soc Sci Med. 2008;66:922-32.
  • Kamper S, Herbert RD, Machado L, Maher CG, McAuley J. Trial methodology and patient characteristics do not influence the size of placebo effects on pain. Meta-regression of trial-level factors. J Clin Epidemiol. 2008;61:256-260.
  • Keay L, Stapleton F. Development and evaluation of evidence-based guidelines on contact lens-related microbial keratitis. Cont Lens Anterior Eye. 2008;31:3-12.
  • Kengne AP, Dzudie A, Sobngwi E. Heart failure and diabetes mellitus in sub-Saharan Africa: A literature review with emphasis on individuals with diabetes. Vasc Health and Risk Manag. 2008;4:1-8.
  • Kengne AP, Njamnshi AK, Mbanya JC. Cardiovascular risk reduction in diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa: What should the priorities be in the absence of global risk evaluation tools? Clin Med: Cardiology 2008;2:25-31.
  • Koppel S, Charlton J, Fildes B, Fitzharris M. How important is vehicle safety in the new vehicle purchase process? Accid Anal Prev. 2008;40:994-1004.
  • Koppel S, Charlton JL, Fitzharris M, Congiu M, Fildes B. Factors associated with the premature graduation of children into seatbelts. Accid Anal Prev. 2008;40:657-66.
  • Lee CM, Huxley RR, Wildman RP, Woodward M. Indices of abdominal obesity are better discriminators of cardiovascular risk factors than BMI: a meta-analysis. J Clin Epidemiol. 2008;61:646-53.
  • Li M, Dibley MJ, Sibbritt D, Yan H. Factors associated with adolescents' overweight and obesity at community, school and household levels in Xi'an City, China: results of hierarchical analysis. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2008;62:635-43.
  • Norton R, Dandona L, Wu Y. Health care aid must refocus on chronic disease. [Opinion]. SciDev.Net. 2008. Available from: http://www.scidev.net/content/opinions/eng/health-care-aid-must-refocus-on-chronic-disease.cfm
  • The Obesity in Asia Collaboration; Huxley R, Barzi F, Lee C, Janus E, Lam T, Caterson I, Azizi F, Lear S, Patel J, Shaw J, Adam J, Oh S, Kang J, Zimmet P, Woodward M. Is central obesity a better discriminator of the risk of hypertension than body mass index in ethically diverse population. J Hypertens. 2008;26:169-77.
  • The Obesity in Asia Collaboration; Huxley R, James W, Barzi F, Patel J, Lear S, Suriyawongpaisal P, Janus E, Caterson I, Zimmet P, Prabhakaran D, Reddy S, Woodward M. Ethnic comparisons of the cross-sectional relationships between measures of body size with diabetes and hypertension. Obesity Reviews. 2008;9:53-61.
  • Parag V, Hackett ML, Yapa CM, Kerse N, McNaughton H, Feigin VL, Anderson CS. The impact of stroke on unpaid caregivers: results from The Auckland Regional Community Stroke study, 2002-2003. Cerebrovasc Dis. 2008;25(6):548-54.
  • Patel A, MacMahon S, Neal B, Billot L, Chalmers J. The ADVANCE Trial - the author’s reply. Lancet. 2008;371:25-6.
  • PROGRESS Collaborative Group; Ninomiya T, Perkovic V, Gallagher M, Jardine M, Cass A, Arima H, Anderson C, Neal B, Woodward M, Omae T, MacMahon S, Chalmers J. Lower blood pressure and the risk of recurrent stroke in patients with chronic kidney disease: results of the PROGRESS trial. Kidney Int. 2008;73:963-70.
  • Stevenson M, Ivers R, Warda L. Commentaries on 'Bicycle helmet legislation for the uptake of helmet use and the prevention of head injuries'. Evidence Based Child Health. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2008;3:35-38.
  • Strippoli G, Navaneethan S, Johnson D, Perkovic V, Pellegrini F, Nicolucci A, Pansini F, Craig J. Effects of satins in people with chronic kidney disease: meta-analysis and meta-regression of randomized controlled trials. BMJ. 2008;336:645-51.
  • Tack CJ, Christov V, De Galan BE, Derwahl K-W, Klausmann G, Pelikanova T, Perusicova J; 005 Study Group. Randomized forced titration to different doses of Technosphere insulin demonstrates reduction in postprandial glucose excursions and hemoglobin A1c in patients with type 2 diabetes. J Diabetes Sci Technol. 2008;2: 47-57.
  • Tzourio C, Arima H, Harrap S, Anderson C, Godin O, Woodward M, Neal B, Bousser M, Chalmers J, Cambien F, MacMahon S. APOE genotype, ethnicity, and the risk of cerebral hemorrhage. Neurology. 2008;70:1322-8.
  • White S, Chadban JS, Jan S, Chapman J, Cass A. How can we achieve global equity in provision of renal replacement therapy? Bull World Health Organ. 2008;86:229-37. Available from: http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/3/07-041715.pdf
  • White S, Polkinghorne K, Cass A, Shaw J, Atkins R, Chadban S. Limited knowledge of kidney disease in a survey of AusDiab participants. Med J Aust. 2008;18;188:204-8.
  • White SL, McGeechan K, Jones M, Cass A, Chadban SJ, Polkinghorne KR, Perkovic V, Roderick PJ. Socioeconomic disadvantage and kidney disease in the United States, Australia, and Thailand. Am J Public Health. 2008;98:1306-13.