Search Results - "Busselton"

Long-term mortality risks associated with mild anaemia in older persons: The Busselton health study by Chalmers, K., Knuiman, M., Divitini, M., Bruce, D., Olynyk, John, Milward, E.

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A prospective cohort examination of haematological parameters in relation to cancer death and incidence: The Busselton Health Study by Adris, N., Chua, A., Knuiman, M., Divitini, M., Trinder, D., Olynyk, John

“…Methods: We studied 1564 men and 1769 women who were enrolled in the Busselton Health Study, Western Australia. Haematological parameters evaluated included haemoglobin (Hb), mean cell volume (MCV), mean cell haemoglobin (MCH) and mean cell haemoglobin concentration (MCHC) and red cell distribution width (RCDW). …”
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Back Pain Beliefs Are Related to the Impact of Low Back Pain in Baby Boomers in the Busselton Healthy Aging Study by Beales, Darren, Smith, Anne, O'Sullivan, Peter, Hunter, M., Straker, Leon

“…Methods: Nine hundred fifty-eight baby boomers (mean age=56.2 years) participating in the Busselton Healthy Aging Study provided their history of LBP, BPBs, LBP behaviors related to care seeking (taking medication, seeking professional help) and activity modification (missing work, interference with normal activities, interference with recreational activities), LBP-related disability, and additional covariates with known associations with BPBs. …”
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Pleiotropy of cardiometabolic syndrome with obesity-related anthropometric traits determined using empirically derived kinships from the Busselton Health Study by Cadby, G., Melton, P., McCarthy, N., Almeida, M., Williams-Blangero, S., Curran, J., VandeBerg, J., Hui, J., Beilby, J., Musk, A., James, A., Hung, J., Blangero, J., Moses, Eric

“…We used genome-wide single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) data on 4671 Busselton Health Study participants. Exploiting both known and unknown relatedness, empirical kinship probabilities were estimated using these SNP data. …”
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Rationale, design and methods for a community-based study of clustering and cumulative effects on chronic disease process and their effects on ageing: the Busselton healthy ageing study by James, A., Hunter, M., Straker, Leon, Beilby, J., Bucks, R., Davis, T., Eilkelboom, R., Hillman, D., Hui, J., Hung, J., Knuiman, M., Mackey, D., Newton, R., Palmer, L., Musk, A., BHAS, N.

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Age-related changes in thyroid function: a longitudinal study of a community-based cohort by Bremner, A., Feddema, P., Leedman, P., Brown, S., Beilby, J., Lim, E., Wilson, S., O'Leary, Peter, Walsh, J.

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Significant association between thyroid hormones and erythrocyte indices in euthyroid subjects by Bremner, A., Feddema, P., Joske, D., Leedman, P., O'Leary, Peter, Olynyk, John, Walsh, J.

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Autoimmune antibodies and asbestos exposure: Evidence from Wittenoom, Western Australia by Reid, Alison, Franklin, P., de Klerk, N., Creaney, J., Brims, Fraser, Musk, B., Pfau, J.

“…Results: ANA scores were higher in the Wittenoom participants compared with Busselton and the odds of being ANA positive was fivefold greater among Wittenoom participants than Busselton (OR 5.5, 95%CI 2.3-13.0). …”
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Fly-In/Fly-Out, Flexibility and the Future: Does Becoming a Regional FIFO Source Community Present Opportunity or Burden? by McKenzie, F., McKenzie, Fiona Haslam, Hoath, Aileen

“…This paper compares the situation between two regional towns in which long-distance commuters reside. The first, Busselton in Western Australia, is among several chosen by Rio Tinto to be labour source communities. …”
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Paleodrainage and fault development in the southern Perth Basin, Western Australia during and after the breakup of Gondwana from 3D modelling of the Bunbury Basalt by Olierook, H., Timms, Nicholas Eric, Merle, Renaud, Jourdan, F., Wilkes, P.

“…Offsets of the Bunbury Basalt have been used to identify new northeast- and northwest-trending faults in the southern Perth Basin, and broad folding is interpreted as a consequence of drag into the Darling and Busselton faults. The model has been used to determine post-basalt net displacements for the Darling and Busselton faults of 370 and 210 m, respectively, and <175 m for the northeast and northwest-trending faults. …”
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Factors controlling tight gas sandstone reservoir quality in the Whicher Range gas field, Southern Perth Basin, Western Australia by Orsini, C., Rezaee, M. Reza, Wilson, M.

“…The Whicher Range gas field is located south of Busselton in the southern Perth Basin. The focus of this study is the Permian Willespie Formation that has been interpreted as a fluvial system with no marine influence. …”
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Eucalyptus virginea and E. relicta (Myrtaceae), two new rare forest trees from south-western Australia allied to E. lanepoolei, and a new phantom hybrid. by Hopper, S., Wardell-Johnson, Grant

“…Eucalyptus virginea and E. relicta are described from Mt Lindesay National Park and from the Whicher Range south-east of Busselton respectively. Both species, together with E. lane-poolei, are in the earliest branching clade of E. ser. …”
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Gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms are related to the presence and severity of obstructive sleep apnoea by Shepherd, K., James, A., Musk, A., Hunter, M., Hillman, D., Eastwood, Peter

“…Gastro-oesophageal reflux and sleep questionnaires were completed by 1116 patients with polysomnography diagnosed OSA and by 1999 participants of the 2007 Busselton population health survey. Of the OSA patients, 137 completed the reflux questionnaire before and after treatment. …”
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Estimating eligibility for lung cancer screening in an Australian cohort, including the effect of spirometry by Manners, D., Hui, J., Hunter, M., James, A., Knuiman, M., McWilliams, A., Mulrennan, S., Musk, A., Brims, Fraser

“…Design: Cross-sectional study of 3586 individuals aged 50–68 years who live in the Busselton Shire of Western Australia. Outcomes: Proportion of ever-smokers eligible for lung cancer screening based on United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) criteria, and PLCOm2012 lung cancer risk &gt; 1.5%. …”
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Serum mesothelin for early detection of asbestos-induced cancer malignant mesothelioma by Creaney, J., Olsen, N., Brims, Fraser, Dick, I., Musk, A., De Klerk, N., Skates, S., Robinson, B.

“…Methods: Archival serum samples from 106 individuals who developed mesothelioma, 99 asbestosexposed individuals from the Wittenoom Cancer Surveillance Program, and 109 non-asbestos-exposed individuals from the Busselton Health Survey were identified. Serum mesothelin concentrations were determined using the MESOMARK assay. …”
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The log TSH–free T4 relationship in a community-based cohort is nonlinear and is influenced by age, smoking and thyroid peroxidase antibody status by Brown, S., Bremner, A., Hadlow, N., Feddema, P., Leedman, P., O'Leary, Peter, Walsh, J.

“…Design, participants and methods: In a cross-sectional, retrospective study, we analysed serum TSH and free T4 concentrations from 4427 participants (55% female) in the 1994 Busselton Health Study who were not taking thyroxine. …”
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Physical inactivity is associated with moderate-severe obstructive sleep apnea by Simpson, L., McArdle, N., Eastwood, Peter, Ward, K., Cooper, M., Wilson, A., Hillman, D., Palmer, L., Mukherjee, S.

“…Controls comprised participants from the Busselton community (n = 1,931). Exercise and occupational activity were derived from questionnaire data. …”
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Initial evaluation of thyroid dysfunction - Are simultaneous TSH and fT4 tests necessary? by Schneider, C., Feller, M., Bauer, D., Collet, T., daCosta, B., Auer, R., Peeters, R., Brown, S., Bremner, A., O'Leary, Peter, Feddema, P., Leedman, P., Aujesky, D., Walsh, J., Rodondi, N.

“…Design Cross-sectional analysis of the population-based Busselton Health Study. Methods We compared the two-step with the one-step approach, focusing on cases that would be missed by the two-step approach, i.e. those with normal TSH, but out-of-range fT4. …”
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Factors that affect serum levels of ferritin in Australian adults and implications for follow-up by McKinnon, E., Rossi, E., Beilby, J., Trinder, D., Olynyk, John

“…Methods: We compared serum levels of ferritin in 1188 Australian adults who participated in the 2005 Busselton Population Survey with levels from the 1995 survey. …”
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Higher ferritin levels, but not serum iron or transferrin saturation, are associated with Type 2 diabetes mellitus in adult men and women free of genetic haemochromatosis by Yeap, B., Divitini, M., Gunton, J., Olynyk, John, Beilby, J., McQuillan, B., Hung, J., Knuiman, M.

“…Design, participants and measurements - Cross-sectional analysis of community-dwelling men and women aged 17–97 years from the Busselton Health Survey, Western Australia. Men and women carrying genotypes associated with haemochromatosis (C282Y/C282Y or C282Y/H63D) were excluded. …”
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