2003

  • ADVANCE Collaborative Group; Grobbee D. The ADVANCE study in type 2 diabetes: design, recruitment and patients characteristics. Diabetes Metab. 2003;29:S47-S8.
  • Aekplakorn W, Stolk R, Neal B, Suriyawongpaisal P, Chongsuvivatwong V, Cheepudomvit S, Woodward M, InterASIA Collaborative Group. The prevalence and management of diabetes mellitus in Thai adults - the International Collaborative Study of Cardiovascular Disease in Asia (InterASIA). Diabetes Care. 2003;26:2758-63.
  • ANZICS Clinical Trials Group and Institute for International Health SAFE Study; Bellomo R, Doig G, Finfer S, French J, Myburgh J, MacMahon S, Neal B, Norton R. The Saline vs. Albumin Fluid Evaluation (SAFE) Study: Design and conduct of a multi-centre, blinded randomised controlled trial of intravenous fluid resuscitation in critically ill patients. BMJ. 2003;326:599-60.
  • Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration; Lawes C, Rodgers A, Bennett D, Parag V, Suh I, Ueshima H, MacMahon S. Blood pressure and cardiovascular disease in the Asia-Pacific region. J Hypertens. 2003;21:707-16.
  • Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration; Lawes C, Rodgers A, Bennett D, Parag V, Suh I, Ueshima H, MacMahon S. Blood pressure indices and cardiovascular disease in the Asia-Pacific region: a pooled analysis. Hypertension. 2003;42:69-75.
  • Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration; Woodward M, Zhang X, Barzi F, Pan W, Ueshima H, Rodgers A, MacMahon S. The effects of diabetes mellitus on the risks of major cardiovascular diseases and death in the Asia-Pacific region. Diabetes Care. 2003;26:360-6.
  • Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration; Zhang X, Patel A, Horibe H, Wu Z, Barzi F, Rodgers A, MacMahon S, Woodward M. Cholesterol, coronary heart disease and stroke in the Asia Pacific region. Int J Epidemiol. 2003;32:563-72.
  • Au-Yeung S, Ng J, Lo S. Does balance or motor impairment of limbs discriminate the ambulatory status of stroke survivors? Am J Phys Med Rehabil. 2003;82:279-83.
  • Blood Pressure Lowering Treatment Trialists’ Collaboration, (Writing Committee); Turnbull F, Neal B, Algert C, Chalmers J, MacMahon S, Woodward M. Effects of different blood pressure lowering regimens on major cardiovascular events: second cycle of prospectively designed overviews. Lancet. 2003;362:1527-35.
  • Blows S, Ivers R, Connor J, Ameratunga S, Norton R. Car insurance and the risk of car crash injury. Accid Anal Prev. 2003;35:987-90.
  • Blows S, Ivers R, Connor J, Ameratunga S, Norton R. Does periodic vehicle inspection reduce car crash injury? Evidence from the Auckland Car Crash Injury Study. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2003;27:323-7.
  • Blows S, Ivers R, Woodward M, Connor J, Ameratunga S, Norton R. Vehicle age and the risk of car crash injury. Inj Prev. 2003;9:353-56.
  • Cass A, Cunningham J, Snelling P, Ayanian J. Late referral to a nephrologist reduces access to renal transplantation. Am J Kidney Dis. 2003;42:1043-9.
  • Cass A, Cunningham J, Snelling P, Wang Z, Hoy W. Renal transplantation for Indigenous Australians: identifying the barriers to equitable access. Ethn Health. 2003;8:111-9.
  • Cass A, Cunningham J, Snelling P, Wang Z, Hoy W. Urban disadvantage and delayed nephrology referral in Australia. Health Place. 2003;9:175-82.
  • Cass A, Johnson K, Bertram J. A stereological study of glomerular number and volume: preliminary findings in a multiracial study of kidneys at autopsy. Kidney Int. 2003;63 (Suppl 83):S31-7.
  • Chalmers J. All hats off to ALLHAT: a massive study with clear messages. J Hypertens. 2003;21:225-8.
  • Chalmers J. Etude ADVANCE: objectifs, protocole et etat actuel [ADVANCE study: objectives, design and current status]. Drugs. 2003;63:39-44.
  • Chalmers J. The management of blood pressure in acute stroke - A step in the right direction. Lancet. Neurol 2003;2:593.
  • Chalmers J. Trials on blood pressure-lowering and secondary stroke prevention. Am J Cardiol. 2003;91:3G-8G.
  • Chalmers J, Arnolda L. Lowering blood pressure in 2003. Med J Aust. 2003;179:306-12.
  • Chalmers J, Beilin L, Mancia G, Whitworth J, Zanchetti A. International Society of Hypertension (ISH): statement on blood pressure and stroke. J Hypertens. 2003;21:649-50.
  • Chapman N, Chalmers J. The prevention of secondary stroke, cardiac outcomes and cognitive decline in patients with cerebrovascular disease: the PROGRESS trial. Semin Cerebrovasc Dis Stroke. 2003;3:171-80.
  • Cheing G, Tsui A, Lo S, Hui-Chan C. Optimal stimulation duration of tens in the management of osteoarthritic knee pain. J Rehabil Med. 2003;35:62-8.
  • Chiu A, Au-Yeung S, Lo S. A comparison of four functional tests in discriminating fallers from non-fallers in older people. Disabil Rehabil. 2003;25:45-50.
  • Choy B, Chan T, Lo S, Lo W, Lai K. Renal transplantation in patients with primary immunoglobulin A nephropathy. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2003;18:2399-404.
  • Finfer S, Bellomo R, Myburgh J, Norton R. Efficacy of albumin in critically ill patients. BMJ. 2003;326:559-60.
  • Fransen M, Crosbie J, Edmonds J. Isometric muscle force measurement for clinicians treating patients with osteoarthritis of the knee. Arthritis Rheum. 2003;49:29-35.
  • Fransen M, McConnell S, Bell M. Exercise for osteoarthritis of the hip or knee. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2003;3:CD004286.
  • Furness S, Connor J, Robinson E, Norton R, Ameratunga S, Jackson R. Car colour and risk of car crash injury: population based case control study. BMJ. 2003;327:1455-6.
  • Girgis S, Neal B, Prescott J, Prendergast J, Dumbrell S, Turner C, Woodward M. A one-quarter reduction in the salt content of bread can be made without detection. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2003;57:616-20.
  • GISSI-Prevenzione Investigators; Barzi F, Woodward M, Marfisi R, Tavazzi L, Tognoni G, Valagussa F, et al, . Mediterranean diet and all-causes mortality after myocardial infarction: results from the GISSI-Prevenzione trial. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2003;57:604-11.
  • Greaves K, Mou D, Patel A, Celermajer D. Clinical criteria and the appropriate use of transthoracic echocardiography for the exclusion of infective endocarditis. Heart. 2003;89:273-5.
  • Grobbee D. How to ADVANCE prevention of cardiovascular complications in type 2 diabetes. Metabolism. 2003;52(Suppl 1):24-8.
  • Huxley R, Hawkins M, Humphries S, Karpe F, Neil H, Simon Broome Familial Hyperlipidaemia Register Group and Scientific Steering Committee. Risk of fatal stroke in patients with treated familial hypercholesterolaemia: a prospective registry study. Stroke. 2003;34:22-5.
  • Huxley R, Neil H. The relationship between dietary flavonol intake and coronary heart disease mortality: a metaanalysis of prospective cohort studies. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2003;57:904-8.
  • Huxley R, Neil H. The relationship between maternal nutrition in pregnancy, birth weight and coronary heart disease in later life. Br J Nutr. 2003;91:459-68.
  • Imhof A, Frohlich M, Loewel H, Helbecque N, Woodward M, Amouyel P, et al. Distributions of C-reactive protein measured by high-sensitivity assays in apparently healthy men and women from different populations in Europe. Clin Chem. 2003;49 669-72.
  • InterASIA Collaborative Group; Gu D, Reynolds K, Duan X, Xin X, Chen J, Wu X, et al, . Prevalence of diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in the Chinese adult population: International Collaborative Study of Cardiovascular Disease in Asia (InterASIA). Diabetologia. 2003;46:1190-8.
  • International Society of Hypertension Writing Group; Bath P, Chalmers J, Powers W, Beilin L, Davis S, Lenfant C, Mancia G, Neal B, et al. International Society of Hypertension (ISH): Statement on the Management of Blood Pressure in Acute Stroke. J Hypertens. 2003;21:665-72.
  • International Society of Hypertension Writing Group; Chalmers J, Todd A, Chapman N, Beilin L, Davis S, Donnan G, Frommer M, Huxley R, Lenfant C, MacMahon S, et al. International Society of Hypertension (ISH): Statement on Blood Pressure Lowering and Stroke Prevention. J Hypertens. 2003;21:651-63.
  • Ivers R, Cumming R, Mitchell P, Simpson J, Peduto A. Visual risk factors for hip fracture in older people. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2003;51:356-63.
  • Ivers R, Kardamanidis K, Lo S, Blows S, Zhang J, Stevenson M. Motorcycle rider training for preventing road traffic crashes [Protocol]. The cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2003;Issue 2.
  • Ivers R, Wells S, Blows S, Liu B, Stevenson M, Sing K, Norton R. Increasing motorcycle and rider conspicuity for preventing death and injury in mototcyclists [Protocol]. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2003;Issue 3.
  • Kay J, Chow W, Chan T, Lo S, Kwok O, Yip A, et al. A randomised controlled study on acetylcysteine in preventing acute deterioration of renal function following elective coronary angiography and intervention. J Am Med Assoc. 2003;289:553-8.
  • Lakati A, Binns C, Stevenson M. The effects of work status on exclusive breastfeeding in Nairobi. Asia Pac J Public Health. 2003;14:85-90.
  • Lam L, Norton R, Woodward M, Connor J, Ameratunga S. Passenger carriage and car crash injury: a comparison between younger and older drivers. Accid Anal Prev. 2003;35:861-7.
  • Li S, Cass A, Cunningham J. Cause of death in patients with end stage renal disease: assessing concordance of death certificates with registry reports. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2003;27:419-24.
  • Lin J, Hsieh C, Lo S, Hsiao S, Huang M. Prediction of functional outcomes in stroke in patients receiving rehabilitation. J Formos Med Assoc. 2003;102:695-700.
  • Liu B, Ivers R, Norton R, Blows S, Lo S. Helmets for preventing injury in motorcycle riders. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews. 2003;Issue 4.
  • Lo S, Naidu J, Cao Y. Additive effect of interferential therapy over pelvic floor exercise along in the treatment of female urinary stress and urge incontinence: a randomized controlled trial. Hong Kong Physiother J. 2003;21:37-42.
  • Lowe G, Woodward M, Rumley A, Morrison C, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Stephen K. Total tooth loss and prevalent cardiovascular disease in men and women: possible roles of citrus fruit consumption, vitamin C and inflammatory and thrombotic variables. J Clin Epidemiol. 2003;56:694-700.
  • MacMahon S, Chalmers J. Blood pressure lowering and ACE inhibition for the avoidance of cardiac and cerebral events. Eur Heart J. 2003;24:391-3.
  • Masterson R, Leikis M, Perkovic V, Nicholls K, Walker R. Sirolimus: a single center experience in combination with calcineurin inhibitors. Transplant Proc. 2003;35(Suppl 3):S99-104.
  • McEvoy S, Stevenson M. Response to: Mobile telephone use among Melbourne drivers: a preventable exposure to injury risk. Med J Aust. 2003;179:140-2.
  • Neal B. Effects of heterotopic bone formation on outcome after hip arthroplasty. ANZ J Surg. 2003;73:422-6.
  • Neil H, Huxley R. Efficacy and therapeutic potential of plant sterols. Atherosclerosis Suppl. 2003;3:11-5.
  • Neil H, Huxley R, Hawkins M, Humphries S. Comparison of the risk of fatal coronary heart disease in treated xanthomatous and non-xanthomatous heterozygous familial hypercholesterolaemia: a prospective registry study. Atherosclerosis. 2003;170:73-8.
  • Nyari T, Woodward M, Kovacs L. Should all sexually active young women in Hungary be screened for chlamydia trachomatis? Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2003;106:55-9.
  • Patel A, Chalmers J, Chaturvedi V, Currie R, Monaghan H, Neal B. Diabetes and vascular disease: a new international trial. Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann. 2003;11:180-4.
  • PCAT (Primary Coronary Angioplasty versus Thrombolysis) Collaboration; Grines C, Patel A, Zijlstra F, Weaver W, Granger C, Simes R. Primary coronary angioplasty compared with intravenous thrombolytic therapy for acute myocardial infarction: six-month follow up and analysis of individual patient data from randomized trials. Am Heart J. 2003;145:45-7.
  • Perkovic V, Hewitson T, Kelynack K, Martic M, Tait M, Becker G. Parathyroid hormone has a prosclerotic effect on vascular smooth muscle cells. Kidney Blood Press Res. 2003;26:27-33.
  • Perkovic V, Hunt D, Griffin S, du Plessis M, Becker G. Accelerated progression of calcific aortic stenosis in dialysis patients. Nephron Clin Pract. 2003;94:40-5.
  • Poerwanto S, Stevenson M, de Klerk N. Infant mortality and family welfare status: the Indonesian demographic and health survey. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2003;57:493-8.
  • PROGRESS Collaborative Group, (Writing Committee); Chaturvedi V, Patel A, Chalmers J, Chapman N, Hansson L, MacMahon S, Mancia G, Neal B, Reid J, Sharpe N, Woodward M. Effects of a perindopril-based therapy on cardiac outcomes among patients with cerebrovascular disease. Eur Heart J. 2003;24:475-84.
  • PROGRESS Collaborative Group; Chalmers J, Adams HJ, Donnan G, Fox K, MacMahon S, Mancia G, Tzourio C. Clinical implications of PROGRESS: questions and answers. J Hypertens. 2003;21(Suppl 5):S21-4.
  • PROGRESS Collaborative Group; Chalmers J, MacMahon S. Perindopril pROtection aGainst REcurrent Stroke Study (PROGRESS): interpretation and implementation. J Hypertens. 2003;21:S9-14.
  • PROGRESS Collaborative Group; Harrap S, Tzourio C, Cambien F, Poirier O, Raoux S, Chalmers J, Chapman N, Colman S, Leguennec S, MacMahon S, Neal B, Ohkubo T, Woodward M. The ACE gene I/D polymorphism is not associated with the blood pressure and cardiovascular benefits of ACE inhibition. Hypertension. 2003;42:297-303.
  • PROGRESS Collaborative Group; Tzourio C, Anderson C, Chapman N, Woodward M, Neal B, MacMahon S, Chalmers J. Effects of blood pressure lowering with perindopril and indapamide therapy on dementia and cognitive decline in patients with cerebrovascular disease. Arch Intern Med. 2003;163:1069-75.
  • Progress Collaborative Group; Writing Committee, Fransen M, Anderson C, Chalmers J, Chapman N, Davis S, MacMahon S, Neal B, Sega R, Terent A, Tzourio C, Woodward M. The effects of a perindopril-based blood pressure-lowering regimen on disability and dependency in 6,105 patients with cerebrovascular disease: a randomized controlled trial. Stroke. 2003;34:2333-8.
  • Ratnasabapathy Y, Lawes C, Anderson C. The Perindopril Protection Against Recurrent Stroke Study (PROGRESS): Clinical implications for older patients with cerebrovascular disease. Drugs Aging. 2003;20:241-51.
  • Reid M. Captive of the System by Peter J. Crawford Review. Aust N Z J Public Health. 2003;27:662.
  • Reid M, Pearse E. Whither the World Health Organization? Med J Aust 2003;178:9-12.
  • InterASIA Collaborative Group; Reynolds K, Gu D, Muntner P, Wu X, Chen J, Huang G, et al, Geographic variations in the prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in China. J Hypertens. 2003;21:1273-81.
  • Roberts C, Algert C, Raynes-Greenow C, Peat B, Henderson-Smart D. Delivery of singleton preterm infants in New South Wales, 1990-1997. Aust NZ J Obstet Gynaecol. 2003;43:32-7.
  • Roberts C, Todd A, Algert C. Using routinely collected perinatal data to monitor evidence-based obstetric practice: restrictive use of episiotomy. Aust Epidemiol. 2003;10:10-4.
  • Rumley A, Woodward M, Hoffmeister A, Koenig W, Lowe G. Comparison of plasma fibrinogen by Clauss, prothrombin time-derived, and immunonephelometric assays in a general population: implications for risk stratification by thirds of fibrinogen. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2003;14:197-201.
  • Russell A, Schrauwen P, Somm E, Gastaldi G, Hesselink M, Schaart G, Kornips E, Lo S, et al. Decreased fatty acid betaoxidation in riboflavin-responsive, multiple acylocoenzyme a dehydrogenase-deficient patients is associated with an increase in uncoupling protein-3. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2003;88:5921-6.
  • Russell A, Wadley G, Hesselink M, Schaart G, Lo S, Leger B, et al. UCP3 protein expression is lower in type I, IIa and IIx muscle fiber types of endurance trained compared to untrained subjects. Pflugers Arch. 2003;445:563-9.
  • Scolyer R, Shaw H, Thompson J, Li L, Colman M, Lo S, et al. Inter-observer reproducibility of histopathologic prognostic variables in primary cutaneous melanomas. Am J Surg Pathol. 2003;27:1571-6.
  • Sritara P, Cheepudomwit S, Chapman N, Woodward M, Kositchaiwat C, Tunlayadechanont S, Sura T, Hengprasith B, Tanphaichitr V, Lochaya S, Neal B, et al, The Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand Study. Twelve-year changes in vascular risk factors and their associations with mortality in a cohort of 3499 Thais. Int J Epidemiol. 2003;32:461-8.
  • Stevenson M. Managing Return-to-play Decisions following mild traumatic brain injury. J Sci Med Sport. 2003;6:519-20.
  • Stevenson M, D’Alessandro P, Bourke J, Legge M, Lee A. A cohort study of drink driving motor vehicle crashes and alcohol related diseases. Aust NZ J Public Health. 2003;27:328-32.
  • Stevenson M, Finch C, Hamer P, Elliott B. The Western Australian sports injury study. Br J Sports Med. 2003;37:380-1.
  • Stevenson M, Lee A. Smoke alarms and residential fire mortality in the United States: an ecologic study. Fire Saf J. 2003;38:43-52.
  • Stevenson M, Rimajova M, Edgecombe D, Vickery K. Childhood drowning: barriers surrounding private swimming pools. Pediatrics. 2003;111:E115-9.
  • The InterASIA Collaborative Group, (Writing Committee); Cheepudomwit S, Chapman N, He J, Neal B, Suriyawongpaisal P, Whelton P, Woodward M. Cardiovascular risk factor levels in urban and rural Thailand - results from the International Collaborative Study of Cardiovascular Disease in Asia. Eur J Cardiov Prev Rehab. 2003;10:249-57.
  • Thomas C, Stevenson M, Riley T. Antibiotics and hospital-acquired clostridium difficile associated diarrhoea: a systematic review. J Antimicrob Chemother. 2003;51 1339-50.
  • Walker N, Rodgers A, Birchall N, Norton R, MacMahon S. Leg ulceration as a long-term complication of deep vein thrombosis. J Vasc Surg. 2003;38:1331-5.
  • Whitlock G, Norton R, Clark T, Jackson R, MacMahon S. Is body mass index a risk factor for motor vehicle driver injury? A cohort study with prospective and retrospective outcomes. Int J Epidemiol. 2003;32:147-9.
  • Whitlock G, Norton R, Clark T, Pledger M, Jackson R, MacMahon S. Motor vehicle driver injury and socio-economic status: a cohort study with prospective and retrospective driver injuries. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2003;57:512-6.
  • Woodward M, Lowe G, Rumley A, Imhof A, Koenig W. Measurement of plasma viscosity in stored frozen samples: a general population study. Blood Coagul Fibrinolysis. 2003;14:417-20.
  • Woodward M, Oliphant J, Lowe G, Tunstall-Pedoe H. Contribution of contemporaneous risk factors to social inequality in coronary heart disease and death: Scottish Heart Health Cohort Study. Prev Med. 2003;36:561-8.
  • Woodward M, Reid M. Cardiovascular disease in the Asia-Pacific region: challenges for health research and policy. Med J Aust. 2003;179:71-2.
  • Woodward M, Rumley A, Lowe G, Tunstall-Pedoe H. C-reactive protein: associations with haematological variables, cardiovascular risk factors and prevalent cardiovascular disease. Br J Haematol. 2003;122:135-41.
  • Woodward M, Rumley A, Tunstall-Pedoe H, Lowe G. Does sticky blood predict a sticky end? Associations of blood viscosity, haematocrit and fibrinogen with mortality in the West of Scotland. Br J Haematol. 2003;122:645-50.
  • Yeh S, Lin L, Lo S, Yang Q. A longitudinal evaluation of nursing home care quality in Taiwan. J Nurs Care Qual. 2003;18:209-16.
  • Zwi A, Reid M. Health and foreign policy: scope for Australian engagement? Med J Aust. 2003;179:573-4.