Scientific Publications

PUBLICATIONS IN 2024

Cuthbertson L, Löber U, Ish-Horowicz JS, McBrien CN, Churchward C, Parker JC, Olanipekun MT, Burke C, McGowan A, Davies GA, Lewis KE, Hopkin JM, Chung KF, O’Carroll O, Faul J, Creaser-Thomas J, Andrews M, Ghosal R, Piatek S, Willis-Owen SAG, Bartolomaeus TUP, Birkner T, Dwyer S, Kumar N, Turek EM, William Musk A, Hui J, Hunter M, James A, Dumas ME, Filippi S, Cox MJ, Lawley TD, Forslund SK, Moffatt MF, Cookson WOC. Genomic attributes of airway commensal bacteria and mucosa. Commun Biol. 2024 Feb 12;7(1):171. doi: 10.1038/s42003-024-05840-3. PMID: 38347162

Lu S, McVeigh JA, Becerra R, Bucks RS, Hunter M, Naragon-Gainey K. Repetitive negative thinking and emotion regulation as mediators of the association between activity-related behaviours and depression. Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, Volume 16, 2024,100748, ISSN 2666-9153

Ivey MA, Smith SM, Benke G, Toelle BG, Hunter ML, James AL, Maguire GP, Wood-Baker R, Johns DP, Marks GB, Abramson MJ. COPD in Never-Smokers: BOLD Australia Study. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2024 Jan 17;19:161-174. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S439307. PMID: 38249822

 

PUBLICATIONS IN 2023

Carmody N, Hunter M, Eikelboom RH. Help-seeker satisfaction with diagnosis and treatment of tinnitus. Int J Audiol. 2023 Dec 20:1-8. doi: 10.1080/14992027.2023.2292964. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38117006
Davies CR, Budgeon CA, Murray K, Hunter M, Knuiman M. The art of aging well: a study of the relationship between recreational arts engagement, general health and mental wellbeing in cohort of Australian older adults. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 2023. DOI=10.3389/fpubh.2023.1288760

Zhou Y, Ampon MR, Abramson MJ, James AL, Maguire GP, Wood-Baker R, Johns DP, Marks GB, Reddel HK, Toelle BG. Respiratory Symptoms, Disease Burden, and Quality of Life in Australian Adults According to GOLD Spirometry Grades: Data from the BOLD Australia Study. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2023 Nov 30;18:2839-2847. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S425202. PMID: 38053919; 

Marriott RJ, Murray K, Adams RJ, Antonio L, Ballantyne CM, Bauer DC, Bhasin S, Biggs ML, Cawthon PM, Couper DJ, Dobs AS, Flicker L, Handelsman DJ, Hankey GJ, Hannemann A, Haring R, Hsu B, Karlsson M, Martin SA, Matsumoto AM, Mellström D, Ohlsson C, O’Neill TW, Orwoll ES, Quartagno M, Shores MM, Steveling A, Tivesten Å, Travison TG, Vanderschueren D, Wittert GA, Wu FCW, Yeap BB. Factors Associated With Circulating Sex Hormones in Men : Individual Participant Data Meta-analyses. Ann Intern Med. 2023 Sep;176(9):1221-1234. doi: 10.7326/M23-0342. Epub 2023 Aug 29. PMID: 37639720.

Zhou Y, Ampon MR, Abramson MJ, James AL, Maguire GP, Wood-Baker R, Johns DP, Marks GB, Reddel HK, Toelle BG. Clinical characteristics of adults with self-reported diagnosed asthma and/or COPD: data from the BOLD Australia Study. ERJ Open Res. 2023 Aug 21;9(4):00098-2023. doi: 10.1183/23120541.00098-2023. PMID: 37609600; PMCID: PMC10440648.

Masuda R, Wist J, Lodge S, Kimhofer T, Hunter M, Hui J, Beilby JP, Burnett JR, Dwivedi G, Schlaich MP, Bong SH, Loo RL, Holmes E, Nicholson JK, Yeap BB. Plasma lipoprotein subclass variation in middle-aged and older adults: Sex-stratified distributions and associations with health status and cardiometabolic risk factors. J Clin Lipidol. 2023 Jul 1:S1933-2874(23)00215-5. doi: 10.1016/j.jacl.2023.06.004. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37442713.

Zhu K, Hunter M, James A, Lim EM, Walsh JP. Relationships between longitudinal changes in body composition and bone mineral density in middle-to-older aged Australians. Osteoporos Int. 2023 May 26. doi: 10.1007/s00198-023-06773-z. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 37233793.

Yap CX, Henders AK, Alvares GA, Giles C, Huynh K, Nguyen A, Wallace L, McLaren T, Yang Y, Hernandez LM, Gandal MJ, Hansell NK, Cleary D, Grove R, Hafekost C, Harun A, Holdsworth H, Jellett R, Khan F, Lawson LP, Leslie J, Levis Frenk M, Masi A, Mathew NE, Muniandy M, Nothard M, Miller JL, Nunn L, Strike LT, Cadby G, Moses EK; Busselton Health Study Investigators; de Zubicaray GI, Thompson PM, McMahon KL, Wright MJ, Visscher PM, Dawson PA, Dissanayake C, Eapen V, Heussler HS, Whitehouse AJO, Meikle PJ, Wray NR, Gratten J. Interactions between the lipidome and genetic and environmental factors in autism. Nat Med. 2023 Apr;29(4):936-949. doi: 10.1038/s41591-023-02271-1. Epub 2023 Apr 19. PMID: 37076741; PMCID: PMC10115648.

Clark R, Lee SS, Du R, Wang Y, Kneepkens SCM, Charng J, Huang Y, Hunter ML, Jiang C, Tideman JWL, Melles RB, Klaver CCW, Mackey DA, Williams C, Choquet H, Ohno-Matsui K, Guggenheim JA; CREAM Consortium; UK Biobank Eye and Vision Consortium. A new polygenic score for refractive error improves detection of children at risk of high myopia but not the prediction of those at risk of myopic macular degeneration. EBioMedicine. 2023 May;91:104551. doi: 10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104551. Epub 2023 Apr 11. PMID: 37055258; PMCID: PMC10203044.

Shrine N, Izquierdo AG, Chen J, Packer R, Hall RJ, Guyatt AL, Batini C, Thompson RJ, Pavuluri C, Malik V, Hobbs BD, Moll M, Kim W, Tal-Singer R, Bakke P, Fawcett KA, John C, Coley K, Piga NN, Pozarickij A, Lin K, Millwood IY, Chen Z, Li L; China Kadoorie Biobank Collaborative Group; Wijnant SRA, Lahousse L, Brusselle G, Uitterlinden AG, Manichaikul A, Oelsner EC, Rich SS, Barr RG, Kerr SM, Vitart V, Brown MR, Wielscher M, Imboden M, Jeong A, Bartz TM, Gharib SA, Flexeder C, Karrasch S, Gieger C, Peters A, Stubbe B, Hu X, Ortega VE, Meyers DA, Bleecker ER, Gabriel SB, Gupta N, Smith AV, Luan J, Zhao JH, Hansen AF, Langhammer A, Willer C, Bhatta L, Porteous D, Smith BH, Campbell A, Sofer T, Lee J, Daviglus ML, Yu B, Lim E, Xu H, O’Connor GT, Thareja G, Albagha OME; Qatar Genome Program Research (QGPR) Consortium; Suhre K, Granell R, Faquih TO, Hiemstra PS, Slats AM, Mullin BH, Hui J, James A, Beilby J, Patasova K, Hysi P, Koskela JT, Wyss AB, Jin J, Sikdar S, Lee M, May-Wilson S, Pirastu N, Kentistou KA, Joshi PK, Timmers PRHJ, Williams AT, Free RC, Wang X, Morrison JL, Gilliland FD, Chen Z, Wang CA, Foong RE, Harris SE, Taylor A, Redmond P, Cook JP, Mahajan A, Lind L, Palviainen T, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Kaprio J, Rantanen T, Pietiläinen KH, Cox SR, Pennell CE, Hall GL, Gauderman WJ, Brightling C, Wilson JF, Vasankari T, Laitinen T, Salomaa V, Mook-Kanamori DO, Timpson NJ, Zeggini E, Dupuis J, Hayward C, Brumpton B, Langenberg C, Weiss S, Homuth G, Schmidt CO, Probst-Hensch N, Jarvelin MR, Morrison AC, Polasek O, Rudan I, Lee JH, Sayers I, Rawlins EL, Dudbridge F, Silverman EK, Strachan DP, Walters RG, Morris AP, London SJ, Cho MH, Wain LV, Hall IP, Tobin MD. Multi-ancestry genome-wide association analyses improve resolution of genes and pathways influencing lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease risk. Nat Genet. 2023 Mar;55(3):410-422. doi: 10.1038/s41588-023-01314-0. Epub 2023 Mar 13. PMID: 36914875.

Nilsson S, Bräunig J, Carey RN, Hui J, Smurthwaite K, Toms LM, Kirk MD, Mueller JF, Fritschi L. Longitudinal measurements of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in archived human serum samples between 1975 and 1995 in Australia. J Hazard Mater. 2023 Feb 5;443(Pt B):130307. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2022.130307. Epub 2022 Nov 1. PMID: 36444050.

McDowell SR, Murray K, Hunter M, Blekkenhorst LC, Lewis JR, Hodgson JM, Bondonno NP. Comparison of Four Dietary Pattern Indices in Australian Baby Boomers: Findings from the Busselton Healthy Ageing Study. Nutrients. 2023 Jan 28;15(3):659. doi: 10.3390/nu15030659. PMID: 36771364.

Zhiyuan Wu, Zheng Guo, Yulu Zheng, Yutao Wang, Haiping Zhang, Huiying Pan, Zhiwei Li, Lois Balmer, Xia Li, Lixin Tao, Xiuhua Guo, Wei Wang, IgG N-Glycosylation Cardiovascular Age Tracks Cardiovascular Risk Beyond Calendar Age, Engineering, Jan 2023, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eng.2022.12.004.

 

PUBLICATIONS IN 2022

Zhu K, Hunter M, Hui J, Murray K, James A, Lim EM, Cooke BR, Walsh JP. Longitudinal Stability of Vitamin D Status and Its Association With Bone Mineral Density in Middle-aged Australians. J Endocr Soc. 2022 Dec 6;7(2):bvac187. doi: 10.1210/jendso/bvac187. PMID: 36578880; PMCID: PMC9780649.

Becerra R, Gainey K, Murray K, Preece DA. Intolerance of uncertainty and anxiety: The role of beliefs about emotions. J Affect Disord. 2023 Mar 1;324:349-353. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2022.12.064. Epub 2022 Dec 29. PMID: 36586604.

Lee S, van den Berg N, Castley A, Divitini M, Knuiman M, Price P, Nolan D, Sanfilippo F, Dwivedi G. Long-Term Associations between Human Cytomegalovirus Antibody Levels with All-Cause Mortality and Cardiovascular Outcomes in an Australian Community-Based Cohort. Viruses. 2022; 14(12):2676. https://doi.org/10.3390/v14122676 PMID36560680

Wang Z, Emmerich A, Pillon NJ, Moore T, Hemerich D, Cornelis MC, Mazzaferro E, Broos S, Ahluwalia TS, Bartz TM, Bentley AR, Bielak LF, Chong M, Chu AY, Berry D, Dorajoo R, Dueker ND, Kasbohm E, Feenstra B, Feitosa MF, Gieger C, Graff M, Hall LM, Haller T, Hartwig FP, Hillis DA, Huikari V, Heard-Costa N, Holzapfel C, Jackson AU, Johansson Å, Jørgensen AM, Kaakinen MA, Karlsson R, Kerr KF, Kim B, Koolhaas CM, Kutalik Z, Lagou V, Lind PA, Lorentzon M, Lyytikäinen LP, Mangino M, Metzendorf C, Monroe KR, Pacolet A, Pérusse L, Pool R, Richmond RC, Rivera NV, Robiou-du-Pont S, Schraut KE, Schulz CA, Stringham HM, Tanaka T, Teumer A, Turman C, van der Most PJ, Vanmunster M, van Rooij FJA, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Zhang X, Zhao JH, Zhao W, Balkhiyarova Z, Balslev-Harder MN, Baumeister SE, Beilby J, Blangero J, Boomsma DI, Brage S, Braund PS, Brody JA, Bruinenberg M, Ekelund U, Liu CT, Cole JW, Collins FS, Cupples LA, Esko T, Enroth S, Faul JD, Fernandez-Rhodes L, Fohner AE, Franco OH, Galesloot TE, Gordon SD, Grarup N, Hartman CA, Heiss G, Hui J, Illig T, Jago R, James A, Joshi PK, Jung T, Kähönen M, Kilpeläinen TO, Koh WP, Kolcic I, Kraft PP, Kuusisto J, Launer LJ, Li A, Linneberg A, Luan J, Vidal PM, Medland SE, Milaneschi Y, Moscati A, Musk B, Nelson CP, Nolte IM, Pedersen NL, Peters A, Peyser PA, Power C, Raitakari OT, Reedik M, Reiner AP, Ridker PM, Rudan I, Ryan K, Sarzynski MA, Scott LJ, Scott RA, Sidney S, Siggeirsdottir K, Smith AV, Smith JA, Sonestedt E, Strøm M, Tai ES, Teo KK, Thorand B, Tönjes A, Tremblay A, Uitterlinden AG, Vangipurapu J, van Schoor N, Völker U, Willemsen G, Williams K, Wong Q, Xu H, Young KL, Yuan JM, Zillikens MC, Zonderman AB, Ameur A, Bandinelli S, Bis JC, Boehnke M, Bouchard C, Chasman DI, Smith GD, de Geus EJC, Deldicque L, Dörr M, Evans MK, Ferrucci L, Fornage M, Fox C, Garland T Jr, Gudnason V, Gyllensten U, Hansen T, Hayward C, Horta BL, Hyppönen E, Jarvelin MR, Johnson WC, Kardia SLR, Kiemeney LA, Laakso M, Langenberg C, Lehtimäki T, Marchand LL; Lifelines Cohort Study, Magnusson PKE, Martin NG, Melbye M, Metspalu A, Meyre D, North KE, Ohlsson C, Oldehinkel AJ, Orho-Melander M, Pare G, Park T, Pedersen O, Penninx BWJH, Pers TH, Polasek O, Prokopenko I, Rotimi CN, Samani NJ, Sim X, Snieder H, Sørensen TIA, Spector TD, Timpson NJ, van Dam RM, van der Velde N, van Duijn CM, Vollenweider P, Völzke H, Voortman T, Waeber G, Wareham NJ, Weir DR, Wichmann HE, Wilson JF, Hevener AL, Krook A, Zierath JR, Thomis MAI, Loos RJF, Hoed MD. Genome-wide association analyses of physical activity and sedentary behavior provide insights into underlying mechanisms and roles in disease prevention. Nat Genet. 2022 Sep;54(9):1332-1344. doi: 10.1038/s41588-022-01165-1. Epub 2022 Sep 7. PMID: 36071172.

Charng J, Ansari AS, Bondonno NP, Hunter ML, O’Sullivan TA, Louca P, Hammond CJ, Mackey DA. Association between dietary niacin and retinal nerve fibre layer thickness in healthy eyes of different ages. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2022 Sep;50(7):736-744. doi: 10.1111/ceo.14120. Epub 2022 Jun 13. PMID: 35642435.

Cadby G, Giles C, Melton PE, Huynh K, Mellett NA, Duong T, Nguyen A, Cinel M, Smith A, Olshansky G, Wang T, Brozynska M, Inouye M, McCarthy NS, Ariff A, Hung J, Hui J, Beilby J, Dubé MP, Watts GF, Shah S, Wray NR, Lim WLF, Chatterjee P, Martins I, Laws SM, Porter T, Vacher M, Bush AI, Rowe CC, Villemagne VL, Ames D, Masters CL, Taddei K, Arnold M, Kastenmüller G, Nho K, Saykin AJ, Han X, Kaddurah-Daouk R, Martins RN, Blangero J, Meikle PJ, Moses EK. Comprehensive genetic analysis of the human lipidome identifies loci associated with lipid homeostasis with links to coronary artery disease. Nat Commun. 2022 Jun 6;13(1):3124. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-30875-7. PMID: 35668104

Burvill AJ, Murray K, Knuiman MW, Hung J. Comparing self-reported and measured hypertension and hypercholesterolaemia at standard and more stringent diagnostic thresholds: the cross-sectional 2010-2015 Busselton Healthy Ageing study. Clin Hypertens. 2022 Jun 1;28(1):16. doi: 10.1186/s40885-022-00199-1. PMID: 35642010

Zhu K, Hunter M, Stuckey BGA, Walsh JP. Establishing a Total Hip T-Score Threshold to Measure Contralateral Hip Bone Mineral Density: Avoiding Missed Diagnosis of Osteoporosis. J Clin Densitom. 2022 Apr 29:S1094-6950(22)00044-0. doi: 10.1016/j.jocd.2022.04.003. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35606279.

Ferreira LB, Furtado JM, Charng J, Franchina M, Matthews JM, Molan AAL, Hunter M, Mackey DA, Smith JR. Prevalence of Toxoplasmic Retinochoroiditis in an Australian Adult Population: A Community-Based Study. Ophthalmol Retina. 2022 May 11:S2468-6530(22)00215-9. doi: 10.1016/j.oret.2022.04.022. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35568370

Zhu K, Walsh JP, Murray K, Hunter M, Hui J, Hung J. DXA-Derived vs Standard Anthropometric Measures for Predicting Cardiometabolic Risk in Middle-Aged Australian Men and Women. J Clin Densitom. 2022 Jan 10:S1094-6950(22)00002-6 PMID: 35177350

Wang T, Huynh K, Giles C, Mellett NA, Duong T, Nguyen A, Lim WLF, Smith AA, Olshansky G, Cadby G, Hung J, Hui J, Beilby J, Watts GF, Chatterjee P, Martins I, Laws SM, Bush AI, Rowe CC, Villemagne VL, Ames D, Masters CL, Taddei K, Doré V, Fripp J, Arnold M, Kastenmüller G, Nho K, Saykin AJ, Baillie R, Han X, Martins RN, Moses EK, Kaddurah-Daouk R, Meikle PJ. APOE ε2 resilience for Alzheimer’s disease is mediated by plasma lipid species: Analysis of three independent cohort studies. Alzheimers Dement. 2022 Jan 25. doi: 10.1002/alz.12538. PMID: 35077012

Harse JD, Zhu K, Bucks RS, Hunter M, Lim EM, Cooke BR, Walsh JP, Murray K. Investigating Potential Dose-Response Relationships between Vitamin D Status and Cognitive Performance: A Cross-Sectional Analysis in Middle- to Older-Aged Adults in the Busselton Healthy Ageing Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 31;19(1):450 PMID: 35010710 

Janjua M, Knuiman M, Divitini M, McQuillan B, Olynyk JK, Jeffrey GP, Adams LA. Alcohol Consumption and Cardiovascular Outcomes in Patients With Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease: A Population-Based Cohort Study. Hepatol Commun. 2022 Mar;6(3):526-534. PMID: 34931492

 

PUBLICATIONS IN 2021

Harse JD, Zhu K, Bucks RS, Hunter M, Lim EM, Cooke BR, Walsh JP, Murray K. Investigating Potential Dose-Response Relationships between Vitamin D Status and Cognitive Performance: A Cross-Sectional Analysis in Middle- to Older-Aged Adults in the Busselton Healthy Ageing Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Dec 31;19(1):450. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19010450. PMID: 35010710.

Jetmalani K, Brown NJ, Boustany C, Toelle BG, Marks GB, Abramson MJ, Johns DP, James AL, Hunter M, Musk AW, Berend N, Farah CS, Chapman DG, Thamrin C, King GG. Normal limits for oscillometric bronchodilator responses and relationships with clinical factors. ERJ Open Res. 2021 Nov 8;7(4):00439-2021. PMID: 34761000

Tureka EM, Cox MJ, Hunter M, Hui J, Phillip J, Willis-Owen SAG, Cuthbertson L,  James A, Musk AW, Moffat MF, Cookson WOCM. Airway microbial communities, smoking and asthma in a general population sample. Ebiomedicine Volume 71, September 2021, 103538.  LINK

Hunter ML, Knuiman MW, Musk BAW, Hui J, Murray K, Beilby JP, Hillman DR, Hung J, Newton RU, Bucks RS, Straker L, Walsh JP, Zhu K, Bruce DG, Eikelboom RH, Davis TME, Mackey DA, James AL. Prevalence and patterns of multimorbidity in Australian baby boomers: the Busselton healthy ageing study. BMC Public Health. 2021 Aug 11;21(1):1539.  PMID: 34380465

Mackey DA, Lingham G, Lee S, Hunter M, Wood D, Hewitt AW, Mitchell P, Taylor HR, Hammond CJ, Yazar S. Change in the prevalence of myopia in Australian middle-aged adults across 20 years. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2021 Aug 10. doi: 10.1111/ceo.13980.  PMID: 34378302

Darcey E, McCarthy N, Moses EK, Saunders C, Cadby G, Stone J. Is Mammographic Breast Density an Endophenotype for Breast Cancer? Cancers (Basel). 2021 Aug 3;13(15):3916. PMID: 34359817 

Smit AL, Stegeman I, Eikelboom RH, Baguley DM, Bennett RJ, Tegg-Quinn S, Bucks RS, Stokroos RJ, Hunter M, Atlas MD. Prevalence of Hyperacusis and Its Relation to Health: The Busselton Healthy Ageing Study. Laryngoscope. 2021 Jul 22. doi: 10.1002/lary.29768. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 34291459.

Cunningham J, Hunter M, Budgeon C, Murray K, Knuiman M, Hui, J, Hillman J, Singh B, James A. The prevalence and comorbidities of obstructive sleep apnea in middle-aged men and women: the Busselton Healthy Ageing Study. Published Online: May 11, 2021 https://doi.org/10.5664/jcsm.9378

Toelle BG, Ampon RD, Abramson MJ, James AL, Maguire GP, Wood-Baker R, Johns DP, Marks GB. Prevalence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease with breathlessness in Australia: weighted using the 2016 Australian census. Intern Med J. 2021 May;51(5):784-787. doi: 10.1111/imj.15325. PMID: 34047039.

Ng CACM, Knuiman MW, Murray K, Divitini ML, Musk AWB, James AL. Childhood asthma and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in adulthood: The Busselton Health Study. Pediatr Pulmonol. 2021 Jul;56(7):1915-1923. doi: 10.1002/ppul.25386. Epub 2021 Apr 5. PMID: 33819390

Stegeman I, Eikelboom RH, Smit AL, Baguley DM, Bucks RS, Stokroos RJ, Bennett RJ, Tegg-Quinn S, Hunter M, Atlas MD. Tinnitus and its associations with general health, mental health and hearing loss.Prog Brain Res. 2021;262:431-450. doi: 10.1016/bs.pbr.2021.01.023. Epub 2021 Mar 29.PMID: 33931190

Petrie K, Toelle BG, Wood-Baker R, Maguire GP, James AL, Hunter M, Johns DP, Marks GB, George J, Abramson MJ. Undiagnosed and Misdiagnosed Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease: Data from the BOLD Australia Study. Int J Chron Obstruct Pulmon Dis. 2021 Feb 25;16:467-475. doi: 10.2147/COPD.S287172. PMID: 33658776

 

PUBLICATIONS IN 2020

Beyene HB, Olshansky G, T Smith AA, Giles C, Huynh K, Cinel M, Mellett NA, Cadby G, Hung J, Hui J, Beilby J, Watts GF, Shaw JE, Moses EK, Magliano DJ, Meikle PJ. High-coverage plasma lipidomics reveals novel sex-specific lipidomic fingerprints of age and BMI: Evidence from two large population cohort studies. PLoS Biol. 2020 Sep 28;18(9):e3000870. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3000870. Erratum in: PLoS Biol. 2020 Dec 9;18(12):e3001049. PMID: 32986697

Ng CACM, Knuiman MW, Murray K, Divitini ML, Musk AWB, James AL. Childhood asthma increases respiratory morbidity, but not all-cause mortality in adulthood: The Busselton Health Study. Respir Med. 2020 Jul 28;171:106095. doi: 10.1016/j.rmed.2020.106095. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32810754.

Zhu K, Hunter M, James A, Lim EM, Cooke BR, Walsh JP.  Relationship between visceral adipose tissue and bone mineral density in Australian baby boomers2020 Dec;31(12):2439-2448. doi: 10.1007/s00198-020-05556-0. Epub 2020 Jul 27. PMID: 32719992

Davis WA, Hellbusch V, Hunter ML, Bruce DG, Davis TME. Contemporary Cardiovascular Risk Assessment for Type 2 Diabetes Including Heart Failure as an Outcome: The Fremantle Diabetes Study Phase II. J Clin Med. 2020 May 11;9(5):1428. doi: 10.3390/jcm9051428. PMID: 32403446; PMCID: PMC7290870.

Olaithe M, Pushpanathan M, Hillman D, Eastwood PR, Hunter M, Skinner T, James A, Wesnes KA, Bucks RS. Cognitive profiles in obstructive sleep apnea: a cluster analysis in sleep clinic and community samples. J Clin Sleep Med. 2020 May 13. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.8564. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 32400387.

Molan A, Nosaka K, Hunter M, Zhang J, Meng X, Song M, Wang W. First Age- and Gender-Matched Case-Control Study in Australia Examining the Possible Association between Toxoplasma gondii Infection and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: The Busselton Health Study. J Parasitol Res. 2020 Mar 24;2020:3142918. doi: 10.1155/2020/3142918. PMID: 32257421; PMCID: PMC7128068.

Lee SS, Sanfilippo PG, Hunter M, Yazar S, James A, Mackey DA. Optic Disc Measures in Obstructive Sleep Apnea: A Community-based Study of Middle-aged and Older Adults. J Glaucoma. 2020 May;29(5):337-343. doi: 10.1097/IJG.0000000000001485. PMID: 32134828.

Ng CACM, Knuiman MW, Murray K, Divitini ML, Musk AWB, James AL. Childhood BMI and the occurrence of respiratory disease-related hospital admissions or death in adulthood: the Busselton Health Study.Ann Epidemiol. 2020 Feb;42:19-24.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.01.002. Epub 2020 Jan 11. PMID: 32081535.

Cadby G, Melton PE, McCarthy NS, Giles C, Mellett NA, Huynh K, Hung J, Beilby J, Dubé MP, Watts GF, Blangero J, Meikle PJ, Moses EK. Heritability of 596 lipid species and genetic correlation with cardiovascular traits in the Busselton Family Heart Study. J Lipid Res. 2020 Apr;61(4):537-545. doi: 10.1194/jlr.RA119000594. Epub 2020 Feb 14. PMID: 32060071; PMCID: PMC7112151.

 

PUBLICATIONS IN 2019

Ivey MA, Maguire GP, Toelle BG, Marks GB, Abramson MJ, Wood-Baker R. Characteristics in Stages of Change and Decisional Balance among Smokers: The Burden of Obstructive Lung Diseases (BOLD)-Australia Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2019 Sep 12;16(18):3372. doi: 10.3390/ijerph16183372. PMID: 31547255; PMCID: PMC6765867.

Yiu W, Knuiman M, Wallace H, Hung J. Under-use of appropriate blood pressure- lowering and lipid-lowering therapy in the Busselton baby boomer population. Aust J Gen Pract. 2019 Dec;48(12):883-889.

Olaithe M, Bucks RS, Eastwood P, Hillman D, Skinner T, James A, Hunter M, Gavett B. A brief report: The National Adult Reading Test (NART) is a stable assessment of premorbid intelligence across disease severity in obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). J Sleep Res. 2020 Apr;29(2):e12958. doi: 10.1111/jsr.12958. Epub 2019 Nov 28. PMID: 31782212.

Russell AC, Kepka A, Trbojević-Akmačić I, Ugrina I, Song M, Hui J, Hunter M, Laws SM, Lauc G, Wang W. Why Not Use the Immunoglobulin G N-Glycans as Predictor Variables in Disease Biomarker-Phenotype Association Studies? A Multivariate Analysis. OMICS. 2019 Oct 25. doi: 10.1089/omi.2019.0155. [Epub ahead of print]

Li X, Wang H, Russell A, Cao W, Wang X, Ge S, Zheng Y, Guo Z, Hou H, Song M, Yu X, Wang Y, Hunter M, Roberts P, Lauc G, Wang W. Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is Associated with the Immunoglobulin G N-Glycome through Putative Proinflammatory Mechanisms in an Australian Population. OMICS. 2019 Sep 17. doi: 10.1089/omi.2019.0075. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31526239

Liu CT, Merino J, Rybin D, DiCorpo D, Benke KS, Bragg-Gresham JL, Canouil M, Corre T, Grallert H, Isaacs A, Kutalik Z, Lahti J, Marullo L, Marzi C, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Rocheleau G, Rueedi R, Scapoli C, Verweij N, Vogelzangs N, Willems SM, Yengo L, Bakker SJL, Beilby J, Hui J, Kajantie E, Müller-Nurasyid M, Rathmann W, Balkau B, Bergmann S, Eriksson JG, Florez JC, Froguel P, Harris T, Hung J, James AL, Kavousi M, Miljkovic I, Musk AW, Palmer LJ, Peters A, Roussel R, van der Harst P, van Duijn CM, Vollenweider P, Barroso I, Prokopenko I, Dupuis J, Meigs JB, Bouatia-Naji N. Genome-wide Association Study of Change in Fasting Glucose over time in 13,807 non-diabetic European Ancestry Individuals. Sci Rep. 2019 Jul 1;9(1):9439. doi: 10.1038/s41598-019-45823-7. PMID: 31263163

Yeap BB, Dedic D, Budgeon CA, Murray Senior K, Knuiman MW, Hunter M, Zhu K, Cooke BR, Lim EM, Mulrennan S, Walsh JP, Green DJ. U-shaped association of vigorous physical activity with risk of metabolic syndrome in men with low lean mass, and no interaction of physical activity and serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D with metabolic syndrome risk. Intern Med J. 2019 Jun 3. doi: 10.1111/imj.14379. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 31161619

Bruce DG, Davis WA, Hunter ML, Davis TME. Subjective memory complaints are not increased in type 2 diabetes: A matched cohort study. J Diabetes Complications. 2019 Jun;33(6):424-426.

Zhu K, Knuiman M, Divitini M, Hung J, Lim EM, Cooke BR, Walsh JP. Lower serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D is associated with colorectal and breast cancer, but not overall cancer risk: a 20-year cohort study. Nutr Res. 2019 Jul;67:100-107.

Shrine N, Guyatt AL, Erzurumluoglu AM, Jackson VE, Hobbs BD, Melbourne CA, Batini C, Fawcett KA, Song K, Sakornsakolpat P, Li X, Boxall R, Reeve NF, Obeidat M, Zhao JH, Wielscher M, Weiss S, Kentistou KA, Cook JP, Sun BB, Zhou J, Hui J, Karrasch S, Imboden M, Harris SE, Marten J, Enroth S, Kerr SM, Surakka I, Vitart V, Lehtimäki T, Allen RJ, Bakke PS, Beaty TH, Bleecker ER, Bossé Y, Brandsma CA, Chen Z, Crapo JD, Danesh J, DeMeo DL, Dudbridge F, Ewert R, Gieger C, Gulsvik A, Hansell AL, Hao K, Hoffman JD, Hokanson JE, Homuth G, Joshi PK, Joubert P, Langenberg C, Li X, Li L, Lin K, Lind L, Locantore N, Luan J, Mahajan A, Maranville JC, Murray A, Nickle DC, Packer R, Parker MM, Paynton ML, Porteous DJ, Prokopenko D, Qiao D, Rawal R, Runz H, Sayers I, Sin DD, Smith BH, Soler Artigas M, Sparrow D, Tal-Singer R, Timmers PRHJ, Van den Berge M, Whittaker JC, Woodruff PG, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Troyanskaya OG, Raitakari OT, Kähönen M, Polašek O, Gyllensten U, Rudan I, Deary IJ, Probst-Hensch NM, Schulz H, James AL, Wilson JF, Stubbe B, Zeggini E, Jarvelin MR, Wareham N, Silverman EK, Hayward C, Morris AP, Butterworth AS, Scott RA, Walters RG, Meyers DA, Cho MH, Strachan DP, Hall IP, Tobin MD, Wain LV; Understanding Society Scientific Group. New genetic signals for lung function highlight pathways and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease associations across multiple ancestries. Nat Genet. 2019 Mar;51(3):481-493

Lingham G, Yazar S, Lucas RM, Walsh JP, Zhu K, Hunter M, Lim EM, Cooke BR, Mackey DA. Low 25-Hydroxyvitamin D Concentration Is Not Associated With Refractive Error in Middle-Aged and Older Western Australian Adults. Transl Vis Sci Technol. 2019 Jan 22;8(1):13.

Munks R, Knuiman M, Hunter M, Hillman D, Divitini M, James A. Healthcare-seeking behaviour and utilization of treatment in a community-based screening study for obstructive sleep apnoea in Busselton, Western Australia. Sleep Health. 2019 Feb;5(1):91-100

 

PUBLICATIONS IN 2018

Davis WA, Hamilton EJ, Bruce DG, Davis TME. Development and Validation of a Simple Hip Fracture Risk Prediction Tool for Type 2 Diabetes: The Fremantle Diabetes Study Phase I. Diabetes Care. 2018 Nov 19.

Russell AC, Kepka A, Trbojević-Akmačić I, Ugrina I, Song M, Hui J, Hunter M, Laws SM, Lauc G, Wang W. Increased central adiposity is associated with pro-inflammatory immunoglobulin G N-glycans. Immunobiology. 2018 Oct 19.

Ligthart S, Vaez A, Võsa U, Stathopoulou MG, de Vries PS, Prins BP, Van der Most PJ, Tanaka T, Naderi E, Rose LM, Wu Y, Karlsson R, Barbalic M, Lin H, Pool R, Zhu G, Macé A, Sidore C, Trompet S, Mangino M, Sabater-Lleal M, Kemp JP, Abbasi A, Kacprowski T, Verweij N, Smith AV, Huang T, Marzi C, Feitosa MF, Lohman KK, Kleber ME, Milaneschi Y, Mueller C, Huq M, Vlachopoulou E, Lyytikäinen LP, Oldmeadow C, Deelen J, Perola M, Zhao JH, Feenstra B; LifeLines Cohort Study, Amini M; CHARGE Inflammation Working Group, Lahti J, Schraut KE, Fornage M, Suktitipat B, Chen WM, Li X, Nutile T, Malerba G, Luan J, Bak T, Schork N, Del Greco M F, Thiering E, Mahajan A, Marioni RE, Mihailov E, Eriksson J, Ozel AB, Zhang W, Nethander M, Cheng YC, Aslibekyan S, Ang W, Gandin I, Yengo L, Portas L, Kooperberg C, Hofer E, Rajan KB, Schurmann C, den Hollander W, Ahluwalia TS, Zhao J, Draisma HHM, Ford I, Timpson N, Teumer A, Huang H, Wahl S, Liu Y, Huang J, Uh HW, Geller F, Joshi PK, Yanek LR, Trabetti E, Lehne B, Vozzi D, Verbanck M, Biino G, Saba Y, Meulenbelt I, O’Connell JR, Laakso M, Giulianini F, Magnusson PKE, Ballantyne CM, Hottenga JJ, Montgomery GW, Rivadineira F, Rueedi R, Steri M, Herzig KH, Stott DJ, Menni C, Frånberg M, St Pourcain B, Felix SB, Pers TH, Bakker SJL, Kraft P, Peters A, Vaidya D, Delgado G, Smit JH, Großmann V, Sinisalo J, Seppälä I, Williams SR, Holliday EG, Moed M, Langenberg C, Räikkönen K, Ding J, Campbell H, Sale MM, Chen YI, James AL, Ruggiero D, Soranzo N, Hartman CA, Smith EN, Berenson GS, Fuchsberger C, Hernandez D, Tiesler CMT, Giedraitis V, Liewald D, Fischer K, Mellström D, Larsson A, Wang Y, Scott WR, Lorentzon M, Beilby J, Ryan KA, Pennell CE, Vuckovic D, Balkau B, Concas MP, Schmidt R, Mendes de Leon CF, Bottinger EP, Kloppenburg M, Paternoster L, Boehnke M, Musk AW, Willemsen G, Evans DM, Madden PAF, Kähönen M, Kutalik Z, Zoledziewska M, Karhunen V, Kritchevsky SB, Sattar N, Lachance G, Clarke R, Harris TB, Raitakari OT, Attia JR, van Heemst D, Kajantie E, Sorice R, Gambaro G, Scott RA, Hicks AA, Ferrucci L, Standl M, Lindgren CM, Starr JM, Karlsson M, Lind L, Li JZ, Chambers JC, Mori TA, de Geus EJCN, Heath AC, Martin NG, Auvinen J, Buckley BM, de Craen AJM, Waldenberger M, Strauch K, Meitinger T, Scott RJ, McEvoy M, Beekman M, Bombieri C, Ridker PM, Mohlke KL, Pedersen NL, Morrison AC, Boomsma DI, Whitfield JB, Strachan DP, Hofman A, Vollenweider P, Cucca F, Jarvelin MR, Jukema JW, Spector TD, Hamsten A, Zeller T, Uitterlinden AG, Nauck M, Gudnason V, Qi L, Grallert H, Borecki IB, Rotter JI, März W, Wild PS, Lokki ML, Boyle M, Salomaa V, Melbye M, Eriksson JG, Wilson JF, Penninx BWJH, Becker DM, Worrall BB, Gibson G, Krauss RM, Ciullo M, Zaza G, Wareham NJ, Oldehinkel AJ, Palmer LJ, Murray SS, Pramstaller PP, Bandinelli S, Heinrich J, Ingelsson E, Deary IJ, Mägi R, Vandenput L, van der Harst P, Desch KC, Kooner JS, Ohlsson C, Hayward C, Lehtimäki T, Shuldiner AR, Arnett DK, Beilin LJ, Robino A, Froguel P, Pirastu M, Jess T, Koenig W, Loos RJF, Evans DA, Schmidt H, Smith GD, Slagboom PE, Eiriksdottir G, Morris AP, Psaty BM, Tracy RP, Nolte IM, Boerwinkle E, Visvikis-Siest S, Reiner AP, Gross M, Bis JC, Franke L, Franco OH, Benjamin EJ, Chasman DI, Dupuis J, Snieder H, Dehghan A, Alizadeh BZ. Genome Analyses of >200,000 Individuals Identify 58 Loci for Chronic Inflammation and Highlight Pathways that Link Inflammation and Complex Disorders.Am J Hum Genet. 2018 Nov 1;103(5):691-706. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2018.09.009

Adris N, Chua ACG, Knuiman MW, Divitini ML, Trinder D, Olynyk JK. A prospective cohort examination of haematological parameters in relation to cancer death and incidence: the Busselton Health Study. BMC Cancer. 2018 Sep 3;18(1):863

Chan YX, Knuiman MW, Divitini ML, Handelsman DJ, Beilby JP, Yeap BB. Lower Circulating Androgens Are Associated with Overall Cancer Risk and Prostate Cancer Risk in Men Aged 25-84 Years from the Busselton Health Study. Horm Cancer. 2018 Aug 10. doi: 10.1007/s12672-018-0346-5. [Epub ahead of print]

Lee MG, Marshall NS, Clemons TE, Hunter ML, James AL, Grunstein RR, Nguyen V, Campain A, Gillies MC. No association between sleep apnoea and macular telangiectasia type 2 and its markers of severity and progression: a case-control study and retrospective cohort study. Clin Exp Ophthalmol. 2018 Jul 25. doi: 10.1111/ceo.13363. [Epub ahead of print]

Reid A, Franklin P, de Klerk N, Creaney J, Brims F, Musk B, Pfau J. Autoimmune antibodies and asbestos exposure: Evidence from Wittenoom, Western Australia. Am J Ind Med. 2018 Jul;61(7):615-620.

Zhu K, Hung J, Divitini M, Murray K, Lim EM, St John A, Walsh JP, Knuiman M. High-sensitivity cardiac troponin I and risk of incident atrial fibrillation hospitalisation in an Australian community-based cohort: The Busselton health study. Clin Biochem. 2018 Aug;58:20-25.

Schneider C, Feller M, Bauer DC, Collet TH, da Costa BR, Auer R, Peeters RP, Brown SJ, Bremner AP, O’Leary PC, Feddema P, Leedman PJ, Aujesky D, Walsh JP, Rodondi N. Initial evaluation of thyroid dysfunction – Are simultaneous TSH and fT4 tests necessary? PLoS One. 2018 Apr 30;13(4)

Wood AM, Kaptoge S, Butterworth AS, Willeit P, Warnakula S, Bolton T, Paige E, Paul DS, Sweeting M, Burgess S, Bell S, Astle W, Stevens D, Koulman A, Selmer RM, Verschuren WMM, Sato S, Njølstad I, Woodward M, Salomaa V, Nordestgaard BG, Yeap BB, Fletcher A, Melander O, Kuller LH, Balkau B, Marmot M, Koenig W, Casiglia E, Cooper C, Arndt V, Franco OH, Wennberg P, Gallacher J, de la Cámara AG, Völzke H, Dahm CC, Dale CE, Bergmann MM, Crespo CJ, van der Schouw YT, Kaaks R, Simons LA, Lagiou P, Schoufour JD, Boer JMA, Key TJ, Rodriguez B, Moreno-Iribas C, Davidson KW, Taylor JO, Sacerdote C, Wallace RB, Quiros JR, Tumino R, Blazer DG 2nd, Linneberg A, Daimon M, Panico S, Howard B, Skeie G, Strandberg T, Weiderpass E, Nietert PJ, Psaty BM, Kromhout D, Salamanca-Fernandez E, Kiechl S, Krumholz HM, Grioni S, Palli D, Huerta JM, Price J, Sundström J, Arriola L, Arima H, Travis RC, Panagiotakos DB, Karakatsani A, Trichopoulou A, Kühn T, Grobbee DE, Barrett-Connor E, van Schoor N, Boeing H, Overvad K, Kauhanen J, Wareham N, Langenberg C, Forouhi N, Wennberg M, Després JP, Cushman M, Cooper JA, Rodriguez CJ, Sakurai M, Shaw JE, Knuiman M, Voortman T, Meisinger C, Tjønneland A, Brenner H, Palmieri L, Dallongeville J, Brunner EJ, Assmann G, Trevisan M, Gillum RF, Ford I, Sattar N, Lazo M, Thompson SG, Ferrari P, Leon DA, Smith GD, Peto R, Jackson R, Banks E, Di Angelantonio E, Danesh J; Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration/EPIC-CVD/UK Biobank Alcohol Study Group. Risk thresholds for alcohol consumption: combined analysis of individual-participant data for 599 912 current drinkers in 83 prospective studies. Lancet. 2018 Apr 14;391(10129):1513-1523.

Musk AB, Hunter M, Hui J, Knuiman MW, Divitini M, Beilby JP, James A. Obstructive airway disease in 46-65-year-old people in Busselton, Western Australia, 1966-2015. Med J Aust. 2018 Mar 19;208(5):209-213.

Davis TM, Davis WA, Hunter M. Hearing Loss in Adults. N Engl J Med. 2018 Mar 8;378(10):970.

Mulrennan S, Knuiman M, Walsh JP, Hui J, Hunter M, Divitini M, Zhu K, Cooke BR, Musk AWB, James A. Vitamin D and respiratory health in the Busselton Healthy Ageing Study. Respirology. 2018 Jan 24. doi: 10.1111/resp.13239. [Epub ahead of print]

Demenais F, Margaritte-Jeannin P, Barnes KC, Cookson WOC, Altmüller J, Ang W, Barr RG, Beaty TH, Becker AB, Beilby J, Bisgaard H, Bjornsdottir US, Bleecker E, Bønnelykke K, Boomsma DI, Bouzigon E, Brightling CE, Brossard M, Brusselle GG, Burchard E, Burkart KM, Bush A, Chan-Yeung M, Chung KF, Couto Alves A, Curtin JA, Custovic A, Daley D, de Jongste JC, Del-Rio-Navarro BE, Donohue KM, Duijts L, Eng C, Eriksson JG, Farrall M, Fedorova Y, Feenstra B, Ferreira MA; Australian Asthma Genetics Consortium (AAGC) collaborators, Freidin MB, Gajdos Z, Gauderman J, Gehring U, Geller F, Genuneit J, Gharib SA, Gilliland F, Granell R, Graves PE, Gudbjartsson DF, Haahtela T, Heckbert SR, Heederik D, Heinrich J, Heliövaara M, Henderson J, Himes BE, Hirose H, Hirschhorn JN, Hofman A, Holt P, Hottenga J, Hudson TJ, Hui J, Imboden M, Ivanov V, Jaddoe VWV, James A, Janson C, Jarvelin MR, Jarvis D, Jones G, Jonsdottir I, Jousilahti P, Kabesch M, Kähönen M, Kantor DB, Karunas AS, Khusnutdinova E, Koppelman GH, Kozyrskyj AL, Kreiner E, Kubo M, Kumar R, Kumar A, Kuokkanen M, Lahousse L, Laitinen T, Laprise C, Lathrop M, Lau S, Lee YA, Lehtimäki T, Letort S, Levin AM, Li G, Liang L, Loehr LR, London SJ, Loth DW, Manichaikul A, Marenholz I, Martinez FJ, Matheson MC, Mathias RA, Matsumoto K, Mbarek H, McArdle WL, Melbye M, Melén E, Meyers D, Michel S, Mohamdi H, Musk AW, Myers RA, Nieuwenhuis MAE, Noguchi E, O’Connor GT, Ogorodova LM, Palmer CD, Palotie A, Park JE, Pennell CE, Pershagen G, Polonikov A, Postma DS, Probst-Hensch N, Puzyrev VP, Raby BA, Raitakari OT, Ramasamy A, Rich SS, Robertson CF, Romieu I, Salam MT, Salomaa V, Schlünssen V, Scott R, Selivanova PA, Sigsgaard T, Simpson A, Siroux V, Smith LJ, Solodilova M, Standl M, Stefansson K, Strachan DP, Stricker BH, Takahashi A, Thompson PJ, Thorleifsson G, Thorsteinsdottir U, Tiesler CMT, Torgerson DG, Tsunoda T, Uitterlinden AG, van der Valk RJP, Vaysse A, Vedantam S, von Berg A, von Mutius E, Vonk JM, Waage J, Wareham NJ, Weiss ST, White WB, Wickman M, Widén E, Willemsen G, Williams LK, Wouters IM, Yang JJ, Zhao JH, Moffatt MF, Ober C, Nicolae DL. Multiancestry association study identifies new asthma risk loci that colocalize with immune-cell enhancer marks. Nat Genet. 2018 Jan;50(1):42-53

Cadby G, Melton PE, McCarthy NS, Almeida M, Williams-Blangero S, Curran JE, VandeBerg JL, Hui J, Beilby J, Musk AW, James AL, Hung J, Blangero J, Moses EK. Pleiotropy of cardiometabolic syndrome with obesity-related anthropometric traits determined using empirically derived kinships from the Busselton Health Study. Hum Genet. 2018 Jan;137(1):45-53.

 

PUBLICATIONS IN 2017

Zhu K, Knuiman M, Divitini M, Hung J, Lim EM, Cooke BR, Walsh JP. Serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D as a predictor of mortality and cardiovascular events: a 20 year study of a community-based cohort. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2017 Sep 26. doi: 10.1111/cen.13485. [Epub ahead of print]

Henze M, Brown SJ, Hadlow NC, Walsh JP. Rationalizing thyroid function testing: which TSH cut-offs are optimal for testing free T4? J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2017 Aug 30. doi: 10.1210/jc.2017-01322. [Epub ahead of print]

Wain LV, Vaez A, Jansen R, Joehanes R, van der Most PJ, Erzurumluoglu AM, O’Reilly PF, Cabrera CP, Warren HR, Rose LM, Verwoert GC, Hottenga JJ, Strawbridge RJ, Esko T, Arking DE, Hwang SJ, Guo X, Kutalik Z, Trompet S, Shrine N, Teumer A, Ried JS, Bis JC, Smith AV, Amin N, Nolte IM, Lyytikäinen LP, Mahajan A, Wareham NJ, Hofer E, Joshi PK, Kristiansson K, Traglia M, Havulinna AS, Goel A, Nalls MA, Sõber S, Vuckovic D, Luan J, Del Greco M F, Ayers KL, Marrugat J, Ruggiero D, Lopez LM, Niiranen T, Enroth S, Jackson AU, Nelson CP, Huffman JE, Zhang W, Marten J, Gandin I, Harris SE, Zemunik T, Lu Y, Evangelou E, Shah N, de Borst MH, Mangino M, Prins BP, Campbell A, Li-Gao R, Chauhan G, Oldmeadow C, Abecasis G, Abedi M, Barbieri CM, Barnes MR, Batini C, Beilby J, Blake T, Boehnke M, Bottinger EP, Braund PS, Brown M, Brumat M, Campbell H, Chambers JC, Cocca M, Collins F, Connell J, Cordell HJ, Damman JJ, Davies G, de Geus EJ, de Mutsert R, Deelen J, Demirkale Y, Doney ASF, Dörr M, Farrall M, Ferreira T, Frånberg M, Gao H, Giedraitis V, Gieger C, Giulianini F, Gow AJ, Hamsten A, Harris TB, Hofman A, Holliday EG, Hui J, Jarvelin MR, Johansson Å, Johnson AD, Jousilahti P, Jula A, Kähönen M, Kathiresan S, Khaw KT, Kolcic I, Koskinen S, Langenberg C, Larson M, Launer LJ, Lehne B, Liewald DCM, Lin L, Lind L, Mach F, Mamasoula C, Menni C, Mifsud B, Milaneschi Y, Morgan A, Morris AD, Morrison AC, Munson PJ, Nandakumar P, Nguyen QT, Nutile T, Oldehinkel AJ, Oostra BA, Org E, Padmanabhan S, Palotie A, Paré G, Pattie A, Penninx BWJH, Poulter N, Pramstaller PP, Raitakari OT, Ren M, Rice K, Ridker PM, Riese H, Ripatti S, Robino A, Rotter JI, Rudan I, Saba Y, Saint Pierre A, Sala CF, Sarin AP, Schmidt R, Scott R, Seelen MA, Shields DC, Siscovick D, Sorice R, Stanton A, Stott DJ, Sundström J, Swertz M, Taylor KD, Thom S, Tzoulaki I, Tzourio C, Uitterlinden AG, Völker U, Vollenweider P, Wild S, Willemsen G, Wright AF, Yao J, Thériault S, Conen D, Attia J, Sever P, Debette S, Mook-Kanamori DO, Zeggini E, Spector TD, van der Harst P, Palmer CNA, Vergnaud AC, Loos RJF, Polasek O, Starr JM, Girotto G, Hayward C, Kooner JS, Lindgren CM, Vitart V, Samani NJ, Tuomilehto J, Gyllensten U, Knekt P, Deary IJ, Ciullo M, Elosua R, Keavney BD, Hicks AA, Scott RA, Gasparini P, Laan M, Liu Y, Watkins H, Hartman CA, Salomaa V, Toniolo D, Perola M, Wilson JF, Schmidt H, Zhao JH, Lehtimäki T, van Duijn CM, Gudnason V, Psaty BM, Peters A, Rettig R, James A, Jukema JW, Strachan DP, Palmas W, Metspalu A, Ingelsson E, Boomsma DI, Franco OH, Bochud M, Newton-Cheh C, Munroe PB, Elliott P, Chasman DI, Chakravarti A, Knight J, Morris AP, Levy D, Tobin MD, Snieder H, Caulfield MJ, Ehret GB. Novel Blood Pressure Locus and Gene Discovery Using Genome-Wide Association Study and Expression Data Sets From Blood and the Kidney. Hypertension. 2017 Jul 24. pii: HYPERTENSIONAHA.117.09438. doi: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.117.09438. [Epub ahead of print]

Tan HEI, Lan NSR, Knuiman MW, Divitini ML, Swanepoel W, Hunter M, Brennan-Jones CG, Hung J, Eikelboom RH, Santa Maria PL. Associations between cardiovascular disease and its risk factors with hearing loss – a cross-sectional analysis. Clin Otolaryngol. 2017 Jul 13. doi: 10.1111/coa.12936. [Epub ahead of print]

Chan YX, Knuiman M, Divitini ML, Brown SJ, Walsh JP, Yeap BB. Lower TSH and higher free thyroxine predict incidence of prostate but not breast, colorectal or lung cancer. Eur J Endocrinol. 2017 Jul 6. pii: EJE-17-0197. doi: 10.1530/EJE-17-0197. [Epub ahead of print]

Ni AI, Cai J, Zeng D. Variable selection for case-cohort studies with failure time outcome. Biometrika. 2016 Sep;103(3):547-562. doi: 10.1093/biomet/asw027. Epub 2016 Aug 10.

Gauci R, Hunter M, Bruce DG, Davis WA, Davis TME. Anemia complicating type 2 diabetes: Prevalence, risk factors and prognosis. J Diabetes Complications. 2017 Jul;31(7):1169-1174.

Nossent J, Raymond W, Divitini M, Knuiman M. Rheumatoid factors do not predict cardiovascular disease and mortality in the general population in the Busselton Health Survey. BMC Musculoskelet Disord. 2017 May 26;18(1):221.

Graff M, Scott RA, Justice AE, Young KL, Feitosa MF, Barata L, Winkler TW, Chu AY, Mahajan A, Hadley D, Xue L, Workalemahu T, Heard-Costa NL, den Hoed M, Ahluwalia TS, Qi Q, Ngwa JS, Renström F, Quaye L, Eicher JD, Hayes JE, Cornelis M, Kutalik Z, Lim E, Luan J, Huffman JE, Zhang W, Zhao W, Griffin PJ, Haller T, Ahmad S, Marques-Vidal PM, Bien S, Yengo L, Teumer A, Smith AV, Kumari M, Harder MN, Justesen JM, Kleber ME, Hollensted M, Lohman K, Rivera NV, Whitfield JB, Zhao JH, Stringham HM, Lyytikäinen LP, Huppertz C, Willemsen G, Peyrot WJ, Wu Y, Kristiansson K, Demirkan A, Fornage M, Hassinen M, Bielak LF, Cadby G, Tanaka T, Mägi R, van der Most PJ, Jackson AU, Bragg-Gresham JL, Vitart V, Marten J, Navarro P, Bellis C, Pasko D, Johansson Å, Snitker S, Cheng YC, Eriksson J, Lim U, Aadahl M, Adair LS, Amin N, Balkau B, Auvinen J, Beilby J, Bergman RN, Bergmann S, Bertoni AG, Blangero J, Bonnefond A, Bonnycastle LL, Borja JB, Brage S, Busonero F, Buyske S, Campbell H, Chines PS, Collins FS, Corre T, Smith GD, Delgado GE, Dueker N, Dörr M, Ebeling T, Eiriksdottir G, Esko T, Faul JD, Fu M, Færch K, Gieger C, Gläser S, Gong J, Gordon-Larsen P, Grallert H, Grammer TB, Grarup N, van Grootheest G, Harald K, Hastie ND, Havulinna AS, Hernandez D, Hindorff L, Hocking LJ, Holmens OL, Holzapfel C, Hottenga JJ, Huang J, Huang T, Hui J, Huth C, Hutri-Kähönen N, James AL, Jansson JO, Jhun MA, Juonala M, Kinnunen L, Koistinen HA, Kolcic I, Komulainen P, Kuusisto J, Kvaløy K, Kähönen M, Lakka TA, Launer LJ, Lehne B, Lindgren CM, Lorentzon M, Luben R, Marre M, Milaneschi Y, Monda KL, Montgomery GW, De Moor MHM, Mulas A, Müller-Nurasyid M, Musk AW, Männikkö R, Männistö S, Narisu N, Nauck M, Nettleton JA, Nolte IM, Oldehinkel AJ, Olden M, Ong KK, Padmanabhan S, Paternoster L, Perez J, Perola M, Peters A, Peters U, Peyser PA, Prokopenko I, Puolijoki H, Raitakari OT, Rankinen T, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Rawal R, Ridker PM, Rose LM, Rudan I, Sarti C, Sarzynski MA, Savonen K, Scott WR, Sanna S, Shuldiner AR, Sidney S, Silbernagel G, Smith BH, Smith JA, Snieder H, Stancáková A, Sternfeld B, Swift AJ, Tammelin T, Tan ST, Thorand B, Thuillier D, Vandenput L, Vestergaard H, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Vohl MC, Völker U, Waeber G, Walker M, Wild S, Wong A, Wright AF, Zillikens MC, Zubair N, Haiman CA, Lemarchand L, Gyllensten U, Ohlsson C, Hofman A, Rivadeneira F, Uitterlinden AG, Pérusse L, Wilson JF, Hayward C, Polasek O, Cucca F, Hveem K, Hartman CA, Tönjes A, Bandinelli S, Palmer LJ, Kardia SLR, Rauramaa R, Sørensen TIA, Tuomilehto J, Salomaa V, Penninx BWJH, de Geus EJC, Boomsma DI, Lehtimäki T, Mangino M, Laakso M, Bouchard C, Martin NG, Kuh D, Liu Y, Linneberg A, März W, Strauch K, Kivimäki M, Harris TB, Gudnason V, Völzke H, Qi L, Järvelin MR, Chambers JC, Kooner JS, Froguel P, Kooperberg C, Vollenweider P, Hallmans G, Hansen T, Pedersen O, Metspalu A, Wareham NJ, Langenberg C, Weir DR, Porteous DJ, Boerwinkle E, Chasman DI; CHARGE Consortium; EPIC-InterAct Consortium; PAGE Consortium, Abecasis GR, Barroso I, McCarthy MI, Frayling TM, O’Connell JR, van Duijn CM, Boehnke M, Heid IM, Mohlke KL, Strachan DP, Fox CS, Liu CT, Hirschhorn JN, Klein RJ, Johnson AD, Borecki IB, Franks PW, North KE, Cupples LA, Loos RJF, Kilpeläinen TO. Genome-wide physical activity interactions in adiposity – A meta-analysis of 200,452 adults. PLoS Genet. 2017 Apr 27;13(4)

Justice AE, Winkler TW, Feitosa MF, Graff M, Fisher VA, Young K, Barata L, Deng X, Czajkowski J, Hadley D, Ngwa JS, Ahluwalia TS, Chu AY, Heard-Costa NL, Lim E, Perez J, Eicher JD, Kutalik Z, Xue L, Mahajan A, Renström F, Wu J, Qi Q, Ahmad S, Alfred T, Amin N, Bielak LF, Bonnefond A, Bragg J, Cadby G, Chittani M, Coggeshall S, Corre T, Direk N, Eriksson J, Fischer K, Gorski M, Neergaard Harder M, Horikoshi M, Huang T, Huffman JE, Jackson AU, Justesen JM, Kanoni S, Kinnunen L, Kleber ME, Komulainen P, Kumari M, Lim U, Luan J, Lyytikäinen LP, Mangino M, Manichaikul A, Marten J, Middelberg RPS, Müller-Nurasyid M, Navarro P, Pérusse L, Pervjakova N, Sarti C, Smith AV, Smith JA, Stancáková A, Strawbridge RJ, Stringham HM, Sung YJ, Tanaka T, Teumer A, Trompet S, van der Laan SW, van der Most PJ, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Vedantam SL, Verweij N, Vink JM, Vitart V, Wu Y, Yengo L, Zhang W, Hua Zhao J, Zimmermann ME, Zubair N, Abecasis GR, Adair LS, Afaq S, Afzal U, Bakker SJL, Bartz TM, Beilby J, Bergman RN, Bergmann S, Biffar R, Blangero J, Boerwinkle E, Bonnycastle LL, Bottinger E, Braga D, Buckley BM, Buyske S, Campbell H, Chambers JC, Collins FS, Curran JE, de Borst GJ, de Craen AJM, de Geus EJC, Dedoussis G, Delgado GE, den Ruijter HM, Eiriksdottir G, Eriksson AL, Esko T, Faul JD, Ford I, Forrester T, Gertow K, Gigante B, Glorioso N, Gong J, Grallert H, Grammer TB, Grarup N, Haitjema S, Hallmans G, Hamsten A, Hansen T, Harris TB, Hartman CA, Hassinen M, Hastie ND, Heath AC, Hernandez D, Hindorff L, Hocking LJ, Hollensted M, Holmen OL, Homuth G, Jan Hottenga J, Huang J, Hung J, Hutri-Kähönen N, Ingelsson E, James AL, Jansson JO, Jarvelin MR, Jhun MA, Jørgensen ME, Juonala M, Kähönen M, Karlsson M, Koistinen HA, Kolcic I, Kolovou G, Kooperberg C, Krämer BK, Kuusisto J, Kvaløy K, Lakka TA, Langenberg C, Launer LJ, Leander K, Lee NR, Lind L, Lindgren CM, Linneberg A, Lobbens S, Loh M, Lorentzon M, Luben R, Lubke G, Ludolph-Donislawski A, Lupoli S, Madden PAF, Männikkö R, Marques-Vidal P, Martin NG, McKenzie CA, McKnight B, Mellström D, Menni C, Montgomery GW, Musk AB, Narisu N, Nauck M, Nolte IM, Oldehinkel AJ, Olden M, Ong KK, Padmanabhan S, Peyser PA, Pisinger C, Porteous DJ, Raitakari OT, Rankinen T, Rao DC, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Rawal R, Rice T, Ridker PM, Rose LM, Bien SA, Rudan I, Sanna S, Sarzynski MA, Sattar N, Savonen K, Schlessinger D, Scholtens S, Schurmann C, Scott RA, Sennblad B, Siemelink MA, Silbernagel G, Slagboom PE, Snieder H, Staessen JA, Stott DJ, Swertz MA, Swift AJ, Taylor KD, Tayo BO, Thorand B, Thuillier D, Tuomilehto J, Uitterlinden AG, Vandenput L, Vohl MC, Völzke H, Vonk JM, Waeber G, Waldenberger M, Westendorp RGJ, Wild S, Willemsen G, Wolffenbuttel BHR, Wong A, Wright AF, Zhao W, Zillikens MC, Baldassarre D, Balkau B, Bandinelli S, Böger CA, Boomsma DI, Bouchard C, Bruinenberg M, Chasman DI, Chen YD, Chines PS, Cooper RS, Cucca F, Cusi D, Faire U, Ferrucci L, Franks PW, Froguel P, Gordon-Larsen P, Grabe HJ, Gudnason V, Haiman CA, Hayward C, Hveem K, Johnson AD, Wouter Jukema J, Kardia SLR, Kivimaki M, Kooner JS, Kuh D, Laakso M, Lehtimäki T, Marchand LL, März W, McCarthy MI, Metspalu A, Morris AP, Ohlsson C, Palmer LJ, Pasterkamp G, Pedersen O, Peters A, Peters U, Polasek O, Psaty BM, Qi L, Rauramaa R, Smith BH, Sørensen TIA, Strauch K, Tiemeier H, Tremoli E, van der Harst P, Vestergaard H, Vollenweider P, Wareham NJ, Weir DR, Whitfield JB, Wilson JF, Tyrrell J, Frayling TM, Barroso I, Boehnke M, Deloukas P, Fox CS, Hirschhorn JN, Hunter DJ, Spector TD, Strachan DP, van Duijn CM, Heid IM, Mohlke KL, Marchini J, Loos RJF, Kilpeläinen TO, Liu CT, Borecki IB, North KE, Cupples LA. Genome-wide meta-analysis of 241,258 adults accounting for smoking behaviour identifies novel loci for obesity traits. Nat Commun. 2017 Apr 26;8:14977

Mangino M, Ellis HP, Kurian KM, Pooley KA, Eeles RA, Lee JE, Fang S, Chen WV, Law MH, Bowdler LM, Iles MM, Yang Q, Worrall BB, Markus HS, Hung RJ, Amos CI, Spurdle AB, Thompson DJ, O’Mara TA, Wolpin B, Amundadottir L, Stolzenberg-Solomon R, Trichopoulou A, Onland-Moret NC, Lund E, Duell EJ, Canzian F, Severi G, Overvad K, Gunter MJ, Tumino R, Svenson U, van Rij A, Baas AF, Bown MJ, Samani NJ, van t’Hof FN, Tromp G, Jones GT, Kuivaniemi H, Elmore JR, Johansson M, Mckay J, Scelo G, Carreras-Torres R, Gaborieau V, Brennan P, Bracci PM, Neale RE, Olson SH, Gallinger S, Li D, Petersen GM, Risch HA, Klein AP, Han J, Abnet CC, Freedman ND, Taylor PR, Maris JM, Aben KK, Kiemeney LA, Vermeulen SH, Wiencke JK, Walsh KM, Wrensch M, Rice T, Turnbull C, Litchfield K, Paternoster L, Standl M, Abecasis GR, SanGiovanni JP, Li Y, Mijatovic V, Sapkota Y, Low SK, Zondervan KT, Montgomery GW, Nyholt DR, van Heel DA, Hunt K, Arking DE, Ashar FN, Sotoodehnia N, Woo D, Rosand J, Comeau ME, Brown WM, Silverman EK, Hokanson JE, Cho MH, Hui J, Ferreira MA, Thompson PJ, Morrison AC, Felix JF, Smith NL, Christiano AM, Petukhova L, Betz RC, Fan X, Zhang X, Zhu C, Langefeld CD, Thompson SD, Wang F, Lin X, Schwartz DA, Fingerlin T, Rotter JI, Cotch MF, Jensen RA, Munz M, Dommisch H, Schaefer AS, Han F, Ollila HM, Hillary RP, Albagha O, Ralston SH, Zeng C, Zheng W, Shu XO, Reis A, Uebe S, Hüffmeier U, Kawamura Y, Otowa T, Sasaki T, Hibberd ML, Davila S, Xie G, Siminovitch K, Bei JX, Zeng YX, Försti A, Chen B, Landi S, Franke A, Fischer A, Ellinghaus D, Flores C, Noth I, Ma SF, Foo JN, Liu J, Kim JW, Cox DG, Delattre O, Mirabeau O, Skibola CF, Tang CS, Garcia-Barcelo M, Chang KP, Su WH, Chang YS, Martin NG, Gordon S, Wade TD, Lee C, Kubo M, Cha PC, Nakamura Y, Levy D, Kimura M, Hwang SJ, Hunt S, Spector T, Soranzo N, Manichaikul AW, Barr RG, Kahali B, Speliotes E, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Cheng CY, Jonas JB, Wong TY, Fogh I, Lin K, Powell JF, Rice K, Relton CL, Martin RM, Davey Smith G.  Association Between Telomere Length and Risk of Cancer and Non-Neoplastic Diseases: A Mendelian Randomization Study. JAMA Oncol. 2017 3(5):636-651

Kreiner E, Waage J, Standl M, Brix S, Pers TH, Couto Alves A, Warrington NM, Tiesler CM, Fuertes E, Franke L, Hirschhorn JN, James A, Simpson A, Tung JY, Koppelman GH, Postma DS, Pennell CE, Jarvelin MR, Custovic A, Timpson N, Ferreira MA, Strachan DP, Henderson J, Hinds D, Bisgaard H, Bønnelykke K. Shared genetic variants suggest common pathways in allergy and autoimmune diseases. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2017, (17)30207-5.

John C, Soler Artigas M, Hui J, Nielsen SF, Rafaels N, Paré PD, Hansel NN, Shrine N, Kilty I, Malarstig A, Jelinsky SA, Vedel-Krogh S, Barnes K, Hall IP, Beilby J, Musk AW, Nordestgaard BG, James A, Wain LV, Tobin MD. Genetic variants affecting cross-sectional lung function in adults show little or no effect on longitudinal lung function decline. Thorax. 2017, 72(5):400-408

Wain LV, Shrine N, Artigas MS, Erzurumluoglu AM, Noyvert B, Bossini-Castillo L, Obeidat M, Henry AP, Portelli MA, Hall RJ, Billington CK, Rimington TL, Fenech AG, John C, Blake T, Jackson VE, Allen RJ, Prins BP; Understanding Society Scientific Group., Campbell A, Porteous DJ, Jarvelin MR, Wielscher M, James AL, Hui J, Wareham NJ, Zhao JH, Wilson JF, Joshi PK, Stubbe B, Rawal R, Schulz H, Imboden M, Probst-Hensch NM, Karrasch S, Gieger C, Deary IJ, Harris SE, Marten J, Rudan I, Enroth S, Gyllensten U, Kerr SM, Polasek O, Kähönen M, Surakka I, Vitart V, Hayward C, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Evans DM, Henderson AJ, Pennell CE, Wang CA, Sly PD, Wan ES, Busch R, Hobbs BD, Litonjua AA, Sparrow DW, Gulsvik A, Bakke PS, Crapo JD, Beaty TH, Hansel NN, Mathias RA, Ruczinski I, Barnes KC, Bossé Y, Joubert P, van den Berge M, Brandsma CA, Paré PD, Sin DD, Nickle DC, Hao K, Gottesman O, Dewey FE, Bruse SE, Carey DJ, Kirchner HL; Geisinger-Regeneron DiscovEHR Collaboration., Jonsson S, Thorleifsson G, Jonsdottir I, Gislason T, Stefansson K, Schurmann C, Nadkarni G, Bottinger EP, Loos RJ, Walters RG, Chen Z, Millwood IY, Vaucher J, Kurmi OP, Li L, Hansell AL, Brightling C, Zeggini E, Cho MH, Silverman EK, Sayers I, Trynka G, Morris AP, Strachan DP, Hall IP, Tobin MD. Genome-wide association analyses for lung function and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease identify new loci and potential druggable targets. Nat Genet. 2017, 49(3):416-425

Sommer J, Brenann-Jones CG, Eikelboom RH, Hunter M, Davis WA, Atlas MD, Davis TM. A population-based study of the association between dysglycaemia and hearing loss in middle age. Diabet Med. 2017, 34(5):683-690

PUBLICATIONS IN 2016

Nossent J, Raymond W, Divitini M, Knuiman M. Asymptomatic hyperuricemia is not an independent risk factor for cardiovascular events or overall mortality in the general population of the Busselton Health Study. BMC Cardiovasc Disord. 2016 Dec 15;16(1):256.

Ni AI, Cai J, Zeng D. Variable selection for case-cohort studies with failure time outcome. Biometrika. 2016 Sep;103(3):547-562.

Ferreira MA, Jansen R, Willemsen G, Penninx B, Bain LM, Vicente CT, Revez JA, Matheson MC, Hui J, Tung JY, Baltic S, Le Souëf P; AAGC collaborators, Montgomery GW, Martin NG, Robertson CF, James A, Thompson PJ, Boomsma DI, Hopper JL, Hinds DA, Werder RB, Phipps S. Gene-based analysis of regulatory variants identifies four putative novel asthma risk genes related to nucleotide synthesis and signaling. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 Aug 20. pii: S0091-6749(16)30804-1.doi:10.1016/j.jaci.2016.07.017

Weeks AL, Wilson SG, Ward L, Goldblatt J, Hui J, Walsh JP. HABP2 germline variants are uncommon in familial nonmedullary thyroid cancer. BMC Med Genet. 2016 Aug 17;17(1):60. doi: 10.1186/s12881-016-0323-1.

Shrine N, Tobin MD, Schurmann C, Soler Artigas M, Hui J, Lehtimäki T, Raitakari OT, Pennell CE, Ang QW, Strachan DP, Homuth G, Gläser S, Felix SB, Evans DM, Henderson J, Granell R, Palmer LJ, Huffman J, Hayward C, Scotland G, Malarstig A, Musk B, James AL; UK BiLEVE, Wain LV. Genome-wide association study of copy number variation with lung function identifies a novel signal of association near BANP for forced vital capacity. BMC Genet. 2016 Aug 11;17(1):116. doi: 10.1186/s12863-016-0423-0.

Chua AC, Knuiman MW, Trinder D, Divitini ML, Olynyk JK. Higher concentrations of serum iron and transferrin saturation but not serum ferritin are associated with cancer outcomes. Am J Clin Nutr. 2016, 104(3):736-42

Zhu K, Hunter M, James A, Lim EM, Cooke BR, Walsh JP. Discordance between fat mass index and body mass index is associated with reduced bone mineral density in women but not in men: the Busselton Healthy Ageing Study. Osteoporos Int. 2016, 28(1):259-268

Deshpande P, Lucas M, Brunt S, Lucas A, Hollingsworth P, Bundell C. Low level autoantibodies can be frequently detected in the general Australian population.Pathology. 2016 Aug;48(5):483-90. doi: 10.1016/j.pathol.2016.03.014.

Bucks RS, Dunlop PD, Taljaard DS, Brennan-Jones CG, Hunter M, Wesnes K, Eikelboom RH. Hearing loss and cognition in the Busselton Baby Boomer cohort: An epidemiological study. Laryngoscope. 2016, 126(10):2367-75

Manners D, Hui J, Hunter M, James A, Knuiman MW, McWilliams A, Mulrennan S, Musk AW, Brims FJ. Estimating eligibility for lung cancer screening in an Australian cohort, including the effect of spirometry. Med J Aust. 2016 Jun 20;204(11):406.

Brown SJ, Bremner AP, Hadlow NC, Feddema P, Leedman PJ, O’Leary PC, Walsh JP. The log TSH-free T4 relationship in a community-based cohort is non-linear and is influenced by age, smoking and thyroid peroxidase antibody status. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2016 May 20. doi: 10.1111/cen.13107

Sarnowski C, Sugier PE, Granell R, Jarvis D, Dizier MH, Ege M, Imboden M, Laprise C, Khusnutdinova EK, Freidin MB, Cookson WO, Moffatt M, Lathrop M, Siroux V, Ogorodova LM, Karunas AS, James A, Probst-Hensch NM, von Mutius E, Pin I, Kogevinas M, Henderson AJ, Demenais F, Bouzigon E. Identification of a new locus at 16q12 associated with time to asthma onset.J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2016 Apr 6. pii: S0091-6749(16)30016-1. doi: 10.1016/j.jaci.2016.03.018.

Chan YX, Knuiman MW, Hung J, Divitini ML, Beilby JP, Handelsman DJ, Beilin J, McQuillan B, Yeap BB. Neutral associations of testosterone, dihydrotestosterone and estradiol with fatal and non-fatal cardiovascular events, and mortality in men aged 17-97 years. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2016 Apr 23. doi: 10.1111/cen.13089.

Bowatte G, Lodge CJ, Lowe AJ, Erbas B, Dennekamp M, Marks GB, Perret J, Hui J, Wjst M, Gurrin LC, Allen KJ, Abramson MJ, Matheson MC, Dharmage SC. Do Variants in GSTs Modify the Association between Traffic Air Pollution and Asthma in Adolescence? Int J Mol Sci. 2016 Apr 1;17(4). pii: E485. doi: 10.3390/ijms17040485.

Revez JA, Matheson MC, Hui J, Baltic S; AAGC collaborators, James A, Upham JW, Dharmage S, Thompson PJ, Martin NG, Hopper JL, Ferreira MA. Identification of STOML2 as a putative novel asthma risk gene associated with IL6R. Allergy. 2016 Mar 2. doi: 10.1111/all.12869.

Yeap BB, Knuiman MW, Divitini ML, Hui J, Arscott GM, Handelsman DJ, McLennan SV, Twigg SM, McQuillan B, Hung J, Beilby JP. Epidemiological and Mendelian randomisation studies of dihydrotestosterone and estradiol, and leucocyte telomere length in men. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2016 Jan 20:jc20154139. [Epub ahead of print]

Bruce DG, Davis WA, Hunter ML, Peters KE, Davis TM, Starkstein SE. Lifetime depression history and depression risk in type 2 diabetes: A case-control study. J Diabetes Complications. 2016 Jan-Feb;30(1):38-42.

PUBLICATIONS IN 2015

Shungin D, et al. New genetic loci link adipose and insulin biology to body fat distribution. Nature. 2015 Feb 12;518(7538):187-96.

Locke AE, et al. Genetic studies of body mass index yield new insights for obesity biology. Nature. 2015 Feb 12;518(7538):197-206

Yeap BB, Divitini ML, Gunton JE, Olynyk JK, Beilby JP, McQuillan B, Hung J, Knuiman MW. 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. Clinical Endocrinology 2015; 82: 525-532.

Chan YX, Knuiman MW, Hung J, Divitini ML, Handelsman DJ, Beilby JP, McQuillan B, Yeap BB. Testosterone, dihydrotestosterone and estradiol are differentially associated with carotid intima-media thickness and the presence of carotid plaque in men with and without coronary artery disease.  Endocrine Journal 2015; 62: 777-786.

Marenholz I, Esparza-Gordillo J, Rüschendorf F, Bauerfeind A, Strachan DP, Spycher BD, Baurecht H, Margaritte-Jeannin P, Sääf A, Kerkhof M, Ege M, Baltic S, Matheson MC, Li J, Michel S, Ang WQ, McArdle W, Arnold A, Homuth G, Demenais F, Bouzigon E, Söderhäll C, Pershagen G, de Jongste JC, Postma DS, Braun-Fahrländer C, Horak E, Ogorodova LM, Puzyrev VP, Bragina EY, Hudson TJ, Morin C, Duffy DL, Marks GB, Robertson CF, Montgomery GW, Musk B, Thompson PJ, Martin NG, James A, Sleiman P, Toskala E, Rodriguez E, Fölster-Holst R, Franke A, Lieb W, Gieger C, Heinzmann A, Rietschel E, Keil T, Cichon S, Nöthen MM, Pennell CE, Sly PD, Schmidt CO, Matanovic A, Schneider V, Heinig M, Hübner N, Holt PG, Lau S, Kabesch M, Weidinger S, Hakonarson H, Ferreira MA, Laprise C, Freidin MB, Genuneit J, Koppelman GH, Melén E, Dizier MH, Henderson AJ, Lee YA. Meta-analysis identifies seven susceptibility loci involved in the atopic march. Nat Commun. 2015 Nov 6;6:8804. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9804.

Soler Artigas M, Wain LV, Miller S, Kheirallah AK, Huffman JE, Ntalla I, Shrine N, Obeidat M, Trochet H, McArdle WL, Alves AC, Hui J, Zhao JH, Joshi PK, Teumer A, Albrecht E, Imboden M, Rawal R, Lopez LM, Marten J, Enroth S, Surakka I, Polasek O, Lyytikäinen LP, Granell R, Hysi PG, Flexeder C, Mahajan A, Beilby J, Bossé Y, Brandsma CA, Campbell H, Gieger C, Gläser S, González JR, Grallert H, Hammond CJ, Harris SE, Hartikainen AL, Heliövaara M, Henderson J, Hocking L, Horikoshi M, Hutri-Kähönen N, Ingelsson E, Johansson Å, Kemp JP, Kolcic I, Kumar A, Lind L, Melén E, Musk AW, Navarro P, Nickle DC, Padmanabhan S, Raitakari OT, Ried JS, Ripatti S, Schulz H, Scott RA, Sin DD, Starr JM; UK BiLEVE, Viñuela A, Völzke H, Wild SH, Wright AF, Zemunik T, Jarvis DL, Spector TD, Evans DM, Lehtimäki T, Vitart V, Kähönen M, Gyllensten U, Rudan I, Deary IJ, Karrasch S, Probst-Hensch NM, Heinrich J, Stubbe B, Wilson JF, Wareham NJ, James AL, Morris AP, Jarvelin MR, Hayward C, Sayers I, Strachan DP, Hall IP, Tobin MD. Sixteen new lung function signals identified through 1000 Genomes Project reference panel imputation. Nat Commun. 2015 Dec 4;6:8658. doi: 10.1038/ncomms9658.

Obeidat M, Hao K, Bossé Y, Nickle DC, Nie Y, Postma DS, Laviolette M, Sandford AJ, Daley DD, Hogg JC, Elliott WM, Fishbane N, Timens W, Hysi PG, Kaprio J, Wilson JF, Hui J, Rawal R, Schulz H, Stubbe B, Hayward C, Polasek O, Järvelin MR, Zhao JH, Jarvis D, Kähönen M, Franceschini N, North KE, Loth DW, Brusselle GG, Smith AV, Gudnason V, Bartz TM, Wilk JB, O’Connor GT, Cassano PA, Tang W, Wain LV, Artigas MS, Gharib SA, Strachan DP, Sin DD, Tobin MD, London SJ, Hall IP, Paré PD. Molecular mechanisms underlying variations in lung function: a systems genetics analysis. Lancet Respir Med. 2015 Oct;3(10):782-95. doi: 10.1016/S2213-2600(15)00380-X. Epub 2015 Sep 21.

Simpson L, McArdle N, Eastwood PR, Ward KL, Cooper MN, Wilson AC, Hillman DR, Palmer LJ, Mukherjee S. Physical Inactivity Is Associated with Moderate-Severe Obstructive Sleep Apnea. J Clin Sleep Med. 2015 Oct 15;11(10):1091-9.

Chaker L, Baumgartner C, den Elzen WP, Ikram MA, Blum MR, Collet TH, Bakker SJ, Dehghan A, Drechsler C, Luben RN, Hofman A, Portegies ML, Medici M, Iervasi G, Stott DJ, Ford I, Bremner A, Wanner C, Ferrucci L, Newman AB, Dullaart RP, Sgarbi JA, Ceresini G, Maciel RM, Westendorp RG, Jukema JW, Imaizumi M, Franklyn JA, Bauer DC, Walsh JP, Razvi S, Khaw KT, Cappola AR, Völzke H, Franco OH, Gussekloo J, Rodondi N, Peeters RP. Subclinical Hypothyroidism and the Risk of Stroke Events and Fatal Stroke: An Individual Participant Data Analysis. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2015 Apr 9:jc20151438. [Epub ahead of print]

Blum MR, Bauer DC, Collet TH, Fink HA, Cappola AR, da Costa BR, Wirth CD, Peeters RP, Åsvold BO, den Elzen WP, Luben RN, Imaizumi M, Bremner AP, Gogakos A, Eastell R, Kearney PM, Strotmeyer ES, Wallace ER, Hoff M, Ceresini G, Rivadeneira F, Uitterlinden AG, Stott DJ, Westendorp RG, Khaw KT, Langhammer A, Ferrucci L, Gussekloo J, Williams GR, Walsh JP, Jüni P, Aujesky D, Rodondi N; Thyroid Studies Collaboration. Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction and Fracture Risk: A Meta-analysis. JAMA. 2015 May 26;313(20):2055-2065. doi: 10.1001/jama.2015.5161.

Åsvold BO, Vatten LJ, Bjøro T, Bauer DC, Bremner A, Cappola AR, Ceresini G, den Elzen WP, Ferrucci L, Franco OH, Franklyn JA, Gussekloo J, Iervasi G, Imaizumi M, Kearney PM, Khaw KT, Maciel RM, Newman AB, Peeters RP, Psaty BM, Razvi S, Sgarbi JA, Stott DJ, Trompet S, Vanderpump MP, Völzke H, Walsh JP, Westendorp RG, Rodondi N; Thyroid Studies Collaboration. Thyroid Function Within the Normal Range and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: An Individual Participant Data Analysis of 14 Cohorts. JAMA Intern Med. 2015 Apr 20. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2015.0930. [Epub ahead of print]

Taylor PN, Porcu E, Chew S, Campbell PJ, Traglia M, Brown SJ, Mullin BH, Shihab HA, Min J, Walter K, Memari Y, Huang J, Barnes MR, Beilby JP, Charoen P, Danecek P, Dudbridge F, Forgetta V, Greenwood C, Grundberg E, Johnson AD, Hui J, Lim EM, McCarthy S, Muddyman D, Panicker V, Perry JR, Bell JT, Yuan W, Relton C, Gaunt T, Schlessinger D, Abecasis G, Cucca F, Surdulescu GL, Woltersdorf W, Zeggini E, Zheng HF, Toniolo D, Dayan CM, Naitza S, Walsh JP, Spector T, Davey Smith G, Durbin R, Richards JB, Sanna S, Soranzo N, Timpson NJ, Wilson SG; UK0K Consortium. Whole-genome sequence-based analysis of thyroid function. Nat Commun. 2015 Mar 6;6:5681. doi: 10.1038/ncomms6681.

Bruce D, Hunter M, Peters K, Davis T, Davis W. Fear of falling is common in patients with type 2 diabetes and is associated with increased risk of falls. Age Ageing. 2015 Mar 3. pii: afv024.

Campbell P, Brix TH, Wilson SG, Ward LC, Hui J, Beilby JP, Hegedüs L, Walsh JP. Common genetic variants associated with thyroid function may be risk alleles for Hashimoto’s disease and Graves’ disease. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2015 Feb 14. doi: 10.1111/cen.12746.

Mohan SS, Knuiman MW, Divitini ML, James AL, Musk AW, Handelsman DJ, Beilin J, Hunter M, Yeap BB. Higher serum testosterone and dihydrotestosterone, but not oestradiol, are independently associated with favourable indices of lung function in community-dwelling men. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2015 Feb 7. doi: 10.1111/cen.12738.

Zhu K, Hunter M, James A, Lim EM, Walsh JP. Associations between body mass index, lean and fat body mass and bone mineral density in middle-aged Australians: The Busselton Healthy Ageing Study. Bone. 2015 May;74:146-52. doi: 10.1016/j.bone.2015.01.015.

PUBLICATIONS IN 2014

Ivey MA, Johns DP, Stevenson C, Maguire GP, Toelle BG, Marks GB, Abramson MJ, Wood-Baker R. Assessing the performance of two lung age equations on the Australian population: using data from the cross-sectional BOLD-Australia study. Nicotine Tob Res. 2014 Dec;16(12):1629-37. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntu123. Epub 2014 Aug 18. PMID: 25140044.

Wood AR, et al. Defining the role of common variation in the genomic and biological architecture of adult human height. Nat Genet. 2014 Nov;46(11):1173-86.

Gunnell AS, Knuiman MW, Divitini ML, Cormie P. Leisure time physical activity and long-term cardiovascular and cancer outcomes: the Busselton Health Study. Eur J Epidemiol. 2014 Nov;29(11):851-7. doi: 10.1007/s10654-014-9963-7. Epub 2014 Oct 30.

The Coffee and Caffeine Genetics Consortium, Cornelis MC, Byrne EM, Esko T, Nalls MA, Ganna A, Paynter N, Monda KL, Amin N, Fischer K, Renstrom F, Ngwa JS, Huikari V, Cavadino A, Nolte IM, Teumer A, Yu K, Marques-Vidal P, Rawal R, Manichaikul A, Wojczynski MK, Vink JM, Zhao JH, Burlutsky G, Lahti J, Mikkilä V, Lemaitre RN, Eriksson J, Musani SK, Tanaka T, Geller F, Luan J, Hui J, Mägi R, Dimitriou M, Garcia ME, Ho WK, Wright MJ, Rose LM, Magnusson PK, Pedersen NL, Couper D, Oostra BA, Hofman A, Ikram MA, Tiemeier HW, Uitterlinden AG, van Rooij FJ, Barroso I, Johansson I, Xue L, Kaakinen M, Milani L, Power C, Snieder H, Stolk RP, Baumeister SE, Biffar R, Gu F, Bastardot F, Kutalik Z, Jacobs DR Jr, Forouhi NG, Mihailov E, Lind L, Lindgren C, Michaëlsson K, Morris A, Jensen M, Khaw KT, Luben RN, Wang JJ, Männistö S, Perälä MM, Kähönen M, Lehtimäki T, Viikari J, Mozaffarian D, Mukamal K, Psaty BM, Döring A, Heath AC, Montgomery GW, Dahmen N, Carithers T, Tucker KL, Ferrucci L, Boyd HA, Melbye M, Treur JL, Mellström D, Hottenga JJ, Prokopenko I, Tönjes A, Deloukas P, Kanoni S, Lorentzon M, Houston DK, Liu Y, Danesh J, Rasheed A, Mason MA, Zonderman AB, Franke L, Kristal BS; International Parkinson’s Disease Genomics Consortium (IPDGC); North American Brain Expression Consortium (NABEC); UK Brain Expression Consortium (UKBEC), Karjalainen J, Reed DR, Westra HJ, Evans MK, Saleheen D, Harris TB, Dedoussis G, Curhan G, Stumvoll M, Beilby J, Pasquale LR, Feenstra B, Bandinelli S, Ordovas JM, Chan AT, Peters U, Ohlsson C, Gieger C, Martin NG, Waldenberger M, Siscovick DS, Raitakari O, Eriksson JG, Mitchell P, Hunter DJ, Kraft P, Rimm EB, Boomsma DI, Borecki IB, Loos RJ, Wareham NJ, Vollenweider P, Caporaso N, Grabe HJ, Neuhouser ML, Wolffenbuttel BH, Hu FB, Hyppönen E, Järvelin MR, Cupples LA, Franks PW, Ridker PM, van Duijn CM, Heiss G, Metspalu A, North KE, Ingelsson E, Nettleton JA, van Dam RM, Chasman DI. Genome-wide meta-analysis identifies six novel loci associated with habitual coffee consumption. Mol Psychiatry. 2014 Oct 7. doi: 10.1038/mp.2014.107. [Epub ahead of print]

Beales D, Smith A, O’Sullivan P, Hunter M, Straker L. Back Pain Beliefs Are Related to the Impact of Low Back Pain in Baby Boomers in the Busselton Healthy Aging Study. Phys Ther. 2014 Sep 25. [Epub ahead of print]

Network Type 2 Diabetes (AGEN-T2D) Consortium; South Asian Type 2 Diabetes (SAT2D) Consortium; Mexican American Type 2 Diabetes (MAT2D) Consortium; Type 2 Diabetes Genetic Exploration by Nex-generation sequencing in muylti-Ethnic Samples (T2D-GENES) Consortium, Mahajan A, Go MJ, Zhang W, Below JE, Gaulton KJ, Ferreira T, Horikoshi M, Johnson AD, Ng MC, Prokopenko I, Saleheen D, Wang X, Zeggini E, Abecasis GR, Adair LS, Almgren P, Atalay M, Aung T, Baldassarre D, Balkau B, Bao Y, Barnett AH, Barroso I, Basit A, Been LF, Beilby J, Bell GI, Benediktsson R, Bergman RN, Boehm BO, Boerwinkle E, Bonnycastle LL, Burtt N, Cai Q, Campbell H, Carey J, Cauchi S, Caulfield M, Chan JC, Chang LC, Chang TJ, Chang YC, Charpentier G, Chen CH, Chen H, Chen YT, Chia KS, Chidambaram M, Chines PS, Cho NH, Cho YM, Chuang LM, Collins FS, Cornelis MC, Couper DJ, Crenshaw AT, van Dam RM, Danesh J, Das D, de Faire U, Dedoussis G, Deloukas P, Dimas AS, Dina C, Doney AS, Donnelly PJ, Dorkhan M, van Duijn C, Dupuis J, Edkins S, Elliott P, Emilsson V, Erbel R, Eriksson JG, Escobedo J, Esko T, Eury E, Florez JC, Fontanillas P, Forouhi NG, Forsen T, Fox C, Fraser RM, Frayling TM, Froguel P, Frossard P, Gao Y, Gertow K, Gieger C, Gigante B, Grallert H, Grant GB, Grrop LC, Groves CJ, Grundberg E, Guiducci C, Hamsten A, Han BG, Hara K, Hassanali N, Hattersley AT, Hayward C, Hedman AK, Herder C, Hofman A, Holmen OL, Hovingh K, Hreidarsson AB, Hu C, Hu FB, Hui J, Humphries SE, Hunt SE, Hunter DJ, Hveem K, Hydrie ZI, Ikegami H, Illig T, Ingelsson E, Islam M, Isomaa B, Jackson AU, Jafar T, James A, Jia W, Jöckel KH, Jonsson A, Jowett JB, Kadowaki T, Kang HM, Kanoni S, Kao WH, Kathiresan S, Kato N, Katulanda P, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi KM, Kelly AM, Khan H, Khaw KT, Khor CC, Kim HL, Kim S, Kim YJ, Kinnunen L, Klopp N, Kong A, Korpi-Hyövälti E, Kowlessur S, Kraft P, Kravic J, Kristensen MM, Krithika S, Kumar A, Kumate J, Kuusisto J, Kwak SH, Laakso M, Lagou V, Lakka TA, Langenberg C, Langford C, Lawrence R, Leander K, Lee JM, Lee NR, Li M, Li X, Li Y, Liang J, Liju S, Lim WY, Lind L, Lindgren CM, Lindholm E, Liu CT, Liu JJ, Lobbens S, Long J, Loos RJ, Lu W, Luan J, Lyssenko V, Ma RC, Maeda S, Mägi R, Männisto S, Matthews DR, Meigs JB, Melander O, Metspalu A, Meyer J, Mirza G, Mihailov E, Moebus S, Mohan V, Mohlke KL, Morris AD, Mühleisen TW, Müller-Nurasyid M, Musk B, Nakamura J, Nakashima E, Navarro P, Ng PK, Nica AC, Nilsson PM, Njølstad I, Nöthen MM, Ohnaka K, Ong TH, Owen KR, Palmer CN, Pankow JS, Park KS, Parkin M, Pechlivanis S, Pedersen NL, Peltonen L, Perry JR, Peters A, Pinidiyapathirage JM, Platou CG, Potter S, Price JF, Qi L, Radha V, Rallidis L, Rasheed A, Rathman W, Rauramaa R, Raychaudhuri S, Rayner NW, Rees SD, Rehnberg E, Ripatti S, Robertson N, Roden M, Rossin EJ, Rudan I, Rybin D, Saaristo TE, Salomaa V, Saltevo J, Samuel M, Sanghera DK, Saramies J, Scott J, Scott LJ, Scott RA, Segrè AV, Sehmi J, Sennblad B, Shah N, Shah S, Shera AS, Shu XO, Shuldiner AR, Sigurđsson G, Sijbrands E, Silveira A, Sim X, Sivapalaratnam S, Small KS, So WY, Stančáková A, Stefansson K, Steinbach G, Steinthorsdottir V, Stirrups K, Strawbridge RJ, Stringham HM, Sun Q, Suo C, Syvänen AC, Takayanagi R, Takeuchi F, Tay WT, Teslovich TM, Thorand B, Thorleifsson G, Thorsteinsdottir U, Tikkanen E, Trakalo J, Tremoli E, Trip MD, Tsai FJ, Tuomi T, Tuomilehto J, Uitterlinden AG, Valladares-Salgado A, Vedantam S, Veglia F, Voight BF, Wang C, Wareham NJ, Wennauer R, Wickremasinghe AR, Wilsgaard T, Wilson JF, Wiltshire S, Winckler W, Wong TY, Wood AR, Wu JY, Wu Y, Yamamoto K, Yamauchi T, Yang M, Yengo L, Yokota M, Young R, Zabaneh D, Zhang F, Zhang R, Zheng W, Zimmet PZ, Altshuler D, Bowden DW, Cho YS, Cox NJ, Cruz M, Hanis CL, Kooner J, Lee JY, Seielstad M, Teo YY, Boehnke M, Parra EJ, Chambers JC, Tai ES, McCarthy MI, Morris AP.  Genome-wide trans-ancestry meta-analysis provides insight into the genetic architecture of type 2 diabetes susceptibility.  Nat Genet. 2014 Mar;46(3):234-44.

He W.  Analysis of multivariate survival data with Clayton regression models under conditional and marginal formulations. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 2014, 74, 52–63

Ferreira MA, Matheson MC, Tang CS, Granell R, Ang W, Hui J, Kiefer AK, Duffy DL, Baltic S, Danoy P, Bui M, Price L, Sly PD, Eriksson N, Madden PA, Abramson MJ, Holt PG, Heath AC, Hunter M, Musk B, Robertson CF, Le Souëf P, Montgomery GW, Henderson AJ, Tung JY, Dharmage SC, Brown MA, James A, Thompson PJ, Pennell C, Martin NG, Evans DM, Hinds DA, Hopper JL; Australian Asthma Genetics Consortium Collaborators.  Genome-wide association analysis identifies 11 risk variants associated with the asthma with hay fever phenotype.  J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2014 Jun;133(6):1564-71.

Simino J, Shi G, Bis JC, Chasman DI, Ehret GB, Gu X, Guo X, Hwang SJ, Sijbrands E, Smith AV, Verwoert GC, Bragg-Gresham JL, Cadby G, Chen P, Cheng CY, Corre T, de Boer RA, Goel A, Johnson T, Khor CC; LifeLines Cohort Study, Lluís-Ganella C, Luan J, Lyytikäinen LP, Nolte IM, Sim X, Sõber S, van der Most PJ, Verweij N, Zhao JH, Amin N, Boerwinkle E, Bouchard C, Dehghan A, Eiriksdottir G, Elosua R, Franco OH, Gieger C, Harris TB, Hercberg S, Hofman A, James AL, Johnson AD, Kähönen M, Khaw KT, Kutalik Z, Larson MG, Launer LJ, Li G, Liu J, Liu K, Morrison AC, Navis G, Ong RT, Papanicolau GJ, Penninx BW, Psaty BM, Raffel LJ, Raitakari OT, Rice K, Rivadeneira F, Rose LM, Sanna S, Scott RA, Siscovick DS, Stolk RP, Uitterlinden AG, Vaidya D, van der Klauw MM, Vasan RS, Vithana EN, Völker U, Völzke H, Watkins H, Young TL, Aung T, Bochud M, Farrall M, Hartman CA, Laan M, Lakatta EG, Lehtimäki T, Loos RJ, Lucas G, Meneton P, Palmer LJ, Rettig R, Snieder H, Tai ES, Teo YY, van der Harst P, Wareham NJ, Wijmenga C, Wong TY, Fornage M, Gudnason V, Levy D, Palmas W, Ridker PM, Rotter JI, van Duijn CM, Witteman JC, Chakravarti A, Rao DC. Gene-Age Interactions in Blood Pressure Regulation: A Large-Scale Investigation with the CHARGE, Global BPgen, and ICBP Consortia.J Hum Genet. 2014 Jul 3;95(1):24-38. doi: 10.1016/j.ajhg.2014.05.010. Epub 2014 Jun 19.

Yeap BB, Divitini ML, Gunton JE, Olynyk JK, Beilby JP, McQuillan B, Hung J, Knuiman MW. 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. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2014 Jun 23.

Loth DW, Artigas MS, Gharib SA, Wain LV, Franceschini N, Koch B, Pottinger TD, Smith AV, Duan Q, Oldmeadow C, Lee MK, Strachan DP, James AL, Huffman JE, Vitart V, Ramasamy A, Wareham NJ, Kaprio J, Wang XQ, Trochet H, Kähönen M, Flexeder C, Albrecht E, Lopez LM, de Jong K, Thyagarajan B, Alves AC, Enroth S, Omenaas E, Joshi PK, Fall T, Viñuela A, Launer LJ, Loehr LR, Fornage M, Li G, Wilk JB, Tang W, Manichaikul A, Lahousse L, Harris TB, North KE, Rudnicka AR, Hui J, Gu X, Lumley T, Wright AF, Hastie ND, Campbell S, Kumar R, Pin I, Scott RA, Pietiläinen KH, Surakka I, Liu Y, Holliday EG, Schulz H, Heinrich J, Davies G, Vonk JM, Wojczynski M, Pouta A, Johansson A, Wild SH, Ingelsson E, Rivadeneira F, Völzke H, Hysi PG, Eiriksdottir G, Morrison AC, Rotter JI, Gao W, Postma DS, White WB, Rich SS, Hofman A, Aspelund T, Couper D, Smith LJ, Psaty BM, Lohman K, Burchard EG, Uitterlinden AG, Garcia M, Joubert BR, McArdle WL, Musk AB, Hansel N, Heckbert SR, Zgaga L, van Meurs JB, Navarro P, Rudan I, Oh YM, Redline S, Jarvis DL, Zhao JH, Rantanen T, O’Connor GT, Ripatti S, Scott RJ, Karrasch S, Grallert H, Gaddis NC, Starr JM, Wijmenga C, Minster RL, Lederer DJ, Pekkanen J, Gyllensten U, Campbell H, Morris AP, Gläser S, Hammond CJ, Burkart KM, Beilby J, Kritchevsky SB, Gudnason V, Hancock DB, Williams OD, Polasek O, Zemunik T, Kolcic I, Petrini MF, Wjst M, Kim WJ, Porteous DJ, Scotland G, Smith BH, Viljanen A, Heliövaara M, Attia JR, Sayers I, Hampel R, Gieger C, Deary IJ, Boezen HM, Newman A, Jarvelin MR, Wilson JF, Lind L, Stricker BH, Teumer A, Spector TD, Melén E, Peters MJ, Lange LA, Barr RG, Bracke KR, Verhamme FM, Sung J, Hiemstra PS, Cassano PA, Sood A, Hayward C, Dupuis J, Hall IP, Brusselle GG, Tobin MD, London SJ. Genome-wide association analysis identifies six new loci associated with forced vital capacity. Nat Genet. 2014 Jun 15. doi: 10.1038/ng.3011.

Franchina M, Yazar S, Hunter M, Gajdatsy A, deSousa J, Hewitt A, Mackey D. Myopia and skin cancer are inversely correlated: results of the Busselton Healthy Ageing Study. Med J Aust 2014; 200 (9): 521-522.

Marshall NS, Wong KK, Cullen SR, Knuiman MW, Grunstein RR. Sleep apnea and 20-year follow-up for all-cause mortality, stroke, and cancer incidence and mortality in the busselton health study cohort. J Clin Sleep Med. 2014 Apr 15;10(4):355-62. doi: 10.5664/jcsm.3600.

Collet TH, Bauer DC, Cappola AR, Asvold BO, Weiler S, Vittinghoff E, Gussekloo J, Bremner A, den Elzen WP, Maciel RM, Vanderpump MP, Cornuz J, Dörr M, Wallaschofski H, Newman AB, Sgarbi JA, Razvi S, Völzke H, Walsh JP, Aujesky D, Rodondi N; for the Thyroid Studies Collaboration. Thyroid antibody status, subclinical hypothyroidism, and the risk of coronary heart disease: An individual participant data analysis. Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism 2014 Jun 10:jc20141250. [Epub ahead of print]

Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases Collaboration (BMI Mediated Effects), Lu Y, Hajifathalian K, Ezzati M, Woodward M, Rimm EB, Danaei G. Metabolic mediators of the effects of body-mass index, overweight, and obesity on coronary heart disease and stroke: a pooled analysis of 97 prospective cohorts with 1·8 million participants. Lancet. 2014 Mar 15;383(9921):970-83

Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration, Di Angelantonio E, Gao P, Khan H, Butterworth AS, Wormser D, Kaptoge S, Kondapally Seshasai SR, Thompson A, Sarwar N, Willeit P, Ridker PM, Barr EL, Khaw KT, Psaty BM, Brenner H, Balkau B, Dekker JM, Lawlor DA, Daimon M, Willeit J, Njølstad I, Nissinen A, Brunner EJ, Kuller LH, Price JF, Sundström J, Knuiman MW, Feskens EJ, Verschuren WM, Wald N, Bakker SJ, Whincup PH, Ford I, Goldbourt U, Gómez-de-la-Cámara A, Gallacher J, Simons LA, Rosengren A, Sutherland SE, Björkelund C, Blazer DG, Wassertheil-Smoller S, Onat A, Marín Ibañez A, Casiglia E, Jukema JW, Simpson LM, Giampaoli S, Nordestgaard BG, Selmer R, Wennberg P, Kauhanen J, Salonen JT, Dankner R, Barrett-Connor E, Kavousi M, Gudnason V, Evans D, Wallace RB, Cushman M, D’Agostino RB Sr, Umans JG, Kiyohara Y, Nakagawa H, Sato S, Gillum RF, Folsom AR, van der Schouw YT, Moons KG, Griffin SJ, Sattar N, Wareham NJ, Selvin E, Thompson SG, Danesh J. Glycated hemoglobin measurement and prediction of cardiovascular disease. JAMA. 2014 Mar 26;311(12):1225-33

Yeap BB, Knuiman MW, Divitini ML, Handelsman DJ, Beilby JP, Beilin J, McQuillan B, Hung J. Differential associations of testosterone, dihydrotestosterone and estradiol with physical, metabolic and health-related factors in community-dwelling men aged 17-97 years from the Busselton Health Survey. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2014 Jan 16. doi: 10.1111/cen.12407. [Epub ahead of print]

Knuiman M, Briffa T, Divitini M, Chew D, Eikelboom J, McQuillan B, Hung J. A cohort study examination of established and emerging risk factors for atrial fibrillation: the Busselton Health Study. Eur J Epidemiol. 2014 Jan 4. [Epub ahead of print]

Medici M, Porcu E, Pistis G, Teumer A, Brown SJ, Jensen RA, Rawal R, Roef GL, Plantinga TS, Vermeulen SH, Lahti J, Simmonds MJ, Husemoen LL, Freathy RM, Shields BM, Pietzner D, Nagy R, Broer L, Chaker L, Korevaar TI, Plia MG, Sala C, Völker U, Richards JB, Sweep FC, Gieger C, Corre T, Kajantie E, Thuesen B, Taes YE, Visser WE, Hattersley AT, Kratzsch J, Hamilton A, Li W, Homuth G, Lobina M, Mariotti S, Soranzo N, Cocca M, Nauck M, Spielhagen C, Ross A, Arnold A, van de Bunt M, Liyanarachchi S, Heier M, Grabe HJ, Masciullo C, Galesloot TE, Lim EM, Reischl E, Leedman PJ, Lai S, Delitala A, Bremner AP, Philips DI, Beilby JP, Mulas A, Vocale M, Abecasis G, Forsen T, James A, Widen E, Hui J, Prokisch H, Rietzschel EE, Palotie A, Feddema P, Fletcher SJ, Schramm K, Rotter JI, Kluttig A, Radke D, Traglia M, Surdulescu GL, He H, Franklyn JA, Tiller D, Vaidya B, de Meyer T, Jørgensen T, Eriksson JG, O’Leary PC, Wichmann E, Hermus AR, Psaty BM, Ittermann T, Hofman A, Bosi E, Schlessinger D, Wallaschofski H, Pirastu N, Aulchenko YS, de la Chapelle A, Netea-Maier RT, Gough SC, Meyer Zu Schwabedissen H, Frayling TM, Kaufman JM, Linneberg A, Räikkönen K, Smit JW, Kiemeney LA, Rivadeneira F, Uitterlinden AG, Walsh JP, Meisinger C, den Heijer M, Visser TJ, Spector TD, Wilson SG, Völzke H, Cappola A, Toniolo D, Sanna S, Naitza S, Peeters RP. Identification of novel genetic Loci associated with thyroid peroxidase antibodies and clinical thyroid disease. PLoS Genet. 2014 Feb 27;10(2):e1004123.

PUBLICATIONS IN 2013

Oostveen E, Boda K, van der Grinten CP, James AL, Young S, Nieland H, Hantos Z. Respiratory impedance in healthy subjects: baseline values and bronchodilator response. Eur Respir J. 2013 Dec;42(6):1513-23. doi: 10.1183/09031936.00126212. Epub 2013 Apr 18. PMID: 23598954.

Cadby G, Mukherjee S, Musk AW, Reid A, Garlepp M, Dick I, Robinson C, Hui J, Fiorito G, Guarrera S, Beilby J, Melton PE, Moses EK, Ugolini D, Mirabelli D, Bonassi S, Magnani C, Dianzani I, Matullo G, Robinson B, Creaney J, Palmer LJ. A genome-wide association study for malignant mesothelioma risk. Lung Cancer. 2013 Oct;82(1):1-8

James A, Hunter M, Straker L, Beilby J, Bucks R, Davis T, Eikelboom RH, Hillman D, Hui J, Hung J, Knuiman M, Mackey DA, Newton RU, Palmer LJ, Musk AB. Rationale, design and methods for a community-based study of clustering and cumulative effects of chronic disease processes and their effects on ageing: the Busselton Healthy Ageing Study. BMC Public Health. 2013 Oct 8;13(1):936

The Global Burden of Metabolic Risk Factors for Chronic Diseases Collaboration. Metabolic mediators of the effects of body-mass index, overweight, and obesity on coronary heart disease and stroke: a pooled analysis of 97 prospective cohorts with 1•8 million participants. The Lancet, Early Online Publication, 22 November 2013 doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61836-X

de Hollander EL, Bogers RP, Boshuizen HC, Rosengren A, Shipley MJ, Knekt P, Ducimetière P, Menotti A, de Groot LC, Bemelmans WJ; BMI-CHD collaboration investigators.Influence of calendar period on the association between BMI and coronary heart disease: a meta-analysis of 31 cohorts. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2013 May;21(5):865-80

McKinnon EJ, Rossi E, Beilby JP, Trinder D, Olynyk JK. Factors that Affect Serum Levels of Ferritin in Australian Adults and Implications for Follow Up.Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2013 Jul 29. doi:pii: S1542-3565(13)01083-5. 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.07.019. [Epub ahead of print]

Swanepoel de W, Eikelboom RH, Hunter ML, Friedland PL, Atlas MD. Self-reported hearing loss in baby boomers from the busselton healthy ageing study: audiometric correspondence and predictive value. J Am Acad Audiol. 2013 Jun;24(6):514-21

Bell L, Hung J, Knuiman M, Divitini M, Beilby J, Hunter M, Mollison L, Thompson P, McQuillan B, Davis E. Body mass index and waist circumference: Relationship to cardiometabolic risk factors in children – Busselton Health Study 2005-2007. J Paediatr Child Health. 2013 Nov;49(11):955-62

James AL, Knuiman MW, Divitini ML, Hui J, Hunter ML, Mulrennan SA, Musk AW. Risk factors for respiratory symptoms in adults – The Busselton Health Study. Respirology. 2013 Nov;18(8):1256-60

Margolis RH, Eikelboom RH, Johnson C, Ginter SM, Swanepoel DW, Moore BCJ. False air-bone gaps at 4 kHz in listeners with normal hearing and sensorineural hearing loss.   Int J Audiol. 2013 Aug;52(8):526-32.

Walsh JP, Divitini ML, Knuiman MW. Plasma calcium as a predictor of cardiovascular disease in a community-based cohort. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf). 2013 Jun;78(6):852-7.

Matullo G, Guarrera S, Betti M, Fiorito G, Ferrante D, Voglino F, Cadby G, Di Gaetano C, Rosa F, Russo A, Hirvonen A, Casalone E, Tunesi S, Padoan M, Giordano M, Aspesi A, Casadio C, Ardissone F, Ruffini E, Betta PG, Libener R, Guaschino R, Piccolini E, Neri M, Musk AW, de Klerk NH, Hui J, Beilby J, James AL, Creaney J, Robinson BW, Mukherjee S, Palmer LJ, Mirabelli D, Ugolini D, Bonassi S, Magnani C, Dianzani I. Genetic variants associated with increased risk of malignant pleural mesothelioma: a genome-wide association study. PLoS One. 2013 Apr 23;8(4):e61253.

Toelle BG, Xuan W, Bird TE, Abramson MJ, Atkinson DN, Burton DL, James AL, Jenkins CR, Johns DP, Maguire GP, Musk AW, Walters EH, Wood-Baker R, Hunter ML, Graham BJ, Southwell PJ, Vollmer WM, Buist AS, Marks GB. Respiratory symptoms and illness in older Australians: the Burden of Obstructive Lung Disease (BOLD) study. Med J Aust. 2013 Feb 18;198(3):144-8.

Peters KE, Beilby J, Cadby G, Warrington NM, Bruce DG, Davis WA, Davis TM, Wiltshire S, Knuiman M, McQuillan BM, Palmer LJ, Thompson PL, Hung J. A comprehensive investigation of variants in genes encoding adiponectin (ADIPOQ) and its receptors (ADIPOR1/R2), and their association with serum adiponectin, type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance and the metabolic syndrome. BMC Med Genet. 2013 Jan 25;14:15. doi: 10.1186/1471-2350-14-15.

Vimaleswaran KS, Berry DJ, Lu C, Tikkanen E, Pilz S, Hiraki LT, Cooper JD, Dastani Z, Li R, Houston DK, Wood AR, Michaëlsson K, Vandenput L, Zgaga L, Yerges-Armstrong LM, McCarthy MI, Dupuis J, Kaakinen M, Kleber ME, Jameson K, Arden N, Raitakari O, Viikari J, Lohman KK, Ferrucci L, Melhus H, Ingelsson E, Byberg L, Lind L, Lorentzon M, Salomaa V, Campbell H, Dunlop M, Mitchell BD, Herzig KH, Pouta A, Hartikainen AL; Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits-GIANT Consortium, Streeten EA, Theodoratou E, Jula A, Wareham NJ, Ohlsson C, Frayling TM, Kritchevsky SB, Spector TD, Richards JB, Lehtimäki T, Ouwehand WH, Kraft P, Cooper C, März W, Power C, Loos RJ, Wang TJ, Järvelin MR, Whittaker JC, Hingorani AD, Hyppönen E., Speliotes EK, Willer CJ, Berndt SI, Monda KL, Thorleifsson G, Jackson AU, Allen HL, Lindgren CM, Luan J, Mägi R, Randall JC, Vedantam S, Winkler TW, Qi L, Workalemahu T, Heid IM, Steinthorsdottir V, Stringham HM, Weedon MN, Wheeler E, Wood AR, Ferreira T, Weyant RJ, Segrè AV, Estrada K, Liang L, Nemesh J, Park JH, Gustafsson S, Kilpeläinen TO, Yang J, Bouatia-Naji N, Esko T, Feitosa MF, Kutalik Z, Mangino M, Raychaudhuri S, Scherag A, Smith AV, Welch R, Zhao JH, Aben KK, Absher DM, Amin N, Dixon AL, Fisher E, Glazer NL, Goddard ME, Heard-Costa NL, Hoesel V, Hottenga JJ, Johansson Å, Johnson T, Ketkar S, Lamina C, Li S, Moffatt MF, Myers RH, Narisu N, Perry JR, Peters MJ, Preuss M, Ripatti S, Rivadeneira F, Sandholt C, Scott LJ, Timpson NJ, Tyrer JP, van Wingerden S, Watanabe RM, White CC, Wiklund F, Barlassina C, Chasman DI, Cooper MN, Jansson JO, Lawrence RW, Pellikka N, Prokopenko I, Shi J, Thiering E, Alavere H, Alibrandi MT, Almgren P, Arnold AM, Aspelund T, Atwood LD, Balkau B, Balmforth AJ, Bennett AJ, Ben-Shlomo Y, Bergman RN, Bergmann S, Biebermann H, Blakemore AI, Boes T, Bonnycastle LL, Bornstein SR, Brown MJ, Buchanan TA, Busonero F, Campbell H, Cappuccio FP, Cavalcanti-Proença C, Chen YD, Chen CM, Chines PS, Clarke R, Coin L, Connell J, Day IN, Heijer Md, Duan J, Ebrahim S, Elliott P, Elosua R, Eiriksdottir G, Erdos MR, Eriksson JG, Facheris MF, Felix SB, Fischer-Posovszky P, Folsom AR, Friedrich N, Freimer NB, Fu M, Gaget S, Gejman PV, Geus EJ, Gieger C, Gjesing AP, Goel A, Goyette P, Grallert H, Gräßler J, Greenawalt DM, Groves CJ, Gudnason V, Guiducci C, Hartikainen AL, Hassanali N, Hall AS, Havulinna AS, Hayward C, Heath AC, Hengstenberg C, Hicks AA, Hinney A, Hofman A, Homuth G, Hui J, Igl W, Iribarren C, Isomaa B, Jacobs KB, Jarick I, Jewell E, John U, Jørgensen T, Jousilahti P, Jula A, Kaakinen M, Kajantie E, Kaplan LM, Kathiresan S, Kettunen J, Kinnunen L, Knowles JW, Kolcic I, König IR, Koskinen S, Kovacs P, Kuusisto J, Kraft P, Kvaløy K, Laitinen J, Lantieri O, Lanzani C, Launer LJ, Lecoeur C, Lehtimäki T, Lettre G, Liu J, Lokki ML, Lorentzon M, Luben RN, Ludwig B, Manunta P, Marek D, Marre M, Martin NG, McArdle WL, McCarthy A, McKnight B, Meitinger T, Melander O, Meyre D, Midthjell K, Montgomery GW, Morken MA, Morris AP, Mulic R, Ngwa JS, Nelis M, Neville MJ, Nyholt DR, O’Donnell CJ, O’Rahilly S, Ong KK, Oostra B, Paré G, Parker AN, Perola M, Pichler I, Pietiläinen KH, Platou CG, Polasek O, Pouta A, Rafelt S, Raitakari O, Rayner NW, Ridderstråle M, Rief W, Ruokonen A, Robertson NR, Rzehak P, Salomaa V, Sanders AR, Sandhu MS, Sanna S, Saramies J, Savolainen MJ, Scherag S, Schipf S, Schreiber S, Schunkert H, Silander K, Sinisalo J, Siscovick DS, Smit JH, Soranzo N, Sovio U, Stephens J, Surakka I, Swift AJ, Tammesoo ML, Tardif JC, Teder-Laving M, Teslovich TM, Thompson JR, Thomson B, Tönjes A, Tuomi T, van Meurs JB, van Ommen GJ, Vatin V, Viikari J, Visvikis-Siest S, Vitart V, Vogel CI, Voight BF, Waite LL, Wallaschofski H, Walters GB, Widen E, Wiegand S, Wild SH, Willemsen G, Witte DR, Witteman JC, Xu J, Zhang Q, Zgaga L, Ziegler A, Zitting P, Beilby JP, Farooqi IS, Hebebrand J, Huikuri HV, James AL, Kähönen M, Levinson DF, Macciardi F, Nieminen MS, Ohlsson C, Palmer LJ, Ridker PM, Stumvoll M, Beckmann JS, Boeing H, Boerwinkle E, Boomsma DI, Caulfield MJ, Chanock SJ, Collins FS, Cupples LA, Smith GD, Erdmann J, Froguel P, Grönberg H, Gyllensten U, Hall P, Hansen T, Harris TB, Hattersley AT, Hayes RB, Heinrich J, Hu FB, Hveem K, Illig T, Jarvelin MR, Kaprio J, Karpe F, Khaw KT, Kiemeney LA, Krude H, Laakso M, Lawlor DA, Metspalu A, Munroe PB, Ouwehand WH, Pedersen O, Penninx BW, Peters A, Pramstaller PP, Quertermous T, Reinehr T, Rissanen A, Rudan I, Samani NJ, Schwarz PE, Shuldiner AR, Spector TD, Tuomilehto J, Uda M, Uitterlinden A, Valle TT, Wabitsch M, Waeber G, Wareham NJ, Watkins H, Wilson JF, Wright AF, Zillikens MC, Chatterjee N, McCarroll SA, Purcell S, Schadt EE, Visscher PM, Assimes TL, Borecki IB, Deloukas P, Fox CS, Groop LC, Haritunians T, Hunter DJ, Kaplan RC, Mohlke KL, O’Connell JR, Peltonen L, Schlessinger D, Strachan DP, van Duijn CM, Wichmann HE, Frayling TM, Thorsteinsdottir U, Abecasis GR, Barroso I, Boehnke M, Stefansson K, North KE, McCarthy MI, Hirschhorn JN, Ingelsson E, Loos RJ. Causal relationship between obesity and vitamin D status: bi-directional Mendelian randomization analysis of multiple cohorts. PLoS Med. Feb;10(2):e1001383 (2013)

Melen E, Granell R, Kogevinas M, Strachan D, Gonzalez JR, Wjst M, Jarvis D, Ege M, Braun-Fahrlander C, Genuneit J, Horak E, Bouzigon E, Demenais F, Kauffmann F, Siroux V, Michel S, von Berg A, Heinzmann A, Kabesch M, Probst-Hensch NM, Curjuric I, Imboden M, Rochat T, Henderson J, Sterne AAC, McArdle WL, Hui J, James AL, Musk AM, Palmer LJ, Becker A., Kozyrskyj A.L., Chan-Young M, Park JE, Leung A, Daley D, Freidin MB, Deev, IA, Ogorodova, LM, Puzyrev VP, Celedon JC, Brehm JM, Cloutier MM, Canino G, Acosta-Perez E, Soto-Quiros M, Avila L, Bergstrom A, Magnusson J, Soderhall C, Kull I, Scholtens S, Marike Boezen H, Koppelma, GH, Wijga, AH, Marenholz I, Esparza-Gordillo J, Lau S, Lee YA, Standl M, Tiesler CMT, Flexeder C, Heinrich J, Myers RA, Ober C, Nicolae DL, Farrall M, Kumar A, Moffatt MF, Cookson WOCM and Lasky-Su, J. Genome-wide association study of body mass index in 23 000 individuals with and without asthma. Clin Exp Allergy, 2013, 43(4):463-474

Simpson L, Hillman DR, Cooper MN, Ward KL, Hunter M, Cullen S, James A, Palmer LJ, Mukherjee S, Eastwood P. High prevalence of undiagnosed obstructive sleep apnoea in the general population and methods for screening for representative controls. Sleep Breath. 2013 Sep;17(3):967-73

PUBLICATIONS IN 2012

Collet T-H, Gussekloo J, Bauer DC, den Elzen WPJ, Cappola AR, Balmer P, Iervasi G, Åsvold BO, Sgarbi JA, Völzke H, Gencer B, Maciel RMB, Molinaro S, Bremner A, Luben RN, Maisonneuve P, Cornuz J, Newman AB, Khaw K-T, Westendorp RGJ, Franklyn JA, Vittinghoff E, Walsh JP, Rodondi N, for the Thyroid Studies Collaboration. Subclinical hyperthyroidism and the risk of coronary heart disease and mortality. Archives of Internal Medicine 2012; 172: 799-809

Chalmers KA, Knuiman MW, Divitini ML, Bruce DG, Olynyk JK, Milward EA.Long-term mortality risks associated with mild anaemia in older persons: the Busselton Health Study. Age Ageing. 2012 Sep 27. [Epub ahead of print]

Bell, L., Davis, E., Knuiman, M., Divitini, M., Beilby, J., Hunter, M. and Hung, J. (2012), Lipids in Australian children: Cause for concern? 2005–2007 Busselton Health Study. Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health. [Epub ahead of print]

Marshall NS, Wong KK, Cullen SR, Knuiman MW, Grunstein RR.Snoring is not associated with all-cause mortality, incident cardiovascular disease, or stroke in the busselton health study.Sleep. 2012 Sep 1;35(9):1235-40.

Marshall NS, Wong KKH, Cullen SG, Knuiman MK, Grunstein RR. The burden of proof lies with the prosecution: is snoring guilty? (Letter). Sleep 2012 36 (4) 615.

Wilk JB, Shrine NR, Loehr LR, Zhao JH, Manichaikul A, Lopez LM, Smith AV, Heckbert SR, Smolonska J, Tang W, Loth DW, Curjuric I, Hui J, Cho MH, Latourelle JC, Henry AP, Aldrich M, Bakke P, Beaty TH, Bentley AR, Borecki IB, Brusselle GG, Burkart KM, Chen TH, Couper D, Crapo JD, Davies G, Dupuis J, Franceschini N, Gulsvik A, Hancock DB, Harris TB, Hofman A, Imboden M, James AL, Khaw KT, Lahousse L, Launer LJ, Litonjua A, Liu Y, Lohman KK, Lomas DA, Lumley T, Marciante KD, McArdle WL, Meibohm B, Morrison AC, Musk AW, Myers RH, North KE, Postma DS, Psaty BM, Rich SS, Rivadeneira F, Rochat T, Rotter JI, Soler Artigas M, Starr JM, Uitterlinden AG, Wareham NJ, Wijmenga C, Zanen P, Province MA, Silverman EK, Deary IJ, Palmer LJ, Cassano PA, Gudnason V, Barr RG, Loos RJ, Strachan DP, London SJ, Boezen HM, Probst-Hensch N, Gharib SA, Hall IP, O’Connor GT, Tobin MD, Stricker BH. Genome Wide Association Studies identify CHRNA5/3 and HTR4 in the development of airflow obstruction. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 2012 Oct 1;186(7):622-32.

Wan YI, Shrine NRG, Artigas MS, Wain LV, Blakey JD, Moffatt MF, Bush A, Chung KF, Cookson WOCM, Strachan DP, Heaney L, Al-Momani BAH, Mansur AH, Manney S, Thomson NC, Chaudhuri R, Brightling CE, Bafadhel M, Singapuri A, Niven R, Simpson A, Holloway JW, Howarth PH, Hui J, Musk AW, James AL, the Australian Asthma Genetics Consortium, Brown MA, Baltic S, Ferreria MAR, Thompson PJ, Tobin MD, Sayers I, Hall IP. Genome-wide association study to identify genetic determinants of severe asthma. Thorax. 2012 Sep;67(9):762-768

Billings LK, Hsu YH, Ackerman RJ, Dupuis J, Voight BF, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Hercberg S, Lathrop M, Barnes D, Langenberg C, Hui J, Fu M, Bouatia-Naji N, Lecoeur C, An P, Magnusson PK, Surakka I, Ripatti S, Christiansen L, Dalgård C, Folkersen L, Grundberg E, the MAGIC investigators, the DIAGRAM consortium, the MuTHER consortium, the ASCOT investigators, the GEFOS consortium, Eriksson P, Kaprio J, Kyvik KO, Pedersen NL, Borecki IB, Province MA, Balkau B, Froguel P, Shuldiner AR, Palmer LJ, Wareham N, Meneton P, Johnson T, Pankow JS, Karasik D, Meigs JB, Kiel DP and Florez JC. The impact of common variation in bone-related genes on type 2 diabetes and related traits. Diabetes. 2012 Aug;61(8):2176-86

Yang J, Loos RJ, Powell JE, Medland SE, Speliotes EK, Chasman DI, Rose LM, Thorleifsson G, Steinthorsdottir V, Mägi R, Waite L, Vernon Smith A, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Monda KL, Hadley D, Mahajan A, Li G, Kapur K, Vitart V, Huffman JE, Wang SR, Palmer C, Esko T, Fischer K, Hua Zhao J, Demirkan A, Isaacs A, Feitosa MF, Luan J, Heard-Costa NL, White C, Jackson AU, Preuss M, Ziegler A, Eriksson J, Kutalik Z, Frau F, Nolte IM, Van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Hottenga JJ, Jacobs KB, Verweij N, Goel A, Medina-Gomez C, Estrada K, Lynn Bragg-Gresham J, Sanna S, Sidore C, Tyrer J, Teumer A, Prokopenko I, Mangino M, Lindgren CM, Assimes TL, Shuldiner AR, Hui J, Beilby JP, McArdle WL, Hall P, Haritunians T, Zgaga L, Kolcic I, Polasek O, Zemunik T, Oostra BA, Juhani Junttila M, Grönberg H, Schreiber S, Peters A, Hicks AA, Stephens J, Foad NS, Laitinen J, Pouta A, Kaakinen M, Willemsen G, Vink JM, Wild SH, Navis G, Asselbergs FW, Homuth G, John U, Iribarren C, Harris T, Launer L, Gudnason V, O’Connell JR, Boerwinkle E, Cadby G, Palmer LJ, James AL, Musk AW, Ingelsson E, Psaty BM, Beckmann JS, Waeber G, Vollenweider P, Hayward C, Wright AF, Rudan I, Groop LC, Metspalu A, Tee Khaw K, van Duijn CM, Borecki IB, Province MA, Wareham NJ, Tardif JC, Huikuri HV, Adrienne Cupples L, Atwood LD, Fox CS, Boehnke M, Collins FS, Mohlke KL, Erdmann J, Schunkert H, Hengstenberg C, Stark K, Lorentzon M, Ohlsson C, Cusi D, Staessen JA, Van der Klauw MM, Pramstaller PP, Kathiresan S, Jolley JD, Ripatti S, Jarvelin MR, de Geus EJ, Boomsma DI, Penninx B, Wilson JF, Campbell H, Chanock SJ, van der Harst P, Hamsten A, Watkins H, Hofman A, Witteman JC, Carola Zillikens M, Uitterlinden AG, Rivadeneira F, Carola Zillikens M, Kiemeney LA, Vermeulen SH, Abecasis GR, Schlessinger D, Schipf S, Stumvoll M, Tönjes A, Spector TD, North KE, Lettre G, McCarthy MI, Berndt SI, Heath AC, Madden PA, Nyholt DR, Montgomery GW, Martin NG, McKnight B, Strachan DP, Hill WG, Snieder H, Ridker PM, Thorsteinsdottir U, Stefansson K, Frayling TM, Hirschhorn JN, Goddard ME, Visscher PM. FTO genotype is associated with phenotypic variability of body mass index. Nature. 2012 Sep 16. doi: 10.1038/nature11401. [Epub ahead of print]

Dastani Z, Hivert MF, Timpson N, Perry JR, Yuan X, Scott RA, Henneman P, Heid IM, Kizer JR, Lyytikäinen LP, Fuchsberger C, Tanaka T, Morris AP, Small K, Isaacs A, Beekman M, Coassin S, Lohman K, Qi L, Kanoni S, Pankow JS, Uh HW, Wu Y, Bidulescu A, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Greenwood CM, Ladouceur M, Grimsby J, Manning AK, Liu CT, Kooner J, Mooser VE, Vollenweider P, Kapur KA, Chambers J, Wareham NJ, Langenberg C, Frants R, Willems-Vandijk K, Oostra BA, Willems SM, Lamina C, Winkler TW, Psaty BM, Tracy RP, Brody J, Chen I, Viikari J, Kähönen M, Pramstaller PP, Evans DM, St Pourcain B, Sattar N, Wood AR, Bandinelli S, Carlson OD, Egan JM, Böhringer S, van Heemst D, Kedenko L, Kristiansson K, Nuotio ML, Loo BM, Harris T, Garcia M, Kanaya A, Haun M, Klopp N, Wichmann HE, Deloukas P, Katsareli E, Couper DJ, Duncan BB, Kloppenburg M, Adair LS, Borja JB; DIAGRAM+ Consortium; MAGIC Consortium; GLGC Investigators; MuTHER Consortium, Wilson JG, Musani S, Guo X, Johnson T, Semple R, Teslovich TM, Allison MA, Redline S, Buxbaum SG, Mohlke KL, Meulenbelt I, Ballantyne CM, Dedoussis GV, Hu FB, Liu Y, Paulweber B, Spector TD, Slagboom PE, Ferrucci L, Jula A, Perola M, Raitakari O, Florez JC, Salomaa V, Eriksson JG, Frayling TM, Hicks AA, Lehtimäki T, Smith GD, Siscovick DS, Kronenberg F, van Duijn C, Loos RJ, Waterworth DM, Meigs JB, Dupuis J, Richards JB, Voight BF, Scott LJ, Steinthorsdottir V, Dina C, Welch RP, Zeggini E, Huth C, Aulchenko YS, Thorleifsson G, McCulloch LJ, Ferreira T, Grallert H, Amin N, Wu G, Willer CJ, Raychaudhuri S, McCarroll SA, Hofmann OM, Segrè AV, van Hoek M, Navarro P, Ardlie K, Balkau B, Benediktsson R, Bennett AJ, Blagieva R, Boerwinkle E, Bonnycastle LL, Boström KB, Bravenboer B, Bumpstead S, Burtt NP, Charpentier G, Chines PS, Cornelis M, Crawford G, Doney AS, Elliott KS, Elliott AL, Erdos MR, Fox CS, Franklin CS, Ganser M, Gieger C, Grarup N, Green T, Griffin S, Groves CJ, Guiducci C, Hadjadj S, Hassanali N, Herder C, Isomaa B, Jackson AU, Johnson PR, Jørgensen T, Kao WH, Kong A, Kraft P, Kuusisto J, Lauritzen T, Li M, Lieverse A, Lindgren CM, Lyssenko V, Marre M, Meitinger T, Midthjell K, Morken MA, Narisu N, Nilsson P, Owen KR, Payne F, Petersen AK, Platou C, Proença C, Prokopenko I, Rathmann W, Rayner NW, Robertson NR, Rocheleau G, Roden M, Sampson MJ, Saxena R, Shields BM, Shrader P, Sigurdsson G, Sparsø T, Strassburger K, Stringham HM, Sun Q, Swift AJ, Thorand B, Tichet J, Tuomi T, van Dam RM, van Haeften TW, van Herpt T, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Walters GB, Weedon MN, Wijmenga C, Witteman J, Bergman RN, Cauchi S, Collins FS, Gloyn AL, Gyllensten U, Hansen T, Hide WA, Hitman GA, Hofman A, Hunter DJ, Hveem K, Laakso M, Morris AD, Palmer CN, Rudan I, Sijbrands E, Stein LD, Tuomilehto J, Uitterlinden A, Walker M, Watanabe RM, Abecasis GR, Boehm BO, Campbell H, Daly MJ, Hattersley AT, Pedersen O, Barroso I, Groop L, Sladek R, Thorsteinsdottir U, Wilson JF, Illig T, Froguel P, van Duijn CM, Stefansson K, Altshuler D, Boehnke M, McCarthy MI, Soranzo N, Wheeler E, Glazer NL, Bouatia-Naji N, Mägi R, Randall J, Elliott P, Rybin D, Dehghan A, Hottenga JJ, Song K, Goel A, Lajunen T, Doney A, Cavalcanti-Proença C, Kumari M, Timpson NJ, Zabena C, Ingelsson E, An P, O’Connell J, Luan J, Elliott A, McCarroll SA, Roccasecca RM, Pattou F, Sethupathy P, Ariyurek Y, Barter P, Beilby JP, Ben-Shlomo Y, Bergmann S, Bochud M, Bonnefond A, Borch-Johnsen K, Böttcher Y, Brunner E, Bumpstead SJ, Chen YD, Chines P, Clarke R, Coin LJ, Cooper MN, Crisponi L, Day IN, de Geus EJ, Delplanque J, Fedson AC, Fischer-Rosinsky A, Forouhi NG, Franzosi MG, Galan P, Goodarzi MO, Graessler J, Grundy S, Gwilliam R, Hallmans G, Hammond N, Han X, Hartikainen AL, Hayward C, Heath SC, Hercberg S, Hillman DR, Hingorani AD, Hui J, Hung J, Kaakinen M, Kaprio J, Kesaniemi YA, Kivimaki M, Knight B, Koskinen S, Kovacs P, Kyvik KO, Lathrop GM, Lawlor DA, Le Bacquer O, Lecoeur C, Li Y, Mahley R, Mangino M, Martínez-Larrad MT, McAteer JB, McPherson R, Meisinger C, Melzer D, Meyre D, Mitchell BD, Mukherjee S, Naitza S, Neville MJ, Orrù M, Pakyz R, Paolisso G, Pattaro C, Pearson D, Peden JF, Pedersen NL, Pfeiffer AF, Pichler I, Polasek O, Posthuma D, Potter SC, Pouta A, Province MA, Rayner NW, Rice K, Ripatti S, Rivadeneira F, Rolandsson O, Sandbaek A, Sandhu M, Sanna S, Sayer AA, Scheet P, Seedorf U, Sharp SJ, Shields B, Sigurðsson G, Sijbrands EJ, Silveira A, Simpson L, Singleton A, Smith NL, Sovio U, Swift A, Syddall H, Syvänen AC, Tönjes A, Uitterlinden AG, van Dijk KW, Varma D, Visvikis-Siest S, Vitart V, Vogelzangs N, Waeber G, Wagner PJ, Walley A, Ward KL, Watkins H, Wild SH, Willemsen G, Witteman JC, Yarnell JW, Zelenika D, Zethelius B, Zhai G, Zhao JH, Zillikens MC; DIAGRAM Consortium; GIANT Consortium; Global B Pgen Consortium, Borecki IB, Meneton P, Magnusson PK, Nathan DM, Williams GH, Silander K, Bornstein SR, Schwarz P, Spranger J, Karpe F, Shuldiner AR, Cooper C, Serrano-Ríos M, Lind L, Palmer LJ, Hu FB 1st, Franks PW, Ebrahim S, Marmot M, Kao WH, Pramstaller PP, Wright AF, Stumvoll M, Hamsten A; Procardis Consortium, Buchanan TA, Valle TT, Rotter JI, Penninx BW, Boomsma DI, Cao A, Scuteri A, Schlessinger D, Uda M, Ruokonen A, Jarvelin MR, Peltonen L, Mooser V, Sladek R; MAGIC investigators; GLGC Consortium, Musunuru K, Smith AV, Edmondson AC, Stylianou IM, Koseki M, Pirruccello JP, Chasman DI, Johansen CT, Fouchier SW, Peloso GM, Barbalic M, Ricketts SL, Bis JC, Feitosa MF, Orho-Melander M, Melander O, Li X, Li M, Cho YS, Go MJ, Kim YJ, Lee JY, Park T, Kim K, Sim X, Ong RT, Croteau-Chonka DC, Lange LA, Smith JD, Ziegler A, Zhang W, Zee RY, Whitfield JB, Thompson JR, Surakka I, Spector TD, Smit JH, Sinisalo J, Scott J, Saharinen J, Sabatti C, Rose LM, Roberts R, Rieder M, Parker AN, Pare G, O’Donnell CJ, Nieminen MS, Nickerson DA, Montgomery GW, McArdle W, Masson D, Martin NG, Marroni F, Lucas G, Luben R, Lokki ML, Lettre G, Launer LJ, Lakatta EG, Laaksonen R, Kyvik KO, König IR, Khaw KT, Kaplan LM, Johansson Å, Janssens AC, Igl W, Hovingh GK, Hengstenberg C, Havulinna AS, Hastie ND, Harris TB, Haritunians T, Hall AS, Groop LC, Gonzalez E, Freimer NB, Erdmann J, Ejebe KG, Döring A, Dominiczak AF, Demissie S, Deloukas P, de Faire U, Crawford G, Chen YD, Caulfield MJ, Boekholdt SM, Assimes TL, Quertermous T, Seielstad M, Wong TY, Tai ES, Feranil AB, Kuzawa CW, Taylor HA Jr, Gabriel SB, Holm H, Gudnason V, Krauss RM, Ordovas JM, Munroe PB, Kooner JS, Tall AR, Hegele RA, Kastelein JJ, Schadt EE, Strachan DP, Reilly MP, Samani NJ, Schunkert H, Cupples LA, Sandhu MS, Ridker PM, Rader DJ, Kathiresan S.Novel loci for adiponectin levels and their influence on type 2 diabetes and metabolic traits: a multi-ethnic meta-analysis of 45,891 individuals.PLoS Genet. 2012;8(3):e1002607. 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The DIAbetes Genetics Replication And Meta-analysis (DIAGRAM) Consortium, Morris AP, Voight BF, Teslovich TM, Ferreira T, Segrè AV, Steinthorsdottir V, Strawbridge RJ, Khan H, Grallert H, Mahajan A, Prokopenko I, Kang HM, Dina C, Esko T, Fraser RM, Kanoni S, Kumar A, Lagou V, Langenberg C, Luan J, Lindgren CM, Müller-Nurasyid M, Pechlivanis S, Rayner NW, Scott LJ, Wiltshire S, Yengo L, Kinnunen L, Rossin EJ, Raychaudhuri S, Johnson AD, Dimas AS, Loos RJ, Vedantam S, Chen H, Florez JC, Fox C, Liu CT, Rybin D, Couper DJ, Kao WH, Li M, Cornelis MC, Kraft P, Sun Q, van Dam RM, Stringham HM, Chines PS, Fischer K, Fontanillas P, Holmen OL, Hunt SE, Jackson AU, Kong A, Lawrence R, Meyer J, Perry JR, Platou CG, Potter S, Rehnberg E, Robertson N, Sivapalaratnam S, Stancáková A, Stirrups K, Thorleifsson G, Tikkanen E, Wood AR, Almgren P, Atalay M, Benediktsson R, Bonnycastle LL, Burtt N, Carey J, Charpentier G, Crenshaw AT, Doney AS, Dorkhan M, Edkins S, Emilsson V, Eury E, Forsen T, Gertow K, Gigante B, Grant GB, Groves CJ, Guiducci C, Herder C, Hreidarsson AB, Hui J, James A, Jonsson A, Rathmann W, Klopp N, Kravic J, Krjutškov K, Langford C, Leander K, Lindholm E, Lobbens S, Männistö S, Mirza G, Mühleisen TW, Musk B, Parkin M, Rallidis L, Saramies J, Sennblad B, Shah S, Sigurðsson G, Silveira A, Steinbach G, Thorand B, Trakalo J, Veglia F, Wennauer R, Winckler W, Zabaneh D, Campbell H, van Duijn C, Uitterlinden AG, Hofman A, Sijbrands E, Abecasis GR, Owen KR, Zeggini E, Trip MD, Forouhi NG, Syvänen AC, Eriksson JG, Peltonen L, Nöthen MM, Balkau B, Palmer CN, Lyssenko V, Tuomi T, Isomaa B, Hunter DJ, Qi L; Wellcome Trust Case Control Consortium; Meta-Analyses of Glucose and Insulin-related traits Consortium (MAGIC) Investigators; Genetic Investigation of ANthropometric Traits (GIANT) Consortium; Asian Genetic Epidemiology Network–Type 2 Diabetes (AGEN-T2D) Consortium; South Asian Type 2 Diabetes (SAT2D) Consortium, Shuldiner AR, Roden M, Barroso I, Wilsgaard T, Beilby J, Hovingh K, Price JF, Wilson JF, Rauramaa R, Lakka TA, Lind L, Dedoussis G, Njølstad I, Pedersen NL, Khaw KT, Wareham NJ, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi SM, Saaristo TE, Korpi-Hyövälti E, Saltevo J, Laakso M, Kuusisto J, Metspalu A, Collins FS, Mohlke KL, Bergman RN, Tuomilehto J, Boehm BO, Gieger C, Hveem K, Cauchi S, Froguel P, Baldassarre D, Tremoli E, Humphries SE, Saleheen D, Danesh J, Ingelsson E, Ripatti S, Salomaa V, Erbel R, Jöckel KH, Moebus S, Peters A, Illig T, de Faire U, Hamsten A, Morris AD, Donnelly PJ, Frayling TM, Hattersley AT, Boerwinkle E, Melander O, Kathiresan S, Nilsson PM, Deloukas P, Thorsteinsdottir U, Groop LC, Stefansson K, Hu F, Pankow JS, Dupuis J, Meigs JB, Altshuler D, Boehnke M, McCarthy MI.Large-scale association analysis provides insights into the genetic architecture and pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes. Nat Genet. 2012 Aug 12.

Scott RA, Lagou V, Welch RP, Wheeler E, Montasser ME, Luan J, Mägi R, Strawbridge RJ, Rehnberg E, Gustafsson S, Kanoni S, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Yengo L, Lecoeur C, Shungin D, Sanna S, Sidore C, Johnson PC, Jukema JW, Johnson T, Mahajan A, Verweij N, Thorleifsson G, Hottenga JJ, Shah S, Smith AV, Sennblad B, Gieger C, Salo P, Perola M, Timpson NJ, Evans DM, Pourcain BS, Wu Y, Andrews JS, Hui J, Bielak LF, Zhao W, Horikoshi M, Navarro P, Isaacs A, O’Connell JR, Stirrups K, Vitart V, Hayward C, Esko T, Mihailov E, Fraser RM, Fall T, Voight BF, Raychaudhuri S, Chen H, Lindgren CM, Morris AP, Rayner NW, Robertson N, Rybin D, Liu CT, Beckmann JS, Willems SM, Chines PS, Jackson AU, Kang HM, Stringham HM, Song K, Tanaka T, Peden JF, Goel A, Hicks AA, An P, Müller-Nurasyid M, Franco-Cereceda A, Folkersen L, Marullo L, Jansen H, Oldehinkel AJ, Bruinenberg M, Pankow JS, North KE, Forouhi NG, Loos RJ, Edkins S, Varga TV, Hallmans G, Oksa H, Antonella M, Nagaraja R, Trompet S, Ford I, Bakker SJ, Kong A, Kumari M, Gigante B, Herder C, Munroe PB, Caulfield M, Antti J, Mangino M, Small K, Miljkovic I, Liu Y, Atalay M, Kiess W, James AL, Rivadeneira F, Uitterlinden AG, Palmer CN, Doney AS, Willemsen G, Smit JH, Campbell S, Polasek O, Bonnycastle LL, Hercberg S, Dimitriou M, Bolton JL, Fowkes GR, Kovacs P, Lindström J, Zemunik T, Bandinelli S, Wild SH, Basart HV, Rathmann W, Grallert H; DIAbetes Genetics Replication and Meta-analysis (DIAGRAM) Consortium, Maerz W, Kleber ME, Boehm BO, Peters A, Pramstaller PP, Province MA, Borecki IB, Hastie ND, Rudan I, Campbell H, Watkins H, Farrall M, Stumvoll M, Ferrucci L, Waterworth DM, Bergman RN, Collins FS, Tuomilehto J, Watanabe RM, de Geus EJ, Penninx BW, Hofman A, Oostra BA, Psaty BM, Vollenweider P, Wilson JF, Wright AF, Hovingh GK, Metspalu A, Uusitupa M, Magnusson PK, Kyvik KO, Kaprio J, Price JF, Dedoussis GV, Deloukas P, Meneton P, Lind L, Boehnke M, Shuldiner AR, van Duijn CM, Morris AD, Toenjes A, Peyser PA, Beilby JP, Körner A, Kuusisto J, Laakso M, Bornstein SR, Schwarz PE, Lakka TA, Rauramaa R, Adair LS, Smith GD, Spector TD, Illig T, de Faire U, Hamsten A, Gudnason V, Kivimaki M, Hingorani A, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi SM, Saaristo TE, Boomsma DI, Stefansson K, van der Harst P, Dupuis J, Pedersen NL, Sattar N, Harris TB, Cucca F, Ripatti S, Salomaa V, Mohlke KL, Balkau B, Froguel P, Pouta A, Jarvelin MR, Wareham NJ, Bouatia-Naji N, McCarthy MI, Franks PW, Meigs JB, Teslovich TM, Florez JC, Langenberg C, Ingelsson E, Prokopenko I, Barroso I.Large-scale association analyses identify new loci influencing glycemic traits and provide insight into the underlying biological pathways Nat Genet. 2012 Aug 12.

Yi GY, He W. Bias analysis and the simulation-extrapolation method for survival data with covariate measurement error under parametric proportional odds models.Biom J. 2012 May;54(3):343-60

Bremner, A.P., Feddema, P., Leedman, P.J., Brown, S.J., Beilby, J.P., Lim, E.M., Wilson, S.G., O’Leary, P.C. and Walsh, J.P., Age-related changes in thyroid function: a longitudinal study of a community-based cohort. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2012. 97(5): p. 1554-62.

Bremner, A.P., Feddema, P., Joske, D.J., Leedman, P.J., O’Leary, P.C., Olynyk, J.K. and Walsh, J.P., Significant association between thyroid hormones and erythrocyte indices in euthyroid subjects. Clinical endocrinology, 2012. 76(2): p. 304-11.

Thompson B, Stanojevic S, Abramson, M, Beasley, R, Coates a, Dent A, Eckert B, James A, Filsell S, Musk AW, Nolan G, Dixon B, O’Dea C, Savage J, Stocks J, Swanney M and Hall G. The “All-Age” spirometry reference ranges reflect contemporary Australasian Spirometry values. Respirology (accepted for publication Feb 2012). ABSTRACT

Manning AK, Hivert MF, Scott RA, Grimsby JL, Bouatia-Naji N, Chen H, RybinD, Liu CT, Bielak LF, Prokopenko I, Amin N, Barnes D, Cadby G, Hottenga JJ, Ingelsson E, Jackson AU, Johnson T, Kanoni S, Ladenvall C, Lagou V, Lahti J, Lecoeur C, Liu Y, Martinez-Larrad MT, Montasser ME, Navarro P, Perry JRB, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Salo P, Sattar N, Shungin D, Strawbridge RJ, Tanaka T, van Duijn CM, An P, de Andrade M, Andrews JS, Aspelund T, Atalay M, Aulchenko Y, Balkau B, Bandinelli S, Beckmann JS, Beilby JP, Bellis C, Bergman RN, Blangero J, Boban M, Boehnke M, Boerwinkle E, Bonnycastle LL, Boomsma DI, Borecki IB, Böttcher Y, Bouchard C, Brunner E, Budimir D, Campbell H, Carlson O, Chines PS, Clarke R, Collins FS, Corbatón-Anchuelo A, Couper D, de Faire U, Dedoussis GV, Deloukas P, Dimitriou M, Egan JM, Eiriksdottir G, Erdos MR, Eriksson JG, Eury E, Ferrucci L, Ford I, Forouhi NG, Fox CS, Franzosi MG, Franks PW, Frayling TM, Froguel P, Galan P, de Geus E, Gigante B, Glazer NL, Goel A, Groop L, Gudnason V, Hallmans G, Hamsten A, Hansson O, Harris TB, Hayward C, Heath S, Hercberg S, Hicks AA, Hingorani A, Hofman A, Hui J, Hung J, Jarvelin MR, Jhun MA, Johnson PCD, Jukema JW, Jula A, Kao WH, Kaprio J, Kardia SLR, Keinanen-Kiukaanniemi S, Kivimaki M, Kolcic I, Kovacs P, Kumari M, Kuusisto J, Kyvik KO, Laakso M, Lakka T, Lannfelt L, Lathrop GM, Launer LJ, Leander K, Li G, Lind L, Lindstrom J, Lobbens S, Loos RJF, Luan J, Lyssenko V, Mägi R, Magnusson PKE, Marmot M, Meneton P, Mohlke KL, Mooser V, Morken MA, Miljkovic I, Narisu N, O’Connell J, Ong KK, Oostra BA, Palmer LJ, Palotie A, Pankow JS, Peden JF, Pedersen NL, Pehlic M, Peltonen L, Penninx B, Pericic M, Perola M, Perusse L, Peyser PA, Polasek O, Pramstaller PP, Province MA, Räikkönen K, Rauramaa R, Rehnberg E, Rice K, Rotter JI, Rudan I, Ruokonen A, Saaristo T, Sabater-Lleal M, Salomaa V, Savage DB, Saxena R, Schwarz P, Seedorf U, Sennblad B, Serrano-Rios M, Shuldiner AR, Sijbrands EJG, Siscovick DS, Smit JH, Small KS, Smith NL, Smith AV, Stančáková A, Stirrups K, Stumvoll M, Sun YV, Swift AJ, Tönjes A, Tuomilehto J, Trompet S, Uitterlinden AG, Uusitupa M, Vikström M, Vitart V, Vohl MC, Voight VF, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Waterworth DM, Watkins H, Wheeler E, Widen E, Wild SH, Willems SM, Willemsen G, Wilson JF, Witteman JCM, Wright AF, Yaghootkar H, Zelenika D, Zemunik T, Zgaga L, DIAGRAM Consortium, The MUTHER Consortium, Wareham NJ, McCarthy MI, Barroso I, Watanabe RM, Florez JC, Dupuis J, Meigs JB, Langenberg C, A genome-wide approach accounting for body mass index identifies genetic variants influencing fasting glycemic traits and insulin resistance. Nature Genetics (accepted for publication Feb 2012).

Billings LK, Hsu YH, Ackerman RJ, Dupuis J, Voight BF, Rasmussen-Torvik LJ, Hercberg S, Lathrop M, Barnes D, Langenberg C, Hui J, Fu M, Bouatia-Naji N, Lecoeur C, An P, Magnusson PK, Surakka I, Ripatti S, Christiansen L, Dalgård C, Folkersen L, Grundberg E; the MAGIC Investigators; the DIAGRAM + Consortium; the MuTHER Consortium; the ASCOT Investigators; the GEFOS Consortium, Eriksson P, Kaprio J, Ohm Kyvik K, Pedersen NL, Borecki IB, Province MA, Balkau B, Froguel P, Shuldiner AR, Palmer LJ, Wareham N, Meneton P, Johnson T, Pankow JS, Karasik D, Meigs JB, Kiel DP, Florez JC. Impact of Common Variation in Bone-Related Genes on Type 2 Diabetes and Related Traits. Diabetes. 2012 Aug;61(8):2176-2186

Palmer ND, McDonough CW, Hicks PJ, Roh BH, Wing MR, An SS, Hester JM, Cooke JN, Bostrom MA, Rudock ME, Talbert ME, Lewis JP; DIAGRAM Consortium; MAGIC Investigators, Ferrara A, Lu L, Ziegler JT, Sale MM, Divers J, Shriner D, Adeyemo A, Rotimi CN, Ng MC, Langefeld CD, Freedman BI, Bowden DW, Voight BF, Scott LJ, Steinthorsdottir V, Morris AP, Dina C, Welch RP, Zeggini E, Huth C, Aulchenko YS, Thorleifsson G, McCulloch LJ, Ferreira T, Grallert H, Amin N, Wu G, Willer CJ, Raychaudhuri S, McCarroll SA, Langenberg C, Hofmann OM, Dupuis J, Qi L, Segrè AV, van Hoek M, Navarro P, Ardlie K, Balkau B, Benediktsson R, Bennett AJ, Blagieva R, Boerwinkle E, Bonnycastle LL, Boström KB, Bravenboer B, Bumpstead S, Burtt NP, Charpentier G, Chines PS, Cornelis M, Couper DJ, Crawford G, Doney AS, Elliott KS, Elliott AL, Erdos MR, Fox CS, Franklin CS, Ganser M, Gieger C, Grarup N, Green T, Griffin S, Groves CJ, Guiducci C, Hadjadj S, Hassanali N, Herder C, Isomaa B, Jackson AU, Johnson PR, Jørgensen T, Kao WH, Klopp N, Kong A, Kraft P, Kuusisto J, Lauritzen T, Li M, Lieverse A, Lindgren CM, Lyssenko V, Marre M, Meitinger T, Midthjell K, Morken MA, Narisu N, Nilsson P, Owen KR, Payne F, Perry JR, Petersen AK, Platou C, Proença C, Prokopenko I, Rathmann W, Rayner NW, Robertson NR, Rocheleau G, Roden M, Sampson MJ, Saxena R, Shields BM, Shrader P, Sigurdsson G, Sparsø T, Strassburger K, Stringham HM, Sun Q, Swift AJ, Thorand B, Tichet J, Tuomi T, van Dam RM, van Haeften TW, van Herpt T, van Vliet-Ostaptchouk JV, Walters GB, Weedon MN, Wijmenga C, Witteman J, Bergman RN, Cauchi S, Collins FS, Gloyn AL, Gyllensten U, Hansen T, Hide WA, Hitman GA, Hofman A, Hunter DJ, Hveem K, Laakso M, Mohlke KL, Morris AD, Palmer CN, Pramstaller PP, Rudan I, Sijbrands E, Stein LD, Tuomilehto J, Uitterlinden A, Walker M, Wareham NJ, Watanabe RM, Abecasis GR, Boehm BO, Campbell H, Daly MJ, Hattersley AT, Hu FB, Meigs JB, Pankow JS, Pedersen O, Wichmann HE, Barroso I, Florez JC, Frayling TM, Groop L, Sladek R, Thorsteinsdottir U, Wilson JF, Illig T, Froguel P, van Duijn CM, Stefansson K, Altshuler D, Boehnke M, McCarthy MI, Soranzo N, Wheeler E, Glazer NL, Bouatia-Naji N, Mägi R, Randall J, Johnson T, Elliott P, Rybin D, Henneman P, Dehghan A, Hottenga JJ, Song K, Goel A, Egan JM, Lajunen T, Doney A, Kanoni S, Cavalcanti-Proença C, Kumari M, Timpson NJ, Zabena C, Ingelsson E, An P, O’Connell J, Luan J, Elliott A, McCarroll SA, Roccasecca RM, Pattou F, Sethupathy P, Ariyurek Y, Barter P, Beilby JP, Ben-Shlomo Y, Bergmann S, Bochud M, Bonnefond A, Borch-Johnsen K, Böttcher Y, Brunner E, Bumpstead SJ, Chen YD, Chines P, Clarke R, Coin LJ, Cooper MN, Crisponi L, Day IN, de Geus EJ, Delplanque J, Fedson AC, Fischer-Rosinsky A, Forouhi NG, Frants R, Franzosi MG, Galan P, Goodarzi MO, Graessler J, Grundy S, Gwilliam R, Hallmans G, Hammond N, Han X, Hartikainen AL, Hayward C, Heath SC, Hercberg S, Hicks AA, Hillman DR, Hingorani AD, Hui J, Hung J, Jula A, Kaakinen M, Kaprio J, Kesaniemi YA, Kivimaki M, Knight B, Koskinen S, Kovacs P, Kyvik KO, Lathrop GM, Lawlor DA, Le Bacquer O, Lecoeur C, Li Y, Mahley R, Mangino M, Manning AK, Martínez-Larrad MT, McAteer JB, McPherson R, Meisinger C, Melzer D, Meyre D, Mitchell BD, Mukherjee S, Naitza S, Neville MJ, Oostra BA, Orrù M, Pakyz R, Paolisso G, Pattaro C, Pearson D, Peden JF, Pedersen NL, Perola M, Pfeiffer AF, Pichler I, Polasek O, Posthuma D, Potter SC, Pouta A, Province MA, Psaty BM, Rayner NW, Rice K, Ripatti S, Rivadeneira F, Rolandsson O, Sandbaek A, Sandhu M, Sanna S, Sayer AA, Scheet P, Seedorf U, Sharp SJ, Shields B, Sijbrands EJ, Silveira A, Simpson L, Singleton A, Smith NL, Sovio U, Swift A, Syddall H, Syvänen AC, Tanaka T, Tönjes A, Uitterlinden AG, van Dijk KW, Varma D, Visvikis-Siest S, Vitart V, Vogelzangs N, Waeber G, Wagner PJ, Walley A, Ward KL, Watkins H, Wild SH, Willemsen G, Witteman JC, Yarnell JW, Zelenika D, Zethelius B, Zhai G, Zhao JH, Zillikens MC, Borecki IB, Loos RJ, Meneton P, Magnusson PK, Nathan DM, Williams GH, Silander K, Salomaa V, Smith GD, Bornstein SR, Schwarz P, Spranger J, Karpe F, Shuldiner AR, Cooper C, Dedoussis GV, Serrano-Ríos M, Lind L, Palmer LJ, Franks PW, Ebrahim S, Marmot M, Kao WH, Pramstaller PP, Wright AF, Stumvoll M, Hamsten A, Buchanan TA, Valle TT, Rotter JI, Siscovick DS, Penninx BW, Boomsma DI, Deloukas P, Spector TD, Ferrucci L, Cao A, Scuteri A, Schlessinger D, Uda M, Ruokonen A, Jarvelin MR, Waterworth DM, Vollenweider P, Peltonen L, Mooser V, Sladek R. A genome-wide association search for type 2 diabetes genes in African Americans. PLoS One. 7(1):e29202. Epub Jan 4 (2012).

PUBLICATIONS IN 2011

Taylor, P.N., Panicker, V., Sayers, A., Shields, B., Iqbal, A., Bremner, A.P., Beilby, J.P., Leedman, P.J., Hattersley, A.T., Vaidya, B., Frayling, T., Evans, J., Tobias, J.H., Timpson, N.J., Walsh, J.P. and Dayan, C.M., A meta-analysis of the associations between common variation in the PDE8B gene and thyroid hormone parameters, including assessment of longitudinal stability of associations over time and effect of thyroid hormone replacement. European journal of endocrinology / European Federation of Endocrine Societies, 2011. 164(5): 773-80.

Shepherd, K.L., James, A.L., Musk, A.W., Hunter, M.L., Hillman, D.R. and Eastwood, P.R., Gastro-oesophageal reflux symptoms are related to the presence and severity of obstructive sleep apnoea. Journal of sleep research, 2011. 20(1 Pt 2): 241-9.

Musk, A.W., Knuiman, M., Hunter, M., Hui, J., Palmer, L.J., Beilby, J., Divitini, M., Mulrennan, S. and James, A., Patterns of airway disease and the clinical diagnosis of asthma in the Busselton population. The European respiratory journal : official journal of the European Society for Clinical Respiratory Physiology, 2011. 38(5): 1053-9.

Mulrennan, S., Knuiman, M., Divitini, M., Cullen, D., Hunter, M., Hui, J., Musk, A. and James, A., Gastro-oesophageal reflux and respiratory symptoms in Busselton adults: the affects of body weight and sleep apnoea. Internal medicine journal, 2011.

Marshall NS, Wong KKH, Liu PY, Grunstein RR. Smoking is not better for you than sleep apnea (Letter). Journal of Clinical Sleep Medicine 2011: 7 (3) 317.

Jamrozik, E.F., Warrington, N., McClenaghan, J., Hui, J., Musk, A.W., James, A., Beilby, J.P., Hansen, J., NH, D.E.K. and Palmer, L.J., Functional haplotypes in the PTGDR gene fail to associate with asthma in two Australian populations. Respirology, 2011. 16(2): 359-66.

Zhu H, Shyh-Chang N, Segrè AV, Shinoda G, Shah SP, Einhorn WS, Takeuchi A,Engreitz JM, Hagan JP, Kharas MG, Urbach A, Thornton JE, Triboulet R, Gregory RI;DIAGRAM Consortium; MAGIC Investigators, Altshuler D, Daley GQ. The Lin28/let-7 axis regulates glucose metabolism. Cell. 30;147(1):81-94 (2011).

Chambers JC, Zhang W, Sehmi J, Li X, Wass MN, Van der Harst P, Holm H, SannaS, Kavousi M, Baumeister SE, Coin LJ, Deng G, Gieger C, Heard-Costa NL, Hottenga JJ, Kühnel B, Kumar V, Lagou V, Liang L, Luan J, Vidal PM, Mateo Leach I,O’Reilly PF, Peden JF, Rahmioglu N, Soininen P, Speliotes EK, Yuan X,Thorleifsson G, Alizadeh BZ, Atwood LD, Borecki IB, Brown MJ, Charoen P, Cucca F,Das D, de Geus EJ, Dixon AL, Döring A, Ehret G, Eyjolfsson GI, Farrall M, ForouhiNG, Friedrich N, Goessling W, Gudbjartsson DF, Harris TB, Hartikainen AL, HeathS, Hirschfield GM, Hofman A, Homuth G, Hyppönen E, Janssen HL, Johnson T, Kangas AJ, Kema IP, Kühn JP, Lai S, Lathrop M, Lerch MM, Li Y, Liang TJ, Lin JP, LoosRJ, Martin NG, Moffatt MF, Montgomery GW, Munroe PB, Musunuru K, Nakamura Y,O’Donnell CJ, Olafsson I, Penninx BW, Pouta A, Prins BP, Prokopenko I, Puls R,Ruokonen A, Savolainen MJ, Schlessinger D, Schouten JN, Seedorf U, Sen-ChowdhryS, Siminovitch KA, Smit JH, Spector TD, Tan W, Teslovich TM, Tukiainen T,Uitterlinden AG, Van der Klauw MM, Vasan RS, Wallace C, Wallaschofski H, WichmannHE, Willemsen G, Würtz P, Xu C, Yerges-Armstrong LM; Alcohol Genome-wideAssociation (AlcGen) Consortium; Diabetes Genetics Replication and Meta-analyses (DIAGRAM+) Study; Genetic Investigation of Anthropometric Traits (GIANT)Consortium; Global Lipids Genetics Consortium; Genetics of Liver Disease (GOLD)Consortium; International Consortium for Blood Pressure (ICBP-GWAS);Meta-analyses of Glucose and Insulin-Related Traits Consortium (MAGIC), Abecasis GR, Ahmadi KR, Boomsma DI, Caulfield M, Cookson WO, van Duijn CM, Froguel P,Matsuda K, McCarthy MI, Meisinger C, Mooser V, Pietiläinen KH, Schumann G,Snieder H, Sternberg MJ, Stolk RP, Thomas HC, Thorsteinsdottir U, Uda M, WaeberG, Wareham NJ, Waterworth DM, Watkins H, Whitfield JB, Witteman JC, WolffenbuttelBH, Fox CS, Ala-Korpela M, Stefansson K, Vollenweider P, Völzke H, Schadt EE,Scott J, Järvelin MR, Elliott P, Kooner JS. Genome-wide association study identifies loci influencing concentrations of liver enzymes in plasma. Nat Genet. 16;43(11):1131-8 (2011)

Speliotes EK, Yerges-Armstrong LM, Wu J, Hernaez R, Kim LJ, Palmer CD,Gudnason V, Eiriksdottir G, Garcia ME, Launer LJ, Nalls MA, Clark JM, MitchellBD, Shuldiner AR, Butler JL, Tomas M, Hoffmann U, Hwang SJ, Massaro JM, O’DonnellCJ, Sahani DV, Salomaa V, Schadt EE, Schwartz SM, Siscovick DS; NASH CRN; GIANT Consortium; MAGIC Investigators, Voight BF, Carr JJ, Feitosa MF, Harris TB, FoxCS, Smith AV, Kao WH, Hirschhorn JN, Borecki IB; GOLD Consortium. Genome-wide association analysis identifies variants associated with non alcoholic fatty liver disease that have distinct effects on metabolic traits. PLoS Genet. Mar;7(3):e1001324. Epub (2011)

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Strawbridge RJ, Dupuis J, Prokopenko I, Barker A, Ahlqvist E, Rybin D, Petrie JR, Travers ME, Bouatia-Naji N, Dimas AS, Nica A, Wheeler E, Chen H, Voight BF,Taneera J, Kanoni S, Peden JF, Turrini F, Gustafsson S, Zabena C, Almgren P,Barker DJ, Barnes D, Dennison EM, Eriksson JG, Eriksson P, Eury E, Folkersen L,Fox CS, Frayling TM, Goel A, Gu HF, Horikoshi M, Isomaa B, Jackson AU, JamesonKA, Kajantie E, Kerr-Conte J, Kuulasmaa T, Kuusisto J, Loos RJ, Luan J,Makrilakis K, Manning AK, Martínez-Larrad MT, Narisu N, Nastase Mannila M, OhrvikJ, Osmond C, Pascoe L, Payne F, Sayer AA, Sennblad B, Silveira A, Stancáková A,Stirrups K, Swift AJ, Syvänen AC, Tuomi T, van ‘t Hooft FM, Walker M, Weedon MN, Xie W, Zethelius B; DIAGRAM Consortium; GIANT Consortium; MuTHER Consortium; CARDIoGRAM Consortium; C4D Consortium, Ongen H, Mälarstig A, Hopewell JC,Saleheen D, Chambers J, Parish S, Danesh J, Kooner J, Ostenson CG, Lind L, CooperCC, Serrano-Ríos M, Ferrannini E, Forsen TJ, Clarke R, Franzosi MG, Seedorf U,Watkins H, Froguel P, Johnson P, Deloukas P, Collins FS, Laakso M, DermitzakisET, Boehnke M, McCarthy MI, Wareham NJ, Groop L, Pattou F, Gloyn AL, DedoussisGV, Lyssenko V, Meigs JB, Barroso I, Watanabe RM, Ingelsson E, Langenberg C,Hamsten A, Florez JC. Genome-wide association identifies nine common variants associated with fasting proinsulin levels and provides new insights into the pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes. Diabetes 60:2624-34 (2011)

Soler Artigas M, Wain LV, Repapi E, Obeidat M, Sayers I, Burton PR, Johnson T, Zhao JH, Albrecht E, Dominiczak AF, Kerr SM, Smith BH, Cadby G, Hui J, Palmer LJ, Hingorani AD, Wannamethee SG, Whincup PH, Ebrahim S, Smith GD, Barroso I, Loos RJ, Wareham NJ, Cooper C, Dennison E, Shaheen SO, Liu JZ, Marchini J; Medical Research Council National Survey of Health and Development (NSHD) Respiratory Study Team, Dahgam S, Naluai AT, Olin AC, Karrasch S, Heinrich J, Schulz H, McKeever TM, Pavord ID, Heliövaara M, Ripatti S, Surakka I, Blakey JD, Kähönen M, Britton JR, Nyberg F, Holloway JW, Lawlor DA, Morris RW, James AL, Jackson CM, Hall IP, Tobin MD; the SpiroMeta Consortium. Effect of five genetic variants associated with lung function on the risk of chronic obstructive lung disease and their joint effects on lung function. Am J Respir Crit Care Med. 184 (7): 786-795 (2011)

Artigas MS, Loth DW, Wain LV, Gharib SA, Obeidat M, Tang W, Zhai G, Zhao JH, Smith AV, Huffman JE, Albrecht E, Jackson CM, Evans DM, Cadby G, Fornage M, Manichaikul A, Lopez LM, Johnson T, Aldrich MC, Aspelund T, Barroso I, Campbell H, Cassano PA, Couper DJ, Eiriksdottir G, Franceschini N, Garcia M, Gieger C, Gislason GK, Grkovic I, Hammond CJ, Hancock DB, Harris TB, Ramasamy A, Heckbert SR, Heliövaara M, Homuth G, Hysi PG, James AL, Jankovic S, Joubert BR, Karrasch S, Klopp N, Koch B, Kritchevsky SB, Launer LJ, Liu Y, Loehr LR, Lohman K, Loos RJ, Lumley T, Al Balushi KA, Ang WQ, Barr RG, Beilby J, Blakey JD, Boban M, Boraska V, Brisman J, Britton JR, Brusselle GG, Cooper C, Curjuric I, Dahgam S, Deary IJ, Ebrahim S, Eijgelsheim M, Francks C, Gaysina D, Granell R, Gu X, Hankinson JL, Hardy R, Harris SE, Henderson J, Henry A, Hingorani AD, Hofman A, Holt PG, Hui J, Hunter ML, Imboden M, Jameson KA, Kerr SM, Kolcic I, Kronenberg F, Liu JZ, Marchini J, McKeever T, Morris AD, Olin AC, Porteous DJ, Postma DS, Rich SS, Ring SM, Rivadeneira F, Rochat T, Sayer AA, Sayers I, Sly PD, Smith GD, Sood A, Starr JM, Uitterlinden AG, Vonk JM, Wannamethee SG, Whincup PH, Wijmenga C, Williams OD, Wong A, Mangino M, Marciante KD, McArdle WL, Meibohm B, Morrison AC, North KE, Omenaas E, Palmer LJ, Pietiläinen KH, Pin I, Pola Sbreve Ek O, Pouta A, Psaty BM, Hartikainen AL, Rantanen T, Ripatti S, Rotter JI, Rudan I, Rudnicka AR, Schulz H, Shin SY, Spector TD, Surakka I, Vitart V, Völzke H, Wareham NJ, Warrington NM, Wichmann HE, Wild SH, Wilk JB, Wjst M, Wright AF, Zgaga L, Zemunik T, Pennell CE, Nyberg F, Kuh D, Holloway JW, Boezen HM, Lawlor DA, Morris RW, Probst-Hensch N; The International Lung Cancer Consortium; GIANT consortium, Kaprio J, Wilson JF, Hayward C, Kähönen M, Heinrich J, Musk AW, Jarvis DL, Gläser S, Järvelin MR, Ch Stricker BH, Elliott P, O’Connor GT, Strachan DP, London SJ, Hall IP, Gudnason V, Tobin MD. Genome-wide association and large-scale follow up identifies 16 new loci influencing lung function. Nat Genet. 43(11):1082-90 (2011)

Ferreira MA, Matheson MC, Duffy DL, Marks GB, Hui J, Le Souëf P, Danoy P, Baltic S, Nyholt DR, Jenkins M, Hayden C, Willemsen G, Ang W, Kuokkanen M, Beilby J, Cheah F, de Geus EJ, Ramasamy A, Vedantam S, Salomaa V, Madden PA, Heath AC, Hopper JL, Visscher PM, Musk B, Leeder SR, Jarvelin MR, Pennell C, Boomsma DI, Hirschhorn JN, Walters H, Martin NG, James A, Jones G, Abramson MJ, Robertson CF, Dharmage SC, Brown MA, Montgomery GW, Thompson PJ; Australian Asthma Genetics Consortium. Identification of IL6R and chromosome 11q13.5 as risk loci for asthma. Lancet 378(9795): 1006-14 (2011)

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Wain LV, Verwoert GC, O’Reilly PF, Shi G, Johnson T, Johnson AD, Bochud M, Rice KM, Henneman P, Smith AV, Ehret GB, Amin N, Larson MG, Mooser V, Hadley D, Dörr M, Bis JC, Aspelund T, Esko T, Janssens AC, Zhao JH, Heath S, Laan M, Fu J, Pistis G, Luan J, Arora P, Lucas G, Pirastu N, Pichler I, Jackson AU, Webster RJ, Zhang F, Peden JF, Schmidt H, Tanaka T, Campbell H, Igl W, Milaneschi Y, Hottenga JJ, Vitart V, Chasman DI, Trompet S, Bragg-Gresham JL, Alizadeh BZ, Chambers JC, Guo X, Lehtimäki T, Kühnel B, Lopez LM, Polašek O, Boban M, Nelson CP, Morrison AC, Pihur V, Ganesh SK, Hofman A, Kundu S, Mattace-Raso FU, Rivadeneira F, Sijbrands EJ, Uitterlinden AG, Hwang SJ, Vasan RS, Wang TJ, Bergmann S, Vollenweider P, Waeber G, Laitinen J, Pouta A, Zitting P, McArdle WL, Kroemer HK, Völker U, Völzke H, Glazer NL, Taylor KD, Harris TB, Alavere H, Haller T, Keis A, Tammesoo ML, Aulchenko Y, Barroso I, Khaw KT, Galan P, Hercberg S, Lathrop M, Eyheramendy S, Org E, Sõber S, Lu X, Nolte IM, Penninx BW, Corre T, Masciullo C, Sala C, Groop L, Voight BF, Melander O, O’Donnell CJ, Salomaa V, d’Adamo AP, Fabretto A, Faletra F, Ulivi S, Del Greco M F, Facheris M, Collins FS, Bergman RN, Beilby JP, Hung J, Musk AW, Mangino M, Shin SY, Soranzo N, Watkins H, Goel A, Hamsten A, Gider P, Loitfelder M, Zeginigg M, Hernandez D, Najjar SS, Navarro P, Wild SH, Corsi AM, Singleton A, de Geus EJ, Willemsen G, Parker AN, Rose LM, Buckley B, Stott D, Orru M, Uda M, van der Klauw MM, Zhang W, Li X, Scott J, Chen YD, Burke GL, Kähönen M, Viikari J, Döring A, Meitinger T, Davies G, Starr JM, Emilsson V, Plump A, Lindeman JH, Hoen PA, König IR, Felix JF, Clarke R, Hopewell JC, Ongen H, Breteler M, Debette S, Destefano AL, Fornage M, Mitchell GF, Smith NL, Holm H, Stefansson K, Thorleifsson G, Thorsteinsdottir U, Samani NJ, Preuss M, Rudan I, Hayward C, Deary IJ, Wichmann HE, Raitakari OT, Palmas W, Kooner JS, Stolk RP, Jukema JW, Wright AF, Boomsma DI, Bandinelli S, Gyllensten UB, Wilson JF, Ferrucci L, Schmidt R, Farrall M, Spector TD, Palmer LJ, Tuomilehto J, Pfeufer A, Gasparini P, Siscovick D, Altshuler D, Loos RJ, Toniolo D, Snieder H, Gieger C, Meneton P, Wareham NJ, Oostra BA, Metspalu A, Launer L, Rettig R, Strachan DP, Beckmann JS, Witteman JC, Erdmann J, van Dijk KW, Boerwinkle E, Boehnke M, Ridker PM, Jarvelin MR, Chakravarti A, Abecasis GR, Gudnason V, Newton-Cheh C, Levy D, Munroe PB, Psaty BM, Caulfield MJ, Rao DC, Tobin MD, Elliott P, van Duijn CM; LifeLines Cohort Study; EchoGen consortium; AortaGen Consortium; CHARGE Consortium Heart Failure Working Group; KidneyGen consortium; CKDGen consortium; Cardiogenics consortium; CardioGram.Genome-wide association study identifies six new loci influencing pulse pressure and mean arterial pressure. Nat Genet. 2011 Sep 11;43(10):1005-11 ABSTRACT

PUBLICATIONS IN 2010

Yeap BB, Beilin J, Shi Z, Knuiman MW, Olynyk JK, Chubb SAP, Bruce DG, Milward EA. The C282Y polymorphism of the hereditary hemochromatosis gene is associated with increased sex hormone-binding globulin and normal testosterone levels in men. Journal of Endocrinological Investigation 2010; 33: 544-548. ABSTRACT

Wu, J.S., James, I., Wei, Q., Castley, A., Christiansen, F.T., Carroll, W.M., Mastaglia, F.L. and Kermode, A.G., Influence of HLA-DRB1 allele heterogeneity on disease risk and clinical course in a West Australian MS cohort: a high-resolution genotyping study. Multiple sclerosis, 2010. 16(5): 526-32. ABSTRACT

Webster, R.J., Warrington, N.M., Beilby, J.P., Frayling, T.M. and Palmer, L.J., The longitudinal association of common susceptibility variants for type 2 diabetes and obesity with fasting glucose level and BMI. BMC medical genetics, 2010. 11: 140. ABSTRACT

Walsh, J.P., Bremner, A.P., Feddema, P., Leedman, P.J., Brown, S.J. and O’Leary, P., Thyrotropin and thyroid antibodies as predictors of hypothyroidism: a 13-year, longitudinal study of a community-based cohort using current immunoassay techniques. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2010. 95(3): 1095-104. ABSTRACT

Panicker, V., Wilson, S.G., Walsh, J.P., Richards, J.B., Brown, S.J., Beilby, J.P., Bremner, A.P., Surdulescu, G.L., Qweitin, E., Gillham-Nasenya, I., Soranzo, N., Lim, E.M., Fletcher, S.J. and Spector, T.D., A locus on chromosome 1p36 is associated with thyrotropin and thyroid function as identified by genome-wide association study. American journal of human genetics, 2010. 87(3): 430-5.

Milward, E.A., Bruce, D.G., Knuiman, M.W., Divitini, M.L., Cole, M., Inderjeeth, C.A., Clarnette, R.M., Maier, G., Jablensky, A. and Olynyk, J.K., A cross-sectional community study of serum iron measures and cognitive status in older adults. Journal of Alzheimer’s disease : JAD, 2010. 20(2): 617-23. ABSTRACT

James, A.L., Knuiman, M.W., Divitini, M.L., Hui, J., Hunter, M., Palmer, L.J., Maier, G. and Musk, A.W., Changes in the prevalence of asthma in adults since 1966: the Busselton health study. The European respiratory journal : official journal of the European Society for Clinical Respiratory Physiology, 2010. 35(2): 273-8.

Davis, W.A., Knuiman, M.W. and Davis, T.M., An Australian cardiovascular risk equation for type 2 diabetes: the Fremantle Diabetes Study. Internal medicine journal, 2010. 40(4): 286-92.

Creaney, J., Olsen, N.J., Brims, F., Dick, I.M., Musk, A.W., de Klerk, N.H., Skates, S.J. and Robinson, B.W., Serum mesothelin for early detection of asbestos-induced cancer malignant mesothelioma. Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology, 2010. 19(9): 2238-46.

Brown, N.J., Xuan, W., Salome, C.M., Berend, N., Hunter, M.L., Musk, A.W., James, A.L. and King, G.G., Reference equations for respiratory system resistance and reactance in adults. Respiratory physiology & neurobiology, 2010. 172(3): 162-8.

Beilby, J., Divitini, M.L., Knuiman, M.W., Rossi, E. and Hung, J., Comparison of cystatin C and creatinine as predictors of cardiovascular events in a community-based elderly population. Clinical chemistry, 2010. 56(5): 799-804.

Hunter M, Musk AW, James AL. Asthma in adults – Is the Prevalence Increasing? Annals of Respiratory Medicine 2010 1(1):69-74.

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PUBLICATIONS IN 2009

Yeap, B.B., Beilin, J., Shi, Z., Knuiman, M.W., Olynyk, J.K., Bruce, D.G. and Milward, E.A., Serum testosterone levels correlate with haemoglobin in middle-aged and older men. Internal medicine journal, 2009. 39(8): 532-8.

Webster, R.J., Warrington, N.M., Weedon, M.N., Hattersley, A.T., McCaskie, P.A., Beilby, J.P., Palmer, L.J. and Frayling, T.M., The association of common genetic variants in the APOA5, LPL and GCK genes with longitudinal changes in metabolic and cardiovascular traits. Diabetologia, 2009. 52(1): 106-14.

Olynyk, J.K., Knuiman, M.W., Divitini, M.L., Davis, T.M., Beilby, J. and Hung, J., Serum alanine aminotransferase, metabolic syndrome, and cardiovascular disease in an Australian population. The American journal of gastroenterology, 2009. 104(7): 1715-22.

Marshall, N.S., Wong, K.K., Phillips, C.L., Liu, P.Y., Knuiman, M.W. and Grunstein, R.R., Is sleep apnea an independent risk factor for prevalent and incident diabetes in the Busselton Health Study? Journal of clinical sleep medicine : JCSM : official publication of the American Academy of Sleep Medicine, 2009. 5(1): 15-20.

Knuiman, M.W., Hung, J., Divitini, M.L., Davis, T.M. and Beilby, J.P., Utility of the metabolic syndrome and its components in the prediction of incident cardiovascular disease: a prospective cohort study. European journal of cardiovascular prevention and rehabilitation : official journal of the European Society of Cardiology, Working Groups on Epidemiology & Prevention and Cardiac Rehabilitation and Exercise Physiology, 2009. 16(2): 235-41.

Jamrozik, E., Knuiman, M.W., James, A., Divitini, M. and Musk, A.W., Risk factors for adult-onset asthma: a 14-year longitudinal study. Respirology, 2009. 14(6): 814-21.

Fan, J., Zhou, Y., Cai, J. and Chen, M., Gaining Efficiency via Weighted Estimators for Multivariate Failure Time Data*. Science in China. Series A, Mathematics / Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2009. 52(6): 1113-1138.

Chin, M.W., Mallon, D.F., Cullen, D.J., Olynyk, J.K., Mollison, L.C. and Pearce, C.B., Screening for coeliac disease using anti-tissue transglutaminase antibody assays, and prevalence of the disease in an Australian community. The Medical journal of Australia, 2009. 190(8): 429-32.

Adams, L.A., Waters, O.R., Knuiman, M.W., Elliott, R.R. and Olynyk, J.K., NAFLD as a risk factor for the development of diabetes and the metabolic syndrome: an eleven-year follow-up study. The American journal of gastroenterology, 2009. 104(4): 861-7.

Ferreira, MAR; Hottenga, JJ; Warrington, NM, et al. Sequence Variants in Three Loci Influence Monocyte Counts and Erythrocyte Volume. American Journal of Human Genetics 2009; 85: 745-749.

PUBLICATIONS IN 2008

Marshall, N.S., Wong, K.K., Liu, P.Y., Cullen, S.R., Knuiman, M.W. and Grunstein, R.R., Sleep apnea as an independent risk factor for all-cause mortality: the Busselton Health Study. Sleep, 2008. 31(8): 1079-85.

Makepeace, A.E., Bremner, A.P., O’Leary, P., Leedman, P.J., Feddema, P., Michelangeli, V. and Walsh, J.P., Significant inverse relationship between serum free T4 concentration and body mass index in euthyroid subjects: differences between smokers and nonsmokers. Clinical endocrinology, 2008. 69(4): 648-52.

Hung, J., Knuiman, M.W., Divitini, M.L., Langton, P.E., Chapman, C.L. and Beilby, J.P., C-reactive protein and interleukin-18 levels in relation to coronary heart disease: prospective cohort study from Busselton Western Australia. Heart, lung & circulation, 2008. 17(2): 90-5.

Hung, J., Knuiman, M.W., Divitini, M.L., Davis, T. and Beilby, J.P., Prevalence and risk factor correlates of elevated C-reactive protein in an adult Australian population. The American journal of cardiology, 2008. 101(2): 193-8.

Hui, J., Oka, A., James, A., Palmer, L.J., Musk, A.W., Beilby, J. and Inoko, H., A genome-wide association scan for asthma in a general Australian population. Human genetics, 2008. 123(3): 297-306.

Hickling, S., Hung, J., Knuiman, M., Divitini, M. and Beilby, J., Are the associations between diet and C-reactive protein independent of obesity? Preventive medicine, 2008. 47(1): 71-6.

Adams, L.A., Knuiman, M.W., Divitini, M.L. and Olynyk, J.K., Body mass index is a stronger predictor of alanine aminotransaminase levels than alcohol consumption. Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 2008. 23(7 Pt 1): 1089-93.

Milward, EA., Baines, SK., Knuiman, MW., Bartholomew, HC., Divitini, ML., Ravine, DG., Bruce, DG., Olynyk, JK., ‘Non-citrus fruits as novel dietary environmental modifiers of iron stores in people with or without HFE gene mutations’, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 2008; 83: 543-549.

PUBLICATIONS IN 2007

Liu, P.Y., Beilin, J., Meier, C., Nguyen, T.V., Center, J.R., Leedman, P.J., Seibel, M.J., Eisman, J.A. and Handelsman, D.J., Age-related changes in serum testosterone and sex hormone binding globulin in Australian men: longitudinal analyses of two geographically separate regional cohorts. The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism, 2007. 92(9): 3599-603.

He, W., Yi, G.Y. and Xiong, J., Accelerated failure time models with covariates subject to measurement error. Statistics in medicine, 2007. 26(26): 4817-32.

Fritschi, L., Divitini, M., Talbot-Smith, A. and Knuiman, M., Left-handedness and risk of breast cancer. British journal of cancer, 2007. 97(5): 686-7.

PUBLICATIONS IN 2006

Walsh, J.P., Bremner, A.P., Bulsara, M.K., O’Leary, P., Leedman, P.J., Feddema, P. and Michelangeli, V., Subclinical thyroid dysfunction and blood pressure: a community-based study. Clinical endocrinology, 2006. 65(4): 486-91.

Sherrington, C.A., Knuiman, M.W., Divitini, M.L., Bartholomew, H.C., Cullen, D.J. and Olynyk, J.K., Population-based study of the relationship between mutations in the hemochromatosis (HFE) gene and arthritis. Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology, 2006. 21(3): 595-8.

Rossi, E., Hung, J., Beilby, J.P., Knuiman, M.W., Divitini, M.L. and Bartholomew, H., Folate levels and cancer morbidity and mortality: prospective cohort study from Busselton, Western Australia. Annals of epidemiology, 2006. 16(3): 206-12.

O’Leary, P.C., Feddema, P.H., Michelangeli, V.P., Leedman, P.J., Chew, G.T., Knuiman, M., Kaye, J. and Walsh, J.P., Investigations of thyroid hormones and antibodies based on a community health survey: the Busselton thyroid study. Clinical endocrinology, 2006. 64(1): 97-104.

Knuiman, M., James, A., Divitini, M. and Bartholomew, H., Longitudinal study of risk factors for habitual snoring in a general adult population: the Busselton Health Study. Chest, 2006. 130(6): 1779-83.

Hui, J., Palmer, L.J., James, A.L., Musk, A.W. and Beilby, J.P., AluyMICB dimorphism within the class I region of the major histocompatibility complex is associated with asthma and airflow obstruction in the Busselton population. Clinical and experimental allergy : journal of the British Society for Allergy and Clinical Immunology, 2006. 36(6): 728-34.

Dunn, D.S., Inoko, H. and Kulski, J.K., The association between non-melanoma skin cancer and a young dimorphic Alu element within the major histocompatibility complex class I genomic region. Tissue antigens, 2006. 68(2): 127-34.

Carroll, G.J., HFE gene mutations are associated with osteoarthritis in the index or middle finger metacarpophalangeal joints. The Journal of rheumatology, 2006. 33(4): 741-3.

Carroll, G.J., Primary osteoarthritis in the ankle joint is associated with finger metacarpophalangeal osteoarthritis and the H63D mutation in the HFE gene: evidence for a hemochromatosis-like polyarticular osteoarthritis phenotype. Journal of clinical rheumatology : practical reports on rheumatic & musculoskeletal diseases, 2006. 12(3): 109-13.

PUBLICATIONS IN 2005

Adams, C., Burke, V., Beilin, LJ., ‘Cholesterol tracking from childhood to adult mid-life in children from the Busselton study’, Acta Paediatr 2005; 94(3):275-80.

Hysi, P., Kabesch, M., Moffatt, MF., Schedel, M., Carr, D., Zhang, Y., Boardman, B., von Mutius, E., Weiland, SK., Leopold, W., Fritzsch, C., Klopp, N., Musk, AW., James, A., Nunez, G., Inohara, N., Cookson, WO., ‘NOD1 variation, Immunoglobulin E, and asthma’. Hum Mol Genet 2005; 14(7): 935-41.

James, AL., Knuiman, MW., Bartholomew, HC., Musk, AW., ‘What can Busselton tell us about asthma in the elderly?’, Med J Aust 2005; 183(1 Suppl): S17-S19.

Walsh, JP., Bremner, AP., Bulsara, MK., O’Leary, P., Leedman, PL., Feddema, P., Michelangeli, V., ‘Parity and the Risk of Autoimmune Thyroid Disease: A Community-Based Study’, J Clin Endocrinol Metab 2005; 90: 5309-5312.

Knuiman, MW., Divitini, ML., Bartholomew, HC., ‘Spouse selection and environmental effects on spouse correlation in lung function measures’, Annals of Epidemiology 2005; 15: 39-43.

Knuiman MW., James, AL., Divitini, ML., Bartholomew, HC., ‘Correlates of habitual snoring and witnessed apnoeas in Busselton, Western Australia’, Aust NZ J Public Health 2005; 29: 412-15.

Olynyk, JK., Knuiman, MW., Divitini, ML., Bartholomew, HC., Cullen, DJ., Powell, LW., ‘Effects of HFE gene mutations and alcohol on iron status, liver biochemistry and morbidity’, J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2005; 20: 1435-1441.

Walsh, JP., Bremner, AP., Bulsara, MK., O’Leary, P., Leedman, P., Feddema, PJ., Michelangeli, V., ‘Subclinical Thyroid Dysfunction as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease’, Archives of Internal Medicine 2005; 165:2467-2472.

Walsh, JP., Bremner, AP., Bulsara, MK., O’Leary, P., Leedman, PL., Feddema, P., Michelangeli, V., ‘Thyroid dysfunction and serum lipids: a community-based study’, Clinical Endocrinology 2005; 63: 670-675.

James, AL., Palmer, LJ., Kicic, E., Maxwell, PS., Lagan, SE., Ryan, GF., Musk, AW., ‘Decline in lung function in the Busselton Health Study: the effects of asthma and cigarette smoking’, American Journal of Respiratory & Critical Care Medicine. 171(2):109-14, 2005.

PUBLICATIONS IN 2004

Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration., ‘Blood glucose and risk of cardiovascular disease in the Asia Pacific region’, Diabetes Care 2004; 27:2836-2842.

Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration., ‘Serum Triglycerides as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Diseases in the Asia-Pacific Region’, Circulation 2004; 110(17):2678-86.

Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration., ‘Body mass index and cardiovascular disease in the Asia-Pacific Region: an overview of 33 cohorts involving 310,000 participants’, International Journal of Epidemiology 2004; 33(4):751-8.

Barzi F., Woodward, M., ‘Imputations of missing values in practice: results from imputations of serum cholesterol in 28 cohort studies’, American Journal of Epidemiology 2004; 160:34-45.

Gan, WQ., Man, SFP., Senthilselvan, A., Sin, DD., ‘Association between chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and systemic inflammation: a systematic review and a meta-analysis’, Thorax 2004; 59(7):574-80.

James, AL., Palmer, LJ., Kicic, E., Maxwell, PS., Lagan, SE., Ryan, GF., Musk, AW., ‘Decline in lung function in the Busselton Health Study: the effects of asthma and cigarette smoking’, Am J Resp Crit Care Med 2004; 171: 109-14.

Knuiman, MW., Watts, GF., Divitini, ML., ‘Is sialic acid an independent risk factor for cardiovascular disease? A 17-year follow-up study in Busselton, Western Australia’, Annals of Epidemiology 2004; 14(9):627-32.

Knuiman, MW., Clarkson, JP., Bulsara, MK., Bartholomew, HC., ‘Evaluating the impact of repeated community-wide health surveys on cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the Busselton population’, Aust NZ J Public Health 2004; 28: 267-72.

O’Leary, CM., Knuiman, MW., Divitini, ML., ‘Homocysteine and cardiovascular disease: A 17-year followup study in Busselton’, European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation 2004; 11(4):350-1.

Olynyk, JK., Hagan, SE., Cullen, DJ., Beilby, J., Whittall, DE., ‘Evolution of untreated hereditary hemochromatosis in the Busselton population: a 17-year study’, Mayo Clin Proc 2004; 79(3):309-13.

PUBLICATIONS IN 2003

Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration., ‘Cholesterol, coronary heart disease, and stroke in the Asia Pacific region’, Int J Epidemiol 2003; 32:563-572.

Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration., ‘Blood pressure and cardiovascular disease in the Asia Pacific region’, J Hypertens 2003; 21(4): 707-716.

Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration., ‘The effects of diabetes on the risks of major cardiovascular diseases and death in the Asia-Pacific region’, Diabetes Care 2003; 26:360-366.

Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration., ‘Blood pressure indices and cardiovascular disease in the Asia Pacific region: a pooled analysis’, Hypertension 2003; 42(1): 69-75.

Coles, KA., Knuiman, MW., Plant, AJ., Riley, TV., Smith, DW., Divitini, ML., ‘A prospective study of infection and cardiovascular diseases: the Busselton Health Study’, European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation 2003; 10:278-282.

Hung, J., Beilby, JP., Knuiman, MW., Divitini, ML., ‘Folate and vitamin B-12 and risk of fatal cardiovascular disease: cohort study from Busselton, Western Australia’, BMJ 2003; 326: 131-4.

Knuiman, MW., Divitini, ML., Olynyk, JK., Cullen, DJE., Bartholomew, HC., ‘Serum ferritin and cardiovascular disease: a 17-year follow-up study in Busselton, Western Australia’, American Journal of Epidemiology 2003; 158:144-149.

Lambert, LJ., Straton, JAY., Knuiman, MW., Bartholomew, HC., ‘Health status of users of Hormone Replacement Therapy by hysterectomy status in Western Australia’, Journal of Epidemology and Community Health 2003; 57: 0-6.

Oka, A., Hayashi, H., Tomizawa, M., Okamoto, K., Suyun, L., Hui, J., Kulski, JK., Beilby, JP., Tamiya, G., Inoko, H., ‘Localization of a non-melanoma skin cancer susceptibility region within the major histocompatibility complex by association analysis using microsatellite markers’, Tissue Antigens 2003; 61(3):203-210.

Talbot-Smith, A., Fritschi, L., Divitini, ML., Mallon, D., Knuiman, MW., ‘Allergy, atopy and cancer: A prospective study of the 1981 Busselton cohort’, American Journal of Epidemiology 2003; 157(7):606-12.

Traherne, JA., Hill, MR., Hysi, P., d’Amato, M., Broxholme, J., Mott, R., Moffatt, MF., Cookson, WO., ‘LD mapping of maternally and non-maternally derived alleles and atopy in FcepsilonRI-beta’, Hum Mol Genet 2003; 12(20):2577-85.

PUBLICATIONS IN 2002

Adams, C., Burke, V., Beilin, LJ., ‘Accuracy of blood pressure measurement and anthropometry among volunteer observers in a large community survey’, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology 2002; 55(4):338-44.

Dunstan, DW., Zimmet, PZ., Welborn, TA., de Courten, MP., Cameron, AJ., Sicree, RA., Dwyer, T., Colagiuri, S., Jolley, D., Knuiman, M., Atkins, R., Shaw, JE., ‘The rising prevalence of diabetes mellitus and impaired glucose tolerance: The Australian diabetes, obesity and lifestyle study’, Diabetes Care 2002; 25: 829-834.

English, DR., Vu, HTV., Knuiman, MW., ‘The impact of smoking on use of hospital services: the Busselton Study’, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Public Health 2002; 26:225-30.

FitzGerald, PEB., ‘Extended generalized estimating equations for binary familial data with incomplete data’, Biometrics 2002; 58: 718-726.

Fox, CJ., Cullen, DJE., Knuiman, MW., Cumpston, NG., Divitini, ML., Rossi, E., Gochee, PA., Powell, LW., Olynyk, JK., ‘Effects of body iron stores and haemochromatosis genotypes on coronary heart disease outcomes in the Busselton Health Study’, Journal of Cardiovascular Risk 2002; 9: 287-293.

Gochee, PA., Powell, LW., Cullen, DJE., Du Sart, D., Rossi, E., Olynyk, JK., ‘A population based study of the biochemical and clinical expression of the H63D hemochromatosis mutation’, Gastroenterology 2002; 122(3): 646-51.

Lewington, S., Clarke, R., Qizilbash, N., Peto, R., Collins, R., Prospective Studies Collaboration., ‘Age-specific relevance of usual blood pressure to vascular mortality: a meta-analysis of individual data for one million adults in 61 prospective studies’, Lancet 2002; 360: 1903-13.

Tiao, JY., Semmens, JB., Masarei, JR., Lawrence-Brown, MM., ‘The effect of age on serum creatinine levels in an aging population: relevance to vascular surgery’, Cardiovascular Surgery 2002; 10(5):445-51.

Vally, H., Taylor, ML., Thompson, PJ., ‘The prevalence of aspirin intolerant asthma (AIA) in Australian asthmatic patients’, Thorax 2002; 57:569-74.

Vu, HTV., Knuiman, MW., ‘A hybrid ML-EM algorithm for calculation of maximum likelihood estimates in semiparametric shared frailty models’, Computational Statistics and Data Analysis 2002; 40: 173-187.

PUBLICATIONS IN 2001

Abecasis, GR., Cardon, LR., Cookson, WO., Sham, PC., Cherny, SS., ‘Association analysis in a variance components framework’,. Genetic Epidemiology – Supplement 2001; 21 Suppl 1:S341-6.

Cherny, SS., Abecasis, GR., Cookson, WO., Sham, PC., Cardon, LR., ‘The effect of genotype and pedigree error on linkage analysis: analysis of three asthma genome scans’, Genetic Epidemiology 2001; 21 Suppl 1:S117-22.

Cookson, WO., Abecasis, GR., ‘Oxford genome screen for asthma-associated traits’, Genetic Epidemiology 2001; 21 Suppl 1:S1-3.

Demenais, F., Chaudru, V., Martinez, M., ‘Detection of parent-of-origin effects for atopy by model-free and model-based linkage analyses’, Genetic Epidemiology 2001; 21 Suppl 1:S186-91.

Hovell, CJ., Collett, JA., Vautier, G., Cheng, AJP., Sutanto, E., Mallon, D., Olynyk, JK., Cullen, DJE., ‘High prevalence of coeliac disease in the Busselton population: a case for screening?’, MJA 2001; 175: 247-250.

Moffatt, MF., Schou, C., Faux, JA., Abecasis, GR., James, AL., Musk, AW., Cookson, WOCM., ‘Association between quantitative traits underlying asthma and the HLA-DRB1 locus in a family-based population sample’, Eur J Hum Gen 2001; 9(5):341-6.

Palmer, L., Knuiman, MW., Divitini, ML., Burton, PR., James, AL., Bartholomew, HC., Ryan, G., Musk, AW., ‘Familial aggregation and heritability of adult lung function: results from the Busselton Health Study’, Eur Respir J 2001; 17: 696-702.

Palmer, LJ., Cookson, WO., James, AL., Musk, AW., Burton, PR., ‘Gibbs sampling-based segregation analysis of asthma-associated quantitative traits in a population-based sample of nuclear families’, Genet Epidemiol 2001; 20: 356-72.

Palmer, LJ., Cookson, WO., Deichmann, KA., Holloway, JW., Laitinen, T., ‘Single region linkage analyses of asthma: description of data sets’, Genetic Epidemiology – Supplement 2001; 21 Suppl 1:S9-15.

Rossi, E., Bulsara, MK., Olynyk, JK., Cullen, DJ., Summerville, L., Powell, LW., ‘Effect of hemochromatosis genotype and lifestyle factors on iron and red cell indices in a community population’, Clin Chem 2001; 47: 202-208.

Schnell, AH., Palmer, LJ., Elston, RC., ‘Segregation analysis of asthma and respiratory allergy in population-based samples of families’, Genet Epidemiol 2001; 21 Suppl 1 : S30-5.

Shugart, YY., Specchia, C., Li, HH., Doan, BQ., Mathias, RA., ‘Comparison of sib pair-based approaches for identifying quantitative trait loci underlying asthma in the Busselton families’, Genetic Epidemiology 2001; 21 Suppl 1:S198-203.

Strauch, K., Bogdanow, M., Fimmers, R., Baur, MP., Wienker, TF., ‘Linkage analysis of asthma and atopy including models with genomic imprinting’, Genetic Epidemiology 2001; 21 Suppl 1:S204-9.

Swarbrick, MM., Chapman, CML., McQuillan, BM., Hung, J., Thompson, PL., Beilby, JP., ‘A Pro12Ala polymorphism in the human peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor-gamma2 is associated with combined hyperlipidaemia in obesity’, Eur J Endocrinol 2001; 144: 277-82.

PUBLICATIONS IN 2000

Danesh, J., Collins, R., Peto, R., Lowe, GD., ‘Haematocrit, viscosity, erythrocyte sedimentation rate: meta-analyses of prospective studies of coronary heart disease’, Eur Heart J 2000; 21: 515-20.

FitzGerald, PEB., Knuiman, MW., ‘Use of conditional and marginal odds ratios for analysing familial aggregation of binary data’, Genetic Epidemiology 2000; 18: 193-202.

Palmer, LJ., Burton, PR., James, AL., Musk, AW., Cookson, WO., ‘Familial aggregation and heritability of asthma-associated quantitative traits in a population-based sample of nuclear families’, European Journal of Human Genetics 2000; 8(11):853-60.

Palmer, LJ., Burton, PR., Faux, JA., James, AL., Musk, AW., Cookson, WOCM., ‘Independent inheritance of serum Immunoglobulin E concentrations and airway responsiveness’, Am J Resp Care 2000; 161: 1836-1843.

Rossi, E., Olynyk, JK., Cullen, DJ., Papadopoulos, G., Bulsara, MK., Summerville, L., Powell, LW., ‘Compound heterozygous haemochromatosis genotype predicts elevated iron and red cell indices in women’, Clinical Chemistry 2000; 46(2):162-6.

Welborn, TA., Knuiman, MW., Vu, HTV., ‘Body mass index and alternative indices of obesity in relation to height, triceps skinfold and subsequent mortality: The Busselton Health Study’, Int J Obesity 2000; 24:108-115.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1999

Allison, DB., Faith, MS., Heo, M., Townsend-Butterworth, D., Williamson, DF., ‘Meta-analysis of the effect of excluding early deaths on the estimated relationship between body mass index and mortality’, Obes Res 1999; 7: 342-54.

Asia Pacific Cohort Studies Collaboration., ‘Determinants of cardiovascular disease in the Asian Pacific region: Protocol for a collaborative overview of cohort studies’, CVD Prevention 1999; 2: 281-289.

Burton, PR., Tiller, KJ., Gurrin, LC., Cookson, WOCM., Musk, AW., Palmer, LJ., ‘Genetic variance components analysis for binary phenotypes using generalized linear models (GLMMs) and Gibbs sampling’, Genetic Epidemiology 1999; 17: 118-140.

Cai, J., ‘Hypothesis testing of hazard ratio parameters in marginal models for multivariate failure time data’, Lifetime Data Anal 1999; 5: 39-53.

Dizier, MH., James, A., Faux, J., Moffatt, MF., Musk, AW., Cookson, W., Demenais, F., ‘Segregation analysis of the specific response to allergens: a recessive major gene controls the specific IgE response to Timothy grass pollen’, Genet Epidemiol 1999; 16: 305-315.

Dizier, MH., Sandford, A., Walley, A., Philippi, A., Cookson, W., Demenais, F., ‘Indication of linkage of serum IgE levels to the interleukin-4 gene and exclusion of the contribution of the (-590 C to T) interleukin-4 promoter polymorphism to IgE variation’, Genet Epidemiol 1999; 16: 84-94.

FitzGerald, PEB., Knuiman, MW., Divitini, ML., Bartholomew, H., ‘Effect of dichotomising a continuous variable on the assessment of familial aggregation: an empirical study using body mass index data from the Busselton Health Study’, Journal of Epidemiology and Biostatistics 1999; 4:321-327.

James, AL., Knuiman, MW., Divitini, ML., Musk, AW., Ryan, G., Bartholomew, H., ‘Associations between white blood cell count, lung function, respiratory illness and mortality: The Busselton Health Study’, European Respiratory Journal 1999; 13: 1115-1119.

Knuiman, MW., James, AL., Divitini, ML., Ryan, G., Bartholomew, H., Musk, AW., ‘Lung function, respiratory symptoms and mortality: results from the Busselton Health Study’, Annals of Epidemiology 1999; 9: 297-306.

Moffatt, MF., James, A., Ryan, G., Musk, AW., Cookson, WOCM., ‘Extended tumour necrosis factor/HLA-DR haplotypes and asthma in an Australian population sample’, Thorax 1999; 54: 757-761.

Olynyk, JK., Cullen, DJ., Aquilia, S., Rossi, E., Summerville, L., Powell, LW., ‘A population based study of the clinical expression of the hemochromatosis gene’, NEJM 1999; 341: 718-724.

Ryan, G., Knuiman, MW., Divitini, ML., James, AL., Musk, AW., Bartholomew, H., ‘Decline in lung function and mortality: The Busselton Health Study’, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 1999; 53: 230-234.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1998

Bartholomew, H., Knuiman, MW., ‘Longitudinal analysis of the effect of smoking cessation on cardiovascular risk factors in a community sample: the Busselton Study’, Journal of Cardiovascular Risk 1998; 5: 263-271.

Brightwell, RF., Pedler, PJ., Crawford, GP., Bittles, AH., Cale, JB., ‘Ageing and the haematological profiles of an Australian community’, Annals of Human Biology 1998; 25(1):1-10.

Burke, V., Knuiman, MW., Welborn, TA., ‘Overweight and obesity’, In: Welborn TA (ed)., The Busselton Study: mapping population health. Cardiovascular and respiratory disease risk factors in Busselton, Australia, Australasian Medical Publishing Company, Sydney, 1998 (ISBN 0 85557 041 5).

Dimmitt, SD., Knuiman, MW., Welborn, TA., ‘Triglyceride and HDL cholesterol levels’, In: Welborn TA (ed)., The Busselton Study: mapping population health. Cardiovascular and respiratory disease risk factors in Busselton, Australia, Australasian Medical Publishing Company, Sydney, 1998 (ISBN 0 85557 041 5).

FitzGerald, PEB., Knuiman, MW., ‘Interpretation of regressive logistic regression coefficients in analyses of familial data’, Biometrics 1998; 54: 909-920.

FitzGerald, PEB., Knuiman, MW., ‘Estimation in regressive logistic regression analyses of familial data with missing outcomes’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Statistics 1998; 40: 305-316.

James, AL., Divitini, ML., ‘Asthma’, In: Welborn TA (ed)., The Busselton Study: mapping population health. Cardiovascular and respiratory disease risk factors in Busselton, Australia, pp 92-98. Australasian Medical Publishing Company, Sydney, 1998 (ISBN 0 85557 041 5).

James, AL., Carroll, N., de Klerk, N., Elliot, J., Musk, AW., Ryan, G., ‘Increased perception of airway narrowing in patients with mild asthma’, Respirology 1998; 3: 241-246.

Knuiman, MW., Divitini, ML., Buzas, JS., FitzGerald, PEB., ‘Adjustment for regression dilution in epidemiological regression analyses’, Annals of Epidemiology 1998; 8: 56-63.

Knuiman, MW., Vu, HTV., Bartholomew, H., ‘Multivariate risk estimation for coronary heart disease: the Busselton Health Study’, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 1998; 22: 747-753.

Knuiman, MW., Divitini, ML., Watts, GF., Welborn, TA., ‘Multiple risk factors for coronary heart disease’, In: Welborn TA (ed)., The Busselton Study: mapping population health. Cardiovascular and respiratory disease risk factors in Busselton, Australia, Australasian Medical Publishing Company, Sydney, 1998 (ISBN 0 85557 041 5).

Laing, IA., Goldblatt, J., Eber, E., Hayden, CM., Rye, PJ., Gibson, NA., Palmer, LJ., Burton, PR., Le Souëf, PN., ‘A polymorphism of the CC16 gene is associated with an increased risk of asthma’, J Med Genet 1998; 35 463-467.

Puddey, IB., Divitini, ML., Knuiman, MW., ‘Coronary heart disease risk: the contrasting effects of alcohol and smoking’, In: Welborn TA (ed)., The Busselton Study: mapping population health. Cardiovascular and respiratory disease risk factors in Busselton, Australia, Australasian Medical Publishing Company, Sydney, 1998 (ISBN 0 85557 041 5).

Welborn, TA., Knuiman, MW., ‘Cholesterol and coronary heart disease’, In: Welborn TA (ed)., The Busselton Study: mapping population health. Cardiovascular and respiratory disease risk factors in Busselton, Australia, Australasian Medical Publishing Company, Sydney, 1998 (ISBN 0 85557 041 5).

Welborn, TA., ‘The Busselton Study: mapping population health. Cardiovascular and respiratory disease risk factors in Busselton, Australia’, Sydney: Australasian Medical Publishing Company, 1998 (ISBN 0 85557 041 5).

Wiltshire, S., Bhattacharyya, S., Faux, JA., Kleaves, NI., Daniels, SE., Moffatt, MF., James, A., Musk, AW., Cookson, WO., ‘A genome scan for loci influencing total serum immunoglobulin levels: possible linkage of IgA to the chromosome 13 atopy locus’, Hum Mol Genet 1998; 7: 27-31.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1997

Adams, SC., ‘Cardiovascular disease risk factors in the Busselton children’, PhD thesis. Perth: University of Western Australia, 1997.

Knuiman, MW., Vu, HTV., Segal, M., ‘An empirical comparison of multivariable methods for estimating risk of death from coronary heart disease’, Journal of Cardiovascular Risk 1997; 4: 127-134.

Knuiman, MW., Vu, HTV., ‘Prediction of coronary heart disease mortality in Busselton, Western Australia: an evaluation of Framingham, National Health Epidemiologic Follow-up Study, and WHO ERICA risk scores’, Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 1997; 51: 515-519.

Moffatt, MF., Cookson, WOCM., ‘Tumour necrosis factor haplotypes and asthma’, Human Molecular Genetics 1997; 6: 551-554.

Palmer, LJ., Paré, PD., Faux, JA., Moffatt, MF., Daniels, SE., Le Souëf, PN., Bremner, PR., Mockford, E., Gracey, M., Spargo, R., Musk, AW., Cookson, WOCM., ‘Fc epsilon R1-beta polymorphism and total serum IgE levels in endemically parasitized Australian Aborigines’, Am J Hum Genet 1997; 61: 182-188.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1996

Cullen, KJ., Cullen, AM., ‘Long-term follow-up of the Busselton six-year controlled trial of prevention of children’s behaviour disorders’, J Pediatr 1996; 129: 136-139.

Daniels, SE., Bhattacharrya, S., James, A., Leaves, NI., Young, A., Hill, MR., Faux, JA., Ryan, GF., le Söuef, PN., Lathrop, GM., Musk, AW., ‘A genome-wide search for quantitative trait loci underlying asthma’, Nature 1996; 383: 247-250.

Hill, MR., Cookson, WO., ‘A new variant of the beta subunit of the high affinity receptor for immunoglobulin E (Fc epsilon R1-beta E237G): associations with measures of atopy and bronchial hyper-responsiveness’, Hum Mol Genet 1996; 5: 959-962.

Knuiman, MW., Divitini, ML., Welborn, TA., Bartholomew, H., ‘Familial correlations, cohabitation effects, and heritability for cardiovascular risk factors’, Annals of Epidemiology 1996; 6: 188-194.

Knuiman, MW., Vu, HTV., ‘Risk factors for stroke mortality in men and women: The Busselton Study’, Journal of Cardiovascular Risk 1996; 3:447-452.

Knuiman, MW., Divitini, ML., Bartholomew, H., Welborn, TA., ‘Spouse correlations in cardiovascular risk factors and the effect of marriage duration’, American Journal of Epidemiology 1996; 143: 48-53.

Walley, AJ., Cookson, WO., ‘Investigation of an interleukin-4 promoter polymorphism for associations with asthma and atopy’, J Med Genet 1996; 33: 689-692.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1995

Bearpark, H., Elliott, L., Grunstein, R., Cullen, S., Schneider, H., Althaus, W., Sullivan, C., ‘Snoring and sleep apnea. A population study in Australian men’, Am J Respir Crit Care Med 1995; 151: 1459-1465

Dizier, MH., Hill, M., James, A., Faux, J., Ryan, G., le Souef, P., Lathrop, M., Musk, AW., Demenais, F., Cookson, W., ‘Detection of a recessive major gene for high IgE levels acting independently of specific response to allergens’, Genet Epidemiol 1995; 12: 93-105.

Hill, MR., James, AL., Faux, JA., Ryan, G., Hopkin, JM., le Söuef, P., Musk, AW., Cookson, WOCM., ‘Fc epsilon R1-beta polymorphism and risk of atopy in a general population sample’, BMJ 1995; 311: 776-779.

Knuiman, MW., Jamrozik, K., Welborn, TA., Bulsara, MK., Divitini, ML., Whittall, DE., ‘Age and secular trends in risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Busselton’, Australian Journal of Public Health 1995; 19: 375-82.

Marks, GB., Tovey, ER., Peat, JK., Salome, CM., Woolcock, AJ., ‘Variability and repeatability of house dust mite allergen measurement: implications for study design and interpretation’, Clin Exp Allergy 1995; 25: 1190-1197.

Prospective Studies Collaboration., ‘Cholesterol, diastolic blood pressure and stroke: 13,000 strokes in 450,000 people in 45 prospective cohorts’, Lancet 1995; 346: 1647-1653.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1994

Knuiman, MW., Cullen, KJ., Bulsara, MK., Welborn, TA., Hobbs, MST., ‘Mortality trends, 1965 to 1989, in Busselton, the site of repeated health surveys and interventions’, Australian Journal of Public Health 1994; 18: 129-135.

Moffatt, MF., Hill, MR., Cornélis, F., Schou, C., Faux, JA., Young, RP., James, AL., Ryan, G., le Souef, P., Musk, AW., Hopkin, JM., Cookson, WOCM., ‘Genetic linkage of T-cell receptor alpha/delta complex to specific IgE responses’, Lancet 1994; 343: 1597-1600.

St John, A., Dick, I., Hoad, K., Retallack, R., Welborn, T., Prince, R., ‘Relationship between calcitrophic hormones and blood pressure in elderly subjects’, Eur J Endo 1994; 130: 446-50.

Stuckey, MS., ‘Allergy: its prevalence and the value of early intervention for prevention’, Mod Med Aust 1994; Sept: 121-26.

Welborn, TA., Knuiman, MW., Ward, N., Whittall, DE., ‘Serum insulin is a risk marker for coronary heart disease mortality in men but not in women’, Diabetes Res Clin Prac 1994; 26: 51-59.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1993

Bearpark, H., Elliott, L., Grunstein, R., Hedner, J., Cullen, S., Schneider, H., Althaus, W., Sullivan, C., ‘Occurrence and correlates of sleep disordered breathing in the Australian town of Busselton: a preliminary analysis’, Sleep 1993; 16: S3-S5.

Cullen, DJE., Collins, BJ., Christiansen, KJ., Epis, J., Warren, JR., Cullen, KJ., ‘When is Helicobacter pylori infection aquired?’, Gut 1993; 34: 1681-1682.

Cullen, K., ‘Alcohol and the J-Curve survival’, Aust NZ J Med 1993; 23: 303-305.

Cullen, KJ., Knuiman, MW., Ward, NJ., ‘Alcohol and mortality in Busselton’, Am J Epidemiol 1993; 137: 242-248.

Prince, RL., Knuiman, MW., Gulland, L., ‘Fracture prevalence in an Australian population’, Aust J Public Health 1993; 17: 124-128.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1992

James A, Lougheed D, Pearce-Pinto G, Ryan G, Musk B. Maximal airway narrowing in a general population’, Am Rev Respir Dis 1992; 146: 895-899.

Peat, JK., Haby, M., Spijker, J., Berry, G., Woolcock, AJ., ‘Prevalence of asthma in adults in Busselton, Western Australia’, BMJ 1992; 305: 1326-1329.

Peat, JK., Salome, CM., Berry, G., Woolcock, AJ., ‘Relation of dose-response slope to respiratory symptoms and lung function in a population study of adults living in Busselton, Western Australia’, Amer Review of Respir Disease 1992; 146: 860-865.

Welborn, TA., ‘Epidemiology of diabetes in the elderly’, In: New horizons in aging science. University of Tokyo Press, 1992.

Xue, YJ., Burke, V., Beilin, LJ., ‘Factors affecting tracking of blood pressure in childhood and young adult life’, International Child Health 1992; 72-76.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1991

Chandler, PJ., Bock, RD., ‘Age changes in adult stature: trend estimation from mixed longitudinal data’, Ann Hum Biol 1991; 18: 433-440.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1990

Peat, JK., Woolcock, AJ., Cullen, K., ‘Decline of lung function and development of chronic airflow limitation: a longitudinal study of non-smokers and smokers in Busselton, Western Australia’, Thorax 1990; 45: 32-37.

Welborn, TA., ‘Obese Australia in “The treatment of obesity: Concepts, treatments and future directions”. A symposium report’, Current Therapeutics 1990; 1, Suppl 1, S8-S9.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1989

Lake, FR., Cullen, KJ., de Klerk, NH., McCall, MG., Rosman, DL., ‘Atrial fibrillation and mortality in an elderly population’, Aust NZ J Med 1989; 19: 321-326.

Ma, X., Wearne, K., Lynch, WJ., Masarei, JR., ‘Apolipoprotein A-I and A-II levels in an Australian population’, Pathology 1989; 21: 42-45.

Woolcock, AJ., Peat, J., ‘Epidemiology of bronchial hyperresponsiveness’, Clin Rev Allergy 1989; 7: 245-256

PUBLICATIONS IN 1988

Witt, CS., Stuckey, MS., Woolcock, AJ., Dawkins, RL., ‘Cutaneous histamine sensitivity and its relationship to age and bronchial histamine responsivesnes’, Aust NZ J Med 1988; 18: 118-123.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1987

Dobson, AJ., ‘Trends in cardiovascular risk factors in Australia, 1966-1983: evidence from prevalence surveys’, Commun Health Stud 1987; 11: 2-14.

Peat, JK., Woolcock, AJ., Cullen, K., ‘Rate of decline of lung function in subjects with asthma’, Eur J Respir Dis 1987; 70: 171-179.

Vitalpattanasin, P., Wearne, KL., Armstrong, BK., ‘Trends in the uptake of smoking in Busselton, Western Australia’, Commun Health Stud 1987; 11 Suppl: 21S-28S.

Witt, CS., Stuckey, MS., Dawkins, RL., ‘Extreme cutaneous histamine sensitivity with hay fever and increased IgE concentrations in an unselected population’, BMJ 1987; 295: 461-463.

Woolcock, AJ., Peat, JK., Salome, CM., Yan, K., Anderson, SD., Schoeffel, RE., McCowage, G., Killalea, T., ‘Prevalence of bronchial hyperresponsiveness and asthma in a rural adult population’, Thorax 1987; 42: 361-368.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1986

Green, WF., Woolcock, AJ., Stuckey, M., Sedgwick, C., Leeder, SR., ‘House dust mites and skin tests in different Australian localities’, Aust N Z J Med 1986; 16: 639-643.

Hitchcock, NE., Gracey, M., Maller, RA., Wearne, KL., ‘The Busselton children’s survey, 1983. Body size from five to sixteen years of age’, Med J Aust 1986; 145: 373-376.

Witt, C., Stuckey, MS., Woolcock, AJ., Dawkins, RL., ‘Positive allergy prick tests associated with bronchial histamine responsiveness in an unselected population’, J Allergy Clin Immunol 1986; 77: 698-702.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1985

Glatthaar, C., Welborn, TA., Stenhouse, NS., Garcia-Webb, P., ‘Diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance. A prevalence estimate based on the Busselton 1981 survey’, Med J Aust 1985; 143: 436-440.

Stuckey, MS., Witt, CS., Schmitt, LH., Warlow, R., Lattimore, M., Dawkins, RL., ‘Histamine sensitivity influences reactivity to allergens’, J All Clin Immun 1985; 75:373-376.

Yan, K., Salome, CM., Woolcock, AJ., ‘Prevalence and nature of bronchial hyperresponsiveness in subjects with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease’, Am Rev Respir Dis 1985; 132: 25-29.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1984

Garcia-Webb, P., Zimmet, P., Bonser, A., King, H., Bottomley, S., ‘Factors affecting fasting serum C-peptide levels in Micronesians: comparison with a Caucasoid population’, Diabetologia 1984; 27: 23-26.

Holman, CDJ., Evans, PR., Lumsden, GJ., Armstrong, BK., ‘The determinants of actinic skin damage: Problems of confounding among environmental and constitutional variables’, Am J Epidem 1984; 120: 414-422.

Holman, CDJ., Armstrong, BK., Evans, PR., Lumsden, GJ., Dallimore, KJ., Meehan, CJ., Beagley, J., Gibson, IM., ‘Relationship of solar keratosis and history of skin cancer to objective measurements of actinic skin damage’, Brit J Dermatol 1984; 110: 129-138.

Kelly, P., Sullivan, D., Bartsch, M., Gracey, M., Ridout, S., ‘Evolution of obesity in young people in Busselton, Western Australia’, Med J Aust 1984; 141: 97-99.

Stuckey, MS., Witt, CS., Lattimore, M., Warlow, R., Schmitt, LH., Dawkins, RL., ‘An association between cutaneous sensitivity to histamine and HLA phenotype’, Tissue Antigens 1984; 24: 170-173.

Zhong, Xu., Armstrong, BK., Holman, CDJ., Stenhouse, NS., Giles, PFH., Waters, ED., ‘Cytological abnormalities of the cervix. Fifteen years’ follow-up of a gynaecological cancer survey’, Med J Aust 1984; 141: 711-713.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1983

Carrano, JA., Swanson, NR., Dawkins, RL., ‘An enzyme linked immunosorbent assay for antistriational antibodies associated with myasthenia gravis and thymoma: Comparison with indirect immunofluorescence’, J Immunol Methods 1983; 59: 301-314.

Cullen, K., Wearne, KL., Stenhouse, NS., Cumpston, GN., ‘Q waves and ventricular extrasystoles in resting electrocardiograms. A 16 year follow-up in Busselton Study’, Br Heart J 1983; 50 465-468.

Cullen, K., Stenhouse, NS., Wearne, KL., Welborn, TA., ‘Mutiple regression analysis of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and cancer mortality in Busselton, Western Australia – 13 year study’, J Chron Dis 1983; 36: 371-377.

Garcia-Webb, P., Bonser, AM., Whiting, D., Masarei, JRL., ‘Insulin resistance – a risk factor for coronary heart disease?’, Scan J Clin Lab Invest 1983; 43: 677-685.

Hollingsworth, PN., Cheah, PS., Dawkins, RL., Owen, ET., Calin, A., Wood, PN., ‘Observer variation in grading sacroiliac radiographs in HLA-B27 positive individuals’, J Rheumatol 1983; 10: 247-254.

McCluskey, J., Kay, PH., Stuckey, M., Christiansen, FT., Dawkins, RL., Wilson, G., ‘MCH “supratype” predicting heterozygous 21-hydroxylase deficiency’, Lancet 1983; 1: 764-765.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1982

Cullen, K., Stenhouse, NS., Wearne, KL., Cumpston, GN., ‘Electrocardiograms and 13 year cardiovascular mortality in Busselton Study’, Br Heart J 1982; 47: 209-212.

Cullen, KJ., Stenhouse, NS., Wearne, KL., ‘Alcohol and mortality in the Busselton Study’, Int J Epidemiol 1982; 11: 67-70.

Garcia-Webb, P., Bonser, AM., Whiting, D., ‘Importance of fasting plasma glucose concentration and obesity in the interpretation of fasting serum C-peptide values’, Clin Chim Acta 1982; 118: 323-326.

Garcia-Webb, P., Bonser, AM., Pelham, J., Whiting, D., ‘Basal insulin secretion increases with the onset of non-insulin dependent diabetes’, Pathology 1982; 14: 323-325.

Hollingsworth, PN., Feeny, D., Dawkins, RL., ‘Frequency of GM 3, 5, 13 (fb1, b3) is increased in thyroid antibody positive subjects with thyrotoxicosis, but not in those who are euthyroid or hypothyroid. (abstract)’, Aust NZ J Med 1982; 12: 562.

International Collaborative Group., ‘Circulating cholesterol level and risk of death from cancer in men aged 40 to 69 years: Experience of an international collaborative group’, JAMA 1982; 248: 2853-2859.

Lattimore, M., Dawkins, RL., Hollingsworth, P., Warlow, R., Koreman, R., ‘The diagnostic value of rheumatoid factor reflects the requestor’s clinical skills. (abstract)’, Aust NZ J Med 1982; 12: 565.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1981

Colquhoun, J., Cullen, K., ‘Improved smoking habits in 12-to-14-year-old Busselton children after antismoking programmes’, Med J Aust 1981; 1:586-587.

Cullen, K., Stenhouse, NS., ‘Community medicine in Busselton’, Practitioner 1981; 225: 677-684.

Garcia-Webb, P., ‘Serum C-peptide in obesity and diabetes’, MB BS thesis. Perth: University of Western Australia, 1981.

Masarei, JRL., Lynch, WJ., Robertson, K., Curnow, DH., Fullerton, R., ‘Levels of cholesterol, triglyceride, high-density lipoprotein-cholesterol and apoprotein-HDL in an Australian rural population’, Pathology 1981; 3 : 725-734.

Medcalf, GW., ‘Busselton Dental Survey 1978’, Aust Dent J 1981; 26: 304-308.

Williamson, J., Kruger, R., Cobain, T., Zilko, PJ., Dawkins, RL., ‘Population study of serum anti-DNA (abstract)’, Aust NZ J Med 1981; 11: 710.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1980

Cullen, KJ., Stenhouse, NS., Wearne, KL., Murphy, BP., ‘Alcohol consumption and cigarette smoking in Busselton, 1966-1978’, Med J Aust 1980; 2: 87-92.

Dawkins, RL., Peter, JB., ‘Laboratory tests in clinical immunology: A critique’, Am J Med 1980; 68: 3-5.

Garcia-Webb, P., Bonser, A., Wearne, KL., Gracey, M., ‘Obesity and insulin secretion in fasting high school students’, Diabetologia 1980; 19: 194-197.

Hawkins, BR., Cheah, PS., Dawkins, RL., Whittingham, S., Burger, HG., Patel, Y., Mackay, IR., Welborn, TA., ‘Diagnostic significance of thyroid microsomal antibodies in a randomly selected population’, Lancet 1980; 2: 1057-1059.

Hawkins, BR., Saueracker, GC., Dawkins, RL., Davey, MG., O’Connor, KJ., ‘Population study of heterophile antibodies’, Vox Sanguinis 1980; 39: 339-342.

Rodger, B., Whittingham, S., Martin, FIR., Hawkins, BR., Dawkins, RL., Welborn, TA., A population survey of pancreatic islet cell antibodies’, Clin Exp Immunol 1980; 39: 125-129.

Taylor, J., Twomey, L., ‘Sagittal and horizontal plane movement of the human lumbar vertebral column in cadavers and in the living’, Rheumatol Rehabil 1980; 19: 223-232.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1979

Christiansen, FT., Hawkins, BR., Dawkins, RL., Owen, ET., Potter, RM., ‘The prevalence of ankylosing spondylitis among B27 positive normal individuals – a reassessment’, J Rheumatol 1979; 6: 713-718.

Cullen, K., ‘Success and failure in Busselton 1966-1978’, Proc Nutr Soc 1979; 4: 53-59.

Cullen, KJ., McCall, MG., Stenhouse, NS., ‘Changing mortality due to strokes in men following treatment of Busselton hypertensives 1976-77’, Int J Epidemiol 1979; 8: 213-217.

Davies, RE., ‘Serum vitamin levels and human nutrition’, Proc Nutr Soc Aust 1979; 4: 45-52.

Gracey, M., Hitchcock, NE., Wearne, KL., Garcia-Webb, P., Lewis, R., ‘The 1977 Busselton Children’s Survey’, Med J Aust 1979; 2: 265-267.

Hawkins, BR., O’Connor, KJ., Dawkins, RL., Dawkins, B., Rodger, B., ‘Autoantibodies in an Australian population. I. Prevalence and persistence’, J Clin Lab Immunol 1979; 2: 211-215.

Hawkins, BR., Houliston, JB., Dawkins, RL., ‘Distribution of HLA A, B and C Antigens in an Australian Population’, Hum Genet 1979; 52: 193-201.

Hawkins, BR., Dawkins, RL., ‘Autoantibodies in an Australian population. II. Association with HLA antigens’, J Clin Lab Immunol 1979; 2: 217-220.

Hitchcock, NE., ‘The Busselton Children’s Surveys’, Proc Nutr Soc Aust 1979; 4: 40-44.

International Collaborative Group., ‘Asymptomatic hyperglycaemia and coronary heart disease: Joint Discussion’, J Chronic Dis 1979; 32: 829-837.

International Collaborative Group., ‘Asymptomatic hyperglycaemia and coronary heart disease: Introduction’, J Chronic Dis 1979; 32: 683-691.

Mackay, IR., ‘Carcinoembryonic antigen: Use in screening’, In: In: Herberman RB, McIntyre KR. Immunodiagnosis of Cancer, Part 1 (Immunology series no.9), pp 255-264. Marcel Dekker, New York, 1979.

Simon, B., Hobbs, MST., Cullen, KJ., ‘Cost of general practice in a rural community. Part I: Methodology, and the activities of general practice’, Community Health Stud 1979; 3: 1-7.

Simon, B., Hobbs, MST., Cullen, KJ., ‘Costs of general practice in a rural community. Part II: Direct and generated costs and their distributions’, Community Health Stud 1979; 3: 61-68.

Stenhouse, NS., ‘Busselton Norms: Statistics of the physiological variables measured at the Busselton Health Survey, 1972’, Perth: University of Western Australia, 1979

Stenhouse, NS., Murphy, BP., Welborn, TA., ‘Busselton Population Study: risk associated with asymptomatic hyperglycemia’, J Chronic Dis 1979; 32: 693-698.

Welborn, TA., Wearne, K., ‘Coronary heart disease incidence and cardiovascular mortality in Busselton with reference to glucose and insulin concentrations’, Diabetes Care 1979; 2: 154-160.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1978

Cullen, KJ., Weeks, PJ., ‘Sporting activities and exercise habits of the 1975 Busselton population’, Med J Aust 1978; 1: 69-71.

Hitchcock, NE., Gracey, M., ‘Nutrient consumption patterns of families in Busselton, Western Australia’, Med J Aust 1978; 1: 359-362.

Hitchcock, NE., Gracey, M., Stenhouse, NS., ‘Dietary patterns in normal and overweight Australians: A frequency consumption study in Busselton, Western Australia’, Food Nutr Notes Rev 1978; 35: 94-98.

McCall, MG., Cullen, KJ., Wearne, KL., ‘Measurement of alcohol consumption in individuals in the population of Busselton, Western Australia’, Community Health Stud 1978; 2: 145-148.

McCotter, D., Welborn, TA., ‘Weight reduction: Behaviour modification in a community health centre’, Aust Psychol 1978; 13: 51-63.

Woolcock, AJ., Leeder, SR., Armstrong, JG., Peat, JK., Colman, M., Cullen, KJ., ‘The single breath nitrogen test in rural and urban smokers and non-smokers’, Bull Eur Physiopathol Respir 1978; 14: 127-135.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1977

Christiansen, FT., Hawkins, BR., Dawkins, RL., Hanrahan, P., ‘Influence of disease and HLA B27 on immune function in ankylosing spondylitics and their relatives’, In: Dawkins RL, Wetherall JD, eds., Proceedings of the Australian Tissue Typing Workshop, December 5-7, 1976, pp 105-108. University of Western Australia, Perth, 1977.

Christiansen, FTC., Hawkins, BR., Dawkins, RL., ‘The significance of B27 in ankylosing spondylitis and population studies’, In: Dawkins RL, Wetherall JD, eds. Proceedings of the Australian Tissue Typing Workshop, December 5-7, 1976, pp 117-118. University of Western Australia, Perth, 1977.

Coates, AS., Mackay, IR., Stevens, DP., Cullen, KJ., Frost, MA., Warner, NL., ‘Predictive value of carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA) screening in an undetected population: A five year follow-up’, In: International Conference on Clinical Uses of Carcinoembryonic Antigen (CEA). , Lexington, Kentucky, USA, 1977.

Hawkins, BR., Wetherall, JD., Jones, AL., Dawkins, RL., ‘Distribution of HLA antigens in the Busselton population’, In: Dawkins RL, Wetherall JD, eds. Proceedings of the Australian Tissue Typing Workshop, December 5-7, 1976, pp 100-104. University of Western Australia, Perth, 1977.

Hay, MC., ‘Dupuytren’s contracture in a local population’, In: Australian Hand Club Annual General Meeting, pp 1-8. Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, 1977.

Hitchcock, NE., Gracey, M., ‘Diet and serum cholesterol: An Australian family study’, Arch Dis Child 1977; 52: 790-793.

Mackenzie, JS., Wetherall, JD., Fimmel, PJ., Hawkins, BR., Dawkins ,RL., ‘Host factors and susceptibility to influenza A infection: The effect of ABO blood groups and HL-A antigens’, Dev Biol Stand 1977; 39: 355-362.

Peers, J., McDonald, BL., Dawkins, RL., ‘The reactivity of the antistriational antibodies associated with thymoma and myasthenia gravis’, Clin Exp Immunol 1977; 27: 66-73.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1976

Cullen, KJ., McCall, MG., Stenhouse, NS., ‘Community control of hypertension’, Aust NZ J Med 1976; 6: 401-403.

Cullen, KJ., Stevens, DP., Frost, MA., Mackay, IR., ‘Carcinoembryonic antigen (CEA), smoking, and cancer in a longitudinal population study’, Aust NZ J Med 1976; 6: 279-283.

Cullen, KJ., ‘A six-year controlled trial of prevention of children’s behaviour disorders’, J Pediatr 1976; 88: 662-666.

Mathews, JD., ‘Alcohol use, hypertension and coronary heart disease’, Clin Sci Mol Med 1976; 3: 661S-663S.

Mathews, JD., Rodger, BM., Stenhouse, NS., ‘The significance of the association of tissue autoantibodies and rheumatoid factor with angina in the Busselton population’, J Chronic Dis 1976; 29: 345-353.

Medcalf, GW., ‘Busselton population study, 1969: Denture wearing patterns’, Aust Dent J 1976; 21: 488-490.

Welborn, TA., Murphy, BP., Stewart, AJ., Fullerton, R., Finch, PS., ‘Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors including fasting triglyceride levels in the Cunderdin Health Survey of 1971’, Med J Aust 1976; 2: 199-204.

Wilson, K., Turner, KJ., ‘Familial association in serum IgE levels’, Experientia 1976; 32: 523-524.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1975

Blacket, RB., Woodhill, JM., Leelarthaepin, B., Palmer, AJ., ‘Type-IV hyperlipidaemia and weight gain after maturity’, Lancet 1975; 2: 517-520.

Cullen, KJ., ‘Busselton – a centre for the health as well as the sick’, Community Health Bull 1975; (July-September): 3-5.

Cullen, KJ., ‘Busselton’s therapeutic community – An experiment in preventive medicine’, Aust Fam Physician 1975; 4: 973, 975, 979, 982.

Cullen, KJ., Woodings, T., ‘Alcohol, tobacco and analgesics – Busselton, 1972’, Med J Aust 1975; 2: 211-214.

Hay, MC., ‘Prevalence of some orthopaedic problems in a community survey’, In: Seminar of Medical Rehabilitation of Musculo-skeletal Disorders, Royal Perth (Rehabilitation) Hospital, Shenton Park, April 16-19, 1975, pp 131-134. Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, 1975.

Stevens, DP., Mackay, IR., Cullen, KJ., ‘Carcinoembryonic antigen in an unselected elderly population: A four year follow-up’, Br J Cancer 1975; 32: 147-151.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1974

Anonymous., ‘Health surveillance (editorial)’, Med J Aust 1974; 2: 917-918.

Anonymous., ‘Busselton revisited (leading article)’, Med J Aust 1974; 2: 31-32.

Armstrong, BK., Davis, RE., Nicol, DJ., van Merwyk, AJ., Larwood, CJ., ‘Hematological, vitamin B12, and folate studies on Seventh Day Adventist vegetarians’, Am J Clin Nutr 1974; 27: 712-718.

Bowyer, RC., Curnow, DH., Stenhouse, NS., ‘The second Busselton Adult Population Survey (1969): Serum cholesterol’, Pathology 1974; 6: 147-152.

Cullen, KJ., ‘Patient-owned health files’, Aust Fam Physician 1974; 3: 420-422.

Cullen, KJ., Murphy, BP., ‘Health, sickness and “disease at risk” register in Busselton, 1972’, Med J Aust 1974; 2: 928-931.

Cullen, KJ., Murphy, BP., Cumpston, GN., ‘Electrocardiograms in the Busselton population’, Aust NZ J Med 1974; 4: 325-330.

Cullen, KJ., Stenhouse, NS., ‘Community methods of influencing smoking’, Practitioner 1974; 213: 712-716.

Holt, PG., Cullen, KJ., ‘Chronic respiratory disease in an outer suburban industrial area’, Med J Aust 1974; 1: 746-749.

Turner, KJ., Rosman, DL., O’Mahony, J., ‘Prevalence and familial association of atopic disease and its relationship to serum IgE levels in 1,061 school children and their families’, Int Arch Allergy Appl Immunol 1974; 47: 650-664.

Webster, IW., ‘Busselton, a community study in cardiovascular disease’, Aust NZ J Med 1974; 4: 412-414.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1973

Bowyer, RC., Curnow, DH., Stenhouse, NS., ‘The second Busselton Adult Population Survey (1969), twelve biochemical variables’, Pathology 1973; 5: 197-208.

Chapman, WG., Davey, MG., ‘Tetanus immunity in Busselton, Western Australia 1969’, Med J Aust 1973; 2: 316-318.

Cullen, KJ., Turner, KJ., ‘A double-blind controlled trial of a 2% nasal solution of disodium cromoglycate in 72 Busselton subjects with allergic seasonal rhinitis’, Aust Fam Physician 1973; 2: 441-443.

Cullen, KJ., Stenhouse, NS., ‘Artistic leisure activities and health’, Aust Fam Physician 1973; 2: 345-346.

Cullen, KJ., ‘Future relationships of hospitals in population medicine’, Aust NZ J Med 1973; 1: 63-65.

Mathews, JD., Hooper, BM., Whittingham, S., Mackay, IR., ‘Association of autoantibodies with smoking, cardiovascular morbidity, and death in the Busselton population’, Lancet 1973; 2: 754-758.

McCall, MG., Kelsall, RG., Rosman, DL., Stenhouse, NS., Welborn, TA., ‘Blood pressure in Busselton, Western Australia’, Med J Aust 1973; 2(suppl): S8-S13.

Stevens, DP., Mackay, IR., ‘Increased carcioembryonic antigen in heavy cigarette smokers’, Lancet 1973; 2: 1238-1239.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1972

Cullen, KJ., ‘Mass health examinations in the Busselton population, 1966 to 1970’, Med J Aust 1972; 2: 714-718.

Cullen, KJ., ‘Rural and urban bronchitis’, In: Cullen KJ, ed. Chronic lung disease and its prevention in Australia. (Preventive Medicine Publication Series No.1), pp 9-15. Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Sydney, 1972.

Cullen, KJ., McCall, MG., Stenhouse, NS., Welborn, TA., ‘Some consequences of mass health examinations in the Busselton community’, Med J Aust 1972; 1: 1357-1358.

Cullen, KJ., ‘Chronic bronchitis and the Australian environment’, Med J Aust 1972; 4: 249-253.

Cullen, KJ., ‘Climate and chest disorders in schoolchildren’, BMJ 1972; 4: 65-67.

Cullen, KJ., ‘Rural climate and bronchitis in school children’, In: Cullen KJ, ed. Chronic lung disease and its prevention in Australia. (Preventive Medicine Publication Series No.1), pp 40-41. Royal Australian College of General Practitioners, Sydney, 1972.

Godfrey, RC., Stenhouse, NS., Cullen, KJ., Blackman, V., ‘Cholesterol and the child: Studies of the cholesterol levels of Busselton school children and their parents’, Aust Paediatr J 1972; 8: 72-78.

Hooper, B., Whittingham, S., Mathews, JD., Mackay, IR., Curnow, DH., ‘Autoimmunity in a rural community’, Clin Exp Immunol 1972; 12: 79-87.

Strickland, RG., Hooper, B., ‘The parietal cell heteroantibody in human sera: Prevalence in a normal population and relationship to parietal cell antibody’, Pathology 1972; 4: 259-263.

Welborn, TA., Cullen, KJ., Balazs, N., ‘Diabetes detection in mass health examinations, three-year experience from Busselton’, Med J Aust 1972; 2: 133-135.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1971

Curnow, DH., Bowyer, R., ‘Serum urea and uric acid values in the adult population of Busselton’, In: Technicon International Symposium on Advances in Automated Analyses, Sydney, Australia on February 5th & 6th, 1971, pp 1-8. Technicon Equipment, North Ryde, NSW, 1971.

Johnstone, BM., Morizono, T., Peters, V., ‘Audiometric results of the Busselton Survey’, J Otolaryngol Soc Aust 1971; 3: 136-139.

Masarei, JR., Summers, M., Curnow, DH., ‘Lipoprotein electrophoretic patterns, serum lipids and coronary heart disease’, BMJ 1971; 1: 78-82.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1970

Bird, GC., Giles, PFH., Martin, JD., Stenhouse, NS., Waters, ED., ‘A gynaecological cancer survey in a rural community: Busselton, Western Australia’, Med J Aust 1970; 1: 1039-1043.

Cullen, KJ., Elder, J., Adams, AR., Stenhouse, NS., ‘Additional factors in chronic bronchitis’, BMJ 1970; 1: 394-395.

Curnow, DH., Cullen, KJ., McCall, MG., Stenhouse, NS., Welborn, TA., ‘The Busselton Project’, Natl Hosp 1970; 14: 31-33.

Hooper, BM., ‘Auto-immune serological reactions in an Australian population’, Honours thesis. Perth, Western Australia: University of Western Australia, 1970.

Jenkins, DJA., Welborn, TA., Goff, DV., ‘Free fatty acids, s-hydroxybutyrate and ischaemic heart disease’, Lancet 1970; 1: 865-866.

Welborn, TA., ‘Metabolic factors associated with coronary heart disease in Busselton males’, In: Jones RJ, ed. Proceedings of the second International Symposium on Atherosclerosis, Chicago, November 2-5, 1969., pp 369-373. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1970.

Welborn, TA., Stenhouse, NS., Curnow, DH., Johnstone, CG., ‘Double antibody method for immunoassay of insulin: Its application in population studies’, In: Freeman SM, ed. In vitro procedures with radioisotopes in medicine. Proceedings of the Symposium on In Vitro procedures with Radioisotopes in Clinical Medicine and Research, organised by the International Atomic Energy Agency in co-operation with the World Health Organization and held in Vienna, 8-12 September 1969. International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna, 1970.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1969

Anonymous., ‘Progress in Australian population studies (leading article)’, Med J Aust 1969; 1: 303-304.

Cullen, KJ., Welborn, TA., Stenhouse, NS., McCall, MG., Curnow, DH., ‘Ventilatory capacity and productive cough in a rural community’, Brit J Prev Soc Med 1969; 23: 85-90.

Curnow, DH., Cullen, KJ., McCall, MG., Stenhouse, NS., Welborn, TA., ‘Health and disease in a rural community: A Western Australian study’, Aust J Sci 1969; 31: 281-285.

Davis, RE., Kelsall, GRH., Stenhouse, NS., Woodliff, HJ., Wearne, JT., ‘Haemoglobin and haematocrit measurements in a community: Report from the Busselton Survey, 1966’, Med J Aust 1969; 2: 1196-1200.

Keet, JPD., Welborn, TA., Stenhouse, NS., Curnow, DH., McCall, MG., Cullen, KJ., ‘Evaluation of the `Dextrostix’ method for estimating blood glucose level in a population survey’, Med J Aust 1969; 1: 973-976.

Welborn, TA., Cumpston, GN., Cullen, KJ., Curnow, DH., McCall, MG., Stenhouse, NS., ‘The prevalence of coronary heart disease and associated factors in an Australian rural community’, Am J Epidemiol 1969; 89: 521-536.

Welborn, TA., Stenhouse, NS., Johnstone, CG., ‘Factors determining serum-insulin response in a population sample’, Diabetologia 1969; 5: 263-266.

Welborn, TA., ‘Clinical and epidemiological studies of the levels of insulin in man’, PhD thesis. London: London University, 1969.

PUBLICATIONS IN 1968

Cullen, KJ., Stenhouse, NS., Welborn, TA., McCall, MG., Curnow, DH., ‘Chronic respiratory disease in a rural community’, Lancet 1968; 2: 657-660.

Welborn, TA., Curnow, DH., Wearne, JT., Cullen, KJ., McCall, MG., Stenhouse, NS., ‘Diabetes detected by blood-sugar measurement after a glucose load: Report from the Busselton Survey, 1966’, Med J Aust 1968; 2: 778-783.