Bibliography of Dubbo Study Publications
1. Simons LA,McCallum J,Simons J,Powell I,Ruys J,Heller R and Lerba C
The Dubbo Study: an Australian prospective community study of the health of elderly
Aust NZ J Med 1990; 20: 783-789.
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2. McCallum J, Simons LA, Simons J, Friedlander Y, Powell I, Heller R and Lerba C
The Dubbo Study of the health of the elderly: worsening health with positive psychosocial status?
Proc Aust Assoc Gerontol 1990; 25: 102-105.
3. Simons LA, Friedlander Y, McCallum J, Simons J, Powell I, Heller R and Berry G
The Dubbo Study of the health of the elderly: correlates of coronary heart disease at study entry
J Amer Geriat Soc 1991; 39:584-590.
4. Simons LA,McCallum J,Friedlander Y,Simons J,Powell I and Heller R
Dubbo study of the elderly: sociological and cardiovascular risk factors at entry
Aust NZ J Med 1991; 21:701-709.
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5. McCallum J, Simons LA, Kulis S, Simons J and Friedlander Y
The Dubbo Study: social support in an elderly population
Proc Aust Assoc Gerontol 1991; 26: 41-43.
6. Simons LA, Simons J, McCallum J and Friedlander Y
Dubbo Study of the Elderly: Hypertension and lipid levels
Atherosclerosis 1992; 92: 59-65.
7. Simons LA, McCallum J, Simons J and Friedlander Y
Health status and lifestyle in elderly Hawaii Japanese and Australian males: Exploring known differences in longevity
Med J Aust 1992; 157: 188-191 .
8. Simons LA,Tett S,Simons J,Lauchlan R,McCallum J,Friedlander Y,Powell I
Multiple medication use in the elderly: Use of prescription and non-prescription drugs in an Australian community setting
Med J Aust 1992; 157: 242-246.
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9. Simons LA
Risk factors for CHD in the elderly, with special reference to lipids
In: New Horizons In Aging Science. Proc Fourth Asia/Oceania Regional Congress Gerontology. Eds. H. Orimo et al, University of Tokyo Press, 1992; 403-405.
10. Simons LA
Triglyceride levels and the risk of coronary heart disease: a view from Australia
Am J Cardiol 1992; 70: 14H-18H.
11. Simons LA, Friedlander Y, Simons J, McCallum J
Lipoprotein(a) is not associated with coronary heart disease in the elderly: cross-sectional data from the Dubbo Study
Atherosclerosis 1993; 99: 87-95.
12. Johnson AG, Simons LA, Simons J, Friedlander Y, McCallum J
Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and hypertension in the elderly: a community-based cross-sectional study
Br J Clin Pharmac 1993; 35: 455-459.
13. Simons L, Simons J, McCallum J, Friedlander Y
Serum lipids and depression
Lancet 1993; 341: 1028.
14. Simons LA
Ageing and cardiovascular disease
Aust NZ J Med 1993; 23: 333.
15. McCallum J, Simons LA, Simons J, Friedlander Y
The Dubbo Study: preliminary factors for four-year survival
Proc Aust Assoc Gerontol 1993;28:34-36.
16. McCallum J,Simons L,Simons J,Friedlander Y
Low serum cholesterol is not associated with depression in the elderly: data from an Australian community study of the elderly
Aust NZ J Med 1994:24;561-564.
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17. McCallum J, Simons L, Simons J, Wilson J
Hospital and Home: A longitudinal study of hospital, residential and community service use by older people living in Dubbo, New South Wales
Best Practice Paper No. 6. Sydney: NSW Office on Ageing, Social Policy Directorate, 1994.
18. Simons LA,Friedlander Y,McCallum J,Simons J
Risk factors for coronary heart disease in the prospective Dubbo Study of Australian elderly
Atherosclerosis 1995;117:107-118
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19. McCallum J, Mackinnon A, Simons LA and Simons J
Measurement properties of the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale: an Australian community study of aged persons
Journal of Gerontology:Social Sciences 1995:50B:S182-S189
20. McCallum J, Simons L, Simons J, Sadler P, Wilson J
The continuum of care for older people: a 50 month follow-up study of hospital and aged care service use by older people
Aust Health Rev 1995;18:40-55
21. Simons LA,McCallum J,Friedlander Y,Simons J
Predictors of mortality in the prospective Dubbo Study of Australian elderly
Aust NZ J Med 1996;26:40-48
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22. Simons LA,McCallum J,Friedlander Y,Simons J
Diabetes, mortality and coronary heart disease in the prospective Dubbo Study of Australian elderly
Aust NZ J Med 1996;26:66-74
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23. McCallum J,Simons L,Simons J,Wilson J,Sadler P,Owen A
Patterns and cost of post-acute care: a longitudinal study of people aged 60 and over in Dubbo
Aust NZ J Public Health 1996;20:19-26
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24. Johnson AG, Simons LA, Friedlander Y, Davis DR, McCallum J
I/D polymorphism of the angiotensin-converting enzyme gene does not predict isolated systolic or systolic-diastolic hypertension in the elderly
Journal Human Hypertension 1996;10:167-169.
25. Simons LA, McCallum J, Friedlander Y, Simons J
Alcohol intake and survival in the elderly: a 77 month follow-up in the Dubbo study
Aust NZ J Med 1996;26:662-670.
26. Johnson AG, Simons LA, Friedlander Y, Simons J, Davis DR, McCallum J
M2356T polymorphism of the angiotensinogen gene predicts hypertension in the elderly
J Hypertension 1996;14:1061-1065.
27. Simons L, Simons J, Friedlander Y, McCallum J
Chronic bronchitis and risk of coronary heart disease
Lancet 1996;348:1388-1389 (letter).
28. Simons LA, McCallum J, Friedlander Y, Simons J
Alcohol and survival in the elderly: the Dubbo Study
Aust NZ J Med 1997;27:185 (Letter).
29 Simons LA,McCallum J,Simons J,Friedlander Y
Peak expiratory flow, mortality and coronary disease in the Australian elderly
Med J Aust 1997;166:526-529.
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30. Simons LA, McCallum J, Simons J
Pet ownership and future health
Med J Aust 1997;167:231-232(letter).
31. Simons LA
Should we treat hypercholesterolaemia in the elderly? Results from the Dubbo Study
Abstract at World Congress of Gerontology, Adelaide, 1997:69.
32. Simons LA
Prediction and prevention of coronary disease in the elderly In: Vascular Disease in the Older Person (Novartis Foundation for Gerontological Research series)
V.1. Ed. EG Lakatta 1998;43-53.
Simons LA,McCallum J,Friedlander Y,Simons J
Risk factors for ischemic stroke. Dubbo Study of the elderly
Stroke 1998;29:1341-1346.
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Simons L, Simons J
Effect of moderate alcohol consumption on Lp(a) lipoprotein concentrations. No effect seen in Australian drinkers
BMJ 1998;316:1675(letter).
Simons LA,Simons J
Diabetes and coronary heart disease
N Engl J Med 1998;339:1714 (letter).
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Liyou N, Simons L, Friedlander Y, Simons J, McCallum J, O?Shaughnessy K, Davis D, Johnson A
Coronary artery disease is not associated with the D variant of the constitutive-endothelial nitric oxide synthase gene
Clin Genet 1998;54:528-529 (letter).
Liyou N, Davis D, James K, Simons L, Friedlander Y, Simons J, McCallum J, Johnson A
The A1166C mutation in the angiotensin II type I receptor and hypertension in the elderly
Clin Exp Physiol Pharm 1999;26:525-526.
Simons LA
Atrial fibrillation – prevalence and management
Aust NZ J Med 1999;29:568 (letter).
Simons LA,McCallum J,Friedlander Y,Simons J
Healthy ageing is associated with reduced and delayed disability
Age and Ageing 2000;29:143-148.
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Simons LA, Friedlander Y, McCallum J, Simons J
Fasting plasma glucose in non-diabetic elderly women predicts increased all-causes mortality and coronary heart disease risk
Circulation 1999;100:1-742(abstract).
Simons LA, Friedlander Y, McCallum J, Simons J
Fasting plasma glucose in non-diabetic elderly women predicts increased all-causes mortality and coronary heart disease risk
Aust NZ J Med 2000;30:41-47.
Simons LA, Simons J, McCallum J, Friedlander Y
Pet ownership is not associated with future health: a nine year prospective study in older Australians
Aust J on Ageing 2000;19:139-142.
Simons LA,McCallum J,Friedlander Y,Ortiz M,Simons J
Moderate alcohol intake is associated with survival in the elderly: The Dubbo Study
Med J Aust 2000;173:121-124.
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Simons LA, Simons J, Friedlander Y, McCallum J
Metabolic risk factors for coronary heart disease
Atherosclerosis 2000;151:162 (abstr).
Simons LA
Is depression a risk factor of ischemic stroke?
Stroke 2001;32:907-908. (Editorial comment).
Simons LA,Simons J,Friedlander Y,McCallum J
Cholesterol and other lipids predict coronary heart disease and ischaemic stroke in the elderly, but only in those below 70 years
Atherosclerosis 2001;159:201-208.
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Simons LA, Simons J, Friedlander Y, McCallum J
LDL cholesterol predicts heart attack and stroke in elderly citizens showing elevated triglycerides and low HDL cholesterol
Circulation (suppl II) 2001;104:II-809 (abstract).
Simons LA,Simons J,Friedlander Y,McCallum J
Risk factors for acute myocardial infarction in the elderly (The Dubbo Study)
Am J Cardiol 2002;89:69-72.
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Palaniappan L, Simons LA, Simons J, Friedlander Y, McCallum J
Comparison of usefulness of systolic, diastolic and mean blood pressures and pulse pressure as predictors of cardiovascular death in patients more than 60 years of age (The Dubbo Study)
Am J Cardiol 2002;90:1398-1401
Simons LA,Simons J,Friedlander Y,McCallum J,Palaniappan L
Risk functions for prediction of cardiovascular disease in the Australian elderly: The Dubbo Study
Med J Aust 2003;178:113-116.
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Hickie I, Simons L, Naismith S, Simons J, McCallum J, Pearson K
Vascular risk to late-life depression: evidence from a longitudinal community study
Aust NZ J Psychiatry 2003;37:62-65
McCallum J, Simons L, Simons J; The Dubbo Study of the Health of the Elderly
1998-2002; An Epidemiological Study of Hospital and Residential Care
Aust Health Policy Institute, University of Sydney, Commissioned Paper Series 2003/06
Simons LA,Simons J,McCallum J,Friedlander Y
Impact of smoking, diabetes and hypertension on survival time in the elderly: the Dubbo Study
Med J Aust 2005;182:219-222
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McCallum J,Simons LA,Simons J,Friedlander Y
Patterns and predictors of nursing home placement over 14 years: the Dubbo Study of elderly Australians
Aust J on Ageing 2005;24:168-172
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Simons LA,Simons J,McCallum J,Friedlander Y
Lifestyle factors and risk of dementia: Dubbo Study of the elderly
Med J Aust 2006;184:68-70
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Simons LA,Simons J,Friedlander Y,McCallum J
Does a diagnosis of the metabolic syndrome provide additional prediction of cardiovascular disease and total mortality in the elderly? The Dubbo Study
Med J Aust 2007;186:400-403
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Simons LA, Simons J, Friedlander Y, McCallum J
Does a diagnosis of metabolic syndrome provide additional prediction of cardiovascular disease? Dubbo Study of the Elderly
Diabetes Vasc Dis Res 2007;4(suppl 1):S28 (awarded prize for best oral presentation at congress “Prediabetes and Metabolic Syndrome”)
McCallum J, Simons LA, Simons J
Private lives and public programs: an Australian longitudinal study of the elderly
J Ageing Soc Policy 2007;19:87-103
The Emerging Risk factors Collaboration
Analysis of individual data on lipid, inflammatory and other markers in over 1.1 million participants in 104 prospective studies of cardiovascular diseases
Eur J Epidemiol 2007;12:839-869
Bogers RP et al
Association of overweight with increased risk of coronary heart disease partly independent of blood pressure and cholesterol levels
Arch Intern Med 2007;167:1720-1728
Anstey KJ et al
The value of comparing health outcomes in cohort studies: an example of self-rated health in seven studies including 79653 participants
Aust J Ageing 2007;26:194-200
McCallum J,Simons LA,Simons J,Friedlander Y
Delaying dementia and nursing home placement
Ann NY Acad Sci 2007;1114:121-129
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Simons LA,Simons J,Friedlander Y,McCallum J
Usefulness of fasting plasma glucose to predict mortality or coronary heart disease in persons ≥60 years of age without diabetes mellitus or in those with undiagnosed diabetes mellitus (from the Dubbo Study)
Am J Cardiol 2008;102:831-834
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Chen L,Tonkin AM,Moon L,Mitchell,Dobson A,Giles G,Hobbs M,Phillips PJ,Shaw JE,Simmons D,Simons LA,Fitzgerald AP,De Backer G,De Bacquer D.
Recalibration and validation of the SCORE risk chart in the Australian population: The AusSCORE chart.
Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2009;16:562-570
Simons LA,Simons J,Friedlander Y,McCallum J.
A comparison of risk factors for coronary heart disease and ischaemic stroke.: the Dubbo Study of Australian elderly.
Heart, Lung and Circulation 2009;18:330-333.
The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration.
Lipoprotein(a) concentration and the risk of coronary heart disease, stroke and nonvascular mortality.
JAMA 2009;302:412-423
The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration.
Major lipids, apolipoproteins and risk of vascular disease.
JAMA 2009;302:1993-2000
Triglyceride Coronary Disease Genetics Consortium and Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration.
Triglyceride-mediated pathways and coronary disease: collaborative analysis of 101 studies.
Lancet 2010;375:1634-1639.
The Emerging Risk factors Collaboration.
Diabetes, fasting glucose, and risk of vascular disease: collaborative analysis of 96 prospective studies.
Lancet 2010;375:2215-2222.
The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration
Statistical methods for the time-to-event analysis of individual participant data from multiple epidemiological studies
Internat J Epidemiol 2010;39:1345-1359
The Emerging Risk Factors Collaboration
Diabetes mellitus, fasting glucose and risk of cause-specific mortality
New Engl J Med 2011;364:829-841
Simons LA,Simons J,Friedlander Y,McCallum J
Is prediction of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality genuinely driven by the Metabolic Syndrome, and independently from its component variables? The Dubbo Study
Heart, Lung and Circulation 2011;20:214-219
Farzadfar F et al,on behalf of the Global Burden of Metabolic Risk factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group (Cholesterol). National, regional, and global trends in serum total cholesterol since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 321 country-years and 3.0 million participants
Lancet 2011;377:578-586
Finucane MM et al,on behalf of the Global Burden of Metabolic Risk factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group (Body Mass Index). National, regional, and global trends in body mass index since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 960 country-years and 9.1 million participants
Lancet 2011;377:557-567
Danaei G et al,on behalf of the Global Burden of Metabolic Risk factors of Chronic Diseases Collaborating Group (Blood Pressure). National, regional, and global trends in systolic blood pressure since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 786 country-years and 5.4 million participants
Lancet 2011;377:568-577
Simons LA,Simons J,Friedlander Y,McCallum J.
Predictors of long-term mortality in the elderly: the Dubbo Study
Intern Med J 2011;41:555-560
Simons LA, Simons J, Friedlander Y, McCallum J. Childbearing history and late-life mortality: the Dubbo Study of Australian elderly. Age & Ageing 2012 (in press)
Simons LA, Simons J. A comparison of risk factors for coronary heart disease and ischaemic stroke. Heart, Lung and Circulation 2012 (in press).