Maternal educational attainment (MEA) shapes offspring health through multiple potential pathways. Differential DNA methylation may provide a mechanistic understanding of these long-term associations. We aimed to quantify the associations of MEA with offspring DNA methylation levels at birth, in childhood and in adolescence. ...

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• 2023
• December 2023

The objective of this study was to investigate cardiometabolic health markers among Aboriginal adolescents aged 10-24 years and relationships with age, gender, and body composition.  ...

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• 2024
• March 2024

In pediatric invasive candidiasis (IC), epidemiology and risk factors differ compared to adults. Furthermore, the use of antifungals in children is challenging and requires consideration of availability and tolerability of formulations, pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic variations, and safety in different age groups. ...

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• 2021
• August 2021

Early life is a key period that determines long-term health. Lung development in childhood predicts lung function attained in adulthood and morbidity and mortality across the life course. We aimed to assess the effect of early-life lower respiratory tract infection (LRTI) and associated risk factors on lung development from birth to school age in a South African birth cohort. ...

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• 2024
• April 2024

This study aimed to (1) examine the strength of the association between mental disorders/mental health problems, risk behaviours and tobacco smoking among Australian adolescents, (2) compare rates of tobacco smoking among Australian adolescents with major depressive disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder and/or conduct disorder in 2013/14 vs 1998, and (3) identify the extent to which an association between tobacco smoking and mental health problems among adolescents can be attributed to non-mental health risk factors. ...

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• 2020
• April 2020

Genetic factors in airway epithelial cells that are functionally associated with asthma pathogenesis ...

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• 2016
• September 2016

Health professionals have an important role to play in preventing prenatal alcohol exposure ...

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• 2010
• August 2010

Much information exists about functions of the human placenta and about potential mechanisms by which the placenta may influence human health or disease... ...

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• 2011
• June 2011

Pre-pregnancy obesity and weight gain during pregnancy above the recommended limits increased the likelihood of neonatal hypoglycaemia among infants of GDM mothers ...

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• 2018
• June 2018

Few studies have examined the dietary patterns of adolescents and the social and environmental factors that may affect them during this life stage. ...

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• 2009
• October 2009

Carol Helen Bower Leonard C HM MBBS MSc PhD FAFPHM DLSHTM FPHA MBChB MPH Senior Principal Research Fellow, Alcohol and Pregnancy & FASD Research; Director, FASD Research Australia CRE Principal Research Fellow 08 6319 1813 +61 419 956 946 ...

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Acute lower respiratory infections (ALRI) are a major cause of hospitalisation in young children ...

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• Reports and Findings
• 2010
• December 2010