Recent research suggests that maternal folic acid supplementation is associated with a reduced risk of childhood brain tumors (CBT); polymorphisms in folate... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2015
• March 2015

Study question: Do the epigenome-wide DNA methylation profiles of adolescents born from ART differ from the epigenome of naturally conceived counterparts? Summary answer: No significant differences in the DNA methylation profiles of adolescents born from ART [IVF or ICSI] were observed when compared to their naturally conceived, similar aged counterparts. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2021
• June 2021

Direct and persistent vicarious racial discrimination are detrimental to the physical and mental health of Indigenous children in Australia ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2017
• July 2017

To investigate whether variants in cardiovascular candidate genes, some of which have been previously associated with type 2 diabetes (T2D), diabetic... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• 2011
• September 2011

Among Australian adolescents, the 4CMenB vaccine had no discernible effect on the carriage of disease-causing meningococci, including group B ...

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• 2020
• January 2020

This paper examined the link between UV exposure and vitamin D production in young children to determine how long it takes for sun exposure to affect serum... ...

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• 2014
• June 2014

The Paediatric Difficult Intubation Collaborative identified multiple attempts and persistence with direct laryngoscopy as risk factors for complications in children with difficult tracheal intubations and subsequently engaged in initiatives to reduce repeated attempts and persistence with direct laryngoscopy in children. We hypothesised these efforts would lead to fewer attempts, fewer direct laryngoscopy attempts and decrease complications. ...

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• 2024
• February 2024

Although adolescent dietary patterns tend to be of poor quality, it is unclear whether dietary patterns established in adolescence persist into adulthood. We examined trajectories across adolescence and early adulthood for 2 major dietary patterns and their associations with childhood and parental factors. Using data from the Western Australian Pregnancy Cohort (Raine Study), intakes of 38 food groups were estimated at ages 14, 17, 20 and 22 y in 1414 participants using evaluated FFQs. ...

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• 2020
• November 2020

Determining young people's knowledge of energy drink (EDs), factors influencing ED consumption and intervention strategies to lower ED consuption in youth. ...

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• 2017
• October 2017

This study aimed to assess the relationships among BP, depression and anxiety symptom scores and self-reported history of depression in young adults. ...

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• 2017
• October 2017

This study examined the influence of placement stability, reunification, type of care, time in care and age at entry to care on children's educational outcomes. ...

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• 2017
• August 2017

Children with congenital heart defects (CHDs) are at higher risk of developing an intellectual disability. However, severity of intellectual disabilities among this group of children are largely unknown. Our objective was to determine the risk of intellectual disability (ID), ID severity, and autism among children with CHDs. ...

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• 2023
• March 2023