The aim of this study was to provide a comprehensive evidence on risk factors for transmission, disease severity and COVID-19 related deaths in Africa. A systematic review has been conducted to synthesise existing evidence on risk factors affecting COVID-19 outcomes across Africa. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• February 2021

Supplementation with n-3 LCPUFA in infancy revealed a reduction in waist circumference at 5 years ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2018
• July 2018

This study aimed to identify maternal and family factors that may predict increases or decreases in child eating disorder symptoms over time, accounting for... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2014
• April 2014

To investigate developmental trajectories in early childhood and predictors of class assignment. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2022
• October 2022

Marked increases in maternal age and primiparous births were observed. A four-fold increase in the rates of pre-existing medical complications over time... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• August 2013

This study investigated the influence of self-reported lifestyle factors on hospitalisation for IHD, stratified by blood pressure and/or lipid-lowering therapy. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• October 2013

We tested the hypothesis that higher SSB intakes are associated with increases in cardiometabolic risk factors between 14 and 17 y of age. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2013
• May 2013

Human rhinovirus (HRV) species C (HRV-C) have been associated with frequent and severe acute lower respiratory infections and asthma in hospitalized children. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2012
• July 2012

Malaria risk is highly heterogeneous. Understanding village and household-level spatial heterogeneity of malaria risk can support a transition to spatially targeted interventions for malaria elimination. This analysis uses data from cross-sectional prevalence surveys conducted in 2014 and 2016 in two villages (Megiar and Mirap) in Papua New Guinea. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2021
• August 2021

The risk of repetition of deliberate self-harm peaks in the first 7 days after a deliberate self-harm episode. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2016
• February 2016

Quantification of the disease burden caused by different risks informs prevention by providing an account of health loss different to that provided by a... ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
• Our research
• Reports and Findings
• 2012
• December 2012

It is unclear who is at risk of being involved in a suicide cluster and whether suicide clusters are influenced by the social transmission of suicidal behaviour, assortative relating, or a combination of both. Suicide clusters involving two or more young people were identified from the free text of electronic police and coroners reports in Australia's National Coronial Information System in a nationwide cross-sectional study. ...

• 1. Telethon Kids Institute
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• Reports and Findings
• 2020
• November 2020