1 de Zoysa JR, Topham PS. Podocyte biology in human disease. Nephrology (Carlton). 2005;10(4):362-367.
2 Pavenstadt H. Roles of the podocyte in glomerular function. Am J Physiol Renal Physiol. 2000;278(2):F173-F179.
3 Ollerstam A, Persson AE. Macula densa neuronal nitric oxide synthase. Cardiovasc Res. 2002;56(2):189-196.
4 Schweda F, Kurtz A. Cellular mechanism of renin release. Acta Physiol Scand. 2004;181(4):383-390.
5 Mattson DL. Importance of the renal medullary circulation in the control of sodium excretion and blood pressure. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol. 2003;284(1):R13-R27.
6 Field M, Pollock C, Harris D. The renal system. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2001.
7 Apodaca G. The uroepithelium: not just a passive barrier. Traffic. 2004;5(3):117-128.
8 Brandt JR, et al. Estimating absolute glomerular filtration rate in children. Pediatr Nephrol. 2006;21(12):1865-1872.
9 Miller M. Fluid and electrolyte homeostasis in the elderly: physiological changes of ageing and clinical consequences. Baillieres Clin Endocrinol Metab. 1997;11(2):367-387.
10 Long DA, Mu W, Price KL, Johnson RJ. Blood vessels and the aging kidney. Nephron Exp Nephrol. 101(3), 2005.
11 Buemi M, Nostro L, Aloisi C, Cosentini V, Criseo M, Frisina N. Kidney aging: from phenotype to genetics. Rejuvenation Res. 2005;8(2):101-109.
12 Merle L, Laroche ML, Dantoine T, Charmes JP. Predicting and preventing adverse drug reactions in the very old. Drugs Aging. 2005;22(5):375-379.
1 O’Brien JC, Chennubhotla SA, Chennubhotla RV. Treatment of edema. Am Fam Physician. 2005;17(11):2111-2117.
2 Linnitt N. Lymphoedema: recognition, assessment and management. Br J Community Nurs. 2005;10(3):S20-S26.
3 Guyto AC, Hall JE. Textbook of medical physiology. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2006.
4 Lin M, Liu SJ, Lim IT,. Disorders of water balance. Emerg Med Clin North Am 2005; 23 (3):749-770.
5 The Royal College of Pathologists of Australasia,. RCPA Manual. Version 5. Available at www.rcpamanual.edu.au/sections/pathologytest.asp?s=33&i=763, accessed October 2009.
6 Offenstadt G, Das V. Hyponatremia, hypernatremia: a physiological approach. Minerva Anestesiol. 2006;72(6):353-356.
7 Hilton AK, Pellegrino VA, Scheinkestel CD. Avoiding common problems associated with intravenous fluid therapy. Med J Australia. 2008;189:509-513.
8 Yeates KE, Singer M, Morton AR. Salt and water: a simple approach to hyponatremia. CMAJ. 2004;170(3):365-369.
9 Shafiee MAS, Bohn D, Hoorn EJ, Halperin ML. How to select optimal maintenance intravenous fluid therapy. QJ Med. 2003;96:601-610.
10 Hsieh M, Power DA. Abnormal renal function and electrolyte disturbances in older people. J Pharm Pract Res. 2009;39:230-234.
11 Schaefer TJ, Wolford RW. Disorders of potassium. Emerg Med Clin North Am. 2005;23(3):723-747.
12 Evans KJ, Greenberg A. Hyperkalemia: a review. J Intensive Care Med. 2005;20(5):272-290.
13 Heames RM, Cope RA. Hypophosphataemia causing profound cardiac failure after cardiac surgery. Anaesthesia. 2006;61:1211-1213.
14 Osuka A, Matsuoka T, Idoguchi K. Is this the worst outcome of metabolic syndrome? Hypophosphatemia and resulting cardiac arrest during the treatment of diabetic ketoacidosis with hypertriglyceridemia. Inter Med. 2009;48:1391-1395.
15 Fawcett WJ, Haxby EJ, Male DA. Magnesium: physiology and pharmacology. Br J Anaesth. 1999;83:302-320.
16 Dube L, Granry JC. The therapeutic use of magnesium in anaesthesiology, intensive care and emergency medicine: a review. Can J Anesth. 2003;50:732-746.
17 Simpson H. Interpretation of arterial blood gases: a clinical guide for nurses. Br J Nurs. 2004;13(9):522-528.
18 Herd AM. An approach to complex acid-base problems: keeping it simple. Can Fam Physician. 2005;51:226-232.
19 Foster GT, Vaziri ND, Sassoon CS. Respiratory alkalosis. Respir Care. 2001;46(4):384-391.
20 Khanna A, Kurtzman NA. Metabolic alkalosis. J Nephrol. 2006;19(suppl 9):S86-S96.
21 Bossingham MJ, Carnell NS, Campbell WW. Water balance, hydration status and fat-free mass hydration in younger and older adults. Am J Clin Nutr. 2005;81(6):1342-1350.
22 Luckey AE, Parsa CJ. Fluid and electrolytes in the aged. Arch Surg. 2003;138(10):1055-1060.
1 Gillenwater JY. Hydronephrosis. In Gillenwater JY, et al, editors: Adult and pediatric urology, 4th edn., Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2002.
2 Gulmi FA, Felsen D, Vaughan ED. Pathophysiology of urinary tract obstruction. In Walsh PC, et al, editors: Campbell’s urology, 8th edn., Philadelphia: Saunders, 2002.
3 Hughes P. Kidney stones epidemiology. Nephrology. 2007;12:S26-S30.
4 Kidney Health Australia,. Kidney and urinary fast facts. Melbourne; 2009.
5 Lingeman JE, Lifshitz DA, Evan AP. Surgical management of urinary lithiasis. In Walsh PC, et al, editors: Campbell’s urology, 8th edn., Philadelphia: Saunders, 2002.
6 Teichman JMH. Acute renal colic from ureteral calculus. N Engl J Med. 2004;350:684-693.
7 Pietrow PK, Karellas ME. Medical management of common urinary calculi. Am Fam Physician. 2006;74(1):86-94.
8 Park S, Pearle MS. Imaging for percutaneous renal access and management of renal calculi. Urol Clin North Am. 2006;33(3):353-364.
9 Borghi L, Meschi T, Maggiore U, Prati B. Dietary therapy in idiopathic nephrolithiasis. Nutr Rev. 2006;64(7 Pt 1):301-312.
10 Tiselius HG. Removal of ureteral stones with extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy and ureteroscopic procedures: what can we learn from the literature in terms of results and treatment efforts? Urol Res. 2005;33(3):185-190.
11 Karsenty G, et al. Understanding detrusor sphincter dyssynergia — significance of chronology. Urology. 2005;66(4):763-768.
12 Chu FM, Dmochowski R. Pathophysiology of overactive bladder. Am J Med. 2006;119(3 suppl 1):3-8.
13 Staskin DR, MacDiarmid SA. Using anticholinergics to treat overactive bladder: the issue of treatment tolerability. Am J Med. 2006;119(3 suppl 1):9-15.
14 Staskin DR, MacDiarmid SA. Pharmacologic management of overactive bladder: practical options for the primary care physician. Am J Med. 2006;119(3 suppl 1):24-28.
15 Fenton AS, et al. Anterior urethral strictures: etiology and characteristics. Urology. 2005;65(6):1055-1058.
16 Valchanov K, et al. An unusual cause of acute renal failure: urethral stricture in a female. Nephron. 2001;87(1):89-90.
17 Griebling TL. Urologic diseases in America project: trends in resource use for urinary tract infections in women. J Urol. 2005;173(4):1281-1287.
18 Bouckaert J, et al. Receptor binding studies disclose a novel class of high-affinity inhibitors of the Escherichia coli FimH adhesion. Mol Microbiol. 2005;55(2):441-455.
19 Ginde AA, Rhee SH, Katz ED. Predictors of outcome in geriatric patients with urinary tract infections. J Emerg Med. 2004;27(2):101-108.
20 Mehnert-Kay SA. Diagnosis and management of uncomplicated urinary tract infections. Am Fam Physician. 2005;72(3):451-456.
21 Czaja CA, Hooton TM. Update on acute uncomplicated urinary tract infection in women. Postgrad Med. 2006;119(1):39-45.
22 Funfstuck R, Ott U, Naber KG. The interaction of urinary tract infection and renal insufficiency. Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2006;28(suppl 1):S72-S77.
23 Ramakrishnan K, Scheid DC. Diagnosis and management of acute pyelonephritis in adults. Am Fam Physician. 2005;71(5):933-942.
24 American Academy of Pediatrics, Committee on Quality Improvement, Subcommittee on Urinary Tract Infection. Practice parameter: the diagnosis, treatment and evaluation of the initial urinary tract infection in febrile infants and young children. Pediatrics. 1999;103(4 pt 1):843-852.
25 Chang SL, Shortliffe LD. Pediatric urinary tract infections. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2006;53(3):379-400.
26 Yeung CK, et al. The characteristics of primary vesico-ureteric reflux in male and female infants with prenatal hydronephrosis. Br J Urol. 1997;80:319-327.
27 Brandt J, et al. Invasive pneumococcal disease and hemolytic uremic syndrome. Pediatrics. 2002;110(2 Pt 1):371-376.
28 Alper BS, Curry SH. Urinary tract infection in children. Am Fam Physician. 2005;72(12):2483-2488.
29 Cunard R, Kelly CJ. Immune-mediated renal disease. J Allergy Clin Immunol. 2003;111(2 suppl):S637-S644.
30 Cattran DC. Outcomes research in glomerulonephritis. Semin Nephrol. 2003;23(4):340-354.
31 Garcia GE, et al. Mononuclear cell-infiltrate inhibition by blocking macrophage-derived chemokine results in attenuation of developing crescentic glomerulonephritis. Am J Pathol. 2003;162(4):1061-1073.
32 Liu Y. Renal fibrosis: new insights into the pathogenesis and therapeutics. Kidney Int. 2006;69(2):213-217.
33 Johnson DW. Evidence-based guide to slowing the progression of early renal insufficiency. Intern Med J. 2004;34(1-2):50-57.
34 Turnberg D, Cook HT. Complement and glomerulonephritis: new insights. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2005;14(3):223-228.
35 Gomez-Guerrero C, et al. Mesangial cells and glomerular inflammation: from the pathogenesis to novel therapeutic approaches. Curr Drug Targets Inflamm Allergy. 2005;4(3):341-351.
36 Crew RJ, Radhakrishnan J, Appel G. Complications of the nephrotic syndrome and their treatment. Clin Nephrol. 2004;62(4):245-259.
37 Fehally J, Floege J, Johnson R. Comprehensive clinical nephrology. St Louis: Mosby, 2007.
38 Nickolas TL, Radhakrishnan J, Appel GB. Hyperlipidemia and thrombotic complications in patients with membranous nephropathy. Semin Nephrol. 2003;23(4):406-411.
39 Yoshikawa N, Tanaka R, Iijima K. Pathophysiology and treatment of IgA nephropathy in children. Pediatr Nephrol. 2001;16(5):446-457.
40 Snyder S, Pendergraph B. Detection and evaluation of chronic kidney disease. Am Fam Physician. 2005;72(9):1723-1732.
41 Chadban S, Briganti E, Kerr P, Dunstan D, Welborn T, Zimmet P, Atkins R. Prevalence of kidney damage in Australian adults: the AusDiab Kidney Study. JASN. 2003;14:S131-S138.
42 Kidney Health Australia,. National chronic kidney disease strategy. Melbourne; 2006.
43 Mene P, Polci R, Festuccia F. Mechanisms of repair after kidney injury. J Nephrol. 2003;16(2):186-195.
44 Bricker NS, Morrin PA, Kime SWJr. The pathologic physiology of chronic Bright’s disease: an exposition of the ‘intact nephron hypothesis’. J Am Soc Nephrol. 1997;8(9):1470-1476.
45 Tall MW, Luychx VA, Brenner BM. Adaptation to nephron loss. In Brenner BM, editor: Brenner and Rector’s the kidney, 7th edn., Philadelphia: Saunders, 2004.
46 Schieppati A, Pisoni R, Remuzzi G. Pathophysiology and management of chronic kidney disease. In Greenberg A, editor: Primer on kidney diseases, 4th edn., St Louis: Elsevier, 2005.
47 Hirschberg R, Wang S. Proteinuria and growth factors in the development of tubulointerstitial injury and scarring in kidney disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertens. 2005;14(1):43-52.
48 Sean Eardley K, Cockwell P. Macrophages and progressive tubulointerstitial disease. Kidney Int. 2005;68(2):437-455.
49 Durvasula RV, Shankland SJ. The renin-angiotensin system in glomerular podocytes: mediator of glomerulosclerosis and link to hypertensive nephropathy. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2006;8(2):132-138.
50 Zandi-Nejad K, et al. Why is proteinuria an ominous biomarker of progressive kidney disease? Kidney Int. 2004;92(suppl):S76-S89.
51 Guarnieri G, et al. Chronic systemic inflammation in uremia: potential therapeutic approaches. Semin Nephrol. 2004;24(5):441-445.
52 Qunibi WY. Dyslipidemia and progression of cardiovascular calcification (CVC) in patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD). Kidney Int. 2005;95(suppl):S43-S50.
53 Axelsson J, Heimburger O, Stenvinkel P. Adipose tissue and inflammation in chronic kidney disease. Contrib Nephrol. 2006;151:165-174.
54 Rigalleau V, Gin H. Carbohydrate metabolism in uraemia. Curr Opin Clin Nutr Metab Care. 2005;8(4):463-469.
55 Ferrari P. Prescribing angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers in chronic kidney disease. Nephrology (Carlton). 2007;12(1):81-89.
56 Schena FP, Gesualdo L. Pathogenetic mechanisms of diabetic nephropathy. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2005;16(suppl 1):S30-S33.
57 Nolan CR. Strategies for improving long-term survival in patients with ESRD. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2005;16(suppl 2):S120-S127.
58 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Chronic kidney disease in Australia. Cat. no. PHE 682005. Canberra: AIHW, 2005.
59 ANZDATA Registry Australia and New Zealand Dialysis and Transplant Registry. Adelaide: Commonwealth Department of Health and Ageing, Kidney Health Australia and New Zealand Ministry of Health; 2008.
60 Kerr P, Polkinghorne K, McDonald S. Home hemodialysis in Australia: current perspective. Hem Int. 2008;12:S6-S10.
61 Lewington AJP, Sayed A. Acute kidney injury: how do we define it? Ann Clin Biochem. 2010;47:4-7.
62 Bellomo R, Ronco C, Kellum JA, Mehta RL, Palevsky P, the ADQI Workgroup. Acute renal failure: definition, outcome measures, animal models, fluid therapy and information technology needs: the Second International Consensus Conference of the Acute Dialysis Quality Initiative (ADQI) Group. Crit Care. 2004;8:R204-R212.
63 Levin A, Kellum JA, Mehta RL. Acute kidney injury: toward an integrated understanding through development of a research agenda. Acute Kidney Injury Network (AKIN). CJASN. 2008;3:862-863.
64 Agrawal M, Swartz R. 2000 Acute renal failure Am Fam Physician. Erratum in Am Fam Physician. 2001;63(3):445. 2000; 61(7):2077-2088
65 Devarajan P. Cellular and molecular derangements in acute tubular necrosis. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2005;17(2):193-199.
66 Hladunewich M, Rosenthal MH. Pathophysiology and management of renal insufficiency in the perioperative and critically ill patient. Anesthesiol Clin North Am. 2000;18(4):773-789.
67 Safirstein RL. Pathophysiology of acute renal failure. In: Greenberg A, editor. National Kidney Foundation primer on kidney disease. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2005.
68 Venkataraman R. Prevention of acute renal failure. Crit Care Clin. 2005;21(2):281-289.
69 Ympa YP, et al. Has mortality from acute renal failure decreased? A systematic review of the literature. Am J Med. 2005;118(8):827-832.
70 Sawicz-Birkowska K, et al. Malignant tumours in a horseshoe kidney in children: a diagnostic dilemma. Eur J Pediatr Surg. 2005;15(1):48-52.
71 Weizer AZ, et al. Determining the incidence of horseshoe kidney from radiographic data at a single institution. J Urol. 2003;170(5):1722-1726.
72 Glassberg KI,. Normal and abnormal development of the kidney: a clinician’s interpretation of current knowledge. J Urol 2002; 167 (6):2339-2350, 2350-2351
73 Kemper MJ, Mueller-Wiefel DE. Renal function in congenital anomalies of the kidney and urinary tract. Curr Opin Urol. 2001;11(6):571-575.
74 Abeywardana S, Sullivan E. Congenital anomalies in Australia, 2002-2003. In: Birth anomalies series no. 3. Cat. no. PER 41. Sydney: AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit; 2008.
75 Nelson CP, et al. The increasing incidence of congenital penile anomalies in the United States. J Urol. 2005;174(4 Pt 2):1573-1576.
76 Stokowski LA. Hypospadias in the neonate. Adv Neonatal Care. 2004;4(4):206-215.
77 Ong AC, Harris PC. Molecular pathogenesis of ADPKD: the polycystin complex gets complex. Kidney Int. 2005;67(4):1234-1247.
78 Damen-Elias HA, et al. Concomitant anomalies in 100 children with unilateral multicystic kidney. Ultrasound Obstet Gynecol. 2005;25(4):384-388.
79 Mak RH, Kuo HJ. Primary ureteral reflux: emerging insights from molecular and genetic studies. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2003;15(2):181-185.
80 Greenbaum LA, Mesrobian HG. Vesicoureteral reflux. Pediatr Clin North Am. 2006;53(3):413-427.
81 Butler RJ. Childhood nocturnal enuresis: developing a conceptual framework. Clin Psychol Rev. 2004;24(8):909-931.
82 Brooks LJ, Topol HI. Enuresis in children with sleep apnea. J Pediatr. 2003;142(5):515-518.
83 Berry AK. Helping children with nocturnal enuresis: the wait-and-see approach may not be in anyone’s best interest. Am J Nurs. 2006;106(8):56-63.
84 Lyon C, Schnall J. What is the best treatment for nocturnal enuresis in children? J Fam Pract. 2005;54(1):905-906. 909
85 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and Australasian Association of Cancer Registries. Cancer in Australia: an overview, 2008. Cancer Series no. 46. Cat. no. CAN 42. Canberra: AIHW & AACR, 2008.
86 Meloni-Ehrig AM. Renal cancer: cytogenetic and molecular genetic aspects. Am J Med Genet. 2002;115(3):164-172.
87 Lane BR, Kattan MW. Predicting outcomes in renal cell carcinoma. Curr Opin Urol. 2005;15(5):289-297.
88 Lipworth L, Tarone RE, McLaughlin JK. The epidemiology of renal cell carcinoma. J Urol. 2006;176(6 Pt 1):2353-2358.
89 Tigrani VS, et al. Potential role of nephrectomy in the treatment of metastatic renal cell carcinoma: a retrospective analysis. Urology. 2000;55(1):36-40.
90 Sakamoto J, et al. A novel WT1 gene mutation associated with Wilms’ tumor and congenital male genitourinary malformation. Pediatr Res. 2001;50(3):337-344.
91 Amar AM, et al. Clinical presentation of rhabdoid tumors of the kidney. J Pediatr Hematol Oncol. 2001;23(2):105-108.
92 Metzger ML, Dome JS. Current therapy for Wilms’ tumor. Oncologist. 2005;10(10):815-826.
93 Sonpavde G. Bladder cancer update. Current evaluation methods and standard of care. Postgrad Med. 2006;19(3):30-37.
94 Lokeshwar VB, Selzer MG. Urinary bladder tumor markers. Urol Oncol. 2006;24(6):528-537.
1 Gordan K, Oehninger S. Reproductive physiology. In Copeland LJ, Ferrell JF, editors: Textbook of gynecology, 2nd edn., Philadelphia: Saunders, 2000.
2 Speroff L, et al. Clinical gynecologic endocrinology and infertility, 7th edn., Baltimore: Lippincott, 2005.
3 Berne RM, Levy MN, editors. Physiology. St Louis: Mosby, 2003.
4 Lowdermilk DL, Perry SE, Bobak IM. Maternity and women’s health care, 8th edn., St Louis: Mosby, 2004.
5 Riordan J. Breastfeeding and human lactation, 3rd edn., Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett, 2005.
6 McAninch DW, Tanagho EA, editors. Smith’s general urology. Norwalk, Conn: McGraw-Hill/Appleton & Lange, 2002.
7 Blackburn ST. Maternal, fetal and neonatal physiology: a clinical perspective, 2nd edn., St Louis: Saunders, 2003.
8 Schuiling KD, Likis FE. Women’s gynecologic health. Sudbury, MA: Jones & Bartlett, 2005.
9 Golub S. Periods: from menarche to menopause. Newbury Park, NJ: Sage, 1992.
10 Masters WH, Johnson VE. Human sexual response. Toronto: Bantam Books, 1996.
11 Kerin JF, Carignan CS, Cher D. The safety and effectiveness of a new hysteroscopic method for permanent birth control: results of the first Essure pbc clinical study. Aust N Z J Obstet Gynaecol. 2001;41(4):364-370.
12 Valle RF. Re: case report of failed tubal occlusion using Essure pbc (permanent birth control) hysteroscopic sterilisation procedure. Aust NZ J Obstet Gynaecol. 2007;47(2):155-156.
13 Zacur H. et al. In: Menopause health and hormones: enhancing patient management. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins; 2002.
14 Morales A, Tenover JL. Androgen deficiency in the aging male: when, who and how to investigate and treat. Urol Clin North Am. 2002;29(4):975-982.
15 Wespes E, Schulman CC. Male andropause: myth, reality and treatment. Int J Impot Res. 2002;14(suppl 1):S93-S98.
16 Tan RS, Pu SJ. Impact of obesity on hypogonadism in the andropause. Int J Androl. 2002;25(4):195-201.
17 Handelsman DJ, Liu PY. Andropause: invention, prevention, rejuvenation. Trends Endocrinol Metab. 2005;16(2):39-45.
1 Menon BS, Juraida E, Mohamed M. Pancreatic primitive neuroectodermal tumour associated with precocious puberty. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2009;53:518-519.
2 Carell JC, Lahlou N, Roger M, Chaussain JL,. Precocious puberty and statural growth. Human Reproduction Update 2004; 20 (2):135-147.
3 Kaltiala-Heino R, Marttunen M, Rantanen P, Rimpelä M. Early puberty is associated with mental health problems. Social Science & Medicine. 2003;57(6):1055-1064.
4 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare & Australasian Association of Cancer Registries. Cancer in Australia: an overview, 2008. Cancer series no. 46. Cat. no. CAN42. Canberra: AIHW, 2008.
6 www.cancer.org.au/aboutcancer/cancertypes/breastcancer.htm.
5 AIHW. Breast cancer in Australia: an overview. Canberra: AIHW, 2009.
7 Lindegarrds JC, et al. A retrospective analysis of 82 cases of cancer of the penis. Br J Urol. 1996;77(6):883.
8 Henderson B, et al. Breast cancer. In: Schottenfeld D, Fraumeni J, editors. Cancer epidemiology and prevention. New York: Oxford University Press, 1996.
9 MacMahon B, et al. Age at menarche, urine estrogens and breast cancer risk. Int J Cancer. 1982;30(4):427-431.
10 Cordera F, Jordan VC. Steroid receptors and their role in the biology and control of breast cancer growth. Semin Oncol. 2006;33(6):631-641.
11 Kaaks R, et al. Postmenopausal serum androgens, oestrogens and breast cancer risk: the European prospective investigation into cancer and nutrition. Endocr Relat Cancer. 2005;12(4):1017-1082.
12 Pollack M. IGF-1 physiology and breast cancer. Recent Results Cancer Res. 1998;152:63-70.
13 Byrne C, et al. Plasma insulin-like growth factor (IGF) I, IGF-binding protein 3 and mammographic density. Cancer Res. 2000;60(14):3744-3748.
14 Kuller LH. The etiology of breast cancer: from epidemiology to prevention. Public Health Rev. 1995;23(2):157-213.
15 Fung TT, et al. Dietary patterns and the risk of postmenopausal breast cancer. Int J Cancer. 2005;116(1):116-121.
16 Terry P, et al. No association among total dietary fiber, fiberfractions and risk of breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2002;11(11):1507-1508.
17 Witte JS, et al. Diet and premenopausal bilateral breast cancer: a case-control study. Breast Cancer Res Treat. 1997;42(3):243-251.
18 Kuller H. The etiology of breast cancer: from epidemiology to prevention. Public Health Rev. 1995;23(2):157-213.
19 Stampfer MJ, Bechtel SD, Hunter D. Fat, alcohol, selenium and breast cancer risk. Contemp Oncol. 1993;3(7):28-35.
20 Rohan TE, et al. Dietary intake folate consumption and breast cancer risk. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2000;92(3):266-269.
21 Deslypere JP. Obesity and cancer. Metabolism. 1995;44(suppl 9):14.
22 Holmes MD, Willett WC. Does diet affect breast cancer risk? Breast Cancer Res. 2004;6(4):170-178.
23 Morimoto LM, et al. Obesity, body size and risk of postmenopausal breast cancer: the Women’s Health Initiative (United States). Cancer Causes Control. 2002;13(8):741-751.
24 Byers T. Nutritional risk factors for breast cancer. CA Cancer J Clin. 1994;74(suppl 1):288.
25 Holmes MD, Willett WC. Does diet affect breast cancer risk? Breast Cancer Res. 2004;6(4):170-178.
26 Wenten M, et al. Associations of weight, weight change and body mass with breast cancer risk in Hispanic and non-Hispanic white women. Ann Epidemiol. 2002;12(6):435-444.
27 Mahabir S, et al. Usefulness of body mass index as a sufficient adiposity measurement for sex hormone concentration associations in postmenopausal women. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2006;15(12):2502-2507.
28 Byers T. Nutritional risk factors for breast cancer. CA Cancer J Clin. 1994;74(suppl 1):288.
29 Friedenreich CM, Orenstein MR. Physical activity and cancer prevention: etiologic evidence and biological mechanisms. J Nutr. 2002;132(11 suppl):3464S-3465S.
30 Kaaks R, Lukanova A. Effects of weight control and physical activity in cancer prevention: role of endogenous hormone metabolism. Ann NY Acad Sci. 2002;963:268-281.
31 Garber JE, Offit K. Hereditary cancer predisposition syndromes. J Clin Oncol. 2005;23(2):276-292.
32 Sprague BL, et al. Lifetime recreational and occupational physical activity and risk of in situ and invasive breast cancer. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2007;16(2):236-243.
33 Miki Y, et al. A strong candidate for the breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1. Science. 1994;266(5182):66-71.
34 Sullivan A, et al. Concomitant inactivation of p53 and ChK2 in breast cancer. Oncogene. 2002;21(9):1316-1324.
35 Russo IH, Calaf G, Russo J. Hormones and proliferative activity in breast tissue. In: Stoll BA, editor. Approaches to breast cancer prevention. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic, 1991.
36 Zhu BT, Conney AH. Is 2-methoxyoestradiol an endogenous oestrogen metabolite that inhibits mammary carcinogenesis? Cancer Res. 1998;58(11):2269-2277.
37 Russo IH, Calaf G, Russo J. Hormones and proliferative activity in breast tissue. In: Stoll BA, editor. Approaches to breast cancer prevention. Dordrecht, The Netherlands: Kluwer Academic, 1991.
38 Zhu BT, Conney AH. Is 2-methoxyestradiol an endogenous estrogen metabolite that inhibits mammary carcinogenesis? Cancer Res. 1998;58(11):2269-2277.
39 Lester SC. The breast. In Kumar V, Abbas AK, Fausto N, editors: Robbins & Cotran pathologic basis of disease, 7th edn., Philadelphia: Saunders, 2005.
40 Forrest DE. Common gynecologic pelvic disorders. In Youngkin EQ, Davis MS, editors: Women’s health: a primary care clinical guide, 3rd edn., Stamford, Conn: Appleton & Lange, 2004.
41 Centers for Disease Control,. Sexually transmitted disease treatment guidelines. MMWR Recomm Rpt 55 R11. 2006.
42 Bosch FX, et al. The causal relation between human papillomavirus and cervical cancer. J Clin Patho. 2002;55(4):241-242.
43 Brewer MA, et al. Prevention of ovarian cancer: intraepithelial neoplasia. Clin Cancer Res. 2003;9(1):20-30.
44 Blast RC, Mills GB. Molecular pathogenesis of ovarian cancer. In: Mendelsohn J, et al, editors. The molecular basis of cancer. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2001.
45 American Cancer Society. Overview: ovarian cancer. In: How is ovarian cancer found?. New York: American Cancer Society; 2006.
46 AIHW. Cancer in Australia: an overview. Canberra: AIHW, 2008.
47 Giovannucci E, et al. Smoking and risk of total fatal prostate cancer in United States health professionals. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1999;8(4 pt 1):277-282.
48 Bosland MC. Sex steroids and prostate carcinogenesis: integrated, multifactorial working hypothesis. Ann NY Acad Sci. 2006;1089:168-176.
49 Hayes RB, et al. Dietary factors and risks for prostate cancer among blacks and whites in the United States. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 1999;8(1):25-34.
50 Wolk A. Diet, lifestyle and risk of prostate cancer. Aeta Oncol. 2006;44(3):277-281.
51 Signorello LB, Adami H. Prostate cancer. In: Adami H, Hunter D, Trichopoulos D, editors. Textbook of cancer epidemiology. New York: Oxford University Press, 2002.
52 Ebling DW, et al. Development of prostate cancer after pituitary dysfunction: a report of 8 patients. Urology. 1997;49(4):564-568.
53 Oosthuzien JM, et al. Melatonin and steroid-dependent carcinomas. Andrologia. 1989;21(5):429-431.
54 Roberts JT, Essenhigh DM. Adenocarcinoma of prostate in 40-year-old body-builder. Lancet. 1986;2(8509):742.
55 Bosland MC,. The role of steroid hormones in prostate carcinogenesis. J Natl Cancer Inst Mongr 2000; (27):39-66.
56 MacLennan GT, et al. The influence of chronic inflammation in prostatic carcinogenesis: a 5-year follow-up study. J Urol. 2006;176(3):1012-1016.
57 Giovannucci E, et al. Insulin-like growth factors and colon cancer: a review of the evidence. J Nutr. 2001;131(11 suppl):3109S-3120S.
58 American Cancer Society,. Prostate cancer resource center. Available at www3.cancer.org/cancerinfo.
59 Klein EA. An update on prostate cancer. Cleve Clin J Med. 1995;62(5):325-338.
60 Narayan P. Neoplasms of the prostate gland. In Tanagho EA, McAninch JW, editors: Smith’s general urology, 14th edn., Norwalk, Conn: Appleton & Lange, 1995.
61 Brown SL, Resnick MI. Transrectal ultrasound and the prostate biopsy: clinical and pathologic issues. In: Lepor H, editor. Prostatic diseases. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2000.
62 Parnes HL, Thompson IM, Ford LG. Review article: prevention of hormone-related cancers: prostate cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2005;23(2):368-377.
63 Chung LW, et al. Molecular insights into prostate cancer progression: the missing link of tumor microenvironment. J Urol. 2005;173(1):10-20.
64 www.cancer.org.au//aboutcancer/cancertypes/prostatecancer.htm.
65 American Cancer Society. Cancer facts and figures. Atlanta: American Cancer Society, 2007.
66 American Cancer Society. Overview: endometrial cancer. In: How is endometrial cancer treated?. New York: American Cancer Society; 2005.
67 Kovacs P. Endometriosis conference report from the 49th annual meeting of the Society for Gynecologic Investigation. Medscape Ob Gyn Women’s Health. 2002;7:1.
68 Teede HJ, Stuckey BGA. Polycystic ovary syndrome and abnormal glucose tolerance. Med J Australia. 2007;187(6):324-325.
69 Legro RS. Polycystic ovarian syndrome. In Leung PC, Adashi EY, editors: The ovary, 2nd edn., St Louis: Elsevier, 2004.
70 Diamanti-Kandarakis E, et al. Controversies in endocrinology. A modern medical quandary: polycystic ovary syndrome, insulin resistance and oral contraceptive pills. J Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2003;88(5):1927-1932.
71 Legro RS. Polycystic ovarian syndrome. In Leung PC, Adashi EY, editors: The ovary, 2nd edn., St Louis: Elsevier, 2004.
72 Speroff L, Fritz MA. Clinical gynecologic endocrinology and infertility, 7th edn., Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.
73 Faucher MA, Schuiling KD. Normal and abnormal uterine bleeding. In: Schuiling KD, et al, editors. Women’s gynecologic health. Sudbury, Mass: Jones & Bartlett, 2006.
74 Derman O, Kanbur NO, Tokur TE, Kutluk T. Premenstrual syndrome and associated symptoms in adolescent girls. Eur J Obstet Gynecol Reprod Biol. 2004;116:201-206.
75 Vichnin M, Freeman EW, Lin H, Hillman J, Bui S. Premenstrual syndrome (PMS) in adolescents: severity and impairment. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2006;19:397-402.
76 Cohen LS, et al. Prevalence and predictors of premenstrual dysphoric disorder (PMDD) in older premenopausal women: the Harvard Study of Moods and Cycles. J Affect Disord. 2002;70(2):125-132.
77 Halbreich U. The diagnosis of premenstrual syndromes and premenstrual dysphoric disorder: clinical procedures and research perspectives. Gynecol Endocrinol. 2004;19(6):320-334.
78 Centers for Disease Control,. Sexually transmitted disease treatment guidelines. MMWR Recomm Rpt 55 R11. 2006.
79 Viera AJ, Larkins-Pettigrew M. Practical use of the pessary. Am Fam Physician. 2000;61(9):2719-2726.
80 Kumar V, Abbas AK, Fausto N, Mitchell RN. Robbins basic pathology, 8th edn., Saunders Elsevier, 2007.
81 Levine LA, Estrada CR, Storm DW, Matkov TG. Peyronie disease in younger men: characteristics and treatment results. J Androl. 2003;24(1):27-32.
82 Noble J, editor. Textbook of primary care medicine. St Louis: Mosby, 1996.
83 Bella AJ, et al. Minimally invasive intracorporeal incision of Peyronie’s plaque: initial experience with a new technique. Urology. 2006;68(4):852-857.
84 Burnett AL, et al. Long term oral phosphodiesterase 5 inhibitor therapy alleviates recurrent priapism. Urology. 2006;67(5):1043-1048.
85 Galejs LE. Diagnosis and treatment of the acute scrotum. Am Fam Physician. 1999;59(4):817-824.
86 www.cancerhelp.org.uk/type/penile-cancer/about/types-of-penile-cancer.
87 Galejs LE. Diagnosis and treatment of the acute scrotum. Am Fam Physician. 1999;59(4):817-824.
88 Rosenthal MS. The fertility sourcebook. Los Angeles: Lowell House, 1998.
89 Lanum DL. Carcinoma of the genitourinary system. In: Nseyo UO, Weinman E, Lamm DL, editors. Urology for primary care physicians. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1999.
90 LaRock DR, Sant GR. Lower urinary tract infections. In: Nseyo UO, Weinman E, Lamm DL, editors. Urology for primary care physicians. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1999.
91 Chen MY, et al. Trends in clinical encounters for pelvic inflammatory disease and epididymitis in a national sample of Australian general practices. Int J STD AIDS. 2006;17(6):384-386.
92 LaRock DR, Sant GR. Lower urinary tract infections. In: Nseyo UO, Weinman E, Lamm DL, editors. Urology for primary care physicians. Philadelphia: Saunders, 1999.
93 Jefferson Health System,. Men’s health 1997: overview of impotence. Available at www.jeffersonhealth.orgdiseases/mens_health/impotenc.htm.
94 Ladewig P, London M, Davidson M. Contemporary maternal-newborn nursing care, 6th edn., New Jersey: Pearson Education, 2006.
95 Speroff L, Glass RH, Kase NG. Clinical gynecologic endocrinology and infertility, 6th edn., Baltimore: Williams & Wilkins, 1999.
96 Kase N, Weingold AB, Gershenson DM, editors. Principles and practice of clinical gynecology, 2nd edn., New York: Churchill Livingstone, 1990.
97 www.ITA.org.au.
98 www.sti.health.gov.au/internet/sti.
99 National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research. Australian HIV surveillance report. 2009;25(1).
100 Divisions of HIV/AIDS Prevention,. HIV and its transmission. Available at www.cdc.gov/HIV/pubs/facts/transmission.htm.
101 Palella FJJr, Delaney KM, Moorman AC, et al. Declining morbidity and mortality among patients with advanced human immunodeficiency virus infection. HIV Outpatient Study Investigators. N Engl J Med. 1998;338(13):853-860.
1 World Health Organization. World Health Report. Geneva: World Health Organization, 2005.
2 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia’s health 2008. Cat. no. AUS 99. Canberra: AIHW, 2008.
3 Ministry of Health. Mortality and demographic data 2006. Wellington: New Zealand Ministry of Health, 2009.
4 Australian Population clock,. Available at www.abs.gov.au.
5 Estimated resident population of New Zealand,. Available at www.stats.govt.nz.
6 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. International health: how Australia compares. Cat. no. PHE 8. Canberra: AIHW, 1998.
7 Wise M, Signal L. Health promotion development in Australia and New Zealand. Health Promotional International. 2000;15(3):237-248.
8 Australian Bureau of Statistics. Year book Australia. Cat. no. 1301.0. Canberra: ABS, 2008.
9 Statistics New Zealand. Are New Zealanders living closer to the coast? Wellington: Statistics New Zealand, 2009.
10 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Rural, regional and remote health — indicators of health. Cat. no. PHE 59: Rural Health Series no. 5. Canberra: AIHW, 2005.
11 Australian Bureau of Statistics. Population projections, Australia 2004-2101. Cat. no. 3301.0. Canberra: ABS, 2006.
12 Department of Treasury. Intergenerational report 2007. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia, 2007. Available at www.treasury.gov.au/igr
13 Statistics New Zealand. National population projections: 2006 (base) - 2061. Wellington: Statistics New Zealand, 2009.
14 Australian Bureau of Statistics. Population: deaths. Canberra: ABS, 2000.
15 Fontaine K, Redden D, Wang C, Westfall A, Allison D. Years of life lost due to obesity. JAMA. 2003;289:187-193.
16 Olshansky SJ, Passaro DJ, Hershow RC, et al. A potential decline in life expectancy in the United States in the 21st century. N Engl J Med. 2005;352(11):1138-1145.
17 Preston S. Deadweight? The influence of obesity on longevity. N Engl J Med. 2005;352(11):1135-1137.
18 Australian Bureau of Statistics. National health survey: 2004-2005. Cat. no. 4363.0.55.001. Canberra: ABS, 2006.
19 Coory M. Ageing and healthcare costs in Australia: a case of policy-based evidence? Med J Australia. 2004;180:581-583.
20 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australian hospital statistics 2007-08. Health services series no. 33. Cat. no. HSE 71. Canberra: AIHW, 2009.
21 Australian Bureau of Statistics. Deaths. Cat. no. 3302.0. Canberra: ABS, 2007.
22 Statistics New Zealand. Mortality and demographic data. Wellington: Statistics New Zealand, 2006.
23 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and Australasian Association of Cancer Registries. Cancer in Australia: an overview, 2008. Cancer series no. 46. Cat. no. CAN 42. Canberra: AIHW, 2008.
24 Gleeson M. Immune function in sport and exercise. JAP. 2007;103(2):693-699.
25 Lim CL, Mackinnon LT. The roles of exercise-induced immune system disturbances in the pathology of heat stroke: the dual pathway model of heat stroke. Sports Med. 2006;36(1):39-64.
26 Cohen S, Janicki-Deverts D, Miller G. Psychological stress and disease. JAMA. 2007;298(14):1685-1687.
27 Stojanovich L, Marisavljevich D. Stress as a trigger of autoimmune disease. Autoimmunity Rev. 2008;7(3):209-213.
28 Australian Bureau of Statistics. Household Expenditure Survey, Australia: 2003-2004. Cat. no. 6535.0. 55.001. Canberra: ABS, 2006.
29 Australian Bureau of Statistics. National nutrition survey: foods eaten 1995. Cat. no. 4804.0. Canberra: ABS, 1999.
30 Australian Bureau of Statistics. National nutrition survey: nutrient intakes and physical measurements 1995. Cat. no. 4805.0. Canberra: ABS, 1998.
31 Russell D, Parnell W, Wilson N. NZ food: NZ people. Key results of the 1997 National Nutrition Survey. Wellington: New Zealand Ministry of Health, 1999.
32 Access Economics The growing cost of obesity in 2008: three years on: Report for Diabetes Australia. Canberra; 2008.
33 Australian Bureau of Statistics. Overweight and obesity. Canberra: ABS, 2007.
34 Bes-Rastrollo M, Sanchez-Villegas A, Gomez-Gracia E, Martinez JA, Pajares RM, Martinez-Gonzalez MA. Predictors of weight gain in a Mediterranean cohort: the Seguimiento Universidad de Navarra Study 1. Am J Clin Nutr. 2006;83(2):362-370. quiz 94-95
35 Ministry of Health. A portrait of health: key results of the 2002/03 New Zealand Health Survey. Wellington: Ministry of Health, 2004.
36 Pereira M, Kartashov A, Ebbeling C, et al. Fast-food habits, weight gain and insulin resistance (the CARDIA study): 15-year prospective analysis. Lancet. 2005;365(9453):36-42.
37 Smith K, McNaughton S, Gall S, Blizzard L, Dwyer T, Venn A. Takeaway food consumption and its associations with diet quality and abdominal obesity: a cross-sectional study of young adults. IJBNPA. 2009;6(29):1-13.
38 Burns C, Jackson M, Gibbons C, Stoney R. Foods prepared outside the home: association with selected nutrients and body mass index in adult Australians. Public Health Nutr. 2002;5(3):441-448.
39 Miura K, Giskes K, Turrell G. Socioeconomic differences in takeaway food consumption and their contribution to inequalities in dietary intakes. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 2009;63:820-826.
40 Rangan A, Randall D, Hector D, Gill T, Webb K. Consumption of ‘extra’ foods by Australian children: types, quantities and contribution to energy and nutrient intakes. Eur J Clin Nutrition. 2008;62(3):356-364.
41 Cameron-Smith D, Bilsborough S, Crowe T. Upsizing Australia’s waistline: the dangers of ‘meal deals’. Med J Australia. 2002;177(2):686.
42 Ministry of Health. A portrait of health: key results of the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey. Wellington: New Zealand Ministry of Health, 2008.
43 Rejeski W, Miller M, King A, et al. Predictors of adherence to physical activity in the Lifestyle Interventions and Independence for Elders Pilot study (LIFE-P). Clinical Interventions in Aging. 2007;2(3):485-494.
44 Wing R. Physical activity in the treatment of the adulthood overweight and obesity: current evidence and research issues. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise. 1999;31(11):S547.
45 Timperio A, Cameron-Smith D, Burns C, Salmon J, Crawford D. Physical activity beliefs and behaviours among adults attempting weight control. Int J Obesity. 2000;24:81-87.
46 Australian Bureau of Statistics. Australian social trends 2007: Overweight and obesity. Cat. no. 4102.0. Canberra: ABS, 2007.
47 National Center for Health Statistics. Prevalence of overweight, obesity and extreme obesity among adults: United States, trends 1976-1980 through 2005-2006. In: Health E-Stats. Hyattsville, MD: National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2008. Available at www.cdc.gov/nchs/products/pubs/pubd/hestats/overweight/overwght_adult_03.htm
48 National Preventative Health Taskforce. Australia: the healthiest country by 2020. Technical Report No 1: Obesity in Australia: a need for urgent action. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia, 2009.
49 Norton K, Dollman J, Martin M, Harten N. Descriptive epidemiology of childhood overweight and obesity in Australia: 1901-2003. Int J Pediatric Obesity. 2006;1(4):232-238.
50 Stewart S, Tikellis G, Carrington C, Walker K, O’Dea K. Australia’s future ‘fat bomb’: a report on the long-term consequences of Australia’s expanding waistline on cardiovascular disease. Melbourne: Baker Heart Research Institute Preventive Cardiology, 2008.
51 Donath S. Who’s overweight? Comparison of the medical definition and community views. Med J Australia. 2000;172:375-377.
52 Callaway L, O’Callaghan M, McIntyre H. Barriers to addressing overweight and obesity before conception. Med J Australia. 2009;191(8):425-428.
53 Owen C, Whincup, P, Orfei L, et al. Is body mass index before middle age related to coronary heart disease risk in later life? Evidence from observational studies. Int J Obesity. 2009;33:866-877.
54 Thurecht L, Anderson A, Brown L. Bridging the gap in meeting clinical targets for the treatment of Type 2 diabetes. Canberra: National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling (NATSEM), University of Canberra, 2009.
55 Eckermann A-E, Dowd T, Chong E, Nixon L, Gray R, Johnson S. Binan Goonj: bridging cultures in Aboriginal health. Marrickville: Churchill Livingstone, 2006.
56 Hetzel B. Historical perspectives on indigenous health in Australia. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2000;9(3):157-163.
57 Gao S, Manns B, Culleton B, et al. Prevalence of chronic kidney disease and survival among Aboriginal people. JASN. 2007;18:2953-2959.
58 National Preventative Health Taskforce. Australia: the healthiest country by 2020. In: National Preventative Health Strategy: overview. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia; 2009.
59 Available at www.aihw.gov.au/nhpa/riskfactors/index.cfm.
60 Available at www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/c43c7844c94e08cd4c2566d300838b43/059131777c0d9555cc256b6800016b35?OpenDocument#Chapter%204.
1 Bruunsgard H, Pedersen BK. Age-related inflammatory cytokines and disease. Immunol Allergy Clin North Am. 2003;23(1):15-39.
2 Selye H. The general adaptation syndrome and the diseases of adaptation. J Clin Endocrinol. 1946;6:117-230.
3 James WPT, Rigby N, Leach R. Obesity and the metabolic syndrome. In: Chrousos GP, Tsigos C, editors. Stress, obesity and metabolic syndrome. New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 2006.
4 Elenkov IJ. Glucocorticoids and the Th1/Th2 balance. Ann NY Acad Sci. 2004;1024:138-146.
5 Shelby J, Ku WW, Nielson HC. Neurohormone and neuropeptide regulation of the post-traumatic immune response. In: Faist E, editor. Host defense alterations of trauma, shock and sepsis: multi-organ failure/immunotherapy of sepsis. Berlin: Pabst, 1996.
6 Sundar SK, et al. Brain IL-1-induced immunosuppression occurs through activation of both pituitary-adrenal axis and sympathetic nervous system by corticotropin-releasing factor. J Neurosci. 1990;10(11):3701-3706.
7 Reiche EMV, Nunes SOV, Morimoto HK. Stress, depression, the immune system and cancer (review). Lancet Oncology. 2004;5(10):617-625.
8 Granger DA, Booth A, Johnson DR. Human aggression and enumerative measures of immunity. Psychosomc Med. 2000;62(4):583-590.
9 Folkman S, Lazarus RS. The relationship between coping and emotion: implications for theory and research. Soc Sci Med. 1988;26(3):309-317.
10 Baron RS, et al. Social support and immune function among spouses of cancer patients. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1990;59(2):344-352.
11 Fawzy FI, et al. Malignant melanoma: effects of an early structured psychiatric intervention, coping and affective state on recurrence and survival 6 years later. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1993;50(9):681-689.
12 Rohleder N, et al. Age and sex steroid-related changes in glucocorticoid sensitivity of proinflammatory cytokine production after psychosocial stress. J Neuroimmunol. 2002;126(1-2):69-77.
13 Bone RC. Towards an epidemiology and natural history of SIRS (systemic inflammatory response syndrome). JAMA. 1992;268(24):3452-3455.
14 Larzelere MM, Jones GN. Stress and health. Prim Care Clin Office Pract. 2008;35:839-856.
15 Christian LM, et al. Stress and wound healing. Neuroimmunomodulation. 2006;13:337-346.
16 Broadbent E, et al. Psychological stress impairs early wound repair following surgery. Psychosomatic Medicine. 2003;65:865-869.
17 Urayama A, Banks WA. Effects of stress on nutrition and blood-brain barrier functions. In: Yehuda S, Mostofsky D, editors. Nutrients, stress and medical disorders. Totowa, NJ: Humana Press, 2006.
18 Bryant B, Knights K. Pharmacology for health professionals, 2nd edn., Sydney: Elsevier, 2007.
19 Johnson SL. Therapists’ guide to posttraumatic stress disorder intervention. London: Academic Press/Elsevier, 2009.
20 Sapolsky RM. Glucocorticoids and hippocampal atrophy in neuropsychiatric disorders. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2000;57:925-935.
21 Frondi TS, et al. Depression-related variation in brain morphology over 3 years. Archives of General Psychiatry. 2008;65:1156-1165.
22 Joels M, Verkuyl MJ, Van Riel E. Hippocampal and hypothalamic function after chronic stress. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2003;1007:367-378.
23 Joels M, et al. Effects of chronic stress on structure and cell function in rat hippocampus and hypothalamus. Stress. 2004;7:221-231.
24 Bauer-Wu SM. Psychoneuroimmunology. Part II: mind-body interventions. Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2002;6(4):243-246.
25 Frolkis VV. Stress-age syndrome. Mech Ageing Dev. 1993;69(1-2):93-107.
26 Hirokawa K. Reversing and restoring immune functions. Mech Ageing Dev. 1997;93(1-3):119-124.
27 Kopnisky KL, Stoff DM, Rausch DM. Workshop report: the effects of psychological variables on the progression of HIV-1 disease. Brain, Behavior, & Immunity. 2004;18(3):246-261.
28 Wellen KE, Hotamisligil GS. Inflammation, stress and diabetes. J Clin Invest. 2005;115(5):1111-1119.
29 Brosschot JF, Gerin W, Thayer JF. The perseverative cognition hypothesis: a review of worry, prolonged stress-related physiological activation and health. J Psychosomatic Res. 2006;60:113-124.
30 Australian Bureau of Statistics. Causes of death, 2007. Cat. no. 3303.0. Canberra: ABS, 2009.
31 New Zealand Ministry of Health. Mortality and demographic data, 2005. Wellington: Ministry of Health, 2009.
32 Anand P, et al. Cancer is a preventable disease that requires major lifestyle changes. Pharmaceutical Research. 2008;25:2097-2116.
33 Coussens LM, Werb Z. Inflammation and cancer. Nature. 2002;420:860-867.
34 Balkwill F, Mantovani A. Inflammation and cancer: back to Virchow? Lancet. 2001;35:539-545.
35 Rakoff-Nahoum S. Why cancer and inflammation? Yale Journal of Biology and Medicine. 2006;79:123-130.
36 Kopnisky KL, Stoff DM, Rausch DM. Workshop report: the effects of psychological variables on the progression of HIV-1 disease. Brain, Behavior & Immunity. 2004;18(3):246-261.
37 Wellen KE, Hotamisligil GS. Inflammation, stress, and diabetes. J Clin Invest. 2005;115(5):1111-1119.
38 Coyle PK. The neuroimmunology of multiple sclerosis. Adv Neuroimmunol. 1996;6(2):143-154.
39 Folkman S, Lazarus RS. The relationship between coping and emotion: implications for theory and research. Soc Sci Med. 1988;26(3):309-317.
40 Jamner LD, Schwartz GE, Leigh H. The relationship between repressive and defensive coping styles and monocyte, eosinophil, and serum glucose levels: support for the opioid peptide hypothesis of regression. Psychosom Med. 1988;50(6):567-575.
41 Esterling B, et al. Emotional repression, stress disclosure responses, and Epstein-Barr viral capsid antigen titers. Psychosom Med. 1990;52(4):397-410.
42 Cole SW, et al. Accelerated course of human immunodeficiency virus infection in gay men who conceal their homosexual identity. Psychosom Med. 1996;58(3):219-231.
43 Spiegel D. Psychosocial aspects of breast cancer treatment. Semin Oncol. 1997;24(1, suppl 1):S136-S147.
44 Baron RS, et al. Social support and immune function among spouses of cancer patients. J Pers Soc Psychol. 1990;59(2):344-352.
45 Pant S, Ramaswamy B. Association of major stressors with elevated risk of breast cancer incidence or relapse. Drugs Today. 2009;45:115-126.
46 Kiecolt-Glaser JK, et al. Psychoneuroimmunology and psychosomatic medicine: back to the future (review). Psychosom Med. 2002;64(1):15-28.
47 Marucha PT, Kiecolt-Glaser JK, Favagehi M. Mucosal wound healing is impaired by examination stress. Psychosom Med. 1998;60(3):362-365.
48 Repka-Ramirez MS, Baraniuk JN. Histamine in health and disease. Clin Allergy Immunol. 2002;17:1-17.
49 Chambers DA, Cohen RL, Perlman RL. Neuroimmune modulation: signal transduction and catecholamines. Neurochem Int. 1993;22(2):95-110.
50 Chesnokova V, Melmed S. Mini review: neuro-immmuno-endocrine modulation of the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis (HPA) by gp130 signaling molecules (review). Endocrinology. 2002;143(5):1571-1574.
51 Bauer-Wu SM. Psychoneuroimmunology. Part I: physiology. Clin J Oncol Nurs. 2002;6(3):167-170.
52 Pickering TG, Clemow L. Paroxysmal hypertension: the role of stress and psychological factors. J Clin Hypertension. 2008;10:575-581.
53 Tsatsoulis A, Fountaoulakis S. The protective role of exercise on stress system dysregulation and comorbidities. In: Chrousos GP, Tsigos C, editors. Stress, obesity and metabolic syndrome. New York: New York Academy of Sciences, 2006.
54 Kriska A. Can a physically active lifestyle prevent type 2 diabetes? Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 2003;31:132-137.
55 Ibanez J, et al. Twice-weekly progressive resistance training decreases abdominal fat and improves insulin sensitivity in older men with type 2 diabetes. Diabetes Care. 2005;28:662-667.
56 Kraus WE, et al. Effects of the amount and intensity of exercise on plasma lipoproteins. N Engl J Med. 2002;347:1483-1492.
57 Sarbadhikari SN, Saha AK. Moderate exercise and chronic stress produced counteractive effects on different areas of the brain by acting through various neurotransmitter receptor subtypes: a hypothesis. Theor Biol Med Model. 2006;23:3-33.
58 Crews DJ, Landers DM. A meta-analytic review of aerobic fitness and reactivity to psychosocial stressors. Med Scie Sports Exerc. 1987;19:S114-S120.
59 Blumenthal JA, et al. Aerobic exercise reduces levels of cardiovascular and sympathoadrenal response to mental stress in subjects without prior evidence of myocardial ischemia. Am J Cardiol. 1990;65:93-98.
60 Australian Bureau of Statistics. National health survey: summary of results, 2007-2008. Cat. no. 4364.0. Canberra: ABS, 2009.
61 New Zealand Ministry of Health. A portrait of health: key results of the 2006/2007 New Zealand health survey. Wellington: Ministry of Health, 2008.
62 Shamley D. Pathophysiology. An essential text for the allied health professions. Edinburgh: Elsevier, 2005.
63 Richardson GS. The human circadian system in normal and disordered sleep. J Clin Psychiatry. 2005;66(suppl 9):3-9. quiz 42-43
64 Plante DT, Winkelman JW. Parasomnias. Psychiatr Clin North Am. 2006;29(4):969-987.
65 Knutson KL. Impact of sleep and sleep loss on glucose homeostasis and appetite regulation. Sleep Med Clin. 2007;2:187-197.
66 Shea SA, et al. Independent circadian and sleep/wake regulation of adipokines and glucose in humans. J Clin Endocrinol. 2005;90:2537-2544.
67 Pannain S, van Cauter E. Modulation of endocrine function by sleep-wake homeostasis and circadian rhythmicity. Sleep Med Clin. 2007;2:147-159.
68 Boivin DB. Disturbances of hormonal circadian rhythms in shift workers. In: Cardinali D, Pandi-Perumal P, editors. Neuroendocrine correlates of sleep/wakefulness. New York: Springer, 2006.
69 Andrews A, Benbadis S. Chronobiology and circadian rhythms. In: Carney P, Berry R, Geyer J, editors. Clinical sleep disorders. Philadelphia: Lippincott Willians & Wilkins, 2005.
70 Wilson S, Nutt D. Sleep disorders. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2008.
71 Viswanathan AN, Hankinson SE, Schernhammer ES. Night shift work and the risk of endometrial cancer. Cancer Res. 2007;67:10618-10622.
72 Schernhammer ES, et al. Night-shift work and risk of colorectal cancer in the Nurses’ Health Study. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2003;95:825-828.
73 van Mark A, et al. Shift work and pathological conditions. J Occ Med Toxicol. 2006;1:26.
74 Admi H, et al. Shift work in nursing: is it really a risk factor for nurses’ health and patients’ safety? Nursing Economics. 2008;26:250-257.
75 O’Leary ES, et al. Shift work, light at night and breast cancer on Long Island, New York. Am J Epidemiol. 2006;164:358-366.
76 Schernhammer ES, et al. Epidemiology of urinary melatonin in women and its relation to other hormones and night work. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2004;13:936-943.
77 Stevens RG. Light-at-night, circadian disruption and breast cancer: assessment of existing evidence. Int J Epidemiology. 2009;38:963-970.
78 Frolkis VV. Stress-age syndrome. Mech Ageing Dev. 1993;69(1-2):93-107.
1 World Health Organization,. Obesity and overweight. Fact sheet no. 311. Available at www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs311/en/print.html, accessed August 2009.
2 Australian Bureau of Statistics. National health survey: summary of results, 2007-08. Cat. no. 4364.0. Canberra: ABS, 2009.
3 Ministry of Health. A portrait of health. Key results of the 2006/07 New Zealand health survey. Wellington: Ministry of Health, 2008.
4 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare,. Obesity — health priority areas. Available at www.aihw.gov.au/nhpa/obesity/index.cfm, accessed August 2009.
5 National Preventative Health Taskforce. Australia — the healthiest country by 2020: a discussion paper. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia, 2008.
6 Overweight and obesity among Indigenous peoples,. Available at www.healthinfonet.ecu.edu.au/health-risks/overweight-obesity/reviews/our-review, accessed August 2009.
7 National Health and Medical Research Council. Acting on Australia’s weight: a strategic plan for the prevention of overweight and obesity. Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1997.
8 Bray GA. The metabolic syndrome and obesity. New Jersey: Humana Press, 2007.
9 Norgan NG, Jones PRM. The effect of standardising body mass index for relative sitting height. Int J Obesity. 1995;19:206-208.
10 World Health Organization. Obesity: preventing and managing the global epidemic. WHO Technical Report Series 894. Geneva: WHO, 2000.
11 National Health and Medical Research Council. Clinical practice guidelines for the management of overweight and obesity in adults. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia, 2003.
12 Australian Better Health Initiative — weight and waist measurements,. Available at www.health.gov.au.
13 Boron WF, Boulpaep EL. Medical physiology. Philadelphia: Elsevier, 2003.
14 Murdy D, Ehrman JK. Obesity. In Ehrman J, et al, editors: Clinical exercise physiology, 2nd edn., Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2009.
15 Williams SR. Nutrition and diet therapy, 6th edn., St Louis: Mosby, 1989.
16 National Health and Medical Research Council. Food for health: dietary guidelines for Australian adults. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia, 2003.
17 Miller WC, et al. Diet composition, energy intake, and exercise in relation to body fat in men and women. Am J Clin Nutrition. 1990;52:426-430.
18 Ruf T, et al. Food and nutrient intake, anthropometric measurements and smoking according to alcohol consumption in the EPIC Heidelberg study. Ann Nutr Metab. 2005;49:16-25.
19 Duvigneaud N, et al. Dietary factors associated with obesity indicators and level of sports participation in Flemish adults: a cross-sectional study. Nutrition Journal. 2007;6:26-37.
20 Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care,. National physical activity guidelines for Australians. 1999.
21 Eden B, Noakes M. National Heart Foundation of Australia: Position statement on dietary fat and overweight/obesity. Nutr Diet. 2003;60:174-176.
22 Danielsson T, Rossner S, Westin A. Open randomised trial of intermittent very low energy diet together with nicotine gum for stopping smoking in women who gained weight in previous attempts to quit. Br Med J. 1999;519:490-494.
23 Hark L, Bowman M, Bellini L. Overview of nutrition in clinical care. In: Hark L, Morrison G, editors. Medical nutrition and disease: a case-based approach. Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2006.
24 Poirier P, et al. Obesity and cardiovascular disease: pathophysiology, evaluation and effect of weight loss. Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2006;26(5):968-976.
25 Boivin A, et al. Regional differences in adipose tissue metabolism in obese men. Metabolism Clinical and Experimental. 2007;56:533-540.
26 National Health and Medical Research Council. Clinical practice guidelines for the management of overweight and obesity in children and adolescents. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia, 2003.
27 Hajer GR, van Haeften TW, Visseren FLJ. Adipose tissue dysfunction in obesity, diabetes and vascular diseases. Eur Heart J. 2008;29:2959-2971.
28 Trayhurn P, Bing C. Review: appetite and energy balance signals from the adipocytes. Philos Trans R Soc Lond B Biol Sci. 2006;361(1471):1237-1249.
29 Klok MD, Jakobsdottir S, Drent ML. The role of leptin and ghrelin in the regulation of food intake and body weight in humans: a review. Obes Rev. 2007;8(1):21-34.
30 Schulze PC, Kratzsch J. Leptin as a new diagnostic tool in chronic heart failure. Coin Chim Acta. 2005;362(1-2):1-11.
31 Ouchi N, Shibata R, Walsh K. Cardioprotection by adiponectin. Trends Cardiovasc Med. 2006;16(5):141-146.
32 Rabkin SW. Epicardial fat: properties, function and relationship to obesity. Obesity Reviews. 2007;8:253-261.
33 Manson JE, Skerrett PJ, Willett WC. Obesity as a risk factor for major health outcomes. In Bray G, Bouchard C, editors: Handbook of obesity. Etiology and pathophysiology, 2nd edn., New York: Marcel Dekker, 2004.
34 Williamson DF, et al. Prospective study of intentional weight loss and mortality in never-smoking overweight US white women aged 40-64 years. Am J Epidemiology. 1995;141:1128-1141.
35 Garrow JS, James WPT, Ralph A. Human nutrition and dietetics. Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2000.
36 Sheth SG, Gordon FD, Chopra S. Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis. Ann Intern Med. 1997;126:137-145.
37 Australian Bureau of Statistics. Causes of death, 2007. Cat. no. 3303.0. Canberra: ABS, 2009.
38 Begg S, et al. The burden of disease and injury in Australia 2003. PHE 82. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2007.
39 Thompson WG, et al. Treatment of obesity. Mayo Clin Proc. 2007;82(1):93-101.
40 Ruser CB, Federman DG, Kashaf SS. Whittling away at obesity and overweight: small lifestyle changes can have the biggest impact. Postgrad Med. 2005;117(1):31-34. 37-40
41 Teixeira PJ, et al. A review of psychosocial pre-treatment predictors of weight control. Obes Rev. 2005;6(1):43-65.
42 Volek JS, Vanheest JL, Forsythe CE. Diet and exercise for weight loss: a review of current issues. Sports Med. 2005;35(1):1-9.
43 Fujioka K, Lee MW. Pharmacologic treatment options for obesity: current and potential medications. Nutr Clin Pract. 2007;22(1):50-54.
44 Puzziferri N, Blankenship J, Wolfe BM. Surgical treatment of obesity. Endocrine. 2006;29(1):11-19.
45 Aja S, Moran TH. Recent advances in obesity: adiposity signaling and fat metabolism in energy homeostasis. Adv Psychosom Med. 2006;27:1-23.
46 Krueger H, et al. The health impact of smoking and obesity and what to do about it. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2007.
47 Guyton AC, Hall JE. Textbook of medical physiology, 10th edn., Philadelphia: Saunders, 2000.
48 Queensland Health,. Liposuction. Fact sheet. Available at www.health.qld.gov.au, accessed August 2009.
49 Shah M, Simha V, Garg A. Review: long-term impact of bariatric surgery on body weight, comorbidities and nutritional status. J Clin Endocrin Metab. 2006;91:4223-4231.
50 O’Brien P. Is weight loss more successful after gastric bypass than gastric banding for obese patients? Nature Clinical Practice Gastroenterology & Hepatology. 2009;6:136-137.
51 Cole TJ, et al. Establishing a standard definition for child overweight and obesity worldwide: international survey. Br Med J. 2000;320:1-6.
52 Margarey AM, Daniels LA, Boulton TJC. Prevalence of overweight and obesity in Australian children and adolescents: reassessment of 1985 and 1995 data against new standard international definitions. Med J Australia. 2001;174:561-564.
53 Baur LA. Child and adolescent obesity in the 21st century: an Australian perspective. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2002;11(suppl):S524-S528.
54 Dalton S. Our overweight children. In: What parents, schools and communities can do to control the fatness epidemic. Berkeley: University of California Press; 2004.
55 Regan F, Betts P. A brief review of the health consequences of childhood obesity. In: Cameron N, Norgan N, Ellison G, editors. Childhood obesity: contemporary issues. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2006.
56 Venn AJ, et al. Overweight and obesity from childhood to adulthood: a follow-up of participants in the 1985 Australian Schools Health and Fitness Survey. Med J Australia. 2007;186:458-460.
57 Batch JA, Baur LA. Management and prevention of obesity and its complications in children and adolescents. Med J Australia. 2005;182:130-135.
58 Gill TP, et al. Childhood obesity in Australia remains a widespread health concern that warrants population-wide prevention programs. Med J Australia. 2009;190:146-148.
59 Epstein LH, Roemnich JN. Reducing sedentary behavior: role in modifying physical activity. Exerc Sport Sci Rev. 2001;29:103-108.
60 Epstein LH, et al. Increasing fruit and vegetable intake and decreasing fat and sugar intake in families at risk of childhood obesity. Obes Res. 2001;9:171-178.
61 Whitaker RC. Obesity prevention in primary care: four behavoiours to target. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2003;151:725-727.
62 Chiarelli F, Blasetti A, Verrotti A. Physical activity in obese children. In: Kiess W, Marcus C, Wabitsh M, editors. Obesity in childhood and adolescence. Basel: Karger, 2004.
63 Thomas J, et al. The barriers to, and the facilitators of, health eating among children: findings from a systematic review. In: Cameron N, Norgan N, Ellison G, editors. Childhood obesity: contemporary issues. Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2006.
64 Stubbs JM, Achat HM. Individual rights over public good? The future of anthropometric monitoring of school children in the fight against obesity. Med J Australia. 2009;190:140-142.
65 Alexander SM, et al. When does severe childhood obesity become a child protection issue? Med J Australia. 2009;190:136-139.
66 Alberti KG, Zimmet P, Shaw J. The metabolic syndrome — a new worldwide definition. Lancet. 2005;366:1059-1062.
67 Cameron AJ, et al. The metabolic syndrome as a tool for predicting future diabetes: the AusDiab study. J Int Med. 2008;264:177-186.
68 World Health Organization. Definition, diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus and its complications. Part 1. Diagnosis and classification of diabetes mellitus. Geneva: Department of Noncommunicable Disease Surveillance, 1999.
69 Alberti KG, Zimmet PZ, Shaw JE. Metabolic syndrome — a new world-wide definition. A consensus statement from the International Diabetes Federation. Diabet Med. 2006;23:469-480.
70 Expert panel on detection evaluation and treatment of high blood cholesterol in adults (Adult Treatment Panel III). Executive summary of the third report of the National Cholesterol Education Program (NCEP). JAMA. 2001;285:2486-2497.
71 Grundy SM, et al. Diagnosis and management of the metabolic syndrome: an American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute scientific statement. Circulation. 2005;112:2735-2752.
72 Athyros VG, et al. The prevalence of the metabolic syndrome using the National Cholesterol Education Program and International Diabetes Federation definitions. Curr Med Res Opin. 2005;21:1157-1159.
73 Mannucci E, et al. National Cholesterol Education Program and International Diabetes Federation definitions of metabolic syndrome in the prediction of diabetes. Results from the Firenze-Bagno A Ripoli study. Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism. 2007;10:430-435.
74 Zimmet PZ, Alberti KG, Shaw JE. Global and societal implications of the diabetes epidemic. Nature. 2001;414:782-787.
75 Devers MC, et al. Should liver function tests be included in definitions of metabolic syndrome? Evidence from the association between liver function tests, components of metabolic syndrome and prevalent cardiovascular disease. Diabet Med. 2008;25:523-529.
76 Paras E, Mancini GBJ, Lear SA. The relationship of three common definitions of the metabolic syndrome with sub-clinical carotid atherosclerosis. Atherosclerosis. 2008;198:228-236.
77 Donley D. Metabolic syndrome. In Ehrman J, et al, editors: Clinical exercise physiology, 2nd edn., Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics, 2009.
78 Kip KE, et al. Clinical importance of obesity versus the metabolic syndrome in cardiovascular risk in women. A report from the women’s ischemia syndrome evaluation (WISE) study. Circulation. 2004;109:706-713.
79 Morroquin OC, et al. Metabolic syndrome modifies the cardiovascular risk associated with angiographic coronary artery disease in women. A report from the women’s ischaemia syndrome evaluation. Circulation. 2004;109:714-721.
80 Tonstad S, Alm CS, Sandvik E. Effect of nurse counselling on metabolic risk factors in patients with mild hypertension: a randomised controlled trial. Eur J Cardiovasc Nurs. 2007;6:160-164.
81 Dunstan DW, et al. The rising prevalence of diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance. The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study. Diabetes Care. 2002;25:829-834.
82 Ministry of Health,. Diabetes and cardiovascular disease: quality improvement plan. Available at www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/pagesmh/7423/$File/diabetes-cardio-quality-improvement-plan-feb08-v2.pdf, accesed August 2009.
83 Barr ELM, et al. AusDiab 2005. The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study. Tracking the accelerating epidemic: its causes and outcomes. Melbourne: International Diabetes Institute, 2006.
84 Ministry of Health,. Diabetes surveillance: population-based estimates and projections for New Zealand, 2001-2011. Public health intelligence occasional bulletin No. 46. Available at www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/pagesmh/6796/$File/diabetes-surveillance-population-estimates-projections-2001-2011.pdf, accessed August 2009.
85 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare,. Diabetes — health priority areas. Available at www.aihw.gov.au/nhpa/diabetesmellitus/index.cfm.
86 Donath MY, Halban PA. Decreased beta-cell mass in diabetes: significance, mechanisms and therapeutic implications. Diabetologica. 2004;47(3):581-589.
87 Dandona P, et al. Metabolic syndrome: a comprehensive perspective based on interactions between obesity, diabetes and inflammation. Circulation. 2005;111(11):1448-1454.
88 Haslam DW, James WP. Obesity. Lancet. 2005;366:1197-1209.
89 Hutley L, Prins JB. Fat as an endocrine organ: relationship to the metabolic syndrome. Am J Med Sci. 2005;330(6):280-289.
90 Arslanian S. Type 2 diabetes in children: clinical aspects and risk factors. Hormone Res. 2002;57(suppl 1):19-28.
91 Narayan KM, et al. Effect of body mass index on lifetime risk for diabetes in the United States. Diabetes Care. 2007;30:1562-1566.
92 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Diabetes: Australian facts 2008. Diabetes series no. 8. Cat. no. CVD 40. Canberra: AIHW, 2008.
93 Reinehr T, Wabitsh M. Type 2 diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents. In: Ganz M, editor. Prevention of type 2 diabetes. Chichester: Wiley, 2005.
94 Kenealy T, Arroll B, Muller P. Screening for undiagnosed diabetes: whom, where, when and how. In: Ganz M, editor. Prevention of type 2 diabetes. Chichester: Wiley, 2005.
95 National Health and Medical Research Council,. National evidence-based guidelines for management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Part 3. Primary prevention of Type 2 diabetes. Available at www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/_files/di8.pdf.
96 National Health and Medical Research Council,. National evidence-based guidelines for management of type 2 diabetes mellitus. Part 3. Primary prevention of Type 2 diabetes. Available at www.nhmrc.gov.au/publications/synopses/_files/di8.pdf.
97 Gill TP, Rangan AM, Webb KL. The weight of evidence suggests that soft drinks are a major issue in childhood and adolescent obesity. Med J Australia. 2006;184:263-264.
98 Chiarelli F, Mohn A. Angiopathy in children with diabetes. Minerva Pediatr. 2002;54(3):187-201.
99 Royal College of Australian Pathologists.
100 Ministry of Health,. Diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Quality improvement plan, 2008. Available at www.moh.govt.nz/moh.nsf/pagesmh/7423/$File/diabetes-cardio-quality-improvement-plan-feb08-v2.pdf, accessed August 2009.
101 Diabetes mellitus: a guide to patient care. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins; 2007.
102 Diabetes Australia,. Hypoglycaemia. Available at www.diabetesaustralia.com.au/Understanding-Diabetes/What-is-Diabetes/Hypoglycaemia/#, accessed August 2009.
103 Skinner TC. Recurrent diabetic ketoacidosis: causes, prevention and management. Hormone Res. 2002;57(suppl 1):78-80.
104 English P, Williams G. Hyperglycaemic crises and lactic acidosis in diabetes mellitus. Postgrad Med J. 2004;80:253-261.
105 Kitabchi AE, Nyenwe EA. Hyperglycemic crises in diabetes mellitus: diabetic ketoacidosis and hyperglycemic hyperosmolar state. Endocrinol Metab Clin North Am. 2006;35(4):725-751.
106 Monnier L, et al. Activation of oxidative stress by acute glucose fluctuations compared with sustained chronic hyperglycemia in patients with type 2 diabetes. JAMA. 2006;295:1681-1687.
107 Beckman JA, Creager MA, Lippy P. Diabetes and atherosclerosis: epidemiology, pathophysiology and management. JAMA. 2002;287(19):2570-2581.
108 Vinik A, Flemmer M. Diabetes and macrovascular disease. J Diabetes Complications. 2002;16(3):235-245.
109 Bachman MO, Nelson SJ. Impact of diabetic retinopathy screening on a British district population: case detection and blindness prevention in an evidence-based model. J Epidemiol Community Health. 1998;52:45-52.
110 Raptis AE, Viberti G. Pathogenesis of diabetic nephropathy. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes. 2001;109(suppl 2):S424-S437.
111 McCall AL. Altered glycemia and brain-update and potential relevance to the aging brain. Neurobiol Aging. 2005;26(suppl 1):70-75.
112 Diamantopoulos EJ, et al. Management and outcome of severe diabetic foot infections. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes. 1998;106(4):346-352.
113 Bowering CK. Diabetic foot ulcers: pathophysiology, assessment and therapy. Can Fam Physician. 2001;47:1007-1016.
114 Schnell O. The links between diabetes and cardiovascular disease. J Intervent Cardiol. 2005;18(6):413-416.
115 Soldatos G, Cooper ME. Advanced glycation end products and vascular structure and function. Curr Hypertens Rep. 2006;8(6):472-478.
116 Olshansky SJ, et al. A potential decline in life expectancy in the United States in the 21st century. N Engl J Med. 2005;352:1138-1145.
117 Peeters A, et al. Obesity in adulthood and its consequences for life expectancy: a life-table analysis. Ann Intern Med. 2003;138:24-32.
118 Knight KM, Dornan T, Bundy C. The diabetes educator: trying hard, but must concentrate more on behaviour. Diabet Med. 2006;23:485-501.
1 Hanahan D, Weinberg RA. The hallmarks of cancer. Cell. 2000;100(1):57-70.
2 Mathon NF, Lloyd AC. Cell senescence and cancer. Nat Rev Cancer. 2001;1(3):203-213.
3 Shay JW, Wright WE. Telomerase: a target for cancer therapeutics. Cancer Cell. 2002;2(4):257-265.
4 Blasco MA. Telomeres and human disease: ageing, cancer and beyond. Nat Rev Genet. 2005;6(8):611-622.
5 Berns EM, et al. Prevalence of amplification of the oncogenes c-myc, HER2/neu and int-2 in one thousand human breast tumours: correlation with steroid receptors. Eur J Cancer. 1992;28(2-3):697-700.
6 Liu B, et al. Analysis of mismatch repair genes in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer patients. Nature Med. 1996;2(2):169-174.
7 Schneider K. Counseling about cancer: strategies for genetic counselling, 2nd edn., Hoboken, NJ: Wiley, 2001.
8 Kinzler KW, Vogelstein B. Lessons from hereditary colorectal cancer. Cell. 1996;87:159-170.
9 Mainwaring P. Angiogenesis inhibitors in cancer — clinical applications. Australian Prescriber. 2006;29:13-15.
10 Australian Medicines Handbook. Section 14.2.1. Adelaide: AMH; 2009.
11 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and National Breast and Ovarian Cancer Centre. Breast cancer in Australia: an overview, 2009. Cancer series no. 50. Cat. no. CAN 46. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2009.
12 Clifford GM, et al. Cancer risk in the Swiss HIV cohort study: associations with immunodeficiency, smoking and highly active antiretroviral therapy. J Natl Ca Inst. 2005;97:425-432.
13 Buell JF, Gross TG, Woodle ES. Malignancy after transplantation. Transplant. 2005;80:S254-S264.
14 Balkwill F, Coussens LM. Cancer: an inflammatory link. Nature. 2004;431:405-406.
15 Fitzpatrick FA. Inflammation, carcinogenesis and cancer. Int J Immunopharm. 2001;1:1651-1667.
16 Howley PM, Ganem D, Kieff E. Etiology of cancer: DNA viruses. In: Vincent J, editor. Cancer: principles and practice. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001.
17 Poeschla EM, et al. Etiology of cancer: RNA viruses. In: Vincent J, editor. Cancer: principles and practice. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2001.
18 Anhang R, Goodman A, Goldie SJ. HPV communication: review of existing research and recommendation for patient education. CA Cancer J Clin. 2004;54(5):248-259.
19 Steinbrook R. The potential of human papillomaviruses. N Engl J Med. 2006;354:1109-1112.
20 Moujaber T, Macintyre CR, et al. The seroepidemiology of Helicobacter pylori infection in Australia. Int J Infect Dis. 2008;12:500-504.
21 Sepulveda AR, et al. Molecular identification of main cellular lineages as a tool for the classification of gastric cancer. Hum Pathol. 2000;31(5):566-574.
22 Alexander GA, Brawley OW. Association of Helicobacter pylori infection with gastric cancer. Mil Med. 2000;165(1):21-27.
23 Smith VC, Genta RM. Role of Helicobacter pylori gastritis in gastric atrophy, intestinal metaplasia and gastric neoplasia. Microsc Res Tech. 2000;48(6):313-320.
24 Talley NJ. Is it time to screen and treat H pylori to prevent gastric cancer? Lancet. 2008;372:350-352.
25 Australia and New Zealand Horizon Scanning Network. Horizon scanning technology prioritising summary: the targeted screening and eradication of Helicobacter pylori. Commonwealth of Australia, 2008.
26 Peto J. Cancer epidemiology in the last century and the next decade. Nature. 2001;411(6835):390-395.
27 Munger K, et al. Viral carcinogenesis and genomic instability. EXS. 2006;96:170-199.
28 McMichael AJ, Giles GG. Cancer in migrants to Australia: extending the descriptive epidemiological data. Cancer Research. 1988;48:751-756.
29 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and Australasian Association of Cancer Registries. Cancer in Australia: an overview, 2008. Cancer series no. 46. Cat. no. CAN 42. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2008.
30 Vineis P, et al. Tobacco and cancer: recent epidemiological evidence. J Natl Cancer Inst. 2004;96(2):99-106.
31 National Cancer Institute,. Secondhand smoke: questions and answers. Available at www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/factsheet/tobacco/ETS.
32 Hudson L, White A, Roseby R. Tobacco smoke exposure in hospitalised Aboriginal children in Central Australia. J Paediatr Child Health. 2009;45:224-227.
33 National Preventative Health Taskforce. Australia: the healthiest country by 2020. Canberra: Commonwealth of Australia, 2008.
34 Gartner CE, Barendregt JJ, Hall WD. Predicting the future prevalence of cigarette smoking in Australia: how low can we go and by when? Tobacco Control. 2009;18:183-189.
35 Stewart RAH, et al. Differences in cardiovascular mortality between Australia and New Zealand according to socioeconomic status: findings from the Long-Term Intervention with Pravastatin in Ischaemic Disease (LIPID) Study. NZMJ. 2008;121:11-23.
36 Smith DR. Tobacco smoking by occupation in Australia and the United States: a review of national surveys conducted between 1970 and 2005. Industrial Health. 2008;46:77-89.
37 Chapman A, et al. Rural smokers. A prevention opportunity. Aust Fam Physician. 2009;38:352-356.
38 Siahpush M, et al. Smokers with financial stress are more likely to want to quit but less likely to try or succeed: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) four country survey. Addiction. 2009;104:1382-1390.
39 White V, Mason T, Briggs V. How do trends in smoking prevalence among Indigenous and non-Indigenous Australian secondary students between 1996 and 2005 compare? Aust NZ J Public Health. 2009;33:147-153.
40 Miller CL, et al. Response of mass media, tobacco industry and smokers to the introduction of graphic cigarette pack warnings in Australia. Eur J Public Health. 2009;19(6):644-649.
41 Brambilla C, Colonna M. Cannabis: the next villain on the lung cancer battlefield? Eur Resp J. 2008;31:227-228.
42 Aldington S, et al. Cannabis use and risk of lung cancer: a case-control study. Eur Resp J. 2008;31:280-286.
43 Chen ALC, et al. Hypothesizing that marijuana smokers are at a significantly lower risk of carcinogenicity relative to tobacco-non-marijuana smokers: evidence based on statistical reevaluation of current literature. J Psychoactive Drugs. 2008;40:263-272.
44 Melamede R. Cannabis and tobacco smoke are not equally carcinogenic. Harm Reduction Journal. 2005;2:21-24.
45 Working Group on Diet and Cancer of the Committee on Medical Aspects of Food and Nutrition Policy. Nutritional aspects of the development of cancer. Department of Health Rep Health Social Subjects 48. London: The Stationery Office, 1998.
46 Jones DP, Delong MJ. Detoxification and protective functions of nutrients. In: Stipanuk M, editor. Biochemical and physiological aspects of nutrition. Philadelphia: Saunders, 2000.
47 Doll R, Peto R. Epidemiology of cancer. In Warrell DA, editor: Oxford textbook of medicine, 4th edn., Oxford: Oxford Medical Publications, 2003.
48 Parkin DM, et al. Cancer burden in the year 2000. The global picture. Eur J Cancer. 2001;37(suppl 8):S4-S66.
49 Chao A, et al. Meat consumption and risk of colorectal cancer. JAMA. 2005;293:172-182.
50 Sieri S, et al. Dietary fat and breast cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008;88:1304-1312.
51 Freedland SJ, Aronson WJ. Dietary intervention strategies to modulate prostate cancer risk and prognosis. Curr Opin Urol. 2009;19:263-267.
52 Meinhold CL, et al. Predictors of fasting serum insulin and glucose and the risk of pancreatic cancer in smokers. Cancer Causes Control. 2009;20:681-690.
53 Calle EE, et al. Overweight, obesity and mortality from cancer in a prospectively studied cohort of US adults. N Engl J Med. 2003;348(17):1625-1638.
54 Calle EE, Kaaks R. Overweight, obesity and cancer: epidemiological evidence and proposed mechanisms. Nat Rev Cancer. 2004;4(8):579-591.
55 Khandwala HM, et al. The effects of insulin-like growth factors on tumorigenesis and neoplastic growth. Endocr Rev. 2000;21(3):215-244.
56 Sturgis EM, Wei Q. Genetic susceptibility — molecular epidemiology of head and neck cancer. Curr Opin Oncol. 2002;14(3):310-317.
57 Bagnardi V, et al. Alcohol consumption and the risk of cancer: a meta-analysis. Alcohol Res Health. 2001;25(4):263-270.
58 Perlis C, Herlyn M. Recent advances in melanoma biology. Oncologist. 2004;9(2):182-187.
59 Rees JL. The melanocortin 1 receptor (MC1R): more than just red hair. Pigment Cell Res. 2000;13(3):135-140.
60 Neuberger JS, Field RW. Occupation and lung cancer in nonsmokers. Rev Environ Health. 2003;18(4):251-267.
61 Vineis P, et al. Outdoor air pollution and lung cancer: recent epidemiologic evidence. Int J Cancer. 2004;111(5):647-652.
62 Blair A, Kazerouni N. Reactive chemicals and cancer. Cancer Causes Control. 1997;8(3):473-490.
63 Tawn EJ, et al. Chromosome analysis in childhood cancer survivors and their offspring: no evidence for radiotherapy-induced persistent genome instability. Mutat Res. 2005;583(2):198-206.
64 Byrne J, et al. Genetic disease in offspring of long-term survivors of childhood and adolescent cancer. Am J Hum Genet. 1998;62(1):45-52.
65 Winther JF, et al. Chromosomal abnormalities among offspring of childhood-cancer survivors in Denmark: a population-based study. Am J Hum Genet. 2004;74(6):1282-1285.
66 Gun RT, et al. Mortality and cancer incidence of Australian participants in the British nuclear tests in Australia. Occup Environ Med. 2008;65:843-848.
67 Prasad KN, Cole WC, Hasse GM. Health risks of low dose ionizing radiation in humans: a review. Exp Biol Med. 2004;229(5):378-382.
68 Kliukiene J, Tynes T, Andersen A. Residential and occupational exposure to 50-Hz magnetic fields and breast cancer in women: a population-based study. Am J Epidemiol. 2004;159(9):852-861.
69 Hardell L, et al. Use of cellular or cordless telephones and the risk for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Int Arch Occup Environ Health. 2005;78(8):625-632.
70 Hardell L, et al. Case-control study of the association between the use of cellular and cordless telephones and malignant brain tumors diagnosed during 2000-2003. Environ Res. 2006;100(2):232-241.
71 Lönn S, et al. Long-term mobile phone use and brain tumor risk. Amer J Epid. 2005;16(6):526-535.
72 Karipidis KK, Martin LJ,. Pilot study of residential power frequency magnetic fields in Melbourne. Australian Radiation Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency Technical Report No. 142. Commonwealth of Australia; 2005.
73 Eyre H, et al. Preventing cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes: a common agenda for the American Cancer Society, the American Diabetes Association and the American Heart Association. Stroke. 2004;35(8):1999-2010.
74 Haydon AM, et al. Physical activity, insulin-like growth factor 1, insulin-like growth factor binding protein 3 and survival from colorectal cancer. Gut. 2006;55(5):689-694.
75 McTiernan A, et al. Physical activity and cancer etiology: associations and mechanisms. Cancer Causes Control. 1998;9(5):487-509.
76 McTiernan A, et al. Effect of exercise on serum estrogens in postmenopausal women: a 12-month randomized clinical trial. Cancer Res. 2004;64(8):2923-2928.
77 Calle EE, et al. Diabetes mellitus and pancreatic cancer mortality in a prospective cohort of United States Adults. Cancer Causes Control. 1998;9(4):403-410.
78 Hewett JA, et al. Exercise for breast cancer survival: the effect on cancer risk and cancer-related fatigue (CRF). Int J Fertil Med. 2005;50(5 pt 1):231-239.
79 Lee IM. Physical activity and cancer prevention…data from epidemiologic studies. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2003;35(11):1823-1827.
80 Molokhia EA, Perkins A. Preventing cancer. Prim Care Clin Office Pract. 2008;35:609-623.
81 Anand P, et al. Cancer is a preventable disease that requires major lifestyle changes. Pharmaceutical Research. 2008;25:2097-2116.
82 Ruhul Amin ARM, et al. Perspectives for cancer prevention with natural compounds. J Clin Oncol. 2009;27:2712-2725.
83 Erslev AJ. Erythropoietin and anemia of cancer. Eur J Haematol. 2000;64(6):353-358.
84 Gargano G, et al. The utility of a growth factor: rHuEPO as a treatment for preoperation autologous blood donation in gynecological tumor surgery. Int J Oncol. 1999;14(1):157-160.
85 Bharne AA, et al. Prevalence and correlates of fatigue among patients at a comprehensive cancer center. J Clin Oncol. 2009;27:9608.
86 Inui A. Cancer anorexia-cachexia syndrome: are neuropeptides the key? Cancer Res. 1999;59(18):4493-4501.
87 Tisdale MJ. Cachexia in cancer patients. Nature Rev Cancer. 2002;2(11):862-871.
88 Fiers W. Review: tumor necrosis factor: characterization of the molecular, cellular and in vivo level. FEBS Lett. 1991;285(2):199-212.
89 Australian Medicines Handbook. Section 14.1.3. Adelaide: AMH; 2009.
90 Hryniuk W, Bush H. The importance of dose intensity in chemotherapy of metastatic breast cancer. J Clin Oncol. 1984;2:1281-1285.
91 Young RC. Mechanisms to improve chemotherapy effectiveness. Cancer. 1990;65(suppl):815-818.
92 Trimble EL, et al. Neoadjuvant therapy in cancer treatment. Cancer. 1993;72:3515-3521.
93 Maloney DG, et al. IDEC-C2B8 (rituximab) anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody therapy in patients with relapsed low-grade non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Blood. 1997;90(6):2188-2195.
94 Hursey M, et al. Specifically targeting the CD22 receptor of human B-cell lymphomas with RNA damaging agents: a new generation of therapeutics. Leuk Lymphoma. 2002;43(5):953-959.
95 Krasner C, Joyce RM. Zevalin: 90yttrium labeled anti-CD20 (ibritumomab tiuxetan), a new treatment for non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. Curr Pharmaceutical Biotechnol. 2001;2(4):341-349.
96 Kreitman RJ. Toxin-labelled monoclonal antibodies. Curr Pharm Biotechnol. 2001;2(4):313-325.
97 Ernst E. A primer of complementary and alternative medicine commonly used by cancer patients. Med J Australia. 2001;174:88.
98 MacLennan AH, Myers SP, Taylor AW. The continuing use of complementary and alternative medicine in South Australia: costs and beliefs in 2004. Med J Australia. 2006;184:27-31.
99 Evans M, et al. Decisions to use complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) by male cancer patients: information-seeking roles and types of evidence used. BMC Complement Altern Med. 2007;4:7-25.
100 Larson RJ, et al. Celebrity endorsements of cancer screening. J Nat Cancer Institute. 2005;97:693-695.
101 Rigel DS, et al. Actinic keratosis, basal cell carcinoma and squamous cell carcinoma. In Bolognia JL, editor: Dermatology, 2nd edn., Mosby, 2008.
102 Vanslyke JG, et al. HPV and cervical cancer testing and prevention: knowledge, beliefs and attitudes among Hispanic women. Qual Health Res. 2008;18:584-596.
103 Im SS, Monk BJ. New developments in the treatment of invasive cervical cancer. Obstet Gynecol Clin North Am. 2002;29:659-672.
104 Bulk S, et al. Cervical cancer in the Netherlands 1989-1998: decrease of squamous cell carcinoma in older women, increase of adenocarcinoma in younger women. Int J Cancer. 2005;113:1005-1009.
105 National Screening Unit, Ministry of Health, New Zealand. Guidelines for cervical screening in New Zealand. Wellington: Ministry of Health, 2008.
106 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cervical screening in Australia, 2006-07. Cancer series no. 47. Cat. no. CAN 43. Canberra: AIHW, 2009.
107 New Zealand Health Information Service. Cancer: new registrations and deaths, 2004. Wellington: Ministry of Health, 2007.
108 Department of Health and Ageing,. BreastScreen Australia Program. Available at www.cancerscreening.gov.au/internet/screening/publishing.nsf/Content/breastscreen-about, accessed October 2009.
109 Leukaemia Foundation,. Childhood leukaemias. Fact sheet. Available at www.leukaemia.org.au/web/aboutdiseases/factsheets.php.
110 Leukaemia Foundation,. The diseases. Fact sheet. Available at www.leukaemia.org.au/web/aboutdiseases/factsheets.php.
111 Leukaemia Foundation,. Leukaemias. Fact sheet. Available at www.leukaemia.org.au/web/aboutdiseases/factsheets.php.
112 Meyer S, et al. Spectrum and significance of variants and mutations in Fanconi anaemia group G gene in children with sporadic acute myeloid leukemia. Br J Haematol. 2006;133(3):284-292.
113 Couto E, Chen B, Hemminiki K. Association of childhood acute lymphoblastic leukaemia with cancers in family members. Br J Cancer. 2005;93(11):1307-1309.
114 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Cancer survival and prevalence in Australia — Cancers diagnosed from 1982 to 2004. Canberra: AIHW, 2008.
115 Bassal LA, et al. Risk of selected subsequent carcinomas in survivors of childhood cancer: a report from the Childhood Cancer Survivor Study. J Clin Oncol. 2006;24(3):476-483.
116 Onciu M. Acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Hematol Oncol Clin N Am. 2009;23:655-674.
1 Collins D, Lapsley H. The costs of tobacco, alcohol and illicit drug abuse to Australian society in 2004-05. P3 2625. Canberra: Department of Health and Ageing, 2008.
2 Allam M, et al. Smoking and Parkinson’s disease: a systematic review of prospective studies. Movement Disorders. 2004;19:614-621.
3 US Department of Health and Human Services. Women and smoking. In: A report of the US Surgeon General. Atlanta: US Department of Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, and Office on Smoking and Health; 2001.
4 Ministry of Health. A portrait of health: key results of the 2006/07 New Zealand Health Survey. Wellington: Ministry of Health, 2008.
5 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia’s health 2008. Cat, no. AUS 99. Canberra: AIHW, 2008.
6 ANZNN. Report of the Australian and New Zealand Neonatal Network, 2006. Sydney: ANZNN, 2009.
7 Genetics Education in Medicine Consortium. Genetics in family medicine: the Australian handbook for general practitioners. In: The Australian Government Agency Biotechnology Australia. Canberra: NHMRC; 2007.
8 Abeywardana S, Sullivan EA. Congenital anomalies in Australia, 2002-2003. Birth anomalies series no. 3. Cat. no. PER 41. Sydney: AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit, 2008.
9 Collins V, et al. Is Down syndrome a disappearing birth defect? J Pediatr. 2008;152:20-24.
10 Dahtory F, Elsheika H. Male infertility related to an aberrant phenotype, 47, XYY: four case reports. Cases J. 2009;2:28.
11 Davey C, Vance A. A possible behavioural and cognitive phenotype for the 47, XYY karyotype in a pre-pubertal child. Australasian Psychiatry. 2007;15(1):72-74.
12 Ammash N, Sundt T, Connolly H. Marfan syndrome — diagnosis and management. Current Problems in Cardiology. 2008;33(1):7-39.
13 Summers K, et al. Challenges in the diagnosis of Marfan syndrome. Med J Australia. 2006;184(12):627-631.
14 Magnus P, Berg K, Bjerkedal T. Association of parental consanguinuity with decreased birth weight and increased rate of early death and congenital malformations. Clin Gen. 1985;28:335-342.
15 Massie R, Delatycki M, Bankier A. Screening couples for cystic fibrosis carrier status: why are we waiting? Med J Australia. 2005;183(10):501-502.
16 Turner G, et al. The prevalence of fragile X syndrome. Am J Med Gen. 1996;64:196-197.
17 Cao A, et al. Screening for thalassaemia: a model of success. Obstet Gynecol Clin N Am. 2002;29:305-328.
18 Christie L, et al. Outcomes of a cystic fibrosis carrier testing clinic for couples. Med J Australia. 2009;191(9):499-501.
19 Forrest J, Burgess M, Donovan T. A resurgence of congenital rubella in Australia? Commun Dis Intell. 2003;27(4):533-535.
20 Abeywardana S, Sullivan EA. Neural tube defects in Australia. An epidemiological report. Cat. no. PER 45. Sydney: AIHW National Perinatal Statistics Unit, 2008.
21 Konovalov H, et al. Disorders of brain development in the progeny of mothers who used alcohol during pregnancy. Early Hum Dev. 1997;48:153-166.
22 Jacobson J, Jacobson S. Drinking moderately and pregnancy. Alcohol Res & Health. 1999;23:25-36.
23 Jaffee SR, Price TS,. Gene-environment correlations: a review of the evidence and implications for prevention of mental illness. Molecular Psychiatry 2007:1-11.
24 Elliott E, et al. Fetal alcohol syndrome: a prospective national surveillance study. Arch Dis Child. 2008;93:732-737.
25 Australian Twin Registry,. Annual report. Available at www.twins.org.au.
26 Garrod A. The incidence of alkaptonuria: a study in chemical individuality. Lancet. 1902;2:1616-1620.
27 Australian Bureau of Statistics. Causes of death, Australia, 2007. Cat. no. 3303.0. Canberra: ABS, 2009.
28 NZ Ministry of Health. Mortality: 2005 (final) and 2006-2008 (provisional). Wellington: NZHIS, 2009.
29 Talmud PJ. Gene-environment interaction and its impact on coronary heart disease risk. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 2007;17:148-152.
30 Nordlie M, Wold L, Kloner R. Genetic contributors toward increased risk for ischemic heart disease. J Mol Cell Cardiology. 2005;39:667-679.
31 Austin M, et al. Familial hypercholesterolemia and coronary heart disease: a HuGE association review. Am J Epidemiol. 2004;160:421-429.
32 Agarwal A, Williams GH, Fisher NDL. Genetics of human hypertension. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism. 2005;16(3):127-133.
33 Ward R,. Familial aggregation and genetic epidemiology of blood pressure. In: Laragh J, Brenner B (eds). Hypertension. Volume 1. 2nd edn. Raven Press; 1995.
34 Australian Bureau of Statistics. National health survey: summary of results. Cat. no. 4364.0. Canberra: ABS, 2009.
35 Arner P. Obesity: a genetic disease of adipose tissue? Br J Nutr. 2000;83(suppl 1):S9-S16.
36 Ranadive SA, Vaisse C. Lessons from extreme human obesity: monogenic disorders. Endocrinol Metab Clin N Am. 2008;37:733-751.
37 O’Rahilly S, Farooqi IS. Genetics of obesity. Phil Trans R Soc B. 2006;361:1095-1105.
38 Farooqi IS, O’Rahilly S. Genetic factors in human obesity. Obesity Reviews. 2007;8(suppl 1):37-40.
39 Wang C, Coups EJ. Causal beliefs about obesity and associated health behaviors: results from a population-based survey. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Activity. 2010;7:19.
40 Yao X-G, et al. The prevalence of hypertension, obesity and dyslipidemia in individuals of over 30 years of age belonging to minorities from the pasture area of Xinjiang. BioMed Central Public Health. 2010;10:91.
41 Corella D. Gene-alcohol interactions in the metabolic syndrome. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 2007;17:140-147.
42 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Diabetes prevalence in Australia: an assessment of national data sources. Diabetes series no. 14. Cat. no. CVD 46. Canberra: AIHW, 2009.
43 Cox NJ, et al. Seven regions of the genome show evidence of linkage to type 1 diabetes in a consensus analysis of 767 multiplex families. Am J Hum Genet. 2001;69:820-830.
44 Mehers K, Gillespie K. The genetic basis for type 1 diabetes. Br Med Bull. 2008;88:115-129.
45 Propenko I, McCarthy M, Lindgren C. Type 2 diabetes: new genes, new understanding. Trends in Genetics. 2008;24(12):613-621.
46 Franks PW, et al. Gene-lifestyle interaction on risk of type 2 diabetes. Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases. 2007;17:104-124.
47 Luan J, et al. Evidence for gene-nutrient interaction at the PPARgamma locus. Diabetes. 2001;50:686-689.
48 Memisoglu A, et al. Interaction between a peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma gene polymorphism and dietary fat intake in relation to body mass. Hum Mol Genet. 2003;12:2923-2929.
49 Robitaille J, et al. The PPAR-gamma P12A polymorphism modulates the relationship between dietary fat intake and components of the metabolic syndrome: results from the Quebec Family Study. Clin Genet. 2003;63:109-116.
50 Stumvoll M, Goldstein B, van Heafton T. Type 2 diabetes: principles of pathogenesis and therapy. Lancet. 2005;365:1333-1346.
51 Stenvinkel P, Ekstrom TJ. Epigenetics — a helpful tool to better understand processes in clinical nephrology? Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008;23:1493-1496.
52 Luttropp K, et al. Genetics/genomics in chronic kidney disease — towards personalized medicine? Seminars in Dialysis. 2009;22:417-422.
53 Hunter DJ. Gene-environment interactions in human disease. Nature Rev Neuroscience. 2005;6:287-298.
54 Czene K, Lichtenstein P, Hemminki K. Environmental and heritable causes of cancer among 9.6 million individuals in the Swedish family-cancer database. Int J Cancer. 2002;99:260-266.
55 Hemminki K, et al. Genetic epidemiology of cancer: from families to heritable genes. Int J Cancer. 2004;111:944-950.
56 Lichtenstein P, et al. Environmental and heritable factors in the causation of cancer — analyses of cohorts of twins from Sweden, Denmark and Finland. N Engl J Med. 2000;343:78-85.
57 Bray F, McCarron P, Parkin D. The changing patterns of female breast cancer incidence and mortality. Breast Cancer Res. 2004;6:229-239.
58 Thompson D, Easton D. Cancer incidence in BRCA1 mutation carriers. J Nat Cancer Inst. 2002;94(18):1358-1365.
59 Park JY, et al. Lifestyle factors and p53 mutation patterns in colorectal cancer patients in the EPIC-Norfolk study. Mutagenesis 2010 [epub].
60 Hrushesky WJM, et al. Circadian clock manipulation for cancer prevention and control and the relief of cancer symptoms. Integrative Cancer Therapies. 2009;8:387-397.
61 Rozen P, et al. Pancreatic cancer in Israel: the epidemiology, possibilities of prevention, early detection and screening. IMAJ. 2009;11:710-713.
62 Wang W, et al. PancPRO: risk assessment for individuals with a family history of pancreatic cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2007;25:1417-1422.
63 Shields PG, Harris CC. Cancer risk and low-penetrance susceptiblity genes in gene-environment interactions. J Clin Oncol. 2000;18:2309-2315.
64 Sullivan PF, Neale MC, Kendler KS. Genetic epidemiology of major depression: review and meta-analysis. Am J Psychiatry. 2000;157:1552-1562.
65 Roy A, Sarchiopone M, Carli V. Gene-environment interaction and suicidal behaviour. J Psychiatr Pract. 2009;15:282-288.
66 Capsi A, Moffitt TE. Gene-environment interactions in psychiatry: joining forces with neuroscience. Nature Rev Neuroscience. 2006;7:583-590.
67 Lewis SJ, Smith GD. Alcohol, ALDH2 and esophageal cancer: a meta-analysis which illustrates the potentials and limitations of a mendelian randomization approach. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev. 2005;14:1967-1971.
68 Gillespie CF, et al. Risk and resilience: genetic and environmental influences on development of the stress response. Depression and Anxiety. 2009;26:984-992.
69 Francis DD. Conceptualizing child health disparities: a role of developmental neurogenomics. Pediatrics. 2009;124:S196-S202.
70 Diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases. WHO Technical Report Series 916. In: Report of a Joint WHO/FAO Expert Consultation. Geneva: World Health Organization; 2003.
71 Giarelli E, Jacobs LA,. Modifying cancer risk factors: the gene-environment interaction. Seminars in Oncology Nursing 2005; 21.
72 Mori M, et al. Genetic basis of inter-individual variability in the effects of exercise on the alleviation of lifestyle-related diseases. J Physiol. 2009;587:5577-5584.
73 Collins FS, et al. The Human Genome Project: Lessons from Large-Scale Biology. Science. 2003;300(5617):286-290.
1 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Mental health services in Australia 2006-07. Mental health series no. 11. Cat. no. HSE 74. Canberra: AIHW, 2009.
2 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia’s health 2008. Cat. no. AUS 99. Canberra: AIHW, 2008.
3 Australian Bureau of Statistics. National survey of mental health and wellbeing, 2007. Cat. no. 4326.0. Canberra: ABS, 2008.
4 Mental Health Foundation of New Zealand. Destination: recovery. Te Unga ki Uta: Te Oranga, 2008.
5 Miyamoto S, LaMantia AS, Duncan GE, et al. Recent advances in the neurobiology of schizophrenia. Molecular Interventions. 2003;3:27-39.
6 American Psychiatric Association. Diagnostic and statistical manual of mental disorders, 4th edn, text revision, international version. Washington: APA, 2000.
7 World Health Organization,. International classification of diseases and related health problems. 10th revision. Geneva, WHO; 1992.
8 Stein DJ, Bouwer C. A neuro-evolutionary approach to anxiety disorders. Journal of Anxiety Disorders. 1997;11:409-429.
9 Roth WT, Dobernz S, Dietel A, et al. Sympathetic activation in broadly defined generalized anxiety disorder. J Psychiatric Res. 2007;42:205-212.
10 Charney DS, Drevets WC. Neurobiology basis of anxiety disorders. In: Davis KL, Charney DS, Coyle JT, et al, editors. Neuropharmacology: the fifth generation of progress. Nashville: American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, 2002.
11 Lesch KP. Molecular foundation of anxiety disorders. Journal of Neural Transmission. 2001;108:717-746.
12 Price JL, Carmichael ST, Drevets WC. Networks related to the orbital and medial prefrontal cortex: a substrate for emotional behavior? Progress in Brain Research. 1996;107:523-536.
13 Nutt DJ. Neurobiological mechanisms in generalized anxiety disorder. J Clin Psychiatry. 2001;62:22-27.
14 Stahl SM. Stahl’s essential psychopharmacology: neuroscientific basis and practical applications, 3rd edn., Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008.
15 Stein DJ. Obsessive-compulsive disorder. Lancet. 2002;360:397-405.
16 Graybiel AM, Rauch SL. Toward a neurobiology of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Neuron. 2000;28:343-347.
17 Butler AC, Chapman JE, Forman EM, et al. The empirical status of cognitive-behavorial therapy: a review of the meta-analyses. Clinical Psychology Review. 2006;26:17-31.
18 Micallef J, Blin O. Neurobiology and clinical pharmacology of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Clinical Neuropharmacology. 2001;24:191-207.
19 Bremner JD, Elzinga B, Schmahl C, et al. Structural and functional plasticity of the human brain in posttraumatic stress disorder. Progress in Brain Research. 2008;167:171-186.
20 Wilhelm FH, Trabert W, Roth WT. Physiologic instability in panic disorder and generalized anxiety disorder. Biological Psychiatry. 2002;49:596-605.
21 McCance KL, Huether SE. Pathophysiology, the biologic basis for disease in adults and children, 6th edn., St Louis: Mosby, 2010.
22 Nemeroff CB. Comorbidity of mood and anxiety disorders: The rule, not the exception? Am J Psychiatry. 2002;159:3-4.
23 Luppino FS, de Wit LM, Bouvy PF, et al. Overweight, obesity, and depression: a systematic review and meta-analysis of longitudinal studies. Arch Gen Psychiatry. 2000;67:220-229.
24 Craddock N, O’Donovan MC, Owen J. Genes for schizophrenia and bipolar disorder? Implications for psychiatric nosology. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2006;32:9-16.
25 Kato T. Molecular neurobiology of bipolar disorder: a disease of ‘mood-stabilizing neurons’? Trends in Neurosciences. 2008;31:495-503.
26 Frokjaer VG, Vinberg M, Erritzoe D, et al. High familial risk for mood disorder is associated with low dorsolateral prefrontal cortex serotonin transporter binding. NeuroImage. 2009;46:360-366.
27 Zammit S, Owen MJ. Stressful life events, 5-HTT genotype and risk of depression. Br J Psychiatry. 2006;188:199-201.
28 Cho HJ, Meira-Lima I, Cordeiro Q, et al. Population-based and family-based studies on the serotonin transporter gene polymorphisms and bipolar disorder: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Molecular Psychiatry. 2005;10:771-781.
29 Maletic V, Robinson M, Oakes T, et al. Neurobiology of depression: an integrated view of key findings. Int J Clin Pract. 2007;61:2030-2040.
30 Castren E, Rantamaki T. Role of brain-derived neurotrophic factor in the aetiology of depression: implications for pharmacological treatment. CNS Drugs. 2010;24:1-7.
31 Delgado P, Moreno FA. Role of norepinephrine in depression. J Clin Psychiatry. 2000;61(suppl 1):5-12.
32 Slade T, Johnston A, Oakley Browne MA, et al. National survey of mental health and wellbeing: methods and key findings. Aust New Zeal J Psychiatry. 2007;43:594-605.
33 Swann AC. The strong relationship between bipolar and substance-use disorder. Ann NY Acad Sci. 2010;187:276-293.
34 Carney SM, Goodwin GM. Lithium — a continuing story in the treatment of bipolar disorder. Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica. 2008;111:7-12.
35 Access Economics Schizophrenia costs: an analysis of the burden of schizophrenia and related suicide in Australia. Report for SANE Australia; 2002.
36 Warner R. Recovery from schizophrenia: psychiatry and political economy, 3rd edn., Hove: Brunner-Routledge, 2005.
37 Karoutzou G, Emrich HM, Dietrich DE. The myelin-pathogenesis puzzle in schizophrenia: a literature review. Molecular Psychiatry. 2008;13:245-260.
38 McDonald AW, Schulz SC. What we know: findings that every theory of schizophrenia should explain. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2009;35:493-508.
39 Brown AS. Prenatal infection as a risk factor for schizophrenia. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2006;32:200-202.
40 Brown AS. The risk for schizophrenia from childhood and adult infections. Am J Psychiatry. 2008;165:7-10.
41 Lewis DA, Levitt P. Schizophrenia as a disorder of neurodevelopment. Annual Review of Neuroscience. 2002;25:409-432.
42 Marceno S, Weinberger DR. The neurodevelopment hypothesis of schizophrenia: following a trail of evidence from cradle to grave. Development Psychopathology. 2000;12:501-527.
43 Duncan GE, Sheitman BB, Lieberman JA. An integrated view of pathophysiological models of schizophrenia. Brain Research Review. 1999;29:250-264.
44 Jarskog LF, Miyamoto S, Lieberman JA. Schizophrenia: new pathological insights and therapies. Annual Review of Medicine. 2007;58:49-61.
45 Howes OD, Kapur S. The dopamine hypothesis of schizophrenia: version III — the final common pathway. Schizophrenia Bulletin. 2009;35:549-562.
46 Stuart GW. Principles and practice of psychiatric nursing, 9th edn., St Louis: Mosby Elsevier, 2009.
47 Rathod S, Kingdon D, Weiden P, et al. Cognitive-behavorial therapy for medication-resistant schizophrenia: a review. Journal of Psychiatric Practice. 2008;14:22-33.
48 World Health Organization. Global status report on alcohol. Geneva: Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse, WHO, 2004.
49 Balik C. Exploring the gene-environment nexus in eating disorders. J Psychiatry Neurosci. 2005;30(5):355-359.
50 Royal Australian and New Zealand College of Psychiatrists Clinical Practice Guidelines Team for Anorexia Nervosa. Australian and New Zealand clinical practice guidelines for the treatment of anorexia nervosa. Aust New Zeal J Psychiatry. 2004;38:659-670.
51 Hay P, Mond J, Buttner P, et al. Eating disorder behaviours are increasing: findings from two sequential community surveys in South Australia. PLoS ONE. 2008;3(2):e1541.
52 Soh N, Surgenor LJ, Touyz S, et al. Eating disorders across two cultures: does the expression of psychological control vary? Aust New Zeal J Psychiatry. 2004;41:351-358.
53 Martin AE, Pascoe EM, Forbes DA. Monitoring nutritional status accurately and reliably in adolescents with anorexia nervosa. J Paediatr Child Health. 2009;45:53-57.
54 le Grange D, Lock J. The dearth of psychological treatment studies for anorexia nervosa. Int J Eating Disor. 2005;37(2):79-91.
55 Garrow J, James W, Ralph A. Human nutrition and dietetics, 10th edn., Edinburgh: Churchill Livingstone, 2000.
56 Oakley Browne MA, Wells JE, Scott KM, et al. Lifetime prevalence and projected lifetime risk of DSM-IV disorders in Te Rau Hinengaro: The New Zealand Mental Health Survey. Aust New Zeal J Psychiatry. 2006;40:865-874.
1 Gracey M, King M. Indigenous health part 1: determinants and disease patterns. Lancet. 2009;374:65-75.
2 Australian Bureau of Statistics. Experimental estimates and projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Cat. no. 3238.0. Canberra: ABS, 2009.
3 SCRGSP (Steering Committee for the Review of Government Service Provision),. Overcoming Indigenous disadvantage: key indicators, 2009. Canberra; 2009.
4 Australian Bureau of Statistics. Population characteristics, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians. Cat. no. 4713.0. Canberra: ABS, 2006.
5 Bramley D, Hebert P, Jackson R, et al. Indigenous disparities in disease-specific mortality, a cross-country comparison: New Zealand, Australia, Canada, and the United States. J New Zeal Med Assocation. 117(1207), 2004.
6 National Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation,. Health data: compare Indigenous populations in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the USA. Canberra: 2010. Available at www.naccho.org.au/Files/Documents/International_Comparative_Health_Data_Ischaemic_Heart_Disease.pdf.
7 Yeates K, Cass A, Sequist T, et al. Indigenous people in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States are less likely to receive renal transplantation. Kidney International. 2009;76:659-664.
8 Hill K, Barker B, Vos T. Excess Indigenous mortality: are Indigenous Australians more severely disadvantaged than other Indigenous populations? Int J Epidemiology. 2007;36(3):580-589.
9 Freemantle J, Officer K, McAullay D, et al. Australian Indigenous health — within an international context. Darwin: Cooperative Research Centre for Aboriginal Health, 2007.
10 Cooke M, Mitrou F, Lawrence D, et al. Indigenous wellbeing in four countries: an application of the UNDP’s human development index to indigenous peoples in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, and the United States. BMC International Health and Human Rights 2007.
11 Paradies Y, Cunningham J. Placing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander mortality in an international context. Aust New Zeal J Publ Health. 2002;26(1):11-16.
12 Shannon C. Acculturation: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander nutrition. Asia Pac J Clin Nutr. 2002;11(suppl 3):S576-S578.
13 Australian Bureau of Statistics. Deaths. Cat. no. 3302.0. Canberra: ABS, 2008.
14 Australian Bureau of Statistics and Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australia’s health 2008. ABS Cat. no. 4704.0, AIHW Cat. no. IHW 21. Canberra: ABS/AIHW, 2008.
15 Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet,. Summary of Australian Indigenous health, 2009.
16 Australian Bureau of Statistics. Causes of death. Cat. no. 3303.0. Canberra: ABS, 2008.
17 Freemantle C, Read A, de Klerk N, et al. Patterns, trends, and increasing disparities in mortality for Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal infants born in Western Australia, 1980-2001: population database study. Lancet. 2006;367:1758-1766.
18 Australian Bureau of Statistics. National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Survey Australia, 2004-05. Cat. no. 4715.0. Canberra: ABS, 2006.
19 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Australian hospital statistics, 2007-08. Canberra: AIHW, 2009.
20 Thomson N, MacRae A, Burns J, et al. Overview of Australian Indigenous health status, December 2009. Perth: University of Western Australia, 2009.
21 Hoy W, Nicol J. Birthweight and natural deaths in a remote Australian Aboriginal community. Med J Australia. 2010;192:14-19.
22 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Penm E. Cardiovascular disease and its associated risk factors in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, 2004-05. Cardiovascular disease series no. 29. Cat. no. CVD 41. Canberra: AIHW, 2008.
23 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Moon L, Waters A-M. Socioeconomic inequalities in cardiovascular disease in Australia: current picture and trends since the 1990s. Bulletin No. 37. Cat. no. AUS 74. Canberra: AIHW, 2006.
24 Thomson N, Ride K. Summary of the cardiovascular health status of Indigenous peoples. Perth: Centre for Indigenous Australian Education and Research, 2009.
25 Bradshaw P, Helman S, Alfonso J, et al. A comparison of coronary heart disease event rates among urban Australian Aboriginal people and a matched non-Aboriginal population. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health 2010; doi:10.1136/jech.2009.098343
26 Rowley K, Walker K, Cohen J, et al. Inflammation and vascular endothelial activation in an Aboriginal population: relationships to coronary disease risk factors and nutritional markers. Med J Australia. 2003;178(10):495-500.
27 O’Neal D, Piers L, Iser D, et al. Australian Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders have an atherogenic lipid profile that is characterised by low HDL-cholesterol level and small LDL particles. Atherosclerosis. 2008;201:368-377.
28 McDonald S, Maguire G, Duarte N, et al. Carotid intima-media thickness, cardiovascular risk factors and albuminuria in a remote Australian Aboriginal community. Atherosclerosis. 2004;177(2):423-431.
29 Wang Z, Hoy W. Is the Framingham coronary heart disease absolute risk function applicable to Aboriginal people? Med J Australia. 2005;182:66-69.
30 Coory M, Walsh W. Rates of percutaneous coronary interventions and bypass surgery after acute myocardial infarcation in Indigenous patients. Med J Australia. 2005;182:507-512.
31 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Mathur S, Moon L, Leigh S. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people with coronary heart disease: further perspectives on health status and treatment. Cardiovascular disease series no. 26. Cat. no. CVD 34. Canberra: AIHW, 2006.
32 Thirft A, Hayman N. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and the burden of stroke. Int J Stroke. 2007;2(1):57-59.
33 Wang Z, Rowley K, Best J, et al. Hemostatic factors in Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander populations. Metabolism. 2007;56:629-635.
34 Carapetis J, McDonald M, Wilson N. Acute rheumatic fever. Lancet. 2005;366:155-168.
35 Carapetis J, Currie B. Preventing rheumatic heart disease in Australia. Med J Australia. 1998;168:428-429.
36 National Heart Foundation of Australia (RF/RHD guideline development working group) and the Cardiac Society of Australia and New Zealand,. Diagnosis and management of acute rheumatic fever and rheumatic heart disease in Australia — an evidence-based review. National Heart Foundation; 2006.
37 Harrington Z, Visvanathan K, Skinner N, et al. B-cell antigen D8/17 is a marker of rheumatic fever susceptibility in Aboriginal Australians and can be tested in remote settings. Med J Australia. 2006;184:507-510.
38 O’Dea K, Patel M, Kubisch D, et al. Obesity, diabetes, and hyperlipidemia in a central Australian aboriginal community with a long history of acculturation. Diabetes Care. 1993;16(7):1004-1010.
39 Neel J. Diabetes mellitus: a ‘thrifty’ genotype rendered detrimental by ‘progress’? Am J Human Genetics. 1962;14:353-362.
40 Nugent A. The metabolic syndrome. Nutrition Bulletin. 2004;29:36-43.
41 Wood L. Obesity, waist-hip ratio and hunter-gatherers. Int J Obstetr Gynaecol. 2006;113:1110-1116.
42 Sanjeevi C. Genes influencing innate and acquired immunity in type 1 diabetes and latent autoimmune diabetes in adults. Ann NY Acad Sci. 2006;1079:67-80.
43 Busfield F, Duffy D, Kesting J, et al. A genomewide search for type 2 diabetes-susceptibility genes in Indigenous Australians. Am J Human Genetics. 2002;70:349-357.
44 Baier L, Permana P, Yang X, et al. A calpain-10 gene polymorphism is associated with reduced muscle mRNA levels and insulin resistance. J Clin Investigation. 2000;106:R69-R73.
45 Paradies Y, Montoya M, Fullerton S. Racialized genetics and the study of complex diseases: The thrifty genotype revisited. Perspectives in Biology and Medicine. 2007;50(2):203-227.
46 Basedow H. Diseases of the Australian Aborigines. J Trop Med Hygiene. 1932;35(12):177-185.
47 Speakman J. A non-adaptive scenario explaining the genetic predisposition to obesity: the ‘predation release’ hypothesis. Cell Metabolism. 2007;6(1):5-12.
48 Campbell L. The thrifty gene hypothesis: maybe everyone is right? Int J Obesity. 2008;32:723-724.
49 Daniel M, O’Dea K, Rowley K, et al. Glycated hemoglobin as an indicator of social environmental stress among indigenous versus westernized populations. Preventive Medicine. 1999;25(5):405-413.
50 Commonwealth Department of Health and Aged Care/Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. National health priority areas report: diabetes mellitus. Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 1999.
51 Li M, Campbell S, McDermott R,. Six year weight change and type 2 diabetes among Australian Indigenous adults. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice 2010.
52 Rosengren A, et al. Education and risk of acute myocardial infarction in 52 high, middle and low-income countries: INTERHEART case-control study. Heart. 2000;95:2014-2022.
53 O’Dea K. Preventable chronic diseases among Indigenous Australians: The need for a comprehensive national approach. Heart, Lung and Circulation. 2005;14:167-171.
54 Daniel M, Rowley K, McDermott R, et al. Diabetes incidence in an Australian Aboriginal population. Diabetic Care. 1999;22:1993-1998.
55 Daniel M, Rowley K, McDermott R, et al. Diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance in Aboriginal Australians: prevalence and risk. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 2002;57:23-33.
56 Condon J, Barnes T, Cunningham J, et al. Long-term trends in cancer mortality for Indigenous Australians in the Northern Territory. Med J Australia. 2004;180(10):504-507.
57 Cunningham J, Rumbold A, Zhang X, et al. Incidence, aetiology and outcomes of cancer in Indigenous peoples in Australia. Lancet Oncology. 2008;9:585-595.
58 Shahid S, Thompson S. An overview of cancer and belief about the disease in indigenous people of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US. Aust New Zeal J Public Health. 2009;33(2):109-118.
59 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. An overview of chronic kidney disease in Australia, 2009. Cat. no. PHE 111. Canberra: AIHW, 2009.
60 Zimmet P, Welborn T, Cameron A, et al. The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study (AusDiab) — methods and response rates. Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 2002;57:119-129.
61 Barr E, Magliano D, Zimmet P, et al. AusDiab Report 2005: The Australian Diabetes, Obesity and Lifestyle Study. Melbourne: International Diabetes Institute, 2006.
62 Hoy W. Renal disease in Australian Aboriginals. Nephrology Dialysis and Transplantation. 2000;15:1293-1297.
63 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. An overview of chronic kidney disease in Australia, 2009. Canberra: AIHW, 2009.
64 Kidney Health Australia. National chronic kidney disease strategy. Melbourne: Kidney Health Australia, 2006.
65 Australian Health Ministers’ Advisory Council. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health performance framework report. Canberra: AHMAC, 2008.
66 Yeates K, Tonelli M. Indigenous health: update on the impact of diabetes and chronic kidney disease. Curr Opin Nephrol Hypertension. 2006;15:588-592.
67 Australian Centre for Asthma Monitoring. Asthma in Australia, 2003, 2005. AIHW Asthma Series 1. AIHW cat no. ACM1. Canberra: AIHW, 2005.
68 Dawson A. Asthma in the Australian Indigenous population: a review of the evidence. Rural and Remote Health Journal. 2004;4:1-18.
69 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Measuring the social and emotional wellbeing of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Cat. no. AIHW 24. Canberra: AIHW, 2009.
70 Alzheimer’s Australia. Dementia facts and statistics. Canberra: Alzheimer’s Australia, 2008.
71 Flicker L, Smith K, Lautenschlager NA, et al. The increased prevalence of dementia and risk factors in Indigenous Australians. Alzheimer’s and Dementia. 2008;4(4):T673-T674.
72 Garvey G, Simmonds D, Clements V, et al. Making sense of dementia: understanding among Indigenous Australians. Alzheimer’s and Dementia. 2009;5(5):e2.
73 Logiudice D. Diagnosis and prevalence of dementia in Indigenous Australians. Alzheimer’s and Dementia. 2009;5(4):P121.
74 Smith K. Assessment and prevalence of dementia in Indigenous Australians. Perth: University of Western Australia, 2008. PhD thesis
75 Carville K, Lehmann D, Hall G, et al. Infection is the major component of the disease burden in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Australian children: a population-based study. Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal. 2007;26(3):210-216.
76 Thomson N, Burns J. Summary of Indigenous health: Tuberculosis. Aboriginal and Islander Health Worker Journal. 2008;32:26-27.
77 Roche P, Krause V, Konstantinos A, et al. Tuberculosis notifications in Australia, 2006. Communicable Disease Intelligence. 2008;32(1):1-11.
78 National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research. Bloodborne viral and sexually transmitted infections in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people: surveillance and evaluation report 2009. Sydney: National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research, The University of New South Wales, NSW, 2009.
79 Willis J. Condoms are for whitefellas: barriers to Pitjantjatjara men’s use of safe sex technologies. Culture, Health and Sexuality: An International Journal for Research, Intervention and Care. 2003;5:203-217.
80 Moore H, Jacoby P, Taylor A, et al. The interaction between respiratory and pathogenic bacteria in the upper respiratory tract of asymptomatic Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal children. Pediatric Infectious Diseases Journal 2010; Epub.
81 Currie B, Carapetis J. Skin infections and infestations in Aboriginal communities in northern Australia. Australas J Dermatology. 2000;41:139-145.
82 Taylor H, Xie J, Fox S, et al. The prevalence and causes of vision loss in Indigenous Australians: the National Indigenous Eye Health Survey. Med J Australia. 2010;192(6):312-318.
83 Figueira E. Trachoma: an evidence-based global and Australian perspective. Burwood: The Fred Hollows Foundation, 2006.
84 Mak D, O’Neill L, Herceg A, et al. Prevalence and control of trachoma in Australia, 1997-2004. Communicable Diseases Intelligence. 2006;30:236-247.
85 Taylor H, Fox S, Xie J, et al. The prevalence of trachoma in Australia: the National Indigenous Eye Health Survey. Med J Australia. 2010;192(5):248-253.
86 Australian Bureau of Statistics, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. The health and welfare of Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. ABS Cat. no. 4704.0 and AIHW Cat. no. IHW 21. Canberra: ABS/AIHW, 2008.
87 Ivers R, Clapham K, Senserrick T, et al. Injury prevention in Australian Indigenous communities. Int J Care of the Injured. 2008;39:61-67.
88 Tatz C. Aboriginal suicide is different. A report to the Criminology Research Council on CRC Project 25/96-7. Sydney: Macquarie University, 1999.
89 Meuleners L, Lee A, Hendrie D, et al. A population study on Indigenous hospitalisations for interpersonal violence. Australian Health Review. 2010;34:123-126.
90 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Al-Yaman F, Van Doeland M, Wallis M. Family violence among Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. Cat. no. IHW 17. Canberra: AIHW, 2006.
91 Cripps K, Bennett C, Gurrin L, et al. Victims of violence among Indigenous mothers living with dependent children. Med J Australia. 2009;191:481-485.
92 Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety — Queensland Rural and remote road safety research project: five year crash and area profile of North Queensland: CARRS-Q; 2005.
93 Harrison J, Berry J. Injury of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people due to transport, 2001-02 to 2005-06. Cat. no. INJCAT 120. Canberra: AIHW, 2008.
94 Brice G. Australian Indigenous road safety: a critical review and research report, with special reference to South Australia, other Indigenous populations, and countermeasures to reduce road trauma. Adelaide: Transport South Australia, 2000.
95 Centre for Epidemiology and Research. New South Wales mothers and babies 2004. Sydney: NSW Public Health Bulletin, NSW Department of Health, 2005.
96 Brady M. Drug and alcohol use among Aboriginal people. Marrickville: Harcourt Brace Jovanovich, 1991.
97 Australian Bureau of Statistics. Alcohol consumption in Australia: A snapshot, 2004-05. Cat. no. 4832.0.55.001. Canberra: ABS, 2006.
98 Australian Bureau of Statistics. Schools Australia, 2009. Cat. no. 4221.0. Canberra: ABS, 2010.
99 Australian Bureau of Statistics. Indigenous statistics for school. Canberra: ABS, 2006;1-985.