Publications by authors named "Alice Nassar"
Background: The global prevalence of diabetes is similar in men and women; however, there is conflicting evidence regarding sex differences in diabetes-related complications. The aim of this study was to investigate sex differences in incident microvascular and macrovascular complications among adults with diabetes.
Methods: This prospective cohort study linked data from the 45 and Up Study, Australia, to administrative health records.
Background: Little is known on how lifestyle factors, individually or in combination, may relate to nursing home admission, an outcome of great societal and economic importance with increased population ageing. The aim of this study was to determine the association of lifestyle risk factors with nursing home admission.
Methods: This prospective cohort study linked data from the 45 and Up Study, Australia, to health records.
Aims: To investigate the association between self-reported oral health and incident micro and macrovascular diabetes complications.
Methods: This prospective cohort study linked data from the 45 and Up Study, Australia, to administrative health records. The participants were 24,862 men and women, aged ≥45 years, with diabetes at baseline (2006-2009).
Aims: To examine whether simple measures of oral health are associated with incident diabetes.
Methods: This prospective cohort study linked data from the 45 and Up Study, Australia, to administrative health records. The study participants were 213,389 men and women, aged ≥45 years, with no diabetes at baseline.