Assessing the Accuracy of Cardiovascular Disease Prediction Using Female-Specific Risk Factors in Women Aged 45 to 69 Years in the UK Biobank Study.

Background: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of mortality in women. We aimed to assess whether adding female-specific risk factors to traditional factors could improve CVD risk prediction.

Methods: We used a cohort of women from the UK Biobank Study aged 45 to 69 years, free of CVD at baseline (2006-2010) followed until the end of 2019.

Associations of socioeconomic and health factors with dental non-attendance: A comparison of three cohorts of women.

Objectives: Most studies on factors influencing dental attendance are cross-sectional and focus on specific age groups. The associations between private ancillary health insurance, tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption and overweight/obesity with dental attendance were examined in three cohorts of Australian women of different ages using multiple waves of data over similar time periods.

Methods: Data from 10 233, 12 378 and 7892 women born in 1973-1978, 1946-1951 and 1921-1926 participating in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health were used.

Associations of protective factors with physical function in women with a hysterectomy: A prospective Australian cohort study.

We examined relationships between combinations of protective factors (healthy weight, never smoking, and at least moderate levels of physical activity) and moderate or substantial limitations of physical function (PF) versus minimal PF limitations in women who had had a hysterectomy only (n = 1771) or a hysterectomy and bilateral oophorectomy (BO) (n = 738) participating in the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. We found a dose-response effect that was strongest for substantial PF limitations; for each additional healthy behaviour, for women who had undergone hysterectomy only the relative risk (RR) was 0.62 (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.

Socioeconomic, behavioural and health factors associated with chlamydia testing in sexually active young women: an Australian observational cohort study.

Background: Chlamydia trachomatis is the most frequently notified sexually transmitted infection in Australia. Untreated infections in women can cause health problems. Professional guidelines encourage opportunistic testing of young people.

Did changes to recommended testing criteria affect the rate of vitamin D testing among Australian women.

Unlabelled: We examine whether new government criteria designed to reduce overuse of vitamin D testing changed testing rates in Australian women. Although testing initially declined, the reduction was not sustained. Women who had more doctor visits and who had been tested previously were more likely to have vitamin D testing.