Publications: specific topics

Publications about various aspects of Indigenous diabetes have been collected under the topics listed below. Included on this page are journal articles, reports, theses, and other literature about the risk factors for diabetes.

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Risk factors for diabetes

2007

Burke V, Zhao Y, Lee AH, Hunter E, Spargo RM, et al. (2007)
Predictors of type 2 diabetes and diabetes-related hospitalisation in an Australian Aboriginal cohort.
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice;78(3):360-8
View abstract: PubMed
View website: PubMed

Chronic Diseases Network (2007)
The Chronicle;10(1)
Casuarina: Chronic Diseases Network
View articles: The Chronicle (PDF - 1.85MB - large file warning!)
View website: Northern Territory Department of Health and Community Services

Gracey M, Burke V, Martin DD, Johnston RJ, Jones T, et al. (2007)
Assessment of risks of lifestyle diseases including cardiovascular disease and type 2 diabetes by anthropometry in remote Australian Aborigines.
Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition ;16(4):688-697
View abstract: PubMed
View website: National Center for Biotechnology Information

Haswell-Elkins M, Satarug S, O'Rourke P, Moore M, Ng J, et al. (2007)
Striking association between urinary cadmium level and albuminuria among Torres Strait Islander people with diabetes.
Environmental Research;
View abstract: PubMed
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Hoy WE, Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan S, Wang Z (2007)
Quantifying the excess risk for proteinuria, hypertension and diabetes in Australian Aborigines: comparison of profiles in three remote communities in the Northern Territory with those in the Ausdiab study.
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;31(2):177-183
View article: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health (PDF - 361KB)
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View website: Blackwell Synergy

Longstreet DA, Heath DL, Panaretto KS (2007)
Correlations suggest low magnesium may lead to higher rates of type 2 diabetes in Indigenous Australians.
Rural and Remote Health;7:Article 843
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View website: Rural and Remote Health

Paradies YC, Montoya MJ, Fullerton SM (2007)
Racialized genetics and the study of complex diseases: the thrifty genotype revisited.
Perspectives in Biology and Medicine;50(2):203-227
View current topic: HealthBulletin
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View article: Perspectives in Biology and Medicine (PDF - 144KB)
View website: Project Muse

Wang Z, Crowley K, et al. (2007)
Anthropometric indices and their relationship with diabetes, hypertension and dyslipidemia in Australian Aboriginal people and Torres Strait Islanders.
European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation;14(2):172-178.
View abstract: European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention and Rehabilitation
View website: PubMed

2006

Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2006)
Chronic diseases and associated risk factors in Australia, 2006. (AIHW category no. PHE 81)
Canberra: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare
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View website: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare

Brimblecombe J, Mackerras D, Garnggulkpuy J, Maypilama E, Bundhala L, et al. (2006)
Leanness and type 2 diabetes in a population of Indigenous Australians.
Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice;72(1):93-99
View abstract: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice
View website: Science Direct

Burns J, Thomson N (2006)
Overweight and obesity - a major problem for Indigenous Australians.
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin;6(4): Brief reports 1.
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Wang Z, Hoy WE (2006)
Albuminuria as a marker of the risk of developing type 2 diabetes in non-diabetic Aboriginal Australians.
International Journal of Epidemiology;35(5):1331-1335
View abstract: International Journal of Epidemiology
View website: International Journal of Epidemiology (Oxford journals - publishers)

2005

Bambrick H (2005)
Relationships between BMI, waist circumference, hypertension and fasting glucose: rethinking risk factors in Indigenous diabetes.
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin;5(4)
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D'Souza RM, Butler T, Petrovsky N (2005)
Assessment of cardiovascular disease risk factors and diabetes mellitus in Australian prisons: is the prisoner population unhealthier than the rest of the Australian population?
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health;29(4):318-323
View article: Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health (PDF - 102KB)
View website: Public Health Association of Australia

Schutte AE, Shemesh T, Rowley K, Best JD, McDermott R, O'Dea, K (2005)
The metabolic syndrome and changing relationship between blood pressure and insulin with age, as observed in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.
Diabetic Medicine;22(11):1589-1597
View abstract: Diabetic Medicine
View website: Blackwell Synergy (Blackwell Publishing)

2004

Bambrick H (2004)
Type 2 diabetes and patterns of alcohol use in a Queensland Aboriginal community.
Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin;4(3): Original article
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View article: Australian Indigenous HealthBulletin (PDF - 348KB)

2003

Bambrick HJ (2003)
Child growth and type 2 diabetes mellitus in a Queensland Aboriginal community.
Unpublished Doctor of Philosophy thesis, Australian National University, Canberra
View abstract: Australian National University
View website: Australian National University

Raja C, Hansen RD, Colagiuri S, Allen BJ (2003)
Body composition of Aboriginal Australian women: comparison with age-matched Caucasians.
Acta Diabetologica;40(Supplement 1):S314-S316
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View website: Acta Diabetologica (Springer - publishers)

Wang Z, Hoy WE (2003)
Hypertension, dyslipidemia, body mass index, diabetes and smoking status in Aboriginal Australians in a remote community.
Ethnicity and Disease, 13(3), 324-330
View abstract: Ethnicity and Disease
View website: National Center for Biotechnology Information

2002

O'Dea K, Rowley K (2002)
Macrovascular disease risk factors and insulin resistance in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Journal of Diabetes and its Complications;16(1):9-16
View abstract: Journal of Diabetes and its Complications
View website: ScienceDirect

2000

McDermott R, Rowley KG, Lee AJ, Knight S, O'Dea K (2000)
Increase in prevalence of obesity and diabetes and decrease in plasma cholesterol in a Central Australian Aboriginal community.
Medical Journal of Australia;172(10):480-485
View article: Medical Journal of Australia
View website: Medical Journal of Australia

Thompson SJ, Gifford SM, Thorpe L (2000)
The social and cultural context of risk and prevention: food and physical activity in an urban Aboriginal community.
Health Education and Behavior;27(6):725-743
View abstract: HealthBulletin
View website: Health Education and Behaviour (Sage journals - publishers)

Prior to 2000

Guest C (1991)
Glucose intolerance and risk factors for cardiovascular disease in Aborigines and Europids of South-Eastern Australia.
Unpublished Doctor of Philosophy Thesis, University of Melbourne, Melbourne.
View abstract: University of Melbourne
View website: University of Melbourne

Iser D (1995)
Microalbuminuria and cardiovascular risk factors in central Australian Aboriginal communities.
Unpublished Bachelor of Medical Science thesis, St Vincents Hospital, Melbourne.
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