Mark Kotowicz

Frailty associations with socioeconomic status, healthcare utilisation and quality of life among older women residing in regional Australia

Shi-jynn Yong, Stella Gwini, Monica Tembo, Boon Ng, Adrian Low, Trisha Dunning, CRob Malon, Julie A Pasco, Mark A Kotowicz

Conference Proceedings  |  2021  |  AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING

Associations between Bone Material Strength Index, Calcaneal Quantitative Ultrasound, and Bone Mineral Density in Men

Pamela Rufus-Membere, Kara L Holloway-Kew, Adolfo Diez-Perez, Mark A Kotowicz, Julie A Pasco

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF THE ENDOCRINE SOCIETY

Objectives: Impact micro-indentation (IMI) measures bone material strength index (BMSi) in vivo. This study investigated how IMI i..

Association between serum interleukin-6 and frailty in older men: cross-sectional data

Monica C Tembo, Kara L Holloway-Kew, Chiara C Bortolasci, Sharon L Brennan-Olsen, Lana J Williams, Mark A Kotowicz, Julie A Pasco

Journal article  |  2021  |  EUROPEAN GERIATRIC MEDICINE

PURPOSE: To investigate the association between serum interleukin-6 (IL-6) and frailty. METHODS: Participants were 581 men aged 60..

Patients with end-stage kidney disease have markedly abnormal cortical hip parameters by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry

Jasna Aleksova, Frances Milat, Mark A Kotowicz, Julie A Pasco, Chris Schultz, Phillip Wong, Peter R Ebeling, Grahame J Elder

Journal article  |  2021  |  NEPHROLOGY DIALYSIS TRANSPLANTATION

BACKGROUND: Patients with end-stage kidney disease (ESKD) have higher fracture rates and post-fracture mortality than the general ..

Impact microindentation in men with impaired fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes

Kara L Holloway-Kew, Amelia Betson, Pamela G Rufus-Membere, James Gaston, Adolfo Diez-Perez, Mark A Kotowicz, Julie A Pasco

Journal article  |  2021  |  BONE

BACKGROUND: Individuals with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) are at increased fracture risk, with bone mineral density (BMD) measurements u..

Dynapenia and Low Cognition: A Cross-Sectional Association in Postmenopausal Women

Julie A Pasco, Amanda L Stuart, Sophia X Sui, Kara L Holloway-Kew, Natalie K Hyde, Monica C Tembo, Pamela Rufus-Membere, Mark A Kotowicz, Lana J Williams

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE

Dynapenia is a key contributor to physical frailty. Cognitive impairment and dementia accompany frailty, yet links between skeleta..

Physical and lifestyle factors associated with trabecular bone score values

Kara B Anderson, Kara L Holloway-Kew, Didier Hans, Mark A Kotowicz, Natalie K Hyde, Julie A Pasco

Journal article  |  2020  |  ARCHIVES OF OSTEOPOROSIS

TBS is associated with age, weight, childhood physical activity, and BMD in men and age, height, BMD, and mobility in women. INTRO..

Leg muscle mass, strength and quality in relation to high falls risk: Geelong Osteoporosis Study

J Pasco, M Tembo, N Hyde, K Anderson, L Williams, M Kotowicz, S Sui, K Holloway-Kew

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING

Association between serum interleukin-6 and frailty in older men

M Tembo, K Holloway-Kew, C Bortolasci, S Brennan-Olsen, L Williams, M Kotowicz, J Pasco

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING

Normative Data for Impact Microindentation for Australian Men: Cross-Sectional Data From the Geelong Osteoporosis Study.

Pamela Rufus-Membere, Kara L Holloway-Kew, Mark A Kotowicz, Adolfo Diez-Perez, Julie A Pasco

Journal article  |  2020  |  JBMR Plus

Impact microindentation (IMI) is a novel technique for assessing the bone material strength index (BMSi) in vivo. However, no stud..