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Dr

Mark Kotowicz

Honorary
Medicine, Western Health
science & technology
life sciences & biomedicine
humans
female
middle aged
aged
endocrinology & metabolism
aged, 80 and over
adult
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Projects

Displaying the 5 most recent projects by Mark Kotowicz.

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Does An Annual High Dose Vitamin D Supplement Decrease Healthcare Utilisation in Older Women?

The shorter bleaker days of winter can cause a vitamin D deficiency in Australian women, increasing their risk of osteoporosis and broken bo..

2008 - 2008
Completed
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Bone size and bone turnover: relationship to fracture risk over ten years

The occurrence of fracture in the ageing population is a major public health problem because these fractures are responsible for considerabl..

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Primary care prevention of falls and fractures in the elderly by annual vitamin D supplementation

While Australia has one of the highest rates of skin cancer, many of us are not receiving enough sun exposure to adequately maintain necessa..

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Geelong Osteoporosis Study: A prospective study beyond fifteen years.

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Male osteoporosis: a population based study in geelong

Osteoporosis is a term used to indicate that bones have become thin and fragile. During the ageing process bone fragility increases and frac..

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Project Types

4

Research Grant

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Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Mark Kotowicz.

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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 ..

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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..

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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..

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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

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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

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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..

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Total Antioxidant Capacity and Frailty in Older Men.

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

Journal article  |  2020  |  Am J Mens Health

Frailty, a clinical syndrome characterized by multisystem dysregulation, has been associated with high levels of oxidative stress...

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Total Antioxidant Capacity and Frailty in Older Men

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

Conference Proceedings  |  2020  |  American Journal of Men's Health

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Prevalence of Frailty in Older Men and Women: Cross-Sectional Data from the Geelong Osteoporosis Study

Monica C Tembo, Kara L Holloway-Kew, Sophia X Sui, Trisha Dunning, Adrian CH Low, Shi-Jynn Yong, Boon L Ng, Sharon L Brennan-Olsen, Lana J Williams, Mark A Kotowicz, Julie A Pasco

Journal article  |  2020  |  Calcified Tissue International

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Osteoporosis medication use among Australian women over two decades (vol 15, 67, 2020)

Amanda L Stuart, Julie A Pasco, Mohammadreza Mohebbi, Mark A Kotowicz, Kara L Holloway-Kew, Sarah M Hosking, Lana J Williams

Journal article  |  2020  |  Archives of Osteoporosis

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Keyword Analysis

Public Health and Health Services
Clinical Health (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Clinical Sciences
Public Health (excl. Specific Population Health)
Specific Population Health (excl. Indigenous Health)
Clinical (organs, Diseases and Abnormal Conditions)
Public Health
Health and Support Services
Expanding Knowledge
Nutrition and Dietetics

Honours, Awards and Fellowships

1983

FRACP - Fellow of the Royal Australasian College of Physicians

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Award

Credentials

Positions

Chair, Medical Affair Committee; Member Therapeutics Committee

Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society

Member

The Endocrine Society

Member

Australian and New Zealand Bone and Mineral Society

Member

American Society for Bone and Mineral Research

Education

Bachelor of Surgery

University of Sydney