Sunil Piers

The association of vitamin D status and dietary calcium intake with individual components of the metabolic syndrome: a population-based study in Victoria, Australia.

Poonam K Pannu, Mario J Soares, Leonard S Piers, Yun Zhao, Zahid Ansari

Journal article  |  2017  |  Cardiovascular Endocrinology & Metabolism

This study examined the associations between 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25-OHD), dietary calcium (Ca) intake, and individual components ..

The associations of vitamin D status and dietary calcium with the metabolic syndrome: an analysis of the Victorian Health Monitor survey.

Poonam K Pannu, Yun Zhao, Mario J Soares, Leonard S Piers, Zahid Ansari

Journal article  |  2017  |  Public Health Nutrition

OBJECTIVE: To examine the associations between serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), dietary Ca intake and presence of the metaboli..

Vitamin D status is inversely associated with markers of risk for type 2 diabetes: A population based study in Victoria, Australia.

Poonam K Pannu, Leonard S Piers, Mario J Soares, Yun Zhao, Zahid Ansari

Journal article  |  2017  |  PLoS One

A growing body of evidence suggests a protective role of vitamin D on the risk of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). We investigated..

Nutritional predictors of successful chronic disease prevention for a community cohort in Central Australia

Joanne N Luke, Rebecca Ritte, Kerin O'Dea, Alex Brown, Leonard S Piers, Alicia J Jenkins, Kevin G Rowley

Journal article  |  2016  |  Public Health Nutrition

Nutritional predictors of chronic disease in a Central Australian Aboriginal cohort: A multi-mixture modelling analysis

JN Luke, DF Schmidt, R Ritte, K O'Dea, A Brown, LS Piers, AJ Jenkins, KG Rowley

Journal article  |  2016  |  Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Adding Measures of Body Composition to the CKD-EPI GFR Estimating Equation in Indigenous Australians: The eGFR Study

Louise J Maple-Brown, Jaquelyne T Hughes, Mark D Chatfield, Leigh C Ward, Leonard S Piers, Graham RD Jones, Paul D Lawton, Andrew G Ellis, Alan Cass, Wendy E Hoy, Kerin O'Dea, Richard J MacIsaac, George Jerums

Journal article  |  2015  |  American Journal of Kidney Diseases

Development of a single-frequency bioimpedance prediction equation for fat-free mass in an adult Indigenous Australian population

JT Hughes, LJ Maple-Brown, LS Piers, J Meerkin, K O'Dea, LC Ward

Journal article  |  2015  |  European Journal of Clinical Nutrition

Mechanistic roles for calcium and vitamin D in the regulation of body weight

MJ Soares, LL Murhadi, AV Kurpad, WL Chan She Ping-Delfos, LS Piers

Journal article  |  2012  |  Obesity Reviews

Increased bone mineral density in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians: Impact of body composition differences

LJ Maple-Brown, J Hughes, LS Piers, LC Ward, J Meerkin, JA Eisman, JR Center, NA Pocock, G Jerums, K O'Dea

Journal article  |  2012  |  Bone

Anthropometric measurements in Australian aborigines

S Kondalsamy-Chennakesavan, LS Piers, S Raghavan, K O'Dea

Book Chapter  |  2012