Emily Karahalios

Latent Class Trajectory Modeling of Adult Body Mass Index and Risk of Obesity-Related Cancer: Findings from the Melbourne Collaborative Cohort Study

Yi Yang, Brigid M Lynch, Pierre-Antoine Dugue, Amalia Karahalios, Robert J MacInnis, Julie K Bassett, Alison McAleese, Craig Sinclair, Graham G Giles, Roger L Milne, Allison M Hodge, Dallas R English

Journal article  |  2021  |  Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention

BACKGROUND: Obesity increases the risk of 13 cancer types. Given the long process of carcinogenesis, it is important to determine ..

Adiposity and Endometrial Cancer Risk in Postmenopausal Women: A Sequential Causal Mediation Analysis

S Ghazaleh Dashti, Dallas R English, Julie A Simpson, Amalia Karahalios, Margarita Moreno-Betancur, Carine Biessy, Sabina Rinaldi, Pietro Ferrari, Anne Tjonneland, Jytte Halkjaer, Christina C Dahm, Helene Tilma Vistisen, Florence Menegaux, Vittorio Perduca, Gianluca Severi, Krasimira Aleksandrova, Matthias B Schulze, Giovanna Masala, Sabina Sieri, Rosario Tumino, et al.

Journal article  |  2021  |  Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention

BACKGROUND: Adiposity increases endometrial cancer risk, possibly through inflammation, hyperinsulinemia, and increasing estrogens..

Creating effective interrupted time series graphs: Review and recommendations.

Simon L Turner, Amalia Karahalios, Andrew B Forbes, Monica Taljaard, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Elizabeth Korevaar, Allen C Cheng, Lisa Bero, Joanne E McKenzie

Conference Proceedings  |  2021  |  Research Synthesis Methods

INTRODUCTION: Interrupted Time Series (ITS) studies may be used to assess the impact of an interruption, such as an intervention o..

Mobility Deterioration During Acute Pneumonia Illness Is Associated With Increased Hospital Length of Stay and Health Service Costs

Melanie Lloyd, Emily Callander, Koen Simons, Amalia Karahalios, Graeme Maguire, Edward Janus, Harin Karunajeewa

Journal article  |  2020  |  Cardiopulmonary Physical Therapy Journal

Placebo run-in periods in anticholinergic trials are not associated with treatment effect size or risk of attrition: an empirical evaluation.

Amalia Karahalios, G Peter Herbison, Joanne E McKenzie

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

OBJECTIVES: We aimed to explore the impact of run-in periods on the magnitude of treatment effect and the risk of attrition in a s..

Leisure-Time Physical Activity Versus Sedentary Behaviour in Relation to Colorectal Adenoma and Cancer: Are these Two Distinct Risk Factors?

Shahid Mahmood, Robert J MacInnis, Amalia Karahalios, Dallas R English, Brigid M Lynch

Journal article  |  2020  |  Current Colorectal Cancer Reports

Design characteristics and statistical methods used in interrupted time series studies evaluating public health interventions: a review.

Simon L Turner, Amalia Karahalios, Andrew B Forbes, Monica Taljaard, Jeremy M Grimshaw, Allen C Cheng, Lisa Bero, Joanne E McKenzie

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

OBJECTIVES: Interrupted time series (ITS) designs are frequently used in public health to examine whether an intervention or expos..

Response to physical rehabilitation and recovery trajectories following critical illness: individual participant data meta-analysis protocol.

Jennifer RA Jones, Sue Berney, Michael J Berry, D Clark Files, David M Griffith, Luke A McDonald, Peter E Morris, Marc Moss, Amy Nordon-Craft, Timothy Walsh, Ian Gordon, Amalia Karahalios, Zudin Puthucheary, Linda Denehy, undefined CRITICALConnect Study Investigators

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMJ Open

INTRODUCTION: The number of inconclusive physical rehabilitation randomised controlled trials for patients with critical illness i..

Effect of Exercise Interventions on Anxiety in People with Multiple Sclerosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.

Claudia Gascoyne, Amalia Karahalios, Thibaut Demaneuf, Claudia Marck

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of MS Care

Background: Evidence suggests that exercise can alleviate symptoms associated with multiple sclerosis (MS). However, it is unclear..

Explaining the link between adiposity and colorectal cancer risk in men and postmenopausal women in the UK Biobank: A sequential causal mediation analysis

S Ghazaleh Dashti, Vivian Viallon, Julie A Simpson, Amalia Karahalios, Margarita Moreno-Betancur, Dallas R English, Marc J Gunter, Neil Murphy

Journal article  |  2020  |  International Journal of Cancer

Mechanisms underlying adiposity-colorectal cancer (CRC) association are incompletely understood. Using UK Biobank data, we investi..