Melissa Wake

Direct assessment of mental health and metabolic syndrome amongst Indonesian adolescents: a study design for a mixed-methods study sampled from school and community settings

Peter S Azzopardi, Lisa Willenberg, Nisaa Wulan, Yoga Devaera, Bernie Medise, Aida Riyanti, Ansariadi Ansariadi, Susan Sawyer, Tjhin Wiguna, Fransiska Kaligis, Jane Fisher, Thach Tran, Paul A Agius, Rohan Borschmann, Alex Brown, Karly Cini, Susan Clifford, Elissa C Kennedy, Alisa Pedrana, Minh D Pham, et al.

Journal article  |  2020  |  GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality globally, with the burden largely borne by peopl..

Brachial-cuff excess pressure is associated with carotid intima-media thickness among Australian children: a cross-sectional population study.

Xiaoqing Peng, Dean S Picone, Martin G Schultz, Guoqi Cai, Melissa Wake, David P Burgner, Jonathan P Mynard, Susan Ellul, Michael Cheung, Markus Juonala, James E Sharman

Journal article  |  2020  |  Hypertension Research

Reservoir pressure parameters (i.e., reservoir pressure [RP] and excess pressure [XSP]) independently predict cardiovascular event..

The Effectiveness of Working Memory Training for Children With Low Working Memory.

Megan Spencer-Smith, Jon Quach, Fiona Mensah, Gehan Roberts, Susan Gathercole, Melissa Wake, Peter J Anderson

Journal article  |  2020  |  Pediatrics

OBJECTIVES: Subgroups of children may benefit more from working memory training than others. In this study, we aimed to examine wh..

Integrating trials into a whole-population cohort of children and parents: statement of intent (trials) for the Generation Victoria (GenV) cohort

Melissa Wake, Yanhong Jessika Hu, Hayley Warren, Margie Danchin, Michael Fahey, Francesca Orsini, Maurizio Pacilli, Kirsten P Perrett, Richard Saffery, Andrew Davidson

Journal article  |  2020  |  BMC Medical Research Methodology

BACKGROUND: Very large cohorts that span an entire population raise new prospects for the conduct of multiple trials that speed up..

The "Goldilocks Day" for Children's Skeletal Health: Compositional Data Analysis of 24-Hour Activity Behaviors

Dorothea Dumuid, Peter Simm, Melissa Wake, David Burgner, Markus Juonala, Feitong Wu, Costan G Magnussen, Timothy Olds

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of Bone and Mineral Research

Optimization of children's activity behaviors for skeletal health is a key public health priority, yet it is unknown how many hour..

Analysing body composition as compositional data: An exploration of the relationship between body composition, body mass and bone strength

D Dumuid, JA Martin-Fernandez, S Ellul, RS Kenett, M Wake, P Simm, L Baur, T Olds

Journal article  |  2020  |  Statistical Methods in Medical Research

Human body composition is made up of mutually exclusive and exhaustive parts (e.g. %truncal fat, %non-truncal fat and %fat-free ma..

Sleep profiles of Australian children aged 11-12 years and their parents: sociodemographic characteristics and lifestyle correlates

Lisa Matricciani, Catherine Paquet, Francois Fraysse, Melissa Wake, Tim Olds

Journal article  |  2020  |  Sleep Medicine

BACKGROUND: Good sleep is a growing public health focus. Given the multidimensional nature of sleep, it is of interest to examine ..

Clarifying the Sweeping Consequences of COVID-19 in Pregnant Women, Newborns, and Children With Existing Cohorts.

Yanhong Jessika Hu, Melissa Wake, Richard Saffery

Journal article  |  2020  |  JAMA Pediatrics

Body Mass Index From Early to Late Childhood and Cardiometabolic Measurements at 11 to 12 Years

Kate Lycett, Markus Juonala, Costan G Magnussen, David Norrish, Fiona K Mensah, Richard Liu, Susan A Clifford, John B Carlin, Tim Olds, Richard Saffery, Jessica A Kerr, Sarath Ranganathan, Louise A Baur, Matthew A Sabin, Michael Cheung, Terence Dwyer, Mengjiao Liu, David Burgner, Melissa Wake

Journal article  |  2020  |  Pediatrics

OBJECTIVES: To examine how overweight and obesity at specific ages and overall BMI growth patterns throughout childhood predict ca..

Plasma Trimethylamine N-Oxide and Its Precursors: Population Epidemiology, Parent-Child Concordance, and Associations with Reported Dietary Intake in 11- to 12-Year-Old Children and Their Parents.

Stephanie Andraos, Katherine Lange, Susan A Clifford, Beatrix Jones, Eric B Thorstensen, Jessica A Kerr, Melissa Wake, Richard Saffery, David P Burgner, Justin M O'Sullivan

Journal article  |  2020  |  Current Developments in Nutrition

Background: Trimethylamine N-oxide (TMAO) is a microbiome- and diet-derived metabolite implicated in adverse cardiovascular outcom..