Cong Sun

Infant body mass index trajectories and asthma and lung function

Gulshan Bano Ali, Dinh Son Bui, Caroline Jane Lodge, Nilakshi T Waidyatillake, Jennifer L Perret, Cong Sun, Eugene Haydn Walters, Michael John Abramson, Adrian J Lowe, Shyamali Chandrika Dharmage

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY

BACKGROUND: The impact of early rapid increase in body mass index (BMI) on asthma risk and subsequent lung function remains conten..

Birthweight-for-gestational-age z-scores are associated with early childhood cardiometabolic health in the Peri/Postnatal Epigenetic Twin Study

Deborah N Ashtree, Mihiri J Silva, Cong Sun, Jeffrey M Craig, Katrina J Scurrah

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENTAL ORIGINS OF HEALTH AND DISEASE

Birthweight has been consistently related to risk of cardiometabolic disorders in later life. Twins are at higher risk of low birt..

Backyard benefits? A cross-sectional study of yard size and greenness and children's physical activity and outdoor play

Jessica Oakley, Rachel L Peters, Melissa Wake, Anneke C Grobler, Jessica A Kerr, Kate Lycett, Raisa Cassim, Melissa Russell, Cong Sun, Mimi LK Tang, Jennifer J Koplin, Suzanne Mavoa

Journal article  |  2021  |  BMC PUBLIC HEALTH

BACKGROUND: The home environment is the most important location in young children's lives, yet few studies have examined the relat..

Developmental origins of cardiometabolic health outcomes in twins: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Deborah N Ashtree, Amelia J McGuinness, Michelle Plummer, Cong Sun, Jeffrey M Craig, Katrina J Scurrah

Journal article  |  2020  |  NUTRITION METABOLISM AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES

BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Studies of twins can reduce confounding and provide additional evidence about the causes of disease, due to w..

Childhood adiposity, adult adiposity, and the ACE gene insertion/deletion polymorphism: evidence of gene-environment interaction effects on adult blood pressure and hypertension status in adulthood

Cong Sun, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, John B Carlin, Minh Bui, Costan G Magnussen, Trudy L Burns, Terho Lehtimaki, Nicole H Wardrop, Markus Juonala, Jorma SA Viikari, Alison J Venn, Olli T Raitakari, Terence Dwyer

Journal article  |  2018  |  JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION

BACKGROUND: Genetic variants may modify the associations of adiposity measures with blood pressure (BP) and hypertension. The inse..

Conjunctival Ultraviolet Autofluorescence as a Measure of Past Sun Exposure in Children

Cong Sun, Angela Pezic, David A Mackey, John B Carlin, Andrew Kemp, Justine A Ellis, Fergus J Cameron, Christine P Rodda, Terence Dwyer, Minas T Coroneo, Anne-Louise Ponsonby

Journal article  |  2017  |  CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY BIOMARKERS & PREVENTION

Background: Conjunctival ultraviolet autofluorescence (CUVAF) area detected from UVAF photographs is a recently developed potentia..

Environmental and genetic determinants of two vitamin D metabolites in healthy Australian children

Abdulhadi Bima, Angela Pezic, Cong Sun, Fergus J Cameron, Christine Rodda, Ingrid van der Mei, Rachel Chiaroni-Clarke, Terence Dwyer, Andrew Kemp, Jun Qu, John Carlin, Justine A Ellis, Anne-Louise Ponsonby

Journal article  |  2017  |  JOURNAL OF PEDIATRIC ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

BACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency has been associated with adverse health outcomes. We examined genetic and environmental determina..

Determinants of Neonatal Vitamin D Levels as Measured on Neonatal Dried Blood Spot Samples

Chloe A Smith, Cong Sun, Angela Pezic, Christine Rodda, Fergus Cameron, Katie Allen, Maria E Craig, John Carlin, Terry Dwyer, Robyn M Lucas, Darryl W Eyles, Andrew S Kemp, Justine A Ellis, Anne-Louise Ponsonby

Journal article  |  2017  |  NEONATOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Vitamin D deficiency is linked to adverse childhood health outcomes, yet data on the distribution and quantifiable det..

The Impact of Timing of Introduction of Solids on Infant Body Mass Index

Cong Sun, Rebecca J Foskey, Katrina J Allen, Shyamali C Dharmage, Jennifer J Koplin, Anne-Louise Ponsonby, Adrian J Lowe, Melanie C Matheson, Mimi LK Tang, Lyle Gurrin, Melissa Wake, Matthew Sabin

Journal article  |  2016  |  JOURNAL OF PEDIATRICS

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the associations between breastfeeding duration, age at solids introduction, and their interaction in rela..

Persistent Food Allergy and Food Allergy Coexistent with Eczema Is Associated with Reduced Growth in the First 4 Years of Life

Cara Beck, Jennifer Koplin, Shyamali Dharmage, Melissa Wake, Lyle Gurrin, Vicki McWilliam, Mimi Tang, Cong Sun, Rebecca Foskey, Katrina J Allen

Journal article  |  2016  |  JOURNAL OF ALLERGY AND CLINICAL IMMUNOLOGY-IN PRACTICE

BACKGROUND: Food allergy has been associated with lower weight and height in cross-sectional studies in children; however, this ha..