Susan Clifford

Household income and maternal education in early childhood and risk of overweight and obesity in late childhood: Findings from seven birth cohort studies in six high-income countries

Par Andersson White, Yara Abu Awad, Lise Gauvin, Nicholas James Spencer, Jennifer J McGrath, Susan A Clifford, Beatrice Nikiema, Junwen Yang-Huang, Jeremy D Goldhaber-Fiebert, Wolfgang Markham, Fiona K Mensah, Amy van Grieken, Hein Raat, VWV Jaddoe, Johnny Ludvigsson, Tomas Faresjo

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: This study analysed the relationship between early childhood socioeconomic status (SES) measured by materna..

Can adult polygenic scores improve prediction of body mass index in childhood?

Katherine Lange, Jessica A Kerr, Toby Mansell, Justin M O'Sullivan, David P Burgner, Susan A Clifford, Tim Olds, Terence Dwyer, Melissa Wake, Richard Saffery

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

BACKGROUND/OBJECTIVES: Modelling genetic pre-disposition may identify children at risk of obesity. However, most polygenic scores ..

Social gradients in ADHD by household income and maternal education exposure during early childhood: Findings from birth cohort studies across six countries.

Nicholas James Spencer, Johnny Ludvigsson, Guannan Bai, Lise Gauvin, Susan A Clifford, Yara Abu Awad, Jeremy D Goldhaber-Fiebert, Wolfgang Markham, Åshild Faresjö, Pär Andersson White, Hein Raat, Pauline Jansen, Béatrice Nikiema, Fiona K Mensah, Jennifer J McGrath, undefined EPOCH Collaborative Group

Journal article  |  2022  |  PLoS One

OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to examine social gradients in ADHD during late childhood (age 9-11 years) using absolute and relative..

Synthesizing Core Outcome Sets for outcomes research in cohort studies: a systematic review

Erica Musgrove, Loretta Gasparini, Katie McBain, Susan A Clifford, Simon A Carter, Helena Teede, Melissa Wake

Journal article  |  2021  |  PEDIATRIC RESEARCH

BACKGROUND: Life course studies are designed to "collect once, use multiple times" for observational and, increasingly, interventi..

Selecting life course frameworks to guide and communicate large new cohort studies: Generation Victoria (GenV) case study

Jing Wang, Yanhong Jessika Hu, Susan Clifford, Sharon Goldfeld, Melissa Wake

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

While birth cohorts are shaped by underpinning life course frameworks, few if any report how they select them. This review aimed t..

Innovative epidemiological methods in a whole-ofstate cohort of children and parents: Generation Victoria (GenV)

Yanhong Jessika Hu, Melissa Wake, Susan Clifford, Jo Said

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Abstract Focus and outcomes for participants “Children are our future” - the w..

Oral health: Epidemiology and concordance in Australian children and parents

Nicole Stormon, Susan Clifford, Katherine Lange, Clare Mangoyana, Pauline Ford, Melissa Wake, Ratilal Lalloo

Journal article  |  2021  |  COMMUNITY DENTISTRY AND ORAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

INTRODUCTION: Studying parent-child pair health provides the opportunity to identify risk factors and opportunities for oral healt..

Maximizing Participant Engagement, Participation, and Retention in Cohort Studies Using Digital Methods: Rapid Review to Inform the Next Generation of Very Large Birth Cohorts

Joanna Nkyekyer, Susan A Clifford, Fiona K Mensah, Yichao Wang, Lauren Chiu, Melissa Wake

Journal article  |  2021  |  JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH

BACKGROUND: Many current research needs can only be addressed using very large cohorts. In such studies, traditional one-on-one ph..

Diet quality trajectories and cardiovascular phenotypes/metabolic syndrome risk by 11-12 years

Jessica A Kerr, Richard S Liu, Constantine E Gasser, Fiona K Mensah, David Burgner, Kate Lycett, Alanna N Gillespie, Markus Juonala, Susan A Clifford, Tim Olds, Richard Saffery, Lisa Gold, Mengjiao Liu, Peter Azzopardi, Ben Edwards, Terence Dwyer, Melissa Wake

Journal article  |  2021  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF OBESITY

OBJECTIVE: To investigate associations between early-life diet trajectories and preclinical cardiovascular phenotypes and metaboli..

Plasma B Vitamers: Population Epidemiology and Parent-Child Concordance in Children and Adults

Stephanie Andraos, Beatrix Jones, Clare Wall, Eric Thorstensen, Martin Kussmann, David Cameron-Smith, Katherine Lange, Susan Clifford, Richard Saffery, David Burgner, Melissa Wake, Justin O'Sullivan

Journal article  |  2021  |  NUTRIENTS

SCOPE: B vitamers are co-enzymes involved in key physiological processes including energy production, one-carbon, and macronutrien..