Margarita Moreno-Betancur

Parental personality and early life ecology: a prospective cohort study from preconception to postpartum.

Elizabeth A Spry, Craig A Olsson, Stephanie R Aarsman, Hanafi Mohamad Husin, Jacqui A Macdonald, S Ghazaleh Dashti, Margarita Moreno-Betancur, Primrose Letcher, Ebony J Biden, Kimberly C Thomson, Helena McAnally, Christopher J Greenwood, Melissa Middleton, Delyse M Hutchinson, John B Carlin, George C Patton

Journal article  |  2023  |  Sci Rep

Personality reliably predicts life outcomes ranging from social and material resources to mental health and interpersonal capaciti..

Should multiple imputation be stratified by exposure group when estimating causal effects via outcome regression in observational studies?

Jiaxin Zhang, S Ghazaleh Dashti, John B Carlin, Katherine J Lee, Margarita Moreno-Betancur

Journal article  |  2023  |  BMC Med Res Methodol

BACKGROUND: Despite recent advances in causal inference methods, outcome regression remains the most widely used approach for esti..

Assumptions and analysis planning in studies with missing data in multiple variables: moving beyond the MCAR/MAR/MNAR classification

Katherine J Lee, John B Carlin, Julie A Simpson, Margarita Moreno-Betancur

Journal article  |  2023  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

Researchers faced with incomplete data are encouraged to consider whether their data are 'missing completely at random' (MCAR), 'm..

Handling of missing data with multiple imputation in observational studies that address causal questions: protocol for a scoping review.

Rheanna Mainzer, Margarita Moreno-Betancur, Cattram Nguyen, Julie Simpson, John Carlin, Katherine Lee

Journal article  |  2023  |  BMJ Open

INTRODUCTION: Observational studies in health-related research often aim to answer causal questions. Missing data are common in th..

Modelling timing and tempo of adrenarche in a prospective cohort study

S Ghazaleh Dashti, Lisa Mundy, Anne-Lise Goddings, Louise Canterford, Russell M Viner, John B Carlin, George Patton, Margarita Moreno-Betancur

Journal article  |  2022  |  PLOS ONE

To better understand how health risk processes are linked to adrenarche, measures of adrenarcheal timing and tempo are needed. Our..

The effect of adverse and positive experiences on inflammatory markers in Australian and UK children.

Naomi Priest, Shuaijun Guo, Dawid Gondek, Rebecca E Lacey, David Burgner, Marnie Downes, Natalie Slopen, Sharon Goldfeld, Margarita Moreno-Betancur, Jessica A Kerr, Stephanie Cahill, Melissa Wake, Markus Juonala, Kate Lycett, Meredith O'Connor

Journal article  |  2022  |  Brain Behav Immun Health

BACKGROUND: The relationship between childhood adversity and inflammation is well-established. Examination of positive experiences..

Learning outcomes in primary school children with emotional problems: a prospective cohort study.

Lisa K Mundy, Louise Canterford, Margarita Moreno-Betancur, Monsurul Hoq, Russell M Viner, Jordana K Bayer, Petra Lietz, Gerry Redmond, George C Patton

Journal article  |  2022  |  Child Adolesc Ment Health

BACKGROUND: Academic difficulties are common in adolescents with mental health problems. Although earlier childhood emotional prob..

Quantifying cause-related mortality in Australia, incorporating multiple causes: observed patterns, trends and practical considerations

Karen Bishop, Margarita Moreno-Betancur, Saliu Balogun, James Eynstone-Hinkins, Lauren Moran, Chalapati Rao, Emily Banks, Rosemary J Korda, Michelle Gourley, Grace Joshy

Journal article  |  2022  |  INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF EPIDEMIOLOGY

BACKGROUND: Mortality statistics using a single underlying cause of death (UC) are key health indicators. Rising multimorbidity an..

Better together: Advancing life course research through multi-cohort analytic approaches

Meredith O'Connor, Elizabeth Spry, George Patton, Margarita Moreno-Betancur, Sarah Arnup, Marnie Downes, Sharon Goldfeld, David Burgner, Craig A Olsson

Journal article  |  2022  |  ADVANCES IN LIFE COURSE RESEARCH

Longitudinal cohorts can provide timely and cost-efficient evidence about the best points of health service and preventive interve..

Multiple imputation approaches for handling incomplete three-level data with time-varying cluster-memberships

Rushani Wijesuriya, Margarita Moreno-Betancur, John Carlin, Anurika Priyanjali De Silva, Katherine Jane Lee

Journal article  |  2022  |  STATISTICS IN MEDICINE

Three-level data arising from repeated measures on individuals clustered within higher-level units are common in medical research...