Validation of self-reported endometriosis.

Objectives: To assess the validity and reliability of self-reported diagnoses of endometriosis.

Study Design: The study included 8572 women from two Australian birth cohorts (1989-95 and 1973-78), using data from the Genetic variants, Early Life exposures, and Longitudinal Endometriosis Symptoms Study (GELLES), a sub-study of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Validity was assessed using predictive values, and reliability was evaluated with kappa statistics.

Hospitalisations and length of stays in women with endometriosis: a data linkage prospective cohort study.

Background: Women with endometriosis have more hospitalisations compared to those without the condition. However, no longitudinal study has examined hospital admission rates and lengths of stay before and after diagnosis. We examined all-cause hospital admissions and lengths of stay among women with, versus without, endometriosis, and before, versus after, diagnosis.

Patterns of health service use before and after diagnosis of endometriosis: a data linkage prospective cohort study.

Study Question: What are the patterns of health service use (HSU) before and after endometriosis diagnosis?

Summary Answer: Women with endometriosis had higher rates of visits to general practitioners (GPs), specialists, and diagnostic imaging before and after diagnosis compared to those without the condition; however, after diagnosis, their visits to GPs and specialists other than obstetricians/gynaecologists decreased compared to before, while visits to obstetricians/gynaecologists and use of diagnostic imaging increased.

What Is Known Already: Women with endometriosis have higher rates of healthcare use compared to those without the condition; however, no longitudinal study has examined patterns of HSU over a prolonged period before and after diagnosis.

Study Design, Size, Duration: The Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health linked to a national administrative health record.

Risk of Iron Deficiency in Women With Endometriosis: A Population-Based Prospective Cohort Study.

Background: Endometriosis may be linked to the risk of iron deficiency through chronic systemic inflammation or heavy menstrual bleeding. No longitudinal studies, however, have examined the relationship between endometriosis and the risk of iron deficiency.

Methods: This study included 3,294 participants born from 1973 to 1978 and followed as part of the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health from 2000 to 2018.

Associations between endometriosis and common symptoms: findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health.

Background: Endometriosis has been linked to higher rates of a variety of symptoms; however, the findings from longitudinal studies are scarce and inconsistent.

Objective: This study aimed to examine the association between endometriosis and common symptoms in a prospective cohort study.

Study Design: This study included 7606 women born from 1973 to 1978 using data from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health that were collected every 3 years from 2009 to 2018.

Impact of endometriosis on women's health-related quality of life: A national prospective cohort study.

Objective: To examine the association between endometriosis and women's health-related quality of life (HRQoL).

Study Design: This study included 3728 women born in 1973-78 using data from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health. Women with endometriosis were identified using self-reported longitudinal surveys linked to administrative health records.

The role of child diets in the association between pre-pregnancy diets and childhood behavioural problems: a mediation analysis.

Objective: To quantify the mediating role of childhood diets in the relationship between maternal diets prior to pregnancy and childhood behavioural disorders.

Design: The Healthy Eating Index score was constructed using a semi-quantitative and validated 101-item FFQ. We assessed childhood behavioural disorders using the Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire.

Analysis of the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons towards a more effective response to public health emergencies.

Background: The pandemic of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is a timely reminder of the nature and impact of Public Health Emergencies of International Concern. As of 12 January 2022, there were over 314 million cases and over 5.5 million deaths notified since the start of the pandemic.

Changes in dietary patterns from preconception to during pregnancy and its association with socio-demographic and lifestyle factors.

Objective: To examine dietary patterns changes from preconception to during pregnancy and their associations with socio-demographic and lifestyle factors.

Design: This study used data from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH), a population-based prospective cohort study. Women's dietary patterns were assessed using Healthy Eating Index-2015 (HEI-2015) score and the four patterns were obtained from the factor analysis (Western diets, vegetable and grains, traditional vegetable and fruit patterns).

Age at menopause and risk of lung cancer: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Previous reviews have found that menstrual and reproductive factors are associated with lung cancer risk, but evidence on a possible association with age at menopause is inconsistent. This review aimed to determine the association of early and late menopause with lung cancer risk. Publications were reviewed and obtained through PubMed, EMBASE and Scopus database search up to March 2021.

Pre-Pregnancy Diet Quality Is Associated with Lowering the Risk of Offspring Obesity and Underweight: Finding from a Prospective Cohort Study.

Maternal diet plays a critical role in epigenetic changes and the establishment of the gut microbiome in the fetus, which has been associated with weight outcomes in offspring. This study examined the association between maternal diet quality before pregnancy and childhood body mass index (BMI) in offspring. There were 1936 mothers with 3391 children included from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH) and the Mothers and their Children's Health (MatCH) study.

Pre-pregnancy diet quality and its association with offspring behavioral problems.

Purpose: The maternal diet has a critical role in epigenetic changes in the fetus, which has been associated with fetal brain tissue development and later onset of behavioral disorder. However, pre-pregnancy diet quality has not been examined in relation to offspring behavioral problems.

Methods: 1554 mother-child dyads with mothers from the Australian longitudinal study on women's health (ALSWH) and children from the mothers and their children's health Study (MatCH).

Prepregnancy dietary patterns and risk of preterm birth and low birth weight: findings from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health.

Background: Findings from previous studies on associations between prepregnancy dietary patterns and preterm birth and low birth weight (LBW) are limited and inconsistent.

Objectives: To examine the association between prepregnancy dietary patterns and the risk of preterm birth and LBW.

Methods: This study included 3422 and 3508 singleton live births from the Australian Longitudinal Study on Women's Health (ALSWH) for the analyses of preterm birth and LBW, respectively.

Effects of maternal diets on preterm birth and low birth weight: a systematic review.

Current evidence indicates that maternal diets before and during pregnancy could influence rates of preterm birth, low birth weight (LBW) and small for gestational age (SGA) births. However, findings have been inconsistent. This review summarised evidence concerning the effects of maternal diets before and during pregnancy on preterm birth, LBW and SGA.