G.C. Nicholson
University of Melbourne
18 Papers
31 Citations
G.C. Nicholson is an academic researcher from University of Melbourne. The author has contributed to research in topics: Osteoporosis & Bone mineral. The author has an hindex of 7, co-authored 18 publications. Previous affiliations of G.C. Nicholson include University of Queensland.
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Papers
Half the burden of fragility fractures in the community occur in women without osteoporosis. When is fracture prevention cost-effective?
Kerrie M. Sanders,G.C. Nicholson,Jennifer J. Watts,J. Pasco,Margaret J. Henry,Mark A. Kotowicz,Ego Seeman +6 more
TL;DR: Using osteoporosis and age (>60 years) as criteria for intervention reduces the population burden of fractures by 28% and is cost-effective but solutions to the prevention of the remaining 72% of fragility fractures remain unavailable.
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Does an increase in body mass index over 10 years affect knee structure in a population-based cohort study of adult women?
Sharon Lee Brennan,Flavia M. Cicuttini,Julie A. Pasco,Julie A. Pasco,Margaret J. Henry,Yuanyuan Wang,Mark A. Kotowicz,G.C. Nicholson,Anita E. Wluka +8 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between body mass index (BMI), and change in BMI over the preceding 10-year period, and knee structure (cartilage defects, cartilage volume and bone marrow lesions (BMLs)) in a population-based sample of young to middle-aged females.
Socioeconomic status, obesity and lifestyle in men : the Geelong Osteoporosis Study
TL;DR: Subjects from lower SES had greater measures of obesity despite being more physically active at work, but were less likely to be physically active in the domains of sports and/or leisure, suggest the possible influence of lifestyle behaviours and occupation upon obesity in men.
Rapid, Divergent Changes in Spinal and Forearm Bone Density following Short-Term Intravenous Treatment of Pagetʼs Disease with Pamidronate Disodium
Roger I. Price,Donald H. Gutteridge,B.G.A. Stuckey,G.N. Kent,R.W. Retallack,Richard L. Prince,Chotoo I. Bhagat,C A Johnstone,G.C. Nicholson,G.O. Stewart +9 more
TL;DR: In each group, lumbar spinal BMD in pagetic vertebrae rose markedly by 3 months, with no further significant change at 6 months, and the percentage rises in the three groups were not different from each other at 3 or 6 months.
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