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Michael O. Falster

Heart Foundation Future Leader Fellow, School of Population Health, UNSW Sydney
Verified email at unsw.edu.au
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Incidence of cancers in people with HIV/AIDS compared with immunosuppressed transplant recipients: a meta-analysis

AE Grulich, MT Van Leeuwen, MO Falster, CM Vajdic - The Lancet, 2007 - thelancet.com
Background Only a few types of cancer are recognised as being directly related to immune
deficiency in people with HIV/AIDS. Large population-based studies in transplant recipients …

Autoimmune disorders and risk of non-Hodgkin lymphoma subtypes: a pooled analysis within the InterLymph Consortium

K Ekström Smedby, CM Vajdic, M Falster… - Blood, The Journal …, 2008 - ashpublications.org
Some autoimmune disorders are increasingly recognized as risk factors for non-Hodgkin
lymphoma (NHL) overall, but large-scale systematic assessments of risk of NHL subtypes …

[HTML][HTML] Patient and hospital factors associated with 30-day readmissions after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

MSR Shawon, M Odutola, MO Falster… - Journal of Cardiothoracic …, 2021 - Springer
Background Readmission after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is associated
with adverse outcomes and significant healthcare costs, and 30-day readmission rate is …

Polypharmacy among older Australians, 2006–2017: a population‐based study

AT Page, MO Falster, M Litchfield… - Medical Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To estimate the prevalence of polypharmacy among Australians aged 70 years or
more, 2006–2017. Design, setting and participants Analysis of a random 10% sample of …

[HTML][HTML] Sociodemographic and health characteristics, rather than primary care supply, are major drivers of geographic variation in preventable hospitalizations in …

MO Falster, LR Jorm, KA Douglas, FM Blyth… - Medical care, 2015 - journals.lww.com
Background: Geographic rates of preventable hospitalization are used internationally as an
indicator of accessibility and quality of primary care. Much research has correlated the …

Lymphoid neoplasm incidence by WHO subtype in Australia 1982–2006

MT Van Leeuwen, JJ Turner, DJ Joske… - … journal of cancer, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
There are limited data characterizing the subtype‐specific incidence of lymphoid neoplasms
in the World Health Organization (WHO) Classification era. Data were obtained on all …

Atopic disease and risk of non–Hodgkin lymphoma: An interlymph pooled analysis

CM Vajdic, MO Falster, S De Sanjose… - Cancer research, 2009 - AACR
We performed a pooled analysis of data on atopic disease and risk of non–Hodgkin
lymphoma (NHL) from 13 case-control studies, including 13,535 NHL cases and 16,388 …

Factors influencing adherence in long‐term use of statins

JR Warren, MO Falster, D Fox… - … and drug safety, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Purpose To assess the factors influencing adherence in long‐term medication use as
exemplified by statins. Methods Data from an in‐depth survey of Australians aged 45 years …

[HTML][HTML] Interaction effects of multimorbidity and frailty on adverse health outcomes in elderly hospitalised patients

S Lujic, DA Randall, JM Simpson, MO Falster… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
We quantified the interaction of multimorbidity and frailty and their impact on adverse health
outcomes in the hospital setting. Using aretrospective cohort study of persons aged≥ 75 …

Evolution of the data and methods in real-world COVID-19 vaccine effectiveness studies on mortality: a scoping review protocol

P Stehlik, C Dowsett, X Camacho, MO Falster, R Lim… - BMJ open, 2024 - bmjopen.bmj.com
Background Early evidence on COVID-19 vaccine efficacy came from randomised trials.
Many important questions subsequently about vaccine effectiveness (VE) have been …