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Louise M. Waite
Researcher at University of Sydney
Publications - 168
Citations - 6479
Louise M. Waite is an academic researcher from University of Sydney. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Dementia. The author has an hindex of 36, co-authored 157 publications receiving 5485 citations. Previous affiliations of Louise M. Waite include Prince of Wales Medical Research Institute & Concord Repatriation General Hospital.
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Vascular risk factors, cognition and dementia incidence over 6 years in the Sydney Older Persons Study.
Olivier Piguet,David A. Grayson,Helen Creasey,Hayley P. Bennett,William S. Brooks,Louise M. Waite,G. Anthony Broe +6 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that in very old participants, the impact of vascular RFs changes with time and may no longer contribute to the development of dementia and cognitive decline.
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Effects of Changes in Number of Medications and Drug Burden Index Exposure on Transitions Between Frailty States and Death: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project Cohort Study.
Kris M. Jamsen,Kris M. Jamsen,J. Simon Bell,J. Simon Bell,J. Simon Bell,Sarah N. Hilmer,Sarah N. Hilmer,Carl M. J. Kirkpatrick,Jenni Ilomäki,David G. Le Couteur,David G. Le Couteur,Fiona M. Blyth,David J. Handelsman,David J. Handelsman,Louise M. Waite,Vasi Naganathan,Robert G. Cumming,Danijela Gnjidic +17 more
TL;DR: To investigate the effects of number of medications and Drug Burden Index (DBI) on transitions between frailty stages and death in community‐dwelling older men, a large number of older men are surveyed.
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Association Rules Analysis of Comorbidity and Multimorbidity: The Concord Health and Aging in Men Project
Fabian Held,Fiona M. Blyth,Danijela Gnjidic,Vasant Hirani,Vasikaran Naganathan,Louise M. Waite,Markus J. Seibel,Jennifer Louise Rollo,David J. Handelsman,Robert G. Cumming,David G. Le Couteur +10 more
TL;DR: Old age is characterized by a complex pattern of multimorbidity and comorbidities, and a new lexicon may be needed to underpin research and health care interventions for older people.
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Neurological signs, aging, and the neurodegenerative syndromes
TL;DR: It is not aging to which many neurological signs should be attributed, but rather to the neurodegenerative syndromes that accompany aging.
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Treatment for Alzheimer’s disease: has anything changed?
TL;DR: The associations between biomarkers, neuropathology and clinical syndromes are weaker in older people and this is likely to pose a greater challenge in identifying effective therapies.