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Robert G. Cumming
Researcher at University of Sydney
Publications - 524
Citations - 42107
Robert G. Cumming is an academic researcher from University of Sydney. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Poison control. The author has an hindex of 97, co-authored 515 publications receiving 38309 citations. Previous affiliations of Robert G. Cumming include University of New South Wales & Neuroscience Research Australia.
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Multiple, but not traditional risk factors predict mortality in older people: the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project.
Vasant Hirani,Vasi Naganathan,Fiona M. Blyth,David G. Le Couteur,Danijela Gnjidic,Fiona Stanaway,Markus J. Seibel,Louise M. Waite,David J. Handelsman,Robert G. Cumming +9 more
TL;DR: It was found that overweight and obesity and/or being a lifelong non-drinker of alcohol were protective against mortality, and screening and management of multiple risk factors are important to consider for extending survival, rather than simply considering individual risk factors in isolation.
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Iris color and incident cataract and cataract surgery: the Blue Mountains Eye Study.
TL;DR: Incidence data from this study support previous cross-sectional findings linking dark brown iris color with age-related cataract.
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The study design and methodology for the ARCHER study - adolescent rural cohort study of hormones, health, education, environments and relationships
Katharine Steinbeck,Philip Hazell,Robert G. Cumming,S. Rachel Skinner,Rebecca Ivers,Robert Booy,Greg Fulcher,David J. Handelsman,Andrew J. Martin,G Morgan,Jean Starling,Adrian Bauman,Margot Rawsthorne,David Bennett,Chin Moi Chow,Mary K. Lam,Patrick J. Kelly,Ngiare Brown,Karen Paxton,Catherine Hawke +19 more
TL;DR: The strengths of this study include enrollment starting in the earliest stages of puberty, the use of frequent urine samples in addition to annual blood samples to measure puberty hormones, and the simultaneous use of parental questionnaires.
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Chronic pain, impact of pain and pain severity with physical disability in older people—Is there a gender difference?
Noran Naqiah Hairi,Noran Naqiah Hairi,Robert G. Cumming,Robert G. Cumming,Fiona M. Blyth,Fiona M. Blyth,Vasi Naganathan +6 more
TL;DR: There is no gender difference in associations between pain and physical disability among older people, however, psychological distress accounted for more pain-related physical disability in men than in women.
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Minimising disability and falls in older people through a post-hospital exercise program: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial and economic evaluation
Catherine Sherrington,Catherine Sherrington,Stephen R. Lord,Constance Vogler,Jacqueline C. T. Close,Kirsten Howard,Catherine M. Dean,Lindy Clemson,Elizabeth Barraclough,Elizabeth Barraclough,Elisabeth Ramsay,Elisabeth Ramsay,Sandra D. O'Rourke,Sandra D. O'Rourke,Robert G. Cumming,Robert G. Cumming +15 more
TL;DR: The study will determine the impact of this exercise intervention on mobility-related disability and falls in older people who have been in hospital as well as cost-effectiveness and predictors of adherence to the program.