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Overview

Mark A. Kotowicz is affiliated with the University of Melbourne in Australia. Their research focuses primarily on medicine, with a specialization in orthopedics and sports medicine, physiology, and surgery. Other subfields of study include epidemiology and endocrinology, diabetes, and metabolism.

Their work addresses several main topics, which include:

  • Bone health and osteoporosis research
  • Hip and femur fractures
  • Nutrition and health in aging
  • Frailty in older adults
  • Bone fractures and treatments
  • Bone health and treatments
  • Health systems, economic evaluations, and quality of life

Mark A. Kotowicz has published extensively, with frequent contributions appearing in venues such as:

  • Osteoporosis International
  • Calcified Tissue International
  • Archives of Osteoporosis
  • Bone
  • JBMR Plus

Some of their recent papers include:

  • "Update of the fracture risk prediction tool FRAX: a systematic review of potential cohorts and analysis plan," 2022, Osteoporosis International
  • "Previous fracture and subsequent fracture risk: a meta-analysis to update FRAX," 2023, Osteoporosis International
  • "A meta-analysis of previous falls and subsequent fracture risk in cohort studies," 2024, Osteoporosis International
  • "Lower-limb muscle strength: normative data from an observational population-based study," 2020, BMC Musculoskeletal Disorders
  • "Impact microindentation in men with impaired fasting glucose and type 2 diabetes," 2020, Bone

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Mark A. Kotowicz include:

  • Julie A. Pasco
  • Kara L. Holloway-Kew
  • Kara B. Anderson
  • Adolfo Díez-Pérez
  • Monica C. Tembo

Best Publications

  • Annual high-dose oral vitamin D and falls and fractures in older women: a randomized controlled trial

    Kerrie M. Sanders;Amanda L. Stuart;Elizabeth J. Williamson;Julie A. Simpson

  • Treatment of Postmenopausal Osteoporosis with Transdermal Estrogen

    Edward G. Lufkin;Heinz W. Wahner;William M. O'Fallon;Stephen F. Hodgson

  • Association of Western and Traditional Diets With Depression and Anxiety in Women

    Felice N. Jacka;Julie A. Pasco;Arnstein Mykletun;Lana J. Williams

  • A meta-analysis of trabecular bone score in fracture risk prediction and its relationship to FRAX.

    Eugene V McCloskey;Anders Odén;Nicholas C Harvey;William D Leslie

  • Increased risk of cognitive impairment in patients with diabetes is associated with metformin

    Eileen Moore;Eileen Moore;Alastair Mander;David Ames;Mark A. Kotowicz;Mark A. Kotowicz;Mark A. Kotowicz

  • Association of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein with de novo major depression

    Julie A. Pasco;Geoffrey C. Nicholson;Lana J. Williams;Felice N. Jacka

  • The population burden of fractures originates in women with osteopenia, not osteoporosis.

    J. A. Pasco;E. Seeman;M. J. Henry;E. N. Merriman

  • Serum leptin levels are associated with bone mass in nonobese women.

    Julie A. Pasco;Margaret J. Henry;Mark A. Kotowicz;Gregory R. Collier

  • Cohort Profile: Geelong Osteoporosis Study

    Julie A Pasco;Geoff C Nicholson;Mark A Kotowicz

  • Age- and gender-specific rate of fractures in Australia: a population-based study.

    K. M. Sanders;E. Seeman;A. M. Ugoni;J. A. Pasco

  • β-Adrenergic Blockers Reduce the Risk of Fracture Partly by Increasing Bone Mineral Density: Geelong Osteoporosis Study

    Julie A. Pasco;Margaret J. Henry;Kerrie M. Sanders;Mark A. Kotowicz

  • Genome-wide association study using extreme truncate selection identifies novel genes affecting bone mineral density and fracture risk.

    E.L. Duncan;P. Danoy;J.P. Kemp;P.J. Leo

  • Musculoskeletal deterioration in men accompanies increases in body fat

    Julie A. Pasco;Julie A. Pasco;Julie A. Pasco;Haslinda Gould;Haslinda Gould;Sharon L. Brennan;Sharon L. Brennan;Geoffrey Charles Nicholson

  • Statin Use, Bone Mineral Density, and Fracture Risk: Geelong Osteoporosis Study

    Julie A. Pasco;Mark A. Kotowicz;Margaret J. Henry;Kerrie M. Sanders

  • Tobacco smoking as a risk factor for major depressive disorder: population-based study

    Julie A. Pasco;Lana J. Williams;Felice N. Jacka;Felicity Ng

  • Health burden of hip and other fractures in Australia beyond 2000. Projections based on the Geelong Osteoporosis Study.

    Kerrie M. Sanders;Geoffrey C. Nicholson;Antony M. Ugoni;Julie A. Pasco

  • The Exclusion of High Trauma Fractures May Underestimate the Prevalence of Bone Fragility Fractures in the Community: The Geelong Osteoporosis Study

    K. M. Sanders;J. A. Pasco;A. M. Ugoni;G. C. Nicholson

  • The human cost of fracture.

    Julie A. Pasco;Kerrie M. Sanders;Frouckje M. Hoekstra;Margaret J. Henry

  • Biochemical and radiologic improvement in Paget's disease of bone treated with alendronate: A randomized, placebo-controlled trial

    Ian R. Reid;Geoffrey C. Nicholson;Robert S. Weinstein;David J. Hosking

  • Seasonal periodicity of serum vitamin D and parathyroid hormone, bone resorption, and fractures: the Geelong osteoporosis study

    Julie A Pasco;Margaret J Henry;Mark A Kotowicz;Kerrie M Sanders

Frequent Co-Authors

Julie A. Pasco
Julie A. Pasco Deakin University
Geoffrey C. Nicholson
Geoffrey C. Nicholson University of Queensland
Michael Berk
Michael Berk Deakin University
Felice N. Jacka
Felice N. Jacka Deakin University
Ego Seeman
Ego Seeman University of Melbourne
Seetal Dodd
Seetal Dodd Deakin University
Anita E. Wluka
Anita E. Wluka Monash University
Emma L. Duncan
Emma L. Duncan University of Queensland
Svetha Venkatesh
Svetha Venkatesh Deakin University
Flavia M. Cicuttini
Flavia M. Cicuttini Monash University

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