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Dr Benjumin Hsu

Dr Benjumin Hsu

Senior Research Officer
Medicine & Health
Centre for Big Data Research in Health

Dr Benjumin Hsu has research interest and expertise in ageing, gender disparities, cardiovascular health, health service use, and analysis using linked longitudinal data. He completed his postdoctoral fellowship with the ARC Centre for Excellence in Population Ageing Research (CEPAR) at the ANZAC Research Institute. He is currently working on a project focusing on sex disparities in management of cardiovascular diseases, and several other projects exploring the relationship between social care, primary & secondary health service use and adverse health outcomes in older adults.
  • Journal articles | 2023
    2023, 'Comparative effect of varenicline and nicotine patches on preventing repeat cardiovascular events', Heart, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2022-322170
    Journal articles | 2023
    2023, 'Trends and Outcomes for Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery in New South Wales from 2008 to 2019', American Journal of Cardiology, 187, pp. 110 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjcard.2022.10.047
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Diagnostic accuracy of linked administrative data for dementia diagnosis in community-dwelling older men in Australia', BMC Geriatrics, 22, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-022-03579-2
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Differences in the pre-hospital management of women and men with stroke by emergency medical services in New South Wales', Medical Journal of Australia, 217, pp. 143 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51652
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Erratum to “Sex differences in emergency medical services management of patients with myocardial infarction: Analysis of routinely collected data for over 110,000 patients” [Am Heart J (2021) 87-91](S0002870321001885)(10.1016/j.ahj.2021.07.009)', American Heart Journal, 248, pp. 175 - 176, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2021.11.007
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Uptake of prescription smoking cessation pharmacotherapies after hospitalization for major cardiovascular disease', European journal of preventive cardiology, 29, pp. 2173 - 2182, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurjpc/zwac172
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Burden of cardiovascular diseases in older adults using aged care services', Age and Ageing, 50, pp. 1845 - 1849, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afab083
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Psychotropic medicine prescribing and polypharmacy for people with dementia entering residential aged care: the influence of changing general practitioners', Medical Journal of Australia, 215, pp. 130 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.51153
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Rotational Atherectomy and major Adverse Cardiovascular Events: A Retrospective Cohort Study Using Linked Health Administrative Data', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 30, pp. S241 - S242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2021.06.327
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Sex differences in emergency medical services management of patients with myocardial infarction: analysis of routinely collected data for over 110,000 patients', American Heart Journal, 241, pp. 87 - 91, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2021.07.009
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'The impact of dementia on aged care service transitions in the last five years of life', Age and Ageing, 50, pp. 1159 - 1165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa254
    Journal articles | 2021
    2021, 'Use of health and aged care services in Australia following hospital admission for myocardial infarction, stroke or heart failure', BMC Geriatrics, 21, pp. 538, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12877-021-02519-w
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, '730 Exploration of Single Antiplatelet Drug use in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome Undergoing Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Cardiac Stenting', Heart, Lung and Circulation, 29, pp. S364 - S365, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2020.09.737
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Antiplatelet therapy within 30 days of percutaneous coronary intervention with stent implantation', Medical Journal of Australia, 213, pp. 124 - 125, http://dx.doi.org/10.5694/mja2.50507
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Associations of Body Composition Trajectories with Bone Mineral Density, Muscle Function, Falls, and Fractures in Older Men: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project', Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 75, pp. 939 - 945, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glz184
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Branched chain amino acids, cardiometabolic risk factors and outcomes in older men: The concord health and ageing in men project', Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 75, pp. 1805 - 1810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glz192
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Comparison of Time-Varying and Landmark Analysis Methods in Estimating the Association Between Medication Adherence and Outcomes: A Heart Failure Cohort', International Journal of Population Data Science, 5, http://dx.doi.org/10.23889/ijpds.v5i5.1486
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Comparison of clinical risk factors for incident fracture in obese and non-obese community-dwelling older men', Bone, 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.bone.2020.115433
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Frailty and Cause-Specific Hospitalizations in Community-Dwelling Older Men', Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging, 24, pp. 563 - 569, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s12603-020-1352-1
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Impact of Prior Home Care on Length of Stay in Residential Care for Australians With Dementia', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 21, pp. 843 - 850.e5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2019.11.023
    Journal articles | 2020
    2020, 'Measuring dementia incidence within a cohort of 267,153 older Australians using routinely collected linked administrative data', Scientific Reports, 10, pp. 1 - 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-65273-w
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Caregiving and all-cause mortality in older men 2005-15: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project', Age and Ageing, 48, pp. 571 - 576, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afz039
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Chewing function, general health and the dentition of older Australian men: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project', Community Dentistry and Oral Epidemiology, 47, pp. 134 - 141, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cdoe.12435
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Cross-sectional and longitudinal relationships between inflammatory biomarkers and frailty in community-dwelling older men: The concord health and ageing in men project', Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 74, pp. 835 - 841, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glx142
    Journal articles | 2019
    2019, 'Efficacy and safety of triple versus dual combination blood pressure-lowering drug therapy: A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials', Journal of Hypertension, 37, pp. 1567 - 1573, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000002089
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'Community-dwelling older men with dementia are at high risk of hip fracture, but not any other fracture: The Concord Health and Aging in Men Project', Geriatrics and Gerontology International, 18, pp. 1479 - 1484, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ggi.13516
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'Evaluating Calculated Free Testosterone as a Predictor of Morbidity and Mortality Independent of Testosterone for Cross-sectional and 5-Year Longitudinal Health Outcomes in Older Men: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project', Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 73, pp. 729 - 736, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glx170
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'Longitudinal associations between Vitamin D metabolites and Sarcopenia in older Australian men: The concord health and aging in men project', Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 73, pp. 131 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glx086
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'Oral health of community-dwelling older Australian men: the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project (CHAMP)', Australian Dental Journal, 63, pp. 55 - 65, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/adj.12564
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'Temporal associations between sexual function and cognitive function in community-dwelling older men: The concord health and ageing in men project', Age and Ageing, 47, pp. 900 - 904, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afy088
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'Testosterone, frailty and physical function in older men', Expert Review of Endocrinology and Metabolism, 13, pp. 159 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17446651.2018.1475227
    Journal articles | 2018
    2018, 'Total Physical Activity, Exercise Intensity, and Walking Speed as Predictors of All-Cause and Cause-Specific Mortality Over 7 Years in Older Men: The Concord Health and Aging in Men Project', Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, 19, pp. 216 - 222, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jamda.2017.08.018
    Journal articles | 2017
    2017, 'Sexual function and mortality in older men: The concord health and ageing in men project', Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 72, pp. 520 - 527, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glw101
    Journal articles | 2017
    2017, 'TEMPORAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, EXERCISE INTENSITY, AND MORTALITY IN OLDER MEN', Innovation in Aging, 1, pp. 1052 - 1052, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igx004.3844
    Journal articles | 2016
    2016, 'Low hemoglobin concentrations are associated with sarcopenia, physical performance, and disability in older australian men in cross-sectional and longitudinal analysis: The concord health and ageing in men project', Journals of Gerontology - Series A Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences, 71, pp. 1667 - 1675, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/gerona/glw055
    Journal articles | 2016
    2016, 'Progressive Temporal Change in Serum SHBG, But Not in Serum Testosterone or Estradiol, Is Associated With Bone Loss and Incident Fractures in Older Men: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project', Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 31, pp. 2115 - 2122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.2904
    Journal articles | 2016
    2016, 'Temporal changes in androgens and estrogens are associated with all-cause and cause-specific mortality in older men', Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 101, pp. 2201 - 2210, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jc.2016-1025
    Journal articles | 2016
    2016, 'Temporal trend in androgen status and androgen-sensitive outcomes in older men', Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 101, pp. 1836 - 1846, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jc.2015-3810
    Journal articles | 2015
    2015, 'Longitudinal relationships between reproductive hormones and cognitive decline in older men: The concord health and ageing in men project', Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 100, pp. 2223 - 2230, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jc.2015-1016
    Journal articles | 2015
    2015, 'Reproductive hormones and longitudinal change in bone mineral density and incident fracture risk in older men: The concord health and aging in men project', Journal of Bone and Mineral Research, 30, pp. 1701 - 1708, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jbmr.2493
    Journal articles | 2015
    2015, 'The longitudinal relationship of sexual function and androgen status in older men: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project', Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 100, pp. 1350 - 1358, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jc.2014-4104
    Journal articles | 2014
    2014, 'Associations between circulating reproductive hormones and SHBG and prevalent and incident metabolic syndrome in community-dwelling older men: The concord health and ageing in men project', Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 99, pp. E2686 - E2691, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jc.2014-2464
    Journal articles | 2014
    2014, 'Longitudinal and cross-sectional relationships of circulating reproductive hormone levels to self-rated health and health-related quality of life in community-dwelling older men', Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 99, pp. 1638 - 1647, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jc.2013-3984
    Journal articles | 2014
    2014, 'Longitudinal relationships of circulating reproductive hormone with functional disability, muscle mass, and strength in community-dwelling older men: The concord health and ageing in men project', Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 99, pp. 3310 - 3318, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jc.2014-1124
    Journal articles | 2014
    2014, 'P2‐299: REPRODUCTIVE HORMONES AND COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AMONG COMMUNITY‐DWELLING OLDER MEN: THE CONCORD HEALTH AND AGEING IN MEN PROJECT', Alzheimer's & Dementia, 10, pp. P587 - P587, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jalz.2014.05.977
  • Preprints | 2022
    2022, Predicting adverse outcomes following catheter ablation treatment for atrial fibrillation, , http://arxiv.org/abs/2211.11965v1
    Conference Abstracts | 2021
    2021, 'Changing general practitioner when entering residential aged care: impact on psychotropic medicine use and polypharmacy in 2,250 Australians with dementia', in Australian Dementia Forum, presented at Australian Dementia Forum
    Conference Papers | 2020
    2020, 'How do risk factors for incident fracture differ in obese and non-obese community-dwelling older men? The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project', in JOURNAL OF BONE AND MINERAL RESEARCH, WILEY, ELECTR NETWORK, pp. 221 - 221, presented at Annual Meeting of the American-Society-for-Bone-and Mineral Research (ASBMR), ELECTR NETWORK, 11 September 2020 - 15 September 2020, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000593119300670&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Abstracts | 2020
    2020, 'Impact of prior home care on length-of-stay in residential care for Australians living with dementia', in Australian Dementia Forum, Adelaide, Australia, presented at Australian Dementia Forum, Adelaide, Australia
    Conference Abstracts | 2020
    2020, 'Measuring dementia incidence within a cohort of 267,153 older Australians using routinely collected linked administrative data', in 34th International Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease, Singapore, presented at 34th International Conference of Alzheimer’s Disease, Singapore
    Conference Abstracts | 2020
    2020, 'Measuring dementia incidence within a cohort of 267,153 older Australians using routinely collected linked administrative data', in International Population Data Linkage Network, presented at International Population Data Linkage Network
    Conference Abstracts | 2019
    2019, 'Impact of prior home care on length of stay in residential care for Australians with dementia', in HSRAANZ, Auckland, New Zealand, presented at HSRAANZ, Auckland, New Zealand
    Conference Abstracts | 2019
    2019, 'Transitions through aged care in the last five years of life among those with dementia', in Australian Dementia Forum, Hobart, TAS, Australia, presented at Australian Dementia Forum, Hobart, TAS, Australia
    Conference Abstracts | 2018
    2018, 'Estimating dementia incidence and prevalence with multiple linked datasets', in Australian Epidemiological Associating Meeting, Fremantle, WA, Australia, presented at Australian Epidemiological Associating Meeting, Fremantle, WA, Australia
    Conference Papers | 2017
    2017, 'Frailty and cytokines: the CHAMP study', in AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, WILEY, pp. 42 - 43, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000401001500059&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2016
    2016, 'COMMUNITY-DWELLING MEN WITH DEMENTIA ARE AT HIGH RISK OF FRACTURE: THE CONCORD HEALTH AND AGEING IN MEN PROJECT', in OSTEOPOROSIS INTERNATIONAL, SPRINGER LONDON LTD, SINGAPORE, Singapore, pp. S726 - S727, presented at IOF-Regionals 6th Asia-Pacific Osteoporosis Meeting, SINGAPORE, Singapore, 04 November 2016 - 06 November 2016, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000388955600076&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2016
    2016, 'EFFICACY AND SAFETY OF COMBINATION OF THREE OR MORE BP LOWERING DRUGS FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW AND META-ANALYSIS OF RANDOMISED CONTROLLED TRIALS', in JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION, LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS, pp. E442 - E442, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000501151.39883.3b
    Conference Papers | 2015
    2015, 'Low levels of testosterone are not a cause of poor health in older men: results from the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project', in AUSTRALASIAN JOURNAL ON AGEING, WILEY-BLACKWELL, pp. 17 - 17, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000354463000019&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2015
    2015, 'Lower circulating testosterone (T) is a consequence rather than a cause of poor health in older men: the Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project (CHAMP)', in CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY, WILEY, AUSTRALIA, Adelaide, pp. 4 - 4, presented at Annual Scientific Meeting of the Endocrine-Society-of-Australia, AUSTRALIA, Adelaide, 23 August 2015 - 26 August 2015, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000372310400011&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2015
    2015, 'SEXUAL ACTIVITY AND ERECTILE DYSFUNCTION AND MORTALITY IN OLDER MEN: THE CONCORD HEALTH AND AGEING IN MEN PROJECT (CHAMP)', in GERONTOLOGIST, OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC, pp. 568 - 569, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000374222702686&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2014
    2014, 'Longitudinal Relationship Between Reproductive Hormones and Total Hip Bone Loss and Hip Fractures Among Community-Dwelling Older Men: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project', in ENDOCRINE REVIEWS, ENDOCRINE SOC, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000209805105242&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2014
    2014, 'Longitudinal Relationship Between Reproductive Hormones and Total Hip Bone Loss and Hip Fractures Among Community-Dwelling Older Men: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project', in ENDOCRINE REVIEWS, ENDOCRINE SOC, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000209805105274&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
    Conference Papers | 2014
    2014, 'Longitudinal Relationships of Circulating Reproductive Hormone Levels and Functional Disability in Community-Dwelling Older Men: The Concord Health and Ageing in Men Project', in ENDOCRINE REVIEWS, ENDOCRINE SOC, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000209805107191&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1