A comprehensive lifestyle index and its associations with DNA methylation and type 2 diabetes among Ghanaian adults: the rodam study

Autor: C. A. Abidha, K. A. C. Meeks, F. P. Chilunga, A. Venema, R. Schindlmayr, C. Hayfron-Benjamin, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Frank P. Mockenhaupt, C. Agyemang, P. Henneman, I. Danquah

Publikováno v: Clinical Epigenetics, Vol 16, Iss 1, Pp 1-16 (2024)

Abstract Background A series of modifiable lifestyle factors, such as diet quality, physical activity, alcohol intake, and smoking, may drive the rising burden of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) among sub-Saharan Africans globally. It is unclear whether epige

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/2b51897fdde340438041267297e537ac

Hypertension knowledge, attitudes and perceptions among adults in the Navrongo Health and Demographic Surveillance Site: a mixed methods analysis

Autor: Ahaana Singh, Godfred Agongo, Samuel T. Chatio, Bernard Logonia, Cornelius Y. Debpuur, Patrick O. Ansah, Abraham R. Oduro, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Engelbert A. Nonterah

Publikováno v: BMC Primary Care, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 1-12 (2024)

Abstract Background This study assessed knowledge, behaviors, and perceptions towards hypertension following community dissemination on cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk within the Navrongo Health and Demographic Surveillance Site in Northern Ghana.

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/1ab945c827e14bf38a629c1edaf16e6a

Development and validation of a prognostic model to predict birth weight: individual participant data meta-analysis

Autor: François Goffinet, Paul T Seed, Jørn Olsen, Renato T Souza, Louise C Kenny, José Guilherme Cecatti, Ben W Mol, Jane E Norman, Jun Zhang, Ana Pilar Betran, Kym I E Snell, Richard D Riley, Seppo Heinonen, Anne Eskild, Fionnuala M McAuliffe, Mark Brown, Henk Groen, Alice Rumbold, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Line Sletner, Anne Karen Jenum, Fionnuala Mone, Hema Mistry, Eric A P Steegers, Shigeru Saito, Arri Coomarasamy, Fabio Facchinetti, Lucilla Poston, Shakila Thangaratinam, SeonAe Yeo, Joyce L Browne, Eva Pajkrt, Wessel Ganzevoort, Kjell Salvesen, Helena Teede, Lucy Chappell, Maria Makrides, Guillermo Carroli, Javier Zamora, Pisake Lumbiganon, Asma Khalil, John Kingdom, Gustaaf Dekker, Robert Gibson, Lionel Carbillon, John Allotey, Dyuti Coomar, Jane West, Marleen Temmerman, Satoru Takeda, Federico Prefumo, Hannele Laivuori, Sohinee Bhattacharya, Sander M J van Kuijk, Lucinda Archer, Jenny Myers, Lisa M Askie, Sergio Ferrazzani, Melanie Smuk, Caroline A Crowther, Francesc Figueras, Lill Trogstad, Maureen Macleod, Claire T Roberts, François Audibert, Ary I Savitri, Lesley McCowan, Wendy S Meschino, Diane Farrar, Yves Giguère, Tianhua Huang, Hans Wolf, Tiziana Frusca, Silvia Salvi, Patrizia Vergani, Chie Nagata, George Daskalakis, Olav Lapaire, Enrico Ferrazzi, Baskaran Thilaganathan, Christopher Redman, Agustin Conde-Agudelo, Nelly Zavaleta, Josje Langenveld, Karlijn C Vollebregt, Jacques Massé, Francesca Crovetto, Mariana Widmer, Ignacio Herraiz, Alberto Galindo, Jean-Claude Forest, Stefan Verlohren, Luc Smits, Edouard Lecarpentier, Per Minor Magnus, Linda Gough, Alex Kwong, Akihide Ohkuchi, Fabricio Da Silva Costa, Athena P Souka, Rinat Gabbay-Benziv, Evan Sequeira, Rachel Katherine Morris, Ahmet A Baschat, Dewi Anggraini, Marleen van Gelder, Sadia Haqnawaz, Cuno SPM Uiterwaal, Annetine C Staff, Louise Bjoerkholt Andersen, Elisa Llurba Olive, Javier Arenas Ramírez, Peter A Zimmerman, Catherine Riddell, Joris van de Post, Sebastián E Illanes, Claudia Holzman, Pia M Villa, Luxmi Velauthar, Miriam van Oostwaard, Christina A Vinter, Camilla Haavaldsen, Inge Eisensee, Ernesto A Figueiró-Filho, Jacob A Lykke, Alfred Mbah, Gordon G S Smith, Read Salim, Annemarijne Adank, Rebecca E Allen, Jan Stener Jørgensen, Anthony O Odibo, Bassam G Haddad, Emily C Kleinrouweler, Ragnhild Bergene Skråstad, Kajantie Eero, Athanasios Pilalis, Lee Ann Hawkins

Publikováno v: BMJ Medicine, Vol 3, Iss 1 (2024)

Objective To predict birth weight at various potential gestational ages of delivery based on data routinely available at the first antenatal visit.Design Individual participant data meta-analysis.Data sources Individual participant data of four cohor

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Early life ambient air pollution, household fuel use, and under-5 mortality in Ghana

Autor: Ali Moro, Engelbert A. Nonterah, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Samuel Oladokun, Paul Welaga, Patrick O. Ansah, Perry Hystad, Roel Vermeulen, Abraham R. Oduro, George Downward

Publikováno v: Environment International, Vol 187, Iss , Pp 108693- (2024)

Introduction: Environmental exposures, such as ambient air pollution and household fuel use affect health and under-5 mortality (U5M) but there is a paucity of data in the Global South. This study examined early-life exposure to ambient particulate m

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/93c4d3d705fa44089671c8b9f3c1474a

Trends in body mass index in the pre-dolutegravir period in South Africa

Autor: Florian van Ginkel, Roos E. Barth, Hugo Tempelman, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Diederick E. Grobbee, Karine Scheuermaier, Francois W.D. Venter, Alinda G. Vos-Seda

Publikováno v: Southern African Journal of HIV Medicine, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp e1-e12 (2024)

Background: Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is associated with weight gain, but this has been shown to be more marked with dolutegravir and other integrase strand transfer inhibitors. Objectives: We studied weight gain in people living with HIV (PLWH)

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/7fb88241a55a493cb7aad92e1fa1b2fb