[HTML][HTML] Prevalence and determinants of type 2 diabetes among lean African migrants and non-migrants: the RODAM study

FP Chilunga, P Henneman, KAC Meeks… - Journal of global …, 2019 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Background Exposure to adverse conditions earlier in life-course can predispose to type 2
diabetes in adulthood, irrespective of body mass index (BMI). However, the burden of type 2 …

Prevalence of type 2 diabetes and its association with measures of body composition among African residents in the Netherlands–The HELIUS study

KAC Meeks, K Stronks, EJAJ Beune, A Adeyemo… - Diabetes research and …, 2015 - Elsevier
Aims To compare type 2 diabetes prevalence among three ethnic groups resident in the
Netherlands: Ghanaians, African Surinamese and Dutch origin. Secondly, to determine the …

Obesity and type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africans–Is the burden in today's Africa similar to African migrants in Europe? The RODAM study

C Agyemang, K Meeks, E Beune, E Owusu-Dabo… - BMC medicine, 2016 - Springer
Background Rising rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are impending major threats
to the health of African populations, but the extent to which they differ between rural and …

Type 2 diabetes mellitus management among Ghanaian migrants resident in three European countries and their compatriots in rural and urban Ghana–The RODAM …

M Bijlholt, KAC Meeks, E Beune, J Addo… - Diabetes research and …, 2018 - Elsevier
Abstract Aims To compare Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) awareness, treatment and
control between Ghanaians resident in Ghana and Europe. Methods Comparisons were …

Rising diabetes prevalence among urban-dwelling black South Africans

N Peer, K Steyn, C Lombard, EV Lambert… - 2012 - journals.plos.org
Objective To examine the prevalence of and the association of psychosocial risk factors with
diabetes in 25–74-year-old black Africans in Cape Town in 2008/09 and to compare the …

Effect of age and sex on the associations between potential modifiable risk factors and both type 2 diabetes and impaired fasting glycaemia among West African adults

A Issaka, AJ Cameron, Y Paradies, WK Bosu… - BMC Public Health, 2022 - Springer
Background Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) is becoming one of the leading causes of
morbidity and mortality worldwide, including among Africans. Knowledge of the association …

Knowledge and perceptions of type 2 diabetes among Ghanaian migrants in three European countries and Ghanaians in rural and urban Ghana: The RODAM …

A de-Graft Aikins, F Dodoo, RB Awuah, E Owusu-Dabo… - PloS one, 2019 - journals.plos.org
African migrants in Europe and continental Africans are disproportionately affected by type 2
diabetes (T2D). Both groups develop T2D at a younger age, and have higher morbidity and …

Leanness and type 2 diabetes in a population of indigenous Australians

J Brimblecombe, D Mackerras, J Garnggulkpuy… - Diabetes research and …, 2006 - Elsevier
OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of type 2 diabetes and its risk factors in a
population of indigenous Australians. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: A cross …

Type 2 diabetes prevalence, health status and quality of care among the North African immigrant population living in France

S Fosse-Edorh, A Fagot-Campagna, B Detournay… - Diabetes & …, 2014 - Elsevier
Aim This report is an overview of type 2 diabetes (DT2) in the North African immigrant
population living in France. Methods Data were collected in two separate cross-sectional …

Type 2 diabetes risks and determinants in second-generation migrants and mixed ethnicity people of South Asian and African Caribbean descent in the UK

AE Farmaki, V Garfield, SV Eastwood, RE Farmer… - Diabetologia, 2022 - Springer
Aims/hypothesis Excess risks of type 2 diabetes in UK South Asians (SA) and African
Caribbeans (AC) compared with Europeans remain unexplained. We studied risks and …