H3Africa AWI-Gen Collaborative Centre: a resource to study the interplay between genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in four sub …

M Ramsay, N Crowther, E Tambo… - Global health …, 2016 - cambridge.org
… The H3Africa AWIGen Collaborative Centre was established to examine genomic and
environmental factors that influence body composition, body fat distribution and CMD risk, with the …

Genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in Africa: methods used for Phase 1 of the AWI-Gen population cross-sectional study

SA Ali, C Soo, G Agongo, M Alberts… - Global health …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
… Before transferring the data to the AWI-Gen Collaborative Centre, data clerks at each centre
… to the central REDCap server at the AWI-Gen Collaborative Centre, where the data was …

[HTML][HTML] Community engagement and feedback of results in the H3Africa AWI-Gen project: Experiences from the Navrongo Demographic and Health Surveillance site …

G Agongo, C Debpuur, L Amenga-Etego… - AAS Open …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
collaborating centres of the AWI-Gen study. The study team discussed these community
expectations extensively during team meetings and arrived at the conclusion that there was an …

Magnitude and predictors of normal-weight central obesity–the AWI-Gen study findings

SF Mohamed, TN Haregu… - Global Health …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
… Methods: We used data from the AWI-Gen study, a cross-… General obesity was determined
using body mass index (BMI). Results: About 20.0% of participants in the study had general

Regional and sex-specific variation in BMI distribution in four sub-Saharan African countries: The H3Africa AWI-Gen study

…, as members of AWI-Gen and the H3Africa … - Global health …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
… Research reported in this publication was also supported by an NIH supplement (U54HG006938-03S1)
awarded to the AWI-Gen Collaborative Centre (U54HG006938), to enable the …

Blood Pressure Indices and Associated Risk Factors in a Rural West African Adult Population: Insights from an AWIGen Substudy in Ghana

G Agongo, EA Nonterah… - International Journal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
… This study is a part of the H3Africa AWI-Gen project that recruited men and of 40–60 years-of…
Participants of the AWI-Gen project were residents within the study area for at least ten years…

African partnerships through the H3Africa Consortium bring a genomic dimension to longitudinal population studies on the continent

, … members of the AWI-Gen study and the … - International Journal …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
… studies on cardiometabolic diseases (AWI-Gen). This collaborative centre aims to build a
research … The design of the AWI-Gen study leverages on established infrastructure, trained …

[HTML][HTML] Community engagement in Genomics research; Challenges and lessons learnt in the AWI-Gen study at Dikgale Health and Demographic Surveillance …

F Mashinya, M Alberts, RG Mashaba… - Open Research …, 2020 - openresearchafrica.org
… We also highlight possible improvements on the CE process in AWI-Gen Phase 2 at Dikgale
… of the six collaborative research sites (from four African countries) in the AWI-Gen Phase 1 …

Kidney damage and associated risk factors in rural and urban sub-Saharan Africa (AWI-Gen): a cross-sectional population study

JA George, JT Brandenburg, J Fabian… - The Lancet Global …, 2019 - thelancet.com
… Between August, 2013, and August, 2016, 10 702 people were recruited to participate in
the AWI-Gen study, of whom 2592 had missing data on key variables relevant to this study, …

The burden of dyslipidaemia and factors associated with lipid levels among adults in rural northern Ghana: An AWI-Gen sub-study

…, as members of AWI-Gen and the H3Africa Consortium - PloS one, 2018 - journals.plos.org
… was adapted and incorporated into the main AWI-Gen questionnaire. A person was defined
as … ) [35] which was incorporated into the main AWI-Gen questionnaire. Moderate to vigorous-…