Racial and ethnic differences in the association between classical cardiovascular risk factors and common carotid intima‐media thickness: an individual participant …

EA Nonterah, NJ Crowther… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Am Heart Assoc
Background The major risk factors for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease differ by race
or ethnicity but have largely been defined using populations of European ancestry. Despite …

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
There is an alarming tide of cardiovascular and metabolic disease (CMD) sweeping across
Africa. This may be a result of an increasingly urbanized lifestyle characterized by the …

Regional patterns and association between obesity and hypertension in Africa: evidence from the H3Africa CHAIR study

OM Akpa, F Made, A Ojo, B Ovbiagele, D Adu… - …, 2020 - Am Heart Assoc
Hypertension and obesity are the most important modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular
diseases, but their association is not well characterized in Africa. We investigated regional …

[HTML][HTML] A Systematic Review on Cardiometabolic Risks and Perinatal Outcomes among Pregnant Women Living with HIV in the Era of Antiretroviral Therapy

P Modjadji, K Mokgalaboni, EA Nonterah, SL Lebelo… - Viruses, 2023 - mdpi.com
Antiretroviral therapy (ART) regimens have been shown to cause metabolic changes in
people living with HIV (PLWH), predisposing them to cardiometabolic disease (CVMD) …

[HTML][HTML] Meta-analysis of sub-Saharan African studies provides insights into genetic architecture of lipid traits

A Choudhury, JT Brandenburg, T Chikowore… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Genetic associations for lipid traits have identified hundreds of variants with clear differences
across European, Asian and African studies. Based on a sub-Saharan-African GWAS for …

Descriptive epidemiology of anaemia among pregnant women initiating antenatal care in rural Northern Ghana

S Atindama, EY Ayamba, I Agorinya… - African Journal of …, 2019 - journals.co.za
Background: Anaemia in pregnancy is associated with adverse obstetric outcomes. When
detected early in pregnancy, it can be treated; however, information on its prevalence and …

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

M Ramsay, NJ Crowther, G Agongo, SA Ali… - Global health …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
Background: African populations are characterised by diversity at many levels including:
demographic history, genetic ancestry, language, wealth, socio-political landscape, culture …

Carotid atherosclerosis, microalbuminuria, and estimated 10-Year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk in Sub-Saharan Africa

EA Nonterah, D Boateng, NJ Crowther… - JAMA Network …, 2022 - jamanetwork.com
Importance Carotid atherosclerosis and microalbuminuria are associated with
atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) but are understudied in sub-Saharan …

Classical cardiovascular risk factors and HIV are associated with carotid intima‐media thickness in adults from Sub‐Saharan Africa: findings from H3Africa AWI‐Gen …

EA Nonterah, PR Boua… - Journal of the …, 2019 - Am Heart Assoc
Background Studies on the determinants of carotid intima‐media thickness (CIMT), a marker
of sub‐clinical atherosclerosis, mostly come from white, Asian, and diasporan black …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic associations with carotid intima-media thickness link to atherosclerosis with sex-specific effects in sub-Saharan Africans

PR Boua, JT Brandenburg, A Choudhury… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Atherosclerosis precedes the onset of clinical manifestations of cardiovascular diseases
(CVDs). We used carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT) to investigate genetic susceptibility …