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GLP-1 receptor agonists in lean diabetes in racial and ethnic minority groups: closing the treatment gap by Chilunga, Felix P, Mkoma, George F

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Tackling the diabetes surge in sub-Saharan Africa through novel youth-centric strategies by Chilunga, Felix P, Mtintsilana, Asanda, Aovare, Pearl, Msengi, George, Mkoma, George F, Nakanga, Wisdom

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Tracking the progress of inequalities in SARS-CoV-2 infections into the third covid-19 wave by Chilunga, Felix P, Agyemang, Charles

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COVID-19 Impacts Across Multiple Life Domains of Vulnerable Socio-Demographic Groups Including Migrants: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study by Chilunga, Felix P, Coyer, Liza, Collard, Didier, Leenstra, Tjalling, Galenkamp, Henrike, Agyemang, Charles, Prins, Maria, Stronks, Karien

“…We assessed the impacts of COVID-19 on multiple life domains across socio-demographic groups in Netherlands. After the first COVID-19 wave, we distributed…”
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Associations of psychosocial stress with type 2 diabetes and glycaemic control among Ghanaians: The RODAM study by Chilunga, Felix P., Schwerzel, Pleun S., Meeks, Karlijn A. C., Beune, Erik, Bahendeka, Silver, Mockenhaupt, Frank, Klipstein‐Grobusch, Kerstin, Agyemang, Charles

“…Background The extent to which psychosocial stress relates to type 2 diabetes among sub‐Saharan Africans is not well understood. We assessed associations of…”
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SARS-CoV-2 vaccination uptake in six ethnic groups living in Amsterdam, the Netherlands: A registry-based study within the HELIUS cohort by Campman, Sophie L, Boyd, Anders, Coyer, Liza, Schinkel, Janke, Agyemang, Charles, Galenkamp, Henrike, Koopman, Anitra D M, Chilunga, Felix P, Schim van der Loeff, Maarten F, van Houtum, Lieke, Leenstra, Tjalling, Stronks, Karien, Prins, Maria

“…Ethnic minority groups have experienced a disproportionate burden of COVID-19, and should therefore be especially encouraged to receive SARS-CoV-2 vaccination…”
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Relative contributions of pre-pandemic factors and intra-pandemic activities to differential COVID-19 risk among migrant and non-migrant populations in the Netherlands: lessons for future pandemic preparedness by Chilunga, Felix P, Campman, Sophie, Galenkamp, Henrike, Boyd, Anders, Bolijn, Renee, Leenstra, Tjalling, Agyemang, Charles, Uiters, Ellen, Prins, Maria, Stronks, Karien

“…Although risk factors for differences in SARS-CoV-2 infections between migrant and non-migrant populations in high income countries have been identified, their…”
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Cardiovascular Risk Estimation Based on Country-of-Birth- and Country-of-Residence-Specific Scores among Migrants in the Netherlands: The HELIUS Study by Osei-Yeboah, James, Moll van Charante, Eric P, Kengne, Andre-Pascal, Owusu-Dabo, Ellis, van den Born, Bert-Jan H, Galenkamp-van der Ploeg, Henrike, Chilunga, Felix P, Boateng, Daniel, Motazedi, Ehsan, Agyemang, Charles

“…Regional and country-specific cardiovascular risk algorithms have been developed to improve CVD risk prediction. But it is unclear whether migrants'…”
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Investigating associations between rural-to-urban migration and cardiometabolic disease in Malawi: a population-level study by Chilunga, Felix P, Musicha, Crispin, Tafatatha, Terence, Geis, Steffen, Nyirenda, Moffat J, Crampin, Amelia C, Price, Alison J

“…Abstract Background The extent to which rural-to-urban migration affects risk for cardiometabolic diseases (CMD) in Africa is not well understood. We…”
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A multilevel and multicenter assessment of health care system capacity to manage cardiovascular diseases in Africa: a baseline study of the Ghana Heart Initiative by Doku, Alfred, Tuglo, Lawrence Sena, Chilunga, Felix, Edzeame, Juliette, Peters, Ron J.G, Agyemang, Charles

“…Abstract Introduction Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) remain the leading cause of death worldwide, with over 70% of these deaths occurring in low- and…”
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Perceived discrimination and stressful life events are associated with cardiovascular risk score in migrant and non-migrant populations: The RODAM study by Chilunga, Felix P., Boateng, Daniel, Henneman, Peter, Beune, Erik, Requena-Méndez, Ana, Meeks, Karlijn, Smeeth, Liam, Addo, Juliet, Bahendeka, Silver, Danquah, Ina, Schulze, Matthias B., Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin, Mannens, Marcel M.A.M., Agyemang, Charles

“…Psychosocial stress could be an underlying factor for emerging risk of cardiovascular diseases (CVD) in Africans. We assessed the association between…”
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International Migration and Cardiovascular Health: Unraveling the Disease Burden Among Migrants to North America and Europe by Agyemang, Charles, van der Linden, Eva L, Chilunga, Felix, van den Born, Bert-Jan H

“…Europe and North America are the 2 largest recipients of international migrants from low-resource regions in the world. Here, large differences in…”
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Hyperuricaemia and its association with 10‐year risk of cardiovascular disease among migrant and non‐migrant African populations: the RODAM study by Chilunga, Felix P., Henneman, Peter, Requena‐Méndez, Ana, Meeks, Karlijn, Beune, Erik, Mannens, Marcel M. A. M., Agyemang, Charles

“…Objective In the advent of rapid urbanisation, migration and epidemiological transition, the extent to which serum uric acid (sUA) affects cardiovascular…”
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Epigenome-wide association study for perceived discrimination among sub-Saharan African migrants in Europe - the RODAM study by van der Laan, Loes C., Meeks, Karlijn A. C., Chilunga, Felix P., Agyemang, Charles, Venema, Andrea, Mannens, Marcel M. A. M., Zafarmand, Mohammad H., Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin, Smeeth, Liam, Adeyemo, Adebowale, Henneman, Peter

“…Sub-Saharan African (SSA) migrants in Europe experience psychosocial stressors, such as perceived discrimination (PD). The effect of such a stressor on health…”
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The Magnitude and Directions of the Associations between Early Life Factors and Metabolic Syndrome Differ across Geographical Locations among Migrant and Non-Migrant Ghanaians—The RODAM Study by van der Heijden, Thijs G. W., Chilunga, Felix P., Meeks, Karlijn A. C., Addo, Juliet, Danquah, Ina, Beune, Erik J., Bahendeka, Silver K., Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin, Mockenhaupt, Frank P., Waltz, Mitzi M., Agyemang, Charles

“…Background: Early-life factors (ELFs) such as childhood nutrition and childhood socio-economic status could be the drivers of the increase in metabolic…”
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Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa: from clinical care to health policy by Atun, Rifat, Davies, Justine I, Gale, Edwin A M, Bärnighausen, Till, Beran, David, Kengne, Andre Pascal, Levitt, Naomi S, Mangugu, Florence W, Nyirenda, Moffat J, Ogle, Graham D, Ramaiya, Kaushik, Sewankambo, Nelson K, Sobngwi, Eugene, Tesfaye, Solomon, Yudkin, John S, Basu, Sanjay, Bommer, Christian, Heesemann, Esther, Manne-Goehler, Jennifer, Postolovska, Iryna, Sagalova, Vera, Vollmer, Sebastian, Abbas, Zulfiqarali G, Ammon, Benjamin, Angamo, Mulugeta Terekegn, Annamreddi, Akhila, Awasthi, Ananya, Besançon, Stéphane, Bhadriraju, Sudhamayi, Binagwaho, Agnes, Burgess, Philip I, Burton, Matthew J, Chai, Jeanne, Chilunga, Felix P, Chipendo, Portia, Conn, Anna, Joel, Dipesalema R, Eagan, Arielle W, Gishoma, Crispin, Ho, Julius, Jong, Simcha, Kakarmath, Sujay S, Khan, Yasmin, Kharel, Ramu, Kyle, Michael A, Lee, Seitetz C, Lichtman, Amos, Malm, Carl P, Mbaye, Maïmouna N, Muhimpundu, Marie A, Mwagomba, Beatrice M, Mwangi, Kibachio Joseph, Nair, Mohit, Niyonsenga, Simon P, Njuguna, Benson, Okafor, Obiageli L O, Okunade, Oluwakemi, Park, Paul H, Pastakia, Sonak D, Pekny, Chelsea, Reja, Ahmed, Rotimi, Charles N, Rwunganira, Samuel, Sando, David, Sarriera, Gabriela, Sharma, Anshuman, Sidibe, Assa, Siraj, Elias S, Syed, Azhra S, Van Acker, Kristien, Werfalli, Mahmoud

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An epigenome-wide association study of insulin resistance in African Americans by Chilunga, Felix P, Meeks, Karlijn A. C, Henneman, Peter, Agyemang, Charles, Doumatey, Ayo P, Rotimi, Charles N, Adeyemo, Adebowale A

“…Abstract Background African Americans have a high risk for type 2 diabetes (T2D) and insulin resistance. Studies among other population groups have identified…”
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DNA methylation as the link between migration and the major noncommunicable diseases: the RODAM study by Chilunga, Felix P, Henneman, Peter, Venema, Andrea, Meeks, Karlijn Ac, Gonzalez, Juan R, Ruiz-Arenas, Carlos, Requena-Méndez, Ana, Beune, Erik, Spranger, Joachim, Smeeth, Liam, Bahendeka, Silver, Owusu-Dabo, Ellis, Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin, Adeyemo, Adebowale, Mannens, Marcel Mam, Agyemang, Charles

“…We assessed epigenome-wide DNA methylation (DNAm) differences between migrant and non-migrant Ghanaians. We used the Illumina Infinium HumanMethylation450…”
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Prevalence and determinants of type 2 diabetes among lean African migrants and non-migrants: the RODAM study by Chilunga, Felix P, Henneman, Peter, Meeks, Karlijn Ac, Beune, Erik, Requena-Méndez, Ana, Smeeth, Liam, Addo, Juliet, Bahendeka, Silver, Danquah, Ina, Schulze, Matthias B, Spranger, Joachim, Owusu-Dabo, Ellis, Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin, Mannens, Marcel Mam, Agyemang, Charles

“…Exposure to adverse conditions earlier in life-course can predispose to type 2 diabetes in adulthood, irrespective of body mass index (BMI). However, the…”
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Epigenetic-age acceleration in the emerging burden of cardiometabolic diseases among migrant and non-migrant African populations: a population-based cross-sectional RODAM substudy by Chilunga, Felix P, Henneman, Peter, Elliott, Hannah R, Cronjé, H Toinét, Walia, Gagandeep K, Meeks, Karlijn A C, Requena-Mendez, Ana, Venema, Andrea, Bahendeka, Silver, Danquah, Ina, Adeyemo, Adebowale, Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin, Pieters, Marlien, Mannens, Marcels M A M, Agyemang, Charles

“…African populations are going through health transitions due to rapid urbanisation and international migration. However, the role of biological ageing in the…”
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