Search Results - "Janha, Ramatoulie"
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Sex‐Specific Associations Between Cardiac Workload, Peripheral Vascular Calcification, and Bone Mineral Density: The Gambian Bone and Muscle Aging Study
Published in Journal of bone and mineral research (01-02-2021)“…Noncommunicable diseases (NCD) are rapidly rising in Africa, with multimorbidity increasing the burden on health and social care. Osteoporosis and…”
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Exploring influences on adolescent diet and physical activity in rural Gambia, West Africa: food insecurity, culture and the natural environment
Published in Public health nutrition (01-11-2021)“…To explore, from the perspectives of adolescents and caregivers, and using qualitative methods, influences on adolescent diet and physical activity in rural…”
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SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence in pregnant women during the first three COVID-19 waves in The Gambia
Published in International journal of infectious diseases (01-10-2023)“…•High specificity of SARS-CoV-2 receptor binding domain immunoglobulin M/ immunoglobulin G test in samples collected pre-pandemic.•Very high (>90%) SARS-CoV-2…”
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'I should be disease free, healthy and be happy in whatever I do': a cross-country analysis of drivers of adolescent diet and physical activity in different low- and middle-income contexts
Published in Public health nutrition (01-11-2021)“…To explore perceptions of how context shapes adolescent diet and physical activity in eight low- and middle-income (LMIC) sites at different stages of societal…”
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Sex‐specific associations between cardiovascular risk factors and physical function: the Gambian Bone and Muscle Ageing Study
Published in Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (01-02-2023)“…Background In Sub‐Saharan Africa, the prevalence of obesity, cardiovascular disease (CVD) and impaired physical function are increasing due to rapid…”
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Anthropometric nutritional status, and social and dietary characteristics of African and Indian adolescents taking part in the TALENT (Transforming Adolescent Lives through Nutrition) qualitative study
Published in Public health nutrition (01-11-2021)“…To describe the anthropometry, socioeconomic circumstances, diet and screen time usage of adolescents in India and Africa as context to a qualitative study of…”
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Inactive alleles of cytochrome P450 2C19 may be positively selected in human evolution
Published in BMC evolutionary biology (01-04-2014)“…Cytochrome P450 CYP2C19 metabolizes a wide range of pharmacologically active substances and a relatively small number of naturally occurring environmental…”
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African women working in global health: closing the gender gap in Africa?
Published in The Lancet global health (01-04-2018)Get full text
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Randomized trial of safety and effectiveness of chlorproguanil-dapsone and lumefantrine-artemether for uncomplicated malaria in children in the Gambia
Published in PloS one (07-06-2011)“…Chlorproguanil-dapsone (Lapdap), developed as a low-cost antimalarial, was withdrawn in 2008 after concerns about safety in G6PD deficient patients. This trial…”
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Protocol for the EMPHASIS study; epigenetic mechanisms linking maternal pre-conceptional nutrition and children's health in India and Sub-Saharan Africa
Published in BMC nutrition (30-10-2017)“…Animal studies have shown that nutritional exposures during pregnancy can modify epigenetic marks regulating fetal development and susceptibility to later…”
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Effects of genetic variation at the CYP2C19/CYP2C9 locus on pharmacokinetics of chlorcycloguanil in adult Gambians
Published in Pharmacogenomics (01-09-2009)“…Antimalarial biguanides are metabolized by CYP2C19, thus genetic variation at the CYP2C locus might affect pharmacokinetics and so treatment outcome for…”
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Vertebral fracture prevalence and risk factors for fracture in the Gambia, West Africa: the Gambian bone and muscle ageing study
Published in Journal of bone and mineral research (07-11-2024)“…Abstract There are limited data describing the epidemiology of vertebral fractures (VF) from resource-limited settings, where the ageing population is growing…”
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Cross-Calibration of iDXA and pQCT Scanners at Rural and Urban Research Sites in The Gambia, West Africa
Published in Calcified tissue international (01-05-2023)“…Between-scanner differences in measures of bone and body composition can obscure or exaggerate physiological differences in multi-site studies or the magnitude…”
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Candidate genes linking maternal nutrient exposure to offspring health via DNA methylation: a review of existing evidence in humans with specific focus on one-carbon metabolism
Published in International journal of epidemiology (01-12-2018)“…Mounting evidence suggests that nutritional exposures during pregnancy influence the fetal epigenome, and that these epigenetic changes can persist…”
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Sustained Ex Vivo Susceptibility of Plasmodium falciparum to Artemisinin Derivatives but Increasing Tolerance to Artemisinin Combination Therapy Partner Quinolines in The Gambia
Published in Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy (01-12-2017)“…Antimalarial interventions have yielded a significant decline in malaria prevalence in The Gambia, where artemether-lumefantrine (AL) has been used as a…”
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Effect of maternal preconceptional and pregnancy micronutrient interventions on children’s DNA methylation: Findings from the EMPHASIS study
Published in The American journal of clinical nutrition (01-10-2020)“…Maternal nutrition in pregnancy has been linked to offspring health in early and later life, with changes to DNA methylation (DNAm) proposed as a mediating…”
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What shapes adolescents' diet and physical activity habits in rural Konkan, India? Adolescents' and caregivers' perspectives
Published in Public health nutrition (01-11-2021)“…To explore, adolescents' and caregivers' perspectives, about shaping of diet and physical activity habits in rural Konkan, India. Five focus group discussions…”
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