MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

The association of physical activity and cardiorespiratory fitness with β-cell dysfunction, insulin resistance, and diabetes among adults in north-western Tanzania: A cross-sectional study.

Kitilya B, Peck R, Changalucha J, Jeremiah K, Kavishe BB, Friis H, Filteau S, Krogh-Madsen R, Brage S, Faurholt-Jepsen D, Olsen MF, Praygod G

Frontiers in endocrinology. Feb 2022

(DOI : 10.3389/fendo.2022.885988)

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Hepatic steatosis is associated with anthropometry, cardio-metabolic disease risk, sex, age and urbanization, but not with ethnicity in adult Kenyans.

Kastberg SE, Lund HS, de Lucia-Rolfe E, Kaduka LU, Boit MK, Corpeleijn E, Friis H, Bernard S, Paquette M, Baas A, Rasmussen JJ, Christensen DL

Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH. Oct 2021

(DOI : 10.1111/tmi.13696)

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Levels and correlates of physical activity and capacity among HIV-infected compared to HIV-uninfected individuals.

Kitilya B, Praygod G, Peck R, Changalucha J, Jeremiah K, Kavishe BB, Friis H, Filteau S, Faurholt-Jepsen D, Krogh-Madsen R, Brage S, Olsen MF

PLoS ONE. Jun 2021

(DOI : 10.1371/journal.pone.0262298)

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Physical activity level among children recovering from severe acute malnutrition.

Babirekere-Iriso E, Rytter MJH, Namusoke H, Mupere E, Michaelsen KF, Stark KD, Lauritzen L, Briend A, Friis H, Brage S, Faurholt-Jepsen D

Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH. Dec 2017

(DOI : 10.1111/tmi.13022)

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Physical activity energy expenditure and cardiometabolic health in three rural Kenyan populations.

Lee JC, Westgate K, Boit MK, Mwaniki DL, Kiplamai FK, Friis H, Tetens I, Christensen DL, Brage S

American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. Nov 2017

(DOI : 10.1002/ajhb.23199)

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Correlates of Physical Activity among Young Children with Moderate Acute Malnutrition.

Yaméogo CW, Cichon B, Fabiansen C, Iuel-Brockdorf AS, Shepherd S, Filteau S, Traoré AS, Christensen VB, Michaelsen KF, Brage S, Friis H, Faurholt-Jepsen D

The Journal of pediatrics. Apr 2016

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jpeds.2016.10.073)

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Cardiovascular risk factors in rural Kenyans are associated with differential age gradients, but not modified by sex or ethnicity.

Christensen DL, Faurholt-Jepsen D, Birkegaard L, Mwaniki DL, Boit MK, Kilonzo B, Brage S, Friis H, Tetens I, Borch-Johnsen K, Vistisen D

Annals of human biology. Jun 2015

(DOI : 10.3109/03014460.2015.1013987)

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Effects of nutritional supplementation for HIV patients starting antiretroviral treatment: randomised controlled trial in Ethiopia.

Olsen MF, Abdissa A, Kæstel P, Tesfaye M, Yilma D, Girma T, Wells JC, Ritz C, Mølgaard C, Michaelsen KF, Zerfu D, Brage S, Andersen ÅB, Friis H

BMJ (Clinical research ed.). Aug 2014

(DOI : 10.1136/bmj.g3187)

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Physical activity and capacity at initiation of antiretroviral treatment in HIV patients in Ethiopia.

Olsen MF, Kæstel P, Tesfaye M, Abdissa A, Yilma D, Girma T, Mølgaard C, Faurholt-Jepsen D, Christensen DL, Brage S, Andersen ÅB, Friis H

Epidemiology and infection. Jul 2014

(DOI : 10.1017/S0950268814001502)

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Children treated for severe acute malnutrition experience a rapid increase in physical activity a few days after admission.

Faurholt-Jepsen D, Hansen KB, van Hees VT, Christensen LB, Girma T, Friis H, Brage S

The Journal of pediatrics. Oct 2013

(DOI : 10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.02.014)

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The use of combined heart rate response and accelerometry to assess the level and predictors of physical activity in tuberculosis patients in Tanzania.

Faurholt-Jepsen M, Faurholt-Jepsen D, Range N, Praygod G, Jeremiah K, Aabye MG, Changalucha J, Krarup H, Christensen DL, Andersen ÅB, Brage S, Friis H

Epidemiology and infection. Sep 2013

(DOI : 10.1017/S0950268813002070)

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Cardiorespiratory fitness and physical activity in Luo, Kamba, and Maasai of rural Kenya.

Christensen DL, Faurholt-Jepsen D, Boit MK, Mwaniki DL, Kilonzo B, Tetens I, Kiplamai FK, Cheruiyot SC, Friis H, Borch-Johnsen K, Wareham NJ, Brage S

American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. Jan 2012

(DOI : 10.1002/ajhb.22303)

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