MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

Validation of the Fatty Liver Index for identifying non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in a Kenyan population.

Lajeunesse-Trempe F, Boit MK, Kaduka LU, de Lucia-Rolfe E, Baass A, Paquette M, Piché ME, Tchernof A, Christensen DL

Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH. Aug 2023

(DOI : 10.1111/tmi.13927)

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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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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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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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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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