List of works - Dirk L Christensen

Abdominal obesity has the highest impact on metabolic profile in an overweight African population

scientific article published on 18 September 2012

Abdominal visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue and associations with cardiometabolic risk in Inuit, Africans and Europeans: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 14 September 2020

Association Between Plasma Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 and the Presence of Metabolic Syndrome in a Predominantly Rural-Based Sub-Saharan African Population

scientific article published on 27 July 2017

Calibration of bioelectrical impedance analysis for body composition assessment in Ethiopian infants using air-displacement plethysmography

scientific article published on April 2015

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

scientific article published on 27 July 2012

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

scientific article

Circulating PCSK9 is associated with liver biomarkers and hepatic steatosis

scientific article published on 20 January 2020

Comparative study of HbA1c and fasting plasma glucose vs the oral glucose tolerance test for diagnosis of diabetes in people with tuberculosis.

scientific article published on 22 March 2017

Diabetes is a risk factor for pulmonary tuberculosis: a case-control study from Mwanza, Tanzania

scientific article

Diabetes is a strong predictor of mortality during tuberculosis treatment: a prospective cohort study among tuberculosis patients from Mwanza, Tanzania

scientific article

Diabetes mellitus, hypertension and albuminuria in rural Zambia: a hospital-based survey.

scientific article

Dietary patterns, food and macronutrient intakes among adults in three ethnic groups in rural Kenya

scientific article published on 07 February 2011

Digit ratio (2D:4D) is not related to cardiovascular diseases or their risk factors in menopausal women

scientific article published on 16 September 2020

Effects of an outdoor bicycle-based intervention in healthy rural Indian men with normal and low birth weight

scientific article

Entomophagy among the Luo of Kenya: a potential mineral source?

scientific article

Ethnic differences in anthropometric measures and abdominal fat distribution: a cross-sectional pooled study in Inuit, Africans and Europeans

scientific article published on 13 January 2017

FOETAL for NCD-FOetal Exposure and Epidemiological Transitions: the role of Anaemia in early Life for Non-Communicable Diseases in later life: a prospective preconception study in rural Tanzania

scientific article published on 22 May 2019

Geographic differences in the associations between impaired glucose regulation and cardiovascular risk factors among young adults

scientific article published on 13 January 2015

HIV and metabolic syndrome in an Ethiopian population

scientific article published on 20 July 2020

HbA1c, fasting and 2 h plasma glucose in current, ex- and never-smokers: a meta-analysis

scientific article

Hemoglobin levels and blood pressure are associated in rural black africans

scientific article published on 19 June 2015

High Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Rural Tanzania-Diagnosis Mainly Based on Fasting Blood Glucose from Oral Glucose Tolerance Test

scientific article published on 29 April 2020

High prevalence of diabetes and anthropometric heterogeneity among tuberculosis patients in Pakistan

scientific article published on 19 January 2017

Increased risk of type 2 diabetes with ascending social class in urban South Indians is explained by obesity: The Chennai urban rural epidemiology study (CURES-116).

scientific article

Influence of placental and peripheral malaria exposure in fetal life on cardiometabolic traits in adult offspring

scientific article published in 2022

Insulin resistance and beta-cell function in different ethnic groups in Kenya: the role of abdominal fat distribution.

scientific article published on 7 April 2013

Mapping the Cord Blood Transcriptome of Pregnancies Affected by Early Maternal Anemia to Identify Signatures of Fetal Programming

scientific article published on 01 April 2022

Mineral content of traditional leafy vegetables from western Kenya.

scientific article

Moving to an A1C-based diagnosis of diabetes has a different impact on prevalence in different ethnic groups

scientific article

Normalization of elevated cardiac, kidney, and hemolysis plasma markers within 48 h in Mexican Tarahumara runners following a 78 km race at moderate altitude

scientific article

Obesity and regional fat distribution in Kenyan populations: impact of ethnicity and urbanization

scientific article

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

scientific article published on 24 June 2014

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

scientific article published on 10 December 2018

Physical activity energy expenditure vs cardiorespiratory fitness level in impaired glucose metabolism

scientific article published on 5 September 2015

Physical activity, cardio-respiratory fitness, and metabolic traits in rural Mexican Tarahumara

scientific article published on 05 February 2012

Physiological adaption to maternal malaria and other adverse exposure: low birth weight, functional capacity, and possible metabolic disease in adult life

scientific article published on November 2011

Plasma marker for systemic inflammation is increased in Mexican Tarahumara following ultra-distance running

scientific article published on 09 September 2020

Prevalence of glucose intolerance and associated risk factors in rural and urban populations of different ethnic groups in Kenya

scientific article

Random blood glucose may be used to assess long-term glycaemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a rural African clinical setting

scientific article

Risk factors of pre-hypertension and hypertension among non-pregnant women of reproductive age in northeastern Tanzania: a community based cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 02 October 2018

Several Conventional Risk Markers Suggesting Presence of Albuminuria Are Weak Among Rural Africans With Hypertension

scientific article published on 26 August 2015

Sleep duration and sleep quality are associated differently with alterations of glucose homeostasis

scientific article published in September 2012

The association between conventional risk factors and diabetes is weak among urban Tanzanians

scientific article published in January 2014

The obesity-associated risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality is not lower in Inuit compared to Europeans: A cohort study of Greenlandic Inuit, Nunavik Inuit and Danes.

scientific article published on 18 August 2017

The role of anthropometric and other predictors for diabetes among urban Tanzanians with tuberculosis

scientific article

The role of diabetes co-morbidity for tuberculosis treatment outcomes: a prospective cohort study from Mwanza, Tanzania

scientific article

The role of diabetes on the clinical manifestations of pulmonary tuberculosis

scientific article published on 11 May 2012

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

scientific article published on 6 September 2013

Transient cardiac dysfunction but elevated cardiac and kidney biomarkers 24 h following an ultra-distance running event in Mexican Tarahumara.

scientific article

Tuberculosis-Related Diabetes: Is It Reversible after Complete Treatment?

scientific article published on 7 August 2017

Validation of bioelectrical impedance analysis in Ethiopian adults with HIV.

scientific article published on 18 December 2017

Vitamin and mineral intake of twelve adolescent male Kalenjin runners in western Kenya

scientific article published on 01 December 2005

[Global differences in causes and diagnostics of cardio-metabolic diseases] ⬇️

scientific article published in May 2017

List of works by Dirk L Christensen

Abdominal obesity has the highest impact on metabolic profile in an overweight African population

Abdominal visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue and associations with cardiometabolic risk in Inuit, Africans and Europeans: a cross-sectional study

Association Between Plasma Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 and the Presence of Metabolic Syndrome in a Predominantly Rural-Based Sub-Saharan African Population

Calibration of bioelectrical impedance analysis for body composition assessment in Ethiopian infants using air-displacement plethysmography

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

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

Circulating PCSK9 is associated with liver biomarkers and hepatic steatosis

Comparative study of HbA1c and fasting plasma glucose vs the oral glucose tolerance test for diagnosis of diabetes in people with tuberculosis.

Diabetes is a risk factor for pulmonary tuberculosis: a case-control study from Mwanza, Tanzania

Diabetes is a strong predictor of mortality during tuberculosis treatment: a prospective cohort study among tuberculosis patients from Mwanza, Tanzania

Diabetes mellitus, hypertension and albuminuria in rural Zambia: a hospital-based survey.

Dietary patterns, food and macronutrient intakes among adults in three ethnic groups in rural Kenya

Digit ratio (2D:4D) is not related to cardiovascular diseases or their risk factors in menopausal women

Effects of an outdoor bicycle-based intervention in healthy rural Indian men with normal and low birth weight

Entomophagy among the Luo of Kenya: a potential mineral source?

Ethnic differences in anthropometric measures and abdominal fat distribution: a cross-sectional pooled study in Inuit, Africans and Europeans

FOETAL for NCD-FOetal Exposure and Epidemiological Transitions: the role of Anaemia in early Life for Non-Communicable Diseases in later life: a prospective preconception study in rural Tanzania

Geographic differences in the associations between impaired glucose regulation and cardiovascular risk factors among young adults

HIV and metabolic syndrome in an Ethiopian population

HbA1c, fasting and 2 h plasma glucose in current, ex- and never-smokers: a meta-analysis

Hemoglobin levels and blood pressure are associated in rural black africans

High Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Rural Tanzania-Diagnosis Mainly Based on Fasting Blood Glucose from Oral Glucose Tolerance Test

High prevalence of diabetes and anthropometric heterogeneity among tuberculosis patients in Pakistan

Increased risk of type 2 diabetes with ascending social class in urban South Indians is explained by obesity: The Chennai urban rural epidemiology study (CURES-116).

Influence of placental and peripheral malaria exposure in fetal life on cardiometabolic traits in adult offspring

Insulin resistance and beta-cell function in different ethnic groups in Kenya: the role of abdominal fat distribution.

Mapping the Cord Blood Transcriptome of Pregnancies Affected by Early Maternal Anemia to Identify Signatures of Fetal Programming

Mineral content of traditional leafy vegetables from western Kenya.

Moving to an A1C-based diagnosis of diabetes has a different impact on prevalence in different ethnic groups

Normalization of elevated cardiac, kidney, and hemolysis plasma markers within 48 h in Mexican Tarahumara runners following a 78 km race at moderate altitude

Obesity and regional fat distribution in Kenyan populations: impact of ethnicity and urbanization

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

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

Physical activity energy expenditure vs cardiorespiratory fitness level in impaired glucose metabolism

Physical activity, cardio-respiratory fitness, and metabolic traits in rural Mexican Tarahumara

Physiological adaption to maternal malaria and other adverse exposure: low birth weight, functional capacity, and possible metabolic disease in adult life

Plasma marker for systemic inflammation is increased in Mexican Tarahumara following ultra-distance running

Prevalence of glucose intolerance and associated risk factors in rural and urban populations of different ethnic groups in Kenya

Random blood glucose may be used to assess long-term glycaemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a rural African clinical setting

Risk factors of pre-hypertension and hypertension among non-pregnant women of reproductive age in northeastern Tanzania: a community based cross-sectional study

Several Conventional Risk Markers Suggesting Presence of Albuminuria Are Weak Among Rural Africans With Hypertension

Sleep duration and sleep quality are associated differently with alterations of glucose homeostasis

The association between conventional risk factors and diabetes is weak among urban Tanzanians

The obesity-associated risk of cardiovascular disease and all-cause mortality is not lower in Inuit compared to Europeans: A cohort study of Greenlandic Inuit, Nunavik Inuit and Danes.

The role of anthropometric and other predictors for diabetes among urban Tanzanians with tuberculosis

The role of diabetes co-morbidity for tuberculosis treatment outcomes: a prospective cohort study from Mwanza, Tanzania

The role of diabetes on the clinical manifestations of pulmonary tuberculosis

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

Transient cardiac dysfunction but elevated cardiac and kidney biomarkers 24 h following an ultra-distance running event in Mexican Tarahumara.

Tuberculosis-Related Diabetes: Is It Reversible after Complete Treatment?

Validation of bioelectrical impedance analysis in Ethiopian adults with HIV.

Vitamin and mineral intake of twelve adolescent male Kalenjin runners in western Kenya

[Global differences in causes and diagnostics of cardio-metabolic diseases] ⬇️