MRC Epidemiology Unit

 

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, and Christensen DL

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

(DOI : 10.1111/tmi.13696)

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Directly measured aerobic fitness in male Maasai of Tanzania.

Christensen DL, Jørgensen SW, Koch LS, Nordsborg NB, Sironga J, Ramaiya KL, Larsen S, Brage S, Bygbjerg IC, Maro VP, and Helge JW

American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. Jul 2021

(DOI : 10.1002/ajhb.23674)

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Cardiorespiratory fitness assessment using risk-stratified exercise testing and dose-response relationships with disease outcomes.

Gonzales TI, Westgate K, Strain T, Hollidge S, Jeon J, Christensen DL, Jensen J, Wareham NJ, and Brage S

Scientific reports. Feb 2021

(DOI : 10.1038/s41598-021-94768-3)

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

Skottrup PD, Kallemose T, Espino D, Infante-Ramírez R, Brage S, Terzic D, Goetze JP, Kjaergaard J, and Christensen DL

American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. Aug 2020

(DOI : 10.1002/ajhb.23501)

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Circulating PCSK9 is associated with liver biomarkers and hepatic steatosis.

Paquette M, Gauthier D, Chamberland A, Prat A, De Lucia Rolfe E, Rasmussen JJ, Kaduka L, Seidah NG, Bernard S, Christensen DL, and Baass A

Clinical biochemistry. Aug 2019

(DOI : 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2020.01.003)

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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, and 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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Deriving an optimal threshold of waist circumference for detecting cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan Africa.

Ekoru K, Murphy GAV, Young EH, Delisle H, Jerome CS, Assah F, Longo-Mbenza B, Nzambi JPD, On'Kin JBK, Buntix F, Muyer MC, Christensen DL, Wesseh CS, Sabir A, Okafor C, Gezawa ID, Puepet F, Enang O, Raimi T, Ohwovoriole E, Oladapo OO, Bovet P, Mollentze W, Unwin N, Gray WK, Walker R, Agoudavi K, Siziya S, Chifamba J, Njelekela M, Fourie CM, Kruger S, Schutte AE, Walsh C, Gareta D, Kamali A, Seeley J, Norris SA, Crowther NJ, Pillay D, Kaleebu P, Motala AA, and Sandhu MS

International Journal of Obesity. Mar 2017

(DOI : 10.1038/ijo.2017.240)

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

Christensen DL, Espino D, Infante-Ramírez R, Cervantes-Borunda MS, Hernández-Torres RP, Rivera-Cisneros AE, Castillo D, Westgate K, Terzic D, Brage S, Hassager C, Goetze JP, and Kjaergaard J

Extreme physiology & medicine. Jan 2017

(DOI : 10.1186/s13728-017-0057-5)

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

Lidegaard LP, Hansen AL, Johansen NB, Witte DR, Brage S, Lauritzen T, Jørgensen ME, Christensen DL, and Færch K

Diabetologia. Jun 2015

(DOI : 10.1007/s00125-015-3738-x)

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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, and Vistisen D

Annals of human biology. Jun 2015

(DOI : 10.3109/03014460.2015.1013987)

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

Madsen C, Mogensen P, Thomas N, Christensen DL, Bygbjerg IC, Mohan V, Inbakumari M, Nadig SV, Alex R, Geetanjali FS, Westgate K, Brage S, Vaag A, and Grunnet LG

Journal of developmental origins of health and disease. Dec 2014

(DOI : 10.1017/S2040174414000609)

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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, and Friis H

Epidemiology and infection. Jul 2014

(DOI : 10.1017/S0950268814001502)

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

Christensen DL, Alcalá-Sánchez I, Leal-Berumen I, Conchas-Ramirez M, and Brage S

American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. Nov 2011

(DOI : 10.1002/ajhb.22239)

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