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    Anthropometric indices and their cut-off points in relation to type 2 diabetes among Ghanaian migrants and non-migrants: The RODAM study
    (ELSEVIER, 2021) Darko N. Samuel; Meeks A.C. Karlijn; Owusu-Dabo Ellis; Owiredu K.B.A. William; Laing F. Edwin; Bahendeka Silver...et al
    Aims: To compare body mass index (BMI), waist circumference (WC) and waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) as determinants of type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and determine optimal cut-offs in a sub Saharan African population. Methods: Data from the RODAM study including Ghanaians aged 25–70 living in rural Ghana, urban Ghana and Europe were used. Logistic regression was used to assess associ ations between BMI, WC, WHR and T2DM status, by sex and site. Area under the curve (AUC) were constructed to discriminate between indices and establish performance and cut-off values. Results: WHR had the strongest association with T2DM in men and women across sites, except for rural men. The highest adjusted odds ratio (aOR) and AUC were in rural women for WHR (aOR = 2.09, 95%CI = 1.47–2.99; AUC = 0.71). Among migrants, WHR had higher
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    Dyslipidaemia among Ghanaian migrants in three European countries and their compatriots in rural and urban Ghana: The RODAM study
    (ELSEVIER, 2019) Meeks Karlijn; Addo Juliet; Owusu-Dabo Ellis; Klipstein-Grobusch Kerstin; Bahendeka Silver...et al
    Background and aims: African populations have a favourable lipid profile compared to European populations. However, the extent to which they differ between rural and urban settings in Africa and upon migration to Europe is unknown. We assessed the lipid profiles of Ghanaians living in rural- and urban-Ghana and Ghanaian migrants living in three European countries. Methods: We used data from a multi-centre, cross-sectional study among Ghanaian adults residing in rural- and urban-Ghana and London, Amsterdam and Berlin (n = 5482). Dyslipidaemias were defined using the 2012 European Guidelines on Cardiovascular Prevention. Comparisons between groups were made using age-stan dardised prevalence and prevalence ratios (PRs) with adjustments for important covariates. Results: In both sexes, the age-standardised prevalence of high total cholesterol (TC) and LDL-cholesterol (LDL C) was lower in rural- than in urban-Ghana and Ghanaian migrants in Europe. Adjusted PRs of high TC and LDL C were higher in urban-Ghana (TC PR = 2.15, 95%confidence interval 1.69–2.73) and Ghanaian migrant men (TC PR = 2.03 (1.56–2.63)) compared to rural-Ghana, but there was no difference between rural- and Ghanaian migrant women (TC PR = 1.01 (0.84–1.22)). High triglycerides levels were as prevalent in rural-Ghana (11.6%)