New insights on diabetes mellitus and obesity in Africa–Part 1: prevalence, pathogenesis and comorbidities

Prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors in an urban area of Togo : a WHO STEPS-wise approach in Lome, Togo

(2012) S Baragou et al.   Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

Prevalence of diabetes and associated risk factors in a Senegalese urban (Dakar) population

(2012) P. Duboz et al.   DIABETES & METABOLISM

Age and living in an urban environment are major determinants of diabetes among South Kivu Congolese adults

(2012) P. Katchunga et al.   DIABETES & METABOLISM

Would sickle cell trait influence the metabolic control in sub-Saharan individuals with type 2 diabetes?

(2012) V. Ama et al.   DIABETIC MEDICINE

Self-Reported Incident Type 2 Diabetes in the Ibadan Study of Ageing: Relationship with Urban Residence and Socioeconomic Status

(2012) Williams O. Balogun et al.   GERONTOLOGY

All-cause cancer mortality over 15 years in multi-ethnic Mauritius: The impact of diabetes and intermediate forms of glucose tolerance

(2012) Jessica L. Harding et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CANCER

Socioeconomic position and later life prevalence of hypertension, diabetes and visual impairment in Nakuru, Kenya

(2012) George B. Ploubidis et al.   International Journal of Public Health

Leveraging Rapid Community-Based HIV Testing Campaigns for Non-Communicable Diseases in Rural Uganda

(2012) Gabriel Chamie et al.   PLoS One

Rising Diabetes Prevalence among Urban-Dwelling Black South Africans

(2012) Nasheeta Peer et al.   PLoS One

Hypertension and Obesity in Adults Living in a High HIV Prevalence Rural Area in South Africa

(2012) Abraham Malaza et al.   PLoS One

Modifiable Socio-Behavioural Factors Associated with Overweight and Hypertension among Persons Aged 35 to 60 Years in Eastern Uganda

(2012) Roy William Mayega et al.   PLoS One

Type II Diabetes Mellitus in Arabic-Speaking Countries

(2012) Mohammad Badran et al.   International Journal of Endocrinology

Prevalence of diabetes mellitus among non institutionalized elderly in Monastir City

(2012) Sonia Hammami et al.   BMC Endocrine Disorders

Metabolic syndrome in type 2 diabetes: comparative prevalence according to two sets of diagnostic criteria in sub-Saharan Africans

(2012) Andre P Kengne et al.   Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome

Prevalence and determinants of undiagnosed diabetes in an urban sub-Saharan African population

(2012) Justin B. Echouffo-Tcheugui et al.   Primary Care Diabetes

Physical Activity in 22 African Countries

(2011) Regina Guthold et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PREVENTIVE MEDICINE

The prevalence and pathogenesis of diabetes mellitus in treated HIV-infection

(2011) Il Joon Paik et al.   BEST PRACTICE & RESEARCH CLINICAL ENDOCRINOLOGY & METABOLISM

A systematic overview of prospective cohort studies of cardiovascular disease in sub-Saharan Africa

(2011) Andre Pascal Kengne et al.   Cardiovascular Journal of Africa

The Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and Determination of the Optimal Waist Circumference Cutoff Points in a Rural South African Community

(2011) A. A. Motala et al.   DIABETES CARE

Association of Cocaine- and Amphetamine-Related Transcript, Leptin and Leptin Receptor Gene Polymorphisms with Anthropometric Obesity Phenotype Indicators in South African Learners

(2011) Y.Y. Yako et al.   Journal of Nutrigenetics and Nutrigenomics

National, regional, and global trends in body-mass index since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 960 country-years and 9·1 million participants

(2011) Mariel M Finucane et al.   LANCET

National, regional, and global trends in fasting plasma glucose and diabetes prevalence since 1980: systematic analysis of health examination surveys and epidemiological studies with 370 country-years and 2·7 million participants

(2011) Goodarz Danaei et al.   LANCET

The lesson of Monsieur Nouma: Effects of a culturally sensitive communication tool to improve health-seeking behavior in rural Cameroon

(2011) Noemi Gessler et al.   PATIENT EDUCATION AND COUNSELING

Common polymorphisms of calpain-10 and the risk of Type 2 Diabetes in a Tunisian Arab population: a case-control study

(2010) Intissar Ezzidi et al.   BMC Medical Genetics

Study of TNFα -308G/A and IL6 -174G/C polymorphisms in type 2 diabetes and obesity risk in the Tunisian population

(2010) Rym Bouhaha et al.   CLINICAL BIOCHEMISTRY

FTO Genetic Variation and Association With Obesity in West Africans and African Americans

(2010) A. Adeyemo et al.   DIABETES

Variants within the calpain-10 gene and relationships with type 2 diabetes (T2DM) and T2DM-related traits among Tunisian Arabs

(2010) I. Ezzidi et al.   DIABETES & METABOLISM

Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa

(2010) Jean Claude N Mbanya et al.   LANCET

Prevalence and gender distribution of the metabolic syndrome

(2010) Anthonia O Ogbera   Diabetology & Metabolic Syndrome

The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study: Examining the impact of societal influences on chronic noncommunicable diseases in low-, middle-, and high-income countries

(2009) Koon Teo et al.   AMERICAN HEART JOURNAL

Harmonizing the Metabolic Syndrome

(2009) K.G.M.M. Alberti et al.   CIRCULATION

Metabolic Syndrome Among Type-2 Diabetic Patients in Benghazi-Libya: A Pilot Study

(2009) MM Alshkri et al.   Libyan Journal of Medicine

TCF7L2 is associated with type 2 diabetes in nonobese individuals from Tunisia

(2009) R. Bouhaha et al.   PATHOLOGIE BIOLOGIE

Metabolic syndrome according to different definitions in a rapidly developing country of the African region

(2008) Clara Kelliny et al.   Cardiovascular Diabetology

Diabetes in Africa: epidemiology, management and healthcare challenges

(2008) N S Levitt   HEART

The Metabolic Syndrome, Insulin Resistance, and Its Surrogates in African and White Subjects with Type 2 Diabetes in South Africa

(2008) W.J. Kalk et al.   Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders