Publications

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Meta-analysis of sub-Saharan African studies provides insights into genetic architecture of lipid traits

Ananyo Choudhury, Jean-Tristan Brandenburg, Tinashe Chikowore, Dhriti Sengupta, Palwende Romuald Boua, Nigel J. Crowther, Godfred Agongo, Gershim Asiki, F. Xavier Gomez-Olive, Isaac Kisiangani, Eric Maimela, Matshane Masemola-Maphutha, Lisa K. Micklesfield, Engelbert A. Nonterah, Shane A. Norris, Hermann Sorgho, Halidou Tinto, Stephen Tollman, Sarah E. Graham, Cristen J. Willer, Scott Hazelhurst & Michele Ramsay, 2022, Nature Communications, 13

DOI: 10.1038/S41467-022-30098-W

Type: article

The impact of maternal hyperglycaemia first detected in pregnancy on offspring blood pressure in Soweto, South Africa

B.A. Boerstra, L.M. Soepnel, V. Nicolaou, A. Kolkenbeck-Ruh, J. Kagura, L.J. Ware, S.A. Norris & K. Klipstein-Grobusch, 2022, Journal of Hypertension, 40(5), 967-977

DOI: 10.1097/HJH.0000000000003102

Type: article

Carotid atherosclerosis, microalbuminuria, and estimated 10-year atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease risk in sub-saharan Africa

E.A. Nonterah, D. Boateng, N.J. Crowther, K. Klipstein-Grobusch, A.R. Oduro, G. Agongo, S.F. Mohamed, P.R. Boua, S.S.R. Choma, S.A. Norris, S.M. Tollman, M.L. Bots, M. Ramsay & D. Grobbee, 2022, JAMA Network Open, 5(4)

DOI: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.7559

Type: article

Building knowledge, optimising physical and mental health and setting up healthier life trajectories in South African women (Bukhali): a preconception randomised control trial part of the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI)

Shane A Norris, Catherine E Draper, Alessandra Prioreschi, CM Smuts, Lisa Jayne Ware, CindyLee Dennis, Philip Awadalla, D Bassani, Zulfiqar Bhutta, Laurent Briollais, D William Cameron, Tobias Chirwa, B Fallon, CM Gray, Jill Hamilton, J Jamison, Heather Jaspan, Jennifer Jenkins, Kathleen Kahn, AP Kengne, Estelle V Lambert, Naomi Levitt, Marie-Claude Martin, Michele Ramsay, Daniel Roth, Stephen Scherer, Daniel Sellen, Wiedaad Slemming, Deborah Sloboda, M Szyf, Stephen Tollman, Mark Tomlinson, Suzanne Tough, Stephen G Matthews, Linda Richter & Stephen Lye, 2022, BMJ Open, 12(4)

DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2021-059914

Type: article

Waist circumference thresholds predicting incident dysglycaemia and type 2 diabetes in Black African men and women

J.H. Goedecke, K.A. Nguyen, C. Kufe, M. Masemola, T. Chikowore, A.E. Mendham, S.A. Norris, N.J. Crowther, F. Karpe, T. Olsson, A.P. Kengne & L.K. Micklesfield, 2022, Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 24(5), 918-927

DOI: 10.1111/dom.14655

Type: article

The diagnostic accuracy of HbA_1c, compared to the oral glucose tolerance test, for screening for type 2 diabetes mellitus in Africa — A systematic review and meta-analysis

T. Chivese, J. Hirst, J.T. Matizanadzo, M. Custodio, A. Farmer, S. Norris & N. Levitt, 2022, Diabetic Medicine, 39(4)

DOI: 10.1111/dme.14754

Type: article

Perspectives on gestational diabetes mellitus in South Africa

V. Nicolaou, N. Levitt, K. Huddle, L. Soepnel & S.A. Norris, 2022, South African Medical Journal, 112(3), 196-200

DOI: 10.7196/SAMJ.2022.v112i3.16024

Type: article