George Bedu-Addo
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Recent Articles
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Abidha C, Amoako Y, Nyamekye R, Bedu-Addo G, Grziwotz F, Mockenhaupt F, et al.
Malar J
. 2022 Mar;
21(1):93.
PMID: 35303892
Background: Adults with diabetes mellitus (DM) in malaria-endemic areas might be more susceptible to Plasmodium infection than healthy individuals. Herein, the study was aimed at verifying the hypothesis that increased...
2.
Grassmann S, Pivovarova-Ramich O, Henze A, Raila J, Amoako Y, Nyamekye R, et al.
Nutrients
. 2020 Jun;
12(6).
PMID: 32560166
In sub-Saharan Africa, vitamin A deficiency constitutes a severe health problem despite various supplementation and food fortification programs. Given that the intake of preformed vitamin A from animal products remains...
3.
Tannor E, Norman B, Adusei K, Sarfo F, Davids M, Bedu-Addo G
BMC Nephrol
. 2019 Apr;
20(1):122.
PMID: 30961570
Background: The prevalence of chronic kidney disease (CKD) is increasing worldwide and in Africa. Health related quality of life (QOL) has become an essential outcome measure for patients with CKD...
4.
van Loon W, Gai P, Hamann L, Bedu-Addo G, Mockenhaupt F
Malar J
. 2019 Jan;
18(1):7.
PMID: 30642347
Background: Plasmodium falciparum infection during pregnancy is a major cause of poor maternal health, adverse foetal outcome and infant mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Genetic disposition is involved in susceptibility to...
5.
Zhang D, Wu J, Shah B, Greutelaers K, Ghosh M, Ollivierre H, et al.
Science
. 2018 Mar;
359(6383):1520-1523.
PMID: 29599243
Malaria parasites invade red blood cells (RBCs), consume copious amounts of hemoglobin, and severely disrupt iron regulation in humans. Anemia often accompanies malaria disease; however, iron supplementation therapy inexplicably exacerbates...
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Amoako Y, Laryea D, Bedu-Addo G, Nkum B, Plange-Rhule J
Pan Afr Med J
. 2017 Dec;
28:79.
PMID: 29255549
Introduction: The presence of left ventricular hypertrophy (LVH) in patients with Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) is associated with worsening cardiovascular outcomes. There is a dearth of data on LVH in...
7.
Jannasch F, Bedu-Addo G, Schulze M, Mockenhaupt F, Danquah I
Nutr J
. 2017 Oct;
16(1):63.
PMID: 28969694
Background: Previously, a "purchase" pattern (rich in vegetable oil, manufactured foods, red meat and poultry, fruits, and vegetables) was identified among adults in urban Ghana and was inversely associated with...
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Danquah I, Galbete C, Meeks K, Nicolaou M, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Addo J, et al.
Eur J Nutr
. 2017 Sep;
57(8):2723-2733.
PMID: 28948398
Purpose: The importance of dietary diversification for type 2 diabetes (T2D) risk remains controversial. We investigated associations of between- and within-food group variety with T2D, and the role of dietary...
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Bedu-Addo G, Alicke M, Boakye-Appiah J, Abdul-Jalil I, van der Giet M, Schulze M, et al.
J Infect
. 2017 Aug;
75(5):455-463.
PMID: 28851533
Objectives: Malaria in pregnancy (MiP) contributes to fetal undernutrition and adverse birth outcomes, and may constitute a developmental origin of metabolic diseases in the offspring. In a Ghanaian birth cohort,...
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Alicke M, Boakye-Appiah J, Abdul-Jalil I, Henze A, van der Giet M, Schulze M, et al.
PLoS One
. 2017 Jul;
12(7):e0180436.
PMID: 28727775
In sub-Saharan Africa, infectious diseases and malnutrition constitute the main health problems in children, while adolescents and adults are increasingly facing cardio-metabolic conditions. Among adolescents as the largest population group...