Karlijn Meeks
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Recent Articles
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Mungamba M, Chilunga F, van der Linden E, Beune E, Godwill E, Hayfron-Benjamin C, et al.
BMJ Glob Health
. 2025 Jan;
10(1).
PMID: 39837584
Background: Limited longitudinal data exist on chronic kidney disease (CKD) in African populations undergoing epidemiological transitions. We investigated incidence, long-term predictors and progression of CKD among Ghanaians residing in Ghana...
2.
Swart G, Meeks K, Chilunga F, Venema A, Agyemang C, van der Linden E, et al.
J Dev Orig Health Dis
. 2023 Dec;
14(5):658-669.
PMID: 38044700
Human height and related traits are highly complex, and extensively research has shown that these traits are determined by both genetic and environmental factors. Such factors may partially affect these...
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Bannerman-Williams E, Hayfron-Benjamin C, Atiase Y, Bahendeka S, Meeks K, Klipstein-Grobusch K, et al.
Heliyon
. 2023 Sep;
9(8):e19334.
PMID: 37664733
Background: Metabolic conditions, including intermediate hyperglycemia (IH), affect migrants to a greater extent than the populations of origin. Evidence suggests that IH increases the risk of vascular complications, but it...
4.
Do W, Sun D, Meeks K, Dugue P, Demerath E, Guan W, et al.
Am J Hum Genet
. 2023 Jan;
110(2):273-283.
PMID: 36649705
This study sought to examine the association between DNA methylation and body mass index (BMI) and the potential of BMI-associated cytosine-phosphate-guanine (CpG) sites to provide information about metabolic health. We...
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Agyemang C, van der Linden E, Antwi-Berko D, Darko S, Twumasi-Ankrah S, Meeks K, et al.
BMJ Open
. 2022 Dec;
12(12):e067906.
PMID: 36521887
Purpose: The Research on Obesity and Diabetes among African Migrants (RODAM) prospective (RODAM-Pros) cohort study was established to identify key changes in environmental exposures and epigenetic modifications driving the high...
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Assmus F, Galbete C, Knueppel S, Schulze M, Beune E, Meeks K, et al.
Food Nutr Res
. 2021 Sep;
65.
PMID: 34512231
Background: African populations in sub-Saharan Africa and African migrants in Europe are facing a rapid upsurge in obesity. This trend has been related to urbanization, migration and associated shifts in...
7.
Lyons J, van der Linden E, Meeks K, Beune E, Smeeth L, Bahendeka S, et al.
J Nutr
. 2020 May;
150(7):1899-1908.
PMID: 32433726
Background: Glycated hemoglobin (HbA1c) is often used to diagnose type 2 diabetes (T2D), but studies show that iron deficiency (ID) is associated with elevated HbA1c in the absence of hyperglycemia....
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Chilunga F, Henneman P, Requena-Mendez A, Meeks K, Beune E, Mannens M, et al.
Trop Med Int Health
. 2019 Dec;
25(4):496-505.
PMID: 31825117
Objective: In the advent of rapid urbanisation, migration and epidemiological transition, the extent to which serum uric acid (sUA) affects cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk among Africans is not well understood....
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Osei-Kwasi H, Boateng D, Danquah I, Holdsworth M, Mejean C, Terragni L, et al.
J Nutr Educ Behav
. 2019 Oct;
52(2):114-125.
PMID: 31601528
Objective: This study examined the role of migration and acculturation in the diet of Ghanaian migrants in Europe by (1) comparing food intake of Ghanaian migrants in Europe with that...
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Boateng D, Danquah I, Said-Mohamed R, Smeeth L, Nicolaou M, Meeks K, et al.
J Dev Orig Health Dis
. 2019 Sep;
11(3):250-263.
PMID: 31556361
Early-life environmental and nutritional exposures are considered to contribute to the differences in cardiovascular disease (CVD) burden. Among sub-Saharan African populations, the association between markers of early-life exposures such as...