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  1. Gene-environment Interaction on the Risk of Type 2 Diabetes Among Ethnic Minority Populations Living in Europe and North America: A Systematic Review

    Article • Current Diabetes Reviews, May 2020, Bentham Science Publishers

    Charles Agyemang

  2. Effects of Lifestyle Modifications and Dietary Habits on Prevention of Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease

    Article • Journal of Diabetes Research, December 2018, Hindawi Publishing Corporation

    Charles Agyemang, Samy McFarlane

  3. Current trends in admissions and outcomes of cardiac diseases in Ghana

    Article • Clinical Cardiology, July 2017, Wiley

    Charles Agyemang, Lambert Appiah, DR Lambert Tetteh Appiah

  4. Blood pressure control and mortality in US- and foreign-born blacks in New York City

    Article • Journal of Clinical Hypertension, July 2017, Wiley

    Charles Agyemang

  5. Ethnic Variations in Prognosis of Patients with Dementia: A Prospective Nationwide Registry Linkage Study in The Netherlands

    Article • Journal of Alzheimer s Disease, January 2017, IOS Press

    Charles Agyemang

  6. Innovative ways of studying the effect of migration on obesity and diabetes beyond the common designs: lessons from the RODAM study

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, October 2016, Wiley

    Charles Agyemang

  7. Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in urban poor communities in Accra, Ghana

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, June 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Charles Agyemang

  8. Cardiovascular risk assessment in low-resource settings

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, May 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Charles Agyemang

  9. Culturally Adapted Hypertension Education (CAHE) to Improve Blood Pressure Control and Treatment Adherence in Patients of African Origin with Uncontrolled Hypertension: Cluster-Randomized Trial

    Article • PLoS ONE, March 2014, PLOS

    Charles Agyemang

  10. Hypertension and overweight/obesity in Ghanaians and Nigerians living in West Africa and industrialized countries

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, March 2014, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Charles Agyemang

  11. Physical violence during pregnancy and pregnancy outcomes in Ghana

    Article • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, February 2014, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang

  12. Response to low bone mineral areal density in patients with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) and short stature should be interpreted with caution

    Article • Tropical Medicine & International Health, January 2014, Wiley

    Charles Agyemang

  13. Rural and urban differences in blood pressure and pregnancy-induced hypertension among pregnant women in Ghana

    Article • Globalization and Health, November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang

  14. Introducing a model of cardiovascular prevention in Nairobi's slums by integrating a public health and private-sector approach: the SCALE-UP study

    Article • Global Health Action, October 2013, Co-Action Publishing

    Charles Agyemang, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  15. Community engagement in biomedical research in an African setting: the Kintampo Health Research Centre experience

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, October 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang

  16. The magnitude of diabetes and its association with obesity in the slums of Nairobi, Kenya: results from a cross‐sectional survey

    Article • Tropical Medicine & International Health, September 2013, Wiley

    Charles Agyemang, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  17. Differences in Body Fat Distribution Play a Role in the Lower Levels of Elevated Fasting Glucose amongst Ghanaian Migrant Women Compared to Men

    Article • PLoS ONE, June 2013, PLOS

    Charles Agyemang

  18. Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension among slum dwellers in Nairobi, Kenya

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, May 2013, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Charles Agyemang, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  19. Prevalence and complications of diabetes mellitus in Northern Africa, a systematic review

    Article • BMC Public Health, April 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang

  20. Multidimensional health locus of control and depressive symptoms in the multi-ethnic population of the Netherlands

    Article • Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, March 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang

  21. Status report on hypertension in Africa - Consultative review for the 6th Session of the African Union Conference of Ministers of Health on NCD’ss

    Article • Pan African Medical Journal, January 2013, Pan African Medical Journal

    Charles Agyemang, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  22. A community-based intervention for primary prevention of cardiovascular diseases in the slums of Nairobi: the SCALE UP study protocol for a prospective quasi-experimental community-based trial

    Article • Trials, January 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang, Prof. Catherine Kyobutungi

  23. Ethnicity and cardiovascular health research: pushing the boundaries by including comparison populations in the countries of origin

    Article • Ethnicity and Health, December 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Charles Agyemang

  24. Review of community-based interventions for prevention of cardiovascular diseases in low- and middle-income countries

    Article • Ethnicity and Health, December 2012, Taylor & Francis

    Charles Agyemang

  25. The association of leisure-time physical activity and active commuting with measures of socioeconomic position in a multiethnic population living in the Netherlands: results from the cross-sectional SUNSET study

    Article • BMC Public Health, September 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang

  26. Establishing and sustaining research partnerships in Africa: a case study of the UK-Africa Academic Partnership on Chronic Disease

    Article • Globalization and Health, August 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang

  27. Heterogeneity in sex differences in the metabolic syndrome in Dutch white, Surinamese African and South Asian populations

    Article • Diabetic Medicine, August 2012, Wiley

    Charles Agyemang

  28. The relation between socioeconomic status and short-term mortality after acute myocardial infarction persists in the elderly: results from a nationwide study

    Article • European Journal of Epidemiology, June 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang

  29. Ethnic differences in the association between waist-to-height ratio and albumin-creatinine ratio: the observational SUNSET study

    Article • BMC Nephrology, May 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang

  30. An exploration of the enablers and barriers in access to the Dutch healthcare system among Ghanaians in Amsterdam

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, March 2012, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang

  31. Migrant mortality from diabetes mellitus across Europe: the importance of socio-economic change

    Article • European Journal of Epidemiology, December 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang

  32. Limited midwifery care for undocumented women in the Netherlands

    Article • Journal of Psychosomatic Obstetrics & Gynecology, August 2011, Taylor & Francis

    Charles Agyemang

  33. Diabetes Prevalence in Populations of South Asian Indian and African Origins

    Article • Epidemiology, July 2011, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Charles Agyemang

  34. Depressive symptoms and smoking among young Turkish and Moroccan ethnic minority groups in the Netherlands: a cross-sectional study

    Article • Substance Abuse Treatment Prevention and Policy, March 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang

  35. Blood pressure and BMI in adolescents in Aracaju, Brazil

    Article • Public Health Nutrition, February 2011, Cambridge University Press

    Charles Agyemang

  36. Total physical activity might not be a good measure in the relationship with HDL cholesterol and triglycerides in a multi-ethnic population: a cross-sectional study

    Article • Lipids in Health and Disease, January 2011, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang

  37. Masked Hypertension: Evidence of the Need to Treat

    Article • Current Hypertension Reports, August 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang

  38. Relationship Between Asthma and High Blood Pressure Among Adolescents in Aracaju, Brazil

    Article • Journal of Asthma, July 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Charles Agyemang

  39. Editorial

    Article • Ethnicity and Health, June 2010, Taylor & Francis

    Charles Agyemang

  40. Educational inequalities in metabolic syndrome vary by ethnic group: Evidence from the SUNSET study

    Article • International Journal of Cardiology, June 2010, Elsevier

    Charles Agyemang

  41. Tackling Africa's chronic disease burden: from the local to the global

    Article • Globalization and Health, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang

  42. Large ethnic variations in recommended physical activity according to activity domains in amsterdam, the netherlands

    Article • International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, January 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang

  43. A cluster-randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of culturally-appropriate hypertension education among Afro-Surinamese and Ghanaian patients in Dutch general practice: study protocol

    Article • BMC Health Services Research, October 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang

  44. An overview of cardiovascular risk factor burden in sub-Saharan African countries: a socio-cultural perspective

    Article • Globalization and Health, September 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang

  45. Overweight and obesity among Ghanaian residents in The Netherlands: how do they weigh against their urban and rural counterparts in Ghana?

    Article • Public Health Nutrition, July 2009, Cambridge University Press

    Charles Agyemang

  46. The utility of ‘country of birth’ for the classification of ethnic groups in health research: the Dutch experience

    Article • Ethnicity and Health, June 2009, Taylor & Francis

    Charles Agyemang

  47. Blood pressure and body mass index in an ethnically diverse sample of adolescents in Paramaribo, Suriname

    Article • BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, May 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang

  48. Cardiovascular disease, diabetes and established risk factors among populations of sub-Saharan African descent in Europe: a literature review

    Article • Globalization and Health, January 2009, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang

  49. The Manchester children's growth and vascular health study

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, November 2008, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Charles Agyemang

  50. How Ghanaian, African-Surinamese and Dutch patients perceive and manage antihypertensive drug treatment: a qualitative study

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, April 2008, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Charles Agyemang

  51. Prehypertension in the Ashanti region of Ghana, West Africa: An opportunity for early prevention of clinical hypertension

    Article • Public Health, January 2008, Elsevier

    Charles Agyemang

  52. Prevalence of Microalbuminuria and Its Association with Pulse Pressure in a Multi-Ethnic Population in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Article • Kidney and Blood Pressure Research, January 2008, Karger Publishers

    Charles Agyemang

  53. Prevalence and determinants of prehypertension among African Surinamese, Hindustani Surinamese, and White Dutch in Amsterdam, the Netherlands: the SUNSET study

    Article • European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation, December 2007, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Charles Agyemang

  54. Ethnic differences in the effect of environmental stressors on blood pressure and hypertension in the Netherlands

    Article • BMC Public Health, June 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang

  55. Trends in diabetes

    Article • The Lancet, April 2007, Elsevier

    Charles Agyemang

  56. Prevalence and management of hypertension among Turkish, Moroccan and native Dutch ethnic groups in Amsterdam, the Netherlands: the Amsterdam Health Monitor Survey

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, November 2006, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Charles Agyemang

  57. Rural and urban differences in blood pressure and hypertension in Ghana, West Africa

    Article • Public Health, June 2006, Elsevier

    Charles Agyemang

  58. Validity of the single-item question on self-rated health status in first generation Turkish and Moroccans versus native Dutch in the Netherlands

    Article • Public Health, June 2006, Elsevier

    Charles Agyemang

  59. Ethnic misclassifications hamper progress in research

    Article • BMJ, June 2006, BMJ

    Charles Agyemang

  60. Prevalence, awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension among Black Surinamese, South Asian Surinamese and White Dutch in Amsterdam, The Netherlands: the SUNSET study

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, November 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Charles Agyemang

  61. Does the white-coat effect in people of African and South Asian descent differ from that in White people of European origin? A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Blood Pressure Monitoring, October 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Charles Agyemang

  62. Does nocturnal blood pressure fall in people of African and South Asian descent differ from that in European white populations? A systematic review and meta-analysis

    Article • Journal of Hypertension, May 2005, Wolters Kluwer Health

    Charles Agyemang

  63. Is the blood pressure of people from African origin adults in the UK higher or lower than that in European origin white people? A review of cross-sectional data

    Article • Journal of Human Hypertension, July 2003, Springer Science + Business Media

    Charles Agyemang