Dirk Lund Christensen
Associate Professor
Global Health Section
Postboks 2099, Øster Farimagsgade 5 opg. B, Building: 09-1-03
1014 København K
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Calibration of bioelectrical impedance analysis for body composition assessment in Ethiopian infants using air-displacement plethysmography
Wibæk Christensen, R., Kæstel, P., Skov, R., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Girma, T., Wells, J. C. K., Friis, Henrik & Andersen, G. S., 2015, In: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 69, 10, p. 1199-1204 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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HbA1c, fasting and 2 h plasma glucose in current, ex- and never-smokers: a meta-analysis
Soulimane, S., Simon, D., Herman, W. H., Lange, C., Lee, C. M. Y., Colagiuri, S., Shaw, J. E., Zimmet, P. Z., Magliano, D., Ferreira, S. R. G., Dong, Y., Zhang, L., Jorgensen, T., Tuomilehto, J., Mohan, V., Christensen, D. L., Kaduka, L., Dekker, J. M., Nijpels, G., Stehouwer, C. D. A. & 9 others, , Jan 2014, In: Diabetologia. 57, 1, p. 30-9 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Plasma marker for systemic inflammation is increased in Mexican Tarahumara following ultra-distance running
Skottrup, P. D., Kallemose, T., Espino, D., Infante-Ramirez, R., Brage, S., Terzic, D., Goetze, Jens P. , Kjærgaard, J. & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 2021, In: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. 33, 3, e23501.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Increased risk of type 2 diabetes with ascending social class in urban South Indians is explained by obesity: The Chennai urban rural epidemiology study (CURES-116).
Skar, M., Villumsen, A. B., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Petersen, Jørgen Holm, Deepa, M., Ranjana, R. M., Pradeepa, R. & Mohan, V., Nov 2013, In: Indian Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolism. 17, 6, p. 1084-1089 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The circadian rhythm of calcium and bone homeostasis in Maasai
Schou, A., Jørgensen, Niklas Rye, Maro, V. P., Kilonzo, K., Ramaiya, K., Sironga, J., Jensen, Andreas Kryger, Christensen, Dirk Lund & Schwarz, Peter, 2022, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 34, 8, 14 p., e23756.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Abdominal visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue and associations with cardiometabolic risk in Inuit, Africans and Europeans: a cross-sectional study
Rønn, P. F., Andersen, G. S., Lauritzen, T., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Aadahl, Mette, Carstensen, Bendix, Grarup, Niels & Jørgensen, M. E., 14 Sep 2020, In: BMJ Open. 10, 9, 11 p., e038071.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Ethnic differences in anthropometric measures and abdominal fat distribution: a cross-sectional pooled study in Inuit, Africans and Europeans
Rønn, P. F., Andersen, G. S., Lauritzen, T., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Aadahl, Mette, Carstensen, Bendix & Jørgensen, M. E., Jun 2017, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 71, 6, p. 536-543 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Renin angiotensinogen system gene polymorphisms and essential hypertension among people of West African descent: a systematic review
Reiter, L. M., Christensen, Dirk Lund & Gjesing, A. P., Aug 2016, In: Journal of Human Hypertension. 30, 8, p. 467–478 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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Several Conventional Risk Markers Suggesting Presence of Albuminuria Are Weak Among Rural Africans With Hypertension
Rasmussen, J. B. J., Nordin, L. S., Thomsen, J. A., Rossing, Peter, Bygbjerg, Ib Christian & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 6 Jan 2016, In: Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 18, 1, p. 27–30 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Hemoglobin levels and blood pressure are associated in rural black Africans
Rasmussen, J. B. J., Mwaniki, D. L., Kaduka, L. U., Boit, M. K., Borch-Johnsen, K., Friis, Henrik & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 2016, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 28, 1, p. 145-148 4 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Random blood glucose may be used to assess long-term glycaemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a rural African clinical setting
Rasmussen, J. B., Nordin, L. S., Rasmussen, N. S., Thomsen, J. A., Street, L. A., Bygbjerg, Ib Christian & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 8 Oct 2014, In: Tropical Medicine & International Health. 19, 12, p. 1515-19 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Diabetes mellitus, hypertension and albuminuria in rural Zambia: a hospital-based survey
Rasmussen, J. B., Thomsen, J. A., Rossing, Peter, Parkinson, S., Christensen, Dirk Lund & Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, Sep 2013, In: Tropical Medicine & International Health. 18, 9, p. 1080-4 5 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Association between Plasma Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 and the Presence of Metabolic Syndrome in a Predominantly Rural-Based Sub-Saharan African Population
Paquette, M., Luna Saavedra, Y. G., Chamberland, A., Prat, A., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Lajeunesse-Trempe, F., Kaduka, L., Seidah, N. G., Dufour, R. & Baass, A., 1 Oct 2017, In: Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders. 15, 8, p. 423-429 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Circulating PCSK9 is associated with liver biomarkers and hepatic steatosis
Paquette, M., Gauthier, D., Chamberland, A., Prat, A., De Lucia Rolfe, E., Rasmussen, J. J., Kaduka, L., Seidah, N. G., Bernard, S., Christensen, Dirk Lund & Baass, A., 2020, In: Clinical Biochemistry. 77, p. 20-25 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Geographic differences in the associations between impaired glucose regulation and cardiovascular risk factors among young adults
Oya, J., Vistisen, D., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Faurholt-Jepsen, Daniel, Mohan, V., Ramachandran, A., Chew, S. K. H., Shaw, J. E. & Jørgensen, M. E., Apr 2015, In: Diabetic Medicine. 32, 4, p. 497-504 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Mineral content of traditional leafy vegetables from western Kenya
Orech, F. O., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Larsen, T., Friis, Henrik, Aagaard-Hansen, J. & Estambale, B. A., 2007, In: International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 58, 8, p. 595-602 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Physical activity and capacity at initiation of antiretroviral treatment in HIV patients in Ethiopia
Olsen, Mette Frahm, Kæstel, P., Tesfaye, M., Abdissa, A., Yilma, D., Girma, T., Mølgaard, Christian, Faurholt-Jepsen, Daniel, Christensen, Dirk Lund, Brage, S., Andersen, A. B. & Friis, Henrik, 2015, In: Epidemiology and Infection. 143, 5, p. 1048-1058 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Food security, dietary intake and foodways of urban low-income older south african women: An exploratory study
Odunitan-Wayas, F. A., Faber, M., Mendham, A. E., Goedecke, J. H., Micklesfield, L. K., Brooks, N. E., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Gallagher, I. J., Myburgh, K. H., Hunter, A. M. & Lambert, E. V., 2021, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18, 8, 14 p., 3973.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Herodotos and Hemerodromoi: Pheidippides' Run from Athens to Sparta in 490 BC from Historical and Physiological Perspectives
Nielsen, Thomas Heine, Schwartz, Adam & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 2009, In: Hermes - Zeitschrift für Klassische Philologie. 137.2, p. 148-69 21 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Glucose intolerance in the West African Diaspora: a skeletal muscle fibre type distribution hypothesis
Nielsen, Jannie & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 2011, In: Acta Physiologica (Print). 202, 4, p. 605-16Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Sex differences in blood glucose and anthropometry in adolescents in rural Tanzania
Nielsen, Jannie, Ramaiya, K., Mutabingwa, T. K., Vaag, A., Bygbjerg, Ib Christian & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 2011.Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster › Research › peer-review
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HIV and metabolic syndrome in an Ethiopian population
Møller, S. P., Amare, H., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Yilma, D., Abdissa, A., Friis, Henrik, Faurholt-Jepsen, D. & Olsen, Mette Frahm, 20 Jul 2020, In: Annals of Human Biology. 47, 5, p. 457-464 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Metabolic profile in two physically active Inuit groups consuming either a western or a traditional Inuit diet
Munch-Andersen, T., Olsen, D. B., Søndergaard, H., Daugaard, J. R., Bysted, A., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Saltin, B. & Helge, Jørn Wulff, Mar 2012, In: International Journal of Circumpolar Health. 71, 8 p., 17342.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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High anti-SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among unvaccinated mother-child pairs from a rural setting of north-eastern Tanzania during the second wave of COVID-19
Msemo, O. A., Pérez-Alós, L., Minja, D. T. R., Hansen, Cecilie Bo, Gesase, S., Mtove, G., Mbwana, J., Larsen, V. M. L., Bøgestad, E. C. S., Grunnet, Louise Groth, Christensen, Dirk Lund, Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, Burgner, D., Schmiegelow, Christentze, Garred, Peter & Hjort, Line, 2023, In: IJID Regions (Online). 6, p. 48-57 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Risk factors of pre-hypertension and hypertension among non-pregnant women of reproductive age in northeastern Tanzania: a community based cross-sectional study
Msemo, O. A., Schmiegelow, Christentze, Nielsen, B. B., Kousholt, H., Grunnet, Louise Groth, Christensen, Dirk Lund, Lusingu, J. P. A., Møller, S. L., Kavishe, R. A., Minja, D. T. R. & Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, 2018, In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 23, 11, p. 1176-1187 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Protocol for establishing an Adaptive Diseases control Expert Programme in Tanzania (ADEPT) for integrating care of communicable and non-communicable diseases using tuberculosis and diabetes as a case study
Mpagama, S. G., Ramaiya, K., Lillebaek, Troels, Mmbaga, B. T., Sumari-de Boer, M., Ntinginya, N. E., Alffenaar, J., Heysell, S. K., Bygbjerg, Ib Christian & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, 4, 8 p., e041521.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Implementing Innovative Approaches to Improve Health Care Delivery Systems for Integrating Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases Using Tuberculosis and Diabetes as a Model in Tanzania
Mpagama, S. G., Byashalira, K. C., Chamba, N. G., Heysell, S. K., Alimohamed, M. Z., Shayo, P. J., Kalolo, A., Chongolo, A. M., Gitige, C. G., Mmbaga, B. T., Ntinginya, N. E., Alffenaar, J. C., Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, Lillebaek, Troels, Christensen, Dirk Lund & Ramaiya, K. L., 2023, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20, 17, 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Universiteterne gør en forskel for sundhed
Meyrowitsch, Dan Wolf, Furu, Peter, Schiøler, Karin Linda, Christensen, Dirk Lund, Sørensen, Jane Brandt, Tersbøl, Britt Pinkowski & Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, 5 Feb 2024, In: Politiken. 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Contribution to newspaper - Newspaper article › Communication
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Sarcopenia in older black South African women and relationships with physical activity and protein intake
Mendham, A. E., Brooks, N. E., Micklesfield, L. K., Faber, M., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Gallagher, I. J., Lundin-Olsson, L., Myburgh, K. H., Kalula, S., Odunitan-Wayas, F. & Lambert, E. V., 2021, In: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 79, OCE2, p. E150 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract in journal › Research › peer-review
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Sarcopenic Obesity in Africa: A Call for Diagnostic Methods and Appropriate Interventions
Mendham, A. E., Lundin-Olsson, L., Goedecke, J. H., Micklesfield, L. K., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Gallagher, I. J., Myburgh, K. H., Odunitan-Wayas, F. A., Lambert, E., Kalula, S., Hunter, A. M. & Brooks, N. E., 2021, In: Frontiers in Nutrition. 8, 5 p., 661170.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Understanding factors associated with sarcopenic obesity in older African women from a low-income setting: a cross-sectional analysis
Mendham, A. E., Goedecke, J. H., Micklesfield, L. K., Brooks, N. E., Faber, M., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Gallagher, I. J., Lundin-Olsson, L., Myburgh, K. H., Odunitan-Wayas, F. A., Lambert, E. V., Kalula, S. & Hunter, A. M., 14 Apr 2021, In: BMC Geriatrics. 21, 1, 247.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Osteoporosis in older black South African women and relationships with body composition, dietary intake and physical activity
Mendham, A., Brooks, N. E., Micklesfield, L. K., Faber, M., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Gallagher, L. J., Lundin-Olsson, L., Myburgh, K. H., Kalula, S., Odunitan-Wayas, F., Lambert, E. V., Goedecke, J. H. & Hunter, A. M., 2021, In: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 79, OCE2, p. E441-E441 1 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Conference abstract in journal › Research › peer-review
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Effects of glucose, glucose plus branched-chain amino acids, or placebo on bike performance over 100 km
Madsen, K., MacLean, D. A., Kiens, Bente & Christensen, Dirk Lund, Dec 1996, In: Journal of Applied Physiology. 81, 6, p. 2644-2650 7 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Effects of an outdoor bicycle-based intervention in healthy rural Indian men with normal and low birth weight
Madsen, C., Mogensen, P., Thomas, N., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, Mohan, V., Inbakumari, M., Nadig, S. V., Alex, R., Geetanjali, F. S., Westgate, K., Brage, S., Vaag, A. & Grunnet, Louise Groth, Feb 2015, In: Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease. 6, 1, p. 27-37 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
Physical activity energy expenditure vs cardiorespiratory fitness level in impaired glucose metabolism
Lidegaard, L. P., Hansen, A. S., Johansen, N. B., Witte, D. R., Brage, S., Lauritzen, T., Jørgensen, M. E., Christensen, Dirk Lund & Færch, K., Dec 2015, In: Diabetologia. 58, 12, p. 2709-17 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Physical activity energy expenditure and cardiometabolic health in three rural Kenyan populations
Lee, J. C., Westgate, K., Boit, M. K., Mwaniki, D. L., Kiplamai, F. K., Friis, Henrik, Tetens, Inge , Christensen, Dirk Lund & Brage, S., 2019, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 31, 1, 9 p., e23199.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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The overlooked paradox of the coexistence of overweight/obesity and anemia during pregnancy
Launbo, N., Davidsen, E., Granich-Armenta, A., Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, Sánchez, M., Ramirez-Silva, I., Avila-Jimenez, L., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Rivera-Dommarco, J. A., Cantoral, A., Nielsen, K. K. & Grunnet, Louise Groth, 2022, In: Nutrition. 99-100, 7 p., 111650.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review › Research › peer-review
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Body dimensions, exercise capacity and physical activity level of adolescent Nandi boys in western Kenya.
Larsen, H. B., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Nolan, T. & Søndergaard, H., 2004, In: Annals of Human Biology. 31, 2, p. 159-73 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Myter og mystik om kenyanske løbere
Larsen, H. B., Bak, T. & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 1992, In: Puls. 3, p. 2-4 3 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
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Trainability of Kenyan village boys compared with Kenyan town boys
Larsen, H. B., Søndergaard, H., Nolan, T., Asp, S., Christensen, Dirk Lund & Saltin, B., 2000, In: Journal of Physiology. 528, p. 42P-43P 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Communication
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Validation of the Fatty Liver Index for identifying non-alcoholic fatty liver disease in a Kenyan population
Lajeunesse-Trempe, F., Boit, M. K., Kaduka, L. U., De Lucia-Rolfe, E., Baass, A., Paquette, M., Piché, M. E., Tchernof, A. & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 2023, In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 28, 10, p. 830-838 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Anthropometric measures and their association with risk factors for cardio-metabolic diseases in Kenyan adults
Lajeunesse-Trempe, F., Dufour, R., du Souich, P., Paquette, M., Kaduka, L. U. & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 2018, In: Annals of Human Biology. 45, 6-8, p. 486-495 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Antioxidant biomarkers and cardio-metabolic risk markers in an Aboriginal community in remote Australia: a cross-sectional study
Knudsen, L., Lyons, J. G., O'Dea, K., Christensen, Dirk Lund & Brimblecombe, J. K., 2021, In: Public Health Nutrition. 24, 15, p. 4937-4948 30 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Hepatic steatosis is associated with anthropometry, cardio-metabolic disease risk, sex, age and urbanisation, but not with ethnicity in adult Kenyans
Kastberg, S. E., Lund, H. S., de Lucia-Rolfe, E., Kaduka, L. U., Boit, M. K., Corpeleijn, E., Friis, Henrik, Bernard, S., Paquette, M., Baas, A., Rasmussen, J. J. & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 2022, In: Tropical Medicine & International Health. 27, 1, p. 49-57 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Socioeconomic inequities in mortality and functional outcome after stroke in Zanzibar: A prospective cohort study
Jørgensen, J. M. A., Nielsen, K. K., Petersen, Jørgen Holm, Sadiq, H. S., Kelly, Z. F., Walker, R. W. & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 2023, In: Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases. 32, 5, 11 p., 107081.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Incidence and characteristics of stroke in Zanzibar-a hospital-based prospective study in a low-income island population
Jorgensen, J. M. A., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Nielsen, K. K., Sadiq, H. S., Khan, M. Y., Jusabani, A. M. & Walker, R., 2022, In: Frontiers in Neurology. 13, 11 p., 931915.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Age-Appropriate Feeding Practices in Cambodia and the Possible Influence on the Growth of the Children: A Longitudinal Study
Hondru, G., Laillou, A., Wieringa, F. T., Poirot, E., Berger, J., Christensen, Dirk Lund & Roos, Nanna, 2020, In: Nutrients. 12, 1, 14 p., 12.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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FOETAL for NCD-FOetal Exposure and Epidemiological Transitions: the role of Anaemia in early Life for Non-Communicable Diseases in later life: a prospective preconception study in rural Tanzania
Hjort, L., Lykke Møller, S., Minja, D., Msemo, O., Nielsen, B. B., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Theander, Thor Grundtvig, Nielsen, K., Larsen, L. G., Grunnet, Louise Groth, Groop, L., Prasad, R., Lusingu, J., Schmiegelow, Christentze & Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, 2019, In: BMJ Open. 9, 5, 14 p., e024861.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Skiing across the Greenland icecap: divergent effects on limb muscle adaptations and substrate oxidation.
Helge, Jørn Wulff, Lundby, C., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Langfort, J., Messonnier, L., Zacho, M., Andersen, J. & Saltin, B., 2003, In: Journal of Experimental Biology. 206, Pt 6, p. 1075-83 8 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Inflammatory markers as correlates of body composition and grip strength among adults with and without HIV: A cross-sectional study in Ethiopia
Hegelund, M. H., Faurholt-Jepsen, D., Abdissa, A., Yilma, D., Andersen, Å. B., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Wells, J. C., Friis, Henrik, Girma, T. & Olsen, Mette Frahm, 2022, In: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 76, p. 973–978 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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Ethnicity and obesity: why are some people more vulnerable?
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Increased risk of type 2 diabetes with ascending social class in urban South Indians is explained by obesity: The Chennai urban rural epidemiology study (CURES-116).
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Diabetes is a risk factor for pulmonary tuberculosis: a case-control study from Mwanza, Tanzania
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