Dirk Lund Christensen

Dirk Lund Christensen

Associate Professor

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    1. 2021
    2. Published

      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.

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    3. Published

      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.

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    4. Published

      Cardiorespiratory fitness assessment using risk-stratified exercise testing and dose-response relationships with disease outcomes

      Gonzales, T. I., Westgate, K., Strain, T., Hollidge, S., Jeon, J., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Jensen, J., Wareham, N. J. & Brage, S., 2021, In: Scientific Reports. 11, 1, 15315.

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    5. Published

      Digit ratio (2D:4D) is not related to cardiovascular diseases or their risk factors in menopausal women

      Fischer Pedersen, J. K., Klimek, M., Galbarczyk, A., Nenko, I., Sobocki, J., Christensen, Dirk Lund & Jasienska, G., 2021, In: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. 33, 3, e23505.

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    6. Published

      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.

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    7. Published

      HbA1c variability and the development of nephropathy in individuals with type 1 diabetes mellitus from Rwanda

      Bille, N., Byberg, S., Gishoma, C., Buch Kristensen, K. & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 2021, In: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 178, 108929.

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    8. Published

      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.

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    9. Published

      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.

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    10. Published

      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.

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    11. Published

      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.

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    12. Published

      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.

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    13. Published

      Waist circumference and low high-density lipoprotein cholesterol as markers of cardiometabolic risk in Kenyan adults

      Faurholt-Jepsen, D., Friis, Henrik, Mwaniki, D. L., Boit, M. K., Kaduka, L. U., Tetens, Inge & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 2021, In: P L o S One. 16, 2, 10 p., e0247600.

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    14. 2020
    15. Published

      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.

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    16. Published

      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.

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    17. Published

      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.

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    18. Published

      Changes in dietary preferences reported in pregnancy: associations with later pregnancy complications in a sample of 55,087 women

      Bierregaard, A. A., Christiansen, A. H., Christensen, Dirk Lund & Olsen, Sjurdur F., 2020, In: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 79, OCE2, p. E156-E156 1 p.

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    19. Published

      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.

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    20. Published

      Health-care coverage and access to health care in the context of type 2 diabetes and hypertension in rural Mexico: a systematic literature review

      Carrillo-Balam, G., Cantoral, A., Rodríguez-Carmona, Y. & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 2020, In: Public Health. 181, p. 8-15 8 p.

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    21. Published

      High Prevalence of Gestational Diabetes Mellitus in Rural Tanzania-Diagnosis Mainly Based on Fasting Blood Glucose from Oral Glucose Tolerance Test

      Grunnet, Louise Groth, Hjort, L., Minja, D. T., Msemo, O. A., Møller, S. L., Prasad, R. B., Groop, L., Lusingu, J., Nielsen, B. B., Schmiegelow, Christentze, Bygbjerg, Ib Christian & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 2020, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 17, 9, 3109.

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    22. Published

      Misclassification of study population

      Christensen, Dirk Lund & Taylor, J. L., 2020, In: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 159, 107656.

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    23. 2019
    24. Published

      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.

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    25. Published

      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.

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    26. 2018
    27. Published

      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.

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    28. Published

      Deriving an optimal threshold of waist circumference for detecting cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan Africa

      Ekoru, K., Murphy, G. A. V., Young, E. H., Delisle, H., Jerome, C. S., Assah, F., Longo-Mbenza, B., Nzambi, J. P. D., On'Kin, J. B. K., Buntix, F., Muyer, M. C., Christensen, D. L., Wesseh, C. S., Sabir, A., Okafor, C., Gezawa, I. D., Puepet, F., Enang, O., Raimi, T., Ohwovoriole, E. & 24 others, Oladapo, O. O., Bovet, P., Mollentze, W., Unwin, N., Gray, W. K., Walker, R., Agoudavi, K., Siziya, S., Chifamba, J., Njelekela, M., Fourie, C. M., Kruger, S., Schutte, A. E., Walsh, C., Gareta, D., Kamali, A., Seeley, J., Norris, S. A., Crowther, N. J., Pillay, D., Kaleebu, P., Motala, A. A., Sandhu, M. S. & behalf of the African Partnership for Chronic Disease Research (APCDR), B. O. T. A. P. F. C. D. R. (., 2018, In: International Journal of Obesity. 42, 3, p. 487-494 8 p.

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    29. Published

      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.

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