Dirk Lund Christensen

Dirk Lund Christensen

Associate Professor

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    1. 2013
    2. Published

      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.

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    3. Published

      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.

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    4. Published

      Diabetes is a strong predictor of mortality during tuberculosis treatment: a prospective cohort study among tuberculosis patients from Mwanza, Tanzania

      Faurholt-Jepsen, Daniel, Range, N., PrayGod, G., Jeremiah, K., Faurholt-Jepsen, Maria , Aabye, M., Changalucha, J., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Grewal, H. M. S., Martinussen, Torben, Krarup, H., Witte, D. R., Andersen, A. B. & Friis, Henrik, 2013, In: Tropical Medicine & International Health. 18, 7, p. 822-829 8 p.

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    5. 2012
    6. Published

      Sleep duration and sleep quality are associated differently with alterations of glucose homeostasis

      Byberg, S., Hansen, A. S., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Vistisen, D., Aadahl, M., Linneberg, Allan René & Witte, D. R., Sep 2012, In: Diabetic Medicine. 29, 9, p. e354-e360 7 p.

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    7. Published

      Physical activity, Cardio-Respiratory Fitness, and Metabolic Traits in Rural Mexican Tarahumara

      Christensen, Dirk Lund, Alcala-Sanchez, I., Leal-Berumen, I., Conchas-Ramirez, M. & Brage, S., Jul 2012, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 24, 4, p. 558-561 4 p.

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    8. Published

      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.

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    9. Published
    10. Published

      Abdominal obesity has the highest impact on metabolic profile in an overweight African population

      Handlos, L. N., Witte, D. R., Mwaniki, D. L., Boit, M. K., Kilonzo, B., Friis, Henrik, Hansen, A. W., Borch-Johnsen, K., Tetens, Inge & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 2012, In: Annals of Human Biology. 39, 6, p. 530-533 4 p.

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    11. Published

      Cardiorespiratory fitness and physical activity in Luo, Kamba, and Maasai of rural Kenya

      Christensen, Dirk Lund, Faurholt-Jepsen, Daniel, Boit, M. K., Mwaniki, D. L., Kilonzo, B., Tetens, Inge , Kiplamai, F. K., Cheruiyot, S. C., Friis, Henrik, Borch-Johnsen, K., Wareham, N. J. & Brage, S., 2012, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 24, 6, p. 723-729 7 p.

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    12. Published

      The role of anthropometric and other predictors for diabetes among urban Tanzanians with tuberculosis

      Faurholt-Jepsen, Daniel, Range, N., PrayGod, G., Jeremiah, K., Faurholt-Jepsen, Maria , Aabye, M. G., Changalucha, J., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Witte, D. R., Andersen, A. B. & Friis, Henrik, 2012, In: International Journal of Tuberculosis and Lung Disease. 16, 12, p. 1680-1685 6 p.

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    13. Published

      The role of diabetes co-morbidity for tuberculosis treatment outcomes: a prospective cohort study from Mwanza, Tanzania

      Faurholt-Jepsen, Daniel, Range, N., PrayGod, G., Kidola, J., Faurholt-Jepsen, Maria , Aabye, M. G., Changalucha, J., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Martinussen, Torben, Krarup, H. B., Witte, D. R., Andersen, Å. B. & Friis, Henrik, 2012, In: B M C Infectious Diseases. 12, 165, p. 1-8 8 p.

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    14. Published

      The role of diabetes on the clinical manifestations of pulmonary tuberculosis

      Faurholt-Jepsen, Daniel, Range, N., PrayGod, G., Jeremiah, K., Faurholt-Jepsen, Maria , Aabye, M. G., Changalucha, J., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Krarup, H. B., Witte, D. R., Andersen, A. B. & Friis, Henrik, 2012, In: Tropical Medicine & International Health. 17, 7, p. 877-883 7 p.

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    15. 2011
    16. Published

      Diabetes is a risk factor for pulmonary tuberculosis: a case-control study from Mwanza, Tanzania

      Faurholt-Jepsen, Daniel, Range, N., PrayGod, G., Jeremiah, K., Faurholt-Jepsen, Maria , Aabye, M. G., Changalucha, J., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Pipper, C. B., Krarup, H., Witte, D. R., Andersen, A. B. & Friis, Henrik, 2011, In: P L o S One. 6, 8, p. e24215 5 p.

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    17. Published

      Dietary patterns, food and macronutrient intakes among adults in three ethnic groups in rural Kenya

      Hansen, A. W., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Larsson, M. W., Eis, J., Christensen, T., Friis, Henrik, Mwaniki, D. L., Kilonzo, B., Boit, M. K., Borch-Johnsen, K. & Tetens, Inge , 2011, In: Public Health Nutrition. 14, 9, p. 1671-1679 9 p.

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    18. Published

      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. 605-16

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    19. Published

      Physiological adaption to maternal malaria and other adverse exposure: low birth weight, functional capacity, and possible metabolic disease in adult life

      Christensen, Dirk Lund, Kapur, A. & Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, 2011, In: International journal of gynaecology and obstetrics: the official organ of the International Federation of Gynaecology and Obstetrics. 115 Suppl 1, p. S16-9

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    20. Published

      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.

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    21. 2010
    22. Published

      Moving to an A1C-based diagnosis of diabetes has a different impact on prevalence in different ethnic groups

      Christensen, Dirk Lund, Witte, D. R., Kaduka, L., Jørgensen, M. E., Borch-Johnsen, K., Mohan, V., Shaw, J. E., Tabák, A. G. & Vistisen, D., 2010, In: Diabetes Care. 33, 3, p. 580-2 3 p.

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    23. 2009
    24. Published

      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.

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    25. Published

      High glucose intolerance among TB/HIV patients in Tanzania

      Faurholt-Jepsen, Daniel, Praygod, G., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Range, N., Borch-Johnsen, K., Andersen, A. & Friis, Henrik, 2009, In: Annals of Nutrition and Metabolism. 55, Suppl. 1, p. 242 1 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearch

    26. Published

      Prevalence of glucose intolerance and associated risk factors in rural and urban populations of different ethnic groups in Kenya

      Christensen, Dirk Lund, Friis, Henrik, Mwaniki, D. L., Kilonzo, B., Tetens, I., Boit, M. K., Omondi, B., Kaduka, L. & Borch-Johnsen, K., 2009, In: Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice. 84, 3, p. 303-10 8 p.

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    27. 2008
    28. Published

      Ethnicity and obesity: why are some people more vulnerable?

      Christensen, Dirk Lund & Jørgensen, M. E., 2008, In: International Diabetes Monitor. 20, 5, p. 202-209 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearch

    29. Published
    30. Published

      Insulin resistance and secretion in different ethnic populations of Kenya

      Christensen, Dirk Lund, Mwaniki, D. L., Boit, M. K., Kilonzo, B., Friis, Henrik, Tetens, Inge , Kaduka, L., Omondi, B. O. & Borch-Johnsen, K., 2008, In: Diabetologia. 51, Suppl. 1, p. S178 1 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalConference abstract in journalResearch

    31. Published

      Obesity and regional fat distribution in Kenyan populations: impact of ethnicity and urbanization

      Christensen, Dirk Lund, Eis, J., Hansen, A. W., Larsson, M. W., Mwaniki, D. L., Kilonzo, B., Tetens, Inge , Boit, M. K., Kaduka, L., Borch-Johnsen, K. & Friis, Henrik, 2008, In: Annals of Human Biology. 35, 2, p. 232-249 18 p.

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