Obesity and type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africans - Is the burden in today's Africa similar to African migrants in Europe? The RODAM study

  1. Agyemang, Charles
  2. Meeks, Karlijn
  3. Beune, Erik
  4. Owusu-Dabo, Ellis
  5. Mockenhaupt, Frank P.
  6. Addo, Juliet
  7. de Graft Aikins, Ama
  8. Bahendeka, Silver
  9. Danquah, Ina ORCID logo
  10. Schulze, Matthias B. ORCID logo
  11. Spranger, Joachim
  12. Burr, Tom
  13. Agyei-Baffour, Peter
  14. Amoah, Stephen K.
  15. Galbete, Cecilia
  16. Henneman, Peter
  17. Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin
  18. Nicolaou, Mary
  19. Adeyemo, Adebowale
  20. van Straalen, Jan
  21. Smeeth, Liam
  22. Stronks, Karien

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  • Obesity and type 2 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africans - Is the burden in today's Africa similar to African migrants in Europe? The RODAM study
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  1. Agyemang, Charles |
  2. Meeks, Karlijn |
  3. Beune, Erik |
  4. Owusu-Dabo, Ellis |
  5. Mockenhaupt, Frank P. |
  6. Addo, Juliet |
  7. de Graft Aikins, Ama |
  8. Bahendeka, Silver |
  9. Danquah, Ina |
  10. Schulze, Matthias B. |
  11. Spranger, Joachim |
  12. Burr, Tom |
  13. Agyei-Baffour, Peter |
  14. Amoah, Stephen K. |
  15. Galbete, Cecilia |
  16. Henneman, Peter |
  17. Klipstein-Grobusch, Kerstin |
  18. Nicolaou, Mary |
  19. Adeyemo, Adebowale |
  20. van Straalen, Jan |
  21. Smeeth, Liam |
  22. Stronks, Karien |
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  1. Artikel |
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  • 2016-10-21
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  • 14(1):166
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  • 2016
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  • https://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12916-016-0709-0 |
  • https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5075171/ |
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  • https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-016-0709-0#Sec15 |
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  • BACKGROUND: Rising rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes (T2D) are impending major threats to the health of African populations, but the extent to which they differ between rural and urban settings in Africa and upon migration to Europe is unknown. We assessed the burden of obesity and T2D among Ghanaians living in rural and urban Ghana and Ghanaian migrants living in different European countries. METHODS: A multi-centre cross-sectional study was conducted among Ghanaian adults (n = 5659) aged 25-70 years residing in rural and urban Ghana and three European cities (Amsterdam, London and Berlin). Comparisons between groups were made using prevalence ratios (PRs) with adjustments for age and education. RESULTS: In rural Ghana, the prevalence of obesity was 1.3 % in men and 8.3 % in women. The prevalence was considerably higher in urban Ghana (men, 6.9 %; PR: 5.26, 95 % CI, 2.04-13.57; women, 33.9 %; PR: 4.11, 3.13-5.40) and even more so in Europe, especially in London (men, 21.4 %; PR: 15.04, 5.98-37.84; women, 54.2 %; PR: 6.63, 5.04-8.72). The prevalence of T2D was low at 3.6 % and 5.5 % in rural Ghanaian men and women, and increased in urban Ghanaians (men, 10.3 %; PR: 3.06; 1.73-5.40; women, 9.2 %; PR: 1.81, 1.25-2.64) and highest in Berlin (men, 15.3 %; PR: 4.47; 2.50-7.98; women, 10.2 %; PR: 2.21, 1.30-3.75). Impaired fasting glycaemia prevalence was comparatively higher only in Amsterdam, and in London, men compared with rural Ghana. CONCLUSION: Our study shows high risks of obesity and T2D among sub-Saharan African populations living in Europe. In Ghana, similarly high prevalence rates were seen in an urban environment, whereas in rural areas, the prevalence of obesity among women is already remarkable. Similar processes underlying the high burden of obesity and T2D following migration may also be at play in sub-Saharan Africa as a consequence of urbanisation.
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lokal Obesity
lokal Type 2 diabetes
lokal Ethnic minority groups
lokal Migrants
lokal Europe
lokal Sub-Saharan Africa
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  3. German Center for cardiovascular research (DZHK) |
  4. Berlin Institute of Health (BIH) |
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