The Magnitude and Directions of the Associations between Early Life Factors and Metabolic Syndrome Differ across Geographical Locations among Migrant and Non-Migrant Ghanaians—The RODAM Study

The Magnitude and Directions of the Associations between Early Life Factors and Metabolic Syndrome Differ across Geographical Locations among Migrant and Non-Migrant Ghanaians—The RODAM Study

Background: Early-life factors (ELFs) such as childhood nutrition and childhood socio-economic status could be the drivers of the increase in metabolic syndrome (MetSyn) among African populations, but data are lacking. This study evaluated whether markers of childhood nutritional status and childhoo...

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Auteurs principaux: Thijs G. W. van der Heijden, Felix P. Chilunga, Karlijn A. C. Meeks, Juliet Addo, Ina Danquah, Erik J. Beune, Silver K. Bahendeka, Kerstin Klipstein-Grobusch, Frank P. Mockenhaupt, Mitzi M. Waltz, Charles Agyemang
Format: article
Langue:EN
Publié: MDPI AG 2021
Sujets:
metabolic syndrome
migration
early life factors
obesity
diabetes
Medicine
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Accès en ligne:https://doaj.org/article/c2cac1cb303a4cee957beab0ad6c55d7
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