Genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in Africa: methods used for Phase 1 of the AWI-Gen population cross-sectional study

• Main Authors: Stuart A. Ali (Author), Cassandra Soo (Author), Godfred Agongo (Author), Marianne Alberts (Author), Lucas Amenga-Etego (Author), Romuald P. Boua (Author), Ananyo Choudhury (Author), Nigel J. Crowther (Author), Cornelius Depuur (Author), F. Xavier Gómez-Olivé (Author), Issa Guiraud (Author), Tilahun N. Haregu (Author), Scott Hazelhurst (Author), Kathleen Kahn (Author), Christopher Khayeka-Wandabwa (Author), Catherine Kyobutungi (Author), Zané Lombard (Author), Felistas Mashinya (Author), Lisa Micklesfield (Author), Shukri F. Mohamed (Author), Freedom Mukomana (Author), Seydou Nakanabo-Diallo (Author), Hamtandi M. Natama (Author), Nicholas Ngomi (Author), Engelbert A. Nonterah (Author), Shane A. Norris (Author), Abraham R. Oduro (Author), Athanase M. Somé (Author), Hermann Sorgho (Author), Paulina Tindana (Author), Halidou Tinto (Author), Stephen Tollman (Author), Rhian Twine (Author), Alisha Wade (Author), Osman Sankoh (Author), Michèle Ramsay (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Taylor & Francis Group, 2018-11-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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There is an alarming tide of cardiovascular and metabolic disease (CMD) sweeping across Africa. This may be a result of an increasingly urbanized lifestyle characterized by the growing consumption of processed and calorie-dense food, combined with physical inactivity and more sedentary behaviour. Wh...