Prof. Dr. Ina Danquah

Research themes

Gender
Food and nutrition
Agriculture, land use, climate change
Migration, mobility and urbanization
Health

Additional Information:

Professional experience

Ina Danquah is a nutrition scientist specialized in epidemiology. Since 2019, Danquah investigates the interactions between climate change, nutrition and health. She employs the concept of Sustainable Nutrition, including the features of healthfulness, climate- and environmental friendliness, cultural acceptability, and affordability. Danquah designs, implements and evaluates adaptation strategies against climate change impacts in the Global South, as well as climate change mitigation approaches in the nutrition sector that confer health co-benefits. As a nutrition epidemiologist, Danquah characterizes the dietary behavior of populations living in sub-Saharan Africa and migrant groups in Europe. She examines relationships with obesity and cardio-metabolic health and is interested in the interactions with undernutrition and infectious diseases.

As Hertz Chair at the University of Bonn, she will establish a prospective, multi-center cohort study in sub-Saharan Africa to investigate the interactions between climate change, nutrition and health; she will also build a global network of intervention studies for the development, implementation, and evaluation of climate change adaptation and mitigation strategies. Before working at ZEF, Danquah was Robert Bosch Junior Professor for Research into the Sustainable Use of Natural Resources 2019 at Heidelberg Institute for Global Health, Heidelberg University (2019 – 2023). As a postdoc, Danquah led the working group “Type 2 diabetes in African populations under transition” at the German Institute of Human Nutrition Potsdam-Rehbrücke (DIfE).

Danquah has studied nutrition science at Potsdam University and the University of Ghana; she obtained her PhD at the Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, and graduated as MSc in Epidemiology from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM). Danquah received her venia legendi (Habilitation) from the Institute of Social Medicine, Epidemiology and Health Economics, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

Currently, Danquah leads the DFG-funded Research Unit “Climate Change and Health in sub-Saharan Africa” (2020 – 2025), and is coordinating (together with Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm) the Horizon Europe-funded project “Changemaker” on the co-design, implementation, and evaluation of sustainable health interventions for adolescents in three exemplary urban areas in sub-Saharan Africa (2024 – 2027).

Danquah has published more than 100 peer-reviewed articles in scientific outlets and 8 book chapters. She has an h-index of 21, and more than 1600 citations.

Contacts

Hertz-Professor "Innovation for Planetary Health"
Transdisciplinary Research Area (TRA) "Sustainable Futures"
Director at Center for Development Research (ZEF)
University of Bonn
Genscherallee 3, 53113 Bonn
Tel: +49 (0)228 73-1970
E-Mail: ina.danquah(a)uni-bonn.de

2023

Baudry J, Neves F, Lairon D, Allès B, Langevin B, Brunin J, Berthy F, Danquah I, Touvier M, Hercberg S, Amiot MJ, Pointereau P, Kesse-Guyot E. 2023. Sustainability analysis of the Mediterranean diet: results from the French NutriNet-Santé study. Br J Nutr, : 1-16 . Further Information

Beloconi A, Nyawanda BO, Bigogo G, Khagayi S, Obor D, Danquah I, Kariuki S, Munga S, Vounatsou P. 2023. Malaria, climate variability, and interventions: modelling transmission dynamics. Sci Rep, 13(1) : 7367 . Further Information

Danquah I, Mank I, Hampe CS, Meeks KAC, Agyemang C, Owusu-Dabo E, Smeeth L, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Bahendeka S, Spranger J, Mockenhaupt FP, Schulze MB, Rolandsson O. 2023. Subgroups of adult-onset diabetes: a data-driven cluster analysis in a Ghanaian population. Sci Rep, 13(1) : 10756 . Further Information

Griesel S, Schwerdtle PN, Quitmann C, Danquah I, Herrmann A. 2023. Patients' perceptions of climate-sensitive health counselling in primary care: Qualitative results from Germany. Eur J Gen Pract, 29(1) : 2284261 . Further Information

Haggenmüller V, Bogler L, Weber AC, Kumar A, Bärnighausen T, Danquah I, Vollmer S. 2023. Smartphone-based point-of-care anemia screening in rural Bihar in India. Commun Med (Lond), 3(1) : 38 . Further Information

Hansen L-S, Wothaya Kihagi G, Agure E, Muok EMO, Mank I, Danquah I, Sorgho R. 2023. Sustainable home gardens in Western Kenya: A qualitative study for co-designing nutrition-sensitive interventions. J Rural Studies, 103 : 103132 . Further Information

Herrmann A, Gonnet A, Millogo RM, d'Arc Kabré WJ, Beremwidougou TR, Coulibaly I, Ouili I, Zoromé S, Weil K, Fuelbert H, Soura A, Danquah I. 2023. Sustainable dietary weight loss intervention and its effects on cardiometabolic parameters and greenhouse gas emissions: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial with overweight and obese adults in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. BMJ Open, 13(4) : e070524 . Further Information

Quitmann C, Griesel S, Nayna Schwerdtle P, Danquah I, Herrmann A. 2023. Climate-sensitive health counselling: a scoping review and conceptual framework. Lancet Planet Health, 7(7) : e600-e610 . Further Information

Şat S, Aydınkoç-Tuzcu K, Berger F, Barakat A, Danquah I, Schindler K, Fasching P. 2023. Diabetes and Migration. Exp Clin Endocrinol Diabetes, 131(6) : 319-337 . Further Information

Weil K, Coulibaly I, Fuelbert H, Herrmann A, Millogo RM, Danquah I. 2023. Dietary patterns and their socioeconomic factors of adherence among adults in urban Burkina Faso: a cross-sectional study. J Health Popul Nutr, 42(1) : 107 . Further Information

2022

Abidha CA, Amoako YA, Nyamekye RK, Bedu-Addo G, Grziwotz F, Mockenhaupt FP, Telschow A, Danquah I. 2022. Fasting blood glucose in a Ghanaian adult is causally affected by malaria parasite load: a mechanistic case study using convergent cross mapping. Malar J, 21(1) : 93 .

Bonsu Osei T, Mank I, Sorgho R, Nayna Schwerdtle P, Hövener C, Fischer F, Razum O, Danquah I. 2022. Aetiological research on the health of migrants living in Germany: a systematic literature review. BMJ Open, 12 : e058712 .

Danquah I. 2022. Felder mit Aktionsspielraum für ein nachhaltiges Krankenhaus – Speisenversorgung. In: Heidelberger Standards der Klimamedizin. Heidelberg. 157-162.

Griesel S, Danquah I, Herrmann A. 2022. Klimasensible Gesundheitsberatung und Klimakommunikation mit Pateint:innen. In: Heidelberger Standards der Klimamedizin. Heidelberg. 238-244.

Hansen L-S; Sorgho R; Mank I; Schwerdtle P N; Agure E, Bärnighausen T, Danquah I. 2022. Home gardening in sub-Saharan Africa: A scoping review on practices and nutrition outcomes in rural Burkina Faso and Kenya. Food and Energy Security, : e388 .

Herrmann A & Danquah I. 2022. Klimawandel und Gesundheit aus Globaler Perspektive. DIVI Jahresbuch 2022/2023. MMV Medizinisch Wissenschaftliche Verlagsgesellschaft.

Herrmann A, Lenzer B, Müller BS, Danquah I, Nadeau KC, Muche-Borowski C, Traidl-Hoffmann C. 2022. Integrating planetary health into clinical guidelines to sustainably transform health care. Lancet Planet Health. 6(3): e184-e185.

Jakob L, Danquah I, Siegel E. 2022. Diabetes und Klimawandel. In: Heidelberger Standards der Klimamedizin. Heidelberg. 103-108.

Mank I, Sorgho R, Zerbo F, Kagoné M, Coulibaly B, Oguso J, Mbata M, Khagayi S, Muok EMO, Sié A, Danquah I. 2022. ALIMUS-We are feeding! Study protocol of a multi-center, cluster-randomized controlled trial on the effects of a home garden and nutrition counseling intervention to reduce child undernutrition in rural Burkina Faso and Kenya. Trials, 23(1) : 449 .

Ndong AK, van der Linden EL, Beune EJAJ, Meeks KAC, Danquah I, Bahendeka S, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Schulze MB, Addo J, van den Born BH, Agyemang C. 2022. Serum potassium concentration and its association with hypertension among Ghanaian migrants and non-migrants: The RODAM study. Atherosclerosis, 342 : 36-43 .

Quitmann C, Sauerborn R, Danquah I, Herrmann A. 2022. 'Climate change mitigation is a hot topic, but not when it comes to hospitals': a qualitative study on hospital stakeholders' perception and sense of responsibility for greenhouse gas emissions. J Med Ethics, : medethics-2021-107971 .

Şat S, Aydinkoç-Tuzcu K, Berger F, Barakat A, Danquah I, Schindler K, Fasching P. 2022. Diabetes und Migration in DDG-Praxisempfehlungen. Diabetologie; 17 (S2). S411-S431.

Schorgg P, Karavsiloglou N, Beyer A, Cantwell M, Danquah I, Rohrmann S, Cassidy A, Bärnighausen T, Cahvoa M, Kühn T. 2022. Increased vitamin B6 catabolism is associated with greater mortality risk in the older general US population: A prospective biomarker study. Clin Nutr, 41(6) : 1343-1356 .

Wiemker V, Neufeld M, Bunova A, Danquah I, Ferreira-Borges C, Konigorski S, Rastogi A, Probst C. 2022. Digital Assessment Tools Using Animation Features to Quantify Alcohol Consumption: Systematic App Store and Literature Review. J Med Internet Res, 24(3) : e28927 .

Yeboah E, Kuunibe N, Mank I, Parisi D, Bonnet E, Lohmann J, Hamadou S, Picbougoum BW, Belesova K, Sauerborn R, Bärnighausen T, Danquah I, De Allegri M. 2022. Every drop matters: Combining population-based and satellite data to investigate the link between lifetime rainfall exposure and chronic undernutrition in children under five years in rural Burkina Faso. Environ Res Letters, 17(5) : 054027 .

2021

Amoah S, Ennin R, Sagoe K, Steinbrecher A, Pischon T, Mockenhaupt FP, Danquah I. 2021. Feasibility of a Culturally Adapted Dietary Weight-Loss Intervention among Ghanaian Migrants in Berlin, Germany: The ADAPT Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 18(2) : 510 .

Assmus F, Galbete C, Knueppel S, Schulze MB, Beune E, Meeks K, Nicolaou M, Amoah S, Agyemang C, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Bahendeka S, Spranger J, Mockenhaupt FP, Smeeth L, Stronks K, Danquah I. 2021. Carbohydrate-dense snacks are a key feature of the nutrition transition among Ghanaian adults - findings from the RODAM study. Food Nutr Res, 6 : 65 .

Chilunga FP, Henneman P, Elliott HR, Cronjé HT, Walia GK, Meeks KAC, Requena-Mendez A, Venema A, Bahendeka S, Danquah I, Adeyemo A, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Pieters M, Mannens MMAM, Agyemang C. 2021. Epigenetic age acceleration in the emerging burden of cardiometabolic diseases among migrant and non-migrant African populations: the population based cross-sectional RODAM study. Lancet Healthy Longev, 2(6) : E327-E339 .

Chilunga FP, Henneman P, Venema A, Meeks KAC, Requena-Méndez A, Beune E, Mockenhaupt FP, Smeeth L, Bahendeka S, Danquah I, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Adeyemo A, Mannens MMAM, Agyemang C. 2021. Genome-wide DNA methylation analysis on C-reactive protein among Ghanaians suggests molecular links to the emerging risk of cardiovascular diseases. NPJ Genom Med, 6(1) : 46 .

Danquah I. 2021. Klimawandel macht krank – Warum Anpassung und Schutz dringlich sind, um gesundheitliche Klimarisiken zu vermeiden. Internationale Politik Special 6, November. 27-31.

Dornquast C, Reinhold T, Solak S, Durak M, Becher H, Riens B, Icke K, Danquah I, Willich SN, Keil T, Krist L. 2021. Strategies to Enhance Retention in a Cohort Study Among Adults of Turkish Descent Living in Berlin. J Immigr Minor Health, . Further Information

Gottlieb-Stroh T, Souares A, Bärnighausen T, Sié A, Zabre SP, Danquah I. 2021. Seasonal and socio-demographic patterns of self-reporting major disease groups in north-west Burkina Faso: an analysis of the Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) data. BMC Public Health, 21(1) : 1101 .

Herrmann A & Danquah I. 2021. Klimawandel und Gesundheit aus Globaler Perspektive - eine Übersicht über Risiken und Nebenwirkungen. Versorgungsreport Klima und Gesundheit. Berlin.

Krist L, Dornquast C, Reinhold T, Becher H, Jöckel KH, Schmidt B, Schramm S, Icke K, Danquah I, Willich SN, Keil T, Brand T. 2021. Association of Acculturation Status with Longitudinal Changes in Health-Related Quality of Life-Results from a Cohort Study of Adults with Turkish Origin in Germany. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 18(6) : 2827 .

Krist L, Dornquast C, Reinhold T, Icke K, Danquah I, Willich SN, Becher H, Keil T. 2021. Predictors of Changes in Physical Activity and Sedentary Behavior during the COVID-19 Pandemic in a Turkish Migrant Cohort in Germany. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 18(18) : 9682 .

Mank I, Belesova K, Bliefernicht J, Traoré I, Wilkinson P, Danquah I*, Sauerborn R*. 2021. The Impact of Rainfall Variability on Diets and Undernutrition of Young Children in Rural Burkina Faso. Front Public Health, 20(9) : 693281 (* both authors contributed equally) .

Nayna Schwerdtle P, Baernighausen K, Karim S, Raihan TS, Selim S, Baernighausen T, Danquah I. 2021. A Risk Exchange: Health and Mobility in the Context of Climate and Environmental Change in Bangladesh-A Qualitative Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 18(5) : 2629 .

Osei TB, van Dijk AM, Dingerink S, Chilunga FP, Beune E, Meeks KAC, Bahendeka S, Schulze MB, Agyemang C, Nicolaou M, Holleboom AG, Danquah I. 2021. Reduced Rank Regression-Derived Dietary Patterns Related to the Fatty Liver Index and Associations with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus among Ghanaian Populations under Transition: The RODAM Study. Nutrients, 13(11) : 3679 .

Sorgho R, Jungmann M, Souares A, Danquah I, Sauerborn R. 2021. Climate Change, Health Risks, and Vulnerabilities in Burkina Faso: A Qualitative Study on the Perceptions of National Policymakers. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 18(9) : 4972 .

van der Heijden TGW, Chilunga FP, Meeks KAC, Addo J, Danquah I, Beune EJ, Bahendeka SK, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Mockenhaupt FP, Waltz MM, Agyemang C. 2021. 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. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 18(22) : 11996 .

van Dijk AM, Dingerink S, Chilunga FP, Meeks KAC, Bahendeka S, Schulze MB, Danquah I, Osei TB, Serné E, Agyemang C, Holleboom AG. 2021. Metabolic-associated Fatty Liver Disease as Assessed by the Fatty Liver Index Among Migrant and Non-migrant Ghanaian Populations. J Clin Transl Hepatol, 9(4) : 494-502 .

Yeboah E, Bunker A, Dambach P, Mank I, Sorgho R, Sié A, Munga S, Bärnighausen T and Danquah I. 2021. Transformative Adaptations for Health Impacts of Climate Change in Burkina Faso and Kenya. African Handbook of Climate Change Adaptation. 2485-2500.

2020

Baratin C, Beune E, van Schalkwijk D, Meeks K, Smeeth L, Addo J, de-Graft Aikins A, Owusu-Dabo E, Bahendeka S, Mockenhaupt FP, Danquah I, Schulze MB, Spranger J, Boateng D, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Stronks K, Agyemang C. 2020. Differential associations between psychosocial stress and obesity among Ghanaians in Europe and in Ghana: findings from the RODAM study. Social Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiology, 55(1) : 45-56 .

Boateng D, Danquah I, Said-Mohamed R, Smeeth L, Nicolaou M, Meeks K, Beune E, Addo J, Bahendeka S, Agyei-Baffour P, Mockenhaupt FP, Spranger J, Schulze MB, Grobbee DE, Agyemang C, Klipstein-Grobusch K. 2020. Early-life exposures and cardiovascular disease risk among Ghanaian migrant and home populations: the RODAM study. J Dev Orig Health Dis, 11(3) : 250-263 .

Graßmann S, Pivovarova-Ramich O, Henze A, Raila J, Ampem Amoako Y, King Nyamekye R, Bedu-Addo G, Mockenhaupt FP, Schulze MB, Danquah I. 2020. SNP rs6564851 in the BCO1 Gene Is Associated with Varying Provitamin a Plasma Concentrations but Not with Retinol Concentrations among Adolescents from Rural Ghana. Nutrients, 12(6) : 1786 .

Hampe CS, Sahabandu D, Kaiser V, Telieps T, Smeeth L, Agyemang C, Spranger J, Schulze MB, Mockenhaupt FP, Danquah I*, Rolandsson O*. 2020. Geographic location determines beta-cell autoimmunity among adult Ghanaians: Findings from the RODAM study. Immun Inflamm Dis, 8(3) : 299-309 (* both authors contributed equally) .

Hayfron-Benjamin CF, Maitland-van der Zee AH, van den Born BJ, Amoah AGB, Meeks KAC, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Schulze MB, Spranger J, Danquah I, Smeeth L, Beune EJAJ, Mockenhaupt F, Agyemang CO. 2020. Association between C reactive protein and microvascular and macrovascular dysfunction in sub-Saharan Africans with and without diabetes: the RODAM study. BMJ Open Diabetes Res Care, 8(1) : e001235 .

Hayfron-Benjamin CF, van den Born BJ, Maitland-van der Zee AH, Amoah AGB, van der Linden EL, Stronks K, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Bahendeka S, Danquah I, Beune E, Smeeth L, Agyemang C. 2020. Higher prevalence of peripheral arterial disease in Ghana compared to Ghanaian migrants in Europe: The RODAM study. Int J Cardiol, 305 : 127-134 .

Krist L, Dornquast C, Reinhold T, Becher H, Icke K, Danquah I, Willich SN, Keil T. 2020. Physical Activity Trajectories among Persons of Turkish Descent Living in Germany-A Cohort Study. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 17(17) : 6349 .

Lyons J, van der Linden EL, Meeks K, Beune E, Smeeth L, Bahendeka S, Spranger J, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Mockenhaupt FP, Danquah I, Agyemang C. 2020. Inverse Association between Iron Deficiency and Glycated Hemoglobin Levels in Ghanaian Adults-the RODAM Study. J Nutr, 150(7) : 1899-1908 .

Mank I, Vandormael A, Traoré I, Ouédraogo WA, Sauerborn R, Danquah I. 2020. Dietary habits associated with growth development of children aged < 5 years in the Nouna Health and Demographic Surveillance System, Burkina Faso. Nutr J, 19(1) : 81 .

Nayna Schwerdtle P, Stockemer J, Bowen KJ, Sauerborn R, McMichael C, Danquah I. 2020. A Meta-Synthesis of Policy Recommendations Regarding Human Mobility in the Context of Climate Change. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 17(24) : 9342 .

Osei-Kwasi HA, Boateng D, Danquah I, Holdsworth M, Mejean C, Terragni L, Powell K, Schulze MB, Owusu-Dabo E, Meeks K, Beune E, Agyemang C, Klipstein- Grobusch K, Stronks K, Galbete C, Nicolaou M. 2020. Acculturation and Food Intake Among Ghanaian Migrants in Europe: Findings From the RODAM Study. J Nutr Educ Behav, 52(2) : 114-125 .

Schwerdtle PN, McMichael C, Mank I, Sauerborn R, Danquah I, Bowen K. 2020. Health and migration in the context of a changing climate: a systematic literature assessment. Environ Res Letters, : 103006 .

Sorgho R, Mank I, Kagoné M, Souares A, Danquah I, Sauerborn R. 2020. "We Will Always Ask Ourselves the Question of How to Feed the Family": Subsistence Farmers' Perceptions on Adaptation to Climate Change in Burkina Faso. Int J Environ Res Public Health, 17(19) : 7200 .

2019

Adjei DN, Stronks K, Adu D, Beune E, Meeks K, Smeeth L, Addo J, Owusu-Dabo E, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Mockenhaupt F, Schulze M, Danquah I, Spranger J, Bahendeka SK, Agyemang C. 2019. Cross-sectional study of association between psychosocial stressors with chronic kidney disease among migrant and non-migrant Ghanaians living in Europe and Ghana: the RODAM study. BMJ Open, 9(8) : e027931 .

Adjei DN, Stronks K, Adu D, Beune E, Meeks K, Smeeth L, Addo J, Owusu-Dabo E, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Mockenhaupt FP, Danquah I, Spranger J, Bahendeka S, De-Graft Aikins A, Agyemang C. 2019. Cross-sectional study of association between socioeconomic indicators and chronic kidney disease in rural-urban Ghana: the RODAM study. BMJ Open, 9(5) : e022610 .

Bavuma C, Sahabandu D, Musafiri S, Danquah I, McQuillan R, Wild S. 2019. Atypical forms of diabetes mellitus in Africans and other non-European ethnic populations in low- and middle-income countries: a systematic literature review. J Glob Health, 9(2) : 020401 .

Beune E, Nieuwkerk P, Stronks K, Meeks K, Schulze MB, Mockenhaupt FP, Danquah I, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Agyei-Baffour P, Spranger J, Addo J, Smeeth L, Agyemang C. 2019. Medication non-adherence and blood pressure control among hypertensive migrant and non-migrant populations of sub-Saharan African origin: the RODAM study. J Hum Hypertens, 33(2) : 131-148 .

Boateng D, Galbete C, Nicolaou M, Meeks K, Beune E, Smeeth L, Osei-Kwasi HA, Bahendeka S, Agyei-Baffour P, Mockenhaupt FP, Spranger J, Grobbee DE, Schulze MB, Stronks K, Agyemang C, Danquah I, Klipstein-Grobusch K. 2019. Dietary Patterns Are Associated with Predicted 10-Year Risk of Cardiovascular Disease Among Ghanaian Populations: the Research on Obesity and Diabetes in African Migrants (RODAM) Study. J Nutr, 149(5) : 755-769 .

Chilunga FP, Boateng D, Henneman P, Beune E, Requena-Méndez A, Meeks K, Smeeth L, Addo J, Bahendeka S, Danquah I, Schulze MB, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Mannens MMAM, Agyemang C. 2019. Perceived discrimination and stressful life events are associated with cardiovascular risk score in migrant and non-migrant populations: The RODAM study. Int J Cardiol, 286 : 169-174 .

Chilunga FP, Henneman P, Meeks KA, Beune E, Requena-Méndez A, Smeeth L, Addo J, Bahendeka S, Danquah I, Schulze MB, Spranger J, Owusu-Dabo E, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Mannens MM, Agyemang C. 2019. Prevalence and determinants of type 2 diabetes among lean African migrants and non-migrants: the RODAM study. J Glob Health, 9(2) : 020426 .

Danquah I, Addo J, Boateng D, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Meeks K, Galbete C, Beune E, Bahendeka S, Spranger J, Mockenhaupt FP, Stronks K, Agyemang C, Schulze MB, Smeeth L. 2019. Early-life factors are associated with waist circumference and type 2 diabetes among Ghanaian adults: The RODAM Study. Sci Rep, 9(1) : 10848 .

de-Graft Aikins A, Dodoo F, Awuah RB, Owusu-Dabo E, Addo J, Nicolaou M, Beune E, Mockenhaupt FP, Danquah I, Bahendeka S, Meeks K, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Afrifa-Anane E, Smeeth L, Stronks K, Agyemang C. 2019. Knowledge and perceptions of type 2 diabetes among Ghanaian migrants in three European countries and Ghanaians in rural and urban Ghana: The RODAM qualitative study. PLoS One, 14(4) : e0214501 .

Hayfron-Benjamin C, van den Born BJ, Maitland-van der Zee AH, Amoah AGB, Meeks KAC, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Bahendeka S, Spranger J, Danquah I, Mockenhaupt F, Beune E, Smeeth L, Agyemang C. 2019. Microvascular and macrovascular complications in type 2 diabetes Ghanaian residents in Ghana and Europe: The RODAM study. J Diabetes Complications, 33(8) : 572-578 .

Meeks KAC, Henneman P, Venema A, Addo J, Bahendeka S, Burr T, Danquah I, Galbete C, Mannens MMAM, Mockenhaupt FP, Owusu-Dabo E, Rotimi CN, Schulze MB, Smeeth L, Spranger J, Zafarmand MH, Adeyemo A, Agyemang C. 2019. Epigenome-wide association study in whole blood on type 2 diabetes among sub-Saharan African individuals: findings from the RODAM study. Int J Epidemiol, 48(1) : 58-70 .

Utomo DAM, Andriolo V, Bärnighausen T, Danquah I. 2019. Linking malaria in pregnancy with dietary behavior of the next generation. Brain Behav Immun, 80 : 1-3 .

van der Linden E, Meeks K, Beune E, de-Graft Aikins A, Addo J, Owusu-Dabo E, Mockenhaupt FP, Bahendeka S, Danquah I, Schulze MB, Spranger J, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Appiah LT, Smeeth L, Agyemang C. 2019. Dyslipidaemia among Ghanaian migrants in three European countries and their compatriots in rural and urban Ghana: The RODAM study. Atherosclerosis, 284 : 83-91 .

van der Linden EL, Meeks K, Beune E, de-Graft Aikins A, Addo J, Owusu-Dabo E, Mockenhaupt FP, Bahendeka S, Danquah I, Schulze MB, Spranger J, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Tetteh Appiah L, Smeeth L, Stronks K, Agyemang C. 2019. The prevalence of metabolic syndrome among Ghanaian migrants and their homeland counterparts: the Research on Obesity and type 2 Diabetes among African Migrants (RODAM) study. Eur J Public Health, 29(5) : 906-913 .

2018

Addo J, Cook S, Galbete C, Agyemang C, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Nicolaou M, Danquah I, Schulze MB, Brathwaite R, Mockenhaupt FP, Beune E, Meeks K, de-Graft Aikins A, Bahendaka S, Owusu-Dabo E, Smeeth L. 2018. Differences in alcohol consumption and drinking patterns in Ghanaians in Europe and Africa: The RODAM Study. PLoS One, 13(11) : e0206286 .

Adjei DN, Stronks K, Adu D, Beune E, Meeks K, Smeeth L, Addo J, Owuso-Dabo E, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Mockenhaupt FP, Schulze MB, Danquah I, Spranger J, Bahendeka S, de-Graft Aikins A, Agyemang C. 2018. Chronic kidney disease burden among African migrants in three European countries and in urban and rural Ghana: the RODAM cross-sectional study. Nephrol Dial Transplant, 33(10) : 1812-1822 .

Agyemang C, Nyaaba G, Beune E, Meeks K, Owusu-Dabo E, Addo J, Aikins AD, Mockenhaupt FP, Bahendeka S, Danquah I, Schulze MB, Galbete C, Spranger J, Agyei-Baffour P, Henneman P, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Adeyemo A, et al. 2018. Variations in hypertension awareness, treatment, and control among Ghanaian migrants living in Amsterdam, Berlin, London, and nonmigrant Ghanaians living in rural and urban Ghana – the RODAM study. J Hypertens, 36(1) : 169-177 .

Bijlholt M, Meeks KAC, Beune E, Addo J, Smeeth L, Schulze MB, Danquah I, Galbete C, de-Graft Aikins A, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Owusu-Dabo E, Spranger J, Mockenhaupt FP, Amoah SK, Bahendeka S, Stronks K, Agyemang C. 2018. Type 2 diabetes mellitus management among Ghanaian migrants resident in three European countries and their compatriots in rural and urban Ghana - The RODAM study. Diabetes Res Clin Pract, 136 : 32-38 .

Boateng D, Agyemang C, Beune E, Meeks K, Smeeth L, Schulze MB, Addo J, de-Graft Aikins A, Galbete C, Bahendeka S, Danquah I, Agyei-Baffour P, Owusu-Dabo E, Mockenhaupt FP, Spranger J, Kengne AP, Grobbee DE, Klipstein-Grobusch K. 2018. Cardiovascular disease risk prediction in sub-Saharan African populations -Comparative analysis of risk algorithms in the RODAM study. Int J Cardiol, 254 : 310-315 .

Danquah I, Galbete C, Meeks K, Nicolaou M, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Addo J, Aikins AD, Amoah SK, Agyei-Baffour P, Boateng D, Bedu-Addo G, Spranger J, Smeeth L, Owusu-Dabo E, Agyemang C, Mockenhaupt FP, Beune E, Schulze MB. 2018. Food variety, dietary diversity, and type 2 diabetes in a multi-center cross-sectional study among Ghanaian migrants in Europe and their compatriots in Ghana: the RODAM study. Eur J Nutr, 57(8) : 2723-2733 .

Galbete C, Nicolaou M, Meeks K, Klipstein-Grobusch K, de-Graft Aikins A, Addo J, Amoah SK, Smeeth L, Owusu-Dabo E, Spranger J, Agyemang C, Mockenhaupt FP, Beune E, Stronks K, Schulze MB, Danquah I. 2018. Dietary patterns and type 2 diabetes among Ghanaian migrants in Europe and their compatriots in Ghana: the RODAM study. Nutr Diabetes, 8(1) : 25 .

van Nieuwenhuizen B, Zafarmand MH, Beune E, Meeks K, Aikins AD, Addo J, Owusu-Dabo E, Mockenhaupt FP, Bahendeka S, Schulze MB, Danquah I, Spranger J, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Appiah LT, Smeeth L, Stronks K, Agyemang C. 2018. Ideal cardiovascular health among Ghanaian populations in three European countries and rural and urban Ghana: the RODAM study. Intern Emerg Med, 13(6) : 845-856 .

2017

Addo J, Agyemang C, de-Graft Aikins A, Beune E, Schulze MB, Danquah I, Galbete C, Nicolaou M, Meeks K, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Bahendaka S, Mockenhaupt FP, Owusu-Dabo E, Kunst A, Stronks K, Smeeth L. 2017. Association between socioeconomic position and the prevalence of type 2 diabetes in Ghanaians in different geographic locations: the RODAM study. J Epidemiol Community Health, 71(7) : 633-639 .

Agyemang C, Beune E, Meeks K, Addo J, Aikins AD, Bahendeka S, Danquah I, Mockenhaupt FP, Schulze MB, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Smeeth L, Stronks K. 2017. Innovative ways of studying the effect of migration on obesity and diabetes beyond the common designs: lessons from the RODAM study. Ann N Y Acad Sci, 1391(1) : 54-70 .

Alicke M, Boakye-Appiah JK, Abdul-Jalil I, Henze A, van der Giet M, Schulze MB, Schweigert FJ, Mockenhaupt FP, Bedu-Addo G, Danquah I. 2017. Adolescent health in rural Ghana: A cross-sectional study on the co-occurrence of infectious diseases, malnutrition and cardio-metabolic risk factors. PLoS One, 12(7) : e0180436 .

Bedu-Addo G, Alicke M, Boakye-Appiah JK, Abdul-Jalil I, van der Giet M, Schulze MB, Mockenhaupt FP, Danquah I. 2017. In utero exposure to malaria is associated with metabolic traits in adolescence: The Agogo 2000 birth cohort study. J Infect, 75(5) : 455-463 .

Boateng D, Agyemang C, Beune E, Meeks K, Smeeth L, Schulze M, Addo J, de-Graft Aikins A, Galbete C, Bahendeka S, Danquah I, Agyei-Baffour P, Owusu-Dabo E, Mockenhaupt FP, Spranger J, Kengne AP, Grobbee DE, Stronks K, Klipstein-Grobusch K. 2017. Migration and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Among Ghanaian Populations in Europe: The RODAM Study (Research on Obesity and Diabetes Among African Migrants). Circ Cardiovasc Qual Outcomes, 10(11) : e004013 .

Brathwaite R, Addo J, Kunst AE, Agyemang C, Owusu-Dabo E, de-Graft Aikins A, Beune E, Meeks K, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Bahendeka S, Mockenhaupt FP, Amoah S, Galbete C, Schulze MB, Danquah I, Smeeth L. 2017. Smoking prevalence differs by location of residence among Ghanaians in Africa and Europe: The RODAM study. PLoS One, 12(5) : e0177291 .

Galbete C, Nicolaou M, Meeks KA, de-Graft Aikins A, Addo J, Amoah SK, Smeeth L, Owusu-Dabo E, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Bahendeka S, Agyemang C, Mockenhaupt FP, Beune EJ, Stronks K, Schulze MB, Danquah I. 2017. Food consumption, nutrient intake, and dietary patterns in Ghanaian migrants in Europe and their compatriots in Ghana. Food Nutr Res, 61(1) : 1341809 .

Jannasch F, Bedu-Addo G, Schulze MB, Mockenhaupt FP, Danquah I. 2017. Serum phospholipid fatty acids, dietary patterns and type 2 diabetes among urban Ghanaians. Nutr J, 16(1) : 63 .

Meeks KAC, Henneman P, Venema A, Burr T, Galbete C, Danquah I, Schulze MB, Mockenhaupt FP, Owusu-Dabo E, Rotimi CN, Addo J, Smeeth L, Bahendeka S, Spranger J, Mannens MMAM, Zafarmand MH, Agyemang C, Adeyemo A. 2017. An epigenome-wide association study in whole blood of measures of adiposity among Ghanaians: the RODAM study. Clin Epigenetics, 9 : 103 .

Meeks KAC, Stronks K, Adeyemo A, Addo J, Bahendeka S, Beune E, Owusu-Dabo E, Danquah I, Galbete C, Henneman P, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Mockenhaupt FP, Osei K, Schulze MB, Spranger J, Smeeth L, Agyemang C. 2017. Peripheral insulin resistance rather than beta cell dysfunction accounts for geographical differences in impaired fasting blood glucose among sub-Saharan African individuals: findings from the RODAM study. Diabetologia, 60(5) : 854-864 .

2016

Agyemang C, Meeks K, Beune E, Owusu-Dabo E, Mockenhaupt FP, Addo J, de Graft Aikins A, Bahendeka S, Danquah I, Schulze MB, Spranger J, Burr T, Agyei-Baffour P, Amoah SK, Galbete C, Henneman P, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Nicolaou M, Adeyemo A, et al. 2016. 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. BMC Med, 14(1) : 166 .

Osman SM, Saaka M, Siassi F, Qorbani M, Yavari P, Danquah I, Sotoudeh G. 2016. A comparison of pregnancy outcomes in Ghanaian women with varying dietary diversity: a prospective cohort study protocol. BMJ Open, 6(9) : e011498 .

2015

Danquah I, Dobrucky CL, Frank LK, Henze A, Amoako YA, Bedu-Addo G, Raila J, Schulze MB, Mockenhaupt FP, Schweigert FJ. 2015. Vitamin A: potential misclassification of vitamin A status among patients with type 2 diabetes and hypertension in urban Ghana. Am J Clin Nutr, 102(1) : 207-14 .

Frank LK, Jannasch F, Kröger J, Bedu-Addo G, Mockenhaupt FP, Schulze MB, Danquah I. 2015. A Dietary Pattern Derived by Reduced Rank Regression is Associated with Type 2 Diabetes in An Urban Ghanaian Population. Nutrients, 7(7) : 5497-514 .

2014

Agyemang C, Beune E, Meeks K, Owusu-Dabo E, Agyei-Baffour P, Aikins Ad, Dodoo F, Smeeth L, Addo J, Mockenhaupt FP, Amoah SK, Schulze MB, Danquah I, Spranger J, Nicolaou M, Klipstein-Grobusch K, Burr T, Henneman P, Mannens MM, van Straalen JP, et al. 2014. Rationale and cross-sectional study design of the Research on Obesity and type 2 Diabetes among African Migrants: the RODAM study. BMJ Open, 4(3) : e004877 .

Danquah I, Gahutu JB, Ignatius R, Musemakweri A, Mockenhaupt FP. 2014. Reduced prevalence of Giardia duodenalis in iron-deficient Rwandan children. Trop Med Int Health, 19(5) : 563-7 .

Danquah I, Gahutu JB, Zeile I, Musemakweri A, Mockenhaupt FP. 2014. Anaemia, iron deficiency and a common polymorphism of iron-regulation, TMPRSS6 rs855791, in Rwandan children. Trop Med Int Health, 19(1) : 117-22 .

Frank LK, Kröger J, Schulze MB, Bedu-Addo G, Mockenhaupt FP, Danquah I. 2014. Dietary patterns in urban Ghana and risk of type 2 diabetes. Br J Nutr, 112(1) : 89-98 .

2013

Danquah I, Othmer T, Frank LK, Bedu-Addo G, Schulze MB, Mockenhaupt FP. 2013. The TCF7L2 rs7903146 (T) allele is associated with type 2 diabetes in urban Ghana: a hospital-based case-control study. BMC Med Genet, 14 : 96 .

Frank LK, Heraclides A, Danquah I, Bedu-Addo G, Mockenhaupt FP, Schulze MB. 2013. Measures of general and central obesity and risk of type 2 diabetes in a Ghanaian population. Trop Med Int Health, 18(2) : 141-51 .

2012

Danquah I, Bedu-Addo G, Terpe KJ, Micah F, Amoako YA, Awuku YA, Dietz E, van der Giet M, Spranger J, Mockenhaupt FP. 2012. Diabetes mellitus type 2 in urban Ghana: characteristics and associated factors. BMC Public Health, 12 : 210 .

Weitzel T, Zulantay I, Danquah I, Hamann L, Schumann RR, Apt W, Mockenhaupt FP. 2012. Mannose-binding lectin and Toll-like receptor polymorphisms and Chagas disease in Chile. Am J Trop Med Hyg, 86(2) : 229-32 .

2011

Gahutu JB, Steininger C, Shyirambere C, Zeile I, Cwinya-Ay N, Danquah I, Larsen CH, Eggelte TA, Uwimana A, Karema C, Musemakweri A, Harms G, Mockenhaupt FP. 2011. Prevalence and risk factors of malaria among children in southern highland Rwanda. Malar J, 10 : 134 .

2010

Buchholz U, Kobbe R, Danquah I, Zanger P, Reither K, Abruquah HH, Grobusch MP, Ziniel P, May J, Mockenhaupt FP. 2010. Multiplicity of Plasmodium falciparum infection following intermittent preventive treatment in infants. Malar J, 9 : 244 .

Danquah I, Bedu-Addo G, Mockenhaupt FP. 2010. Type 2 diabetes mellitus and increased risk for malaria infection. Emerg Infect Dis, 16(10) : 1601-4 .

Danquah I, Coulibaly B, Meissner P, Petruschke I, Müller O, Mockenhaupt FP. 2010. Selection of pfmdr1 and pfcrt alleles in amodiaquine treatment failure in north-western Burkina Faso. Acta Trop, 114(1) : 63-6 .

Danquah I, Ziniel P, Eggelte TA, Ehrhardt S, Mockenhaupt FP. 2010. Influence of haemoglobins S and C on predominantly asymptomatic Plasmodium infections in northern Ghana. Trans R Soc Trop Med Hyg, 104(11) : 713-9 .

2009

Aponte JJ, Schellenberg D, Egan A, Breckenridge A, Carneiro I, Critchley J, Danquah I, Dodoo A, Kobbe R, Lell B, May J, Premji Z, Sanz S, Sevene E, Soulaymani-Becheikh R, Winstanley P, Adjei S, Anemana S, Chandramohan D, Issifou S, et al. 2009. Efficacy and safety of intermittent preventive treatment with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine for malaria in African infants: a pooled analysis of six randomised, placebo-controlled trials. Lancet, 374(9700) : 1533-42 .

Danquah I, Dietz E, Zanger P, Reither K, Ziniel P, Bienzle U, Mockenhaupt FP. 2009. Reduced efficacy of intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in malnourished children. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 53(5) : 1753-9 .

2008

Danquah I, Bedu-Addo G, Mockenhaupt FP. 2008. Iron deficiency and Plasmodium falciparum infection during pregnancy. J Infect Dis. 198(10): 1573-4.

Danquah I, Mockenhaupt FP. 2008. Alpha(+)-thalassaemia and malarial anaemia. Trends Parasitol. 24(11): 479-81.

2007

Mockenhaupt FP, Reither K, Zanger P, Roepcke F, Danquah I, Saad E, Ziniel P, Dzisi SY, Frempong M, Agana-Nsiire P, Amoo-Sakyi F, Otchwemah R, Cramer JP, Anemana SD, Dietz E, Bienzle U. 2007. Intermittent preventive treatment in infants as a means of malaria control: a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in northern Ghana. Antimicrob Agents Chemother, 51(9) : 3273-81 .

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