Dirk Lund Christensen

Dirk Lund Christensen

Associate Professor

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    1. Published

      Osteoporosis in older black South African women and relationships with body composition, dietary intake and physical activity

      Mendham, A., Brooks, N. E., Micklesfield, L. K., Faber, M., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Gallagher, L. J., Lundin-Olsson, L., Myburgh, K. H., Kalula, S., Odunitan-Wayas, F., Lambert, E. V., Goedecke, J. H. & Hunter, A. M., 2021, In: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 79, OCE2, p. E441-E441 1 p.

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    2. Published

      Understanding factors associated with sarcopenic obesity in older African women from a low-income setting: a cross-sectional analysis

      Mendham, A. E., Goedecke, J. H., Micklesfield, L. K., Brooks, N. E., Faber, M., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Gallagher, I. J., Lundin-Olsson, L., Myburgh, K. H., Odunitan-Wayas, F. A., Lambert, E. V., Kalula, S. & Hunter, A. M., 14 Apr 2021, In: BMC Geriatrics. 21, 1, 247.

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    3. Published

      Sarcopenia in older black South African women and relationships with physical activity and protein intake

      Mendham, A. E., Brooks, N. E., Micklesfield, L. K., Faber, M., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Gallagher, I. J., Lundin-Olsson, L., Myburgh, K. H., Kalula, S., Odunitan-Wayas, F. & Lambert, E. V., 2021, In: Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 79, OCE2, p. E150 1 p.

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    4. Published

      Sarcopenic Obesity in Africa: A Call for Diagnostic Methods and Appropriate Interventions

      Mendham, A. E., Lundin-Olsson, L., Goedecke, J. H., Micklesfield, L. K., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Gallagher, I. J., Myburgh, K. H., Odunitan-Wayas, F. A., Lambert, E., Kalula, S., Hunter, A. M. & Brooks, N. E., 2021, In: Frontiers in Nutrition. 8, 5 p., 661170.

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    5. Published

      Universiteterne gør en forskel for sundhed

      Meyrowitsch, Dan Wolf, Furu, Peter, Schiøler, Karin Linda, Christensen, Dirk Lund, Sørensen, Jane Brandt, Tersbøl, Britt Pinkowski & Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, 5 Feb 2024, In: Politiken. 1 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalContribution to newspaper - Newspaper articleCommunication

    6. Published

      Protocol for establishing an Adaptive Diseases control Expert Programme in Tanzania (ADEPT) for integrating care of communicable and non-communicable diseases using tuberculosis and diabetes as a case study

      Mpagama, S. G., Ramaiya, K., Lillebaek, Troels, Mmbaga, B. T., Sumari-de Boer, M., Ntinginya, N. E., Alffenaar, J., Heysell, S. K., Bygbjerg, Ib Christian & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 2021, In: BMJ Open. 11, 4, 8 p., e041521.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    7. Published

      Implementing Innovative Approaches to Improve Health Care Delivery Systems for Integrating Communicable and Non-Communicable Diseases Using Tuberculosis and Diabetes as a Model in Tanzania

      Mpagama, S. G., Byashalira, K. C., Chamba, N. G., Heysell, S. K., Alimohamed, M. Z., Shayo, P. J., Kalolo, A., Chongolo, A. M., Gitige, C. G., Mmbaga, B. T., Ntinginya, N. E., Alffenaar, J. C., Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, Lillebaek, Troels, Christensen, Dirk Lund & Ramaiya, K. L., 2023, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 20, 17, 14 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    8. Published

      Risk factors of pre-hypertension and hypertension among non-pregnant women of reproductive age in northeastern Tanzania: a community based cross-sectional study

      Msemo, O. A., Schmiegelow, Christentze, Nielsen, B. B., Kousholt, H., Grunnet, Louise Groth, Christensen, Dirk Lund, Lusingu, J. P. A., Møller, S. L., Kavishe, R. A., Minja, D. T. R. & Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, 2018, In: Tropical Medicine and International Health. 23, 11, p. 1176-1187 12 p.

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    9. Published

      High anti-SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence among unvaccinated mother-child pairs from a rural setting of north-eastern Tanzania during the second wave of COVID-19

      Msemo, O. A., Pérez-Alós, L., Minja, D. T. R., Hansen, Cecilie Bo, Gesase, S., Mtove, G., Mbwana, J., Larsen, V. M. L., Bøgestad, E. C. S., Grunnet, Louise Groth, Christensen, Dirk Lund, Bygbjerg, Ib Christian, Burgner, D., Schmiegelow, Christentze, Garred, Peter & Hjort, Line, 2023, In: IJID Regions (Online). 6, p. 48-57 10 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    10. 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.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    11. Published

      HIV and metabolic syndrome in an Ethiopian population

      Møller, S. P., Amare, H., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Yilma, D., Abdissa, A., Friis, Henrik, Faurholt-Jepsen, D. & Olsen, Mette Frahm, 20 Jul 2020, In: Annals of Human Biology. 47, 5, p. 457-464 8 p.

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    12. 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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    13. 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.

      Research output: Contribution to conferencePosterResearchpeer-review

    14. 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.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    15. Published

      Food security, dietary intake and foodways of urban low-income older south african women: An exploratory study

      Odunitan-Wayas, F. A., Faber, M., Mendham, A. E., Goedecke, J. H., Micklesfield, L. K., Brooks, N. E., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Gallagher, I. J., Myburgh, K. H., Hunter, A. M. & Lambert, E. V., 2021, In: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 18, 8, 14 p., 3973.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    16. Published

      Physical activity and capacity at initiation of antiretroviral treatment in HIV patients in Ethiopia

      Olsen, Mette Frahm, Kæstel, P., Tesfaye, M., Abdissa, A., Yilma, D., Girma, T., Mølgaard, Christian, Faurholt-Jepsen, Daniel, Christensen, Dirk Lund, Brage, S., Andersen, A. B. & Friis, Henrik, 2015, In: Epidemiology and Infection. 143, 5, p. 1048-1058 11 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    17. Published

      Mineral content of traditional leafy vegetables from western Kenya

      Orech, F. O., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Larsen, T., Friis, Henrik, Aagaard-Hansen, J. & Estambale, B. A., 2007, In: International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition. 58, 8, p. 595-602 8 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalJournal articleResearchpeer-review

    18. Published

      Geographic differences in the associations between impaired glucose regulation and cardiovascular risk factors among young adults

      Oya, J., Vistisen, D., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Faurholt-Jepsen, Daniel, Mohan, V., Ramachandran, A., Chew, S. K. H., Shaw, J. E. & Jørgensen, M. E., Apr 2015, In: Diabetic Medicine. 32, 4, p. 497-504 8 p.

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    19. Published

      Association between Plasma Proprotein Convertase Subtilisin/Kexin Type 9 and the Presence of Metabolic Syndrome in a Predominantly Rural-Based Sub-Saharan African Population

      Paquette, M., Luna Saavedra, Y. G., Chamberland, A., Prat, A., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Lajeunesse-Trempe, F., Kaduka, L., Seidah, N. G., Dufour, R. & Baass, A., 1 Oct 2017, In: Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders. 15, 8, p. 423-429 7 p.

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    20. Published

      Circulating PCSK9 is associated with liver biomarkers and hepatic steatosis

      Paquette, M., Gauthier, D., Chamberland, A., Prat, A., De Lucia Rolfe, E., Rasmussen, J. J., Kaduka, L., Seidah, N. G., Bernard, S., Christensen, Dirk Lund & Baass, A., 2020, In: Clinical Biochemistry. 77, p. 20-25 6 p.

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    21. Published

      Random blood glucose may be used to assess long-term glycaemic control among patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a rural African clinical setting

      Rasmussen, J. B., Nordin, L. S., Rasmussen, N. S., Thomsen, J. A., Street, L. A., Bygbjerg, Ib Christian & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 8 Oct 2014, In: Tropical Medicine & International Health. 19, 12, p. 1515-19 5 p.

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    22. 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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    23. Published

      Several Conventional Risk Markers Suggesting Presence of Albuminuria Are Weak Among Rural Africans With Hypertension

      Rasmussen, J. B. J., Nordin, L. S., Thomsen, J. A., Rossing, Peter, Bygbjerg, Ib Christian & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 6 Jan 2016, In: Journal of Clinical Hypertension. 18, 1, p. 27–30 4 p.

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    24. Published

      Hemoglobin levels and blood pressure are associated in rural black Africans

      Rasmussen, J. B. J., Mwaniki, D. L., Kaduka, L. U., Boit, M. K., Borch-Johnsen, K., Friis, Henrik & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 2016, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 28, 1, p. 145-148 4 p.

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    25. Published

      Renin angiotensinogen system gene polymorphisms and essential hypertension among people of West African descent: a systematic review

      Reiter, L. M., Christensen, Dirk Lund & Gjesing, A. P., Aug 2016, In: Journal of Human Hypertension. 30, 8, p. 467–478 12 p.

      Research output: Contribution to journalReviewResearchpeer-review

    26. Published

      Ethnic differences in anthropometric measures and abdominal fat distribution: a cross-sectional pooled study in Inuit, Africans and Europeans

      Rønn, P. F., Andersen, G. S., Lauritzen, T., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Aadahl, Mette, Carstensen, Bendix & Jørgensen, M. E., Jun 2017, In: Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 71, 6, p. 536-543 8 p.

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    27. Published

      Abdominal visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue and associations with cardiometabolic risk in Inuit, Africans and Europeans: a cross-sectional study

      Rønn, P. F., Andersen, G. S., Lauritzen, T., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Aadahl, Mette, Carstensen, Bendix, Grarup, Niels & Jørgensen, M. E., 14 Sep 2020, In: BMJ Open. 10, 9, 11 p., e038071.

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    28. Published

      The circadian rhythm of calcium and bone homeostasis in Maasai

      Schou, A., Jørgensen, Niklas Rye, Maro, V. P., Kilonzo, K., Ramaiya, K., Sironga, J., Jensen, Andreas Kryger, Christensen, Dirk Lund & Schwarz, Peter, 2022, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 34, 8, 14 p., e23756.

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    29. 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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    30. Published

      Plasma marker for systemic inflammation is increased in Mexican Tarahumara following ultra-distance running

      Skottrup, P. D., Kallemose, T., Espino, D., Infante-Ramirez, R., Brage, S., Terzic, D., Goetze, Jens P. , Kjærgaard, J. & Christensen, Dirk Lund, 2021, In: American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council. 33, 3, e23501.

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    31. Published

      HbA1c, fasting and 2 h plasma glucose in current, ex- and never-smokers: a meta-analysis

      Soulimane, S., Simon, D., Herman, W. H., Lange, C., Lee, C. M. Y., Colagiuri, S., Shaw, J. E., Zimmet, P. Z., Magliano, D., Ferreira, S. R. G., Dong, Y., Zhang, L., Jorgensen, T., Tuomilehto, J., Mohan, V., Christensen, D. L., Kaduka, L., Dekker, J. M., Nijpels, G., Stehouwer, C. D. A. & 9 others, Lantieri, O., Fujimoto, W. Y., Leonetti, D. L., McNeely, M. J., Borch-Johnsen, K., Boyko, E. J., Vistisen, D., Balkau, B. & DETECT-2 Study Group, D. S. G., Jan 2014, In: Diabetologia. 57, 1, p. 30-9 10 p.

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    32. Published

      Calibration of bioelectrical impedance analysis for body composition assessment in Ethiopian infants using air-displacement plethysmography

      Wibæk Christensen, R., Kæstel, P., Skov, R., Christensen, Dirk Lund, Girma, T., Wells, J. C. K., Friis, Henrik & Andersen, G. S., 2015, In: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 69, 10, p. 1199-1204 6 p.

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