Prevalence and determinants of insulin resistance among middle-aged adults in rural northern Ghana: an Awi-Gen cross-sectional study
Lifestyle, adiposity, CIMT<sub>right</sub> and lipid markers contribute to driving IR levels and that these factors are gender-specific in this northern rural Ghanaian population.
Authors
- Engelbert A. Nonterah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8491-6478)
- William Dormechele (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4041-2555)
- Patrick Ansah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3214-5621)
- Emmanuel Kwaku Ofori (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7375-8830)
- Godfred Agongo (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4218-5424)
- Mathilda Aku Tsifodze
Institutions
- University of Ghana (GH)
- Navrongo Health Research Centre (GH)
- Ghana Health Service (GH)
- C.K. Tedam University of Technology and Applied Sciences (GH)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Public Health
- Published
- 2025-10-24
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-025-24806-6
- Primary Topic
- Genetic Associations and Epidemiology
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00