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GHA-WHO-SAGE-2007-V01
Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health-2007/8, Wave 1
Ghana
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2007 - 2008
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1
Kowal, Chatterji, Naidoo, Biritwum, Fan, Ridaura, Maximova, Arokiasamy, Phaswana-Mafuya, Williams, and others.
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Data resource profile: the World Health Organization Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE)
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International journal of epidemiology 41, no. 6 (2012): 1639-1649.
2
Negin, Joel, Alexandra Martiniuk, Robert G Cumming, Nirmala Naidoo, Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya, Lorna Madurai, Sharon Williams, and Paul Kowal.
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Prevalence of HIV and chronic comorbidities among older adults
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AIDS (2012).
3
He, Wan, Mark N Muenchrath, and Paul R Kowal.
Shades of Gray: A Cross-Country Study of Health and Well-Being of the Older Populations in SAGE Countries, 2007-2010
.
: US Department of Commerce, Economics and Statistics Administration, US Census Bureau, 2012.
4
Saeed, D Oduro, Ebenezer, and Zhao.
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Determinants of healthcare utilization among the ageing population in Ghana
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International Journal of Business and Social Science 3, no. 24 (2012).
5
Miret, Caballero, Mathur, Naidoo, Kowal, Ayuso-Mateos, and Chatterji.
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Validation of a measure of subjective well-being: an abbreviated version of the day reconstruction method
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PLoS One 7, no. 8 (2012): e43887.
6
Lloyd-Sherlock, Minicuci, Beard, and Chatterji.
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Social protection and preventing illness in developing countries: Establishing the health effects of pensions and health insurance
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International Social Security Review 65, no. 4 (2012): 51-68.
7
Martinez,.
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Alcohol use in special populations in Africa. Data from the World Health Survey and Study on global AGEing and adult health
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(2013).
8
Basu, and Millett.
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Social Epidemiology of Hypertension in Middle-Income Countries Determinants of Prevalence, Diagnosis, Treatment, and Control in the WHO SAGE Study
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Hypertension 62, no. 1 (2013): 18-26.
9
Basu, and Millett.
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Social epidemiology of hypertension in middle-income countries determinants of prevalence, diagnosis, treatment, and control in the WHO SAGE study
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Hypertension 62, no. 1 (2013): 18-26.
10
Biritwum, B, Mensah, Minicuci, E Yawson, Naidoo, Chatterji, and Kowal.
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Household characteristics for older adults and study background from SAGE Ghana Wave 1
."
Global health action (2013).
11
Chatterji,.
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BMC proceedings
."
2013.
12
Gildner, Liebert, P Kowal, S Chatterji, and Snodgrass.
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AMERICAN JOURNAL OF HUMAN BIOLOGY
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2013.
13
Harttgen, Kowal, Strulik, Chatterji, and Vollmer.
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Patterns of frailty in older adults: comparing results from higher and lower income countries using the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) and the Study on Global AGEing and Adult Health (SAGE)
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PloS one 8, no. 10 (2013): e75847.
14
McEniry,.
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Early-life conditions and older adult health in low-and middle-income countries: a review
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Journal of developmental origins of health and disease 4, no. 01 (2013): 10-29.
15
Saeed, Abdul-Aziz, Nguah, and Zhao.
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The Impact of Preventive Health Behaviors and Risk Factors on Health Status of Ghanaians
."
Global journal of health science 5, no. 5 (2013): 124.
16
Saeed, Abdul-Aziz, Blay, and Zhao.
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The Effect of Socio-Economic Predictors of Chronic Diseases in Ghana: Results of a Nationwide Survey
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Global journal of health science 5, no. 5 (2013): 115.
17
Saeed, and Abdul-Aziz.
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Assessing the influential factors on the use of healthcare: Evidence from Ghana
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International Journal of Business and Social Science 4, no. 1 (2013).
18
Yawson, E, Baddoo, Hagan-Seneadza, Calys-Tagoe, Hewlett, Dako-Gyeke, Mensah, Minicuci, Naidoo, Chatterji, and others.
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Tobacco use in older adults in Ghana: sociodemographic characteristics, health risks and subjective wellbeing
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BMC public health 13, no. 1 (2013): 1.
19
Ramlagan, Shandir, Karl Peltzer, and Nancy Phaswana-Mafuya.
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Social capital and health among older adults in South Africa
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BMC public health 13, no. 1 (2013).
20
Yawson, Alfred E, Akosua Baddoo, Nana A Hagan-Seneadza, Benedict Calys-Tagoe, Sandra Hewlett, Phyllis Dako-Gyeke, George Mensah, Nadia Minicuci, Nirmala Naidoo, and Somnath Chatterji.
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Tobacco use in older adults in Ghana: sociodemographic characteristics, health risks and subjective wellbeing
."
BMC public health (2013).
21
Biritwum, Richard B, George Mensah, Nadia Minicuci, Alfred E Yawson, Nirmala Naidoo, Somnath Chatterji, and Paul Kowal.
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Household characteristics for older adults and study background from SAGE Ghana Wave 1
."
Global health action (2013).
22
Saeed, Bashiru II, A R Abdul-Aziz, Samuel Blay Nguah, and Xicang Zhao.
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The Effect of Socio-Economic Predictors of Chronic Diseases in Ghana: Results of a Nationwide Survey
."
Global journal of health science 5, no. 5 (2013).
23
Saeed, Bashiru II, A R Abdul-Aziz, Samuel Blay Nguah, and Xicang Zhao.
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The Impact of Preventive Health Behaviors and Risk Factors on Health Status of Ghanaians
."
Global journal of health science 5, no. 5 (2013).
24
Rahman, Md.
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Feminization of Disease and Disability Association in Six Low and Middle Income Countries: Evidence from the Study of Global Ageing and Health
."
(2013).
25
Saeed, Bashiru II, Zhao Xicang, A A Musah, A R Abdul-Aziz, Alfred Yawson, and Azumah Karim.
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Analysis of Social Cohesion in Health Data by Factor Analysis Method: The Ghanaian Perspective
."
Journal of Education and Learning 2, no. 4 (2013).
26
Hewlett, A, Calys-Tagoe, E Yawson, Dako-Gyeke, Nakua, Folson, N Baddo, Mensah, Minicuci, Kowal, and others.
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Prevalence and geographic distribution of edentulism among older Ghanaians
."
Journal of public health dentistry (2014).
27
Vellakkal, Millett, Basu, Khan, Aitsi-Selmi, Stuckler, and Ebrahim.
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Are estimates of socioeconomic inequalities in chronic disease artefactually narrowed by self-reported measures of prevalence in low-income and middle-income countries? Findings from the WHO-SAGE survey
."
Journal of epidemiology and community health (2014).
28
Thapa, Martinez, and Clausen.
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Depression and its correlates in South Africa and Ghana among people aged 50 and above: Findings from the WHO Study on global AGEing and adult health.
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Journal of psychiatry 17, no. 6 (2014).
29
McGovern, E.
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Comparing the relationship between stature and later life health in six low and middle income countries
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The journal of the economics of ageing (2014).
30
Raggi, Quintas, Russo, Martinuzzi, Costardi, Frisoni, Franco, Andreotti, Ojala, Pe{\~n}a, and others.
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Mapping SAGE questionnaire to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF)
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Clinical psychology \& psychotherapy 21, no. 3 (2014): 199-203.
31
Peltzer, Williams, Kowal, Negin, Snodgrass, Yawson, Minicuci, Thiele, Phaswana-Mafuya, Biritwum, and others.
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Universal health coverage in emerging economies: findings on health care utilization by older adults in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, the Russian Federation, and South Africa
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Global health action (2014).
32
Peltzer, Hewlett, E Yawson, Moynihan, Preet, Wu, Guo, Arokiasamy, J Snodgrass, Chatterji, and others.
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Prevalence of loss of all teeth (edentulism) and associated factors in older adults in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russia and South Africa
."
International journal of environmental research and public health 11, no. 11 (2014): 11308-11324.
33
Minicuci, B Biritwum, Mensah, E Yawson, Naidoo, Chatterji, and Kowal.
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Sociodemographic and socioeconomic patterns of chronic non-communicable disease among the older adult population in Ghana
."
Global health action (2014).
34
Lloyd-Sherlock, Beard, Minicuci, Ebrahim, and Chatterji.
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Hypertension among older adults in low-and middle-income countries: prevalence, awareness and control
."
International journal of epidemiology 43, no. 1 (2014): 116-128.
35
Koyanagi, Garin, Olaya, Ayuso-Mateos, Chatterji, Leonardi, Koskinen, Tobiasz-Adamczyk, and Haro.
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Chronic conditions and sleep problems among adults aged 50 years or over in nine countries: a multi-country study
."
PloS one 9, no. 12 (2014): e114742.
36
Goeppel, Frenz, Tinnemann, and Grabenhenrich.
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Universal health coverage for elderly people with non-communicable diseases in low-income and middle-income countries: a cross-sectional analysis
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The Lancet (2014).
37
Gildner, E, A Liebert, Kowal, Chatterji, and J Josh Snodgrass.
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Sleep duration, sleep quality, and obesity risk among older adults from six middle-income countries: Findings from the study on global ageing and adult health (SAGE)
."
American Journal of Human Biology 26, no. 6 (2014): 803-812.
38
Gildner, E, A Liebert, Kowal, Chatterji, and J Snodgrass.
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Associations between sleep duration, sleep quality, and cognitive test performance among older adults from six middle income countries: results from the Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE)
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J Clin Sleep Med 10, no. 6 (2014): 613-621.
39
Friedrich,.
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High hypertension rates in low-and middle-income countries
."
JAMA 311, no. 11 (2014): 1101-1101.
40
Martinez, Priscilla, Lars Lien, Anne Landheim, Paul Kowal, and Thomas Clausen.
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Quality of life and social engagement of alcohol abstainers and users among older adults in South Africa
."
BMC public health 14, no. 1 (2014): 316.
41
Minicuci, Nadia, Richard B Biritwum, George Mensah, Alfred E Yawson, Nirmala Naidoo, Somnath Chatterji, and Paul Kowal.
"
Sociodemographic and socioeconomic patterns of chronic non-communicable disease among the older adult population in Ghana
."
(2014).
42
Charlton, Karen, Jacqui Webster, and Paul Kowal.
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To legislate or not to legislate? A comparison of the UK and South African approaches to the development and implementation of salt reduction programs
."
Nutrients 6, no. 9 (2014): 3672-3695.
43
Yawson, Alfred E, Edith M Ackuaku-Dogbe, Nana A Seneadza, George Mensah, Nadia Minicuci, Nirmala Naidoo, Somnath Chatterji, Paul Kowal, and Richard B Biritwum.
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Self-reported cataracts in older adults in Ghana: sociodemographic and health related factors
."
BMC public health 14, no. 1 (2014).
44
Hill, D, Trinh, Wen, and Hale.
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Perceived neighborhood safety and sleep quality: a global analysis of six countries
."
Sleep medicine (2014).
45
Santosa, J Schr{\"o}ders, M Vaezghasemi, and N Ng.
"
Inequality in disability free life expectancy among older men and women in six countries with developing economies
."
The European Journal of Public Health 24, no. suppl 2 (2014): cku161-081.
46
Goeppel, Christine, Patricia Frenz, Peter Tinnemann, and Linus Grabenhenrich.
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Universal Health Coverage for Elderly People with Non-Communicable Diseases in Low-Income and Middle-Income Countries: A Cross-Sectional Analysis
."
The Lancet 384, no. S6 (2014).
47
Koyanagi, Stickley, Garin, Miret, Ayuso-Mateos, Leonardi, Koskinen, Galas, and Haro.
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The association between obesity and back pain in nine countries: a cross-sectional study
."
BMC public health 15, no. 1 (2015): 1.
48
Assari,.
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Cross-country differences in the additive effects of socioeconomics, health behaviors and medical comorbidities on disability among older adults with heart disease
."
The Journal of Tehran University Heart Center 10, no. 1 (2015): 24.
49
Anand, Ankit.
"
Understanding Depression among Older Adults in Six Low-Middle Income Countries using WHO-SAGE Survey
."
Behavioral Health 1, no. 2 (2015).
50
Kinge, Strand, Vollset, and Skirbekk.
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Educational inequalities in obesity and gross domestic product: evidence from 70 countries
."
Journal of epidemiology and community health 69, no. 12 (2015): 1141-1146.
51
Karim, Saeed, F Darkwah, and Musah.
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Analysis of Chronic Disease Conditions in Ghana Using Logistic Regression
."
International Journal of Statistics and Applications 5, no. 4 (2015): 133-140.
52
Kowal, and E Byles.
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900 million and counting
."
Population Horizons 12, no. 2 (2015): 68-76.
53
Hewlett, A, E Yawson, Calys--Tagoe, Naidoo, Martey, Chatterji, Kowal, Mensah, Minicuci, and B Biritwum.
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Edentulism and quality of life among older Ghanaian adults
."
BMC oral health 15, no. 1 (2015): 1.
54
Ackuaku-Dogbe, Yawson, and Biritwum.
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Cataract surgical uptake among older adults in Ghana
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Ghana medical journal 49, no. 2 (2015): 84-89.
55
Anand,.
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Understanding depression among older adults in six low-middle income countries using WHO-SAGE survey
."
Behavioral Health 1, no. 2 (2015).
56
Flores, Ingenhaag, and Maurer.
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An anatomy of old-age disability: Time use, affect and experienced utility
."
Journal of health economics (2015).
57
Arokiasamy, Uttamacharya, Jain, Biritwum, Yawson, Wu, Guo, Maximova, Espinoza, Rodriguez, and others.
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The impact of multimorbidity on adult physical and mental health in low-and middle-income countries: what does the study on global ageing and adult health (SAGE) reveal?
."
BMC medicine 13, no. 1 (2015): 1.
58
Araujo de Carvalho, Byles, Aquah, Amofah, Biritwum, Panisset, Goodwin, and Beard.
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Informing evidence-based policies for ageing and health in Ghana
."
Bulletin of the World Health Organization 93, no. 1 (2015): 47-51.
59
Chan, Zhang, H Fung, and S Hagger.
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Does emotion and its daily fluctuation correlate with depression? A cross-cultural analysis among six developing countries
."
Journal of epidemiology and global health 5, no. 1 (2015): 65-74.
60
Boateng, N Luginaah, and Taabazuing.
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Examining the Risk Factors Associated With Hypertension Among the Elderly in Ghana
."
Journal of aging and health 27, no. 7 (2015): 1147-1169.
61
Ataklte, Erqou, Kaptoge, Taye, B Echouffo-Tcheugui, and P Kengne.
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Burden of undiagnosed hypertension in Sub-Saharan Africa A systematic review and meta-analysis
."
Hypertension 65, no. 2 (2015): 291-298.
62
Maurer, and Ramos.
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One-year routine opportunistic screening for hypertension in formal medical settings and potential improvements in hypertension awareness among older persons in developing countries: evidence from the Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE)
."
American journal of epidemiology 181, no. 3 (2015): 180-184.
63
Lee, Hamid, Pati, Atun, and Millett.
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Impact of noncommunicable disease multimorbidity on healthcare utilisation and out-of-pocket expenditures in middle-income countries: cross sectional analysis
."
PloS one 10, no. 7 (2015): e0127199.
64
Lloyd-Sherlock, Corso, and Minicuci.
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Widowhood, socio-economic status, health and wellbeing in low and middle-income countries
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The Journal of Development Studies 51, no. 10 (2015): 1374-1388.
65
Nakua, Otupiri, Dzomeku, Owusu-Dabo, Agyei-Baffour, Yawson, Folson, and Hewlett.
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Gender disparities of chronic musculoskeletal disorder burden in the elderly Ghanaian population: study on global ageing and adult health (SAGE WAVE 1)
."
BMC musculoskeletal disorders 16, no. 1 (2015): 1.
66
Oyebode, J Pape, A Laverty, T Lee, Bhan, and Millett.
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Rural, urban and migrant differences in non-communicable disease risk-factors in middle income countries: A cross-sectional study of WHO-SAGE data
."
PloS one 10, no. 4 (2015): e0122747.
67
Peltzer, Phaswana-Mafuya, Arokiasamy, Biritwum, Yawson, Minicuci, Williams, Kowal, and Chatterji.
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Prevalence, circumstances and consequences of non-fatal road traffi c injuries and other bodily injuries among older people in China, Ghana, India, Mexico, Russia and South Africa
."
African Safety Promotion: A Journal of Injury and Violence Prevention 13, no. 2 (2015): 59-77.
68
Saeed, Xicang, Yawson, Nguah, and Nsowah-Nuamah.
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Impact of socioeconomic status and medical conditions on health and healthcare utilization among aging Ghanaians
."
BMC public health 15, no. 1 (2015): 1.
69
Sanuade, and S Boatemaa.
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Caregiver profiles and determinants of caregiving burden in Ghana
."
Public health 129, no. 7 (2015): 941-947.
70
Williams, Kowal, Hestekin, O’Driscoll, Peltzer, Yawson, Biritwum, Maximova, Rodr{\'\i}guez, Espinoza, and others.
"
Prevalence, risk factors and disability associated with fall-related injury in older adults in low-and middle-incomecountries: results from the WHO Study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE)
."
BMC medicine 13, no. 1 (2015): 1.
71
Williams, Ng, Peltzer, Yawson, Biritwum, Maximova, Wu, Arokiasamy, Kowal, and Chatterji.
"
Risk factors and disability associated with low back pain in older adults in low-and middle-income countries. Results from the WHO study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE)
."
PloS one 10, no. 6 (2015): e0127880.
72
Tenkorang, Y, Kuuire, Luginaah, and Banchani.
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Examining risk factors for hypertension in Ghana: evidence from the Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health
."
Global health promotion (2015).
73
Yawson, J Welbeck, Agyenim, G Mensah, N Minicuci, N Naidoo, S Chatterji, P Kowal, and Biritwum.
"
Sociodemographic and Socioeconomic Correlates of Alcohol Use among Older Adults in Ghana
."
Journal of Alcoholism \& Drug Dependence (2015).
74
Laverty, A, Palladino, Lee, and Millett.
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Associations between active travel and weight, blood pressure and diabetes in six middle income countries: a cross-sectional study in older adults
."
International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 12, no. 1 (2015): 1.
75
Koyanagi, Moneta, Garin, Olaya, Ayuso-Mateos, Chatterji, Leonardi, Sainio, Galas, and Haro.
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The association between obesity and severe disability among adults aged 50 or over in nine high-income, middle-income and low-income countries: a cross-sectional study
."
BMJ open 5, no. 4 (2015): e007313.
76
Hewlett, A, Calys-Tagoe, E Yawson, Dako-Gyeke, Nakua, Folson, N Baddo, Mensah, Minicuci, Kowal, and others.
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Prevalence and geographic distribution of edentulism among older Ghanaians
."
Journal of public health dentistry 75, no. 1 (2015): 74-83.
77
Gebreselassie, and Padyab.
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Epidemiology of hypertension stages in two countries in sub-Sahara Africa: Factors associated with hypertension stages
."
International journal of hypertension (2015).
78
Tenkorang, Y, Sedziafa, Sano, Kuuire, and Banchani.
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Validity of Self-Report Data in Hypertension Research: Findings From The Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health
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The Journal of Clinical Hypertension 17, no. 12 (2015): 977-984.
79
Wu, Guo, Chatterji, Zheng, Naidoo, Jiang, Biritwum, Yawson, Minicuci, Salinas-Rodriguez, and others.
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Common risk factors for chronic non-communicable diseases among older adults in China, Ghana, Mexico, India, Russia and South Africa: the study on global AGEing and adult health (SAGE) wave 1
."
BMC public health 15, no. 1 (2015): 1.
80
Tyrovolas, Koyanagi, Olaya, Ayuso-Mateos, Miret, Chatterji, Tobiasz-Adamczyk, Koskinen, Leonardi, and Haro.
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Factors associated with skeletal muscle mass, sarcopenia, and sarcopenic obesity in older adults: a multi-continent study
."
Journal of cachexia, sarcopenia and muscle (2015).
81
Tyrovolas, Koyanagi, Garin, Olaya, Ayuso-Mateos, Miret, Chatterji, Tobiasz-Adamczyk, Koskinen, Leonardi, and others.
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Diabetes mellitus and its association with central obesity and disability among older adults: a global perspective
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Experimental gerontology (2015).
82
Tyrovolas, Koyanagi, Olaya, Ayuso-Mateos, Miret, Chatterji, Tobiasz-Adamczyk, Koskinen, Leonardi, and Haro.
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The role of muscle mass and body fat on disability among older adults: a cross-national analysis
."
Experimental gerontology (2015).
83
Tyrovolas, Koyanagi, Garin, Olaya, Ayuso-Mateos, Miret, Chatterji, Tobiasz-Adamczyk, Koskinen, Leonardi, and others.
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Determinants of the components of arterial pressure among older adults--The role of anthropometric and clinical factors: A multi-continent study
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Atherosclerosis 238, no. 2 (2015): 240-249.
84
Lo, C, A Groeger, H Cheng, Dijk, and Chee.
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Self-reported sleep duration and cognitive performance in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
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Sleep Medicine (2016).
85
Gyedu, A, Stewart, E Nakua, R Quansah, P Donkor, C Mock, M Hardy, and Yangni-Angate.
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Assessment of risk of peripheral vascular disease and vascular care capacity in low-and middle-income countries
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British Journal of Surgery 103, no. 1 (2016): 51-59.
86
Goeppel, Frenz, Grabenhenrich, Keil, and Tinnemann.
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Assessment of universal health coverage for adults aged 50 years or older with chronic illness in six middle-income countries
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Bulletin of the World Health Organization 94, no. 4 (2016): 276-285C.
87
Garin, Koyanagi, Chatterji, Tyrovolas, Olaya, Leonardi, Lara, Koskinen, Tobiasz-Adamczyk, Ayuso-Mateos, and others.
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Global multimorbidity patterns: a cross-sectional, population-based, multi-country study
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The Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences 71, no. 2 (2016): 205-214.
88
Kyu, H, F Bachman, T Alexander, Mumford, Afshin, Estep, J Veerman, Delwiche, L Iannarone, L Moyer, and others.
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Physical activity and risk of breast cancer, colon cancer, diabetes, ischemic heart disease, and ischemic stroke events: systematic review and dose-response meta-analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2013
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bmj (2016).
89
Devore, F Grodstein, and Schernhammer.
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Sleep Duration in Relation to Cognitive Function among Older Adults: A Systematic Review of Observational Studies
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Neuroepidemiology 46, no. 1 (2016): 57-78.
90
Tenkorang, Y, and Z Kuuire.
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Noncommunicable Diseases in Ghana Does the Theory of Social Gradient in Health Hold?
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Health Education \& Behavior 43, no. 1 suppl (2016): 25S-36S.
91
Lloyd-Sherlock, Agrawal, and Minicuci.
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Fear of crime and older people in low-and middle-income countries
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Ageing and Society 36, no. 05 (2016): 1083-1108.
92
Fernandez-Nino, Bonilla-Tinoco, Manrique-Espinoza, Romero-Martinez, and Sosa-Ortiz.
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Work status, retirement, and depression in older adults: An analysis of six countries based on the Study on Global Ageing and Adult Health (SAGE)
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SSM-Population Health (2018).
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