Original Article
Regional and sex-specific variation in BMI distribution in four sub-Saharan African countries: The H3Africa AWI-Gen study
Michèle RamsaySydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Division of Human Genetics, National Health Laboratory Service and School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaCorrespondence[email protected]
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4156-4801View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4156-4801View further author information, Nigel J. CrowtherDepartment of Chemical Pathology, National Health Laboratory Service, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africahttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5766-1745View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5766-1745View further author information, Godfred AgongoSydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Navrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghanahttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4218-5424View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4218-5424View further author information, Stuart A. AliSydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africahttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4124-2896View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4124-2896View further author information, Gershim AsikiAfrican Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenyahttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-9966-1153View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9966-1153View further author information, Romuald P. BouaSydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Division of Human Genetics, National Health Laboratory Service and School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Clinical Research Unit of Nanoro, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Nanoro, Burkina Fasohttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-8325-2665View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8325-2665View further author information, F. Xavier Gómez-OlivéMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africahttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4876-0848View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4876-0848View further author information, Kathleen KahnMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;INDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghanahttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-3339-3931View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3339-3931View further author information, Christopher Khayeka-WandabwaAfrican Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenyahttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-9891-6046View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9891-6046View further author information, Felistas MashinyaDepartment of Pathology and Medical Science, School of Health Care Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Limpopo, Polokwane, South Africahttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4132-7558View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4132-7558View further author information, Lisa MicklesfieldMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africahttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-4994-0779View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4994-0779View further author information, Freedom MukomanaSydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africahttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-0230-1379View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0230-1379View further author information, Engelbert A. NonterahNavrongo Health Research Centre, Navrongo, Ghanahttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-8491-6478View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8491-6478View further author information, Cassandra SooSydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;Division of Human Genetics, National Health Laboratory Service and School of Pathology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africahttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-7043-8065View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7043-8065View further author information, Hermann SorghoClinical Research Unit of Nanoro, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Nanoro, Burkina Fasohttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-1595-5152View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1595-5152View further author information, Alisha N. WadeMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africahttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-1158-2523View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1158-2523View further author information, Ryan G. WagnerMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africahttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-2741-3676View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2741-3676View further author information, , Scott HazelhurstSydney Brenner Institute for Molecular Bioscience, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;School of Electrical & Information Engineering, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africahttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-0581-149XView further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0581-149XView further author information, Catherine KyobutungiAfrican Population and Health Research Center, Nairobi, Kenyahttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-5344-5631View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5344-5631View further author information, Shane A. NorrisMRC/Wits Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africahttp://orcid.org/0000-0001-7124-3788View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0001-7124-3788View further author information, , Osman SankohSchool of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;INDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghana;Statistics Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leone;Department of Community Medicine, College of Medicine and Allied Health Sciences, University of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Sierra Leonehttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-4405-9808View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4405-9808View further author information, Halidou TintoClinical Research Unit of Nanoro, Institut de Recherche en Sciences de la Sante, Nanoro, Burkina Fasohttp://orcid.org/0000-0003-4653-7041View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4653-7041View further author information, Stephen TollmanMRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit (Agincourt), School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;School of Public Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa;INDEPTH Network, Accra, Ghanahttp://orcid.org/0000-0002-7997-2616View further author information
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7997-2616View further author information & as members of AWI-Gen and the H3Africa Consortium show all