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Charles Hayfron‐Benjamin · Sankore

University of Ghana

Charles Hayfron‐Benjamin

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0003-0175-0340

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46

Citations

115

h-index

6

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i10-index

2

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University of Ghana41 works
Korle Bu Teaching Hospital22 works

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45 works in the graph, newest first.

A frugal arduino-based spirometer for low-resource settings: design, development and validation of a preliminary prototype
2026Frontiers in Bioengineering and BiotechnologyJournalOpen access1 citations10.3389/fbioe.2025.1664127
Trends in obesity prevalence and changes in adiposity across ethnic groups: findings from a population-based prospective cohort study in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (HELIUS study)
2026BMJ Public HealthJournalOpen access1 citations10.1136/bmjph-2025-003837
Impact of an interactive smartphone application on glycaemic and blood pressure control among diabetes and hypertension patients in Ghana: A quasi-experimental study
2026HeliyonJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/j.heliyon.2026.e45003
Rural to Urban Migration Is Associated with Increased Leptin Resistance: The RODAM Study
2026Obesity FactsJournalOpen access0 citations10.1159/000550389

Vascular phenotyping in diabetes research in sub-saharan Africa: A neglected priority with high translational value

2026Diabetes Epidemiology and ManagementJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1016/j.deman.2026.100303

Validation of intensive care unit predictive scoring systems in West Africans

2026MethodsXJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1016/j.mex.2026.103817

Systolic interarm blood pressure difference in West Africans with diabetes

2026Endocrine and Metabolic ScienceJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1016/j.endmts.2026.100296

Diaphragm muscle weakness in adults with diabetes

2026Heart & LungJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1016/j.hrtlng.2026.102756

Physical activity domains and their associations with psychosocial well-being and cardiometabolic outcomes among Ghanaians in Europe and Ghana: the RODAM study

2026Critical Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1080/09581596.2026.2656074

Risk of progression to type 2 diabetes or regression to normoglycaemia among Ghanaians with prediabetes living in Ghana and the Netherlands: The RODAM prospective study

2026Diabetic MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1111/dme.70332

The Role of Research Funders in Promoting Ethical International Health Research Collaborations

2026Developing World BioethicsJournalOpen access0 citations10.1111/dewb.70026

Causal relationship between epigenetic markers and type 2 diabetes in West African populations: a Mendelian randomisation analysis

2026DiabetologiaJournalOpen access0 citations10.1007/s00125-026-06716-3

Concordance and overlap between peripheral artery disease and peripheral sensory neuropathy in diabetes

2026Global Neurological InsightsJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding0 citations10.1016/j.gni.2026.100009

Strengthening Pulmonary Function Testing Capacity in Sub-Saharan Africa

2026CHEST JournalJournalFirst authorCorresponding0 citations10.1016/j.chest.2025.12.021

Divergent complication patterns of type 2 diabetes in African individuals who are lean versus overweight or obese: a multi-cohort analysis

2026DiabetologiaJournalOpen access0 citations10.1007/s00125-026-06830-2

Incidence, long-term predictors and progression of chronic kidney disease among African migrants and non-migrants: the transcontinental population-based prospective RODAM cohort study

2025BMJ Global HealthJournalOpen access7 citations10.1136/bmjgh-2024-016786

Gut microbiota shift in Ghanaian individuals along the migration axis: the RODAM-Pros cohort

2025Gut MicrobesJournalOpen access6 citations10.1080/19490976.2025.2471960

Blood pressure change and hypertension incidence among Ghanaians living in rural Ghana, urban Ghana and The Netherlands: a prospective cohort study

2025EClinicalMedicineJournalOpen access4 citations10.1016/j.eclinm.2025.103141

Level of understanding and community-level barriers to the management of hypertension: a qualitative study in eight coastal communities in Ghana

2025BMJ Global HealthJournalOpen access5 citations10.1136/bmjgh-2024-017511

Peripheral artery disease In West Africans with diabetes: a risk factor profile analysis

2025International Journal of Cardiology Cardiovascular Risk and PreventionJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding2 citations10.1016/j.ijcrp.2025.200469

Impact of psychosocial stressors on type 2 diabetes among migrants and non-migrants in The Netherlands: The HELIUS study

2025Journal of Migration and HealthJournalOpen access1 citations10.1016/j.jmh.2025.100330

Associations of low-carb diets with glycaemic control and diabetic complications among adult Ghanaians: the RODAM study

2025European Journal of NutritionJournalOpen access1 citations10.1007/s00394-025-03729-3

Pulmonary Dysfunction as a Predictor of Macrovascular Complications in Type 2 Diabetes: Exploring the Role of Airway Obstruction in Coronary and Peripheral Artery Disease

2025PhysiologyJournalSenior author0 citations10.1152/physiol.2025.40.s1.1738

26 Acute phase reactants as predictors of chronic kidney disease incidence in Africans: the population-based prospective RODAM cohort study

2025European Journal of Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1093/eurpub/ckaf180.230

27 Exploring the liver kidney axis in the Ghanaian population: the RODAM-Prospective study

2025European Journal of Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1093/eurpub/ckaf180.399

Relationship between fraction of exhaled nitric oxide and peripheral eosinophilia in asthma

2024Annals of MedicineJournalOpen accessSenior author9 citations10.1080/07853890.2024.2382377

A comprehensive lifestyle index and its associations with DNA methylation and type 2 diabetes among Ghanaian adults: the rodam study

2024Clinical EpigeneticsJournalOpen access5 citations10.1186/s13148-024-01758-z

Detection, linkage to care, treatment and monitoring of hypertension in coastal communities in Accra, Ghana: protocol for a quasi-experimental study (The Ghana Heart Initiative Hypertension Study)

2024BMJ OpenJournalOpen access1 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2023-082954

Genotypic Variations in Exercise-Induced Hemoglobin Oxygen Desaturation in Sickle Cell Disease: The Role of Hemoglobin Levels

2024PhysiologyJournal0 citations10.1152/physiol.2024.39.s1.754

Reduction in FEV1 following spinal anesthesia is associated with intraoperative complications: A prospective study

2024Health Science ReportsJournalOpen access0 citations10.1002/hsr2.70073

CKD incidence, predictors & progression: African migrants vs. Non-Migrants (RODAM cohort study)

2024European Journal of Public HealthJournalOpen access0 citations10.1093/eurpub/ckae144.1083

Pulmonary Function in Adults With Type 2 Diabetes With and Without Obesity

2023CHEST PulmonaryJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding6 citations10.1016/j.chpulm.2023.100014

Associations between spirometric impairments and microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study

2023BMJ OpenJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding4 citations10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075209

Relationships of blood pressure and control with microvascular dysfunction in type 2 diabetes

2023Diabetes Epidemiology and ManagementJournalOpen accessFirst authorCorresponding8 citations10.1016/j.deman.2023.100160

Clinical characteristics and severity of diabetic ketoacidosis: A cross‐sectional study from a tertiary hospital in Ghana

2023Tropical Medicine & International HealthJournalOpen access4 citations10.1111/tmi.13919

Association between albuminuria and retinal microvascular dysfunction in type 2 diabetes with and without hypertension

2023Diabetes Epidemiology and ManagementJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding4 citations10.1016/j.deman.2023.100139

Serum Adiponectin and Leptin Among Ghanaian Migrants in Amsterdam and Their Compatriots in Rural and Urban Ghana: The RODAM Study

2023Clinical Medicine Insights Endocrinology and DiabetesJournalOpen access1 citations10.1177/11795514231218592

Epigenome-wide association study of plasma lipids in West Africans: the RODAM study

2023EBioMedicineJournalOpen access5 citations10.1016/j.ebiom.2023.104469

Associations between spirometric measures and exercise capacity in type 2 diabetes

2023Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome Clinical Research & ReviewsJournalOpen accessSenior authorCorresponding4 citations10.1016/j.dsx.2023.102831

Macrovascular and renal microvascular complications in West Africans with intermediate hyperglycemia living in West Africa and Europe: The RODAM study

2023HeliyonJournalOpen accessCorresponding1 citations10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19334

A multi-centre investigation of macrovascular and non-ocular microvascular complications in children and adolescents with diabetes mellitus in southern Ghana

2023Ghana Medical JournalJournalOpen access0 citations10.4314/gmj.v57i2.2

Sustainability of low maternal mortality in pregnant women with SCD in a low-resource setting

2022Blood AdvancesJournalOpen access18 citations10.1182/bloodadvances.2021005942

A Cross-Sectional Study of Ocular Changes in Children and Adolescents with Diabetes Mellitus in Selected Health Facilities in Ghana

2022International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthJournalOpen access10 citations10.3390/ijerph19095295

An explorative epigenome-wide association study of plasma renin and aldosterone concentration in a Ghanaian population: the RODAM study

2022Clinical EpigeneticsJournalOpen access3 citations10.1186/s13148-022-01378-5

Ethnic disparities in the association between low-grade inflammation biomarkers and chronic kidney disease: The HELIUS Cohort Study

2022Journal of Diabetes and its ComplicationsJournalOpen access3 citations10.1016/j.jdiacomp.2022.108238