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Stephen Tollman · Sankore

South African Medical Research Council

Stephen Tollman

ORCID, self-asserted

ORCID 0000-0003-0744-7588

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Publications

98

Citations

1,285

h-index

20

Computed over the works the graph holds, so it is a floor rather than a career figure.

i10-index

32

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University of the Witwatersrand26 works
Agincourt Health and Socio-Demographic Surveillance System22 works
Indepth Network16 works
South African Medical Research Council2 works
University of Nigeria1 works

Publications

26 works in the graph, newest first.

A Stratification Method for Identifying Subgroups at High-Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa
2026Nature CommunicationsJournalOpen access1 citations10.1038/s41467-026-73226-6
Expanding the human gut microbiome atlas of Africa
2025NatureJournalOpen access68 citations10.1038/s41586-024-08485-8
Obesity phenotypes and dyslipidemia in adults from four African countries: An H3Africa AWI-Gen study
2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen access3 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0316527
Leveraging data science to understand and address multimorbidity in sub-Saharan Africa: the MADIVA protocol
2025BMJ Health & Care InformaticsJournalOpen access2 citations10.1136/bmjhci-2024-101294
Effects of pension eligibility expansion on men’s memory decline and dementia probability: Findings from the HAALSI cohort in rural South Africa, 2014–2021

2025PLoS ONEJournalOpen access0 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0326321

Estimating dementia prevalence using remote diagnoses and algorithmic modelling: a population-based study of a rural region in South Africa

2024The Lancet Global HealthJournalOpen access12 citations10.1016/s2214-109x(24)00325-5

Cohort Profile: Africa Wits-INDEPTH partnership for Genomic studies (AWI-Gen) in four sub-Saharan African countries

2024International Journal of EpidemiologyJournalOpen access9 citations10.1093/ije/dyae173

The relationship between lifecourse traumatic events and pain in an older rural South African population: A cross-sectional study

2024PLoS ONEJournalOpen access2 citations10.1371/journal.pone.0313140

Genetic association and transferability for urinary albumin-creatinine ratio as a marker of kidney disease in four Sub-Saharan African populations and non-continental individuals of African ancestry

2024Frontiers in GeneticsJournalOpen access4 citations10.3389/fgene.2024.1372042

Genome-wide association study meta-analysis of blood pressure traits and hypertension in sub-Saharan African populations: an AWI-Gen study

2023Nature CommunicationsJournalOpen access32 citations10.1038/s41467-023-44079-0

Development and validation of a diagnostic aid for convulsive epilepsy in sub-Saharan Africa: a retrospective case-control study

2023The Lancet Digital HealthJournalOpen access20 citations10.1016/s2589-7500(22)00255-2

Forgotten but not gone in rural South Africa: Urinary schistosomiasis and implications for chronic kidney disease screening in endemic countries

2023Wellcome Open ResearchJournalOpen access12 citations10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18650.3

Effects of Pension Eligibility Expansion on Men’s Cognitive Function: Findings from Rural South Africa

2023Journal of Aging & Social PolicyJournalOpen access10 citations10.1080/08959420.2023.2195785

Disease awareness and healthcare utilization in rural South Africa: a comparative analysis of HIV and diabetes in the HAALSI cohort

2023BMC Public HealthJournalOpen access6 citations10.1186/s12889-023-17043-2

Forgotten but not gone in rural South Africa: Urinary schistosomiasis and implications for chronic kidney disease screening in endemic countries

2023Wellcome Open ResearchJournalOpen access2 citations10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18650.1

Measurement of kidney function in Malawi, South Africa, and Uganda: a multicentre cohort study

2022The Lancet Global HealthJournalOpen access94 citations10.1016/s2214-109x(22)00239-x

Short- and long-read metagenomics of urban and rural South African gut microbiomes reveal a transitional composition and undescribed taxa

2022Nature CommunicationsJournalOpen access93 citations10.1038/s41467-021-27917-x

Meta-analysis of sub-Saharan African studies provides insights into genetic architecture of lipid traits

2022Nature CommunicationsJournalOpen access55 citations10.1038/s41467-022-30098-w

Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Association Between Classical Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Common Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness: An Individual Participant Data Meta‐Analysis

2022Journal of the American Heart AssociationJournalOpen access30 citations10.1161/jaha.121.023704

Carotid Atherosclerosis, Microalbuminuria, and Estimated 10-Year Atherosclerotic Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Sub-Saharan Africa

2022JAMA Network OpenJournalOpen access24 citations10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2022.7559

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and associated risk in rural South Africa: a population-based cohort study

2022Wellcome Open ResearchJournalOpen access24 citations10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18016.2

Pension exposure and health: Evidence from a longitudinal study in South Africa

2022The Journal of the Economics of AgeingJournalOpen access20 citations10.1016/j.jeoa.2022.100411

Burden of mortality linked to community-nominated priorities in rural South Africa

2022Global Health ActionJournalOpen access12 citations10.1080/16549716.2021.2013599

The double-edged role of accessed status on health and well-being among middle- and older-age adults in rural South Africa: The HAALSI study

2022SSM - Population HealthJournalOpen access6 citations10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101154

Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and associated risk in rural South Africa: a population-based cohort study

2022Wellcome Open ResearchJournalOpen access6 citations10.12688/wellcomeopenres.18016.1

Long-term household material socioeconomic resources and cognitive health in a population-based cohort of older adults in rural northeast South Africa, 2001–2015

2022SSM - Population HealthJournalOpen access6 citations10.1016/j.ssmph.2022.101263