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Charles Frederick Hayfron-Benjamin

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR

Verified email at ug.edu.gh Associate Professor at University of Ghana Medical School Google Scholar

CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteUNIV. OF GHANA MEDICAL SCHOOL
DepartmentDEPARTMENT OF PHYSIOLOGY
Cardiovascular and Respiratory Physiology and MedicineAnaesthesiology and Intensive Care
Publications

90

Citations

886

H-index

17

i10-index

23

Publication activity
Publication statistics
Average citations
9.8
Most cited paper
211
First publication year
1900
Latest publication year
2026
Last updated
14 Sep 2026, 08:21
Publications

90 matching publications

PublicationYearJournalThematic areaCitations
Level of understanding and community-level barriers to the management of hypertension: a qualitative study in eight coastal communities in Ghana
V Boima, A Doku, C Hayfron-Benjamin, AAA Twumasi, RB Awuah, ...
2025 BMJ global health 10 (8), e017511, 2025 Social Sciences 8
Pulmonary function in adults with type 2 diabetes with and without obesity
CF Hayfron-Benjamin, RK Tei, JK Osei-Tutu, T Amo-Nyarko, P Vormatu, ...
2023 CHEST Pulmonary 1 (3), 100014, 2023 Health Sciences 8
Incidence, long-term predictors and progression of chronic kidney disease among African migrants and non-migrants: the transcontinental population-based prospective RODAM …
MM Mungamba, FP Chilunga, EL Van Der Linden, E Beune, EA Godwill, ...
2025 BMJ global health 10 (1), e016786, 2025 Health Sciences 7
Associations between spirometric impairments and microvascular complications in type 2 diabetes: a cross-sectional study
CF Hayfron-Benjamin, C Agyemang, BJH van den Born, AGB Amoah, ...
2023 BMJ open 13 (10), e075209, 2023 Health Sciences 7
Clinical characteristics and severity of diabetic ketoacidosis: A cross‐sectional study from a tertiary hospital in Ghana
Y Atiase, E Yorke, J Akpalu, M Reynolds, OA Annan, R Aryee, ...
2023 Tropical Medicine & International Health 28 (9), 790-796, 2023 Health Sciences 7
A comprehensive lifestyle index and its associations with DNA methylation and type 2 diabetes among Ghanaian adults: the rodam study
CA Abidha, KAC Meeks, FP Chilunga, A Venema, R Schindlmayr, ...
2024 Clinical epigenetics 16 (1), 143, 2024 Health Sciences 5
Associations between spirometric measures and exercise capacity in type 2 diabetes
C Antwi-Boasiako, MF Kollie, KA Kyeremeh, JK Osei-Tutu, L Musah, ...
2023 Diabetes & Metabolic Syndrome: Clinical Research & Reviews 17 (8), 102831, 2023 Health Sciences 5
Association between pulmonary function and cardiac enzymes in sickle cell disease
C Antwi-Boasiako, MM Asare, I Baba, A Doku, K Adutwum-Ofosu, ...
2021 American Journal of Blood Research 11 (2), 199, 2021 Health Sciences 5
Low FEV1 is associated with fetal death in pregnant women with sickle cell disease
CF Hayfron‐Benjamin, EV Asare, T Boafor, E Olayemi, Y Dei‐Adomakoh, ...
2021 American journal of hematology 96 (8), E303-E306, 2021 Health Sciences 5
A frugal arduino-based spirometer for low-resource settings: design, development and validation of a preliminary prototype
J Wallace, P Checa Rifá, T Kannathasan, CF Hayfron-Benjamin, ...
2026 Frontiers in bioengineering and biotechnology 13, 1664127, 2026 Health Sciences 4
Blood pressure change and hypertension incidence among Ghanaians living in rural Ghana, urban Ghana and The Netherlands: a prospective cohort study
EL van der Linden, M Hoevenaar-Blom, E Beune, SN Darko, ST Ankrah, ...
2025 EClinicalMedicine 81, 2025 Social Sciences 4
Peripheral artery disease In West Africans with diabetes: a risk factor profile analysis
J Amoako, MF Saa, E Bannerman-Williams, ANK Bruce, MB Ansong, ...
2025 International Journal of Cardiology Cardiovascular Risk and Prevention 26 …, 2025 Health Sciences 4
Epigenome-wide association study of plasma lipids in West Africans: the RODAM study
EL van der Linden, KAC Meeks, F Chilunga, C Hayfron-Benjamin, ...
2023 EBioMedicine 89, 2023 Health Sciences 4
Ethnic disparities in the association between low-grade inflammation biomarkers and chronic kidney disease: The HELIUS Cohort Study
CM Mosterd, CF Hayfron-Benjamin, BJH Van Den Born, ...
2022 Journal of Diabetes and its Complications 36 (8), 108238, 2022 Health Sciences 4
An explorative epigenome-wide association study of plasma renin and aldosterone concentration in a Ghanaian population: the RODAM study
EL van der Linden, A Halley, KAC Meeks, F Chilunga, ...
2022 Clinical epigenetics 14 (1), 159, 2022 Social Sciences 3
Exercise-induced haemoglobin oxygen desaturation in patients with SCD
C Antwi-Boasiako, CP Asare, JS Afriyie-Mensah, C Hayfron-Benjamin, ...
2021 American Journal of Cardiovascular Disease 11 (1), 87, 2021 Health Sciences 3
Low body mass index in pregnant women with sickle cell disease is associated with premature delivery in sub-Saharan Africa
EV Asare, E Olayemi, Y Adomakoh, E Mensah, A Swarray-Deen, ...
2017 Blood 130, 2250, 2017 Health Sciences 3
Associations of low-carb diets with glycaemic control and diabetic complications among adult Ghanaians: the RODAM study
TB Osei, H Osei-Kwasi, M Nicolaou, E Beune, C Agyemang, KAC Meeks, ...
2025 European journal of nutrition 64 (5), 207, 2025 Health Sciences 2
Prospective implementation of multi-disciplinary obstetric team decreases the mortality rate of pregnant women with sickle cell disease in Ghana
EVNK Asare, Y Adomakoh, E Olayemi, E Mensah, H Ghansah, ...
2016 Blood 128 (22), 1017, 2016 Health Sciences 2
Hypertension prevalence and determinants in urban coastal communities in Ghana
V Boima, A Doku, C Hayfron-Benjamin, K Honny, DD Mainoo, ...
2026 Journal of Public Health Management and Practice 32 (1), 103-115, 2026 Health Sciences 1
Impact of an interactive smartphone application on glycaemic and blood pressure control among diabetes and hypertension patients in Ghana: A quasi-experimental study
P Aovare, FP Chilunga, CF Hayfron-Benjamin, A Laar, N Moens, ...
2026 Heliyon 12 (10), 2026 Health Sciences 1
Lower Limb Vein Reflux Patterns and Clinical Correlates in Ghana
J Amoako, F van der Woude, S Mensah, G Aryee, J Amankwa-Boahin, ...
2026 Annals of Vascular Surgery, 2026 Health Sciences 1
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)
Y Kusi-Mensah, EM Vriend, EM van Charante, H Galenkamp, K Stronks, ...
2026 BMJ Public Health 4 (2), 2026 Health Sciences 1
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 …
V Boima, C Hayfron-Benjamin, A Doku, AAA Twumasi, D Ottie-Boakye, ...
2024 BMJ open 14 (11), e082954, 2024 Health Sciences 1
Macrovascular and renal microvascular complications in West Africans with intermediate hyperglycemia living in West Africa and Europe: The RODAM study
E Bannerman-Williams, CF Hayfron-Benjamin, Y Atiase, S Bahendeka, ...
2023 Heliyon 9 (8), 2023 Health Sciences 1