josephine akpalu
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR
CollegeCOLLEGE OF HEALTH SCIENCES
School / InstituteUNIV. OF GHANA MEDICAL SCHOOL
DepartmentGEMP OFFICE
DiabetesEndocrine disordersCardiometabolic diseases
Publication activity
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Publications
69 matching publications
| Publication | Year | Journal | Thematic area | Citations |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dominant modifiable risk factors for stroke in Ghana and Nigeria (SIREN): a case-control study MO Owolabi, F Sarfo, R Akinyemi, M Gebregziabher, O Akpa, A Akpalu, ... |
2018 | The Lancet Global Health 6 (4), e436-e446, 2018 | Health Sciences | 385 |
| The bidirectional relationship between tuberculosis and diabetes E Yorke, Y Atiase, J Akpalu, O Sarfo-Kantanka, V Boima, ID Dey |
2017 | Tuberculosis research and treatment 2017 (1), 1702578, 2017 | Health Sciences | 151 |
| Depression and glycaemic control among type 2 diabetes patients: a cross-sectional study in a tertiary healthcare facility in Ghana J Akpalu, E Yorke, J Ainuson-Quampah, W Balogun, K Yeboah |
2018 | BMC psychiatry 18 (1), 357, 2018 | Health Sciences | 83 |
| Risk of second brain tumour after radiotherapy for pituitary adenoma or craniopharyngioma: a retrospective, multicentre, cohort study of 3679 patients with long-term imaging … R Hamblin, A Vardon, J Akpalu, M Tampourlou, I Spiliotis, E Sbardella, ... |
2022 | The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology 10 (8), 581-588, 2022 | Health Sciences | 74 |
| Neuro-ophthalmic and clinical characteristics of brain tumours in a tertiary hospital in Ghana NN Tagoe, VA Essuman, G Fordjuor, J Akpalu, P Bankah, T Ndanu |
2015 | Ghana medical journal 49 (3), 181, 2015 | Health Sciences | 61 |
| Knowledge, attitudes and practices related to stroke in Ghana and Nigeria: A SIREN call to action C Jenkins, B Ovbiagele, O Arulogun, A Singh, B Calys-Tagoe, R Akinyemi, ... |
2018 | PLoS One 13 (11), e0206548, 2018 | Health Sciences | 52 |
| Frequency and determinants of thyroid autoimmunity in Ghanaian type 2 diabetes patients: a case-control study O Sarfo-Kantanka, FS Sarfo, EO Ansah, E Yorke, J Akpalu, BC Nkum, ... |
2017 | BMC endocrine disorders 17 (1), 2, 2017 | Health Sciences | 51 |
| Patient-level and system-level determinants of stroke fatality across 16 large hospitals in Ghana and Nigeria: a prospective cohort study FS Sarfo, OM Akpa, B Ovbiagele, A Akpalu, K Wahab, R Obiako, ... |
2023 | The Lancet Global Health 11 (4), e575-e585, 2023 | Health Sciences | 48 |
| Peripheral artery disease and exertional leg symptoms in diabetes patients in Ghana K Yeboah, P Puplampu, J Ainuson, J Akpalu, B Gyan, AGB Amoah |
2016 | BMC Cardiovascular Disorders 16 (1), 68, 2016 | Health Sciences | 48 |
| Prevalence and prognostic features of ECG abnormalities in acute stroke: findings from the SIREN study among Africans AM Adeoye, OS Ogah, B Ovbiagele, R Akinyemi, V Shidali, F Agyekum, ... |
2017 | Global Heart 12 (2), 99-105, 2017 | Health Sciences | 45 |
| Psychosocial distress, clinical variables and self-management activities associated with type 2 diabetes: a study in Ghana M Amankwah-Poku, AGB Amoah, A Sefa-Dedeh, J Akpalu |
2020 | Clinical Diabetes and Endocrinology 6 (1), 14, 2020 | Health Sciences | 43 |
| Differential impact of risk factors on stroke occurrence among men versus women in West Africa: the SIREN study A Akpalu, M Gebregziabher, B Ovbiagele, F Sarfo, H Iheonye, R Akinyemi, ... |
2019 | Stroke 50 (4), 820-827, 2019 | Health Sciences | 41 |
| Relationship between oxidative stress and haematological indices in patients with diabetes in the Ghanaian population RH Asmah, G Yeboah, H Asare-Anane, S Antwi-Baffour, TN Archampong, ... |
2015 | Clinical diabetes and endocrinology 1 (1), 7, 2015 | Social Sciences | 41 |
| Epidemiology and clinical features of thyroid-associated orbitopathy in Accra EM Ackuaku-Dogbe, J Akpalu, B Abaidoo |
2017 | Middle East African Journal of Ophthalmology 24 (4), 183, 2017 | Health Sciences | 38 |
| The metabolic syndrome among patients with cardiovascular disease in Accra, Ghana J Akpalu, A Akpalu, F Ofei |
2011 | Ghana medical journal 45 (4), 161, 2011 | Health Sciences | 35 |
| Screening for Cushing syndrome at the primary care level: what every general practitioner must know E Yorke, Y Atiase, J Akpalu, O Sarfo-Kantanka |
2017 | International journal of endocrinology 2017 (1), 1547358, 2017 | Health Sciences | 31 |
| Risk factor characterization of ischemic stroke subtypes among West Africans FS Sarfo, B Ovbiagele, O Akpa, A Akpalu, K Wahab, R Obiako, ... |
2022 | Stroke 53 (1), 134-144, 2022 | Health Sciences | 30 |
| Knowledge, attitudes and practices of West Africans on genetic studies of stroke: Evidence from the SIREN Study RO Akinyemi, FS Sarfo, J Akinyemi, A Singh, M Onoja Akpa, A Akpalu, ... |
2019 | International Journal of Stroke 14 (1), 69-79, 2019 | Health Sciences | 26 |
| Novel functional insights into ischemic stroke biology provided by the first genome-wide association study of stroke in indigenous Africans RO Akinyemi, HK Tiwari, V Srinivasasainagendra, O Akpa, FS Sarfo, ... |
2024 | Genome Medicine 16 (1), 25, 2024 | Natural Sciences | 23 |
| A novel afrocentric stroke risk assessment score: models from the Siren study O Akpa, FS Sarfo, M Owolabi, A Akpalu, K Wahab, R Obiako, M Komolafe, ... |
2021 | Journal of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Diseases 30 (10), 106003, 2021 | Health Sciences | 23 |
| Visual outcome of patients with pituitary adenomas following surgery and its contributory factors at a tertiary hospital in Ghana NN Tagoe, VA Essuman, P Bankah, T Dakurah, VK Hewlett, J Akpalu, ... |
2019 | Ethiopian Journal of Health Sciences 29 (1), 895, 2019 | Health Sciences | 18 |
| Dietary patterns associated with stroke among West Africans: a case–control study AP Okekunle, O Asowata, OM Akpa, B Ovbiagele, A Fakunle, M Komolafe, ... |
2023 | International Journal of Stroke 18 (2), 193-200, 2023 | Health Sciences | 17 |
| Morbidity and complications of diabetes mellitus in children and adolescents in Ghana: Protocol for a longitudinal study VA Essuman, NN Tagoe, J Akpalu, A Essuman, AH Sackey, ... |
2021 | JMIR research protocols 10 (1), e21440, 2021 | Health Sciences | 17 |
| Stroke outcome and determinants among patients with and without diabetes in a tertiary hospital in Ghana J Akpalu, AE Yawson, F Osei-Poku, Y Atiase, E Yorke, P Adjei, ... |
2018 | Stroke Research and Treatment 2018 (1), 7521351, 2018 | Health Sciences | 16 |
| Challenges in the management of a patient with myxoedema coma in Ghana: a case report J Akpalu, Y Atiase, E Yorke, H Fiscian, C Kootin-Sanwu, A Akpalu |
2017 | Ghana Medical Journal 51 (1), 39, 2017 | Health Sciences | 14 |