Mawuli Komla Kushitor: Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: ValidationRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Sandra Boatemaa:
ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0638-6261
Role: ConceptualizationRole: Formal analysisRole: MethodologyRole: ValidationRole:
Writing – original draftRole: Writing – review & editing
Mark G. Shrime: Role: Editor
Journal ID (nlm-ta): PLoS One
Journal ID (iso-abbrev): PLoS ONE
Journal ID (publisher-id): plos
Journal ID (pmc): plosone
Title:
PLoS ONE
Publisher:
Public Library of Science
(San Francisco, CA USA
)
ISSN
(Electronic):
1932-6203
Publication date
(Electronic):
23
March
2018
Publication date Collection: 2018
Volume: 13
Issue: 3
Electronic Location Identifier: e0194677
Affiliations
[001]Regional Institute for Population Studies, University of Ghana, Legon, Accra, Ghana
Harvard Medical School, UNITED STATES
Author notes
Competing Interests: SB has completed the online competing interest form and declared no competing interest.
MKK has no competing interest to declare.
Author information
Article
Publisher ID:
PONE-D-17-28953
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0194677
PMC ID: 5865721
PubMed ID: 29570720
SO-VID: 9e4b50ea-139c-4a79-a1e1-72f30870d13a
Copyright © © 2018 Kushitor, Boatemaa
License:
This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the
Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided
the original author and source are credited.
SB was funded by the Hewlett Foundation, through the Regional Institute for Population
Studies (RIPS) and MKK was funded by the RIPS Endowment Fund.
Subject:
Research Article
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Endocrinology
Subject:
Endocrine Disorders
Subject:
Diabetes Mellitus
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Metabolic Disorders
Subject:
Diabetes Mellitus
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Vascular Medicine
Subject:
Blood Pressure
Subject:
Hypertension
Subject:
People and Places
Subject:
Geographical Locations
Subject:
Africa
Subject:
Ghana
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Parasitic Diseases
Subject:
Malaria
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Tropical Diseases
Subject:
Malaria
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Infectious Diseases
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Vascular Medicine
Subject:
Blood Pressure
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Endocrinology
Subject:
Diabetic Endocrinology
Subject:
Insulin
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Biochemistry
Subject:
Hormones
Subject:
Insulin
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Body Fluids
Subject:
Blood
Subject:
Blood Sugar
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Anatomy
Subject:
Body Fluids
Subject:
Blood
Subject:
Blood Sugar
Subject:
Biology and Life Sciences
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Body Fluids
Subject:
Blood
Subject:
Blood Sugar
Subject:
Medicine and Health Sciences
Subject:
Physiology
Subject:
Body Fluids
Subject:
Blood
Subject:
Blood Sugar