James Osei-Yeboah

Gender Specific Predictive Performance and Optimal Threshold of Anthropometric Indices for the Prediction of Hypertension among a Ghanaian Population in Kumasi

William K. B. A. Owiredu, James Osei-Yeboah, Christiana Aryee, Ellis Owusu-Dabo, Edwin F. Laing & Isaac K. Owusu · Asian Journal of Medicine and Health · 2018

Despite the extensive use of anthropometric indices in the risk prediction of hypertension, there is lack of consensus on the type and the optimal threshold to be used. This current work evaluates the optimal threshold points, discriminative power and comparative performance as d...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJMAH/2017/37772

Chronic Kidney Disease among Ghanaian HIV Individuals on HAART in the Ho Municipality: A Single-Center Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

Sylvester Yao Lokpo, WKBA Owiredu, James Osei-Yeboah, Gameli Kwame Norgbe, Lydia Enyonam Kuatsienu, Mathias Tawiah Anim, Seyram Tetteh Quarshie, Felix Ayroe, Francis Abeku Ussher, Edward Yiadom Boakye, Tibemponi Ntoni, Prince Senyo Kwasi Nyamadi & Roseline Avorkliyah · Asian Journal of Biology · 2018

Background: Chronic kidney disease (CKD) remains one of the complications of HIV infection among individuals on antiretroviral medication. This study aimed to determine the prevalence of CKD among Ghanaians with HIV on antiretroviral medications at the Ho Municipal Hospital. Mate...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/AJOB/2018/38596

Analysis of Atherogenic and Anthropometric Profiles of Normotensive and Hypertensive Ghanaians in the Kumasi Metropolis

Isaac K. Owusu, Christiana Aryee, William K. B. A. Owiredu, James Osei-Yeboah, Ellis Owusu-Dabo & Edwin F. Laing · Journal of Advances in Medicine and Medical Research · 2015

Ghana is undergoing a rapid epidemiological transition from solely communicable to a double burden of infectious and chronic disease such as hypertension. Aims: We aimed to compare the association between different lifestyle practices, adiposity indices, atherogenic dyslipidaemic...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/BJMMR/2015/14308

Occupational Psychosocial Stress among Staff of the University of Health and Allied Sciences, Ho, Ghana

Dominic Dankwah Agyei, Sena Kpeglo, James Kwaku Agyen, Francis Wadga-Mieza Yankey, James Osei-Yeboah, Eric Agboli, Felix Kwasi Nyande, Abdul Sakibu Raji, Edem Kojo Obum, Delali Adonu, Restlaw Owusu-Mensah, Blessing Tay & Enos Azada · Journal of Education, Society and Behavioural Science · 2017

Aim: This study was conducted among the staff of a new public university that provides health and related sciences education in Ghana. The aim of this research was to find information on the prevalence and patterns associated with occupational stress among the tutorial and admini...

Open access Research Article 10.9734/JESBS/2017/37406