List of Publications

Selected Publications

So far 28 articles have been published and selected articles are listed below.

  • Fat and fat-free mass at birth: air displacement plethysmography measurements on 350 Ethiopian newborns. Ped res. 2011; doi: 10.1038/pr.2011.726 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21772228
  • Body composition from birth to 6 mo of age in Ethiopian infants: reference data obtained by air-displacement plethysmography. Am J Clin Nutr 2013; doi: 10.3945/ajcn.113.063032 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23985805
  • Predictors of oedema among children hospitalized with severe acute malnutrition in Jimma University Hospital, Ethiopia: a cross sectional study. BMC Pediatr. 2013; doi:10.1186/1471-2431-13-204 http://bmcpediatr.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2431-13-204
  •  Effects of nutritional supplementation for HIV patients starting antiretroviral treatment: randomized controlled trial in Ethiopia. BMJ 2014; doi: 10.1136/bmj.g3187 http://www.bmj.com/content/348/bmj.g3187
  • Calibration of bioelectrical impedance analysis for body composition assessment in Ethiopian infants using air-displacement plethysmography. Eur J Clin Nutr. 2015,. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2015.51 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25828629
  • Midupper arm circumference and weight-for-length z scores have different associations with body composition: evidence from a cohort of Ethiopian infants. Am J Clin Nutr. 2015 Sep;102(3):593-9. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.114.106419. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26224296
  • Lipid-based nutrient supplements do not affect efavirenz but lower plasma nevirapine concentrations in Ethiopian adult HIV patients. HIV Med. 2015 Aug;16(7):403-11. doi: 10.1111/hiv.12225. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25974723
  • Antenatal care strengthening for improved health behaviours in Jimma, Ethiopia, 2009-2011: An effectiveness study. Midwifery. 2016 , doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2016.06.009. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27428103
  • Change in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D with antiretroviral treatment initiation and nutritional intervention in HIV-positive adults. Br J Nutr. 2016 Nov 8:1-8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27821214
  • The effect of nutritional supplementation on quality of life in people living with HIV: a randomised controlled trial. Trop Med Int Health. 2016 Jun;21(6):735-42. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12705. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27115126
  •  Use, perceptions, and acceptability of a ready-to-use supplementary food among adult HIV patients initiating antiretroviral treatment: a qualitative study in Ethiopia. Patient Prefer Adherence. 2013. doi: 10.2147/PPA.S44413. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23766634
  • BACTERAEMIA AMONG SEVERELY MALNOURISHED CHILDREN IN JIMMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL, ETHIOPIA    Ethiop J Health Sci. 2011 Nov; 21(3): 175–182.         https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3275866/
  • Evaluation of an immunoassay for determination of plasma efavirenz concentrations in resource-limited settings    J Int AIDS Soc. 2014 Jun 5;17:18979    0.7448/IAS.17.1.18979    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24909561
  • Effects on mortality of a nutritional intervention for malnourished HIV-infected adults referred for antiretroviral therapy: a randomised controlled trial    BMC Med. 2015 Jan 28;13:17.    10.1186/s12916-014-0253-8    https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-014-0253-8
  • Drug resistance in HIV patients with virological failure or slow virological response to antiretroviral therapy in Ethiopia    BMC Infectious Diseases201414:181    10.1186/1471-2334-14-181    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4234735/
  • Genotype diversity of Mycobacterium isolates from children in Jimma, Ethiopia    BMC Res Notes. 2013 Sep 4;6:352    10.1186/1756-0500-6-352    https://bmcresnotes.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1756-0500-6-352
  • Children Treated for Severe Acute Malnutrition Experience a Rapid Increase in Physical Activity a Few Days after Admission    J Pediatr. 2014 Jun;164(6):1421-4    10.1016/j.jpeds.2014.02.014    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24657125
  • Physical activity and capacity at initiation of antiretroviral treatment in HIV patients in Ethiopia    Epidemiol Infect. 2015 Apr;143(5):1048-58    10.1017/S0950268814001502    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25034136

Most recent publications

  • Serum phosphate and magnesium in children recovering from severe acute undernutrition in Ethiopia: an observational study. BMC Pediatr. 2016 Nov 5;16(1):178. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27814707
  • Biochemical and anthropometric correlates of bio-electrical impedance parameters in severely malnourished children: A cross-sectional study. Clin Nutr. 2017 Feb 24. pii: S0261-5614(17)30067-5. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2017.02.017. [Epub ahead of print] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28262322
  • Body composition at birth and height at 2 years: a prospective cohort study among children in Jimma, Ethiopia. Pediatr Res [Internet]. 2017 Jun 7 [cited 2017 Jun 8]; Available from: http://www.nature.com/doifinder/10.1038/pr.2017.59       
  • Relation between body composition at birth and child development at 2 years of age: a prospective cohort study among Ethiopian children    Eur J Clin Nutr. 2017 Dec;71(12):1411-1417.    10.1038/ejcn.2017.129    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28952606
  • Food insecurity and mental health among people living with HIV in Ethiopia: analysis of causal pathways    Health and Quality of Life Outcomes 201614:37    10.1186/s12955-016-0440-8    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4778332/
  • Adaptation and validation of the short version WHOQOL-HIV in Ethiopia    International Journal of Mental Health Systems201610:29    10.1186/s13033-016-0062-x    https://ijmhs.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13033-016-0062-x
  • Use of tuberculin skin test for assessment of immune recovery among previously malnourished children in Ethiopia    BMC Res Notes. 2017 Nov 7;10(1):570    0.1186/s13104-017-2909-x    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29115985
  • Bioimpedance index for measurement of total body water in severely malnourished children: Assessing the effect of nutritional oedema    Clin Nutr. 2016 Jun;35(3):713-7.    10.1016/j.clnu.2015.05.002    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26189699
  • Food insecurity, mental health and quality of life among people living with HIV commencing antiretroviral treatment in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes201614:37    0.1186/s12955-016-0440-8    https://hqlo.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12955-016-0440-8
  • Wibaek R, Wells JC, Girma T, Admassu B, Abera M, Abdissa A, Vistisen D, Jørgensen ME, Kæstel P, Michaelsen KF, Friis H, Andersen GS. Associations of fat mass and fat-free mass accretion in infancy with body composition and cardiometabolic risk markers at 5 years: The Ethiopian iABC birth cohort study. PLOS Medicine 2019, August 20. (In press).
  • Muhe LM, McClure EM, Nigussie AK, Mekasha A, Worku B, Worku A, et al.Major causes of death in preterm infants in selected hospitals in Ethiopia (SIP): a prospective, cross-sectional, observational study. Lancet Glob Health. 2019 Aug;7(8):e1130-e1138. doi: 10.1016/S2214-109X(19)30220-7.
  • Wibaek R, Wells JC, Girma T, Admassu B, Abera M, Abdissa A, Vistisen D, Jørgensen ME, Kæstel P, Michaelsen KF, Friis H, Andersen GS. Associations of fat mass and fat-free mass accretion in infancy with linear growth, fat free mass and markers of adiposity and cardiometabolic risk at 5 years: The Ethiopian iABC birth cohort study. PLoS Medicine 16(8):e1002888 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002888.
  • Eshetu B, Gashaw M, Berhane M, Abdissa A, McClure EM, Goldenberg RL, et al. Intravenous fluid contaminated with Klebsiella oxytoca as a source of sepsis in a preterm newborn: Case report. American Journal of Infection Control 47 (2019) 840−842
  • Faurholt-Jepsena D, Olsen MF, Andersen AB, Kæstel P, Abdissa A, Amare H,et al. Hyperglycemia and insulin function in antiretroviral treatment-naive HIV patients in Ethiopia: a potential new entity of diabetes in HIV? AIDS 2019, 33 (10):1595–1602
  • Zangenberg M, Johansen OH, Abdissa A, Eshetu B, Kurtzhals JA, Friis H, et al Prolonged and persistent diarrhoea is not restricted to children with acute malnutrition: an observational study in Ethiopia. A Euro J. TMIH. July 2019; https://doi.org/10.1111/tmi.13291
  • Wibaek R, Girma T, Admassu B, Abera M, Abdissa A, Geto Z, Kaestel P, Vistisen D, Jorgensen ME, Wells JCK, Michaelsen KF, Friis H, Andersen GS. Higher Weight and Weight Gain after 4 Years of Age Rather than Weight at Birth Are Associated with Adiposity, Markers of Glucose Metabolism, and Blood Pressure in 5-Year-Old Ethiopian Children. The Journal ofNutrition 2019; Jun 19 (Epub ahead of print).
  • Zangenberg M, Abdissa A, Johansen ØH, Tesfaw G, Girma T, Kurtzhals JAL. Metronidazole-sensitive organisms in children with severe acute malnutrition: an evaluation of the indication for empiric metronidazole treatment. Clin Microbiol Infect. 2019 Jun 8. pii: S1198-743X(19)30285-X. doi: 10.1016/j.cmi.2019.05.022.
  • Yilma D, Abdissa A, Kæstel P, Tesfaye M. Olsen MF, Girma T, Friis H, et al. Serum creatinine and estimated glomerular filtration rates in HIV positive and negative adults in Ethiopia. PLoS One.  2019 Feb 12;14(2):e0211630. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0211630. eCollection 2019.
  • Andersen GS, Wibaek R, Kaestel P, Girma T, Admassu B, Abera M, Vistisen D, Jorgensen ME, Michaelsen KF, Friis H, Wells JCK. Body Composition Growth Patterns in Early Infancy: A Latent Class Trajectory Analysis of the Ethiopian iABC Birth Cohort. Obesity (Silver Spring) 2018;26(7):1225-33.
  • Admassu B, Wells JCK, Girma T, Belachew T, Ritz C, Owino V, Abera M, Wibaek R, Michaelsen KF, Kaestel P, Friis H, Andersen GS. Body composition during early infancy and its relation with body composition at 4 years of age in Jimma, an Ethiopian prospective cohort study. Nutrition & diabetes 2018;8(1):46.
  • Admassu B, Ritz C, Wells JCK, Girma T, Andersen GS, Belachew T, Owino V, Michaelsen KF, Abera M, Wibaek R, Friis H, Kaestel P. Accretion of Fat-Free Mass Rather Than Fat Mass in Infancy Is Positively Associated with Linear Growth in Childhood. The Journal of nutrition 2018;148(4):607-15.
  • Bårnes GK, Kebede E, Berhane M, Abdissa A, Tesfaw G, Abebe G, et al. New molecular tools for meningitisdiagnostics in Ethiopia – a necessary steptowards improving antimicrobial prescription. Bårnes et al. BMC Infectious Diseases (2018) 18:684 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12879-018-3589-4
  • Abera M, Tesfaye M, Hanlon C, Admassu B, Girma T, Wells JC, Kaestel P, Ritz C, Wibaek R, Michaelsen KF, Friis H, Andersen GS. Body Composition during Early Infancy and Mental Health Outcomes at 5 Years of Age: A Prospective Cohort Study of Ethiopian Children. J Pediatr 2018.
  • Abera M, Tesfaye M, Admassu B, Hanlon C, Ritz C, Wibaek R, Michaelsen KF, Friis H, Wells JC, Andersen GS, Girma T, Kaestel P. Body composition during early infancy and developmental progression from 1 to 5 years of age: the Infant Anthropometry and Body Composition (iABC) cohort study among Ethiopian children. Br J Nutr 2018;119(11):1263-73.
  • Admassu B, Wells JCK, Girma T, Andersen GS, Owino V, Belachew T, Michaelsen KF, Abera M, Wibaek R, Friis H, Kaestel P. Body composition at birth and height at 2 years: a prospective cohort study among children in Jimma, Ethiopia. Pediatric research 2017;82(2):209-14.
  • Abera M, Tesfaye M, Girma T, Hanlon C, Andersen GS, Wells JC, Admassu B, Wibaek R, Friis H, Kaestel P. Relation between body composition at birth and child development at 2 years of age: a prospective cohort study among Ethiopian children. European journal of clinical nutrition, 2017. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition volume71, pages1411–1417 
  • Girma T, Hother AL, Kastel P, Abdissa A, Michaelsen KF, Friis H, Wells JCK. Biochemical and anthropometric correlates of bio-electrical impedance parameters in severely malnourished children: A cross-sectional studyClin Nutr. 2017 Feb 24. pii: S0261-5614(17)30067-5. doi: 10.1016/j.clnu.2017.02.017. [Epub ahead of print] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28262322
  • Bahwere P, James P, Abdissa A, Getu Y, Getnet Y, Sadler K. Use of tuberculin skin test for assessment of immune recovery among previously malnourished children in EthiopiaBMC Res Notes. 2017 Nov 7;10(1):570    0.1186/s13104-017-2909-x    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29115985
  • Girma T, Kastel P, Workeneh N, Molgaard C, Eaton S, Andersen GS, et al. Bioimpedance index for measurement of total body water in severely malnourished children: Assessing the effect of nutritional oedema    Clin Nutr. 2016 Jun;35(3):713-7.    10.1016/j.clnu.2015.05.002    https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26189699
  • Tesfaye M, Kastel P, Oslen MF, Girma T, Yilma D, Abdissa A, et al. Food insecurity, mental health and quality of life among people living with HIV commencing antiretroviral treatment in Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study. Health and Quality of Life Outcomes201614:37    0.1186/s12955-016-0440-8  https://hqlo.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12955-016-0440-8
  • Villadsen SF, Negussie D, GebreMariam A, Tilahun A, Girma T, Friis H, Rasch V.Antenatal care strengthening for improved health behaviours in Jimma, Ethiopia, 2009-2011: An effectiveness study. Midwifery. 2016 , doi: 10.1016/j.midw.2016.06.009. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27428103
  • Tesfaye M, Oslen MF, Medhin G, Friis H, Charlotte H & Holm L. Adaptation and validation of the short version WHOQOL-HIV in Ethiopia International Journal of Mental Health Systems201610:29    10.1186/s13033-016-0062-x    https://ijmhs.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13033-016-0062-x
  • Yilma D, Kæstel P, Olsen MF, Abdissa A, Tesfaye M, Girma T, Krarup H. et al. Change in serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D with antiretroviral treatment initiation and nutritional intervention in HIV-positive adults. Br J Nutr. 2016 Nov 8:1-8. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27821214
  • Hother AL, Girma T, Rytter MJ, Abdissa A, Ritz C, Molgaard C, et al. Serum phosphate and magnesium in children recovering from severe acute undernutrition in Ethiopia: an observational studyBMC Pediatr. 2016 Nov 5;16(1):178. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27814707
  • Tesfaye M, Kaestel P, Olsen MF, Girma T, Yilma D, Abdissa A, Ritz C, et al. The effect of nutritional supplementation on quality of life in people living with HIV: a randomised controlled trialTrop Med Int Health. 2016 Jun;21(6):735-42. doi: 10.1111/tmi.12705. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27115126
  • Filteau S, PrayGod G, Kasonka L, Woodd S, Rehman M A, Chisenga M,. et al.Effects on mortality of a nutritional intervention for malnourished HIV-infected adults referred for antiretroviral therapy: a randomised controlled trial    BMC Med. 2015 Jan 28;13:17.    10.1186/s12916-014-0253 8. https://bmcmedicine.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12916-014-0253-8 
  • Olsen MF, Kæstel P, Tesfaye M, Abdissa A, Yilma D, Girma T. et al. Physical activity and capacity at initiation of antiretroviral treatment in HIV patients in Ethiopia    Epidemiol Infect. 2015 Apr;143(5):1048-58    10.1017/S0950268814001502  https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25034136