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91.2 %The inheritance pattern of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease was autosomal recessive in 91.2% (n = 97/107) of families.

Afrique du SudCharcot-Marie-Tooth diseasepublished 2022Journal of the peripheral nervous system : JPNSeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

0.8 %Using other classification criteria, sarcopenia without obesity prevalence ranged from 0.8% to 9.8% among black South African women aged 60–85 years from a low-income community.

Afrique du Sudsarcopenia without obesitypublished 2021BMC geriatricseurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

6.6 %The age-standardised prevalence of chronic kidney disease was 6.6% in Nanoro, Burkina Faso.

Afrique du Sudmaladie rénale chroniqueobserved 2013-2016published 2019The Lancet. Global healtheurope_pmcdocument of 10 observationsDOI 10.1016/s2214-109x(19)30443-7

35 %The exercise condition increased estimated insulin sensitivity by 35±62%.

Afrique du Suddiabète de type 2published 2015Journal of science and medicine in sporteurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

10.7 %The age-standardised population prevalence of chronic kidney disease was 10.7% in sub-Saharan Africa.

Afrique du Sudmaladie rénale chroniqueobserved 2013-2016published 2019The Lancet. Global healtheurope_pmcdocument of 10 observationsDOI 10.1016/s2214-109x(19)30443-7

0 %Using other classification criteria, sarcopenic obesity prevalence ranged from 0% to 4.9% among black South African women aged 60–85 years from a low-income community.

Afrique du Sudsarcopenic obesitypublished 2021BMC geriatricseurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

13 %In South Africa in 2000, 13% of postmenopausal breast cancer cases were attributable to a BMI ≥ 21 kg/m².

Afrique du Sudpostmenopausal breast cancerobserved 2000published 2007South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskundeeurope_pmcdocument of 14 observations

12.95 timesPersons with diagnosed diabetes consumed 12.95 times more days of inpatient treatment than matched comparison subjects without diabetes in Cameroon, Mali, Tanzania and South Africa during 2008–2009.

Afrique du Sud · Cameroun · Mali · Tanzaniediabète (non précisé)observed 2008–2009published 2014PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

Metabolic syndrome (MetS) prevalence was higher in insulin resistant (IR) groups than in insulin sensitive (IS) groups (P < 0.001).

Afrique du Sudsyndrome métaboliquepublished 2010Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)europe_pmcdocument of 6 observations

53 %53% of the cohort changed their category of vitamin D status between the ages of 11 and 20 years.

Afrique du Sudvitamin D statuspublished 2015The American journal of clinical nutritioneurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

27 %Health fair attendance was associated with a 27% reduction in the hazard of all-cause mortality (HR: 0.73; 95% CI 0.66 to 0.82).

Afrique du Sudmortalité toutes causesHAL · Unilimdocument of 66 observations

70 %The model containing WBFM accounted for 70% of the variance in WBBMC.

Afrique du Sudbone masspublished 2007Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Boeurope_pmcdocument of 10 observationsDOI 10.1359/jbmr.070727

14 %L'incidence de la neuropathie chez les personnes vivant avec le VIH en Afrique du Sud était de 14 % en 2019.

Afrique du SudVIH/sidaobserved 2019HAL · Unilimdocument of 747 observations

216 individualsIn the study by Owolabi et al. (2020), 216 adults with type 1 or type 2 diabetes mellitus were enrolled in South Africa.

Afrique du Suddiabète de type 1 · diabète de type 2observed 2020HAL · Unilimdocument of 50 observations

79 %Being tested for HIV is associated with a 79% higher adjusted prevalence of cervical cancer screening uptake in South Africa.

Afrique du Sudcancer du col de l'utérus · VIH/sidaobserved 2016PubMeddocument of 9 observations

0.3 mmol/LC679X carriers displayed 0.30 mmol/L lower fasting glucose compared to non-carriers.

Afrique du Sudcardiometabolic riskpublished 2019Journal of clinical & translational endocrinologyeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

41 %Hypertension was present in 41% of the 3,261 women with breast cancer.

Afrique du Sudhypertension artérielleobserved 2015–2019published 2023Breast cancer research : BCReurope_pmcdocument of 16 observationsDOI 10.1186/s13058-023-01603-w

44 %Among 2,281 women newly diagnosed with breast cancer in five public hospitals in South Africa between January 2016 and April 2018, 1,001 (44%) presented with multimorbidity.

Afrique du Sudcancer du seinobserved January 2016 to April 2018published 2020International journal of cancereurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

96.8 cmIn Black South African men, the optimal waist circumference threshold for predicting incident type 2 diabetes was 96.8 cm.

Afrique du Suddiabète de type 2published 2021Waist circumference thresholds predicting incident dysglycemia and type 2 diabetes in Blaceurope_pmcdocument of 12 observationsDOI 10.1101/2021.10.18.21265125

0.2 %Rickettsia slovaca infection is associated with erythematous spots in 0.2% of cases.

Afrique du SudRickettsia slovaca infectionHAL · Unilimdocument of 11 observations

3,000,000 peopleIn 2022, South Africa had 3 million people aged 30 years or older with untreated diabetes, representing 1% of the global total.

Afrique du Suddiabète (non précisé)observed 2022HAL · Unilimdocument of 79 observations

33 %Among peripubertal children in the study, 33% of those with HIV were stunted (height-for-age Z-score <-2), compared to 7% of those without HIV.

Afrique du SudVIH/sidapublished 2023Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Boeurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

35 %Between pre-pregnancy and postpartum, 35% of women with HIV lost weight.

Afrique du SudVIH/sidapublished 2025AIDS research and human retroviruseseurope_pmcdocument of 13 observations

-8.86 μmHIV status was inversely associated with CIMT (β = −8.86, 95% CI [−15.7 to −2.03]).

Afrique du SudVIH/sidapublished 2019Journal of the American Heart Associationeurope_pmcdocument of 11 observations

1,602 casesThe South African Zulu study included 1602 cases and 976 controls for type 2 diabetes.

Afrique du Suddiabète de type 2published 2021Polygenic prediction of type 2 diabetes in continental Africaeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.1101/2021.02.11.430719