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53 %Postpartum, 53% of women with HIV had obesity.

Afrique du Sudobésitépublished 2025AIDS research and human retroviruseseurope_pmcdocument of 13 observations

640 μmThe age- and sex-adjusted mean CIMT was 640 μm with a standard error of 123 μm.

Afrique du Sudsub-clinical atherosclerosispublished 2019Journal of the American Heart Associationeurope_pmcdocument of 11 observations

56 %For incident dysglycemia in Black South African men, a waist circumference threshold of 96.8 cm had 56% sensitivity and 74% specificity.

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

24 %In South Africa in 2000, 24% of osteoarthritis cases were attributable to a BMI ≥ 21 kg/m².

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

0.9 %In a prospective study of HIV incidence in African women in Eswatini, Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia, true positive HIV results occurred at 412 visits (0.9%) out of 48,234 visits.

Afrique du Sud · Kenya · ZambieVIH/sidapublished 2024Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 5 observations

16.1 %Europe recorded 16.1% (9/56) of NSHI founder variants.

Afrique du Sudnon-syndromic hearing impairmentpublished 2023Geneseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.3390/genes14020399

50 %Measures of central adiposity were associated with greater odds of 50–65% of hypertension than total adiposity.

Afrique du Sudhypertension artériellepublished 2016PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

6 foldWomen living with HIV in South Africa face a six-fold higher susceptibility to cervical cancer.

Afrique du Sudcancer du col de l'utérusPubMeddocument of 6 observations

Two women with premature menopause were confirmed to be carriers of premutation with 91 and 101 CGG repeats.

Afrique du SudFragile X Syndromepublished 2020Geneseurope_pmcdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.3390/genes11020136

13.2 %13.2% of men in the study had HIV.

Afrique du SudVIH/sidapublished 2022Journal of bone and mineral research : the official journal of the American Society for Boeurope_pmcdocument of 12 observationsDOI 10.1002/jbmr.4464

85 %For incident type 2 diabetes in Black South African women, a waist circumference threshold of 95.8 cm had 85% sensitivity and 45% specificity.

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

48 %Of the 25 confirmed mpox cases in South Africa, 48% were men who have sex with men (MSM).

Afrique du SudmpoxAfrica CDCdocument of 147 observations

Low serum levels of adiponectin were the most consistent and significant correlate of metabolic syndrome in the cohort.

Afrique du Sudsyndrome métaboliquepublished 2017Global health actioneurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

0.89 odds_ratioA higher birthweight was associated with decreased risk of dysglycaemia (odds ratio 0.89, 95% CI 0.81–0.98).

Afrique du Suddysglycaemiapublished 2013Lancet (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 16 observationsDOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(13)60103-8

0.47 cmSubcutaneous adipose tissue was significantly higher in those not meeting the physical activity guideline (0.47 [0.01] cm).

Afrique du Sudadipositypublished 2019Journal of physical activity & healtheurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

98 %Rickettsia conorii infection is usually associated with a single eschar in 98% of cases.

Afrique du SudRickettsia conorii infectionHAL · Unilimdocument of 11 observations

56 variantsThe review reported 56 founder pathogenic or likely pathogenic variants in 14 genes.

Afrique du Sudnon-syndromic hearing impairmentpublished 2023Geneseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.3390/genes14020399

2.4 %The age-standardised population prevalence of low estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) was 2.4% in sub-Saharan Africa.

Afrique du Sudlow estimated glomerular filtration rateobserved 2013-2016published 2019The Lancet. Global healtheurope_pmcdocument of 10 observationsDOI 10.1016/s2214-109x(19)30443-7

6 foetusesDNA analysis revealed 6 sickle cell disease-affected foetuses (20.7%).

Afrique du Suddrépanocytosepublished 2011European journal of medical geneticseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

8.4 %The prevalence of albuminuria was 8.4% among men in sub-Saharan Africa.

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

21 %The prevalence of Mycobacterium africanum (MAF) among the participants was 21%.

Afrique du Sudtuberculosepublished 2020Human slc11a1 Gene Polymorphism Has the Propensity to Confer Susceptibility to M. Africanueurope_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.20944/preprints202008.0375.v1

44.9 %In the msp2 gene, FC27 and IC3D7 showed almost the same percentage distribution (44.9% and 43.6%) in the South African isolates.

Afrique du Sudpaludismepublished 2024Pathogens (Basel, Switzerland)PubMeddocument of 8 observations

90.6 %A silhouette ≥ 5 had specificity of 90.6% to predict BMI ≥ 25 kg/m² in the USA.

Afrique du Sudobésitépublished 2020Utility of silhouette showcards to assess adiposity in three countries across the epidemioeurope_pmcdocument of 12 observationsDOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-46029/v1

1,000 casesSouth Africa reported over 1000 Candida auris cases.

Afrique du Sudcandidose à Candida aurisHAL · Unilimdocument of 136 observations

1.07 odds_ratioFaster linear growth in mid-childhood was associated with an increased likelihood of elevated blood pressure (odds ratio 1.07, 95% CI 1.01–1.13).

Afrique du Sudelevated blood pressurepublished 2013Lancet (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 16 observationsDOI 10.1016/s0140-6736(13)60103-8