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2.1 foldExercise training significantly increased the expression of miR-329-3p by 2.1-fold in gluteal subcutaneous adipose tissue in South African women with obesity.

Afrique du Sudobésitépublished 2022Scientific reportseurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1038/s41598-022-23290-x

20,600,000 inhabitants20.6 million people live with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in Southern Africa.

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

10 %Stroke and kidney disease each affect approximately 10% of sickle cell disease patients.

Afrique du SudAVC · drépanocytose · kidney diseasepublished 2016Omics : a journal of integrative biologyeurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations

Côte D’Ivoire, Liberia, Nigeria, and South Africa reported Clade II mpox cases.

Afrique du Sud · Liberia · NigeriaClade II · mpoxAfrica CDCdocument of 11 observations

1.26 hazard_ratioWomen with multimorbidity had a hazard ratio of 1.26 for poorer overall survival compared to women without multimorbidity.

Afrique du Sudmultimorbiditypublished 2023Breast cancer research : BCReurope_pmcdocument of 16 observationsDOI 10.1186/s13058-023-01603-w

40 %The prevalence of metabolic syndrome in this sample was 40.0%.

Afrique du Sudsyndrome métaboliquepublished 2014BMC public healtheurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

30.3 %La prévalence de la neuropathie chez les personnes diabétiques en Afrique du Sud était de 30,3 % en 2014.

Afrique du Suddiabète (non précisé)observed 2014HAL · Unilimdocument of 747 observations

48 %The prevalence of obesity in this sample was 48.0%.

Afrique du Sudobésitépublished 2014BMC public healtheurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

Cervical cancer is the most common malignancy among South African women of reproductive age.

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

-0.25 correlation_coefficientLight physical activity was inversely associated with trunk fat mass (r = -0.25, P = 0.03) in black South African women aged 18–45 years.

Afrique du Suddiabète de type 2 · maladies cardiovasculairespublished 2016Metabolic syndrome and related disorderseurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

0.55 odds_ratioA one kilogram increase in baseline leg fat mass was associated with reduced odds of developing impaired glucose metabolism/type 2 diabetes at follow-up (odds ratio 0.55, 95% confidence interval 0.41–0.73).

Afrique du Sudimpaired glucose metabolism/type 2 diabetespublished 2019Nutrition & diabeteseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

The prevalence of type 2 diabetes does not differ between black South African men and women.

Afrique du Suddiabète de type 2published 2021Increased Risk for Type 2 Diabetes in Relation to Adiposity in Middle-Aged Black South Afreurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1101/2021.10.19.21265228

17.6 μm_per_kg/m2Body mass index was associated with higher CIMT (β = 17.6, 95% CI [12.5–22.8]).

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

38.8 %38.8% of females were hypertensive.

Afrique du Sudhypertension artériellepublished 2018BMC public healtheurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12889-018-5443-4

22 %HIV occurred in 22.0% of the 2,281 women newly diagnosed with breast cancer in five public hospitals in South Africa between January 2016 and April 2018.

Afrique du Sudcancer du sein · VIH/sidaobserved January 2016 to April 2018published 2020International journal of cancereurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

59.4 %Women without multimorbidity had overall survival at 3 years of 59.4% in breast cancer stage III.

Afrique du Sudbreast cancer stage III · multimorbiditypublished 2023Breast cancer research : BCReurope_pmcdocument of 16 observationsDOI 10.1186/s13058-023-01603-w

0.8 %Using other classification criteria, sarcopenia prevalence ranged from 0.8% to 14.7% among black South African women aged 60–85 years from a low-income community.

Afrique du Sudsarcopeniapublished 2021BMC geriatricseurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

-0.02 Z scoreThere was no association between in-utero HIV exposure and BMI-for-age Z scores (BMIZ) (marginal difference -0.02, 95% CI -0.17 to 0.12) from age 6 weeks to 8 years.

Afrique du SudVIH/sidaPubMeddocument of 11 observations

436 patientsA total of 436 hydroxycarbamide- and opioid-naïve patients with sickle cell disease were studied.

Afrique du Suddrépanocytosepublished 2018British journal of haematologyeurope_pmcdocument of 2 observationsDOI 10.1111/bjh.15011

0.5 cmSubcutaneous adipose tissue was significantly higher in those meeting the physical activity guideline (0.50 [0.01] vs 0.47 [0.01] cm).

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

4.57 relative_risk_ratioFemale sex was associated with a relative risk ratio of 4.57 for multimorbidity compared to the minimal MM risk group.

Afrique du Sudmultimorbidityobserved 2014 and 2015published 2021BMJ openeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041604

0.2 %In a prospective study of HIV incidence in African women in Eswatini, Kenya, South Africa, and Zambia, false positive HIV results occurred at 96 visits (0.2%) out of 48,234 visits.

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

0.66 AUC-ROCIn overweight African American women, the AUC-ROC curve for prediction of insulin resistance by TG/HDL-C was 0.66 +/- 0.03.

Afrique du Sudinsulin resistancepublished 2011Ethnicity & diseaseeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

83 %Latent class analysis identified three multimorbidity groups: minimal MM risk (83%), concordant MM (11%), and discordant MM (6%).

Afrique du Sudmultimorbidityobserved 2014 and 2015published 2021BMJ openeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2020-041604

Within each BMI category, HOMA(IR) independently predicted metabolic syndrome (MetS) (P < 0.001).

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