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22 casesGenomic sequencing was conducted for 22 mpox cases in South Africa.

Afrique du SudmpoxAfrica CDCdocument of 147 observations

35 %Overweight and obesity was more prevalent in females than males among young black South African adults from Soweto, at 35% versus 8%.

Afrique du Sudobésitépublished 2017BMC public healtheurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

0.05 beta_coefficientBody mass index had a beta coefficient of 0.05 with 95% CI 0.01–0.08 for association with CIMT in the Asian population.

Afrique du Sudatherosclerosis · maladies cardiovasculairespublished 2022Journal of the American Heart Associationeurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

3.6 %En Afrique du Sud, entre 3,6 % et 8,8 % des femmes enceintes consomment des substances illicites.

Afrique du Sudconsommation de substances illicitesHAL · Unilimdocument of 92 observations

6.7 %Among participants, 6.7% of women with HIV (WWH) had gestational diabetes (GDM).

Afrique du Suddiabète gestationnelpublished 2026The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolismeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

More subjects in insulin resistant (IR) groups met each metabolic syndrome (MetS) criterion than in insulin sensitive (IS) groups (P < 0.001).

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

1.93 mmIn Black South African women, later menopause stage was associated with lower 66% radius cortical thickness of 1.93 mm in postmenopause compared to 2.01 mm in premenopause.

Afrique du Sudmenopausepublished 2022Boneeurope_pmcdocument of 9 observations

14 casesAmong 46 individuals tested for Fragile X Syndrome, 14 out of 27 females had a pathologic CGG expansion (>56 CGG repeats) on one of their X chromosomes.

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

98 %Baseline blood pressure was the most important predictor of hypertension with adjusted odds ratios of 98–123%.

Afrique du Sudhypertension artériellepublished 2016PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

1 %One family (1%) of Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease associated with hearing impairment was reported.

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

3 per_1000_person-yearsThe incidence rate of high blood glucose ranged from 3.0 per 1000 person-years in South Africa to 7.1 per 1000 person-years in the USA.

Afrique du Sudhigh blood glucosepublished 2026BMJ public healtheurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

-0.01 fractionThere was no association between in-utero HIV exposure and overweight (marginal difference -0.01, 95% CI -0.04 to 0.02) from age 6 weeks to 8 years.

Afrique du SudVIH/sidaPubMeddocument of 11 observations

62 casesThere were 62 cases of newly diagnosed breast cancer and 82 controls referred for conditions unrelated to bone mineral density or breast cancer.

Afrique du Sudcancer du seinpublished 2003Calcified tissue internationaleurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

210 individualsProteins associated with dysglycaemia (IGM or type 2 diabetes) in the MASC were validated in the Swedish EpiHealth cohort (type 2 diabetes, n=210).

Afrique du Suddiabète de type 2published 2023Diabetologiaeurope_pmcdocument of 14 observationsDOI 10.1007/s00125-022-05788-1

1.67 mmol/LThe median LDL-C for the whole group was 1.67 mmol/L.

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

13 %The overall proportion of individuals who met the International Diabetes Federation metabolic syndrome criteria was 13%.

Afrique du Sudsyndrome métaboliquepublished 2009Metabolism: clinical and experimentaleurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

1.5 odds_ratioCortisol was associated with greater odds of presenting with metabolic syndrome (odds ratio = 1.50, 95% CI: 1.04–2.17) in the combined sample of African men and women living in Soweto, Johannesburg.

Afrique du Sudsyndrome métaboliquepublished 2021Endocrine connectionseurope_pmcdocument of 13 observations

66 %A large study of COVID-19 patients admitted in the ICU in South Africa found in-ICU mortality of 66% (54/82) during the second wave.

Afrique du SudCOVID-19observed second waveHAL · Unilimdocument of 63 observations

3.19 fold_greater_riskParticipants in the 10th decile of the African American derived polygenic risk score had a 3.19-fold greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes compared to those in the first decile.

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

In the study by Muchiri et al. (2021), systolic blood pressure, diastolic blood pressure, and energy intake showed statistically significant improvements at 12 months, 12 months, and 6 months respectively (p = 0.004; p = 0.016; p = 0.024).

Afrique du Suddiabète de type 2observed 2021HAL · Unilimdocument of 50 observations

33 casesPrenatal genetic diagnosis was indicated for sickle cell disease in 33 cases (55%) and chromosomal anomalies in 27 cases (45%).

Afrique du Sudchromosomal anomalies · drépanocytosepublished 2011European journal of medical geneticseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

31 casUne étude d’évaluation rapide de Parry et al (2009) en Afrique du Sud a montré que sur 67 professionnelles du sexe interrogées, 31 étaient des usagers de drogues injectables.

Afrique du Sudusage de drogues injectablesobserved 2009HAL · Unilimdocument of 92 observations

70 %In Black South African men, the optimal waist circumference threshold of 96.8 cm had a sensitivity of 70% for incident type 2 diabetes.

Afrique du Suddiabète de type 2observed 2011-2015 (baseline), followed up until 2017 to 2018published 2022Diabetes, obesity & metabolismeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.1111/dom.14655

88 %The majority of women with sarcopenia were also obese (88%).

Afrique du Sudobésité · sarcopeniapublished 2021BMC geriatricseurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

33 %In a community-based sample in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 33% of the 570 participants had hypertension (>140/90 mmHg).

Afrique du Sudhypertension artériellepublished 2017Journal of the International AIDS Societyeurope_pmcdocument of 9 observations