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60.8 %Women with multimorbidity had overall survival at 3 years of 60.8% compared to 64.3% for women without multimorbidity in the full cohort.

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

25.8 %En Afrique du Sud, une prévalence de 25,8 % de diabète gestationnel a été rapportée dans une étude de cohorte incluant 554 femmes avant 26 semaines d'aménorrhée.

Afrique du Suddiabète gestationnelHAL · Unilimdocument of 602 observations

77.3 %A silhouette ≥ 5 had sensitivity of 77.3% 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

91.8 cmIn Black South African women, the optimal waist circumference threshold for predicting incident dysglycemia was 91.8 cm.

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

6 countriesAs of 05 September 2024, six countries are experiencing sustained human-to-human transmission of mpox: DRC, Burundi, Nigeria, South Africa, Cote d’Ivoire, and Central African Republic.

Afrique du Sud · Burundi · Nigeria · RDCmpoxobserved 05 September 2024Africa CDCdocument of 48 observations

8 %HIV-attributed mortality among infants and children was 8% in South Africa (30 [8%] of 399).

Afrique du SudVIH/sidaobserved Dec 3, 2016 to Dec 31, 2024published 2026The lancet. HIVPubMeddocument of 23 observations

Within both insulin sensitive (IS) and insulin resistant (IR) groups, age and waist circumference (WC), but not BMI, were independent determinants of metabolic syndrome (MetS) (P < 0.001).

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

34 %Being in the rich wealth quintile is associated with a 34% higher adjusted prevalence of cervical cancer screening uptake in South Africa.

Afrique du Sudcancer du col de l'utérusobserved 2016PubMeddocument of 9 observations

70 %For incident type 2 diabetes in Black South African men, a waist circumference threshold of 96.8 cm had 70% sensitivity and 70% 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

The study examined associations between physical behaviours and type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) risk in middle-aged South African men and women.

Afrique du Suddiabète de type 2published 2022Physical behaviours and their association with type 2 diabetes risk in urban South Africaneurope_pmcdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.1101/2022.02.08.22270616

7.52 μm_per_mmHgSystolic blood pressure was associated with higher CIMT (β = 7.52, 95% CI [6.21–8.83]).

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

0.53 %HbA1c levels at 6 months showed a clinically significant reduction of 0.53%, albeit not sustained at 12 months.

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

30 %Overweight among South African children and youth received a D grade, indicating success with less than half but some children and youth (21% to 40%).

Afrique du Sudoverweightobserved 2016published 2016Journal of physical activity & healtheurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1123/jpah.2016-0409

SBP and DBP at 12 months were significant (p = 0.004; p = 0.016).

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

0.87 kappaAgreement was high between the International Diabetes Federation and the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III metabolic syndrome criteria (kappa = 0.87).

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

103,000 deathsIn South Africa, 103,000 COVID-19 deaths have been noted.

Afrique du SudCOVID-19PubMeddocument of 2 observations

39 %In KwaZulu-Natal, HIV-related mortality decreased from 56% to 39%.

Afrique du SudHIV-related mortalityHAL · Unilimdocument of 66 observations

-13.5 μmAlcohol consumption was inversely associated with CIMT (β = −13.5, 95% CI [−19.1 to −7.91]).

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

1.4 %Vukuzazi health fair attendance was associated with an absolute 1.4% reduction in the probability of death within 5 years of follow-up.

Afrique du SuddeathHAL · Unilimdocument of 66 observations

1.21 hazard_ratioWomen with HIV had a hazard ratio of 1.21 for poorer overall survival compared to women without HIV.

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

76 cm²Black women had less visceral adipose tissue (VAT) than white women after adjusting for age, height, weight, and fat mass: 76 ± 34 cm² vs. 98 ± 35 cm².

Afrique du Sudmaladies cardiovasculairespublished 2010Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.)europe_pmcdocument of 8 observations

68 %Of the 25 confirmed mpox cases in South Africa, 68% were individuals living with HIV.

Afrique du SudmpoxAfrica CDCdocument of 147 observations

80.7 %Women with multimorbidity had overall survival at 3 years of 80.7% compared to 86.3% for women without multimorbidity in stages I-II.

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

1.2 mmol/LNormal-weight and obese black women had lower high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (1.2 ± 0.1 and 1.1 ± 0.1 mmol/L) than white women (1.7 ± 0.1 and 1.6 ± 0.3 mmol/L).

Afrique du Sudhigh-density lipoprotein cholesterolpublished 2010Metabolism: clinical and experimentaleurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

75 %75% of newborns affected by sickle cell disease worldwide live in Africa.

Afrique du Suddrépanocytosepublished 2023Disease models & mechanismseurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations