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1,072 children1072 children were enrolled and followed up until age 8 years, including 236 HIV-exposed uninfected (HEU) children (22.0%) and 836 HIV-unexposed (HU) children (78.0%).

Afrique du SudVIH/sidaPubMeddocument of 11 observations

86.3 %Women without multimorbidity had overall survival at 3 years of 86.3% in breast cancer 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

12,246,041 smearsFrom 2005 to 2023, 12,246,041 cervical cytology smears were processed in South Africa.

Afrique du Sudcervical cytologyobserved 2005-2023PubMeddocument of 3 observations

7 foldPLHIV-T increased by 7-fold from 2001 to 2020, from 1,712 to 13,254.

Afrique du SudVIH/sidaobserved 2001 to 2020PubMeddocument of 4 observations

54.7 cm²Mean SAT area measured by CT was 54.7 cm² (95% CI: 47.1–62.3 cm², p ≤ 0.0001).

Afrique du SudSATpublished 2020European journal of clinical nutritioneurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

80 %In a community-based sample in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, around 80% of both HIV-positive and HIV-negative persons had one of the measured risk factors (i.e. obesity, hyperglycaemia, hyperlipidaemia, hypertension), or depression.

Afrique du Suddépression · hyperglycaemia · hyperlipidaemia · hypertension artérielle · obésité · VIH/sidapublished 2017Journal of the International AIDS Societyeurope_pmcdocument of 9 observations

Energy intake at 6 months was significant (p = 0.024).

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

4 yearsIn peripubertal children with HIV on antiretroviral therapy, median age at ART initiation was 4 years.

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

30.3 %La fréquence de la neuropathie chez les patients diabétiques en Afrique du Sud était de 30,3 % dans une étude transversale hospitalière.

Afrique du Sudneuropathie périphériqueobserved 2014HAL · Unilimdocument of 747 observations

62 %In South Africa, the prevalence of obesity in black women is 62%.

Afrique du Sudobésitépublished 2009European journal of clinical nutritioneurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations

79 %The best linear model for log(WBBMC) accounted for 79% of the WBBMC variance.

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

71 %In a community-based sample in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 71% of the 570 participants were overweight (BMI 25 to 29.9 kg/m²) or obese (BMI ≥30 kg/m²).

Afrique du Sudobésitépublished 2017Journal of the International AIDS Societyeurope_pmcdocument of 9 observations

-2.3 mmol·L⁻¹·120 minRugby small-sided games reduced glucose area under the curve by -2.3±2.4 mmol·L⁻¹·120 min in middle-aged inactive men over an 8-week intervention.

Afrique du Suddiabète de type 2published 2015PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

9.2 %The age-standardised population prevalence of albuminuria was 9.2% in sub-Saharan Africa.

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

61 %In South Africa in 2000, 61% of endometrial cancer cases were attributable to a BMI ≥ 21 kg/m².

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

18 %18% of Black South African women in the study were living with HIV.

Afrique du SudVIH/sidapublished 2022Boneeurope_pmcdocument of 9 observations

79 %The prevalence of Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB) among the participants was 79%.

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

38 %La prévalence de la neuropathie sensitive chez les personnes vivant avec le VIH en Afrique du Sud était de 38 % en 2020.

Afrique du SudVIH/sidaobserved 2020HAL · Unilimdocument of 747 observations

14.6 per_1000_person-yearsThe overall incidence of type 2 diabetes was 14.6 cases per 1000 person-years.

Afrique du Suddiabète de type 2published 2025The Lancet. Global healtheurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

1.23 μmIn pooled analyses, hip circumference (HC) was associated with carotid intima-media thickness (CIMT) with a β-value of 1.23 μm (95% CI: 1.04, 1.42).

Afrique du Sudsubclinical atherosclerosispublished 2021Global hearteurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

31.8 %South Africa has the highest prevalence of obesity in sub-Saharan Africa, with obesity prevalence among black women at 31.8%.

Afrique du Sudobésitépublished 2013Cardiovascular journal of Africaeurope_pmc

4.7 per_1000_person-yearsThe incidence rate of high blood glucose was 4.7 per 1000 person-years.

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

0.36 correlation_coefficientSedentary time was associated with triglyceride levels (r = 0.36, P = 0.01) 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

41.3 %Hypertension occurred in 41.3% 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 · hypertension artérielleobserved January 2016 to April 2018published 2020International journal of cancereurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

23.6 %23.6% of women 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