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62 %Use of traditional remedies was reported by 62% of self-reported asthmatic patients in rural Cameroon who recalled any treatment.

Camerounasthmepublished 2004Tropical doctoreurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

1 patientRH32 low-frequency antigen is predicted in one patient.

CameroundrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 45 observations

12.95 timesPersons with diagnosed diabetes consumed 12.95 times more days of inpatient treatment than matched comparison subjects without diabetes in Cameroon, Mali, Tanzania and South Africa during 2008–2009.

Afrique du Sud · Cameroun · Mali · Tanzaniediabète (non précisé)observed 2008–2009published 2014PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

21 %At diagnosis, 21–25% of type 2 diabetic patients have retinopathy.

Cameroundiabète de type 2 · retinopathypublished 2003Journal of cardiovascular riskeurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest burden of HIV in the world.

CamerounVIH/sidapublished 2013International journal of epidemiologyeurope_pmcdocument of 10 observationsDOI 10.1093/ije/dyt198

33 %33% of women and 30% of men in the sample were overweight.

Camerounobésitépublished 2006International journal of epidemiologyeurope_pmcDOI 10.1093/ije/dyi214

22.5 %HIV seroprevalence in young women in southern Cameroon is 22.5%.

CamerounVIH/sidapublished 2007Emerging infectious diseasesOpenAlexdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.3201/eid1303.061069

7 %Age-adjusted hypertension rates were 7%, 16%, 21%, and 34% for sites 1 to 4, respectively.

Camerounhypertension artériellepublished 2001International journal of epidemiologyeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

99 %Among HIV-1 protease (PR) sequences from drug-naïve Cameroonians, the secondary PI resistance-associated mutation 36I was present in 99% of strains.

CamerounVIH/sidapublished 2002Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyOpenAlexdocument of 12 observations

6 patientsChronic open-angle glaucoma was absent in 6 patients (false positives) among those with suspicion of glaucoma.

Camerounchronic open-angle glaucomapublished 2020Medical hypothesis, discovery & innovation ophthalmology journaleurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

3.2 unitsCapsaicin significantly reduced neuropathic pain in the intervention group after 4 weeks, with a mean pain intensity of 3.2±0.9 compared to 4.7±1.2 in the placebo group (p=0.015).

Cameroundiabetic peripheral neuropathypublished 2020The Efficacy of topical Capsaicin in the management of painful diabetic peripheral neuropaeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.21203/rs.3.rs-19190/v1

Co-treatment with Octreotide and Pegvisomant induced a synergic effect on IGF1 levels in a 36 year-old male patient with a somatotropin and thyreotropin secreting pituitary adenoma.

Camerounsomatotropin and thyreotropin secreting pituitary adenomapublished 2006Annales d'endocrinologieeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

16.4 %Seroprevalence in Rousettus aegyptiacus was 16.4%.

Camerounarbovirusespublished 2022Vector borne and zoonotic diseases (Larchmont, N.Y.)europe_pmcdocument of 9 observations

22.2 %The number of deaths for communicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional (CMNN) causes decreased by 22.2% between 2007 and 2017.

Camerouncommunicable, maternal, neonatal, and nutritional causesobserved 2007 to 2017published 2018Lancet (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 15 observations

7.2 %The 10-year risk for coronary artery disease was above 20% in 7.2% of subjects.

Camerouncoronary artery diseasepublished 2007Cardiovascular journal of Africaeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

3.2 %Age-standardised prevalence of obesity increased from 3.2% in 1975 to 10.8% in 2014 in men.

Camerounobésitéobserved 1975published 2016Lancet (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 20 observations

601,000 deathsIn 2017, breast cancer caused 601,000 deaths in women.

Camerouncancer du seinobserved 2017published 2019JAMA oncologyeurope_pmcdocument of 25 observationsDOI 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.2996

59.2 %Malaria prevalence was 59.2% in Mfou.

CamerounpaludismeHAL · Unilimdocument of 106 observations

75 %Office BP measurement had a specificity of 75% for ruling out optimal BP control when using ABPM as the standard.

Camerounhypertension artériellepublished 2012Diabetes & metabolismeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

0.9 %Global age-standardised prevalence of obesity in boys increased from 0.9% in 1975 to 7.8% in 2016.

Camerounobésitéobserved 1975published 2017Lancet (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 12 observations

20 %Au Cameroun, en République du Congo, au Gabon, au Ghana et au Nigéria, les taux de prévalence du trait drépanocytaire varient entre 20 et 30 %.

Cameroun · Gabon · Ghana · Nigeriatrait drépanocytaireHAL · Unilimdocument of 202 observations

10 %The prevalence of diabetic maculopathy was 10.0%.

Cameroundiabète (non précisé) · diabetic maculopathypublished 2017The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatriseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

9.8 %Nine point eight percent of the 142 strains had three mutations in the protease gene.

CamerounVIH/sidapublished 2000Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyOpenAlexdocument of 19 observations

100 %Follow-up with referral facilities showed 100% of patients (defaulters and newly enrolled) linked to care were enrolled at a facility.

CamerounVIH/sidapublished 2012Journal of the International AIDS Societyeurope_pmcdocument of 39 observations

20.4 %Lower limbs pain was reported by 20.4% of participants with chronic venous disease.

Camerounchronic venous diseaseobserved 2020-2021published 2024Phlebologyeurope_pmcdocument of 9 observations