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18 yearsThe peak age of onset of type 1 diabetes in sub-Saharan Africa seems to occur after 18–20 years.

Cameroundiabète de type 1published 2023Frontiers in public healtheurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1014626

95 %In 2021, over 95% of new cases of type 1 diabetes were diagnosed in Australia and New Zealand, western and northern Europe, and North America.

Cameroundiabète de type 1observed 2021published 2022The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinologyeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

7 %12-month adolescent loss to follow-up increased in the first 3 years of the programme, peaking at 7%, subsequently falling to below 5% by the end of the study period.

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

0.749 correlation_coefficientThe calculated LDL-C correlated positively with the measured LDL-C value (r=0.749).

Camerounmaladies cardiovasculairesobserved March 2012 to January 2016published 2018Clinical biochemistryeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

21 %Among 169 HIV-1-infected patients in Cameroon, 21% were coinfected with hepatitis B virus (HBV) or hepatitis C virus (HCV).

Camerounhépatite B · hépatite C · VIH/sidapublished 2010BMC Public HealthOpenAlexdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.1186/1471-2458-10-105

10 %Phylogenetic analysis of the gp41 region of 123 HIV-1-seropositive specimens from Cameroon showed that 12 (10%) were subtype D.

CamerounVIH/sidapublished 2000AIDS Research and Human RetrovirusesOpenAlexdocument of 7 observations

34.9 %The prevalence of abdominal obesity (elevated waist circumference) was 34.9% in the adult population aged 25 years and older in Biyem-Assi, Yaoundé, Cameroon.

Camerounabdominal obesitypublished 2015BMC public healtheurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

94 genomesCameroon contributed 94 Vibrio cholerae genomes between 2019 and 2023.

Camerouncholéraobserved 2019 - 2023Africa CDCdocument of 21 observations

384 msPropanolol significantly extended QT interval from 360 ms to 384 ms in patients with overt hyperthyroidism.

Camerounhyperthyroidismpublished 2018BMC research noteseurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

0.5 p_valueNo statistically significant difference was observed between the genotypic frequencies of obese and non-obese subjects (p = 0.50).

Camerounobésitépublished 2017Journal of health, population, and nutritioneurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

39.5 yearsThe mean age of the recruited HIV-infected Cameroonians was 39.5 years.

CamerounVIH/sidapublished 2013Diabetes & metabolismeurope_pmcdocument of 12 observations

0.4 odds_ratioThe slow acetylation variant NAT2*5 was associated with a decreased risk of drug-induced hepatotoxicity (OR: 0.4; 95%CI: 0.17–0.96; p = 0.038) among patients treated for tuberculosis in Cameroon.

Camerountuberculoseobserved 2018-2019published 2024BMC infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

11 %Among HIV-1 protease (PR) sequences from drug-naïve Cameroonians, the secondary PI resistance-associated mutations 10I or 10V were present in 11% of strains.

CamerounVIH/sidapublished 2002Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyOpenAlexdocument of 12 observations

88.7 %Against the susceptible Kisumu strain, LLINs washed with detergent showed 88.7% efficacy in Eyang.

CamerounpaludismeHAL · Unilimdocument of 89 observations

33.3 %One-third of patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus have spirometric restrictive ventilatory pattern.

Cameroundiabète de type 2 · spirometric restrictive ventilatory patternpublished 2021Respiratory medicine and researcheurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

5 %A 5% decrease or more was observed for diurnal diastolic blood pressure in type 2 diabetes patients receiving ginger add-on therapy.

Cameroundiabète de type 2published 2022Annales de cardiologie et d'angeiologieeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

30 %Cameroon has a malaria prevalence of about 30%.

CamerounpaludismeHAL · Unilimdocument of 106 observations

A fixed initial combination of perindopril-amlodipine or perindopril-indapamide achieved similar effective blood pressure control after 6 weeks in sub-Saharan African type 2 diabetic individuals with newly diagnosed hypertension.

Cameroundiabète de type 2 · hypertension artériellepublished 2019Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.)europe_pmcdocument of 4 observations

15.9 %Pretreatment HIV drug resistance (PDR) frequency among all antiretroviral therapy initiators was 15.9% overall.

CamerounVIH/sidapublished 2018Journal of Antimicrobial ChemotherapyOpenAlexdocument of 9 observationsDOI 10.1093/jac/dky443

68.5 %The number of patients registered in the nurse-led pilot clinics increased by 68.5% from the first year to the second year of activity.

Camerounchronic diseasespublished 2009The Pan African medical journaleurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

30 %En 2016, le taux de prévalence du paludisme chez les enfants de 6 à 59 mois au Cameroun était de 30 %.

Camerounpaludismeobserved 2016HAL · Unilimdocument of 98 observations

2 foldThe risk of hepatotoxicity was 2-fold higher in coinfected patients compared to monoinfected patients.

Camerounhépatite B · hépatite C · VIH/sidapublished 2010BMC Public HealthOpenAlexdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.1186/1471-2458-10-105

0.472 beta_coefficientIn age, sex and body mass index adjusted models, increasing Log10LTL was associated with increasing non-high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (β = 0.472).

Camerouncardio-metabolic diseasespublished 2022Medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 12 observations

352,000 deathsDeaths from substance use disorders increased to 352,000 globally in 2017.

Camerounsubstance use disordersobserved 2017published 2018Lancet (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 15 observations

172 msPropanolol significantly extended PR interval from 133 ms to 172 ms in patients with overt hyperthyroidism.

Camerounhyperthyroidismpublished 2018BMC research noteseurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations