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12 %In Cameroon, 12% of children under five years were overweight or obese according to the 2018 Demographic and Health Survey.

Camerounobésitéobserved 2018published 2023BMC public healtheurope_pmcdocument of 2 observations

95 %The treatment gap for epilepsy is greater than 95% in 7 of the 11 African countries included in the study.

CamerounépilepsieHAL · Unilimdocument of 53 observations

11 %Microscopy detected P. falciparum/P. malariae co-infection in 11% of participants.

Camerounpaludismeobserved November 2020published 2023Parasites & vectorseurope_pmcdocument of 16 observationsDOI 10.1186/s13071-022-05635-7

177 countriesIn 2022, obesity prevalence was higher than underweight with posterior probability of at least 0.80 in 177 countries (89%) for women and 145 countries (73%) for men.

Camerounmalnutrition · obésitéobserved 2022published 2024Lancet (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 9 observations

25 %The percentage of the diabetic population who were using oral diabetes drugs had a median of 25%.

Cameroundiabète (non précisé)observed 2005-15published 2016The lancet. Diabetes & endocrinologyeurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

42.3 %The prevalence of G6PD deficiency was 42.3% in KPD patients, 16.9% in T2DM patients, and 16.4% in normoglycemic controls.

Cameroundéficit en G6PD · ketosis-prone diabetespublished 2005The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolismeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

90 %P. falciparum is responsible for more than 90% of malaria infections in both Mfou and Tibati.

CamerounpaludismeHAL · Unilimdocument of 106 observations

4 %In Cameroon, 4 out of 90 participants had moderate eGFR impairment (45–59 mL/min), representing 4%.

Camerounmaladie rénale chroniqueHAL · Unilimdocument of 205 observations

35.3 %Among those with new-onset ketotic-phase ketosis-prone diabetes, 35.3% were positive for HHV8 antibodies.

CamerounHHV8 · ketosis-prone diabetespublished 2018Journal of diabeteseurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

95 %The vast majority, > 95%, of malaria infections were due to Plasmodium falciparum.

CamerounpaludismeHAL · Unilimdocument of 106 observations

2 hospitalisations_par_moisAu Cameroun, la fréquence des hospitalisations pour drépanocytose est estimée à 2 hospitalisations par mois chez les adultes.

CameroundrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 75 observations

47.3 %47.3% of participants were insulin resistant.

Camerouninsulin resistancepublished 2017BMJ openeurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

31 %Thirty-one percent of the recruited women were diagnosed with hyperglycemia during labor.

Camerounhyperglycaemiaobserved 2013published 2016Journal of health, population, and nutritioneurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

11.8 %The lowest estimated lifetime risk of stroke according to GBD region was in eastern sub-Saharan Africa at 11.8%.

CamerounAVCobserved 2016published 2018The New England journal of medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 12 observations

43.6 %The R211K accessory mutation associated with NRTI resistance was observed in 43.6% of the 142 HIV-1 samples.

CamerounVIH/sidapublished 2000Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyOpenAlexdocument of 19 observations

77.7 %Among patients with type 1 diabetes diagnosed with dyslipidaemia, statin use increased from 77.7% in wave 1 to 90.7% in wave 7.

Cameroundiabète de type 1 · dyslipidemiapublished 2021Diabetologiaeurope_pmcdocument of 14 observations

26 %The L10I/V mutation was identified in 26% of the 142 HIV-1 isolates in the protease gene.

CamerounVIH/sidapublished 2000Journal of Clinical MicrobiologyOpenAlexdocument of 19 observations

12.3 %A previous history of foot lesions was reported by 37 patients (12.3%).

Camerounfoot lesionspublished 2006The international journal of lower extremity woundseurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

46.8 %Co-infection rates of 46.8% were found among pregnant women in Cameroon.

Camerounmalaria and schistosomiasisHAL · Unilimdocument of 74 observations

6 %If post-2000 trends continue, by 2025 severe obesity will surpass 6% in men.

Camerounobésitéobserved 2025published 2016Lancet (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 20 observations

5.3 %Pretreatment HIV drug resistance (PDR) prevalence among ART initiators with no prior exposure to antiretrovirals in rural areas of Cameroon was 5.3% (95% CI 1.4%–17.5%).

CamerounVIH/sidaobserved 2015published 2018The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapyeurope_pmcdocument of 12 observationsDOI 10.1093/jac/dky221

21.7 %The 10-year risk for coronary artery disease was between 10 and 20% in 21.7% of subjects.

Camerouncoronary artery diseasepublished 2007Cardiovascular journal of Africaeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

13.1 %Syndromic hearing loss accounted for 13.1% of genetic cases among patients with severe hearing loss in Cameroon.

Camerounsyndromic hearing losspublished 2013European journal of medical geneticseurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

8.4 %The prevalence of diabetes among HIV patients in this study was 8.4%.

Cameroundiabète (non précisé)published 2022Medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 12 observations

542,000 deathsIn 2017, stomach cancer caused 542,000 deaths in men.

Camerounstomach cancerobserved 2017published 2019JAMA oncologyeurope_pmcdocument of 25 observationsDOI 10.1001/jamaoncol.2019.2996