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0.14 LAZ_unitsModerate-to-severe diarrhea was significantly associated with an average loss of 0.14 in length-for-age Z-score one month after the episode.

Kenyamoderate-to-severe diarrheapublished 2020PloS onePubMeddocument of 4 observations

18.5 %Community-based screening identified 370 (18.5%) participants with uncontrolled hypertension out of 1,998 screened.

Kenyahypertension artériellepublished 2022PloS onePubMeddocument of 7 observations

0.61 aORAlcohol consumption was associated with a lower odds of HIV viral suppression (adjusted odds ratio = 0.61, 95% CI: 0.43–0.87) among youth aged 15–24 years living with HIV in rural Kenya and Uganda.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2023AIDS carePubMeddocument of 7 observations

378 patientsThe final analytic sample comprised 378 female breast cancer patients with an average age of 50.

Kenyacancer du seinpublished 2023Breast cancer research and treatmentPubMeddocument of 7 observations

7.9 %Among 1904 adolescents and young adults with HIV in Western Kenya, the proportion of missed visits was 7.9% for ages 15–19.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2025AIDS (London, England)PubMeddocument of 5 observations

35.6 %Females had a prevalence of submicroscopic Plasmodium falciparum infections of 35.6%.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2021Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 8 observations

62.8 %A higher proportion of women in the post-period (62.8%) had known HIV-positive status at first antenatal care visit compared to 49.3% in the pre-period.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2022BMC pregnancy and childbirthPubMeddocument of 6 observations

93.4 %The prevalence of Pfdhfr108N polymorphism was 93.4% among Plasmodium falciparum parasites isolated from pregnant women in coastal Kenya between 2013 and 2015.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2013 and 2015published 2020Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 8 observations

1.3 risk_ratioKnowing someone who had died due to cervical cancer was associated with an adjusted risk ratio of 1.30 for screening in Kenya.

Kenyacancer du col de l'utérusobserved 2022-2023published 2025BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 8 observations

7.1 %HIV prevalence was 7.1% among young women aged 20–24 participating in the Community Health Initiative in an urban informal settlement in Kisumu County in 2018.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2018published 2022AIDS and behaviorPubMeddocument of 6 observations

73.7 %Among those with viral load ≥1000 copies/mL, 73.7% in the Democratic Republic of Congo had dual-class drug resistance.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2021Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 14 observations

3.4 odds_ratioInfection prevalence was higher among individuals who had fever in the last two weeks (odds ratio = 3.4).

Kenyafever · paludismeobserved 2009published 2011Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

Breast cancer is the leading cause of cancer in sub-Saharan Africa.

Kenyacancer du seinpublished 2020International journal of cancereurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

9 %Kisii enrolled 28 (9%) malaria cases, representing 9% of the total.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 23 observations

2.19 odds_ratioAllele 1 at locus IL-1A-889 was associated with severe Chronic Periodontitis with odds ratio = 2.19.

KenyaPeriodontitispublished 2014IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical SciencesOpenAlexdocument of 9 observations

1.59 cycle_threshold_unitsThe RT-PCR cycle threshold value (ΔCt) was ~1.59 higher for samples tested in pools compared to samples tested singly on the Kenyan Coast.

KenyaCOVID-19observed mid-May 2020published 2020Wellcome open researcheurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

Kilifi County has the second-highest malaria prevalence in Kenya.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Scientific reportsPubMeddocument of 4 observations

330 HIV-1 seroconvertersWe included 330 HIV-1 seroconverters and 962 controls from the female sex worker cohort.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 13 observations

Among Bantu ethnic tribes, the Kamba had higher risks of melanoma, Kaposi sarcoma, liver and cervix cancer.

Kenyacarcinome hépatocellulaire · cervix cancer · melanoma · sarcome de Kaposipublished 2017International journal of cancereurope_pmcdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.1002/ijc.30502

3.3 %Polymorphism at Pfmrp1 codon S437A was present in 3.3% of genotyped samples.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2024PloS onePubMeddocument of 12 observations

23 %Each 10% increase in community antiretroviral therapy coverage was associated with a 23% reduction in female sex workers' risk of HIV acquisition in Mombasa District, Kenya.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2015AIDS (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 4 observations

1 %The estimated true malaria prevalence was 1% in Kenya.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2015published 2018Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

16.3 %The prevalence of confirmed malaria was 16.3% in the low transmission setting.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2006Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IHeurope_pmcdocument of 15 observations

4,092 persons84% (4092) of persons initiating PrEP had partners living with HIV.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2023Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 8 observations

5 samplesHAdV-F40 and HAdV-F41 coinfections were observed in five samples collected in coastal Kenya.

KenyaHAdV-F40 · HAdV-F41observed 2013 and 2022published 2023Virus evolutioneurope_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.1093/ve/vead023