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3.59 odds_ratioHypertension was associated with very low birth weight with an odds ratio of 3.59 among neonates born at Thika Level Five Hospital in Kiambu County, Kenya, during July–August 2019.

Kenyafaible poids de naissance · hypertension artérielleobserved July–August 2019published 2023International Journal of Health SciencesOpenAlexdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.47941/ijhs.1464

46 %46% of adult patients admitted with DKA had severe DKA.

Kenyadiabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)observed 2017–2021published 2024BMC endocrine disordersPubMeddocument of 16 observations

198 infantsA total of 198 infants presented for care without receiving a point-of-care HIV test, representing missed opportunities for testing.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020PloS onePubMeddocument of 13 observations

2.9 MOIThe MOI for msp-2 gene was 2.9 (95% CI 2.22–3.55).

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 9 observations

2 infantsOf 626 enrolled infants, 2 (0.3%) received delayed point-of-care HIV testing after 12 weeks of age.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020PloS onePubMeddocument of 13 observations

5.6 %Overall HIV prevalence was 5.6% among sexually active adolescent girls and young women aged 14–24 years recruited at hotspots in Mombasa, Kenya.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2024Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 6 observations

32 %ITN use was associated with 32% protection from malaria.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2017Wellcome open researcheurope_pmcdocument of 7 observations

2 %Four other non-synonymous dhfr mutations were detected in 2% of Plasmodium ovale wallikeri isolates.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2004-2023published 2024The Lancet. MicrobePubMeddocument of 6 observations

42.7 %Mycobacterium tuberculosis drug resistance among HIV-positive patients in Western Kenya was prevalent in all 10 counties surveyed, with 42.7% of study samples resistant to at least one antituberculosis drug.

Kenyatuberculosepublished 2021BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 23 observations

78 casesAmong people living with HIV (PLWH) in the study, 78 (39.8%) were newly diagnosed with HIV at screening.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2024PloS onePubMeddocument of 6 observations

4 casesCerebral malaria cases were reported for four (<0.1%) of 20,639 RTS,S/AS01-vaccinated children in the exposed clusters.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025The Lancet. Global healthPubMeddocument of 10 observations

33.3 %Over the period 2008–2012, cancer cases in older adults represented one-third of all cancer cases in four population-based cancer registries in Kenya (Nairobi), South Africa (Eastern Cape Province), Uganda (Kyadondo county), and Zimbabwe (Harare blacks).

Kenyacancer (non précisé)observed 2008-2012published 2019International journal of cancereurope_pmcdocument of 6 observationsDOI 10.1002/ijc.31880

42 yearsThe mean age of the 705 HIV patients was 42 years.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2023BioMed research internationalPubMeddocument of 6 observations

There was a borderline association of superinfection with accelerated CD4 cell count decline (P = 0.06).

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2014AIDS (London, England)europe_pmcdocument of 6 observations

98.1 %The vast majority of the 618 enrolled participants reported obtaining HIV research information from radio/TV (608, 98.1%).

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved From February 2017 to May 2018published 2026BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 10 observations

1.6 %A total of 16 out of 981 mosquito samples were confirmed positive for Plasmodium falciparum, corresponding to a sporozoite rate of 1.6%.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022Parasites & vectorsPubMeddocument of 9 observations

71 %Non-communicable diseases account for an estimated 71% of all global deaths annually.

Kenyamaladies non transmissiblespublished 2022BMC health services researchPubMeddocument of 8 observations

All the samples carried mutations in the dhps gene in Busia County, Western Kenya.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 6 observations

61 %61% of women agreed that their male partner would help follow doctor's guidance during PMTCT care.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2021AIDS carePubMeddocument of 7 observations

Across 48 demographic surveillance studies, Plasmodium falciparum infection prevalence more than doubled all-cause under-five mortality when adjusted for secular trends.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2004The American journal of tropical medicine and hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 2 observationsDOI 10.4269/ajtmh.2004.71.16

1 caseThere was one confirmed HIV-positive result among adolescents and young adults undergoing oral HIV self-testing in an urban settlement in Kenya.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2022AIDS and behaviorPubMeddocument of 3 observations

Skin cancers and cancers of the bladder were more common among the white population than in black Kenyans.

Kenyabladder cancer · skin cancerspublished 2017International journal of cancereurope_pmcdocument of 7 observationsDOI 10.1002/ijc.30502

Resistance to reparasitization was decreased in the children with short-lived antibody responses to PIESAs.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2003The Journal of infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1086/373994

61.9 %Among afebrile women (n = 392), LAMP had a sensitivity of 61.9%.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2022The Journal of infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 13 observations

3 %HBV prevalence was 3.0% (95% CI: 2.1–3.9%) among HIV-negative persons in Kenya.

Kenyahépatite Bobserved 2018published 2024PloS onePubMeddocument of 10 observations