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Among persons with HIV on long-term antiretroviral therapy, higher BMI >30 kg/m2 was associated with hypertension.

Kenyahypertension artérielle · VIH/sidaobserved September 2017 to May 2018published 2022PloS onePubMeddocument of 6 observations

55 %Most of the anaemia was dimorphic in HIV-negative non-injection substance users (55%).

Kenyaanémie · VIH/sidapublished 2022African health sciencesPubMeddocument of 7 observations

230,000,000 peopleSchistosomes infect over 230 million people in developing countries.

KenyaSchistosomespublished 2016BMC infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

1.93 aPRPast physical violence was significantly associated with a higher prevalence of intimate partner violence in the past year among women with HIV in serodifferent relationships in Nairobi, Kenya, with an adjusted prevalence ratio of 1.93.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2022PloS onePubMeddocument of 8 observations

7.1 %The prevalence of smoking as a breast cancer risk factor was 7.1% among the studied women.

Kenyacancer du seinobserved 2019 and 2020published 2026JCO global oncologyPubMeddocument of 10 observations

57.6 %Among 720 participants living with HIV in southwestern Kenya, 57.6% of women reported experiencing intimate partner violence.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved January 2016-December 2017published 2021American journal of preventive medicinePubMeddocument of 6 observations

217 breast ultrasoundsDuring the pilot in Nyeri County in October-November 2019, 217 breast ultrasounds were performed.

Kenyacancer du seinobserved October-November 2019published 2022Cancer reports (Hoboken, N.J.)PubMeddocument of 17 observations

95 childrenOf the 95 children studied, 45 had uncomplicated malaria and 50 had severe malaria.

Kenyapaludismeobserved June to September 2024published 2025Health and quality of life outcomeseurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

35.6 %Cervical cancer screening uptake among women living with HIV was 35.6% in the FACES program during the study period from October 2007 to February 2019.

Kenyacancer du col de l'utérusobserved October 2007 to February 2019published 2024JCO global oncologyPubMeddocument of 6 observations

90 %From 2006, over 90% of all surveyed clusters reported no malaria infections.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 2006published 2011PloS oneeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observationsDOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0016948

34 seroconversionsThirty-four seroconversions occurred within 30 days of PrEP initiation.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved December 2017 through September 2023published 2025Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 13 observations

Ghana, Kenya, and Malawi were the first countries to introduce the RTS,S/AS01 malaria vaccine into their childhood immunization programmes in 2019 as part of a pilot programme called the Malaria Vaccine Implementation Programme (MVIP).

Ghana · Kenya · Malawipaludismeobserved 2019published 2025Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 2 observations

0.4 %Among HIV-1 seropositive women prostitutes in Nairobi (Kenya), 0.4% had hairy leukoplakia as the only oral lesion.

Kenyahairy leukoplakia · VIH/sidapublished 1989Journal of Oral Pathology and MedicineOpenAlexdocument of 8 observations

1.74 odds_ratioA higher risk of lymphatic filariasis transmission was observed outdoors (OR 1.74; 95% CI 1.08–2.82; p = 0.024).

Kenyafilariose lymphatiqueobserved 2022published 2024Parasites & vectorseurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

0.4 %The prevalence of 'Kifafa' or 'Vitsala', two local words used to describe epilepsy, was 0.4% in a sample of 7,450 residents of a pre-defined rural study area.

Kenyaépilepsiepublished 1994Tropical and geographical medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

87 %Minimum nocturnal SpO2 was lower in 54 Tanzanian children with sickle cell anaemia (87%, IQR 78.5-91%) compared to 95 Kenyan children with sickle cell anaemia (92%, IQR 86-95%) and 19 Tanzanian controls (90%, IQR 83.5-93%).

Kenya · Tanzaniedrépanocytosepublished 2016Archives of disease in childhoodeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1136/archdischild-2014-306468

44.1 yearsThe study included 210 prediabetic adults in Kenya with a mean age of 44.1 years.

Kenyaprediabetespublished 2026Diabetes research and clinical practicePubMeddocument of 6 observations

1.52 fold_increaseTrichomoniasis was associated with a 1.52-fold increased risk of HIV-1 acquisition after adjustment for potential confounding factors among HIV-1-seronegative women in Mombasa, Kenya.

Kenyatrichomoniasis · VIH/sidapublished 2007The Journal of infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1086/511278

1.1 %Among HIV-1 seropositive women prostitutes in Nairobi (Kenya), 1.1% had hyperplastic candidiasis as the only oral lesion.

Kenyahyperplastic candidiasis · VIH/sidapublished 1989Journal of Oral Pathology and MedicineOpenAlexdocument of 8 observations

97 %Among ART-experienced persons with baseline viral suppression, viral suppression at year 3 was 97% in the intervention arm and 95% in the control arm.

KenyaVIH/sidapublished 2020Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes (1999)PubMeddocument of 4 observations

4.7 %Few pregnant women living with HIV in Kenya reported delaying antenatal care because of COVID-19 (4.7%).

KenyaCOVID-19 · VIH/sidaobserved October 2020 to July 2022published 2024BMC pregnancy and childbirthPubMeddocument of 4 observations

29 %Prevalence of depressive symptoms was 29% among young people living with HIV and 12% among their uninfected peers in coastal Kenya between November 2018 and September 2019.

Kenyadepressive symptomsobserved November 2018 to September 2019published 2021BMC psychiatryPubMeddocument of 5 observations

592,000 individualsIn 2018, the model projected 592,000 individuals in need of antiretroviral therapy (ART) in Kenya.

KenyaVIH/sidaobserved 2018published 2020Journal of the International AIDS SocietyPubMeddocument of 10 observations

38 %The prevalence of the pfcrt K76 wild-type allele in Plasmodium falciparum increased from 38% in 1995 to 81.7% in 2013 in coastal Kenya.

Kenyapaludismeobserved 1995published 2014International journal for parasitology. Drugs and drug resistanceeurope_pmcdocument of 4 observations

3.63 ORDetection of aflatoxin was associated with a higher risk of persistent detection of HR-HPV types (OR = 3.63, 95% CI = 1.30–10.13, P = 0.014) in Kenyan women.

Kenyainfection à HPVpublished 2023BMC infectious diseasesPubMeddocument of 5 observations