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1,027 patientsSouth East registered 1,027 patients with sickle cell disease, representing 13.2% of the total enrolled in Nigeria.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2022Frontiers in geneticseurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

8.05 scoreThe mean OHIP-14 score among HIV-positive patients in Nigeria was 8.05 with a standard deviation of 9.54.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2021African health sciencesPubMeddocument of 5 observations

84.69 beats/minuteSickle cell patients had faster pulse rates (84.69 ± 9.48 vs 75.48 ± 10.35 beats/minute, p=0.000).

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2022West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 8 observations

5.61 aORBeing a woman or girl on the move living with HIV was associated with experiencing more gender-based violence since COVID-19 started (adjusted odds ratio 5.61, 95% CI 3.01 to 10.47).

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2023BMJ global healthPubMeddocument of 5 observations

30 %Among 219 men who have sex with men (MSM) in Nigeria enrolled in the TRUST-PrEP study, only 66/219 (30%) had at least one record of protective serum tenofovir concentration (≥ 4.2 ng/mL).

NigeriaVIH/sidaobserved April 2018 to May 2019published 2023PloS onePubMeddocument of 5 observations

18.6 cm²Post-intervention ulcer size ranged from 0.0 cm² to 272 cm², with a median of 18.6 cm², and the change was statistically significant (p = 0.02).

Nigeriadrépanocytoseobserved 2015published 2020African journal of laboratory medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 3 observations

45 %45% of participants cited family history as the most recognized breast cancer risk factor.

Nigeriacancer du seinpublished 2024Journal of the Egyptian National Cancer InstitutePubMeddocument of 3 observations

29.5 %29.5% of orthopaedic surgeons surveyed had used the tourniquet in patients with sickle cell disease.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2021The Nigerian postgraduate medical journalPubMeddocument of 8 observations

0 %HIV positivity rate at the immunization clinic was 0%.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2020PloS onePubMeddocument of 16 observations

25.4 %More females (25.4%) compared to males (20.8%) among adolescents and young adults (AYA) in Nigeria had ever tested for HIV.

NigeriaVIH/sidaobserved 2017published 2020PloS onePubMeddocument of 4 observations

6.2 %Among hypertensive patients in Ibadan, Nigeria, isolated systolic hypertension prevalence was 6.2% among females and 10.1% among males.

Nigeriaisolated systolic hypertensionpublished 2014International journal of hypertensioneurope_pmcdocument of 9 observations

1.5 foldAmong Asian isolates, all pfk13 propeller region mutant alleles observed in five or more specific isolates were associated with a 1.5- to 2.7-fold longer geometric mean PC 1/2 compared to the PC 1/2 of wild type isolates.

Nigeriapaludismepublished 2019BMC medicineeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observationsDOI 10.1186/s12916-018-1207-3

49.2 %49.2% of the respondents had encouraged their female partners to screen for breast cancer.

Nigeriacancer du seinobserved 2018published 2023PloS onePubMeddocument of 14 observations

29.5 %The tuberculosis treatment completion rate was 29.5% among 241 TB patients in a semi-urban tuberculosis center in Southeast Nigeria between September 2014 and August 2017.

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved September 2014 and August 2017published 2021West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 10 observations

0.43 rhoSerum magnesium correlated positively with HOMA2-IR (rho = 0.43, p = 0.004).

Nigeriadiabète de type 2PubMeddocument of 7 observations

42.7 %Less than half of the respondents had good knowledge of cervical cancer (42.7%).

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utérusobserved April 2021published 2024The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 8 observations

5 recurrent_strokesA total of 5 recurrent strokes occurred in the moderate-dose hydroxyurea group.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2023BloodPubMeddocument of 8 observations

0.9 %Eumycetoma accounted for 0.9% (n = 1) of the 114 reported IFI cases in the Nigerian paediatric population.

Nigeriaeumycetomaobserved 1964–2023published 2025Journal de mycologie medicalePubMeddocument of 17 observations

0.475 correlation_coefficientPearson's product-moment correlation coefficient (r) between serum albumin and PCV was +0.475, p = 0.000, which was statistically significant at the 0.01 level.

Nigeriatuberculoseobserved 2019-2022published 2023West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 5 observations

100 %Treatment of hypertension was 100% among patients with comorbid hypertension.

Nigeriahypertension artériellepublished 2022Annals of African medicinePubMeddocument of 6 observations

Cervical cancer is the second most frequent cancer among women in Nigeria.

Nigeriacancer du col de l'utéruspublished 2021The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 8 observations

13.2 %Among 3622 enrolled sickle cell disease patients in Nigeria, 13.2% had been hospitalized.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2020Blood cells, molecules & diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 16 observations

81.8 %Dyslipidemia was highly prevalent among adults with disability in support-centers/schools of disability in Enugu Metropolis, Nigeria, at 81.8%.

Nigeriadyslipidemiapublished 2021Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of MalawiPubMeddocument of 10 observations

82 %Timeliness of malaria reporting was below the target (≥ 80%) in Kano State, except in 2012 when it was 82%.

Nigeriapaludismeobserved 2012published 2020Infectious diseases of povertyPubMeddocument of 3 observations

Anemia was significantly associated with poor wound healing in patients with diabetic foot ulcers.

Nigeriaanémie · pied diabétiquepublished 2019PloS onePubMeddocument of 3 observations