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50 %The prevalence of right ventricular dysfunction (abnormal TAPSE) among children with sickle cell anaemia was 50.0%.

Nigeriadrépanocytose · right ventricular dysfunctionpublished 2020BMC pediatricsPubMeddocument of 8 observations

7.1 %Among 942 patients tested for haemoglobin phenotypes at a private diagnostic laboratory in Lagos, South-West, Nigeria, HbSS prevalence was 7.1%.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2021West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 11 observations

14.2 %Sickle cell nephropathy was found in 29 out of 204 participants, representing a prevalence of 14.2%.

Nigeriadrépanocytose · sickle cell nephropathypublished 2023West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 7 observations

32.6 %The prevalence of priapism was 32.6% in men with sickle cell disease in Kano, Nigeria.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2020Blood advancesPubMeddocument of 5 observations

11.3 %11.3% of the children with sickle cell anaemia had low free T3 and free T4.

Nigeriadrépanocytose · hypothyroidismpublished 2023Ethiopian journal of health sciencesPubMeddocument of 7 observations

Serum copper level was higher in sickle cell anaemia patients than in controls, with a p-value of 0.008.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2019African health sciencesPubMeddocument of 6 observations

32.3 %Left ventricular hypertrophy was observed in 32.3% of pediatric sickle cell anaemia patients with moderate anaemia.

Nigeriadrépanocytoseobserved 2023published 2025BMC pediatricsPubMeddocument of 16 observations

Elevated weight status independently associated with history of stroke in sickle cell anemia patients.

NigeriaAVC · drépanocytosepublished 2014Hemoglobineurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

The mean corpuscular volume (MCV) and mean corpuscular haemoglobin (MCH) were lower in SCA subjects with Hb F levels lower than 2% compared to those with Hb F levels higher than 8%.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 1989African journal of medicine and medical scienceseurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

15 %Only 32 (15%) patients with sickle cell disease were on regular hydroxyurea therapy.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2023Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IHPubMeddocument of 6 observations

86.9 %Among 490 analysed alleles from 245 homozygous sickle cell disease patients in Nigeria, 426 (86.9%) had the Benin haplotype.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2021The Journal of international medical researchPubMeddocument of 5 observations

4.2 %About 4.2% of national under-5 mortality in Nigeria was attributable to excess mortality from sickle cell disease.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2021The Lancet. Haematologyeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

8.9 %Children without sickle cell anaemia had a dental caries experience of 8.9%.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2025BMC research notesPubMeddocument of 5 observations

3.4 %Sickle cell disease was carried by 3.4% of the subjects.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2017Hemoglobineurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

2.2 %Among 17 newborns with sickle cell disease (HbSS and HbSC) identified in The Gambia, 7 (2.2%) were from the Fula ethnic group.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2024Hemoglobineurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

35.2 %35.2% of the patients with sickle cell disease in the study were unable to acidify their urine.

NigeriadrépanocytosePubMeddocument of 7 observations

52.7 %For HbAA phenotype, isoelectric focusing showed a negative predictive value (NPV) of 52.7%.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2022Frontiers in geneticseurope_pmcdocument of 23 observations

28.2 %In the study, 28.2% of children with sickle cell anaemia had microalbuminuria.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2024West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 9 observations

19.27 %Le Nigeria a un taux de prévalence de 19,27 % de la drépanocytose.

NigeriadrépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 75 observations

2.28 %Nigeria has a prevalence of sickle cell disease of 2.28% to 3%.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2024BMJ openeurope_pmcdocument of 2 observationsDOI 10.1136/bmjopen-2023-077200

63.3 %Moderate to severe pain was the most common pain category, observed in 63.3% of participants during vaso-occlusive crisis.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2025BMC pediatricsPubMeddocument of 3 observations

0 casesNone of the 172 children with sickle cell disease acquired any transfusion-transmitted infections using the enhanced screening approach during the study period.

Nigeriadrépanocytose · transfusion-transmitted infectionspublished 2022British journal of haematologyPubMeddocument of 7 observations

26 %Microalbuminuria was present in 26% of the children with sickle cell anaemia (SCA) in steady state.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2019Italian journal of pediatricsPubMeddocument of 4 observations

237 womenIn a randomized controlled trial in southwest Nigeria, 237 pregnant women with HbSS or HbSC received placebo.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2026The Lancet. Global healthPubMeddocument of 13 observations

42 patients42 had AVN.

Nigeriadrépanocytosepublished 2021Hematology (Amsterdam, Netherlands)PubMeddocument of 16 observations