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Increased risk of prediabetes among virally suppressed adults with HIV in Central Kenya detected using glycated haemoglobin and fasting blood glucose
Increased risk of prediabetes among virally suppressed adults with HIV in Central Kenya detected using glycated haemoglobin and fasting blood glucose

As survival among people living with HIV (PLHIV) improves with universal HIV treatment, new strategies are needed to support management of co-morbidities like type 2 diabetes (T2D). We assessed prediabetes and T2D prevalence and risk factors using haemoglobin A1c (HbA1c) among PLHIV on antiretroviral the...

Alcohol Consumption as a Risk Factor for the Development of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in Patients at Hospital Central de Nampula, Northern Mozambique

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a disorder characterized by high levels of blood glucose. Biochemically, it is classi-fied into type 1, type 2, and gestational diabetes. The factors associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus include obesity, seden-tary lifestyle and alcoholism. We investigated the effect of alco...

Factore associados a hipertensão arterial, diabetes mellitus e a co-morbilidade em Moçambique, 2005

A Hipertensão Arterial (HTA) e a Diabetes Mellitus (DM) são doenças crónicas, e factores de risco relevantes para as doenças cardiovasculares tanto em países desenvolvidos, como em países de baixos recursos. A coexistência de HTA e DM num indivíduo aumenta o risco para complicações cardiovascu...

Hypoglycemia and risk factors for death in 13 years of pediatric admissions in mozambique

Am. j. trop. med. hyg; 94 (1), 2016
Abstract. Hypoglycemia is a life-threatening complication of several diseases in childhood. We describe the prevalence and incidence of hypoglycemia among admitted Mozambican children, establishing its associated risk factors. We retro spectively reviewed clinical data of 13 years collected through an on...

Implementation of Point-of-Care Diagnostics Leads to Variable Uptake of Syphilis, Anemia and CD4+ T-Cell Count Testing in Rural Maternal and Child Health Clinics
Implementation of Point-of-Care Diagnostics Leads to Variable Uptake of Syphilis, Anemia and CD4+ T-Cell Count Testing in Rural Maternal and Child Health Clinics

PLos ONE; 10 (8), 2015
A anemia, a sífilis e o VIH são doenças de grande impacto entre as mulheres grávidas na África Subsariana. Foi realizado um estudo quase experimental em quatro unidades de saúde no sul de Moçambique para avaliar o efeito das tecnologias no local de atendimento para quantificação de hemoglobina, ...