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Prevalence and patterns of comorbidities in adult HIV-related admissions in a public regional hospital in KwaZulu-Natal
(University of Western Cape, 2021)
South Africa has the largest burden of HIV in the world with 7.9 million people living with HIV and 4.4 million registered on antiretroviral therapy (ART) in 2017. KwaZulu-Natal is hardest hit by the HIV epidemic with a ...
Individual and environmental factors associated with overweight among children in primary schools in Ghana
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Background
Overweight/obesity is a risk factor for non-communicable diseases such as cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, and some cancers. Obesity in childhood is known to predict later obesity in adolescence and adulthood. ...
Identification of sub-clinical biomarkers that predict the risk of developing diabetic cardiomyopathy
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of death of people with obesity and type 2
diabetes (T2DM). According to a statistical report from the World Health Organization
(WHO), approximately 17.9 million people ...