Diabetes and impaired fasting glucose in rural and urban populations in Futa Jallon (Guinea): prevalence and associated risk factors

Sex Differences in Cardiovascular Disease Risk of Ghanaian‐ and Nigerian‐Born West African Immigrants in the United States: The Afro‐Cardiac Study

“…The high prevalence of diabetes (16%) in this study reflects trends in sub‐Saharan Africa, where urban residence is associated with a 2‐ to 5‐fold higher risk of impaired glucose tolerance 58, 59. Oza‐Frank and Narayan60 reported that, compared with other immigrants in the United States, African men ranked second (7.8%) in prevalence of diabetes, and African women ranked third (4.6%).…”

Obesity and Metabolic Syndrome in a Burkina Faso Urban Area: Prevalence,Associated Factors and Comorbidities

“…Overall in SSA the prevalence of overweight and obesity is higher among women [5,12,[17][18][19][20]. This female predominance could be explained by pregnancies [21] and socio-cultural motivations.…”

“…However, according to studies in other urban areas of SSA, the prevalence of obesity varies from 8.3% in Senegal to 37% in Cameroon, through 8.9% in Gabon, 11.5% in Mali, 13.8% in Ivory Coast, 16.1% in Ghana, 19.5% in Guinea, 21.5% in Benin and 22.5% in Nigeria [12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20]. The high rates noted in our study and in these studies could be an indication of a raising of obesity in sub-Saharan Africa, although sampling strategy varied from one study to another.…”

Lifestyle change and type 2 diabetes mellitus risk factors among students of the medical faculty of Conakry (Guinea)

“…A first survey on the prevalence of diabetes and its risk factors seems to confirm the extent of the problem and the disparities between urban and rural areas [5]. A random sample of 1537 subjects aged over 35 years reported an overall prevalence of 6.1% diabetes.…”

“…The survey focused on 2500 subjects aged from 15 to 64. The prevalence of diabetes varied across the populations from 3.5% to 6.8% [5].…”