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Prevalence of Metabolic Syndrome and It's Determinants among Women of Reproductive age in Meru County
(Kenyan Journal of Nursing & Midwifery, 2017)
Metabolic syndrome is a cluster of cardiovascular disease risk factors which include diabetes and raised fasting plasma glucose, abdominal obesity, high cholesterol and high blood pressure. The aim of this study was to ...
MODIFIABLE FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH ACTIVE PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS IN A KENYAN PRISON
(East African Medical Journal, 2017)
Objectives: To establish modifiable factors associated with active pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) among prisoners.
Design: Retrospective matched case-control study.
Setting: Nakuru GK prison in Kenya.
Subjects: A total ...
Risk factors for Tuberculosis in Mwea West Sub-County, Kirinyaga County, Kenya
(IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Scienc, 2017)
In the year 2012, 89,568 cases of Tuberculosis (TB) were notified in Kenya. Using this figure, World health Organization (WHO) ranked the country 15th out of 22 countries with high TB burden. ...