Publications by authors named "Jean Marie Mbuyi-Muamba"
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- A study in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, aimed to find out how common osteoporosis is among outpatients with axial rheumatism and what factors contribute to it.
- Conducted over a year, the study included 90 patients, revealing that 34.4% had osteoporosis, with low back pain being the primary symptom.
- Key risk factors identified were aging, smoking, and being non-obese, especially among women, highlighting the need for awareness and prevention strategies in this population.
Introduction: The aim of the present study was to describe the clinical and radiological features of knee osteoarthritis in Congolese outpatients attending the University Hospital of Kinshasa (UHK).
Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed in the rheumatology unit of the UHK from January to August 2012. Patients were consecutively recruited.
Article Synopsis
- Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can reduce life expectancy by 5 to 10 years due to premature atherosclerosis, caused by traditional cardiovascular risk factors and systemic inflammation.
- A study at the University Hospital of Kinshasa (UHK) included 75 RA patients to assess the prevalence of subclinical atherosclerosis, measuring it through the carotid intima-media thickness (cIMT).
- Results showed that 32% of patients had subclinical atherosclerosis, with significant associations found for factors like being a woman over 55, higher RA activity, severe RA, high blood pressure, and obesity.
Objective: to determine the beneficial role of Fetal Hemoglobin (FHb) and alpha-thal on fetal and maternal morbidity during pregnancy in sickle cell patients.
Study Site: the study was conducted at the sickle cell center of Kinshasa between 2008 and 2018.
Setting And Study Population: this is a documentary and analytical study that included 980 deliveries of homozygous sickle cell patients.
Objectives: To determine the spectrum of spondyloarthritis (SpA) in outpatients with symptoms of rheumatism attending two rheumatology practices in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Design: A descriptive prospective multicentre outpatient study.
Setting: The present study analysed 6 months data (from 1 December 2012 till 31 May 2013).
Unlabelled: This prospective and multi-centric study assessed the lacking of pattern in fractured patients and features of vertebral fractures in postmenopausal black women living in central Africa.
Introduction: Patients with osteoporosis commonly collapsed their vertebral body. This has been widely studied in Caucasians, Asians, and Americans and studies in black African are lacking.
Background: We aimed to investigate the distribution of selected BCL11A and HMIP polymorphisms (SNP's), and to assess the correlation with HPFH in a cohort of sickle cell patients.
Methods: A preliminary cross-sectional study was conducted in 102 patients. Group 1 was composed of patients with HPFH and Group 2 consisted of patients without HbF.
Background: Information about the association with alpha thalassemia in sickle cell patients is unknown in the Democratic Republic of Congo. There is very little data on the alpha thalassemia in patients suffering from sickle cell anemia in Central Africa, and their consequences on the clinical expression of the disease.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in 106 sickle cell patients living in the country's capital Kinshasa.
. The aim of this study was to investigate and determine the risk factors associated with poor growth among SCA children. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Kinshasa, the capital's country.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The influence of phenotype on the clinical course and laboratory features of sickle cell anemia (SCA) is rarely described in sub-Saharan Africa.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in Kinshasa. A clinical phenotype score was built up.