Publications by authors named "Lydia U Kaduka"
Background And Aim: Fatty Liver Index (FLI) is a simple clinical scoring system estimating non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD). It is validated in European-descent and Asian populations, but not in sub-Saharan Africans. The aim of this study is to evaluate the validity of the FLI for predicting NAFLD in a population from Kenya.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: We aimed to determine the associations of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) with cardio-metabolic risk factors for diabetes in adult Kenyans.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was undertaken among rural and urban Kenyans of different ethnic origin. Ultrasonography scanning (USS) methods were used for the assessment of hepatic fat accumulation for NAFLD assessment and abdominal fat distribution, and simple anthropometry measurements were performed.
Background: Abdominal obesity predict metabolic syndrome parameters at low levels of waist circumference (WC) in Africans. At the same time, the African lipid profile phenotype of low high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol without concomitant elevated triglyceride levels renders high triglyceride levels detrimental to cardiometabolic health unsuitable for identifying cardiometabolic risk in black African populations.
Objectives: We aimed to identify simple clinical measures for cardiometabolic risk based on WC and HDL in an adult Kenyan population in order to determine which of the two predictors had the strongest impact.
Objectives: The association between blood levels of hemoglobin (B-hgb) and blood pressure (BP) has been widely investigated in Caucasians and Asians but there is a paucity of data in rural black Africans. The objective was to investigate the association between B-hgb and BP in a rural black African population.
Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted in three districts in Kenya (Bondo, Kitui, and Transmara) with the inclusion of participants aged ≥17 years.
Article Synopsis
- Machakos and Makueni counties in Kenya face challenges related to land degradation, climate change, and food insecurity, impacting both women and children's dietary health.
- A study involving 277 woman-child pairs found no significant differences in food security or dietary diversity between lower midland agroecological zones LM4 and LM5.
- The research highlighted that severe food insecurity is linked to poor nutritional status in children, particularly older ones, indicating that a simple dietary diversity score could underestimate food insecurity in semi-arid regions.
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- Key risk factors for metabolic syndrome identified include raised blood pressure, increased waist circumference, and low HDL cholesterol, while issues like raised fasting glucose and triacylglycerides appear less frequently.
- The research highlights the need for greater awareness and preventive strategies from the Kenyan government, along with longitudinal studies to better understand the causes of metabolic syndrome in the country.