Racial and regional disparities in the risk of noncommunicable disease between sub-Saharan black and European white patients.

Objectives: Greater vulnerability of Black vs. White individuals to cardiovascular disease (CVD) and chronic kidney disease (CKD) is well charted in the United States, but studies involving sub-Saharan blacks are scarce.

Methods: Baseline data (2021-2024) were collected in 168 sub-Saharan Blacks and 93 European Whites in an ongoing clinical trial (NCT04299529), using standardized patient selection criteria.

Mathematical analysis and control optimization of soluble and insoluble water pollutants dispersion.

One of the major and abundant environmental elements is water, which life existence on earth is depending on. However, degradation of water quality arising from natural occurrences due to anthropogenic that resulted in eutrophication needs to be guided. Indiscriminate harmful waste discharge and dispersion into the water bodies leads to water pollution.

Helicobacter pylori Management in Africa: A Survey of Diagnostic, Treatment, and Related Resources.

Background: Although Helicobacter pylori infection (H. pylori) prevalence in Africa has declined in the last decade, it remains concerningly high. H.

Quality of life among tuberculosis patients on treatment in Southwest Nigeria.

Background: Tuberculosis is still a major public health concern that affects millions of people worldwide. Despite the fact that tuberculosis has a well-established treatment, little attention is paid to the quality of life of TB patients on treatment. Poor quality of life has been linked to lower treatment adherence in patients having TB.

Family History of Hypertension and Echocardiographic Left Ventricular Hypertrophy in Hypertensive Nigerians.

Introduction: Studies on the relationship between a family history of hypertension and left ventricular hypertrophy are sparse. We evaluated this relationship in patients with essential hypertension.

Methods: A total of 1668 patients with essential hypertension were consecutively enrolled in the prospective Federal Medical Centre Abuja Hypertension Registry.