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SynthesisScientific reports2019

Active smoking among people with diabetes mellitus or hypertension in Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Jean Jacques Noubiap, Jobert Richie Nansseu, Francky Teddy Endomba, Anderson Ngouo, Jan René Nkeck, Ulrich Flore Nyaga, Arnaud D Kaze, Jean Joel Bigna

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Synthesis in Scientific reports, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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18citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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18 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Jean Jacques NoubiapDepartment of Medicine, Groote Schuur Hospital and University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa.
Jobert Richie NansseuDepartment of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon.ORCID 0000-0001-6155-235X
Francky Teddy EndombaDepartment of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Anderson NgouoDepartment of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Jan René NkeckDepartment of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon.ORCID 0000-0002-4353-2352
Ulrich Flore NyagaDepartment of Internal Medicine and Specialties, Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé 1, Yaoundé, Cameroon.
Arnaud D KazeBrigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Jean Joel BignaDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Centre Pasteur of Cameroon, Yaoundé, Cameroon. bignarimjj@yahoo.fr.ORCID 0000-0001-8018-6279
Université de Yaoundé I · CMBrigham and Women's Hospital · USUniversité Paris-Sud · FRUniversity of Cape Town · ZA

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The objective was to summarize existing data on the prevalence of active tobacco smoking among patients with hypertension or diabetes mellitus in Africa. We searched PubMed, EMBASE, and AJOL to include studies published from January 01, 2000 to August 23, 2017 reporting on the prevalence of active smoking in individuals aged ≥15 years with hypertension or diabetes mellitus residing inside Africa. We used a random-effects meta-analysis model to pool studies. The pooled prevalence of active smoking among patients with hypertension or diabetes was 12.9% (95%CI: 10.6-15.3; 50 studies; 16,980 patients) and 12.9% (95%CI: 9.6-16.6; 42 studies; 18,564 patients), respectively. For both conditions, the prevalence of active smoking was higher in males than in females (p < 0.001), and in Northern compared to sub-Saharan Africa (p < 0.001). There was no difference between urban and rural settings, and between community-based and hospital-based studies, except for patients with diabetes for whom the prevalence was higher in hospital-based studies (p = 0.032). The prevalence of active smoking is high among patients with hypertension or diabetes mellitus in Africa, with the heaviest burden in Northern Africa. Interventions for smoking prevention or cessation should be implemented in these high risk populations, targeting particularly the males.

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Africa South of the SaharaDiabetes ComplicationsFemaleHospitalsHumansHypertensionMalePrevalenceSmoking

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