Non-communicable diseases in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review of large cohort studies.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Non-communicable diseases (NCDs) cause a large and growing burden of morbidity and mortality in sub-Saharan Africa. Prospective cohort studies are key to study multiple risk factors and chronic diseases and are crucial to our understanding of the burden, aetiology and prognosis of NCDs in SSA. We aimed to identify the level of research output on NCDs and their risk factors collected by cohorts in SSA.

Methods

We conducted a scoping review to map the extent of current NCDs research in SSA by identifying studies published after the year 2000 using prospectively collected cohort data on any of the six NCDs (cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, obesity, chronic kidney disease, chronic respiratory diseases, and cancers), ≥1 major risk factor (other than age and sex), set

SUBMITTER: Mudie K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6684871 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature