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ArticleTropical medicine and health2020

Renal abnormalities and its associated factors among school-aged children living in

Neema M Kayange, Nicholaus Mazuguni, Adolfine Hokororo, Charles Muiruri, Karl Reis, Benson R Kidenya, Humphrey D Mazigo

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Article in Tropical medicine and health, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Neema M KayangeDepartment of Pediatrics, Weill Bugando School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, United Republic of Tanzania.
Nicholaus MazuguniKilimanjaro Fertility Institute (KFi), Kilimanjaro, Tanzania.
Adolfine HokororoDepartment of Pediatrics, Weill Bugando School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, United Republic of Tanzania.
Charles MuiruriDepartment of Population Health Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC USA.
Karl ReisCentre for Global Health at Weill Cornell, New York, USA.
Benson R KidenyaDepartment of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Weill Bugando School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, United Republic of Tanzania.
Humphrey D MazigoDepartment of Medical Parasitology and Entomology, Weill Bugando School of Medicine, Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences, Mwanza, United Republic of Tanzania.
Catholic University of Health and Allied Sciences · TZCornell University · USDuke University · US

Funding

Strengthening of Research Capacity for Junior Faculty in TanzaniaD43TW010138 · FIC · KILIMANJARO CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE · PI MTETA, ALFRED KIEN · 2015 to 2020
$3.2M
FIC NIH HHS D43 TW010138
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundIn sub-Saharan Africa, renal abnormalities are a major public health concern, especially in children living in

methodsA cross-sectional study was conducted between January and March 2017 among school children aged 6-13 years, attending three primary schools located along the shoreline of Lake Victoria. A single urine sample was collected from each child and screened for

resultsOf 507 children included in the final analysis, 49.9% (253/507) were male with a mean age of 8.51 ± 1.3 years. Overall, 64.0% (326/507) of the children were infected with

conclusionTwenty-two percent of school children who participated in this study had renal abnormalities associated with

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Renal abnormalitiesSchistosoma mansoniSchistosomiasisSchool-aged childrenTanzania

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PMID32641904
PMCPMC7336397
OpenAlexW3038777290

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