Connaissances, Attitudes et Pratiques sur les troubles neurocognitifs et l'épilepsie chez les étudiants en fin d'études en santé au Bénin

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices (KAPs) about neurocognitive disorders of health students in Low- and Middle-Income countries (LMICs) : preliminary results from two Sub-Saharian African Countries

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Epidemiology of lower extremity artery disease in a rural setting in Benin, West Africa: The TAHES study

International audienceHighlights •Prevalence of LEAD is estimated at 5.5% in a rural population of Benin. •Women and people over 55 years old have higher prevalence of LEAD. •Tobacco and hypertension did not influence the prevalence of LEAD in this population

Corrigendum to “Epidemiology of lower extremity artery disease in a rural setting in Benin, West Africa: the TAHES study” [Int. J. Cardiol. 267 (2018) 198–201]

International audienceBackground: Data on epidemiology of lower extremity artery disease(LEAD) in general population in Sub-Saharan Africa are sparse. Thisstudy aims to estimate the prevalence of LEAD among participants ofTanve Health Study (TAHES), a cohort about cardiovascular diseases(CVD) in a rural setting in Benin.Methods: The cohort was launched since 2015 among adults agedover 25 years in Tanve, a village in Benin. Ankle-brachial index (ABI)was measured for thefirst time during the third annual visit of the co-hort in 2017. Risk factors data were collected using the WHO STEPSadapted questionnaire in a systematic door-to-door survey. The LEADwas defined as ABI≤0.90.Results: We recorded ABI among 1003 out of 1407 TAHES' partici-pants. A predominance of females (61.4%) was observed. The meanage was 44.4 ± 15.7 years and 49.9% were under 40 years. RegardingCVD risk factors, prevalences were estimated for sedentary behavior(68.2%), harmful use of alcohol (3.9%), fruit and vegetable low intake(96.0%), tobacco smoking (5.2%), Overweight or obesity (Body massindexN25) (27.7%), raised blood pressure (36.8%) and raised bloodglucose (5.4%). Prevalence of LEAD was 5.5% (95%CI: 4.2%–7.1%) in thesample, 7.0% (95%CI: 5.1%–9.4%) in women and 3.1% (95%CI: 1.7%–5.5%)in men. Fiveindividuals (0.5%; 95%CI: 0.2%–1.2%) had incompress-ible arteries (ABI≥1.40), including four men. In multivariate analysis,LEAD was significantly associated with age≥55 years (OR: 2.17;95%CI: 1.20–3.92; p = 0.009) and female gender (OR: 2.27; 95%CI:1.17–4.40; p = 0.014).Conclusion: Prevalence of LEAD is high in rural Benin and predomi-nates among women and people over 55 years old.The authors would like to apologise for any inconvenience caused