Publications

• C O Ekpebegh, B Longo-Mbenza. Clinical, immunologic and insulin secretory characteristics of young black South African patients with diabetes: Hospital based single centre study.
  Diabetes Res. Clin. Pract.,2013
• Jephat Chifamba, Kudakwashe E Chakanyuka, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza, Carol B Mahachi, Jacob Mufunda. Comparison of exercise-induced hypertension in low birth weight and normal birth weight young black adults in zimbabwe.
  High Blood Press Cardiovasc Prev, 2012
• Longo- Mbenza B, Nsenga JN, Monkondjiimobe E, Gombet T, Ngaporo A, Ibara JR, Ellenga-Mbolla B, Ngoma DV, Mbungu S. Helicobacter pylori infection is identified as a cardiovascular risk factor in Central Africans.
  Vascular Health & risk Management 2012; 8:1–7.
• Mokondjimobe Etienne, Longo-Mbenza Benjamin, Ovono-Abessolo Felix, Gombet Thierry, Guie Guenole, Ngou-Milama Edouard,  Parra Heni Joseph. Lipid, lipoproteins and atherogenesis profiles in sickle cell disease among central african patients.
  Ann Biol Clin 2012 Mar-Apr;70(2):183-8
• Etienne Mokondjimobe, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza, Jean Akiana,1 Ulrich Oswald Ndalla, Regis Dossou-Yovo, Joseph Mboussa, Henri-Joseph Parra. Biomarkers of Oxidative Stress and Personalized Treatment of Pulmonary Tuberculosis: Emerging Role of Gamma-Glutamyltransferase
  Advances in Pharmacological Sciences, Volume 2012, ID 465634, doi:10.1155/2012/465634
• Gombet T, Longo-Mbenza B, Ellenga-Mbolla B, Ikama MS, Mokondjimobe E, Kimbally-Kaky G, Nkoua JL
  Aging, female sex, migration, elevated HDL-C, and inflammation are associated with prevalence of metabolic syndrome among African bank employees.
  International Journal of General Medicine 2012:5 495–503.
• Mvitu Muaka M, Longo-Mbenza B, Tulomba Mona, Nge Okwe A. Regular, high and moderate intake of vegetables rich in antioxidants may reduce cataract risk in Central African diabetics.
• Nlandu Roger NGATU, Ntumba Jean-Marie KAYEMBE, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza, Narufumi SUGANUMA.The Pneumoconioses. In: Elvis Malcolm Irusen (ed). Lung Diseases: Selected State of the Art Reviews. Rikeja: Intech 2012; p.625-46. ISBN: 978-953-51-0180-2.
• Determinants of altered sensorium at presentation with diabetic ketoacidosis.
  Ekpebegh C, Longo-Mbenza B.
  Minerva Endocrinol. 2011 Dec;36(4):267-72.
• Nose and throat complications associated with passive smoking among Congolese school children. Sokolo Gedikondele J, Longo-Mbenza B, Matanda Nzanza J, Lukoki Luila E, Reddy P, Buso D.
  Afr Health Sci. 2011 Sep;11(3):315-9.
• Basal cortisol levels and correlates of hypoadrenalism in patients with human immunodeficiency virus infection. Ekpebegh CO, Ogbera AO, Longo-Mbenza B, Blanco-Blanco E, Awotedu A, Oluboyo P.
  Med Princ Pract. 2011;20(6):525-9. Epub 2011 Oct 4.
• Human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS and other important predictors of maternal mortality in Mulago Hospital Complex Kampala Uganda. Wandabwa JN, Doyle P, Longo-Mbenza B, Kiondo P, Khainza B, Othieno E, Maconichie N. BMC Public Health. 2011 Jul 14;11:565. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-565.
• Achieving blood pressure goals study in uncontrolled hypertensive patients treated with a fixed-dose combination of amipril/hydrochlorothiazide: the ASTRAL study.
  Okpechi IG, Schoeman HS, Longo-Mbenza B, Oke DA, Kingue S, Nkoua JL, Rayner BL. Cardiovasc J Afr. 2011 Mar-Apr;22(2):79-84.
• Advanced age, altered level of consciousness and a new diagnosis of diabetes are independently associated with hypernatreamia in hyperglycaemic crisis. Ekpebegh CO, Longo-Mbenza B, Nge-Okwe A, Ogbera AO, Tonjeni NT.
  BMC Endocr Disord. 2011 Apr 18;11:8.
• Hyperglycaemic crisis in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa: high mortality and association of hyperosmolar ketoacidosis with a new diagnosis of diabetes.
  Ekpebegh CO, Longo-Mbenza B, Akinrinmade A, Blanco-Blanco E, Badri M, Levitt NS. S Afr Med J. 2010 Dec 1;100(12):822-6.
• Relationship between younger age, autoimmunity, cardio-metabolic risk, oxidative stress, HAART, and ischemic stroke in Africans with HIV/AIDS
  Longo-Mbenza B, M. Longokolo, M. Lelo, E. Mokondjimobe, T. Gombet, B. Ellenga-Mbolla, A. Nge, N. Kangola, S. Mbungu
  SRN Cardiology Volume 2011 (2011), doi:10.5402/2011/897908
• The metabolic syndrome in a Congolese population and its implications for metabolic syndrome definitions  
  B. Longo-Mbenza, J.B. Kasiam Lasi On’kin, A. Nge Okwe, N. Kangola Kabangu Diab Metab Syn Clin Res & Rev 2011; 5(1): 17-24.
• Histomorphometric and radioimmunoassay studies of the rats endometrium following peanut oil treatment.
  Venant Tchokonte-nana, Longo-Mbenza.
  Iranian Journal of Reproductive Medicine 2011; 9 (4):301-308.
• Survival function and protein malnutrition in burns patients at Nelson Mandela Academic Hospital, Mthatha,South Africa.
  Kingu HJ, Longo-Mbenza B, Dhaffala A, Mazwai EL
  World J Surg. 2011 Jul;35(7):1546-52.
• Prevalence of metabolic syndrome assessed by IDF and NCEP ATP 111 criteria and determinants of insulin resistance among HIV patients in the Eastern Cape Province of South Africa  
  K. Awotedu, C. Ekpebegh, B. Longo-Mbenza, J. Iputo
  Diab Metab Syn Clin Res & Rev 2010;  4 (4): 210-214
• Reduced risk of metabolic syndrome due to regular intake of vegetables rich in antioxidants among African type 2 diabetics
  M. Mvitu Muaka, B. Longo-Mbenza , D. Tulomba Mona, A. Nge Okwe
  Diab Metab Syn Clin Res & Rev 2010; 4 (3), 132-136.
• The deleterious effects of physical inactivity on elements of insulin resistance and metabolic syndrome in Central Africans at high cardiovascular riskB. Longo-Mbenza, Huguette Nkongo Mvindu, Jean Bosco Kasiam On’kin, Nkakudulu Bikuku, Bernard Kianu Phanzu, Augustin Nge Okwe, Nelly Kabangu
  Diab Metab Syn Clin Res & Rev 2010; 5(1):1-6.
• Relationship between coronary heart disease, metabolic syndrome, energy expenditure, body composition, kidney function and low-grade inflammation among bank African employees in Brazzaville
  T. Gombe, B. Longo-Mbenza, B. Ellenga-Mbolla, M.S. Ikama, G. Kimbally-Kaky, J.L. Nkoua
  Diab Metab Syn Clin Res & Rev 2010; 4(4):197-203.
• Is uric acid a surrogate and additional component of incident metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance among inactive Central Africans?
  B Longo-Mbenza, H Nkongo Mvindu, B Kianu Phanzu, J B Kasiam On'Kin, H Nkakudulu Bikuku, A Nge Okwe
  Diab Metab Syn Clin Res & Rev 2010, Issue: 2, Pages: 74-81 - DOI: 10.1016/j.dsx.2010.01.003
• Metabolic syndrome, aging, physical inactivity, and incidence of type 2 diabetes in general African population. B Longo-Mbenza, Kasiam On’Kin JB, A Nge Okwe, N Kangola Kabangu, S Mbungu Fuele. Diab Vasc Dis Res 2010 ;7(1):28-39.
• Hyperglycaemic crisis in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa: High mortality and association of hyperosmolar ketoacidocis with a new diagnosis of diabetes
  CO Ekpebegh, B Longo-Mbenza, A Akinrinmade, E Blanco-Blanco, M Badri, N S Levitt
  S Afr Med J. 2010 Dec 1;100(12):822-6.
• Sociodemographic and semiological characteristics of ENT the sphere in patients with HIV/AIDS in Kinshasa, DR Congo.
  Nzuzi Kawashi F, Longo-Mbenza B, Nzanza Matanda R, Nge Okwe A, Mbungu Fuele S
  The Pan African medical journal 2010;7():15.
• Is HIV/AIDS an independent risk factor of chronic rhinosinusitis among central African patients?
  Kawashi Nzuzi F, Longo-Mbenza B, Matanda Nzanza R, A Nge Okwe, S Mbungu Fuele
  Revue de laryngologie - otologie - rhinologie 2010;131(4-5):247-51
• Intestinal parasites infections in hospitalized AIDS patients in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
  R Wumba, B Longo-Mbenza, M Mandina, Wobin T Odio, S Biligui, J Sala, J Breton, M Thellier
  Parasite (Paris, France) 2010;17(4):321-8.
• Low birth weight, metabolic syndrome and their associations with the global crisis of 1930 - 1945, rapidly growing economy and coronary heart disease in Central Africa
  B. Longo-Mbenza, D. Vangu Ngoma , S. Mbungu Fuele.
  IJNAM 2010; 2(1) : 1-10.
• Frequency and causes of blindness and poor vision in Congolese diabetic patients.
  Mvitu Muaka M, Longo-Mbenza B, Kaimbo Wa Kaimbo D.
  Mali Med. 2009;24(3):22-6. French.
• Risk factors of stroke among Congolese black hypertensive diabetics.
  Longo-Mbenza B,  Ngimbi RM, Ngoma DV, Fuele SM, Buassa-Bu-Tsumbu B.
  Ann Cardiol Angeiol 2008; (57):37-43.
• Mortality and causes of death in HIV‑positive patients receiving antiretroviral therapy at Tshepang Clinic in Doctor George Mukhari Hospital
  Mogiyana Olga Mzileni, Benjamin Longo‑Mbenza, Tlou James Chephe
  Polskie Archiwum Medycyny Wewnętrznej 2008; 118 (10) :548-53.
• Rates and predictors of stroke-associated case fatality in black Central African patients
  Longo-Mbenza B, ML Tshinkwela, JM Pukuta
  Cardiovascular Journal of Africa 2008; 19(2):72-6.
• Diets rich in vegetables and physical activity are associated with a decreased risk of pregnancy induced hypertension among rural women from Kimpese, DR Congo.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Tshimanga KB, Buassa-bu-Tsumbu B, Kabangu MJ. Niger J Med 2008, vol 17(1): 45-49.
• Screen detection and the WHO stepwise approach to the prevalence and risk factors of arterial hypertension in Kinshasa.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Ngoma DV, Nahimana D, Mayuku DM, Fuele SM, Ekwanzala F, Beya C.
  Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil. 2008 Oct;15(5):503-8.
• Effects of soccer/football practice on cardiovascular risk factors among young adults from Kinshasa.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Mulanda Musango JM, Nkiama E, Nkakudulu Bikuku.
  Mali Med. 2008;23(4):23-8.
• Survey of abdominal obesities in an adult urban population of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo.
  Kasiam Lasi On'kin JB, Longo-Mbenza B, Nge Okwe A, Kangola Kabangu N.
  Cardiovasc J Afr. 2007, 18(5):300-7.
• Prevalence and risk factors of arterial hypertension among urban Africans in workplace: the obsolete role of body mass index.
  Longo-Mbenza B,  Nkoy Belila J, Vangu Ngoma D, Mbungu S.
  Niger J Med. 2007,16(1):42-9.
• Prevention of the metabolic syndrome insulin resistance and the atherosclerotic diseases in Africans infected by Helicobacter pylori infection and treated by antibiotics.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Nkondi Nsenga J, Vangu Ngoma D.
  Int J Cardiol. 2007 Oct 18;121(3):229-38. Epub 2007 Mar 26.
• Nutritional status, socio-economic status, heart rate, and blood pressure in African school children and adolescents.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Lukoki Luila E, M'Buyamba-Kabangu JR.
  Int J Cardiol. 2007;121(2):171-7. 
• Relationship between Waist Circumference and Cholesterol in Central Africans with Congestive Heart Failure.
  Longo-Mbenza B, HE Mambune, JB Kasiam, EK Vita, SM et al. West Afr J Med 2007;26:183-90.
• Faut-il abaisser la pression artérielle anormalement élevée à la phase aiguë des accidents vasculaires cérébraux ?
  Longo-Mbenza B., Mbuilu P.J., Mbuyamba K.JR  CongoMed, 2006, IV(10):933.
• Gallbladder disease in young Congolese with sickle cell anemia: an ultrasound survey.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Ngiyulu R, Kizunda P, Kaluila M, Bikangi N.
  J Trop Pediatr. 2004, 50(2):73-7.
• Anxiété, stress et maladies cardio-vasculaires,
  Longo-Mbenza B. Congo Med, 2003, III(10).
• The role of early hemodynamic impairment and disease duration on diabetic cardiomyopathy and hypertension in central Africans with atherosclerosis.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Bieleli E, Muls E, Vangu N, Ditu Mpadamadi S.
  J Diabetes Complications. 2002, 16(2):146-52.
• Prevalence of HIV and HBs antigen in blood donors. Residual risk of contamination in blood recipients in East Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
  Mbendi Nlombi C, Longo-Mbenza B, Mbendi Nsukini S, Muyembe Tamfum JJ, Situakibanza Nanituma H, Vangu Ngoma D. Med Trop 2001;61(2):139-42.
• Predictors of stroke - associated mortality in Africans.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Tonduangu K, Muyeno K, Phanzu M, Kebolo Baku A, et al.
  Rev Epidemiol Sante Publique. 2000,  48(1):31-9.
• Le traitement de l’insuffisance cardiaque congestive sévère par l’Enalapril versus la Digoxine en milieu hospitaliers congolais
  Longo-Mbenza M., Bayekula M., Lusamba D. CongoMed, 2000, II(14)
• Base moléculaire de la surdité mystérieuse de Singini-Mayombe : revue de la littérature
  Longo-Mbenza B., Kebolo Baku, Nyamangombe L. Congo Médical, 1999, II(10)
• Low birth weight and risk of hypertension in African school children.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Ngiyulu R, Bayekula M, Vita EK, Nkiabungu FB, Seghers KV, Luila EL, Mandundu FM, Manzanza M. J Cardiovasc Risk. 1999, 6(5):311-4.
• Is hyperuricemia a risk factor of stroke and coronary heart disease among Africans?
  Longo-Mbenza B, Luila EL, Mbete P, Vita EK. Int J Cardiol. 1999, 30;71(1):17-22.
• Hematocrit and stroke in black Africans under tropical climate and meteorological influence.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Phanzu-Mbete LB, M'Buyamba-Kabangu JR, Tonduangu K, et al. Ann Med Interne (Paris). 1999 Apr;150(3):171-7.
• Assessment of ventricular diastolic function in AIDS patients from Congo: a Doppler echocardiographic study.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Seghers LV, Vita EK, Tonduangu K, Bayekula M.
  Heart. 1998 Aug;80(2):184-9.
• Heart involvement and HIV infection in African patients: determinants of survival.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Seghers KV, Phuati M, Bikangi FN, Mubagwa K.
  Int J Cardiol. 1998 Mar 13;64(1):63-73.
• Survey of rheumatic heart disease in school children of Kinshasa town.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Bayekula M, Ngiyulu R, Kintoki VE, Bikangi NF, Seghers KV, et al.
  Int J Cardiol. 1998 Feb 28;63(3):287-94.
• HIV infection and pericardial disease invasion in Africa.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Tonduangu K, Seghers KV, Mubagwa D.Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss. 1997, 90(10):1377-84.
• The effect of HIV infection on high incidence of heart diseases in Kinshasa (Zaire). Echocardiographic study
  Longo-Mbenza B, Tonduangu K, Kintonki Vita E, Seghers KV.
  Ann Cardiol Angeiol (Paris). 1997 Feb;46(2):81-7.
• Non-syndromic deafness associated with a mutation and a polymorphism in the mitochondrial 12S ribosomal RNA gene in a large Zairean pedigree.
  Matthijs G, Claes S, Longo-Mbenza B, Cassiman JJ. Eur J Hum Genet. 1996;4(1):46-51.
• J-shaped relationship between mortality and admission blood pressure in black patients with acute stroke.
  M'Buyamba-Kabangu JR, Longo-Mbenza B, Tambwe MJ, Dikassa LN, Mbala-Mukendi M.
  J Hypertens. 1995 Dec;13(12 Pt 2):1863-8.
• A clinical study of cardiac manifestations related to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) in Kinshasa.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Tonduangu K, Muvova D, Phuati MB, Seghers KV, Kestelot H.
  Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss. 1995 Oct;88(10):1437-43.
• Diabète sucré et maladies cardiovasculaires.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Cardiologie tropicale 1995, 21:37-44.
• Clinical spectrum in Africans and medical management of cardiomyopathies.
  Longo-Mbenza B. The African Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, 1994.
• Cardiomyopathies idiopathiques, enquête séro(épidémiologique de la maladie de Chagas.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Mulumba P, Seghers, Leroy D.
  The African Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases, 1994
• L’actualité sur le traitement de l’hypertension artérielle,
  Longo Mbenza B. CongoMed 1994, 1 :7-18.
• L’impact du pouvoir médical sur l’éthique et la philosophie,
  Longo Mbenza B. CongoMed, 1994, 4 :184-188.
• Etude la fréquence cardiaque et de l’axe électrique du Coeur dans une population industrielle. A propos de l’usine brassicole Unibra de Kinshasa.
  Longo-Mbenza B. Cardiologie Tropicale, 1994.
• Attitude thérapeutique devant l’insuffisance cardiaque congestive aux Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Sumaili. Panorama medical, n°6, 1994.
• Place des cardiomyopathies dans la pathologie cardiovasculaire à Kinshasa. Etudes échocardiographiques.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Kintoki V. Cardiologie Tropicale, 1994.
• Cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure in Zairean blacks with sickle cell anemia.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Malu K. Medicom, 1994.
• Corrélation des protaglandines B2 urinaires et du volume urinaire chez l’hypertendu.
  Longo-Mbenza B. Cardiologie Tropicale, 1994.
• Aspects épidémiologiques et électrocardiographiques de la fibrillation auriculaire chez l’adulte noir du Congo-Zaire.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Kalonji ya Milamba. L’information Cardiologique, 1993, Vol XVII, 5.
• Le point sur l’actualité sur le traitement de l’hypertension artérielle.
  Longo-Mbenza B. Panorama medical, n°1, 1993.
• L’mpact du pouvoir médical sur la philosophie et la religion.
  Longo-Mbenza B. Panorama medical, n°4, 1993.
• Determinant prognostic factors and stroke in Zairian blacks.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Tambwe MJ, M’Buyamba Kabangu Jr.  Acta Cardiol, 1993; 271-2.
• Ethnicité et maladie: convergence ou divergence. In vie et Société au 21ème siècle : opportunités et dangers. Colloques de l’APPM, 1992.
  Longo-Mbenza B.
• Etude échocardiographique du rapport masse/dilatation du ventricule gauche en tant que mécanisme de régulation dans différents types de cardiomyopathies.
  Kintoki V, Longo-Mbenza B, Lutete Kelani. L’information cardiologique, XV (6), 1991.
• Trouble de rythme cardiaque dans les accidents vasculaires cérébraux (A propos de 75 cas observes aux Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa).
  Malu K, Longo-Mbenza B, Luabeya MK. Médecine d’Afrique noire,36(5), 1989.
• Pericarditis and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
  Malu K, Longo-Mbenza B, Lurhuma Z, Odio W. Arch Mal Coeur Vaiss. 1988;81(2):207-11.
• Péricardites aiguës : aspects cliniques et étiologiques (incidence du Sida).
  Malu K, Longo-Mbenza B, Cardiologie Tropicale, 14(54): 1988.
• Traitement d’un bloc auriculo-ventriculaire complet par des corticostéroïdes.
  Malu K, Longo-Mbenza B, Médecine d’Afrique noire, 34(6), 1987.
• Etude de l’évolution de l’inde R à l’effort chez des sujets coronaires traités par digitaline et beta-bloquants.
  Longo-Mbenza B. Cardiol Trop, 41, 1985.
• Intérêt de l’association fixe bêta-bloquant-diurétique dans l’hypertension artérielle aux Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa. Longo-Mbenza B, Kashongwe, M, Lusamba D.
  Annales de Médecine et de Pharmacie, 1985, Vol 2.
• Traitement minute de la blennorragie par ClemipenR 4.5 Mega U.I.
  Kanda B, Longo-Mbenza B, Mazebo.
  Annales de Médecine et de Pharmacie, 1985, Vol 2.
• Place de l'hypertension artérielle aux Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa.
  Mbaraga N, Longo-Mbenza B, KAa Tshiani. Cardiologie tropicale 10:85-89, 1984.
• Bloc auriculo-ventriculaire complet au cours d’un traitement à la phénytome. A propos d’un cas.
  Longo-Mbenza B. Cardiol Trop, 33, 1983.
• Corrélations immunologiques et électrocardiographiques de la myocardite immune.
  Longo-Mbenza B. Cardiologie Tropicale, 1982, 8 (32) : 169-173 ;
• Longo-Mbenza B., Ngoma DV., Nahimana D. et al. Screen detection and the WHO  STEPwise of arterial hypertention in Kinshasa.
  Eur J Cardiovasc Prev Rehabil 2008; 15: 503-8.

Major Conferences And Symposia

• 2ème World Congress on Biomarkers & Clinical Research 12-14 September 2011 Baltimore
• 38th Congress of Physiological Society of Southern Africa in East London, South Africa
• Printemps de la Cardiologie Recherche fondamentale et Clinique 15-17 April 2010

Communications :

Silent epidemics of diabetes mellitus, type 2 diabetes, pre-diabetes, metabolic syndrome and coronary heart disease at bank site
of Brazzaville

Thierry Gombet (1), Bertrand Ellenga-Mbola (1), Thierry Gombet (1), Stephane Meo Ikama (1), Gisèle Kimbally-Kaky (1), Benjamin Longo-Mbenza (2), Jean-Louis Nkoua (1)\

Posters :

• Relationship between demographic, elevated HDL-Cholesterol, infl ammation and metabolic syndrome in Brazzaville Banks Thierry Gombet, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza, Bertrand Ellenga-Mbola, Stephane Meo Ikama, Gisèle Kimbally-Kaky, Jean-Louis Nkoua
• Inflammation, coronary heart disease, metabolic syndrome and physical inactivity among bank employees of Brazzaville Thierry Gombet, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza, Bertrand Ellenga-Mbola, Stephane Meo Ikama, Gisèle Kimbally-Kaky, Jean-Louis Nkoua

World Congress of Cardiology. Buenos-Aires, Argentine. 18-21 May 2008.
Communications:

• Siriraj subtypes stroke and validation study in Kinshasa. Longo-Mbenza B, Mbete Tsasa JC, Lelo Tshikwela M, Mbuilu P, Vangu Ngoma D, Mbungu Fuele S
• Risk factors of stroke among Congolese black hypertensive diabetics. B Longo-Mbenza, R Mombo Ngimbi, D Vangu Ngoma, S Mbungu Fuele, B Buassa-Bu-Tsumbu
• Difficulties to define the metabolic syndrome in sub-Saharan Africa. Longo-Mbenza B.
• Comparison of abdominal obesity and total obesity in predicting risk of prehypertension status with reference to economic development in the South-West of Congo Kinshasa.  Longo-Mbenza B, Kasiam  Lasi On’Kin JB, Nge Okwe A, Vangu D, Mbungu S, Milongo G

Posters:

• Coronary heart disease, metabolic syndrome and QTC interval in hypertensive central Africans. Longo-Mbenza B, Manzala JC, Milongo G, Nge A, Mbungu S, Yala F
• Positive correlation between waist circumference, HDL-cholesterol and total cholesterol in central Africans with congestive heart failure : reverse epidemiology and U-relationship in cardiovascular risk.
  Longo-Mbenza B, Agongola HF, Kasiam Jb et al.
• Relation of QT interval with different definitions and components of metabolic syndrome n central African patients.  Longo-Mbenza B, Kasiam Jb et al.

6ème Congrès scientifique de la Société Camerounaise de Cardiologie, Yaoundé, Cameroun, 13 – 15 Février 2008 Communications :

• Difficulties to define the metabolic syndrome in sub-Saharan Africa, Longo-Mbenza B, Kasiam Lasi On’kin JB, Nge Okwe A, Kangola Kabangu N.
• Prise en charge medico-physique des maladies non transmissibles à Kinshasa, Longo-Mbenza B.
• Accident vasculaire, saisons et phénomène El Nino, Longo-Mbenza B,
• Helicobacter pylori infection, its systemic inflammatory effects and atherosclerotic diseases in Africans : the prominent role of fibrinogen and male sex, Longo-Mbenza B, Nkondi NJ, Vangu D, Mbungu S.

European Society of Cardiolgy Congress 2007. Vienna, Austria, 1 – 5 September 2007.
Communications :

• Protein energy malnutrition, socio-economic status, obesity and blood pressure in African school and adolescents. Longo-Mbenza B.
• Prevalence and appropriate cut-off points of overall and abdominal obesity for sub-Saharan Africa. Longo-Mbenza B.

Pan-African Society of Cardiology, Nairobi, Kenya, 13-16 May 2007.
Communications :

• Prevalence and appropriate cut-off points of overall and abdominal obesity from sub-Saharan Africa, L Kasiam, B Longo-Mbenza, A Nge Okwe, S Mbungu Fuele
• Rates and predictors of stroke-associated case fatality in black central African patients, B Longo-Mbenza
• Risk factors of stroke among Congolese black hypertensive diabetics, B Longo-Mbenza
• Active cigarette smoking increases coronary heart disease risk among Congolese patients, B Longo-Mbenza
• The role of early haemodynamic impairment and disease duration on diabetic cardiomyopathy and hypertension in Central Africans with atherosclerosis, B Longo-Mbenza, E Bieleli, E Muls, N Vangu, S Ditu Mpandamadi
• Prevalence and risk factors of the metabolic syndrome in urban Africans at the workplace: a clinical diagnosis of insulin resistance, B Longo-Mbenza, J Nkoy Belila, D Vangu Ngoma, S Mbungu Fuele
• Protein-energy malnutrition, socio-economic status, obesity and blood pressure in African school children and adolescents, B Longo-Mbenza, E Lukoki Luila, J Mbuyama-Kabangu
• The WHO Stepwise approach o assess prevalence and risk factors of non-communicable diseases in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, B Longo-Mbenza, D Vangu Ngoma, D Nahimana, F Ekwanzala, C Beya,, D Mupepe Mayuku, S Mbungu, JR Mbuyamba Kabangu, I Bieleli
• Prevention of the metabolic syndrome, insulin resistance and atherosclerotic diseases in Africans infected with Helicobacter pylori and treated with antibiotics,
  B Longo-Mbenza, J Nkondi Nsenga, D Vangu Ngoma

Les VIIIèmes Journées de Gastroenterologie d’Afrique Francophone, Alger, Algérie, 15, 16 et 17 Décembre 2005. Communication :

• Infection à Helicobacter pylori gastrique chronique et composantes de pression artérielle. NJ Nkondi, B Longo-Mbenza, MJM Kabongo, L Mabwa, S Mbungu et  D Vangu.

5th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Prevention of Tobacco Induced Disease, Hong-Kong, 24th to 26th November 2006.
Communications :

• Environmental tobacco smoke (ETS), smokeless tobacco (ST), active cigarette smoking are risk factors for pulmonary tuberculosis (PTB) in Kinshasa,
  Longo-Mbenza B, Lana Y, Vangu ND, Mbungu S, Lukoki LE
• Active cigarette smoking increases coronary heart disease risk among Congolese patients, B Longo-Mbenza, Lukoki Luila E
• Cigarette smoking, alcohol intake and fibrinogen, Longo-Mbenza B, Lukoki Luila E
• Diagnosis, treatment, pulmonary tuberculosis, and cigarette smoking in Kinshasa, DR Congo,
  Longo-Mbenza B, Kabengele Obel B, Kayembe Ntumba JM,  Mbungu S, Vangu D
• Stroke incidence and cigarette smoking in hypertensive Africans, Longo-Mbenza B, Lukoki Luila E
• Relationship between tobacco use and chronic respiratory diseases in Kinshasa population, DRC,  Longo-Mbenza B, Nkailu Nzuyi J, Lutonadio Fongo JD, Bokingo P, Soki R, Mbungu s, Vangu Ngoma D
• Ear, nose and throat problems associated with passive and active smoking among Congolese schoolchildren, Longo-Mbenza B, Sokolo Gedikondele J, Sabue Mulangu J, Muyunga Kasengulu C, Mbungu Fuele S, Lukoki Luila E

• Post-Conference Workshop on Treatment of Tobacco Dependency, Hong-Kong, 27th and 28th November 2006
• Panafrican Meeting on Hypertension (AMHY). Yaoundé, Cameroun, 2 – 5 Décembre 2005.
• 3rd World Assembly on tobacco Counters Health (WATCH). New Delhi, India. 7th – 11th March, 2004.
• 13ème Conférence Internationale sur le SIDA et les MST en Afrique (CISMA). Nairobi, Kenya, du 21 au 26 Septembre 2003.
• 12th World Conference on Tobacco or Health. Helsinki, Finland, August 3 - 8, 2003.