Browsing by Subject "Metabolic syndrome"
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The association between central obesity and psychological distress in a group of urban Africans : the SABPA study
(North-West University, 2012)Introduction: Obesity plays an important role in the development of the metabolic syndrome, with central obesity being included as a required prerequisite in the most recent definition of the metabolic syndrome by the ... -
Association of 25-hydroxyvitamin D and parathyroid hormone with the metabolic syndrome in black South African women
(Canadian Science Publishing, 2017)The relationship between 25 hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D), parathyroid hormone (PTH) and metabolic traits appear to differ among ethnicities and may be influenced by obesity. The aim of the study was to examine the association ... -
Association of predicted 10 years cardiovascular mortality risk with duration of HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected individuals in Durban, South Africa
(BMC, 2019)Background: South Africa has the largest population of human immunodefciency virus (HIV) infected patients on antiretroviral therapy (ART) realising the benefts of increased life expectancy. However, this population may ... -
Bioavailable IGF-1 and its relation to the metabolic syndrome in a bi-ethnic population of men and women
(Georg Thieme Verlag, 2016)Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1), an insulin sensitivity and vasculoprotective factor, associates negatively with the metabolic syndrome. However, IGF-1 is reduced by factors such as inflammation, oxidative stress and ... -
Body composition, bone health and vitamin D status of African adults in the North West Province
(2014)Background In South Africa, as in many other developing countries, obesity has become a major health problem causing an increase in the incidence and prevalence of various non-communicable diseases. Research has shown that ... -
Body composition, physical activity and C-reactive protein in children : the PLAY study
(North-West University, 2006)Obesity is currently the most common and costly nutritional problem in developed countries and ten percent of the world's school-aged children are estimated to be overweight to some extent. Low-grade systemic inflammation ... -
Cardiovascular dysfunction and specific coping mechanisms in Africans
(North-West University, 2005)Motivation: Cardiovascular dysfunction and hypertension are some of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the African population. According to the World Health Organisation the increases in these diseases are ... -
Comparison of the association of PAI-1 act with the metabolic syndrome markers in caucasian and black South African women
(North-West University, 2005)Motivation: The detrimental effects of obesity and insulin resistance in Caucasians and African-Americans have been the focus of many recent publications, and the association between PAI-1act and markers of the metabolic ... -
Coping and metabolic syndrome indicators in urban black South African men: the SABPA study
(Clinics Cardiv Publishing, 2010)Urbanisation is associated with obesity, hypertension anddevelopment of the metabolic syndrome (MS). We aimed toassess the use of different coping styles and their influenceon increases in MS indicators and target end-organ ... -
Coping with urbanization: a cardiometabolic risk? The THUSA study
(Elsevier, 2008)An assessment of specific coping styles in rural-urban Africans is done to evaluate its contribution as cardiometabolic risk factor. In total, 608 apparently healthy Africans were included in a cross-sectional comparative ...