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The Association of Red Blood Cell Counts with Endothelin-1 in African and Caucasian Women
(Informa Healthcare, 2009)
The literature shows an increase in endothelin-1 with increased levels of erythrocytes. There are also indications that inflammation and elevated endothelin-1 levels interact with erythropoiesis. In this study, the association ...
Blood glutathione and subclinical atherosclerosis in African men: the SABPA study
(Oxford Univ Press, 2009)
Background: Sub-Saharan Africans face an increasing burden of hypertension and related cardiac and cerebrovascular morbidity and mortality, making the identification of factors leading to early vascular abnormalities ...
Ethnic-specific correlations of Visfatin with circulating markers of endothelial inflammation and function
(Wiley, 2009)
Sub-Saharan Africa is afflicted by high hypertension prevalence that is expected to rise even further along with increasing obesity rates. The present study aimed to investigate the role of visfatin in obesity and to explore ...