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Associations of central and peripheral blood pressure with the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in healthy young adults: the African-PREDICT study
(Springer Nature, 2020)
This study investigated associations of brachial and central blood pressure (BP) with detailed renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) components in a healthy young population stratified according to ethnicity and sex. ...
Differences in MetS marker prevalence between black African and Caucasian teachers from the North West Province: Sympathetic activity and ambulatory blood pressure in Africans (SABPA) study
(Medpharm, 2011)
Background: The aim of this study was to compare metabolic syndrome (MetS) prevalence between black and Caucasian Africans using different definitions, and secondly, to determine the association between MetS, anthropometric ...
Fibrinogen concentration and its role in CVD risk in black South Africans – effect of urbanisationtion
(Schattauer, 2011)
The aim of this study was to investigate correlates of fibrinogen concentration in black South Africans, as well as its association with cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk and whether urbanisation influences this association. ...
Associations of cholesterol and glucose with cardiovascular dysfunction in black Africans: the SABPA study
(Informa healthcare, 2011)
The aim was to determine whether blood glucose or cholesterol is the more prominent contributor to cardiovascular dysfunction in 101 African men and 99 African women. We measured ambulatory daytime blood pressure (BP), ...
Job characteristics and work‐home interaction: does race moderate the relationship for South African police members?
(Emerald, 2012)
Purpose: – The purpose of this paper is too investigate whether race moderates the relationship between job characteristics (job demands and job resources) and negative and positive WHI (work‐home interaction) in a sample ...
Psychosocial health of an African group before awareness of HIV status: a comparative study
(Taylor & Francis, 2011)
This study aimed to explore the psychosocial health profiles of people with and without HIV before they learned their
infection status. A total of 1,025 participants (males = 386, females = 639, age range = between 32 and ...
Exploring soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor and its relationship with arterial stiffness in a bi–ethnic population: the SAfrEIC–study
(Elsevier, 2012)
Introduction: Elevated soluble urokinase-type plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) indicates an inflammatory
state caused by conditions such as HIV and cancer. Recently suPARwas identified as an indicator of ...
Using MutPred derived mtDNA load scores to evaluate mtDNA variation in hypertension and diabetes in a two-population cohort: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2017)
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation has been implicated in many common complex diseases, but inconsistent and contradicting results are common. Here we introduce a novel mutational load hypothesis, which also considers the ...
Implementing a new variant load model to investigate the role of mtDNA in oxidative stress and inflammation in a bi-ethnic cohort: the SABPA study
(Taylor & Francis, 2019)
Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variation has been implicated in several common complex and degenerative diseases, including cardiovascular disease. Inflammation is seen as part of many of these conditions. Mitochondria feature ...
Comparing beverage consumption, physical activity and anthropometry among young adult urban- and rural-dwelling African women
(Medpharm, 2020)
Beverage consumption, physical activity, body mass index and waist circumference were compared in age-matched (aged 18–
30 years) groups of young South African women from urban (n = 78) and rural (n = 94) settings. Obesity ...