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The African prospective study on the early detection and identification of cardiovascular disease and hypertension (African-PREDICT): design, recruitment and initial examination
(Sage, 2019)
Background: Globally hypertension is stabilising, but in sub-Saharan Africa the incidence of hypertension remains on an
increase. Although this might be attributed to poor healthcare and ineffective antihypertensive ...
The contribution of the C-824T tyrosine hydroxylase polymorphism to the prevalence of hypertension in a South African cohort: the SABPA study
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
The C-824T single nucleotide polymorphism in the promoter region of the tyrosine hydroxylase gene has been associated with hypertension. It is well documented that African South Africans exhibit a higher prevalence of ...
Use of metabolomics to elucidate the metabolic perturbation associated with hypertension in a black South African male cohort: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2015)
There is concern about the increasing burden of essential hypertension in urban–dwelling black South Africans, especially
males. Several studies have investigated urbanization and hypertension in South Africans, but ...