Browsing Health Sciences by Author "Malan, L."
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Cardiovascular function, coping and cortisol in urbanised Africans : the SAPBA [i.e. SABPA] study
Meyburgh, Danelle (North-West University, 2010)Motivation: Environmental stressors have psychological and biological effects and the inability to cope with the stressor affects the mood and could lead to cardiovascular disease (CVD). Chronic stress leads to deregulation ... -
Chronic depression symptoms, hypertension and renal impairment in a bi-ethnic sex cohort : the SABPA study
De Vos, Arnoldeen Christien (North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Motivation: Although elevated renin levels are associated with volume-loading hypertension, African ethnicities are prone to develop low-renin hypertension. Chronic depressive symptoms were associated with vascular dysfunction ... -
Coping, alcohol and cardiovascular risk : the SABPA study
Oosthuizen, Woudri (2014)Motivation: The different coping styles used to respond to psychosocial stress have been linked to the development of cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, the manner in which the cardiovascular system is influenced differs ... -
Coping, copeptin and cardiac stress: the SABPA study
Myburgh, Catharina Elizabeth (North-West University (South-Africa). Potchefstroom Campus, 2019-05)Coping met emosionele stres kan óf effektief wees vir die neutralisering van stres óf dit kan negatiewe kardiovaskulêre uitkomste fasiliteer. Verdedigende-coping (DefS) en sosiale ondersteunings-coping is op effektiewe ... -
Coping, stress hormones and cardiovascular function in urbanised Africans
Oosthuyzen, Wilna (North-West University, 2007)Motivation: Urbanisation is now a more universal phenomenon than ever before. The negative effects of urbanisation on health, i.e. cardiovascular dysfunction, hypertension prevalence rates and endocrine patterns of stress ... -
Depressive symptoms and cardiometabolic health in urban black Africans : the SABPA study
Mashele, Nyiko (2014)Motivation - Depression is a mental disorder that has been associated with cardiovascular morbidity and mortality in the Western world. Cardio-metabolic mechanisms have been implicated as possible intermediating factors ... -
Double product and psychological distress in a bi-ethnic urban South African cohort : the SABPA study
Schutte, Christiaan Ernst (North-West University (South Africa) , Potchefstroom Campus, 2016)Argument: Hypertension contributes to the development of cardiovascular diseases. Several factors contribute to the development of hypertension, such as obesity, alcohol abuse and psychological distress. Black Africans ... -
Fatty acid and micronutrient intake and status in association with allergy among pregnant urban women in South Africa
Van Zyl, I. (North-West University, 2018)Background: Allergy has become a global problem, consequently reaching epidemic proportions. Worldwide, in both developed and developing countries, the prevalence of allergic disease is rising substantially, with an estimated ... -
The immune modulatory effects of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids and iron as applied in an animal pulmonary tuberculosis model
Nienaber, Arista (North-West University (South-Africa), 2020)Background: Non-resolving inflammation is characteristic of tuberculosis (TB). This leads to lung tissue damage and anaemia of infection, which is associated with poor clinical outcomes. Iron supplementation may have limited ... -
Metabolic syndrome indicators and target organ damage in urban active coping African and Caucasian men : the SABPA study
De Kock, Andrea (North-West University, 2010)MOTIVATION: The increasing prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS) is creating immense concern worldwide. In 2009, the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) announced the new MetS definition. MetS is diagnosed by any ... -
Neural control, cardiac stress and retinal vascular dynamics: the SABPA study
Wentzel, Annemarie (North-West University (South-Africa), 2019)Motivation: Structural and functional similarities exist between the retinal, cerebral and the coronary vasculature. Specifically, the retinal and cerebral vasculature show striking anatomical, functional and autoregulatory ... -
Physical activity status, chronic stress, cardiovascular risk factors and telomere length in an urban South African teachers' cohort : the SABPA study
Bruwer, Erna Jana (2014)The dose-response relationship between physical activity (PA), disease and mortality has primarily been obtained from self-report questionnaires in Western populations. A major limitation of self-reported PA is the likelihood ... -
Predisposing factors of hypertension in black males in the process of urbanisation
Schutte, Rudolph (North-West University (South-Africa), 2001)Social and cultural disruption resulting from urbanisation is a major cause of chronic levels of stress all over the world, especially in developing countries like South Africa. South Africa's black population (77 .2 ... -
Psychological well-being and cardiovascular function in obese African women : the POWIRS study
Malan, Henk (North-West University, 2006)Motivation: Abdominal obesity (hereafter referred to as "obesity") is becoming the biggest "global epidemic" of our modern times. It is associated with a range of diseases, including cardiovascular diseases and hypertension. ... -
The relationship between cortisol, c-reactive protein and hypertension in the development of cardiovascular dysfunction in African and Caucasian women : the POWIRS study
Tolmay, Claire (2009)Motivation: C-reactive protein (hs-CRP) and other risk factors such as cortisol and obesity in the diagnosis of cardiovascular dysfunction (CVD) in African and Caucasian women has become increasingly imperative when one ... -
Silent myocardial ischemia, cardiac troponins and target organ damage in a bi-ethnic sex cohort: the SABPA study
Griffiths, Madelein Elizabeth (North-West University (South-Africa), 2019)MOTIVATION - Cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevalence is escalating and influences general health and well-being. Blacks were more at risk of developing CVD and coronary artery disease (CAD). In addition, silent myocardial ...