Browsing by Subject "Copeptin"

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Coping facilitated troponin T increases and hypo-responsivity in the copeptin-HPA-axis during acute mental stress in a black cohort: the SABPA study

Myburgh, Catharina Elizabeth; Malan, Leoné; Möller, Marisa; Steyn, Faans; Malan, Nicolaas Theodor (Elsevier, 2019)

Background Defensive coping (DefS) was associated with a vulnerable cardiovascular profile in blacks. The copeptin/vasopressin system is a manifestation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-axis activity and may act as an ...
Relation of the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system with potential cardiac injury and remodelling: the SABPA study

Gafane-Matemane, Lebo F.; Mokae, Nametsegang L.; Breet, Yolandi; Malan, Leoné (Taylor & Francis, 2020)

Purpose: The renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system (RAAS) plays an important role in maintaining hemodynamic homeostasis. Ethnic disparities exist regarding RAAS activity due to sympathetic activity and sodium-water retention, ...