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Epigenetic analysis of cardio-metabolic health in an African population

Cronjé, H.T. (North-West University (South Africa), 2020)

INTRODUCTION AND AIM: Eighty-five percent of the 41 million annual non-communicable disease (NCD) mortalities worldwide occur in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). A large proportion of these deaths are caused by ...
Replication and expansion of epigenomewide association literature in a black South African population

Cronjé, H. Toinét; Nienaber-Rousseau, Cornelie; Pieters, Marlien; Elliott, Hannah R. (BMC, 2020)

DNA methylation is associated with non-communicable diseases (NCDs) and related traits. Methylation data on continental African ancestries are currently scarce, even though there are known genetic and epigenetic differences ...