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Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease risk in an African population in transition: the prospective urban and rural epidemiology (PURE) study
(Medpharm Publications, 2010)Objective: There is evidence showing a cardioprotective effect of light to moderate alcohol consumption in many populations. Whether alcohol consumption reduces cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in an African population ... -
Alcohol intake and cardiovascular function of black South Africans : a 5-year prospective study
(2015)Motivation - Alcohol consumption is one of the major risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD). Excessive alcohol drinking is the fifth leading cause of death worldwide and the prevalence of alcohol abuse continues to ... -
Alcohol intake, hypertension development and mortality in black South Africans
(Sage Publishing, 2016)Background: Excessive alcohol intake is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and predicts cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. We determined which alcohol marker (self-reported alcohol intake, gamma-glutamy ... -
Associations between biological alcohol consumption markers, reported alcohol intakes, and biological health outcomes in an African population in transition
(North-West University, 2008)BACKGROUND Alcohol consumption probably plays an important role in the transition associated with urbanisation in developing countries. The World Health Organisation recently stated that alcohol consumption is the fifth ... -
Self-reported alcohol intake is a better estimate of 5-year change in blood pressure than biochemical markers in low resource settings: the PURE study
(Wolters Kluwer, 2014)Background: Despite criticism of self-reported alcohol intake, it is a valuable tool to screen for alcohol abuse as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. We aimed to compare various self-reported estimates of alcohol ...