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Plasma renin responses to mental stress and carotid intima-media thickness in black Africans: the SABPA study

Hamer, M.; Malan, L.; Schutte, A.E.; Huisman, H.W.; Van Rooyen, J.M.; Schutte, R.; Foirie, C.M.T.; Malan, N.T. (Nature Publishing Group, 2011)

The renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system can be activated by sympathetic nervous input and is thought to have an important role in the prevalence of hypertension and cardiovascular risk in black Africans. We examined (1) ...
Progression of cardiovascular risk factors in black Africans: 3 year follow up of the SABPA cohort study

Hamer, Mark; Malan, Nico T.; Schutte, Alta E.; Huisman, Hugo W.; Malan, Leoné (Elsevier, 2015)

Recent work identified a high prevalence of modifiable risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) among urban black South Africans. The aim was to track the progression of CVD risk factors in a multi-ethnic sample of ...