Browsing Research Output by Subject "ambulatory blood pressure"
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Alkaline phosphatase and arterial structure and function in hypertensive African men: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2013)Background: Vascular calcification is believed to be due to the conversion of vascular smooth muscle cells into osteoblast-like cells and is associated with mortality. Since hypertension and related mortality in Africans ... -
Arterial stiffness, ambulatory blood pressure and low-grade albuminuria in non-diabetic African and caucasian men: the SABPA study
(Nature Publishing Group, 2011)Recent evidence suggests that low-grade urinary albumin excretion is a marker of early general attenuation of vascular function, but studies are limited to Caucasian population groups. We compared low-grade urinary albumin ... -
Compromised bioavailable IGF-1 of black men relates favourably to ambulatory blood pressure: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2014)Objectives Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) has potent endothelial-protective, anti-platelet and anti-thrombotic activities, and also exerts mitogenic and proliferatory actions on vascular smooth muscle cells. Conflicting ...