Browsing Research Output by Subject "Cardiovascular risk"
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Ambulatory blood pressure monitoring and morning surge in blood pressure in adult black and white South Africans
(Wiley, 2020)We examined whether there were differences in the circadian variation in blood pressure and the morning surge in blood pressure between black and white Africans. Clinic and ambulatory blood pressure data obtained from the ... -
Elevated estimated arterial age is associated with metabolic syndrome and low-grade inflammation
(Wolters Kluwer, 2016)Background: Arterial age can be estimated from equations relating arterial stiffness to age and blood pressure in large cohorts. We investigated whether estimated arterial age (eAA) was elevated in patients with the metabolic ... -
Hypertriglyceridaemia and the risk of pancreatitis six months post lopinavir/ritonavir initiation
(AOSIS, 2018)Background: Hypertriglyceridaemia (HTG) is an important risk factor for pancreatitis and cardiovascular disease (CVD), depending on severity. Hypertriglyceridaemia is common in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection ... -
Report of the International Society of Hypertension Teaching Seminar organized by the International Society of Hypertension Africa Regional Advisory Group: Maputo, Mozambique, 2016
(Wolters Kluwer, 2016)The International Society of Hypertension (ISH), in fulfilment of its mission of promoting hypertension control and prevention and also of advancing knowledge globally, organizes hypertension teaching seminars or ‘summer ... -
Thresholds for pulse wave velocity, urine albumin creatinine ratio and left ventricularmass index using SCORE, Framingham and ESH/ESC risk charts
(Kluwer, 2012)Aims: Markers of subclinical target organ damage (TOD) increase cardiovascular (CV) risk prediction beyond traditional risk factors. We wanted to establish thresholds for three markers of TOD based on absolute CV risk in ... -
Traditional versus new models of risk prediction
(Elsevier, 2015)Risk stratification for primary prevention of cardiovascular disease is today performed using traditional risk factors such as age, gender, blood pressure, serum cholesterol, smoking habits, and plasma glucose. However, ... -
Von Willebrand factor, its cleaving protease (ADAMTS13), and inflammation in young adults: the African-PREDICT study
(Elsevier, 2020)Background The role of inflammation in the early development of vascular dysfunction remains complex. Interleukin-6 (IL-6) and C-reactive protein (CRP) can cause an acute imbalance in the von Willebrand factor (vWF)-ADAMTS13 ...