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Leptin: a cardiovascular perspective
(Health & Medical Publishing Group (JEMDSA), 2012)The development of obesity, as well as resultant type 2 diabetes, hypertension and cardiovascular disease, is causing concern in South Africa. Following the discovery of leptin in 1994, hopes were raised that the manipulation ... -
Lessons learned from gamification of a learning experience : a case study
(NWU, 2018)The use of gamification principles can be valuable to motivate students and enhance their learning experience. A gamification initiative making use of a mobile app to prepare students for their summative assessment was ... -
Leukocyte telomere length and hemostatic factors in a South African cohort: the SABPA study
(Wiley, 2014)Background Incident atherothrombotic disease is predicted by leukocyte telomere length, a marker of biological age, and hemostatic factor levels, indicating a hypercoagulable state. We hypothesized that shorter telomeres ... -
Level of agreement between objectively determined body composition and perceived body image in 6-to 8-year-old South African children: the Body Composition-Isotope Technique study
(Public Library of Science, 2020)To assess the level of agreement between body size self-perception and actual body size determined by body mass index (BMI) z-score and body fatness measured by the deuterium dilution method (DDM) in South African children ... -
Level of agreement between physical activity levels measured by ActiHeart and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire in persons with intellectual disability
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the level of agreement between objective physical activity (PA) (ActiHeart®) and subjective proxy-respondent International Physical Activity Questionnaire-short version ... -
Leveraging ongoing research to evaluate the health impacts of South Africa s salt reduction strategy: a prospective nested cohort within the WHO-SAGE multicountry, longitudinal study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2016)Introduction. Attempting to curb the rising epidemic of hypertension, South Africa implemented legislation in June 2016 mandating maximum sodium levels in a range of manufactured foods that contribute significantly to ... -
Leveraging the urban-rural divide for epigenetic research
(Future Medicine, 2020)Urbanization coincides with a complex change in environmental exposure and a rapid increase in noncommunicable diseases (NCDs). Epigenetics, including DNA methylation (DNAm), is thought to mediate part of the association ... -
Life stories managing chronic illness: young adults’ lived experiences with type 1 diabetes
(Taylor & Francis, 2018)This study aimed to characterise diabetes management experiences of South African young adults living with well-controlled type 1 diabetes (n = 8, female = 5, male = 3, age range = 20–25) The young adults told life ... -
Lifestyle factors and risk of multimorbidity of cancer and cardiometabolic diseases: a multinational cohort study
(BioMed Central, 2020)Background Although lifestyle factors have been studied in relation to individual non-communicable diseases (NCDs), their association with development of a subsequent NCD, defined as multimorbidity, has been scarcely ... -
Lifestyle influences changes in fibrin clot properties over a 10-year period on a population level
(Georg Thieme Verlag, 2022)Case–control and observational studies have provided a plausible mechanistic link between clot structure and thrombosis. We aimed to identify lifestyle, demographic, biochemical, and genetic factors that influence changes ... -
Liking, salt taste perception and use of table salt when consuming reduced-salt chicken stews in light of South Africa's new salt regulations
(Elsevier, 2016)This study investigated the impact of salt reduction on liking, salt taste perception, and use of table salt when consuming chicken stew in light of South Africa's new salt recommendations. In total, 432 South-African ... -
Limiting the blood pressure response in young males during dynamic resistance exercise through intermittent rest
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The link between vascular deterioration and branched chain amino acids in a population with high glycated haemoglobin: the SABPA study
(Springer Link, 2013)Globally the prevalence of non-communicable diseases, such as hypertension and type 2 diabetes, are escalating. Metabolomic studies indicated that circulating branched chain amino acids (BCAAs) are associated with insulin ... -
Lipid abnormalities in a never-treated HIV-1 subtype C-infected African population
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Lipid-based nutrient supplements and linear growth in children under 2 years: a review
(Cambridge University Press, 2017)The prevalence of stunting remains high in low- and middle-income countries despite adoption of comprehensive nutrition interventions, particularly in low-income countries. In the present paper, we review current evidence ... -
Listening to Africa’s children in the process of practical theological interpretation: a South African application
(AOSIS, 2012)As part of the theological task of developing a publicly oriented ministry that will do justice to the social plight of children in Africa, this article adopted as its point of departure an appreciation of the new ‘hermeneutics ... -
Live animal and carcass characteristics of South African indigenous goats
(South African Society for Animal Science (SASAS), 2011)Eighty-nine intact male, castrates and female South African indigenous goats in three age groups (0, 2 - 6 and 8 permanent incisors) and two pre-slaughter conditioning groups; namely, the non-conditioned which were slaughtered ... -
Lived experiences of subclinical eating disorder: Female student's perceptions
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Liver enzymes are not directly involved in atrial fibrillation: a prospective cohort study
(Wiley, 2017)Background Epidemiological evidence proposes the direct involvement of the liver enzymes in atrial fibrillation. These relationships are controversial and mechanistically unclear. As part of the British Regional Heart ...