Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "African women"

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    • Iron loading, alcohol and mortality: a prospective study 

      Schutte, Rudolph; Huisman, Hugo; Mels, Catharina M.C.; Botha, Shani; Kruger, Ruan; Smith, Wayne; Kruger, Iolanthé M.; Breet, Yolandi; Schutte, Aletta E. (Elsevier, 2019)
      Background & aims The relationship between total body iron and cardiovascular disease remains controversial and information absent in black sub-Saharan Africans in whom alcohol consumption tends to be high. The level of ...

    • Iron status and cardiovascular disease risk in black South African women: the PURE study 

      Aderibigbe, Olaide Ruth; Pisa, Pedro T.; Mamabolo, Ramoteme L.; Kruger, Salome H.; Vorster, Hester H.; Kruger, Annamarie (MedPharm Publishers, 2011)
      Objective: To examine the associations between measures of iron status and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in South African women. Method: In a cross-sectional study, demographic information and health history ...