Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "Percentage carbohydrate deficient transferrin"

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Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease risk in an African population in transition: the prospective urban and rural epidemiology (PURE) study

Pisa, P.T.; Kruger, A.; Vorster, H.H.; Margetts, B.M.; Loots, D.T. (Medpharm Publications, 2010)

Objective: There is evidence showing a cardioprotective effect of light to moderate alcohol consumption in many populations. Whether alcohol consumption reduces cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk in an African population ...
Alcohol intake, hypertension development and mortality in black South Africans

Zatu, Mandlenkosi C.; Van Rooyen, Johannes M.; Kruger, Annamarie; Schutte, Aletta E. (Sage Publishing, 2016)

Background: Excessive alcohol intake is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and predicts cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. We determined which alcohol marker (self-reported alcohol intake, gamma-glutamy ...
Self-reported alcohol intake is a better estimate of 5-year change in blood pressure than biochemical markers in low resource settings: the PURE study

Zatu, Mandlenkosi C.; Van Rooyen, Johannes M.; Loots, Du Toit; Wentzel-Viljoen, Edelweiss; Greeff, Minrie; Schutte, Aletta E. (Wolters Kluwer, 2014)

Background: Despite criticism of self-reported alcohol intake, it is a valuable tool to screen for alcohol abuse as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease. We aimed to compare various self-reported estimates of alcohol ...