Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Subject "urbanization"

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Gene-environment and gene-gene interactions of specific MTHFR, MTR and CBS gene variants in relation to homocysteine in a black South Africans

Nienaber-Rousseau, Cornelie; Ellis, Suria M.; Moss, Sarah J.; Towers, G. Wayne; Melse-Boonstra, Alida (Elsevier, 2013)

The methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR), cystathione-β-synthase (CBS) and methionine synthase (MTR) genes interact with each other and the environment. These interactions could influence homocysteine (Hcy) and ...
The use of predefined diet quality scores in the context of CVD risk during urbanization in the South African Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological (PURE) study

Dolman, R.C.; Wentzel-Viljoen, E.; Jerling, J.C.; Kruger, A.; Pieters, M.; Feskens, E.J.M. (2014-08)

Objective Urbanization is generally associated with increased CVD risk and accompanying dietary changes. Little is known regarding the association between increased CVD risk and dietary changes using approaches such as ...