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Lung function, inflammation and cardiovascular mortality in Africans
(Wiley, 2016)
Background
The link between impaired lung function and cardiovascular outcome is well established in European and American populations. It is possible that this association may be driven by a systemic spillover of ...
Attenuated IGF-1 predicts all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in a Black population: a five-year prospective study
(Sage Publications Ltd, 2016)
Background:
Inconsistent findings are reported on whether insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) is protective or harmful
in predicting hypertension, carotid wall thickness and mortality. We determined the five-year ...