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How will South Africa’s mandatory salt reduction policy affect its salt iodisation programme? A cross-sectional analysis from the WHO-SAGE Wave 2 Salt & Tobacco study
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2018)
Objective The WHO’s global targets for non-communicable disease reduction recommend consumption of<5 g salt/day. In 2016, South Africa was the first country to legislate maximum salt levels in processed foods. South Africa’s ...
Association of predicted 10 years cardiovascular mortality risk with duration of HIV infection and antiretroviral therapy among HIV-infected individuals in Durban, South Africa
(BMC, 2019)
Background: South Africa has the largest population of human immunodefciency virus (HIV) infected patients
on antiretroviral therapy (ART) realising the benefts of increased life expectancy. However, this population may ...
Microvascular function in non-dippers: potential involvement of the salt sensitivity biomarker, marinobufagenin-the African-PREDICT study
(Wiley, 2020)
Suppressed nighttime blood pressure dipping is associated with salt sensitivity and may increase the hemodynamic load on the microvasculature. The mechanism remains unknown whereby salt sensitivity may increase the ...
The accuracy in measurement of blood pressure (AIM‐BP) collaborative: background and rationale
(Wiley, 2019)
Blood pressure (BP) measurement, a technique first described over
a century ago, is an essential component of clinical care and critical
for the detection and management of hypertension.1
Accordingly,
the ramifications ...
São Paulo call to action for the prevention and control of high blood pressure: 2020
(Wiley, 2019)
About 1/4th of adults have high blood pressure which is the single most important risk for death (including heart disease and stroke).
There are effective policies that could facilitate people making healthy choices to ...
Global, regional, and national comparative risk assessment of 79 behavioural, environmental and occupational, and metabolic risks or clusters of risks, 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
(Elsevier, 2016)
Background The Global Burden of Diseases, Injuries, and Risk Factors Study 2015 provides an up-to-date synthesis of
the evidence for risk factor exposure and the attributable burden of disease. By providing national and ...
Ethnicity and arterial stiffness
(AHA, 2020)
Early vascular aging reflects increased arterial stiffness of central blood vessels at young chronological ages and
powerfully predicts cardiovascular events and mortality, independent of routine brachial blood pressure ...
The new wave of Asia: a message from the president of the International Society of Hypertension
(Wiley, 2020)
Globally, raised blood pressure is the leading risk factor accountable for over 10.4 million deaths per year.1 The cardiovascular consequences of hypertension are devastating, which is why raised blood pressure requires ...
2020 International Society of Hypertension global hypertension practice guidelines
(AHA, 2020)
Context and Purpose of This Guideline
Statement of Remit
To align with its mission to reduce the global burden of raised
blood pressure (BP), the International Society of Hypertension
(ISH) has developed worldwide ...
Inflammation and salt in young adults: the African-PREDICT study
(Springer, 2020)
Purpose
Low-grade inflammation and a diet high in salt are both established risk factors for cardiovascular disease. High potassium (K+) intake was found to counter increase in blood pressure due to high salt intake and ...