Browsing Health Sciences by Subject "Black South African population"

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Associations between specific ApoE genetic variants and their interactions with environmental factors in relation to the lipid profile of black South Africans

Meades, Lize (2014)

Introduction: Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is the leading cause of global mortality and its prevalence is increasing among black South Africans in spite of their favourable lipid profile. Apolipoprotein E (ApoE) is a ...
The influence of genetic polymorphisms of fibrinogen genes on changes in total fibrinogen and fibrinogen gamma prime concentrations over time in black South Africans

Jobse, Ané (2014)

INTRODUCTION AND AIM - Cardiovascular disease is globally a major risk factor for morbidity and mortality. It is caused by various factors, one of which is an abnormal haemostatic process. Fibrinogen is a haemostatic factor ...