Browsing by Subject "African"
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The aetiology of cardiovascular disease: a role for mitochondrial DNA?
(Clinics Cardive Publishing, 2018)Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is a world-wide cause of mortality in humans and its incidence is on the rise in Africa. In this review, we discuss the putative role of mitochondrial dysfunction in the aetiology of CVD and ... -
African female adolescents' experience of parent–adolescent relationships and the influence thereof on their well–being
(North-West University, 2010)Adolescence is a phase that includes substantial physical, social and psychological changes (Department of Health, 1999) and is considered to be a psychologically turbulent and emotional period in a person’s life (Strong, ... -
An assessment of perceptions, sources and uses of water among six African communities in the North West Province of South Africa
(Water Research Commission, 2016)The aim of this study was to assess perceptions, sources and uses of water among African residents of six different impoverished communities in the North West Province (NWP) of South Africa. A sequential exploratory ... -
Anti-Indianism in Kwazulu-Natal: Historical and contemporary realities.
(School for Basic Sciences, Vaal Triangle Campus, North-West University, 2014)Indo-African relations in KwaZulu-Natal are about competition and rivalry for limited resources and privileges not only between these two segments, but by all four categories1 that make up South African society. It has ... -
Architectural traditions of Mapungubwe and Bambandyanalo (K2)
(2010)This article is concerned with the identification of culturally significant architectural structures and features on the archaeological sites Mapungubwe and K2, two 11th to 13th Century AD African capitals in the current ... -
An assessment of perceptions, sources and uses of water among six African communities in the North West Province of South Africa
(Water Research Commission, 2016)The aim of this study was to assess perceptions, sources and uses of water among African residents of six different impoverished communities in the North West Province (NWP) of South Africa. A sequential exploratory ... -
Associations between indices of iron status, anthropometric and biological markers of cardiovascular disease risk
(North-West University, 2011)Background: In South Africa, as in many other developing countries, iron deficiency (the most common micronutrient deficiency) still remains unresolved; while obesity has emerged as a public health challenge causing increases ... -
Associations of cholesterol and glucose with cardiovascular dysfunction in black Africans: the SABPA study
(Informa healthcare, 2011)The aim was to determine whether blood glucose or cholesterol is the more prominent contributor to cardiovascular dysfunction in 101 African men and 99 African women. We measured ambulatory daytime blood pressure (BP), ... -
Associations of suPAR with lifestyle and cardiometabolic risk factors
(Wiley, 2014)Background: Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR), a novel indicator of low-grade inflammation, is associated with cardiovascular disease and mortality in the general population, while an unhealthy ... -
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 ...
