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Alcohol intake, hypertension development and mortality in black South Africans
Zatu, Mandlenkosi C.; Van Rooyen, Johannes M.; Kruger, Annamarie; Schutte, Aletta E. (Sage Publishing, 2016)Background: Excessive alcohol intake is a risk factor for cardiovascular disease (CVD) and predicts cardiovascular and all-cause mortality. We determined which alcohol marker (self-reported alcohol intake, gamma-glutamy ... -
A comparison of the cardiometabolic profile of black South Africans with suspected non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and excessive alcohol use
Zatu, Mandlenkosi Caswell; Van Rooyen, Johannes Marthinus; Loots, Du Toit; Greeff, Minrie; Schutte, Aletta Elisabeth (Elsevier, 2015)Excessive alcohol use and non–alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) are putative cardiovascular disease risk factors. In order to ease the identification of these conditions on primary health care level, we aimed to determine ...