Browsing Research Output by Author "Pieterse, Chiné"
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Autonomic activity and leptin in Africans and whites: the SABPA study
Pieterse, Chiné; Schutte, Ramoteme, L.; Schutte, Aletta E. (Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott, Williams & Wilkins, 2014)Objectives: Evidence exists that leptin enhances sympathetic activity and may thereby contribute to the development of obesity-related hypertension. Sympathetic activation also seems more prominent in Africans than whites. ... -
Carotid cross-sectional wall area is significantly associated with serum leptin levels, independent of body mass index: the SABPA studyent of body mass index: the SABPA study
Mels, Catharina Martha Cornelia; Pieterse, Chiné; Schutte, Aletta Elisabeth; Schutte, Rudolph; Smith, Wayne (Japanese Society of HypertensionNature Publishing Group, 2012)Hypertension and obesity are serious health burdens in sub-Saharan Africa. Urbanized Africans seem to be more susceptible to the development of these diseases than Caucasians. Current research suggests that leptin may be ...