Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Author "Uys, A.S."
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Attenuated brain-derived neurotrophic factor and hypertrophic remodelling: the SABPA study
Smith, A.J.; Malan, L.; Uys, A.S.; Malan, N.T.; Harvey, B.H. (Springer Nature, 2015)Brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF) has been linked to neurological pathologies, but its role in cardiometabolic disturbances is limited. We aimed to assess the association between serum BDNF levels and structural ... -
Attenuated NOx responses and myocardial ischemia, a possible risk for structural vascular disease in African men: the SABPA study
Uys, A.S.; Malan, L.; Van Rooyen, J.M.; Steyn, H.S.; Reimann, M. (Nature Publishing Group, 2014)Chronically elevated blood pressure has been associated with impaired NO-mediated vasodilation and structural vascular disease risk. This study aimed to determine whether significant associations exist regarding NO metabolite ... -
Defensive coping facilitates higher blood pressure and early sub–clinical structural vascular disease via alterations in heart rate variability: the SABPA study
Malan, L.; Hamer, M.; Schutte, R.; Van Rooyen, J.M.; Mels, C.M.; Fourie, C.M.T.; Uys, A.S.; Malan, N.T. (Elsevier, 2013)Objectives: Defensive coping (AC) responses in urban African males have been associated with vascular responsiveness, partly explaining autonomic nervous system dysfunction. We therefore aimed to assess whether AC responses ... -
Evaluation of waist-to-height ratio to predict 5 year cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan African adults
Ware, L.J.; Kruger, H.S.; Kruger, I.M.; Greeff, M.; Fourie, C.M.T.; Huisman, H.W.; Scheepers, J.D.W.; Uys, A.S.; Kruger, R.; Van Rooyen, J.M.; Schutte, R.; Schutte, A.E. (Open Access, 2014)Background and aims Simple, low-cost central obesity measures may help identify individuals with increased cardiometabolic disease risk, although it is unclear which measures perform best in African adults. We aimed to: ...