Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Author "De Kock, A."
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Defensive coping and subclinical vascular disease risk – associations with autonomic exhaustion in Africans and caucasians: the SABPA study
De Kock, A.; Malan, L.; Malan, N.T.; Hamer, M. (Elsevier, 2012)Objective The defensive active coping response is a recognised cardiovascular risk factor in Africans, especially in men. It is uncertain whether autonomic dysfunction might be the underlying cause. We therefore investigated ... -
Metabolic syndrome indicators and target organ damage in urban active coping African and caucasian men: the SABPA study
De Kock, A.; Malan, L.; Potgieter, J.C.; Steenekamp, W.; Van der Merwe, M.T. (George Thieme, 2012)Psychosocial stress relating to an urban environment or acculturation increases the prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS). The objectives of this study were firstly to indicate and compare differences regarding appraisal ...