Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Author "Frasure-Smith, Nancy"
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Cohort profile: sympathetic activity and ambulatory blood pressure in Africans (SABPA) prospective cohort study
Malan, Leoné; Hamer, Mark; Steyn, Hendrik S.; Malan, Nicolaas T.; Frasure-Smith, Nancy (Oxford Univ Press, 2015)Adapting to an over–demanding stressful urban environment may exhaust the psychophysiological resources to cope with these demands, and lead to sympathetic nervous system dysfunction. The evidence that an urban–dwelling ... -
Depressive symptoms and 24-hour ambulatory blood pressure in Africans: the SABPA study
Hamer, Mark; Harvey, Brian H.; Malan, Nico T.; Malan, Leoné; Frasure-Smith, Nancy (Hindawi, 2012)Disturbances in circadian rhythm might play a central role in the neurobiology of depression. We examined the association between depressive symptoms and 24-hour ambulatory BP in a sample of 405 (197 black and 208 Caucasian) ...