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    • Adipokines and cardiometabolic function: how are they interlinked? 

      Schutte, Aletta Elisabeth; Huisman, Hugo Willem; Schutte, Rudolph; Van Rooyen, Johannes Marthinus; Malan, Leoné; Fourie, Catharina Maria Theresia; Malan, Nicolaas Theodor (Elsevier, 2010)
      Objective Adipokines contribute directly to the coexistence of insulin resistance and endothelial dysfunction. Most studies focus on a single adipokine. We therefore investigated the independent relationships of leptin, ...
    • Leptin relates to prolonged cardiovascular recovery after acute stress in Africans: the SABPA study 

      Pieterse, C.; Schutte, R.; Schutte, A.E. (Elsevier, 2016)
      Background and aims Heightened cardiovascular reactivity and delayed recovery to stress are associated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease. Africans, who are more prone to develop hypertension, show greater ...