Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences by Author "Olckers, A."
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Classifying Africans with the Metabolic Syndrome
Schutte, A.E.; Schutte, R.; Huisman, H.W.; Van Rooyen, J.M.; Malan, L.; Olckers, A.; Malan, N.T. (Thieme, 2009)This study was aimed to compare prevalences of the metabolic syndrome in Africans using five definitions as proposed by the World Health Organization (WHO), the European Group for the Study of Insulin Resistance (EGIR), ... -
Genetic polymorphisms of beta(2)- and beta(3)- adrenergic receptor genes associated with characteristics of the metabolic syndrome in black South African women
Van Rooyen, J.M.; Pretorius, P.J.; Britz, M.; Huisman, H.W.; Schutte, A.E.; Towers, G.W.; Olckers, A.; Malan, N.T.; Malan, L.; Schutte, R. (Thieme, 2008)Background: Genetic variation in the β2 (ADRB2) and β3 (ADRB3) adrenergic receptor genes are associated with obesity and insulin resistance. To further elucidate the role of these genes in the pathophysiology of obesity ...