Browsing Faculty of Health Sciences@PUK by Subject "cardiovascular disease"
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Associations of suPAR with lifestyle and cardiometabolic risk factors
(Wiley, 2014)Background: Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR), a novel indicator of low-grade inflammation, is associated with cardiovascular disease and mortality in the general population, while an unhealthy ... -
Iron status and cardiovascular disease risk in black South African women: the PURE study
(MedPharm Publishers, 2011)Objective: To examine the associations between measures of iron status and cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors in South African women. Method: In a cross-sectional study, demographic information and health history ... -
Mortality and morbidity in relation to changes in albuminuria, glucose status and systolic blood pressure: an analysis of the ONTARGET and TRANSCEND studies
(Springer Verlag (Germany), 2014)Aims/hypothesis Urinary albumin excretion is a strong predictor of cardiovascular disease. It is uncertain whether improvement from microalbuminuria or deterioration from normoalbuminuria over time in patients with differing ... -
The nutrition transition in Africa: can it be steered into a more positive direction?
(MDPI (Molecular Diversity Preservation International), 2011)The objective of this narrative review is to examine the nutrition transition and its consequences when populations in Africa modernize as a result of socio-economic development, urbanization, and acculturation. The focus ... -
Physical activity in relation to selected physical health components in employees of a financial institution
(Sabinet, 2013)The aim of this study was to determine the relation between physical activity and selected physical health components. A total of 9860 employees of a financial institution in South Africa, between the ages 18 and 64 (x̄ ... -
Procoagulant reactivity to laboratory acute mental stress in Africans and Caucasians, and its relation to depressive symptoms: the SABPA study
(Schattauer, 2013)The risk of cardiovascular disease is dramatically increasing in Africans (black). The prothrombotic stress response contributes to atherothrombotic disease and is modulated by depressive symptoms. We examined coagulation ... -
Relationship of coagulation and fibrinolytic variables with arterial structure and function in Africans
(Elsevier, 2014)Introduction Although both coagulation and fibrinolysis are associated with cardiovascular disease (CVD) the underlying nature and pathways of many of these associations are still unclear. Our aim was to determine which ... -
Use salt and foods high in salt sparingly: a food–based dietary guideline for South Africa
(MedPharm Publications, 2013)Increased salt intake leads to an increase in blood pressure and decreased sodium intake relative to the usual or increased intake results in lowered blood pressure in adults, with or without hypertension. Blood pressure ... -
Within-subject blood pressure level – not variability – predicts fatal and nonfatal outcomes in a general population
(American Heart Association, 2012)To assess the prognostic significance of blood pressure (BP) variability, we followed health outcomes in a family-based random population sample representative of the general population (n=2944; mean age: 44.9 years; 50.7% ...
