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Long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids are associated with blood pressure and hypertension over 10-years in black South African adults undergoing nutritional transition

Zec, Manja; Schutte, Aletta E.; Ricci, Cristian; Baumgartner, Jeannine; Kruger, Iolanthé M.; Smuts, Cornelius M. (MDPI, 2019)

Nutritional transition in Africa is linked with increased blood pressure (BP). We examined 10-year fatty acid status and longitudinal associations between individual long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids (PUFA), BP and ...

Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 activity and the 4G/5G polymorphism are prospectively associated with blood pressure and hypertension status

Jacobs, Adriaan; Schutte, Aletta E.; Ricci, Cristian; Pieters, Marlien (Wolters Kluwer, 2019)

Objectives: Plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 (PAI-1) has consistently shown positive associations with blood pressure (BP). Whether elevations in PAI-1 levels precede or result from raised BP is still under debate and ...