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Double product and end-organ damage in African and Caucasian men: the SABPA study
(ELSEVIER, 2013)
Background: Increasing urbanisation in sub-Saharan African countries is causing a rapid increase in cardiovascular
disease. Evidence suggests that Africans have higher blood pressures and a higher prevalence of
hyperte ...
Blunted neuro-endocrine responses linking depressive symptoms and ECG left ventricular hypertrophy in black Africans: the SABPA study
(Wolters Kluwer, 2014)
Objective: Chronic psychosocial stress as experienced in an urban environment plays an important role in the aetiology of depression-related cardiovascular risk. It is uncertain whether acute mental stress responses aggravate ...
Psychosocial stress but not hypertensive status associated with angiogenesis in Africans
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)
Aim. Increased angiogenic factors [vascular endothelial growth factor-A (VEGF-A) and angiopoietin-2 (Ang-2)] have been associated with vascular dysfunction and hypertension. Black Africans undergoing rapid urbanization ...
Depression, cardiometabolic function and left ventricular hypertrophy in African men and women: the SABPA study
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
Depressive symptoms are associated with an increased risk for developing cardiovascular diseases, driven by its link to the metabolic syndrome (MetS). This phenomenon, however, still needs to be investigated in the African ...
Association of alcohol consumption with specific biomarkers: a cross-sectional study in South Africa
(BioMed Central, 2015)
Alcohol consumption plays an important role in the health transition associated with urbanization in developing countries. Thus, reliable tools for assessing alcohol intake levels are necessary. We compared two biological ...
Low testosterone and hyperkinetic blood pressure responses in a cohort of South African men: the SABPA study
(Taylor & Francis, 2013)
Hypertension (HT) and the metabolic syndrome are major problems in Africa. The role of sex hormones in the cardiovascular profile of black Africans in South Africa has not been studied. Our objective was to study the ...
Endothelial activation and cardiometabolic profiles of treated and never–treated HIV infected Africans
(Elsevier, 2015)
The role the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and antiretroviral treatment on endothelial activation, and the subsequent relationship with cardiovascular disease, is not well understood. We investigated endothelial ...
Chronic distress and acute vascular stress responses associated with ambulatory blood pressure in low-testosterone African men: the SABPA Study
(Nature Publishing Group, 2014)
It is known that low testosterone (T) and high cortisol levels are associated with hypertension as well as with chronic stress, linking stress with elevated blood pressure (BP). However, the association between acute ...
Coping and metabolic syndrome indicators in urban black South African men: the SABPA study
(Clinics Cardiv Publishing, 2010)
Urbanisation is associated with obesity, hypertension anddevelopment of the metabolic syndrome (MS). We aimed toassess the use of different coping styles and their influenceon increases in MS indicators and target end-organ ...
Relationships of alcohol intake with biological health outcomes in an African population in transition: the transition and health during urbanisation in South Africa (THUSA) study
(Medpharm, 2010)
Objective: Because present recommendations on alcohol intake are based mainly on evidence of beneficial effects in populations of developed countries, this study examines biological effects of alcohol consumption in an ...