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Ethnic differences regarding arterial stiffness of 6‐8‐year-old black and white boys
(Wolters Kluwer, 2017)
Objectives: Vascular deterioration is suggested to occur earlier in black than white populations, thereby increasing their risk for developing hypertension. To establish whether this is the case, we compared different ...
Depression symptoms facilitated fibrinolytic dysregulation and future coronary artery disease risk in a black male cohort: the sympathetic activity and ambulatory blood pressure in Africans study
(Wolters Kluwer, 2017)
Background: Hypercoagulation is associated with coronary artery disease (CAD). Whether depression symptoms dysregulate inflammatory and hemostatic markers in an African cohort is not known; therefore, we assessed the ...
The association of endothelin-1 with markers of oxidative stress in a biethnic South African cohort: the SABPA study
(Springer Nature, 2017)
Both endothelin-1 and oxidative stress have important roles in the development of cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension and atherosclerosis. Limited information is available on the interaction between oxidative ...
Pulse pressure amplification and its relationship with age in young, apparently healthy black and white adults: the African-PREDICT study
(Elsevier, 2017)
Background
Pulse pressure amplification (PPA), i.e. the amplification from central arteries to the periphery, is inversely related to arterial stiffness, organ damage and mortality. It is known that arterial stiffness is ...
Troponin T release is associated with silent myocardial ischaemia in black men: the SABPA study
(Sage, 2017)
Background
High sensitivity cardiac troponin T (hs-cTnT) is a validated marker of myocardial damage and may reflect the degree of silent myocardial ischaemia (SMI) and ventricular strain. Our aim was to compare hs-cTnT ...