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The use of predefined diet quality scores in the context of CVD risk during urbanization in the South African Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiological (PURE) study
(2014-08)
Objective Urbanization is generally associated with increased CVD risk and accompanying dietary changes. Little is known regarding the association between increased CVD risk and dietary changes using approaches such as ...
Community care workers, poor referral networks and consumption of personal resources in rural South Africa
(2014-04-29)
Although home-based care (HBC) programs are widely implemented throughout Africa, their success depends on the
existence of an enabling environment, including a referral system and supply of essential commodities. The ...
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 ...
8-Oxo-7,8-dihydro-2’-deoxyguanosine, reactive oxygen species and ambulatory blood pressure in African and Caucasian men: the SABPA study
(Taylor & Francis, 2014)
Various studies indicate a relationship between increased oxidative stress and hypertension, resulting in increased DNA damage and consequent excretion of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2’-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG). The aim of this study ...
D-dimer relates positively with increased blood pressure in black South Africans: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2014)
Introduction
Hypertension is highly prevalent in black South Africans in which morbidity and mortality from stroke are on the increase. Elevated blood pressure and haemostatic markers can induce changes in blood rheology ...
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 ...
CVD risk factors are related to plasma fibrin clot properties independent of total and or γ’ fibrinogen concentration
(Elsevier, 2014)
Introduction:
Cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk factors are associated with total fibrinogen concentration and/or altered clot structure. It is however, unclear whether such associations with clot structure are ascribed ...
Occupational stress and mental well-being in a cohort of black South African teachers
(National Inquiry Services Centre (NISC), 2014)
This study explored levels of occupational stress and mental well-being of a cohort of Black South African teachers. 200
secondary school teachers completed the Teacher Stress Inventory (TSI: Boyle, Borg, Falzon, & ...
Compromised bioavailable IGF-1 of black men relates favourably to ambulatory blood pressure: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2014)
Objectives
Insulin-like growth factor-1 (IGF-1) has potent endothelial-protective, anti-platelet and anti-thrombotic activities, and also exerts mitogenic and proliferatory actions on vascular smooth muscle cells. Conflicting ...