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The relationship of nitric oxide synthesis capacity, oxidative stress, and albumin-to-creatinine ratio in black and white men: the SABPA study
(Springer, 2016)
Inadequate substrate availability and increased
nitric oxide synthase inhibitor levels attenuate nitric oxide
(NO) synthesis, whereas increased vascular oxidative
stress may lead to inactivation of NO. We compared
markers ...
Global, regional, and national disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) for 315 diseases and injuries and healthy life expectancy (HALE), 1990-2015: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
(Elsevier, 2016)
Background
Healthy life expectancy (HALE) and disability-adjusted life-years (DALYs) provide summary measures of
health across geographies and time that can inform assessments of epidemiological patterns ...
Dietary sodium and cardiovascular disease risk
(Massachusetts Medical Society, 2016)
Report of the International Society of Hypertension Teaching Seminar organized by the International Society of Hypertension Africa Regional Advisory Group: Maputo, Mozambique, 2016
(Wolters Kluwer, 2016)
The International Society of Hypertension (ISH), in fulfilment of its mission of promoting hypertension control and prevention and also of advancing knowledge globally, organizes hypertension teaching seminars or ‘summer ...
Nitric oxide synthesis capacity, ambulatory blood pressure and end organ damage in a black and white population: the SABPA study
(Springer, 2016)
Nitric oxide (NO) synthesis capacity is determined by the availability of substrate(s) such as l-arginine and the influence of nitric oxide synthase (NOS) inhibitors, asymmetric dimethylarginine (ADMA) and symmetric ...
Lung function, inflammation and cardiovascular mortality in Africans
(Wiley, 2016)
Background
The link between impaired lung function and cardiovascular outcome is well established in European and American populations. It is possible that this association may be driven by a systemic spillover of ...
Masked hypertension and its associated cardiovascular risk in young individuals: the African-PREDICT study
(Springer Nature, 2016)
Hypertension prevalence is increasing globally, yet little is known about the occurrence of masked hypertension (MHT) in young, sub-Saharan African adults, and how it relates to elevated cardiovascular risk. The African-PREDICT ...
Measuring the health-related Sustainable Development Goals in 188 countries: a baseline analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015
(Elsevier, 2016)
Background In September, 2015, the UN General Assembly established the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The SDGs specify 17 universal goals, 169 targets, and 230 indicators leading up to 2030. We provide an analysis ...
Retinal vessel caliber and its relationship with nocturnal blood pressure dipping status: the SABPA study
(Springer Nature, 2016)
Adverse changes in retinal microvasculature caliber are associated with incident hypertension, coronary heart disease and stroke. The absence of a nocturnal dipping in arterial pressure may induce changes throughout the ...
Masked hypertension in low-income South African adults
(Wiley, 2016)
While South Africa has one of the highest hypertension rates globally, there are few data on masked hypertension (MHT) and white-coat hypertension (WCHT). This study measured the frequency of MHT and WCHT in low-income ...