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Leveraging ongoing research to evaluate the health impacts of South Africa s salt reduction strategy: a prospective nested cohort within the WHO-SAGE multicountry, longitudinal study
Charlton, Karen; Ware, Lisa J.; Pieterse, Chiné; Baumgartner, Jeannine; Schutte, Aletta E. (BMJ Publishing Group, 2016)Introduction. Attempting to curb the rising epidemic of hypertension, South Africa implemented legislation in June 2016 mandating maximum sodium levels in a range of manufactured foods that contribute significantly to ... -
Masked hypertension and its associated cardiovascular risk in young individuals: the African-PREDICT study
Thompson, Jane E.S.; Smith, Wayne; Ware, Lisa J.; Mels, Catharina M.C.; Van Rooyen, Johannes M.; Huisman, Hugo W.; Malan, Leoné; Malan, Nicolaas T.; Lammertyn, Leandi; Schutte, Aletta E. (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 ... -
Masked hypertension in low-income South African adults
Ware, Lisa J.; Gafane, Lebo F.; Nell, Tarryn M.; Thompson, Jane E.S.; Van Rooyen, Johannes M.; Schutte, Rudolph; Schutte, Aletta E. (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 ... -
Predictors of hypertension awareness, treatment and control in South Africa: results from the WHO-SAGE population survey (Wave 2)
Ware, Lisa Jayne; Schutte, Aletta Elisabeth; Chidumwa, Glory; Charlton, Karen; Kowal, Paul (Springer Nature, 2018)South Africa has one of the highest levels of hypertension globally, coupled with poor rates of diagnosis, treatment and control. Risk factors that predict hypertension in high income countries may perform differently in ...