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Nocturnal blood pressure, 3-methoxy-4-hydroxyphenylglycol and carotidIntima-media thickness: the SABPA Study
(Elsevier, 2013)
Background: Research demonstrated a significant relationship between elevated nocturnal blood pressure and sym-pathetic hyperactivity. The study aimed to investigate possible associations between norepinephrine ...
Testosterone and acute stress are associated with fibrinogen and Von Willebrand factor in African men: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2013)
Background: Low testosterone, acute and chronic stress and hypercoagulation are all associated with hypertension
and hypertension-related diseases. The interaction between these factors and future risk for coronary ...
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 ...
Coping disability of Africans during urbanization: a risk marker in the development of lifestyle diseases?
(Nova Science Publishers, 2008)
Urbanization with accompanying insecurities and disruption in African social relationships is consistent with an increase in the prevalence of lifestyle diseases such as hypertension and the metabolic syndrome. The individual ...
Coping mechanisms, perception of health and cardiovascular dysfunction in Africans
(Elsevier, 2006)
The purpose of this study was to compare active and passive coping strategies of Africans with perception of own health and cardiovascular data. The subjects included 236 apparently healthy Africans (men = 109; women = 127). ...
Specific coping strategies of Africans during urbanization: comparing cardiovascular responses and perception of health data
(Elsevier, 2006)
Specific coping mechanisms of Africans during urbanization were compared to and correlated with cardiovascular responses and perception of health data. Subjects included men (N = 286) and women (N = 360). The COPE questionnaire ...
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 ...
A challenged sympathetic system is associated with retinal vascular calibre in a black male cohort: the SABPA Study
(Intech, 2016)
Sympathetic system hyperactivity and depression are related to cardiac remodelling in Black men. We investigated whether sympathetic system hyperactivity and depressive symptoms are related to retinal vascular dysregulation. ...
Coping facilitated troponin T increases and hypo-responsivity in the copeptin-HPA-axis during acute mental stress in a black cohort: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2019)
Background
Defensive coping (DefS) was associated with a vulnerable cardiovascular profile in blacks. The copeptin/vasopressin system is a manifestation of hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal-axis activity and may act as an ...
The protective role of oestradiol against silent myocardial ischemia and hypertension risk in South African men: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2017)
"Background: Oestradiol has a protective effect on coronary artery health in women but the effect it has on men, is controversial. A translational approach was followed to assess whether sex hormone levels are associated ...