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Psychological distress and the development of hypertension over 5 years in Black South Africans
(Wiley–blackwell, 2015)
Alarming increases in the incidence of hypertension in many low– and middle–income countries are related to alcohol overuse. It is unclear whether alcohol overuse is a symptom of psychological distress. The authors ...
Cornell product relates to albuminuria in hypertensive black adults independently of blood pressure: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2015)
Evidence of the relationship between left ventricular hypertrophy and urinary albumin excretion is contradictory and limited in black adults in whom hypertensive heart disease is common. We aimed to investigate the ...
Team-based care for hypertensive patients is essential in low- and middle-income countries
(Wiley, 2019)
In 2017, the World Hypertension League announced a new resource
to support the development of hypertension training programmes
for healthcare professionals.1
Three key elements are assessed with
the tool: knowledge, ...
Dietary sodium intake and its relationship to adiposity in young black and white adults: the African‐PREDICT study
(Wiley, 2018)
Obesity and salt intake are both established factors contributing to cardiovascular
disease development. Recently, studies found a controversial positive relationship
between dietary salt and obesity. Therefore, the ...
Assessing tobacco use in an African population: serum and urine cotinine cut-offs from South Africa
(Elsevier, 2019)
Background
Cotinine, a nicotine metabolite, is used to measure tobacco use and exposure, but recommended cut-offs to differentiate tobacco users from those exposed through the environment range from 3 to 58 ng/ml in serum, ...
Urinary sodium-to-potassium ratio: it may be SMART, but is it easy?
(Cambridge Univ Press, 2017)
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Monitoring physical activity after a cardiovascular event: what is ‘fit’ for purpose?
(Sage, 2018)
n the September issue of European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, Lavie and colleagues discussed how physical activity across the lifespan is a cost-effective strategy that must be implemented globally to improve overall ...