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Deriving an optimal threshold of waist circumference for detecting cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan Africa
Ekoru, K.; Fourie, C.M.; Kruger, S.; Schutte, A.E.; Murphy, G.A.V. (Nature, 2018)BACKGROUND: Waist circumference (WC) thresholds derived from western populations continue to be used in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) despite increasing evidence of ethnic variation in the association between adiposity and ... -
HIV treatment is associated with a twofold higher probability of raised triglycerides: pooled analyses in 21 023 individuals in sub-Saharan Africa
Ekoru, K.; Fourie, C.M.; Kruger, I.M.; Schutte, A.E.; Vorster, E.H. (Cambridge Univ Press, 2018)Background Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) regimes for HIV are associated with raised levels of circulating triglycerides (TGs) in western populations. However, there are limited data on the impact of ART on cardiometabolic ...