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Defensive coping facilitates higher blood pressure and early sub–clinical structural vascular disease via alterations in heart rate variability: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2013)
Objectives: Defensive coping (AC) responses in urban African males have been associated with vascular
responsiveness, partly explaining autonomic nervous system dysfunction. We therefore aimed to assess
whether AC responses ...
Procoagulant reactivity to laboratory acute mental stress in Africans and Caucasians, and its relation to depressive symptoms: the SABPA study
(Thieme, 2013)
The risk of cardiovascular disease is dramatically increasing in Africans (black). The prothrombotic stress response contributes to atherothrombotic disease and is modulated by depressive symptoms. We examined coagulation ...
Lack of association of glycated haemoglobin with blood pressure and subclinical atherosclerosis in black South Africans: a five-year prospective study
(MedPharm Publications (Medical and Pharmaceutical Publications), 2013)
Objectives: Hypertension and diabetes are common in rapidly urbanising sub-Saharan African communities.
However, lack of longitudinal data in these regions prevents adequate analysis of the link between measures of
glycaemia ...
A comparison of the association between glomerular filtration and L-arginine status in HIV-infected and uninfected African men: the SAfrEIC study
(Nature Publishing Group, 2013)
Hypertension, a major risk factor for cardiovascular disease worldwide, is increasing significantly in urbanised South Africans.
Impaired glomerular filtration is a potential contributor to hypertension. Although HIV ...
Structural vascular disease in Africans: performance of ethnic-specific waist circumference cut points using logistic regression and neural network analyses: the SABPA study
(Thieme, 2013)
A recently proposed model for waist circumference cut points (RPWC), driven by increased blood pressure, was demonstrated in an African population. We therefore aimed to validate the RPWC by comparing the RPWC and the Joint ...
Retinal vessel calibres and haemostasis in black and white South Africans: the SABPA study
(Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2015)
Objectives: Retinal arteriolar narrowing associates with hypertension development and indicates increased cardiovascular risk. Evidence on whether the retinal vessel "calibres are related to the haemostatic system is ...
D-dimer relates positively with increased blood pressure in black South Africans: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2014)
Introduction
Hypertension is highly prevalent in black South Africans in which morbidity and mortality from stroke are on the increase. Elevated blood pressure and haemostatic markers can induce changes in blood rheology ...
Low grade inflammation and ECG left ventricular hypertrophy in urban African males: the SABPA study
(Elsevier, 2013)
BACKGROUND:
Hypertension and vascular hyperresponsiveness have been associated with structural wall abnormalities in black Africans. Whether low grade inflammation would have an additive effect is uncertain. Therefore, ...
South African and international reference values for lung function and its relationship with blood pressure in Africans
(Elsevier, 2015)
Background
In South Africa respiratory diseases are highly prevalent, with cardiovascular disease being a manifestation. However, international reference values for lung function are commonly used, which may not be ...
Blood pressure variability is significantly associated with ECG left ventricular mass in normotensive Africans: the SABPA study
(Nature Publishing Group, 2011)
The prognostic significance of blood pressure (BP) variability has lately enjoyed considerable attention. The need for early markers of cardiovascular dysfunction is imperative in black South Africans who have a significant ...