By Professor Alta Schutte

Journal articles

Corsi DJ; Subramanian SV; Chow CK; McKee M; Chifamba J; Dagenais G; Diaz R; Iqbal R; Kelishadi R; Kruger A; Lanas F; López-Jaramilo P; Mony P; Mohan V; Avezum A; Oguz A; Rahman MO; Rosengren A; Szuba A; Li W; Yusoff K; Yusufali A; Rangarajan S; Teo K; Yusuf S; Islam S; Zhang M; Kabali C; Dehghan M; Xiong J; Mente A; DeJesus J; Mackie P; Madhavan M; Farago L; Michael J; Kay I; Zafar S; Williams D; Solano R; Solano N; Farago M; Rimac J; Trottier S; ElSheikh W; Mustaha M; Kaszyca J; Hrnic R; McQueen M; Hall K; Keys J; Wang X; Keneth J; Orlandini A; Bahit C; Linetsky B; Toscanelli S; Casaccia G; Maini Cuneo JM; Yusuf R; Azad AK; Rabbani KA; Cherry HM; Mannan A; Hassan I; Talukdar AT; Tooheen RB; Khan MU; Oliveira GB; Marcilio CS; Mattos AC; Poirier P; Turbide G; Auger D; LeBlanc De Bluts A; Proulx MC; Cayer M; Bonneville N; Lear S; Chockalingam A; Gasevic D; Gyawali S; Hage-Moussa S; Mah G; MacLeod M; Vukmirovich I; Wielgosz A; Fodor G; Pipe A; Papadakis S; Moroz I; Muthuri S; Seron P; Martinez S; Liu L; Chen C; Zhao W; Bo J; Chang X; Chen T, 2013, 'Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study: Baseline characteristics of the household sample and comparative analyses with national data in 17 countries', American Heart Journal, 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2013.04.019

Malan L; Hamer M; Schlaich MP; Lambert GW; Ziemssen T; Reimann M; Steyn HS; Schutte R; Smith W; van Rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Malan NT, 2013, 'Defensive active coping facilitates chronic hyperglycaemia and endothelial dysfunction in African men: The SABPA study', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, 168, pp. 999 - 1005, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.10.035

Glyn MC; Van Rooyen JM; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Böger RH; Schwedhelm E; Lüneburg N; Mels CMC; Schutte AE, 2013, 'A comparison of the association between glomerular filtration and L-arginine status in HIV-infected and uninfected African men: The SAfrEIC study', Journal of Human Hypertension, 27, pp. 557 - 563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2013.14

Schutte R; Huisman HW; Malan L; Van Rooyen JM; Smith W; Glyn MCP; Mels CMC; Fourie CMT; Malan NT; Schutte AE, 2013, 'Alkaline phosphatase and arterial structure and function in hypertensive African men: The SABPA study', International Journal of Cardiology, 167, pp. 1995 - 2001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.05.035

Schutte AE; Symington EA; Du Preez JL, 2013, 'Rosuvastatin is transferred into human breast milk: A case report', American Journal of Medicine, 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.02.032

Schultz AJ; Schutte AE; Schutte R, 2013, 'Double product and end-organ damage in African and Caucasian men: The SABPA study', International Journal of Cardiology, 167, pp. 792 - 797, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.03.014

Gaziano TA; Pandya A; Steyn K; Levitt N; Mollentze W; Joubert G; Walsh CM; Motala AA; Kruger A; Schutte AE; Naidoo DP; Prakaschandra DR; Laubscher R, 2013, 'Comparative assessment of absolute cardiovascular disease risk characterization from non-laboratory-based risk assessment in South African populations', BMC Medicine, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-11-170

Butler CJ; Schutte R; Glyn MC; Van Der Westhuizen FH; Gona P; Schutte AE, 2013, 'Exploring the link between serum peroxides and angiogenesis in a bi-ethnic population from South Africa: The SAfrEIC study', Journal of the American Society of Hypertension, 7, pp. 267 - 275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jash.2013.04.005

Malan NT; Hamer M; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Schutte R; Mels CM; Steyn HS; Smith W; Fourie CM; Glyn M; Malan L, 2013, 'Low testosterone and hyperkinetic blood pressure responses in a cohort of South African men: The SABPA study', Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 35, pp. 228 - 235, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10641963.2012.721839

Kruger R; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Hindersson P; Olsen MH; Eugen-Olsen J; Schutte AE, 2013, 'NT-proBNP, C-Reactive Protein and Soluble uPAR in a Bi-Ethnic Male Population: The SAfrEIC Study', PLoS ONE, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058506

Kruger HS; Faber M; Schutte AE; Ellis SM, 2013, 'A proposed cutoff point of waist-to-height ratio for metabolic risk in African township adolescents', Nutrition, 29, pp. 502 - 507, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2012.08.009

Kruger IM; Kruger MC; Doak CM; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Schutte R; Malan L; Malan NT; Fourie CMT; Kruger A, 2013, 'The Association of 25(OH)D with Blood Pressure, Pulse Pressure and Carotid-Radial Pulse Wave Velocity in African Women', PLoS ONE, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054554

Dillon DG; Gurdasani D; Riha J; Ekoru K; Asiki G; Mayanja BN; Levitt NS; Crowther NJ; Nyirenda M; Njelekela M; Ramaiya K; Nyan O; Adewole OO; Anastos K; Azzoni L; Boom WH; Compostella C; Dave JA; Dawood H; Erikstrup C; Fourie CM; Friis H; Kruger A; Idoko JA; Longenecker CT; Mbondi S; Mukaya JE; Mutimura E; Ndhlovu CE; Praygod G; Pefura Yone EW; Pujades-Rodriguez M; Range N; Sani MU; Schutte AE; Sliwa K; Tien PC; Vorster EH; Walsh C; Zinyama R; Mashili F; Sobngwi E; Adebamowo C; Kamali A; Seeley J; Young EH; Smeeth L; Motala AA; Kaleebu P; Sandhu MS, 2013, 'Association of HIV and ART with cardiometabolic traits in sub-Saharan Africa: A systematic review and meta-analysis', International Journal of Epidemiology, 42, pp. 1754 - 1771, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyt198

Huisman HW; Schutte AE; Schutte R; Van Rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Mels CMC; Smith W; Malan NT; Malan L, 2013, 'Exploring the link between cardiovascular reactivity and end-organ damage in african and caucasian men: The SABPA study', American Journal of Hypertension, 26, pp. 68 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hps007

Mels CMC; Schutte AE; Erasmus E; Huisman HW; Schutte R; Fourie CMT; Kruger R; Van Rooyen JM; Smith W; Malan NT; Malan L, 2013, 'L-carnitine and long-chain acylcarnitines are positively correlated with ambulatory blood pressure in humans: The SABPA study', Lipids, 48, pp. 63 - 73, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11745-012-3732-8

Koegelenberg ASE; Kruger A; Towers GW; Schutte AE, 2013, 'Lack of association of glycated haemoglobin with blood pressure and subclinical atherosclerosis in black South Africans: A five-year prospective study', Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa, 18, pp. 148 - 153, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22201009.2013.10844553

Schutte AE; Wright CY; Langdon G; Lochner C; Myers B, 2013, 'What is the research experience of young scientists in South Africa?', South African Journal of Science, 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/sajs.2013/a0040

Schutte AE; Mels CM; Smith W; Schutte R; Malan L; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Fourie CM; Malan NT; Kruger R; Conti E, 2013, 'Abstract 377: Unravelling the Association between Blood Pressure and Insulin-like Growth Factor-1', Hypertension, 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/hyp.62.suppl_1.a377

Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Venter HL; Schutte AE; Schutte R; Fourie CMT; Mels CMC; Smith W; Malan NT; Malan L, 2013, 'P3.07 THE ASSOCIATION BETWEEN LOW BODY MASS INDEX AND ARTERIAL STIFFNESS IN AFRICANS: THE PURE STUDY', Artery Research, 7, pp. 128 - 128, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2013.10.095

Schutte R; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; van Rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Kruger R; Mels CMC; Malan L; Malan NT; Smith W; Greeff M; Kruger A, 2013, 'P3.23 URINARY ALBUMIN EXCRETION FROM SPOT URINE SAMPLES PREDICT ALL-CAUSE AND STROKE MORTALITY IN AFRICANS', Artery Research, 7, pp. 132 - 132, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2013.10.110

Pieterse C; Schutte AE; Mels C; Smith W; Schutte R, 2012, 'Carotid cross-sectional wall area is significantly associated with serum leptin levels, independent of body mass index: The SABPA study', Hypertension Research, 35, pp. 1185 - 1192, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hr.2012.130

Glyn MC; Anderssohn M; Lüneburg N; Van Rooyen JM; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Fourie CMT; Smith W; Malan L; Malan NT; Mels CMC; Böger RH; Schutte AE, 2012, 'Ethnicity-specific differences in L-arginine status in South African men', Journal of Human Hypertension, 26, pp. 737 - 743, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2011.103

Kruger R; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Olsen MH; Schutte AE, 2012, 'NT-proBNP and potential vascular calcification in Black and Caucasian African men: The SAfrEIC study', Ethnicity and Disease, 22, pp. 398 - 403

Schutte AE; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Van rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Malan NT; Malan L; Mels CMC; Smith W; Moss SJ; Wayne Towers G; Salomé Kruger H; Wentzel-viljoen E; Vorster HH; Kruger A, 2012, 'Are behavioural risk factors to be blamed for the conversion from optimal blood pressure to hypertensive status in black South Africans? A 5-year prospective study', International Journal of Epidemiology, 41, pp. 1114 - 1123, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ije/dys106

Schutte AE; Myburgh A; Olsen MH; Eugen-Olsen J; Schutte R, 2012, 'Exploring soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor and its relationship with arterial stiffness in a bi-ethnic population: The SAfrEIC-study', Thrombosis Research, 130, pp. 273 - 277, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.thromres.2011.10.034

Kruger R; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Argraves WS; Rasmussen LM; Olsen MH; Schutte AE, 2012, 'NT-proBNP is associated with fibulin-1 in Africans: The SAfrEIC study', Atherosclerosis, 222, pp. 216 - 221, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2012.01.045

Kruger R; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Malan NT; Fourie CMT; Louw R; Van Der Westhuizen FH; Van Deventer CA; Malan L; Schutte AE, 2012, 'Associations between reactive oxygen species, blood pressure and arterial stiffness in black South Africans: The SABPA study', Journal of Human Hypertension, 26, pp. 91 - 97, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2010.134

Kruger R; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Hindersson P; Olsen MH; Schutte AE, 2012, 'N-terminal prohormone B-type natriuretic peptide and cardiovascular function in Africans and Caucasians: The SAfrEIC study', Heart Lung and Circulation, 21, pp. 88 - 95, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2011.10.009

Fourie CMT; Van Rooyen JM; Kruger A; Olsen MH; Eugen-Olsen J; Schutte R; Schutte AE, 2012, 'Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor (suPAR) is associated with metabolic changes in HIV-1-infected Africans: A prospective study', Inflammation, 35, pp. 221 - 229, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10753-011-9308-6

Huisman HW; Schutte R; Schutte AE; Van Rooyen JM; Malan NT; Fourie CMT; Glyn MC; Malan L, 2012, 'The usefulness of γ-glutamyltransferase as a marker of cardiovascular function in africans and caucasians: The SABPA study', Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 34, pp. 8 - 16, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10641963.2011.628727

Malan L; Hamer M; Reimann M; Huisman H; Van Rooyen J; Schutte A; Schutte R; Potgieter J; Wissing M; Steyn F; Seedat Y; Malan N, 2012, 'Defensive coping, urbanization, and neuroendocrine function in Black Africans: The THUSA study', Psychophysiology, 49, pp. 807 - 814, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8986.2012.01362.x

Malan L; Hamer M; Schlaich MP; Lambert GW; Harvey BH; Reimann M; Ziemssen T; Geus EJCND; Huisman HW; Rooyen JMV; Schutte R; Schutte AE; Fourie CMT; Seedat YK; Malan NT, 2012, 'Facilitated defensive coping, silent ischaemia and ECG left-ventricular hypertrophy: The SABPA study', Journal of Hypertension, 30, pp. 543 - 550, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0b013e32834fcf82

Schutte AE; Schutte R, 2012, 'Leptin: A cardiovascular perspective', Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa, 17, pp. 72 - 76, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22201009.2012.10872280

Malan NT; Hamer M; Lambert GW; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Mels CM; Smith W; Fourie CMT; Schutte R; Kruger R; Malan L, 2012, 'Sex hormones associated with subclinical kidney damage and atherosclerosis in South African men: The SABPA study', Journal of Hypertension, 30, pp. 2387 - 2394, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0b013e3283599bb5

Koegelenberg ASE; Kruger A; Towers GW; Schutte AE, 2012, '1078 LACK OF ASSOCIATION BETWEEN GLYCATED HEMOGLOBIN AND ELEVATION IN BLOOD PRESSURE AND SUBCLINICAL ATHEROSCLEROSIS IN A COMMUNITY OF AFRICAN ANCESTRY', Journal of Hypertension, 30, pp. e313 - e313, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000420535.44541.ce

Kruger R; Schutte R; Huisman H; Olsen M; Schutte A, 2012, '598 NT-PROBNP AND VASCULAR CALCIFICATION IN AFRICAN AND CAUCASIAN MEN', Journal of Hypertension, 30, pp. e174 - e175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000420619.06355.42

Schutte A; Huisman H; Schutte R; Van Rooyen J; Malan N; Smith W; Fourie C; Mels C; Malan L, 2012, '609 COMPARING THE ASSOCIATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR REACTIVITY AND END-ORGAN DAMAGE IN AFRICAN AND CAUCASIAN MEN', Journal of Hypertension, 30, pp. e178 - e178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000420616.21602.07

Kruger R; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Olsen MH; Schutte AE, 2012, 'P1.27 NT-PROBNP AND VASCULAR CALCIFICATION IN AFRICAN AND CAUCASIAN MEN: THE SAFREIC STUDY', Artery Research, 6, pp. 159 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2012.09.064

Huisman HW; Schutte AE; Schutte R; Van Rooyen JM; Malan NT; Smith W; Fourie CMT; Mels C; Kruger R; Malan L, 2012, 'P4.37 COMPARING THE ASSOCIATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR REACTIVITY AND END-ORGAN DAMAGE IN AFRICAN AND CAUCASIAN MEN: THE SABPA STUDY', Artery Research, 6, pp. 193 - 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2012.09.184

Kemp C; Pienaar AE; Schutte AE, 2011, 'The prevalence of hypertension and the relationship with body composition in Grade 1 learners in the North West Province of South Africa', South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2078-516x/2011/v23i4a324

Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Schutte R; Van Rooyen JM; Malan L; Malan NT; Reimann M, 2011, 'Arterial stiffness profiles: Investigating various sections of the arterial tree of African and caucasian people', Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 33, pp. 511 - 517, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10641963.2011.561897

Schutte AE; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Malan NT; Malan L, 2011, 'Blood pressure variability is significantly associated with ECG left ventricular mass in normotensive Africans: The SABPA Study', Hypertension Research, 34, pp. 1127 - 1134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hr.2011.104

Kruger IM; Huisman HW; Schutte AE, 2011, 'The relationship between adiponectin, ageing and renal function in a bi-ethnic sample', Regulatory Peptides, 169, pp. 58 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.regpep.2011.04.003

Lammertyn L; Schutte AE; Schutte R, 2011, 'Blood glucose and nocturnal blood pressure in African and Caucasian men: The SABPA study', Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 93, pp. 235 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2011.05.011

Schutte R; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Glyn MCP; Van Rooyen JM; Malan NT; Fourie CMT; Malan L, 2011, 'Arterial stiffness, ambulatory blood pressure and low-grade albuminuria in non-diabetic African and Caucasian men: The SABPA study', Hypertension Research, 34, pp. 862 - 868, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hr.2011.45

Hamer M; Malan L; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Schutte R; Fourie CMT; Malan NT; Seedat YK, 2011, 'Plasma renin responses to mental stress and carotid intima-media thickness in black Africans: The SABPA study', Journal of Human Hypertension, 25, pp. 437 - 443, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2010.82

Lammertyn L; Schutte R; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Malan NT; Fourie CMT; Malan L, 2011, 'Associations of cholesterol and glucose with cardiovascular dysfunction in black Africans: The SABPA study', Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 33, pp. 159 - 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10641963.2010.531842

Mamabolo RL; Van Rooyen JM; Schutte AE; Monyeki MA; Kruger HS, 2011, 'Association between blood pressure, measures of body composition and lifestyle factors in township adolescents, North- West Province, South Africa', African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajpherd.v17i1.65245

Hamer M; Malan L; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; van Rooyen JM; Schutte R; Fourie CMT; Malan NT; Seedat YK, 2011, 'Conventional and behavioral risk factors explain differences in sub-clinical vascular disease between black and Caucasian South Africans: The SABPA study', Atherosclerosis, 215, pp. 237 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.12.015

Kips JG; Schutte AE; Vermeersch SJ; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Glyn MC; Fourie CM; Malan L; Schutte R; Van Bortel LM; Segers P, 2011, 'Comparison of central pressure estimates obtained from SphygmoCor, Omron HEM-9000AI and carotid applanation tonometry', Journal of Hypertension, 29, pp. 1115 - 1120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0b013e328346a3bc

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