By Professor Alta Schutte

Journal articles

Ware LJ; Rennie KL; Kruger HS; Kruger IM; Greeff M; Fourie CMT; Huisman HW; Scheepers JDW; Uys AS; Kruger R; Van Rooyen JM; Schutte R; Schutte AE, 2014, 'Evaluation of waist-to-height ratio to predict 5 year cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan African adults', Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 24, pp. 900 - 907, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2014.02.005

Pieters M; Boshuizen H; De Lange Z; Schutte AE; Schutte R; Greeff M; Ariëns RAS, 2014, 'Relationship of coagulation and fibrinolytic variables with arterial structure and function in Africans', Thrombosis Research, 134, pp. 78 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.thromres.2014.04.021

Schutte AE; Volpe M; Tocci G; Conti E, 2014, 'Revisiting the relationship between blood pressure and insulin-like growth factor-1', Hypertension, 63, pp. 1070 - 1077, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.113.03057

Zatu MC; Van Rooyen JM; Loots DT; Wentzel-Viljoen E; Greeff M; Schutte AE, 2014, 'Self-reported alcohol intake is a better estimate of 5-year change in blood pressure than biochemical markers in low resource settings: The PURE study', Journal of Hypertension, 32, pp. 749 - 755, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000093

Campbell NRC; Lackland DT; Chockalingam A; Lisheng L; Harrap SB; Touyz RM; Burrell LM; Ramírez AJ; Schmieder RE; Schutte AE; Prabhakaran D; Schiffrin EL, 2014, 'The international society of hypertension and world Hypertension league call on governments, nongovernmental organizations and the food industry to work to reduce dietary sodium', Journal of Hypertension, 32, pp. 446 - 447, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000079

Schutte R; Schmieder RE; Huisman HW; Smith W; Van Rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Kruger R; Uys L; Ware L; Mels CMC; Greeff M; Kruger IM; Schutte AE, 2014, 'Urinary albumin excretion from spot urine samples predict all-cause and stroke mortality in africans', American Journal of Hypertension, 27, pp. 811 - 818, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpt288

Schutte AE; Van Rooyen JM; Huisman HW; Fourie CM; Wentzel-Viljoen E; Mels CM; Smith W; Botha S; Kruger A; Schutte R, 2014, 'Abstract 644: Salt Intake, Blood Pressure and Renal Function in a Black Population: A 5-Year Prospective Study', Hypertension, 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/hyp.64.suppl_1.644

Schutte A; Van Rooyen J; Huisman H; Mels C; Malan N; Smith W; Kruger R; Fourie C; Ware L; Botha S; Schutte R, 2014, 'P10.8 CENTRAL BUT NOT BRACHIAL PRESSURE LINKED TO RBCS IN YOUNG NORMOTENSIVE INDIVIDUALS', Artery Research, 8, pp. 159 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2014.09.211

Van Rooyen J; Poglitsch M; Schutte R; Huisman H; Malan L; Fourie C; Mels C; Smith W; Kruger R; Malan N; Schutte A, 2014, 'P9.11 ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME ACTIVITY IN NORMOTENSIVE WHITE AND AFRICAN MEN', Artery Research, 8, pp. 156 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2014.09.199

Smith W; Malan N; Vilser W; Schutte A; Schutte R; Mels C; Uys L; Malan L, 2014, 'P9.12 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RETINAL VESSEL CALIBRE AND NOCTURNAL DIPPING STATUS: THE SABPA STUDY', Artery Research, 8, pp. 156 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2014.09.200

Schutte R; Huisman HW; Smith W; van Rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Kruger R; Uys L; Ware L; Mels C; Greef M; Kruger IM; Schutte AE, 2014, 'Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in a Sub-Saharan African cohort', Journal of the American Society of Hypertension, 8, pp. e84 - e85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jash.2014.03.198

Schutte A; Gafane L; Kruger I; Schutte R, 2014, 'PT227 Large artery stiffness and carotid intima-media thickness in relation to markers of bone mineral metabolism in postmenopausal African women: The PURE-study', Global Heart, 9, pp. e211 - e211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gheart.2014.03.1988

Mels CM; Schutte AE; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Smith W; Fourie CM; Kruger R; Van Rooyen JM; Malan NT; Malan L, 2013, 'The link between vascular deterioration and branched chain amino acids in a population with high glycated haemoglobin: The SABPA study', Amino Acids, 45, pp. 1405 - 1413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00726-013-1611-0

Malan NT; Von Känel R; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Schutte R; Smith W; Mels CM; Kruger R; Meiring M; Van Rooyen JM; Malan L, 2013, 'Testosterone and acute stress are associated with fibrinogen and von Willebrand factor in African men: The SABPA study', International Journal of Cardiology, 168, pp. 4638 - 4642, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.07.191

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, pp. e7 - e8, 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

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