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2022, 'The sodium hidden in medication: a tough pill to swallow', European Heart Journal, 43, pp. 1756 - 1758, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehab888
,2022, 'Soluble (Pro)renin Receptor Is Adversely Associated with Indices of Left Ventricular Structure and Function: The African-PREDICT Study', Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease, 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/jcdd9050130
,2022, 'Blood Pressure and Stroke: A Review of Sex-and Ethnic/Racial-Specific Attributes to the Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Management of Raised Blood Pressure', Stroke, 53, pp. 1114 - 1133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/STROKEAHA.121.035852
,, 2022, 'Global, regional, and national burden of diseases and injuries for adults 70 years and older: Systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study', BMJ, 376, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2021-068208
2022, 'Validation Status of Blood Pressure Measuring Devices Sold Globally', JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association, 327, pp. 680 - 681, http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.2021.24464
,2022, 'Different Types of Long-Term Milk Consumption and Mortality in Adults with Cardiovascular Disease: A Population-Based Study in 7236 Australian Adults over 8.4 Years', Nutrients, 14, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14030704
,2022, 'The worldwide impact of telemedicine during COVID-19: current evidence and recommendations for the future.', Connect Health, 1, pp. 7 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.20517/ch.2021.03
,2022, 'Effectiveness and Acceptability of a Mobile Phone Text Messaging Intervention to Improve Blood Pressure Control (TEXT4BP) among Patients with Hypertension in Nepal: A Feasibility Randomised Controlled Trial', Global Heart, 17, pp. 13, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/GH.1103
,2022, 'Erratum: Vital Signs During the COVID-19 Outbreak: A Retrospective Analysis of 19,960 Participants in Wuhan and Four Nearby Capital Cities in China (Global Heart (2021) 16: 1 (47) DOI: 10.5334/gh.913)', Global Heart, 17, pp. 88, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/GH.1172
,2022, 'Estimating the changing burden of disease attributable to high systolic blood pressure in South Africa for 2000, 2006 and 2012', South African Medical Journal, 112, pp. 571 - 582, http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.2022.v112i8b.16542
,2022, 'Health trends, inequalities and opportunities in South Africa's provinces, 1990-2019: findings from the Global Burden of Disease 2019 Study', Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 76, pp. 471 - 481, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/jech-2021-217480
,2022, 'Implementing Single-Pill Combination Therapy for Hypertension: A Scoping Review of Key Health System Requirements in 30 Low-and Middle-Income Countries', Global Heart, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.5334/GH.1087
,2022, 'Risk Factors for Fracture in Patients with Coexisting Chronic Kidney Disease and Type 2 Diabetes: An Observational Analysis from the CREDENCE Trial', Journal of Diabetes Research, 2022, http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2022/9998891
,2022, 'The International Database of Central Arterial Properties for Risk Stratification: Research Objectives and Baseline Characteristics of Participants', American Journal of Hypertension, 35, pp. 54 - 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpab139
,2022, 'Twenty-four-hour central (aortic) systolic blood pressure: Reference values and dipping patterns in untreated individuals', Hypertension, 79, pp. 251 - 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.17765
,2022, 'Abstract 088: Comparison Of 24-hour Blood Pressure Tracking Between A Commercially Available Cuffless Wearable Device And Standard Ambulatory Monitoring', Hypertension, 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/hyp.79.suppl_1.088
,2022, 'Abstract P201: Canagliflozin, Visit-to-visit Blood Pressure Variability, And Risk Of Cardiovascular, Kidney, And Mortality Outcomes: Pooled Individual Participant Data From The CANVAS And CREDENCE Trials', Hypertension, 79, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/hyp.79.suppl_1.p201
,2021, 'Acceptability of a mHealth strategy for hypertension management in a low-income and middle-income country setting: A formative qualitative study among patients and healthcare providers', BMJ Open, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-052986
,2021, 'Central systolic blood pressure relates inversely to nitric oxide synthesis in young black adults: the African-PREDICT study', Journal of Human Hypertension, 35, pp. 985 - 993, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41371-020-00453-9
,2021, 'The effectiveness and safety of isometric resistance training for adults with high blood pressure: a systematic review and meta-analysis', Hypertension Research, 44, pp. 1373 - 1384, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41440-021-00720-3
,2021, 'Toward a Better Understanding of Why Cumulative Blood Pressure Is Such a Strong Predictor of Cardiovascular Outcomes', Hypertension, 78, pp. 1267 - 1269, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.121.18156
,2021, 'Global, regional, and national sex-specific burden and control of the HIV epidemic, 1990–2019, for 204 countries and territories: the Global Burden of Diseases Study 2019', The Lancet HIV, 8, pp. e633 - e651, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(21)00152-1
,2021, 'Worldwide trends in hypertension prevalence and progress in treatment and control from 1990 to 2019: a pooled analysis of 1201 population-representative studies with 104 million participants', The Lancet, 398, pp. 957 - 980, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01330-1
,2021, 'Are blood-pressure targets needed to prevent cardiovascular disease?', Nature Reviews Cardiology, 18, pp. 615 - 616, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41569-021-00595-4
,2021, 'Arterial structure and function in Africans with HIV for > 5 years: longitudinal relationship with endothelial activation and cardiovascular risk markers', HIV Medicine, 22, pp. 650 - 661, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/hiv.13111
,2021, 'Effect of South Africa's interim mandatory salt reduction programme on urinary sodium excretion and blood pressure', Preventive Medicine Reports, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2021.101469
,2021, 'Retinal vasodilatory responses are inversely associated with plasminogen activator inhibitor-1: The African-PREDICT study', Microvascular Research, 137, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.mvr.2021.104180
,2021, 'Characterization of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System in Young Healthy Black Adults: The African Prospective Study on the Early Detection and Identification of Hypertension and Cardiovascular Disease (African-PREDICT Study)', Hypertension, 78, pp. 400 - 410, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.16879
,2021, 'Socioeconomic inequalities, modifiable lifestyle risk factors, and retinal vessel calibers: The African-PREDICT Study', Microcirculation, 28, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/micc.12714
,2021, 'Comparing the associations of clinic vs. ambulatory blood pressure with subclinical organ damage in young healthy adults: the African-PREDICT study', Hypertension Research, 44, pp. 840 - 849, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41440-021-00627-z
,2021, 'Growth differentiating factor-15 and adiposity in young adults: The African-PREDICT study', International Journal of Obesity, 45, pp. 1418 - 1427, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41366-021-00803-8
,2021, 'The Relationship of Circulating Homocysteine with Fibrinogen, Blood Pressure, and Other Cardiovascular Measures in African Adolescents', Journal of Pediatrics, 234, pp. 158 - 163.e2, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jpeds.2021.03.034
,2021, 'Lifestyle factors associated with the transition from healthy to unhealthy adiposity among black South African adults over 10 years', Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 31, pp. 2023 - 2032, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2021.03.017
,2021, 'Spatial, temporal, and demographic patterns in prevalence of smoking tobacco use and attributable disease burden in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019', The Lancet, 397, pp. 2337 - 2360, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(21)01169-7
,2021, 'Subnational mapping of HIV incidence and mortality among individuals aged 15–49 years in sub-Saharan Africa, 2000–18: a modelling study', The Lancet HIV, 8, pp. e363 - e375, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2352-3018(21)00051-5
,2021, 'Blood Pressure Effects of Canagliflozin and Clinical Outcomes in Type 2 Diabetes and Chronic Kidney Disease: Insights From the CREDENCE Trial', Circulation, 143, pp. 1735 - 1749, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.048740
,2021, 'May Measurement Month 2019: An analysis of blood pressure screening results from the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland', European Heart Journal, Supplement, 23, pp. B147 - B150, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suab033
,2021, 'May Measurement Month 2019: Results of blood pressure screening from 47 countries', European Heart Journal, Supplement, 23, pp. B1 - B5, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/suab014
,2021, 'Questioning a South African hypertension threshold of 150 mm Hg', The Lancet Healthy Longevity, 2, pp. e247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S2666-7568(21)00082-9
,2021, 'The association between post-migration nutrition and lifestyle transition and the risk of developing chronic diseases among sub-Saharan African migrants: A mixed method systematic review protocol', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, pp. 4706, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18094706
,2021, 'Potassium excretion and blood pressure are associated with heart rate variability in healthy black adults: The African-PREDICT study', Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 31, pp. 1071 - 1080, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2020.12.021
,2021, 'Hypertension in Low- and Middle-Income Countries', Circulation Research, 128, pp. 808 - 826, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.120.318729
,2021, 'Associations of central and peripheral blood pressure with the renin-angiotensin-aldosterone system in healthy young adults: the African-PREDICT study', Hypertension Research, 44, pp. 435 - 445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41440-020-00566-1
,2021, 'Reply', Journal of Hypertension, 39, pp. 813 - 814, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000002779
,2021, 'Salt-reduction strategies may compromise salt iodization programs: Learnings from South Africa and Ghana', Nutrition, 84, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2020.111065
,2021, 'THE 10-YEAR RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SUPAR AND CENTRAL SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE IN AN HIV INFECTED POPULATION', JOURNAL OF HYPERTENSION, 39, pp. E287 - E288, https://www.webofscience.com/api/gateway?GWVersion=2&SrcApp=PARTNER_APP&SrcAuth=LinksAMR&KeyUT=WOS:000672599904057&DestLinkType=FullRecord&DestApp=ALL_WOS&UsrCustomerID=891bb5ab6ba270e68a29b250adbe88d1
,2021, 'Excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages in Latin America and the Caribbean', Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 21, pp. 1 - 1, http://dx.doi.org/10.26633/rpsp.2020.21
,2021, 'The 2020 "WHO Technical Specifications for Automated Non-Invasive Blood Pressure Measuring Devices With Cuff"', Hypertension, 77, pp. 806 - 812, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.120.16625
,2021, 'Advancing hypertension management in Asia 2021, beyond COVID-19', Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 23, pp. 406 - 407, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jch.14211
,2021, 'Article the joint effects of diet and dietary supplements in relation to obesity and cardiovascular disease over a 10‐year follow‐up: A longitudinal study of 69,990 participants in australia', Nutrients, 13, pp. 1 - 18, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13030944
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