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Journal articles
2015, 'Leptin is positively associated with blood pressure in African men with a low body mass index: The SAfrEIC study', Hormone and Metabolic Research, 47, pp. 145 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1389926
,2015, 'Low serum testosterone and increased diastolic ocular perfusion pressure: A risk for retinal microvasculature', Vasa - European Journal of Vascular Medicine, 44, pp. 435 - 443, http://dx.doi.org/10.1024/0301-1526/a000466
,2015, 'Progression of cardiovascular risk factors in black Africans: 3 year follow up of the SABPA cohort study', Atherosclerosis, 238, pp. 52 - 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.11.019
,2015, 'Retinal vessel calibres and haemostasis in black and white South Africans: The SABPA study', Journal of Hypertension, 33, pp. 2483 - 2490, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000744
,2015, 'Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor as a prognostic marker of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in a black population', International Journal of Cardiology, 184, pp. 631 - 636, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.041
,2014, 'Establishing reference values for central blood pressure and its amplification in a general healthy population and according to cardiovascular risk factors', European Heart Journal, 35, pp. 3122 - 3133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehu293
,2014, '8-Oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine, reactive oxygen species and ambulatory blood pressure in African and Caucasian men: The SABPA study', Free Radical Research, 48, pp. 1291 - 1299, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10715762.2014.951840
,2014, 'Psychosocial stress but not hypertensive status associated with angiogenesis in Africans', Blood Pressure, 23, pp. 307 - 314, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/08037051.2014.901008
,2014, 'Compromised bioavailable IGF-1 of black men relates favourably to ambulatory blood pressure: The SABPA study', Atherosclerosis, 233, pp. 139 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.12.025
,2014, 'Cardiometabolic Changes in Treated Versus Never Treated HIV-Infected Black South Africans: The PURE Study', Heart Lung and Circulation, 23, pp. 119 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2013.07.019
,2014, 'End-organ damage in urbanized Africans with low plasma renin levels: the SABPA study', Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 36, pp. 70 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10641963.2013.789044
,2014, 'Associations of suPAR with lifestyle and cardiometabolic risk factors', European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 44, pp. 619 - 626, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eci.12278
,2014, 'Autonomic activity and leptin in Africans and whites: The SABPA study', Journal of Hypertension, 32, pp. 826 - 833, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000110
,2014, 'Cardiometabolic markers to identify cardiovascular disease risk in HIV-infected black South Africans', South African Medical Journal, 104, pp. 195 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.7739
,2014, 'Chronic distress and acute vascular stress responses associated with ambulatory blood pressure in low-testosterone African men: The SABPA Study', Journal of Human Hypertension, 28, pp. 393 - 398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2013.124
,2014, 'Clinical practice guidelines for the management of hypertension in the community a statement by the american society of hypertension and the international society of hypertension', Journal of Hypertension, 32, pp. 3 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000065
,2014, 'Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension in the Community: A Statement by the American Society of Hypertension and the International Society of Hypertension Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension in the Community: A Statement by the American Society of Hypertension and the International Society of Hypertension Weber et al.', Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 16, pp. 14 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jch.12237
,2014, 'D-dimer relates positively with increased blood pressure in black South Africans: The SABPA study', Thrombosis Research, 133, pp. 1152 - 1157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.thromres.2014.03.037
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
,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
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