By Professor Alta Schutte

Journal articles

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

Fourie CMT; Van Rooyen JM; Schutte AE, 2011, 'HIV infection and cardiovascular risk in black South Africans', Cardiovascular Journal of Africa, 22, pp. 117 - 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/cvja-2010-050

Fourie C; Van Rooyen J; Pieters M; Conradie K; Hoekstra T; Schutte A, 2011, 'Is HIV-1 infection associated with endothelial dysfunction in a population of African ancestry in South Africa?', Cardiovascular Journal of Africa, 22, pp. 134 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2010-056

Zatu MC; Van Rooyen JM; Schutte AE, 2011, 'Smoking and vascular dysfunction in Africans and Caucasians from Aouth Africa', Cardiovascular Journal of Africa, 22, pp. 18 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2010-034

Schutte AE; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Malan NT; Malan L, 2011, 'BENCHMARKING AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY AGAINST TRADITIONAL AND ADVANCED BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS REGARDING THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH SUBCLINICAL ORGAN DAMAGE:THE SABPA STUDY', Journal of Hypertension, 29, pp. e445 - e445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004872-201106001-01337

Malan L; Malan N; Huisman H; Van Rooyen J; Schutte R; Schutte A; Fourie C; Potgieter J; Harvey B; Hamer M; De Geus E; Ziemssen T; Reimann M; Seedat Y, 2011, 'DEFENSIVE ACTIVE COPING ASSOCIATED WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION: THE SYMPATHETIC ACTIVITY AND AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE IN AFRICAN (SABPA) STUDY', Journal of Hypertension, 29, pp. e507 - e508, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004872-201106001-01539

Glyn M; Schutte R; Huisman H; van Rooyen J; Malan L; Malan N; Boger R; Schutte A, 2011, 'Ethnicity and differential regulation of arginine status in South Africa', International Journal of Cardiology, 152, pp. S39 - S39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.08.595

Malan N; Malan L; Schutte A; Van Rooyen J; Huisman H; Schutte R; Fourie C, 2011, 'HYPERTENSION AND INCREASED RISK OF STROKE AS RESULT OF LIFESTYLE CHANGES IN A SOUTH AFRICAN BLACK POPULATION: THE THUSA AND SABPA STUDIES', Journal of Hypertension, 29, pp. e294 - e294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004872-201106001-00838

Fourie CMT; van Rooyen JM; Kruger A; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Malan NT; Malan L; Schutte AE, 2011, 'P3.01 A COMPARISON OF ARTERIAL FUNCTION OF HIV INFECTED (TREATED AND NEVER-TREATED) AND UNINFECTED BLACK SOUTH AFRICANS AFTER FIVE YEARS: PURE STUDY', Artery Research, 5, pp. 156 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2011.10.036

Schutte R; Huisman HW; Malan L; van Rooyen JM; Smith W; Glyn MCP; Mels CMC; Fourie CMT; Malan NT; Schutte AE, 2011, 'P5.13 ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE AND ARTERIAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN HYPERTENSIVE AFRICAN MEN: THE SABPA STUDY', Artery Research, 5, pp. 167 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2011.10.070

Palmer IM; Schutte AE; Huisman HW, 2010, 'Uric acid and the cardiovascular profile of African and Caucasian men', Journal of Human Hypertension, 24, pp. 639 - 645, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2010.1

Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Schutte R; van Rooyen JM; Malan L; Fourie CMT; Malan NT, 2010, 'Adipokines and cardiometabolic function: How are they interlinked?', Regulatory Peptides, 164, pp. 133 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.regpep.2010.06.008

Schutte AE; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Malan L; Malan NT; Schwedhelm E; Strimbeanu S; Anderssohn M; Böger RH, 2010, 'Dimethylarginines: Their vascular and metabolic roles in Africans and Caucasians', European Journal of Endocrinology, 162, pp. 525 - 533, http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EJE-09-0865

Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Malan L; Malan NT; Fourie CMT; Louw R; Van Der Westhuizen FH; Schutte R, 2010, 'A significant decline in IGF-I may predispose young africans to subsequent cardiometabolic vulnerability', Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 95, pp. 2503 - 2507, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jc.2009-2329

Fourie CMT; Van Rooyen JM; Kruger A; Schutte AE, 2010, 'Lipid abnormalities in a never-treated HIV-1 subtype C-infected African population', Lipids, 45, pp. 73 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11745-009-3369-4

Schutte R; Huisman HW; Schutte AE; Malan NT; Van Rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Malan L, 2010, 'Serum calcium revisited: Associations with 24-h ambulatory blood pressure and cardiovascular reactivity in Africans', Hypertension Research, 33, pp. 688 - 694, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hr.2010.65

Kruger HS; Pretorius R; Schutte AE, 2010, 'Stunting, adiposity, and low-grade inflammation in African adolescents from a township high school', Nutrition, 26, pp. 90 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2009.10.004

Kips J; Schutte A; Vermeersch SJ; Huisman H; Van Bortel L; Segers P, 2010, 'P8.02 LARGE DIFFERENCES IN CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATION BETWEEN SPHYGMOCOR AND OMRON HEM 9000AI', Artery Research, 4, pp. 169 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2010.10.084

Reimann M; Ziemssen T; Huisman HW; Schutte R; Malan L; Van Rooyen JM; Böger RH; Malan NT; Schutte AE, 2009, 'Ethnic-specific correlations of visfatin with circulating markers of endothelial inflammation and function', Obesity, 17, pp. 2210 - 2215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/oby.2009.157

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