By Professor Alta Schutte

Journal articles

Maritz M; Fourie CM; Van Rooyen JM; Huisman HW; Schutte AE, 2016, 'Carotid characteristics of black South Africans with five-year sustained hypertension', Cardiovascular Journal of Africa, 27, pp. 262 - 269, http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2016-059

Campbell NRC; Gelfer M; Stergiou GS; Alpert BS; Myers MG; Rakotz MK; Padwal R; Schutte AE; O'Brien E; Lackland DT; Niebylski ML; Nilsson PM; Redburn KA; Zhang XH; Burrell L; Horiuchi M; Poulter NR; Prabhakaran D; Ramirez AJ; Schiffrin EL; Touyz RM; Wang JG; Weber MA, 2016, 'A Call to Regulate Manufacture and Marketing of Blood Pressure Devices and Cuffs: A Position Statement From the World Hypertension League, International Society of Hypertension and Supporting Hypertension Organizations', Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 18, pp. 378 - 380, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jch.12782

Ware LJ; Rennie KL; Gafane LF; Nell TM; Thompson JES; Van Rooyen JM; Schutte R; Schutte AE, 2016, 'Masked Hypertension in Low-Income South African Adults', Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 18, pp. 396 - 404, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jch.12768

Gafane LF; Schutte R; Van Rooyen JM; Schutte AE, 2016, 'Plasma renin and cardiovascular responses to the cold pressor test differ in black and white populations: The SABPA study', Journal of Human Hypertension, 30, pp. 346 - 351, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2015.88

Di Cesare M; Bentham J; Stevens GA; Zhou B; Danaei G; Lu Y; Bixby H; Cowan MJ; Riley LM; Hajifathalian K; Fortunato L; Taddei C; Bennett JE; Ikeda N; Khang YH; Kyobutungi C; Laxmaiah A; Li Y; Lin HH; Miranda JJ; Mostafa A; Turley ML; Paciorek CJ; Gunter M; Ezzati M; Abdeen ZA; Hamid ZA; Abu-Rmeileh NM; Acosta-Cazares B; Adams R; Aekplakorn W; Aguilar-Salinas CA; Ahmadvand A; Ahrens W; Ali MM; Alkerwi A; Alvarez-Pedrerol M; Aly E; Amouyel P; Amuzu A; Andersen LB; Anderssen SA; Andrade DS; Anjana RM; Aounallah-Skhiri H; Ariansen I; Aris T; Arlappa N; Arveiler D; Assah FK; Avdicová M; Azizi F; Babu BV; Balakrishna N; Bandosz P; Banegas JR; Barbagallo CM; Barceló A; Barkat A; Barros MV; Bata I; Batieha AM; Batista RL; Baur LA; Beaglehole R; Romdhane HB; Benet M; Bernabe-Ortiz A; Bernotiene G; Bettiol H; Bhagyalaxmi A; Bharadwaj S; Bhargava SK; Bhatti Z; Bhutta ZA; Bi HS; Bi Y; Bjerregaard P; Bjertness E; Bjertness MB; Björkelund C; Blake M; Blokstra A; Bo S; Bobak M; Boddy LM; Boehm BO; Boeing H; Boissonnet CP; Bongard V; Bovet P; Braeckman L; Bragt MCE; Brajkovich I; Branca F; Breckenkamp J; Brenner H; Brewster LM; Brian GR; Bruno G, 2016, 'Trends in adult body-mass index in 200 countries from 1975 to 2014: A pooled analysis of 1698 population-based measurement studies with 19.2 million participants', The Lancet, 387, pp. 1377 - 1396, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(16)30054-X

Thompson JES; Smith W; Ware LJ; Mels CMC; Van Rooyen JM; Huisman HW; Malan L; Malan NT; Lammertyn L; Schutte AE, 2016, 'Masked hypertension and its associated cardiovascular risk in young individuals: The African-PREDICT study', Hypertension Research, 39, pp. 158 - 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hr.2015.123

Mels CMC; Loots I; Schwedhelm E; Atzler D; Böger RH; Schutte AE, 2016, 'Nitric oxide synthesis capacity, ambulatory blood pressure and end organ damage in a black and white population: The SABPA study', Amino Acids, 48, pp. 801 - 810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00726-015-2128-5

Zatu MC; Van Rooyen JM; Kruger A; Schutte AE, 2016, 'Alcohol intake, hypertension development and mortality in black South Africans', European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, 23, pp. 308 - 315, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2047487314563447

van Rooyen Y; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Eloff FC; Du Plessis JL; Kruger A; van Rooyen JM, 2016, 'Inflammation as Possible Mediator for the Relationship Between Lung and Arterial Function', Lung, 194, pp. 107 - 115, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00408-015-9804-9

Mels CMC; Huisman HW; Smith W; Schutte R; Schwedhelm E; Atzler D; Böger RH; Ware LJ; Schutte AE, 2016, 'The relationship of nitric oxide synthesis capacity, oxidative stress, and albumin-to-creatinine ratio in black and white men: the SABPA study', Age, 38, pp. 1 - 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11357-016-9873-6

Wei FF; Drummen NEA; Schutte AE; Thijs L; Jacobs L; Petit T; Yang WY; Smith W; Zhang ZY; Gu YM; Kuznetsova T; Verhamme P; Allegaert K; Schutte R; Lerut E; Evenepoel P; Vermeer C; Staessen JA, 2016, 'Vitamin K Dependent Protection of Renal Function in Multi-ethnic Population Studies', EBioMedicine, 4, pp. 162 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ebiom.2016.01.011

Mokwatsi GG; Schutte AE; Kruger R, 2016, 'A biomarker of tissue damage, lactate dehydrogenase, is associated with fibulin-1 and oxidative stress in blacks: The SAfrEIC study', Biomarkers, 21, pp. 48 - 55, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/1354750X.2015.1118532

Pieterse C; Schutte R; Schutte AE, 2016, 'Leptin relates to prolonged cardiovascular recovery after acute stress in Africans: The SABPA study', Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 26, pp. 45 - 52, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2015.10.014

Van Rooyen JM; Poglitsch M; Huisman HW; Mels CMC; Kruger R; Malan L; Botha S; Lammertyn L; Gafane L; Schutte AE, 2016, 'Quantification of systemic renin-angiotensin system peptides of hypertensive black and white African men established from the RAS-Fingerprint^®', JRAAS - Journal of the Renin-Angiotensin-Aldosterone System, 17, pp. 1 - 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1470320316669880

Smyth A; Teo KK; Rangarajan S; O'Donnell M; Zhang X; Rana P; Leong DP; Dagenais G; Seron P; Rosengren A; Schutte AE; Lopez-Jaramillo P; Oguz A; Chifamba J; Diaz R; Lear S; Avezum A; Kumar R; Mohan V; Szuba A; Wei L; Yang W; Jian B; McKee M; Yusuf S, 2015, 'Alcohol consumption and cardiovascular disease, cancer, injury, admission to hospital, and mortality: A prospective cohort study', The Lancet, 386, pp. 1945 - 1954, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00235-4

Koegelenberg ASE; Schutte R; Smith W; Schutte AE, 2015, 'Bioavailable IGF-1 and its relationship with endothelial damage in a bi-ethnic population: The SABPA study', Thrombosis Research, 136, pp. 1007 - 1012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.thromres.2015.08.022

Koegelenberg ASE; Schutte R; Smith W; Schutte AE, 2015, 'Bioavailable IGF-1 and its Relation to the Metabolic Syndrome in a Bi-Ethnic Population of Men and Women', Hormone and Metabolic Research, 48, pp. 130 - 136, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0035-1559768

Campbell NRC; Bovet P; Schutte AE; Lemogoum D; Nkwescheu AS, 2015, 'High Blood Pressure in Sub-Saharan Africa: Why Prevention, Detection, and Control are Urgent and Important', Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 17, pp. 663 - 667, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jch.12599

Pieterse C; Schutte R; Schutte AE, 2015, 'Leptin links with plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in human obesity: The SABPA study', Hypertension Research, 38, pp. 507 - 512, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hr.2015.28

Botha S; Fourie CM; Schutte R; Eugen-Olsen J; Schutte AE, 2015, 'Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor and hypertension among black South Africans after 5 years', Hypertension Research, 38, pp. 439 - 444, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hr.2015.22

van Rooyen Y; Huisman HW; Schutte AE; Eloff FC; Du Plessis JL; Kruger A; Van Rooyen JM, 2015, 'South African and International Reference Values for Lung Function and its Relationship with Blood Pressure in Africans', Heart Lung and Circulation, 24, pp. 573 - 582, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2014.12.005

Fourie CMT; Schutte AE; Smith W; Kruger A; van Rooyen JM, 2015, 'Endothelial activation and cardiometabolic profiles of treated and never-treated HIV infected Africans', Atherosclerosis, 240, pp. 154 - 160, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2015.03.015

Veerabhadrappa P; Burger D; Brouwers S; Christofidou P; Bikai REL; Hannah-Shmouni F; Kruger R; Marques FZ; Mian MOR; Montezano AC; Romero CA; Peña-Silva RA; Wainford RD; Charchar FJ; Schutte AE; Tomaszewski M, 2015, 'Editorial: Across the globe in 4months: Two International Society of Hypertension new investigator symposia in 2014', Journal of Hypertension, 33, pp. 891 - 893, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000525

Zatu MC; van Rooyen JM; Loots DT; Greeff M; Schutte AE, 2015, 'A comparison of the cardiometabolic profile of black South Africans with suspected non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and excessive alcohol use', Alcohol, 49, pp. 165 - 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.alcohol.2014.11.002

du Plooy CS; Kruger R; Huisman HW; Rasmussen LM; Eugen-Olsen J; Schutte AE, 2015, 'Extracellular matrix biomarker, fibulin-1 and its association with soluble uPAR in a bi-ethnic South African population: The SAfrEIC study', Heart Lung and Circulation, 24, pp. 298 - 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2014.09.019

Schutte R; Huisman HW; Ware LJ; Mels CMC; Smith W; Malan NT; Malan L; Van Rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Kruger R; Botha S; Schutte AE, 2015, 'Cornell product relates to albuminuria in hypertensive black adults independently of blood pressure: The SABPA study', Journal of the American Society of Hypertension, 9, pp. 115 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jash.2014.12.003

Schutte AE; Ware LJ; Huisman HW; Fourie CMT; Greeff M; Khumalo T; Wissing MP, 2015, 'Psychological Distress and the Development of Hypertension Over 5 Years in Black South Africans', Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 17, pp. 126 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jch.12455

Gafane LF; Schutte R; Kruger IM; Schutte AE, 2015, 'Large artery stiffness and carotid intima-media thickness in relation to markers of calcium and bone mineral metabolism in African women older than 46 years', Journal of Human Hypertension, 29, pp. 152 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2014.71

Smith W; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Ware LJ; Fourie CMT; Mels CMC; Kruger R; McCarthy N; Schutte AE, 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

Malan NT; Smith W; von Känel R; Hamer M; Schutte AE; Malan L, 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

Hamer M; von Känel R; Reimann M; Malan NT; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Malan L, 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

Lammertyn L; Schutte AE; Smith W; Pieters M; Schutte R, 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

Botha S; Fourie CMT; Schutte R; Eugen-Olsen J; Pretorius R; Schutte AE, 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

Herbert A; Cruickshank JK; Laurent S; Boutouyrie P; Shimada K; Kario K; Miyashita H; Eguchi K; Kohara K; Tabara Y; Imai Y; Ito S; Hashimoto J; Uchiba K; Suzuki H; Takenaka T; Takazawa K; Kino M; Yamashina A; Tomiyama H; Dohi Y; Takase H; Jouven X; Empana JP; Pannier B; Thomas F; Prescott E; Janner J; McEniery C; Cockcroft J; Wilkinson I; Roman MJ; Devereux RB; Teal V; Townsend R; Vermeersch S; Rietzschel ER; Van Bortel L; De Buyzere ML; Segers P; Gillebert TC; Wang JG; Li Y; Lazar J; Salciccioli L; Cunha P; Oliveira P; Cotter J; Vila I; Sousa N; Chirinos J; Medina-Lezama J; Weber T; Rammer M; O'Rourke MF; Bernd E; Lassnig E; Porodko M; Ammer M; Wassertheurer S; Adji A; Rosenkranz S; Punzengruber C; Kvas E; Dufouil C; Tzourio C; Nijpels G; Dekker JM; Stehouwer CDA; Ferreira I; Twisk JW; Smulders YM; Van De Laar RJ; Van Kallen CJ; Van Greevenbroek MM; Schalkwijk CG; Vlachopoulos C; Aznaouridis C; Terentes-Printzios D; Xaplanteris P; Stefanadis C; Schutte AE; Fourie CMT; Van Rooyen JM; Mahmud A; Feely J; Ghiadoni L; Stea F; Bruno RM; Cartoni G; Armenia S; Taddei S; Seidlerova J; Vanek J; Filipovsky J; Mayer O; Lind L; Soveri I; Fellström B; Zilmer M, 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

Mels CMC; Schutte AE; Schutte R; Pretorius PJ; Smith W; Huisman HW; Van Der Westhuizen FH; Fourie CMT; Van Rooyen JM; Kruger R; Louw R; Malan NT; Malan L, 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

Venter PC; Malan L; Schutte AE, 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

Schutte AE; Schutte R; Smith W; Huisman HW; Mels CMC; Malan L; Fourie CMT; Malan NT; Van Rooyen JM; Kruger R; Conti E, 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

Botha S; Fourie CMT; van Rooyen JM; Kruger A; Schutte AE, 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

Van Rooyen JM; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Schutte R; Fourie CMT; Malan NT; Malan L, 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

Botha S; Fourie CMT; Schutte R; Kruger A; Schutte AE, 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

Pieterse C; Schutte R; Schutte AE, 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

van Rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Steyn HS; Koekemoer G; Huisman HW; Schutte R; Malan L; Glyn M; Smith W; Mels C; Schutte AE, 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

Malan NT; Stalder T; Schlaich MP; Lambert GW; Hamer M; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Schutte R; Smith W; Mels CMC; Van Rooyen JM; Malan L, 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

Weber MA; Schiffrin EL; White WB; Mann S; Lindholm LH; Kenerson JG; Flack JM; Carter BL; Materson BJ; Ram CVS; Cohen DL; Cadet JC; Jean-Charles RR; Taler S; Kountz D; Townsend R; Chalmers J; Ramirez AJ; Bakris GL; Wang J; Schutte AE; Bisognano JD; Touyz RM; Sica D; Harrap SB, 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

Weber MA; Schiffrin EL; White WB; Mann S; Lindholm LH; Kenerson JG; Flack JM; Carter BL; Materson BJ; Ram CVS; Cohen DL; Cadet JC; Jean-Charles RR; Taler S; Kountz D; Townsend RR; Chalmers J; Ramirez AJ; Bakris GL; Wang J; Schutte AE; Bisognano JD; Touyz RM; Sica D; Harrap SB, 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

Lammertyn L; Schutte AE; Pieters M; Schutte R, 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

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

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