Conventional and behavioral risk factors explain differences in sub-clinical vascular disease between black and Caucasian South Africans: The SABPA study

Atherosclerosis

Volumn 215, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 237-242

  Hamer, M ^a   Malan, L ^b   Schutte, A E ^b   Huisman, H W ^b   van Rooyen, J M ^b   Schutte, R ^b   Fourie, C M T ^b   Malan, N T ^b   Seedat, Y K ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Black African; Carotid intima media thickness; Health behaviors; Health disparities

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL; BETA ADRENERGIC RECEPTOR BLOCKING AGENT; C REACTIVE PROTEIN; COTININE; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; DIURETIC AGENT; GAMMA GLUTAMYLTRANSFERASE; HIGH DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL; HYDROXYMETHYLGLUTARYL COENZYME A REDUCTASE INHIBITOR; TRIACYLGLYCEROL;

ACCELEROMETER; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ALCOHOL ABUSE; ARTERIAL WALL THICKNESS; ARTICLE; BEHAVIORAL RISK FACTOR SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CAROTID INTIMA MEDIA THICKNESS; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DIASTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; GAMMA GLUTAMYL TRANSFERASE BLOOD LEVEL; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBESITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BLOOD LEVEL; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; TEACHER; TRIACYLGLYCEROL BLOOD LEVEL;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; ALCOHOLISM; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; C-REACTIVE PROTEIN; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CAROTID ARTERIES; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SOUTH AFRICA; TRIGLYCERIDES; TUNICA INTIMA;

EID: 79952101723     PISSN: 00219150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.12.015     Document Type: Article

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