Cohort Profile: Sympathetic activity and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in Africans (SABPA) prospective cohort study

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1814-1822

  Malan, Leoné ^a   Hamer, Mark ^a,b   Frasure Smith, Nancy ^c,d   Steyn, Hendrik S ^a   Malan, Nicolaas T ^a  

^a NORTH WEST UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; STRESS HORMONE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER;

BLOOD SYSTEM DISORDER; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; DATA ACQUISITION; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH MONITORING; NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDER; PHENOTYPE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEASONALITY; SPATIOTEMPORAL ANALYSIS; STUDY METHOD; URBAN AREA;

ADRENERGIC SYSTEM; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING; BLOOD VESSEL; BRAIN; CARDIOMETABOLIC DISEASE; CARDIOMETABOLIC RISK; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA COLLECTION METHOD; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEART; HEART DISEASE; HEMOSTASIS; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; KIDNEY; LIFE STRESS; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; METABOLIC DISORDER; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; NERVE POTENTIAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RETINA; RISK FACTOR; SEASONAL VARIATION; SOCIAL ASPECT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICAN; SYMPATHETIC TONE; TARGET ORGAN; TEACHER; VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM; VASCULAR REMODELING; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; HYPOPHYSIS ADRENAL SYSTEM; HYPOTHALAMUS HYPOPHYSIS SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; METABOLISM; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY; RENIN ANGIOTENSIN ALDOSTERONE SYSTEM; URBAN POPULATION;

SOUTH AFRICA;

ADULT; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES; BIOMARKERS; BLOOD PRESSURE; BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORING, AMBULATORY; COHORT STUDIES; ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; HYPOTHALAMO-HYPOPHYSEAL SYSTEM; INFLAMMATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PITUITARY-ADRENAL SYSTEM; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RENIN-ANGIOTENSIN SYSTEM; SOUTH AFRICA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84962772795     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyu199     Document Type: Article

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