Browsing by Subject "Non-dipping"

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Blood glucose and nocturnal blood pressure in African and Caucasian men : the SABPA study

Lammertyn, Leandi (North-West University, 2010)

Motivation - Hypertension and type 2 diabetes mellitus are common in the black population of South Africa. The literature also shows that elevated blood glucose concentrations can lead to an increase in blood pressure and ...
Microvascular function in non-dippers: potential involvement of the salt sensitivity biomarker, marinobufagenin-the African-PREDICT study

Strauss-Kruger, Michél; Smith, Wayne; Schutte, Aletta E.; Wei, Wen; Bagrov, Alexei Y. (Wiley, 2020)

Suppressed nighttime blood pressure dipping is associated with salt sensitivity and may increase the hemodynamic load on the microvasculature. The mechanism remains unknown whereby salt sensitivity may increase the ...