Browsing by Subject "Nutrigenetics"

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CRP genotypes predict increased risk to co-present with low vitamin D and elevated CRP in a group of healthy black South African women

Myburgh, Pieter H.; Towers, G. Wayne; Kruger, Iolanthé M.; Nienaber-Rousseau, Cornelie (MDPI, 2018)

Low 25-hydroxyvitamin D (25(OH)D) and elevated C-reactive protein (CRP) concentrations are independently associated with adverse health outcomes, including cardiovascular disease (CVD). Although an inverse association ...
Gene interactions observed with the HDL-c blood lipid, intakes of protein, sugar and biotin in relation to circulating homocysteine concentrations in a group of black South Africans

Du Plessis, Jacomina P.; Melse-Boonstra, Alida; Zandberg, Lizelle; Nienaber-Rousseau, Cornelie (Elsevier, 2020)

Background Elevated homocysteine (Hcy) is associated with several pathologies. Gene–diet interactions related to Hcy might be used to customize dietary advice to reduce disease incidence. To explore this possibility, we ...