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Showing 1 to 20 of 58 for “"Black South Africans"”.
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Efavirenz pharmacogenetics and metabolic toxicity in black South Africans
… ALT concentrations. Methods: Data and DNA from South African antiretroviral therapy (ART)-naïve participants initiating efavirenz with emtricitabine plus tenofovir disoproxil fumarate (TDF) were used to characterise associations between CYP2B6 metaboliser genotypes and the percentage difference …
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Exploring the perceptions of black tax among young employed black South Africans
Black South Africans make up the majority of the population and theoretically they should be the biggest contributors to the economy. The democratically elected government of South Africa introduced the Employment Equity Act (55 of 1998) to increase the representation of previously disadvantaged …
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Global fibrinolytic potential of black South Africans in the North West Province
… disease (CVD) has increased significantly in the black South African population in recent years. Early in the development of CVD, atherosclerotic plaques form in the vessel wall. When this plaque becomes unstable and ruptures, the coagulation cascade is activated and a blood clot forms. The …
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Vascular and metabolic profile of 5-year sustained hypertensive versus normotensive black South Africans
… is uncertain. Hypertension is more common in blacks and they have an increased arterial stiffness and higher stroke prevalence than white populations. Arterial stiffening, or a loss of arterial distensibility, increases the risk for cardiovascular events, including stroke and heart failure, as …
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Metabolic syndrome, the leptin gene and kidney disease in non-diabetic black South Africans
… and obesity, and especially so in native black Africans, this study sought to establish an association between the obesity gene (LEP) and kidney disease phenotypes (independent of diabetes and hypertension) in a homogenous black African population.
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Pharmacogenomics and pharmacokinetics of antiretroviral drugs and their associations with metabolic complications in HIV-infected Black South Africans
… lipid and glucose concentrations in HIVinfected Black South Africans. METHODS: We collected clinical and laboratory data from HIV infected patients on ART from Cape Town. We sequenced the mitochondrial genome and determined African mtDNA haplogroups. We genotyped 241 polymorphisms in genes …
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Social change, class formation and English : a study of young black South Africans with "Model C" school backgrounds.
… and recorded word-lists from 44 young (under 25) black South Africans who have been educated in the former white school system, studying at the University of Cape Town. It considers their life experiences, particularly as regards their schooling. It also investigates their attitudes to language, …
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Relationship between socio-economic status and cardiovascular disease in black South Africans living in a rural and an urban community
… in developing countries on this including South Africa has been inconsistent. In addition, there is scant information on differences in socio-economic patterning of CVD risk factors between urban and rural areas in South Africa.Aim: To examine the association between SES indicators and CVD …
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APOE, PCSK9, and CETP genetic variants as potential biomarkers of dyslipidaemia in black South Africans with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus
… to dyslipidaemia. In this study, a cohort of black South African Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus (T2DM) patients was characterized for mutations in genes coding for APOE, PCSK9, and CETP, and the possible effects of these variants on their lipid profiles was evaluated. Participants (n=417) were …
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Changes in dietary intakes and cardiovascular disease risk factors in black South Africans from 2005 to 2015 : the PURE-SA-NW study
… of populations are constantly changing, and the South African population is no exception. Over the last couple of decades, the diets of rural and urban South Africans have been undergoing a rapid nutrition transition, changing from prudent traditional diets that have been typically low in fat and …
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Voluntary physical activity : measurement and relationship to selected health parameters in rural black South Africans resident in the Limpopo Province, South Africa.
… physical activity survey results from a rural South African setting. In this series of studies, we firstly explored the sources of variance in the objective measure of physical activity (uni-axial accelerometer) as a function of residence and also movement monitor placement. Secondly, we …
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Perceptions and experiences of indigenous black South Africans receiving chiropractic treatment at a teaching chiropractic clinic at a University of Technology in Durban
… Durban University of Technology, Durban, South Africa, 2024.
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The development of a dietary intervention to modify cation content of foods and the evaluation of its effects on blood pressure in hypertensive black South Africans
Black South Africans are at high risk of hypertension, stroke and blood pressure-related target-organ damage. In South Africa, the limited resources at primary health care level allocated to the prevention, early diagnosis and management of hypertension necessitate a non-pharmacological …
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Carotid artery intima-media thickness measurement in subjects with type 2 diabetes in Cape Town, South Africa
… similar durations of diagnosed diatetes (DM); black South Africans have less atherosclerosis as measured by Carotid Intima Media Thickness (CIMT) than non-black South Africans.
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Constructing an alternative language: Historical revision in the fiction of Bessie Head
… use of fiction to challenge the hegemony of South African history, a history that fails to represent black South Africans except as "objects of abuse and exploitation" (Head, A Woman Alone 66). The absence of a subject position in history for black South Africans betokens a need for critical …
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ETD: "We still have to unlearn. We are programmed, you know? analyzing black South African's violence against foreign black Africans Previous title: race and the "infernal circle" of dehumanization: an analysis of South Africa's negrophobia
In South Africa, “xenophobia” – the label commonly used to refer to Black South Africans' violence against foreign Black Africans - is often primarily connected to economic competition, which might silence any racial dynamics at play. Yet, given how western colonialism and White supremacy have …
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