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Department of Human Biology

The impact of obesity and inflammation on metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease and type two diabetes in black and white South African women

Abstract

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[T]he overall aim of this thesis was to investigate the ethnic-specific role of inflammation in obesity and related metabolic risk factors associated with T2DM and CVD in apparently healthy black and white premenopausal South African women.

Degree

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Department of Human Biology
Year dc:date.issued
2011

Author and committee

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Author dc:creator
  • Evans, Juliet P
Advisors dc:contributor.advisor
  • Goedecke, Julia
  • Tommy Olsson

Rights

Language dc:language.iso
eng

Identifiers

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http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10464
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oai:open.uct.ac.za:11427/10464

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Evans, Juliet P. The impact of obesity and inflammation on metabolic risk factors for cardiovascular disease and type two diabetes in black and white South African women. Department of Human Biology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10464