Open AccessBlood Glutathione and Subclinical Atherosclerosis in African Men: The SABPA Study
Author(s) -
Rudolph Schutte,
Aletta E. Schutte,
Hugo W. Huisman,
Johannes M. Van Rooyen,
Nicolaas T. Malan,
Szabolcs Péter,
C.M.T. Fourie,
Francois H. van der Westhuizen,
Robert Louw,
Cindy A. Botha,
Leoné Malan
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1038/ajh.2009.158
Subject(s) - medicine , ambulatory blood pressure , blood pressure , subclinical infection , intima media thickness , glutathione , endocrinology , diastole , cardiology , carotid arteries , biochemistry , chemistry , enzyme
Sub-Saharan Africans face an increasing burden of hypertension and related cardiac and cerebrovascular morbidity and mortality, making the identification of factors leading to early vascular abnormalities imperative.