By Professor Alta Schutte

Journal articles

Veerabhadrappa P; Burger D; Brouwers S; Christofidou P; Bikai REL; Hannah-Shmouni F; Kruger R; Marques FZ; Mian MOR; Montezano AC; Romero CA; Peña-Silva RA; Wainford RD; Charchar FJ; Schutte AE; Tomaszewski M, 2015, 'Editorial: Across the globe in 4months: Two International Society of Hypertension new investigator symposia in 2014', Journal of Hypertension, 33, pp. 891 - 893, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000525

Zatu MC; van Rooyen JM; Loots DT; Greeff M; Schutte AE, 2015, 'A comparison of the cardiometabolic profile of black South Africans with suspected non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) and excessive alcohol use', Alcohol, 49, pp. 165 - 172, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.alcohol.2014.11.002

du Plooy CS; Kruger R; Huisman HW; Rasmussen LM; Eugen-Olsen J; Schutte AE, 2015, 'Extracellular matrix biomarker, fibulin-1 and its association with soluble uPAR in a bi-ethnic South African population: The SAfrEIC study', Heart Lung and Circulation, 24, pp. 298 - 305, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2014.09.019

Schutte R; Huisman HW; Ware LJ; Mels CMC; Smith W; Malan NT; Malan L; Van Rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Kruger R; Botha S; Schutte AE, 2015, 'Cornell product relates to albuminuria in hypertensive black adults independently of blood pressure: The SABPA study', Journal of the American Society of Hypertension, 9, pp. 115 - 122, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jash.2014.12.003

Schutte AE; Ware LJ; Huisman HW; Fourie CMT; Greeff M; Khumalo T; Wissing MP, 2015, 'Psychological Distress and the Development of Hypertension Over 5 Years in Black South Africans', Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 17, pp. 126 - 133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jch.12455

Gafane LF; Schutte R; Kruger IM; Schutte AE, 2015, 'Large artery stiffness and carotid intima-media thickness in relation to markers of calcium and bone mineral metabolism in African women older than 46 years', Journal of Human Hypertension, 29, pp. 152 - 158, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2014.71

Smith W; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Ware LJ; Fourie CMT; Mels CMC; Kruger R; McCarthy N; Schutte AE, 2015, 'Leptin is positively associated with blood pressure in African men with a low body mass index: The SAfrEIC study', Hormone and Metabolic Research, 47, pp. 145 - 151, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0034-1389926

Malan NT; Smith W; von Känel R; Hamer M; Schutte AE; Malan L, 2015, 'Low serum testosterone and increased diastolic ocular perfusion pressure: A risk for retinal microvasculature', Vasa European Journal of Vascular Medicine, 44, pp. 435 - 443, http://dx.doi.org/10.1024/0301-1526/a000466

Hamer M; von Känel R; Reimann M; Malan NT; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Malan L, 2015, 'Progression of cardiovascular risk factors in black Africans: 3 year follow up of the SABPA cohort study', Atherosclerosis, 238, pp. 52 - 54, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2014.11.019

Lammertyn L; Schutte AE; Smith W; Pieters M; Schutte R, 2015, 'Retinal vessel calibres and haemostasis in black and white South Africans: The SABPA study', Journal of Hypertension, 33, pp. 2483 - 2490, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000744

Botha S; Fourie CMT; Schutte R; Eugen-Olsen J; Pretorius R; Schutte AE, 2015, 'Soluble urokinase plasminogen activator receptor as a prognostic marker of all-cause and cardiovascular mortality in a black population', International Journal of Cardiology, 184, pp. 631 - 636, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2015.03.041

Herbert A; Cruickshank JK; Laurent S; Boutouyrie P; Shimada K; Kario K; Miyashita H; Eguchi K; Kohara K; Tabara Y; Imai Y; Ito S; Hashimoto J; Uchiba K; Suzuki H; Takenaka T; Takazawa K; Kino M; Yamashina A; Tomiyama H; Dohi Y; Takase H; Jouven X; Empana JP; Pannier B; Thomas F; Prescott E; Janner J; McEniery C; Cockcroft J; Wilkinson I; Roman MJ; Devereux RB; Teal V; Townsend R; Vermeersch S; Rietzschel ER; Van Bortel L; De Buyzere ML; Segers P; Gillebert TC; Wang JG; Li Y; Lazar J; Salciccioli L; Cunha P; Oliveira P; Cotter J; Vila I; Sousa N; Chirinos J; Medina-Lezama J; Weber T; Rammer M; O'Rourke MF; Bernd E; Lassnig E; Porodko M; Ammer M; Wassertheurer S; Adji A; Rosenkranz S; Punzengruber C; Kvas E; Dufouil C; Tzourio C; Nijpels G; Dekker JM; Stehouwer CDA; Ferreira I; Twisk JW; Smulders YM; Van De Laar RJ; Van Kallen CJ; Van Greevenbroek MM; Schalkwijk CG; Vlachopoulos C; Aznaouridis C; Terentes-Printzios D; Xaplanteris P; Stefanadis C; Schutte AE; Fourie CMT; Van Rooyen JM; Mahmud A; Feely J; Ghiadoni L; Stea F; Bruno RM; Cartoni G; Armenia S; Taddei S; Seidlerova J; Vanek J; Filipovsky J; Mayer O; Lind L; Soveri I; Fellström B; Zilmer M, 2014, 'Establishing reference values for central blood pressure and its amplification in a general healthy population and according to cardiovascular risk factors', European Heart Journal, 35, pp. 3122 - 3133, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/eurheartj/ehu293

Mels CMC; Schutte AE; Schutte R; Pretorius PJ; Smith W; Huisman HW; Van Der Westhuizen FH; Fourie CMT; Van Rooyen JM; Kruger R; Louw R; Malan NT; Malan L, 2014, '8-Oxo-7,8-dihydro-2′-deoxyguanosine, reactive oxygen species and ambulatory blood pressure in African and Caucasian men: The SABPA study', Free Radical Research, 48, pp. 1291 - 1299, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10715762.2014.951840

Venter PC; Malan L; Schutte AE, 2014, 'Psychosocial stress but not hypertensive status associated with angiogenesis in Africans', Blood Pressure, 23, pp. 307 - 314, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/08037051.2014.901008

Schutte AE; Schutte R; Smith W; Huisman HW; Mels CMC; Malan L; Fourie CMT; Malan NT; Van Rooyen JM; Kruger R; Conti E, 2014, 'Compromised bioavailable IGF-1 of black men relates favourably to ambulatory blood pressure: The SABPA study', Atherosclerosis, 233, pp. 139 - 144, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2013.12.025

Botha S; Fourie CMT; van Rooyen JM; Kruger A; Schutte AE, 2014, 'Cardiometabolic Changes in Treated Versus Never Treated HIV-Infected Black South Africans: The PURE Study', Heart Lung and Circulation, 23, pp. 119 - 126, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.hlc.2013.07.019

Van Rooyen JM; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Schutte R; Fourie CMT; Malan NT; Malan L, 2014, 'End-organ damage in urbanized Africans with low plasma renin levels: the SABPA study', Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 36, pp. 70 - 75, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10641963.2013.789044

Botha S; Fourie CMT; Schutte R; Kruger A; Schutte AE, 2014, 'Associations of suPAR with lifestyle and cardiometabolic risk factors', European Journal of Clinical Investigation, 44, pp. 619 - 626, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/eci.12278

Pieterse C; Schutte R; Schutte AE, 2014, 'Autonomic activity and leptin in Africans and whites: The SABPA study', Journal of Hypertension, 32, pp. 826 - 833, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000110

van Rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Steyn HS; Koekemoer G; Huisman HW; Schutte R; Malan L; Glyn M; Smith W; Mels C; Schutte AE, 2014, 'Cardiometabolic markers to identify cardiovascular disease risk in HIV-infected black South Africans', South African Medical Journal, 104, pp. 195 - 199, http://dx.doi.org/10.7196/SAMJ.7739

Malan NT; Stalder T; Schlaich MP; Lambert GW; Hamer M; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Schutte R; Smith W; Mels CMC; Van Rooyen JM; Malan L, 2014, 'Chronic distress and acute vascular stress responses associated with ambulatory blood pressure in low-testosterone African men: The SABPA Study', Journal of Human Hypertension, 28, pp. 393 - 398, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2013.124

Weber MA; Schiffrin EL; White WB; Mann S; Lindholm LH; Kenerson JG; Flack JM; Carter BL; Materson BJ; Ram CVS; Cohen DL; Cadet JC; Jean-Charles RR; Taler S; Kountz D; Townsend R; Chalmers J; Ramirez AJ; Bakris GL; Wang J; Schutte AE; Bisognano JD; Touyz RM; Sica D; Harrap SB, 2014, 'Clinical practice guidelines for the management of hypertension in the community a statement by the american society of hypertension and the international society of hypertension', Journal of Hypertension, 32, pp. 3 - 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000065

Weber MA; Schiffrin EL; White WB; Mann S; Lindholm LH; Kenerson JG; Flack JM; Carter BL; Materson BJ; Ram CVS; Cohen DL; Cadet JC; Jean-Charles RR; Taler S; Kountz D; Townsend RR; Chalmers J; Ramirez AJ; Bakris GL; Wang J; Schutte AE; Bisognano JD; Touyz RM; Sica D; Harrap SB, 2014, 'Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension in the Community: A Statement by the American Society of Hypertension and the International Society of Hypertension Clinical Practice Guidelines for the Management of Hypertension in the Community: A Statement by the American Society of Hypertension and the International Society of Hypertension Weber et al.', Journal of Clinical Hypertension, 16, pp. 14 - 26, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jch.12237

Lammertyn L; Schutte AE; Pieters M; Schutte R, 2014, 'D-dimer relates positively with increased blood pressure in black South Africans: The SABPA study', Thrombosis Research, 133, pp. 1152 - 1157, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.thromres.2014.03.037

Ware LJ; Rennie KL; Kruger HS; Kruger IM; Greeff M; Fourie CMT; Huisman HW; Scheepers JDW; Uys AS; Kruger R; Van Rooyen JM; Schutte R; Schutte AE, 2014, 'Evaluation of waist-to-height ratio to predict 5 year cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan African adults', Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases, 24, pp. 900 - 907, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.numecd.2014.02.005

Pieters M; Boshuizen H; De Lange Z; Schutte AE; Schutte R; Greeff M; Ariëns RAS, 2014, 'Relationship of coagulation and fibrinolytic variables with arterial structure and function in Africans', Thrombosis Research, 134, pp. 78 - 83, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.thromres.2014.04.021

Schutte AE; Volpe M; Tocci G; Conti E, 2014, 'Revisiting the relationship between blood pressure and insulin-like growth factor-1', Hypertension, 63, pp. 1070 - 1077, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.113.03057

Zatu MC; Van Rooyen JM; Loots DT; Wentzel-Viljoen E; Greeff M; Schutte AE, 2014, 'Self-reported alcohol intake is a better estimate of 5-year change in blood pressure than biochemical markers in low resource settings: The PURE study', Journal of Hypertension, 32, pp. 749 - 755, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000093

Campbell NRC; Lackland DT; Chockalingam A; Lisheng L; Harrap SB; Touyz RM; Burrell LM; Ramírez AJ; Schmieder RE; Schutte AE; Prabhakaran D; Schiffrin EL, 2014, 'The international society of hypertension and world Hypertension league call on governments, nongovernmental organizations and the food industry to work to reduce dietary sodium', Journal of Hypertension, 32, pp. 446 - 447, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0000000000000079

Schutte R; Schmieder RE; Huisman HW; Smith W; Van Rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Kruger R; Uys L; Ware L; Mels CMC; Greeff M; Kruger IM; Schutte AE, 2014, 'Urinary albumin excretion from spot urine samples predict all-cause and stroke mortality in africans', American Journal of Hypertension, 27, pp. 811 - 818, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ajh/hpt288

Schutte AE; Van Rooyen JM; Huisman HW; Fourie CM; Wentzel-Viljoen E; Mels CM; Smith W; Botha S; Kruger A; Schutte R, 2014, 'Abstract 644: Salt Intake, Blood Pressure and Renal Function in a Black Population: A 5-Year Prospective Study', Hypertension, 64, http://dx.doi.org/10.1161/hyp.64.suppl_1.644

Schutte A; Van Rooyen J; Huisman H; Mels C; Malan N; Smith W; Kruger R; Fourie C; Ware L; Botha S; Schutte R, 2014, 'P10.8 CENTRAL BUT NOT BRACHIAL PRESSURE LINKED TO RBCS IN YOUNG NORMOTENSIVE INDIVIDUALS', Artery Research, 8, pp. 159 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2014.09.211

Van Rooyen J; Poglitsch M; Schutte R; Huisman H; Malan L; Fourie C; Mels C; Smith W; Kruger R; Malan N; Schutte A, 2014, 'P9.11 ANGIOTENSIN-CONVERTING ENZYME ACTIVITY IN NORMOTENSIVE WHITE AND AFRICAN MEN', Artery Research, 8, pp. 156 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2014.09.199

Smith W; Malan N; Vilser W; Schutte A; Schutte R; Mels C; Uys L; Malan L, 2014, 'P9.12 THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN RETINAL VESSEL CALIBRE AND NOCTURNAL DIPPING STATUS: THE SABPA STUDY', Artery Research, 8, pp. 156 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2014.09.200

Schutte R; Huisman HW; Smith W; van Rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Kruger R; Uys L; Ware L; Mels C; Greef M; Kruger IM; Schutte AE, 2014, 'Prevalence, awareness, treatment and control of hypertension in a Sub-Saharan African cohort', Journal of the American Society of Hypertension, 8, pp. e84 - e85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jash.2014.03.198

Schutte A; Gafane L; Kruger I; Schutte R, 2014, 'PT227 Large artery stiffness and carotid intima-media thickness in relation to markers of bone mineral metabolism in postmenopausal African women: The PURE-study', Global Heart, 9, pp. e211 - e211, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gheart.2014.03.1988

Mels CM; Schutte AE; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Smith W; Fourie CM; Kruger R; Van Rooyen JM; Malan NT; Malan L, 2013, 'The link between vascular deterioration and branched chain amino acids in a population with high glycated haemoglobin: The SABPA study', Amino Acids, 45, pp. 1405 - 1413, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00726-013-1611-0

Malan NT; Von Känel R; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Schutte R; Smith W; Mels CM; Kruger R; Meiring M; Van Rooyen JM; Malan L, 2013, 'Testosterone and acute stress are associated with fibrinogen and von Willebrand factor in African men: The SABPA study', International Journal of Cardiology, 168, pp. 4638 - 4642, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2013.07.191

Corsi DJ; Subramanian SV; Chow CK; McKee M; Chifamba J; Dagenais G; Diaz R; Iqbal R; Kelishadi R; Kruger A; Lanas F; López-Jaramilo P; Mony P; Mohan V; Avezum A; Oguz A; Rahman MO; Rosengren A; Szuba A; Li W; Yusoff K; Yusufali A; Rangarajan S; Teo K; Yusuf S; Islam S; Zhang M; Kabali C; Dehghan M; Xiong J; Mente A; DeJesus J; Mackie P; Madhavan M; Farago L; Michael J; Kay I; Zafar S; Williams D; Solano R; Solano N; Farago M; Rimac J; Trottier S; ElSheikh W; Mustaha M; Kaszyca J; Hrnic R; McQueen M; Hall K; Keys J; Wang X; Keneth J; Orlandini A; Bahit C; Linetsky B; Toscanelli S; Casaccia G; Maini Cuneo JM; Yusuf R; Azad AK; Rabbani KA; Cherry HM; Mannan A; Hassan I; Talukdar AT; Tooheen RB; Khan MU; Oliveira GB; Marcilio CS; Mattos AC; Poirier P; Turbide G; Auger D; LeBlanc De Bluts A; Proulx MC; Cayer M; Bonneville N; Lear S; Chockalingam A; Gasevic D; Gyawali S; Hage-Moussa S; Mah G; MacLeod M; Vukmirovich I; Wielgosz A; Fodor G; Pipe A; Papadakis S; Moroz I; Muthuri S; Seron P; Martinez S; Liu L; Chen C; Zhao W; Bo J; Chang X; Chen T, 2013, 'Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study: Baseline characteristics of the household sample and comparative analyses with national data in 17 countries', American Heart Journal, 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2013.04.019

Malan L; Hamer M; Schlaich MP; Lambert GW; Ziemssen T; Reimann M; Steyn HS; Schutte R; Smith W; van Rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Malan NT, 2013, 'Defensive active coping facilitates chronic hyperglycaemia and endothelial dysfunction in African men: The SABPA study', INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CARDIOLOGY, 168, pp. 999 - 1005, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.10.035

Glyn MC; Van Rooyen JM; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Böger RH; Schwedhelm E; Lüneburg N; Mels CMC; Schutte AE, 2013, 'A comparison of the association between glomerular filtration and L-arginine status in HIV-infected and uninfected African men: The SAfrEIC study', Journal of Human Hypertension, 27, pp. 557 - 563, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2013.14

Schutte R; Huisman HW; Malan L; Van Rooyen JM; Smith W; Glyn MCP; Mels CMC; Fourie CMT; Malan NT; Schutte AE, 2013, 'Alkaline phosphatase and arterial structure and function in hypertensive African men: The SABPA study', International Journal of Cardiology, 167, pp. 1995 - 2001, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.05.035

Schutte AE; Symington EA; Du Preez JL, 2013, 'Rosuvastatin is transferred into human breast milk: A case report', American Journal of Medicine, 126, pp. e7 - e8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.amjmed.2013.02.032

Schultz AJ; Schutte AE; Schutte R, 2013, 'Double product and end-organ damage in African and Caucasian men: The SABPA study', International Journal of Cardiology, 167, pp. 792 - 797, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2012.03.014

Gaziano TA; Pandya A; Steyn K; Levitt N; Mollentze W; Joubert G; Walsh CM; Motala AA; Kruger A; Schutte AE; Naidoo DP; Prakaschandra DR; Laubscher R, 2013, 'Comparative assessment of absolute cardiovascular disease risk characterization from non-laboratory-based risk assessment in South African populations', BMC Medicine, 11, http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1741-7015-11-170

Butler CJ; Schutte R; Glyn MC; Van Der Westhuizen FH; Gona P; Schutte AE, 2013, 'Exploring the link between serum peroxides and angiogenesis in a bi-ethnic population from South Africa: The SAfrEIC study', Journal of the American Society of Hypertension, 7, pp. 267 - 275, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jash.2013.04.005

Malan NT; Hamer M; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Schutte R; Mels CM; Steyn HS; Smith W; Fourie CM; Glyn M; Malan L, 2013, 'Low testosterone and hyperkinetic blood pressure responses in a cohort of South African men: The SABPA study', Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 35, pp. 228 - 235, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10641963.2012.721839

Kruger R; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Hindersson P; Olsen MH; Eugen-Olsen J; Schutte AE, 2013, 'NT-proBNP, C-Reactive Protein and Soluble uPAR in a Bi-Ethnic Male Population: The SAfrEIC Study', Plos One, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0058506

Kruger HS; Faber M; Schutte AE; Ellis SM, 2013, 'A proposed cutoff point of waist-to-height ratio for metabolic risk in African township adolescents', Nutrition, 29, pp. 502 - 507, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2012.08.009

Kruger IM; Kruger MC; Doak CM; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Schutte R; Malan L; Malan NT; Fourie CMT; Kruger A, 2013, 'The Association of 25(OH)D with Blood Pressure, Pulse Pressure and Carotid-Radial Pulse Wave Velocity in African Women', Plos One, 8, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0054554

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