By Professor Alta Schutte

Journal articles

Kruger R; Schutte R; Huisman H; Olsen M; Schutte A, 2012, '598 NT-PROBNP AND VASCULAR CALCIFICATION IN AFRICAN AND CAUCASIAN MEN', Journal of Hypertension, 30, pp. e174 - e175, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000420619.06355.42

Schutte A; Huisman H; Schutte R; Van Rooyen J; Malan N; Smith W; Fourie C; Mels C; Malan L, 2012, '609 COMPARING THE ASSOCIATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR REACTIVITY AND END-ORGAN DAMAGE IN AFRICAN AND CAUCASIAN MEN', Journal of Hypertension, 30, pp. e178 - e178, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/01.hjh.0000420616.21602.07

Kruger R; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Olsen MH; Schutte AE, 2012, 'P1.27 NT-PROBNP AND VASCULAR CALCIFICATION IN AFRICAN AND CAUCASIAN MEN: THE SAFREIC STUDY', Artery Research, 6, pp. 159 - 159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2012.09.064

Huisman HW; Schutte AE; Schutte R; Van Rooyen JM; Malan NT; Smith W; Fourie CMT; Mels C; Kruger R; Malan L, 2012, 'P4.37 COMPARING THE ASSOCIATION OF CARDIOVASCULAR REACTIVITY AND END-ORGAN DAMAGE IN AFRICAN AND CAUCASIAN MEN: THE SABPA STUDY', Artery Research, 6, pp. 193 - 193, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2012.09.184

Kemp C; Pienaar AE; Schutte AE, 2011, 'The prevalence of hypertension and the relationship with body composition in Grade 1 learners in the North West Province of South Africa', South African Journal of Sports Medicine, 23, http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/2078-516x/2011/v23i4a324

Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Schutte R; Van Rooyen JM; Malan L; Malan NT; Reimann M, 2011, 'Arterial stiffness profiles: Investigating various sections of the arterial tree of African and caucasian people', Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 33, pp. 511 - 517, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10641963.2011.561897

Schutte AE; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Malan NT; Malan L, 2011, 'Blood pressure variability is significantly associated with ECG left ventricular mass in normotensive Africans: The SABPA Study', Hypertension Research, 34, pp. 1127 - 1134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hr.2011.104

Kruger IM; Huisman HW; Schutte AE, 2011, 'The relationship between adiponectin, ageing and renal function in a bi-ethnic sample', Regulatory Peptides, 169, pp. 58 - 63, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.regpep.2011.04.003

Lammertyn L; Schutte AE; Schutte R, 2011, 'Blood glucose and nocturnal blood pressure in African and Caucasian men: The SABPA study', Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 93, pp. 235 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2011.05.011

Schutte R; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Glyn MCP; Van Rooyen JM; Malan NT; Fourie CMT; Malan L, 2011, 'Arterial stiffness, ambulatory blood pressure and low-grade albuminuria in non-diabetic African and Caucasian men: The SABPA study', Hypertension Research, 34, pp. 862 - 868, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hr.2011.45

Hamer M; Malan L; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Schutte R; Fourie CMT; Malan NT; Seedat YK, 2011, 'Plasma renin responses to mental stress and carotid intima-media thickness in black Africans: The SABPA study', Journal of Human Hypertension, 25, pp. 437 - 443, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2010.82

Lammertyn L; Schutte R; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Malan NT; Fourie CMT; Malan L, 2011, 'Associations of cholesterol and glucose with cardiovascular dysfunction in black Africans: The SABPA study', Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 33, pp. 159 - 166, http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/10641963.2010.531842

Mamabolo RL; Van Rooyen JM; Schutte AE; Monyeki MA; Kruger HS, 2011, 'Association between blood pressure, measures of body composition and lifestyle factors in township adolescents, North- West Province, South Africa', African Journal for Physical, Health Education, Recreation and Dance, 17, http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/ajpherd.v17i1.65245

Hamer M; Malan L; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; van Rooyen JM; Schutte R; Fourie CMT; Malan NT; Seedat YK, 2011, 'Conventional and behavioral risk factors explain differences in sub-clinical vascular disease between black and Caucasian South Africans: The SABPA study', Atherosclerosis, 215, pp. 237 - 242, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2010.12.015

Kips JG; Schutte AE; Vermeersch SJ; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Glyn MC; Fourie CM; Malan L; Schutte R; Van Bortel LM; Segers P, 2011, 'Comparison of central pressure estimates obtained from SphygmoCor, Omron HEM-9000AI and carotid applanation tonometry', Journal of Hypertension, 29, pp. 1115 - 1120, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/HJH.0b013e328346a3bc

Fourie CMT; Van Rooyen JM; Schutte AE, 2011, 'HIV infection and cardiovascular risk in black South Africans', Cardiovascular Journal of Africa, 22, pp. 117 - 119, http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/cvja-2010-050

Fourie C; Van Rooyen J; Pieters M; Conradie K; Hoekstra T; Schutte A, 2011, 'Is HIV-1 infection associated with endothelial dysfunction in a population of African ancestry in South Africa?', Cardiovascular Journal of Africa, 22, pp. 134 - 140, http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2010-056

Zatu MC; Van Rooyen JM; Schutte AE, 2011, 'Smoking and vascular dysfunction in Africans and Caucasians from Aouth Africa', Cardiovascular Journal of Africa, 22, pp. 18 - 24, http://dx.doi.org/10.5830/CVJA-2010-034

Schutte AE; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Malan NT; Malan L, 2011, 'BENCHMARKING AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE VARIABILITY AGAINST TRADITIONAL AND ADVANCED BLOOD PRESSURE MEASUREMENTS REGARDING THEIR ASSOCIATION WITH SUBCLINICAL ORGAN DAMAGE:THE SABPA STUDY', Journal of Hypertension, 29, pp. e445 - e445, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004872-201106001-01337

Malan L; Malan N; Huisman H; Van Rooyen J; Schutte R; Schutte A; Fourie C; Potgieter J; Harvey B; Hamer M; De Geus E; Ziemssen T; Reimann M; Seedat Y, 2011, 'DEFENSIVE ACTIVE COPING ASSOCIATED WITH LEFT VENTRICULAR DYSFUNCTION: THE SYMPATHETIC ACTIVITY AND AMBULATORY BLOOD PRESSURE IN AFRICAN (SABPA) STUDY', Journal of Hypertension, 29, pp. e507 - e508, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004872-201106001-01539

Glyn M; Schutte R; Huisman H; van Rooyen J; Malan L; Malan N; Boger R; Schutte A, 2011, 'Ethnicity and differential regulation of arginine status in South Africa', International Journal of Cardiology, 152, pp. S39 - S39, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ijcard.2011.08.595

Malan N; Malan L; Schutte A; Van Rooyen J; Huisman H; Schutte R; Fourie C, 2011, 'HYPERTENSION AND INCREASED RISK OF STROKE AS RESULT OF LIFESTYLE CHANGES IN A SOUTH AFRICAN BLACK POPULATION: THE THUSA AND SABPA STUDIES', Journal of Hypertension, 29, pp. e294 - e294, http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00004872-201106001-00838

Fourie CMT; van Rooyen JM; Kruger A; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Malan NT; Malan L; Schutte AE, 2011, 'P3.01 A COMPARISON OF ARTERIAL FUNCTION OF HIV INFECTED (TREATED AND NEVER-TREATED) AND UNINFECTED BLACK SOUTH AFRICANS AFTER FIVE YEARS: PURE STUDY', Artery Research, 5, pp. 156 - 156, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2011.10.036

Schutte R; Huisman HW; Malan L; van Rooyen JM; Smith W; Glyn MCP; Mels CMC; Fourie CMT; Malan NT; Schutte AE, 2011, 'P5.13 ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE AND ARTERIAL STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION IN HYPERTENSIVE AFRICAN MEN: THE SABPA STUDY', Artery Research, 5, pp. 167 - 167, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2011.10.070

Palmer IM; Schutte AE; Huisman HW, 2010, 'Uric acid and the cardiovascular profile of African and Caucasian men', Journal of Human Hypertension, 24, pp. 639 - 645, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2010.1

Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Schutte R; van Rooyen JM; Malan L; Fourie CMT; Malan NT, 2010, 'Adipokines and cardiometabolic function: How are they interlinked?', Regulatory Peptides, 164, pp. 133 - 138, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.regpep.2010.06.008

Schutte AE; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Malan L; Malan NT; Schwedhelm E; Strimbeanu S; Anderssohn M; Böger RH, 2010, 'Dimethylarginines: Their vascular and metabolic roles in Africans and Caucasians', European Journal of Endocrinology, 162, pp. 525 - 533, http://dx.doi.org/10.1530/EJE-09-0865

Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Malan L; Malan NT; Fourie CMT; Louw R; Van Der Westhuizen FH; Schutte R, 2010, 'A significant decline in IGF-I may predispose young africans to subsequent cardiometabolic vulnerability', Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 95, pp. 2503 - 2507, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jc.2009-2329

Fourie CMT; Van Rooyen JM; Kruger A; Schutte AE, 2010, 'Lipid abnormalities in a never-treated HIV-1 subtype C-infected African population', Lipids, 45, pp. 73 - 80, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11745-009-3369-4

Schutte R; Huisman HW; Schutte AE; Malan NT; Van Rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Malan L, 2010, 'Serum calcium revisited: Associations with 24-h ambulatory blood pressure and cardiovascular reactivity in Africans', Hypertension Research, 33, pp. 688 - 694, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/hr.2010.65

Kruger HS; Pretorius R; Schutte AE, 2010, 'Stunting, adiposity, and low-grade inflammation in African adolescents from a township high school', Nutrition, 26, pp. 90 - 99, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.nut.2009.10.004

Kips J; Schutte A; Vermeersch SJ; Huisman H; Van Bortel L; Segers P, 2010, 'P8.02 LARGE DIFFERENCES IN CENTRAL PRESSURE ESTIMATION BETWEEN SPHYGMOCOR AND OMRON HEM 9000AI', Artery Research, 4, pp. 169 - 169, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2010.10.084

Reimann M; Ziemssen T; Huisman HW; Schutte R; Malan L; Van Rooyen JM; Böger RH; Malan NT; Schutte AE, 2009, 'Ethnic-specific correlations of visfatin with circulating markers of endothelial inflammation and function', Obesity, 17, pp. 2210 - 2215, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/oby.2009.157

Schutte R; Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Malan NT; Péter S; Fourie CMT; Van Der Westhuizen FH; Louw R; Botha CA; Malan L, 2009, 'Blood glutathione and subclinical atherosclerosis in African men: The SABPA study', American Journal of Hypertension, 22, pp. 1154 - 1159, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ajh.2009.158

Palmer IM; Schutte AE; Huisman HW, 2009, 'Ethnic and gender differences regarding the insulin-blood pressure relationship', Diabetes Research and Clinical Practice, 85, pp. 102 - 110, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.diabres.2009.04.014

Teo K; Chow CK; Vaz M; Rangarajan S; Yusuf S; Islam S; Zhang M; Dehghan M; DeJesus J; Mackie P; Michael J; Oldfield W; Kay I; Zafar S; Faroghi N; Williams D; McQueen M; Hall K; Keys J; Wang X; Diaz R; Maldonado N; Neimann G; Rahman O; Yusuf R; Azad AK; Khan MU; Rabbani KA; Cherry HM; Tooheen RB; Mannan A; Hassan I; Talukdar AT; Avezum A; Piegas L; Tanaka MA; Guimaraes H; Marcilio CS; Mattos AC; Mendes JRZ; Dagenais G; Poirier P; Turbide G; Auger D; Proulx MC; Bonneville N; Lear S; Chockalingam A; Haddon C; Gasevic D; MacLeod M; Hage-Moussa S; Vukmirovich I; Fodor G; Wielgosz A; Pipe A; Moroz I; Muthuri S; Lanas F; Seron P; Martinez S; Lisheng L; Wei L; Chunming C; Wenhua Z; Hongye Z; Xingyu W; Manlu Z; Jun Y; Liancheng Z; Fanghong L; Weiping J; Yindong L; Yan H; Liangqing Z; Jun L; Dong L; Shiying Z; Baoxia G; Tianlu L; Peng Z; Yinsheng W; Xiuzhen T; Qian W; Jianfang W; Ning L; Minfan F; Yu L; Xunyong G; Bo H; Xuan J; Yi Z; Tao C; Xiaoru C; Yang W; Yi S; Xinye H; Juan L; Xiaoyang L; Yize X, 2009, 'The Prospective Urban Rural Epidemiology (PURE) study: Examining the impact of societal influences on chronic noncommunicable diseases in low-, middle-, and high-income countries', American Heart Journal, 158, pp. 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ahj.2009.04.019

Schwarz PEH; Towers GW; van der Merwe A; Perez-Perez L; Rheeder P; Schulze J; Bornstein SR; Licinio J; Wong ML; Schutte AE; Olckers A, 2009, 'Global meta-analysis of the C-11377G alteration in the ADIPOQ gene indicates the presence of population-specific effects: Challenge for global health initiatives', Pharmacogenomics Journal, 9, pp. 42 - 48, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/tpj.2008.2

Huisman HW; Schutte AE; Van Rooyen JM; Schutte R; Malan L; Fourie CMT; Malan NT, 2009, 'The association of red blood cell counts with endothelin-1 in African and Caucasian women', Clinical and Experimental Hypertension, 31, pp. 1 - 10, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10641960802409838

Schutte AE; Schutte R; Huisman HW; Rooyen JMV; Malan L; Olckers A; Malan NT, 2009, 'Classifying Africans with the metabolic syndrome.', Hormone and Metabolic Research Hormon Und Stoffwechselforschung Hormones Et Metabolisme, 41, pp. 79 - 85, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-0028-1104603

Schwarz PEH; Li J; Reimann M; Schutte AE; Bergmann A; Hanefeld M; Bornstein SR; Schulze J; Tuomilehto J; Lindström J, 2009, 'The finnish diabetes risk score is associated with insulin resistance and progression towards type 2 diabetes', Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 94, pp. 920 - 926, http://dx.doi.org/10.1210/jc.2007-2427

van Rooyen JM; Fourie CMT; Huisman HW; Schutte R; Péter S; Malan NT; Malan L; Kruger A; Schutte AE, 2009, 'P3.06 VASCULAR FUNCTION IN HIV-1 (SUBTYPE C) POSITIVE BLACK SOUTH AFRICANS WITH AND WITHOUT ARV TREATMENT: A THREE YEAR PROSPECTIVE STUDY', Artery Research, 3, pp. 181 - 181, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2009.10.035

Schutte R; Schutte AE; Van Rooyen JM; Huisman HW; Palmer IM; Fourie CM; Péter S; Malan L; Malan NT; Reimann M, 2008, 'Von Willebrand factor as marker of vascular function in South African women: The POWIRS study', American Journal of Hypertension, 21, pp. 1298 - 1303, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/ajh.2008.287

Schutte AE; Huisman HW; Van Rooyen JM; Schutte R; Malan L; Reimann M; De Ridder JH; van der Merwe A; Schwarz PEH; Malan NT, 2008, 'Should obesity be blamed for the high prevalence rates of hypertension in black South African women?', Journal of Human Hypertension, 22, pp. 528 - 536, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/jhh.2008.35

Van Rooyen JM; Pretorius PJ; Britz M; Huisman HW; Schutte AE; Towers GW; Olckers A; Schwarz PEH; Malan NT; Malan L; Schutte R, 2008, 'Genetic polymorphisms of β2- and β3 -adrenergic receptor genes associated with characteristics of the metabolic syndrome in black South African women', Experimental and Clinical Endocrinology and Diabetes, 116, pp. 236 - 240, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2007-992785

Reimann M; Schutte AE; Malan L; Huisman HW; Malan NT, 2008, 'Hyperuricaemia is an independent factor for the metabolic syndrome in a sub-Saharan African population: A factor analysis', Atherosclerosis, 197, pp. 638 - 645, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.atherosclerosis.2007.09.011

Fourie CMT; van Rooyen JM; Huisman HW; Malan NT; Schutte R; Malan L; Schutte AE, 2008, 'Patterns of blood flow may predict high blood pressure in later life.', Ethnicity Disease, 18, pp. 235

Fourie CMT; Van Rooyen JM; Huisman HW; Malan NT; Schutte R; Malan L; Schutte AE, 2008, 'The influence of cardiac and vascular responses on baseline cardiovascular parameters in black African children', Ethnicity and Disease, 18, pp. 187 - 191

Kruger HS; Schutte AE; Pretorius R, 2008, 'Children with Excessive Body Fat and Stunted Children May Be at Risk for Non-Communicable Disease', Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 108, pp. A118 - A118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jada.2008.06.362

Huisman HW; Schutte AE; van Rooyen JM; Schutte R; Malan NT; Malan L; Fourie CMT, 2008, 'P1.08 EFFECTS OF ANTIOXIDANTS ON SERUM URIC ACID AS A MARKER OF VASCULAR FUNCTION', Artery Research, 2, pp. 94 - 94, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.artres.2008.08.316

Li J; Reimann M; Schutte A; Bergmann A; Bornstein S; Schulze J; Lindström J; Tuomilehto J; Schwarz P, 2008, 'The Finnish Diabetes Risk Score (FINDRISC) is associated with insulin resistance and progression towards type 2 diabetes', Diabetologie und Stoffwechsel, 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1055/s-2008-1076484

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