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   Healthy lifestyle interventions in general practice Part 8: Lifestyle and dyslipidaemia

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: MP Schwellnus --- Department of Sports Medicine and Exercise Science, DN Patel --- Vitality Wellness, C Nossel --- Vitality Wellness, M Dreyer --- Vitality Wellness, S Whitesman --- Institute for Mindfulness South Africa, EW Derman --- Department of Sports Medicine and Exercise Science,

   Dyslipidaemia, in particular raised plasma concentrations of total cholesterol (TC), low density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C), triglycerides as well as reduced plasma concentrations of high density lipoprotein (HDL-C) concentration is one of the major risk factors for coronary artery disease (CAD),...

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   Secondary dyslipidaemia

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: DJ Blom --- Division of Lipidology, Department of Medicine,

   Plasma lipid levels are determined by the interplay of environmental and genetic factors. Occasionally environmental factors may alter lipid levels significantly, resulting in secondary dyslipidaemia. The lipid phenotype in secondary dyslipidaemia is very variable (e.g. predominant hypercholesterolaemia, hypertriglyceridaemia or changes...

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   Multiple cardiovascular disease risk factors in rural Kenya: evidence from a health and demographic surveillance system using the WHO STEP-wise approach to chronic disease risk factor surveillance

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Family Practice • Authors: PM Chege --- Department of Family Medicine, Kenya

   Background: To describe the distribution of obesity, hypertension, dysglycaemia and dyslipidaemia (which are risk factors for cardiovascular disease) using a Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) site in western Kenya.

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   Prevalence of and contributing factors to dyslipidaemia in low-income women aged 18-90 years in the peri-urban Vaal region

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: South African Journal of Clinical Nutrition • Authors: Wh Oldewage-Theron --- Centre of Sustainable Livelihoods, Aa Egal --- Centre of Sustainable Livelihoods,

   Objective: Determining the prevalence of dyslipidaemia and examining dietary and other contributing factors, namely hypertension, overweight and obesity, as well as abnormal blood lipid levels in women aged 18-90 years.

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   Prevalence and pattern of dyslipidaemia in type 2 diabetes mellitus patients at a tertiary care hospital

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: R Daya --- Division of Endocrinology, Internal Medicine, South Africa Z Bayat --- Division of Endocrinology, Internal Medicine, South Africa FJ Raal --- Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, South Africa

   Background: Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a common secondary cause of dyslipidaemia, particularly if glycaemic control is poor, which in turn is an important risk factor for atherosclerosis and coronary artery disease.

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   Pattern of dyslipidaemia in relation to statin use in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus attending a tertiary care hospital

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: S Naidoo --- Private Practice, South Africa FJ Raal --- Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism, Faculty of Health Sciences, South Africa

   Introduction: Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease is a major contributor to morbidity and mortality in diabetic patients. Strict goal-directed lipid control in patients with diabetes is associated with better cardiovascular outcomes.

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   Lipid profile of patients with uncontrolled type 2 diabetes mellitus at a tertiary South African hospital

   Item type: Journal Article • Journal: Journal of Endocrinology, Metabolism and Diabetes of South Africa • Authors: A Parak --- Helen Joseph Hospital, South Africa R Daya --- Helen Joseph Hospital, South Africa Z Bayat --- Helen Joseph Hospital, South Africa

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