Anthropometric profile and complications in patients with diabetes mellitus seen at Maluti Adventist Hospital, Lesotho

Autor: M. T. Makwero, W. F. Mollentze, G. Joubert, W. J. Steinberg

Publikováno v: South African Family Practice, Vol 60, Iss 3 (2018)

Background: Patients attending outpatient departments for follow-up of diabetes mellitus (DM) may seem content about the control of their disease. However, complications resulting from DM may present before diagnosis and treatment initiation or conti

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Deriving an optimal threshold of waist circumference for detecting cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan Africa

Autor: Kenneth Ekoru, Marina Njelekela, C S Jerome, E Ohwovoriole, Deenan Pillay, O O Oladapo, Hélène Delisle, Dickman Gareta, Ofem Enang, M C Muyer, Corinna M. Walsh, Anatoli Kamali, I D Gezawa, Fabian H. Puepet, CI Okafor, Aletta E. Schutte, E H Young, K Agoudavi, Felix K. Assah, Salome H. Kruger, Janet Seeley, Nigel Unwin, W F Mollentze, Pascal Bovet, F Buntix, TH Raimi, Ayesha A. Motala, Georgina A. V. Murphy, Shane A. Norris, Anas Ahmad Sabir, J P D Nzambi, Seter Siziya, Jephat Chifamba, Nigel J. Crowther, Carla M.T. Fourie, Benjamin Longo-Mbenza, Dirk L. Christensen, William K. Gray, Richard Walker, Pontiano Kaleebu, J B K On'Kin, C S Wesseh, Manjinder S. Sandhu

Publikováno v: Ekoru, K, Murphy, G A V, Young, E H, Delisle, H, Jerome, C S, Assah, F, Longo-Mbenza, B, Nzambi, J P D, On'Kin, J B K, Buntix, F, Muyer, M C, Christensen, D L, Wesseh, C S, Sabir, A, Okafor, C, Gezawa, I D, Puepet, F, Enang, O, Raimi, T, Ohwovoriole, E, Oladapo, O O, Bovet, P, Mollentze, W, Unwin, N, Gray, W K, Walker, R, Agoudavi, K, Siziya, S, Chifamba, J, Njelekela, M, Fourie, C M, Kruger, S, Schutte, A E, Walsh, C, Gareta, D, Kamali, A, Seeley, J, Norris, S A, Crowther, N J, Pillay, D, Kaleebu, P, Motala, A A, Sandhu, M S & behalf of the African Partnership for Chronic Disease Research (APCDR) 2018, ' Deriving an optimal threshold of waist circumference for detecting cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan Africa ', International Journal of Obesity, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 487-494 . https://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2017.240
International Journal of Obesity (2005)
International journal of obesity, vol. 42, no. 3, pp. 487-494

BACKGROUND: Waist circumference (WC) thresholds derived from western populations continue to be used in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) despite increasing evidence of ethnic variation in the association between adiposity and cardiometabolic disease and avai

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What the primary healthcare worker needs to know about the management of type 2 diabetes

Autor: W F Mollentze

Publikováno v: South African Family Practice. 54:S20-S22

Globally, type 2 diabetes remains the most common type of diabetes, and its prevalence is rising, unabatedly driven by physical inactivity and the emerging epidemic of obesity. 1 The risk of developing type 2 diabetes is especially increased in rural

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https://doi.org/10.1080/20786204.2012.10874205

Comparative assessment of absolute cardiovascular disease risk characterization from non-laboratory-based risk assessment in South African populations

Autor: Gina Joubert, Thomas A. Gaziano, Dorcas Rosaley Prakaschandra, Naomi S. Levitt, Ankur Pandya, Corinna M. Walsh, Krisela Steyn, Aletta E. Schutte, Annamarie Kruger, Ria Laubscher, Datshana P Naidoo, Ayesha A. Motala, W F Mollentze

Publikováno v: BMC Medicine

Background: All rigorous primary cardiovascular disease (CVD) prevention guidelines recommend absolute CVD risk scores to identify high- and low-risk patients, but laboratory testing can be impractical in low- and middle-income countries. The purpose

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http://www.biomedcentral.com/1741-7015/11/170

Task shifting and integration of HIV care into primary care in South Africa: The development and content of the streamlining tasks and roles to expand treatment and care for HIV (STRETCH) intervention

Autor: Lara Fairall, Eric D. Bateman, Merrick Zwarenstein, Max O Bachmann, Daniella Georgeu, Carl Lombard, Christopher J. Colvin, W F Mollentze, Dingie van Rensburg, Gill Faris, Pat Mayers, Simon Lewin, Kerry Uebel

Publikováno v: Implementation Science, Vol 6, Iss 1, p 86 (2011)
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Background Task shifting and the integration of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) care into primary care services have been identified as possible strategies for improving access to antiretroviral treatment (ART). This paper describes the developmen

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https://doi.org/10.1186/1748-5908-6-86