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Using body mass index as a measure of overweight and obesity in the Coronary Risk Factor Study (CORIS) on a large white South African study population (N = 7,188) aged 15-64 years, 41.9% of the men and 38.8% of the women were overweight and, in addition, 14.7% of the men and 18.0% of the women were
To determine the contribution of the rate of glucose recycling via the Cori cycle (glucose----3-carbon compounds----glucose) to the higher rate of endogenous glucose production (EGPR) in subjects with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), we studied eight obese, weight-stabilized diabetic
A three-community study of rural Afrikaans-speaking Whites in the south-western Cape revealed that the major reversible risk factors hypercholesterolaemia, hypertension and smoking, as well as 'minor' factors such as inactivity, obesity, hyperuricaemia, coronary-prone behaviour and the irreversible
12 subjects have been studied after an overnight fast with trace amounts of pyruvate-3-(14)C and glucose-6-(14)C. Blood disappearance curves and incorporation of the pyruvate-3-(14)C label into blood glucose have been determined. By the use of transfer functions which allow processes with many
The relationship of socio-economic status (SES) indicators and coronary risk factors (RFs) with coronary heart disease (CHD) prevalence was examined in 5 620 subjects aged 20-60 years who participated in the Coronary Risk Factor (CORIS) baseline study. Education and income (with some exceptions in