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P T Pisa; Hester H Vorster; R Behanan; A Kruger
Social drift of cardiovascular disease risk factors in Africans from the North West Province of South Africa: the PURE study.
Aletta E Schutte; Rudolph Schutte; Wayne Smith; G Wayne Towers; Johannes M Van Rooyen; Hester H Vorster; Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen; H Salomé Kruger; Leoné Malan; Nicolaas T Malan; Catharina M C Mels; Sarah J Moss; Carla M T Fourie; Hugo W Huisman; Annamarie Kruger
Are behavioural risk factors to be blamed for the conversion from optimal blood pressure to hypertensive status in Black South Africans? A 5-year prospective study.
Hester H Vorster; Annamarie Kruger; Barrie M Margetts
The nutrition transition in Africa: can it be steered into a more positive direction?

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2012: P T Pisa; Hester H Vorster; R Behanan; A Kruger
Social drift of cardiovascular disease risk factors in Africans from the North West Province of South Africa: the PURE study.
Cardiovascular journal of Africa 2012;23(7):371-8, e379-88.
2012: Aletta E Schutte; Rudolph Schutte; Wayne Smith; G Wayne Towers; Johannes M Van Rooyen; Hester H Vorster; Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen; H Salomé Kruger; Leoné Malan; Nicolaas T Malan; Catharina M C Mels; Sarah J Moss; Carla M T Fourie; Hugo W Huisman; Annamarie Kruger
Are behavioural risk factors to be blamed for the conversion from optimal blood pressure to hypertensive status in Black South Africans? A 5-year prospective study.
International journal of epidemiology 2012;41(4):1114-23.
2011: Hester H Vorster; Annamarie Kruger; Barrie M Margetts
The nutrition transition in Africa: can it be steered into a more positive direction?
Nutrients 2011;3(4):429-41.
2010: Welma Stonehouse; Annamarie Kruger; Cornelius M Smuts; Du Toit Loots; Edelweiss Wentzel-Viljoen; Hester H Vorster
Plasma polyunsaturated fatty acids and liver enzymes in HIV-infected subjects: the Prospective Urban and Rural Epidemiology (PURE) Study.
The American journal of clinical nutrition 2010;91(3):729-35.
2008: Cornelie Nienaber; Marlien Pieters; Salome H Kruger; Welma Stonehouse; Hester H Vorster
Overfatness, stunting and physical inactivity are determinants of plasminogen activator inhibitor-1activity, fibrinogen and thrombin-antithrombin complex in African adolescents.
Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis 2008;19(5):361-8.
2008: Marlien Pieters; Hester H Vorster
Nutrition and hemostasis: a focus on urbanization in South Africa.
Molecular nutrition & food research 2008;52(1):164-72.
2007: J Mann; J H Cummings; Hans N Englyst; T Key; S Liu; G Riccardi; C Summerbell; Ricardo Uauy; Rob van Dam; B Venn; Hester H Vorster; Michael Wiseman
FAO/WHO scientific update on carbohydrates in human nutrition: conclusions.
European journal of clinical nutrition 2007;61 Suppl 1():S132-7.
2007: Hester H Vorster; Suzanne P Murphy; Lindsay H Allen; Janet C King
Application of nutrient intake values (NIVs).
Food and nutrition bulletin 2007;28(1 Suppl International):S116-22.
2007: Suzanne P Murphy; Hester H Vorster
Methods for using nutrient intake values (NIVs) to assess or plan nutrient intakes.
Food and nutrition bulletin 2007;28(1 Suppl International):S51-60.
2007: Janet C King; Hester H Vorster; Daniel G Tome
Nutrient intake values (NIVs): a recommended terminology and framework for the derivation of values.
Food and nutrition bulletin 2007;28(1 Suppl International):S16-26.
2006: Leoné Malan; Aletta E Schutte; Nicolaas T Malan; Maria Philipina Wissing; Hester H Vorster; Hendrik S Steyn; Johannes M Van Rooyen; Hugo W Huisman
Coping mechanisms, perception of health and cardiovascular dysfunction in Africans.
International journal of psychophysiology : official journal of the International Organization of Psychophysiology 2006;61(2):158-66.
2006: Leoné Malan; Aletta E Schutte; Nicolaas T Malan; Maria Philipina Wissing; Hester H Vorster; Hendrik S Steyn; Johannes M Van Rooyen; Hugo W Huisman
Specific coping strategies of Africans during urbanization: comparing cardiovascular responses and perception of health data.
Biological psychology 2006;72(3):305-10.
2006: Welma Oosthuizen; Averalda van Graan; Annamarie Kruger; Hester H Vorster
Polyunsaturated fatty acid intake is adversely related to liver function in HIV-infected subjects: the THUSA study.
The American journal of clinical nutrition 2006;83(5):1193-8.
2005: derek yach; T Eloff; Hester H Vorster; Barrie Margetts
Report of a pre ICN workshop on negotiating the future of nutrition, Johannesburg, South Africa, 18 September 2005.
Public health nutrition 2005;8(8):1229-30.
2005: Hester H Vorster; Barrie Margetts; Christina S Venter; Maria Philipina Wissing
Integrated nutrition science: from theory to practice in South Africa.
Public health nutrition 2005;8(6A):760-5.
2005: Christopher Beauman; Geoffrey Cannon; Ibrahim Elmadfa; Peter Glasauer; Inge Hoffmann; Markus Keller; Michael B Krawinkel; Tim Lang; Claus Leitzmann; Bernd Lötsch; Barrie Margetts; Anthony J McMichael; Klaus Meyer-Abich; Ulrich Oltersdorf; Massimo Pettoello-Mantovani; Joan Sabaté; Prakash Shetty; Marco Sória; Uwe Spiekermann; Colin Tudge; Hester H Vorster; Mark L Wahlqvist; Mariuccia Zerilli-Marimò
The principles, definition and dimensions of the new nutrition science.
Public health nutrition 2005;8(6A):695-8.
2005: Hester H Vorster; Christina S Venter; Maria Philipina Wissing; Barrie Margetts
The nutrition and health transition in the North West Province of South Africa: a review of the THUSA (Transition and Health during Urbanisation of South Africans) study.
Public health nutrition 2005;8(5):480-90.
2005: Alufheli E Nesamvuni; Hester H Vorster; Barrie Margetts; Annamarie Kruger
Fortification of maize meal improved the nutritional status of 1-3-year-old African children.
Public health nutrition 2005;8(5):461-7.
2004: Hester H Vorster; Annamarie Kruger; Barrie Margetts; Christina S Venter; Salome Kruger; Frederick J Veldman; Una E Macintyre
The nutritional status of asymptomatic HIV-infected Africans: directions for dietary intervention?
Public health nutrition 2004;7(8):1055-64.
2004: Du Toit Loots; Welma Oosthuizen; Marlien Pieters; Christelle Spies; Hester H Vorster
Foodstate vitamin C complex may beneficially affect haemostasis and fibrin network structure in hyperlipidaemic patients.
Blood coagulation & fibrinolysis : an international journal in haemostasis and thrombosis 2004;15(8):677-85.
2004: A Maretha Opperman; Christina S Venter; Welma Oosthuizen; Rachel L Thompson; Hester H Vorster
Meta-analysis of the health effects of using the glycaemic index in meal-planning.
The British journal of nutrition 2004;92(3):367-81.
2004: Salome Kruger; Barrie Margetts; Hester H Vorster
Evidence for relatively greater subcutaneous fat deposition in stunted girls in the North West Province, South Africa, as compared with non-stunted girls.
Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) 2004;20(6):564-9.
2004: Susanna C Scholtz; Marlien Pieters; Welma Oosthuizen; Johann C Jerling; Magdalena J C Bosman; Hester H Vorster
The effect of red palm olein and refined palm olein on lipids and haemostatic factors in hyperfibrinogenaemic subjects.
Thrombosis research 2004;113(1):13-25.
2003: Hester H Vorster; Frederick J Raal; Johan B Ubbink; Adrian David Marais; M C Rajput
Phytosterols--a new dietary aid for the treatment of hypercholesterolaemia.
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde 2003;93(8):581-2.
2003: Salome Kruger; Christina S Venter; Hester H Vorster
Physical inactivity as a risk factor for cardiovascular disease in communities undergoing rural to urban transition: the THUSA study.
Cardiovascular journal of South Africa : official journal for Southern Africa Cardiac Society [and] South African Society of Cardiac Practitioners 2003;14(1):16-23, quiz 23, 28.
2002: Welma Oosthuizen; Hester H Vorster; A Kruger; Christina S Venter; Salome Kruger; Johannes Hendrik de Ridder
Impact of urbanisation on serum lipid profiles--the THUSA survey.
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde 2002;92(9):723-8.
2002: Salome Kruger; Christina S Venter; Hester H Vorster; Barrie Margetts
Physical inactivity is the major determinant of obesity in black women in the North West Province, South Africa: the THUSA study. Transition and Health During Urbanisation of South Africa.
Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.) 2002;18(5):422-7.
2001: Salome Kruger; Christina S Venter; Hester H Vorster
Obesity in African women in the North West Province, South Africa is associated with an increased risk of non-communicable diseases: the THUSA study. Transition and Health during Urbanisation of South Africans.
The British journal of nutrition 2001;86(6):733-40.
2001: Una E Macintyre; Christina S Venter; Hester H Vorster
A culture-sensitive quantitative food frequency questionnaire used in an African population: 2. Relative validation by 7-day weighted records and biomarkers.
Public health nutrition 2001;4(1):63-71.
2001: Una E Macintyre; Christina S Venter; Hester H Vorster
A culture-sensitive quantitative food frequency questionnaire used in an African population: 1. Development and reproducibility.
Public health nutrition 2001;4(1):53-62.
2001: Una E Macintyre; Christina S Venter; Hester H Vorster; Hendrik S Steyn
A combination of statistical methods for the analysis of the relative validation data of the quantitative food frequency questionnaire used in the THUSA study. Transition, Health and Urbanisation in South Africa.
Public health nutrition 2001;4(1):45-51.
2000: Johannes M Van Rooyen; Salome Kruger; Hugo W Huisman; Maria Philipina Wissing; Barrie Margetts; Christina S Venter; Hester H Vorster
An epidemiological study of hypertension and its determinants in a population in transition: the THUSA study.
Journal of human hypertension 2000;14(12):779-87.
2000: S James; Hester H Vorster; Christina S Venter; Salome Kruger; T A Nell; Frederick J Veldman; Johan B Ubbink
Nutritional status influences plasma fibrinogen concentration: evidence from the THUSA survey.
Thrombosis research 2000;98(5):383-94.
2000: Welma Oosthuizen; C S Scholtz; Hester H Vorster; Johann C Jerling; W J Hayward Vermaak
Extruded dry beans and serum lipoprotein and plasma haemostatic factors in hyperlipidaemic men.
European journal of clinical nutrition 2000;54(5):373-9.
1999: Hester H Vorster; Lesley T Bourne; Christina S Venter; Welma Oosthuizen
Contribution of nutrition to the health transition in developing countries: a framework for research and intervention.
Nutrition reviews 1999;57(11):341-9.
1999: Hester H Vorster
Fibrinogen and women's health.
Thrombosis research 1999;95(4):137-54.
1999: Alexandre Loktionov; Hester H Vorster; Ian K O'Neill; T Nell; Sheila A Bingham; Shirley A Runswick; John H Cummings
Apolipoprotein E and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase genetic polymorphisms in relation to other risk factors for cardiovascular disease in UK Caucasians and Black South Africans.
Atherosclerosis 1999;145(1):125-35.
1999: Frederick J Veldman; C H Nair; Hester H Vorster; W J Hayward Vermaak; Johann C Jerling; Welma Oosthuizen; Christina S Venter
Possible mechanisms through which dietary pectin influences fibrin network architecture in hypercholesterolaemic subjects.
Thrombosis research 1999;93(6):253-64.
1998: Hester H Vorster; Johann C Jerling; Krisela Steyn; C J Badenhorst; W Slazus; Christina S Venter; PL Jooste; Lesley T Bourne
Plasma fibrinogen of black South Africans: the BRISK study.
Public health nutrition 1998;1(3):169-76.
1998: Welma Oosthuizen; Hester H Vorster; W J Hayward Vermaak; CM Smuts; Johann C Jerling; Frederick J Veldman; H M Burger
Lecithin has no effect on serum lipoprotein, plasma fibrinogen and macro molecular protein complex levels in hyperlipidaemic men in a double-blind controlled study.
European journal of clinical nutrition 1998;52(6):419-24.
1998: Alexandre Loktionov; Sheila A Bingham; Hester H Vorster; J C Jerling; Shirley A Runswick; John H Cummings
Apolipoprotein E genotype modulates the effect of black tea drinking on blood lipids and blood coagulation factors: a pilot study.
The British journal of nutrition 1998;79(2):133-9.
1997: Christina S Venter; C J Nel; Hester H Vorster; Johann C Jerling; Welma Oosthuizen; Frederick J Veldman; J A Kellerman; CM Smuts; W J Hayward Vermaak; D G van der Nest; Johannes Hendrik de Ridder
Soluble-fibre concentrate lowers plasminogen activator inhibitor-1 in baboons (Papio ursinus).
The British journal of nutrition 1997;78(4):625-37.
1997: JA Human; Johan B Ubbink; J J Jerling; Rhena Delport; W J Hayward Vermaak; Hester H Vorster; J Lagendijk; Hendrik Christiaan Potgieter
The effect of Simvastatin on the plasma antioxidant concentrations in patients with hypercholesterolaemia.
Clinica chimica acta; international journal of clinical chemistry 1997;263(1):67-77.
1997: Sheila A Bingham; Hester H Vorster; J C Jerling; Elizabeth A Magee; Angela A Mulligan; Shirley A Runswick; John H Cummings
Effect of black tea drinking on blood lipids, blood pressure and aspects of bowel habit.
The British journal of nutrition 1997;78(1):41-55.
1997: Hester H Vorster; J H Cummings; Frederick J Veldman
Diet and haemostasis: time for nutrition science to get more involved.
The British journal of nutrition 1997;77(5):671-84.
1997: Frederick J Veldman; C H Nair; Hester H Vorster; W J Hayward Vermaak; Johann C Jerling; Welma Oosthuizen; Christina S Venter
Dietary pectin influences fibrin network structure in hypercholesterolaemic subjects.
Thrombosis research 1997;86(3):183-96.
1996: Hester H Vorster; Johann C Jerling; Welma Oosthuizen; J Cummings; S Bingham; L Magee; A Mulligan; Shirley A Runswick
Tea drinking and haemostasis: a randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover study in free-living subjects.
Haemostasis 1996;26(1):58-64.
1995: Hester H Vorster; A C Beynen; G M Berger; Christina S Venter
Dietary cholesterol--the role of eggs in the prudent diet.
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde 1995;85(4):253-6.
1994: Johann C Jerling; Hester H Vorster; Welma Oosthuizen; N Silvis; Christina S Venter
Differences in plasminogen activator inhibitor 1 activity between blacks and whites may be diet related.
Haemostasis 1994;24(6):364-8.
1994: Welma Oosthuizen; Hester H Vorster; Johann C Jerling; H C Barnard; Cornelius M Smuts; N Silvis; A Kruger; Christina S Venter
Both fish oil and olive oil lowered plasma fibrinogen in women with high baseline fibrinogen levels.
Thrombosis and haemostasis 1994;72(4):557-62.
1994: Hester H Vorster
The dietary fibre hypothesis--does it 'work'?
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde 1994;Suppl():33-5.
1994: Alexander R P Walker; Betty F Walker; I I Glatthaar; Hester H Vorster
Maximal genetic potential for adult stature: is this aim desirable?
Nutrition reviews 1994;52(6):208-10.
1993: Hester H Vorster; Christina S Venter
Why fibrinogen should be measured as part of the coronary heart disease risk profile.
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde 1993;83(5):309-10.
1992: Alexander R P Walker; Betty F Walker; Hester H Vorster; I I Glatthaar
Fiber, phytic acid, and mineral metabolism.
The American journal of clinical nutrition 1992;56(3):607-9.
1992: Hester H Vorster; A J Spinnler Benadé; H C Barnard; M M Locke; N Silvis; Christina S Venter; Cornelius M Smuts; G P Engelbrecht; M P Marais
Egg intake does not change plasma lipoprotein and coagulation profiles.
The American journal of clinical nutrition 1992;55(2):400-10.
1991: A R Walker; D Labadarios; A J Spinnler Benadé; Hester H Vorster; I I Glatthaar
Natural foods--are current restrictions excessive?
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde 1991;80(7):311-2.
1991: A R Walker; Betty F Walker; Hester H Vorster; I I Glatthaar
Poorly nourished children and psychometric measurements.
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde 1991;80(5):214-5.
1991: A R Walker; Betty F Walker; Hester H Vorster; I I Glatthaar
Early nutrition and later achievement.
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde 1991;79(7):358-9.
1990: A R Walker; D Labadarios; Hester H Vorster; I I Glatthaar
Our daily bread--is it threatened?
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde 1990;78(9):504-5.
1990: Christina S Venter; Hester H Vorster; D G Van der Nest
Comparison between physiological effects of konjac-glucomannan and propionate in baboons fed "Western" diets.
The Journal of nutrition 1990;120(9):1046-53.
1990: Christina S Venter; Hester H Vorster; J H Cummings
Effects of dietary propionate on carbohydrate and lipid metabolism in healthy volunteers.
The American journal of gastroenterology 1990;85(5):549-53.
1989: Christina S Venter; Hester H Vorster
Possible metabolic consequences of fermentation in the colon for humans.
Medical hypotheses 1989;29(3):161-6.
1988: Hester H Vorster; Christina S Venter; N Silvis; H W Huisman; J C van Ryssen; Johan B Ubbink; J P Kotze; A R Walker
Influence of a habitual high egg intake on serum lipid levels in a rural coloured population.
South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde 1988;74(11):554-9.
1987: Hester H Vorster; N Silvis; Christina S Venter; J J van Ryssen; H Huisman; T S van Eeden; A R Walker
Serum cholesterol, lipoproteins, and plasma coagulation factors in South Africa blacks on a high-egg but low-fat intake.
The American journal of clinical nutrition 1987;46(1):52-7.