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Lower levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in urban Africans presenting with communicable versus non-communicable forms of heart disease: the ‘Heart of Soweto’ hospital registry study

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  • Jasmine G Lyons Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaDivision of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Karen Sliwa Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa, Cape Heart Group and IIDMM, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaSoweto Cardiovascular Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Melinda J Carrington Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaSoweto Cardiovascular Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaDepartment of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Frederick Raal Carbohydrate and Lipid Metabolism Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Sandra Pretorius Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa, Cape Heart Group and IIDMM, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Friedrich Thienemann Hatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa, Cape Heart Group and IIDMM, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaInstitute of Infectious Diseases and Molecular Medicine, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaInfectious Diseases Referral Clinic, GF Jooste Hospital, Manenberg, South Africa PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  • Simon Stewart Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Victoria, AustraliaHatter Institute for Cardiovascular Research in Africa, Cape Heart Group and IIDMM, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South AfricaSoweto Cardiovascular Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South AfricaDepartment of Epidemiology and Preventative Medicine, Monash University, Melbourne, Australia PubMed articlesGoogle scholar articles
  1. Correspondence to Professor Simon Stewart; simon.stewart{at}bakeridi.edu.au
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Lyons JG, Sliwa K, Carrington MJ, et al
Lower levels of high-density lipoprotein cholesterol in urban Africans presenting with communicable versus non-communicable forms of heart disease: the ‘Heart of Soweto’ hospital registry study
BMJ Open 2014;4:e005069. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2014-005069

Publication history

  • Received February 17, 2014
  • Revised June 22, 2014
  • Accepted June 24, 2014
  • First published July 14, 2014.
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October 25, 2017
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