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List of works by Nigel J. Crowther

A randomized clinical trial comparing metabolic parameters after 48 weeks of standard- and low-dose stavudine therapy and tenofovir disoproxil fumarate therapy in HIV-infected South African patients.

scientific article published on 28 August 2013

Adipokine serum concentrations, anthropometric measurements and socio-economic status in two ethnic groups with different prevalence levels for cardiovascular diseases and type 2 diabetes

scientific article published on 05 August 2011

Adiponectin and atherosclerosis risk factors in African hemodialysis patients: a population at low risk for atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

scientific article published in January 2012

Adult glucose and lipid metabolism may be programmed during fetal life

scientific article published on May 1, 1995

Altered adipocyte properties in the offspring of protein malnourished rats

scientific article published on 01 July 1997

Assessment of quality of life in HAART-treated HIV-positive subjects with body fat redistribution in Rwanda.

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Association between poor glucose tolerance and rapid post natal weight gain in seven-year-old children.

scientific article published on October 1998

Association of HIV and ART with cardiometabolic traits in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

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Awareness, treatment, and control of dyslipidemia in rural South Africa: The HAALSI (Health and Aging in Africa: A Longitudinal Study of an INDEPTH Community in South Africa) study.

scientific article published on 27 October 2017

Demographic, socio-economic and behavioural correlates of BMI in middle-aged black men and women from urban Johannesburg, South Africa

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Depot-specific differences in the insulin response of adipose-derived stromal cells.

scientific article published on 25 June 2010

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

scientific article published on 3 October 2017

Diabetes and abnormal glucose tolerance in subjects with tuberculosis in a South African urban center

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Different adiposity indices and their association with blood pressure and hypertension in middle-aged urban black South African men and women: findings from the AWI-GEN South African Soweto Site

scientific article published on 19 April 2018

Disparities in Management of Cardiovascular Disease in Rural South Africa: Data From the HAALSI Study (Health and Aging in Africa: Longitudinal Studies of International Network for the Demographic Evaluation of Populations and Their Health Communiti

scientific article published in November 2017

Double trouble: psoriasis and cardiometabolic disorders.

scientific article published on 13 December 2017

Early determinants of chronic disease in developing countries

scientific article published on May 22, 2012

Effect of adiposity, season, diet and calcium or vitamin D supplementation on the vitamin D status of healthy urban African and Asian-Indian adults

scientific article published on 30 May 2014

Epitope analysis of human insulin and intact proinsulin

scientific article published on 01 January 1994

Ethnic differences in pre-adipocyte intracellular lipid accumulation and alkaline phosphatase activity.

scientific article published in October 2014

Evidence for insulin resistance in black women from South Africa

scientific article published on 01 October 2000

Fishing in the stream of diabetes: from measuring insulin to the control of fetal organogenesis.

scientific article published in May 1996

Free fatty acids and insulin levels--relationship to leptin levels and body composition in various patient groups from South Africa

scientific article published on 01 September 1999

Gender differences in sociodemographic and behavioural factors associated with BMI in an adult population in rural Burkina Faso - an AWI-Gen sub-study

scientific article published on 01 January 2018

Genetic variants in SEC16B are associated with body composition in black South Africans

scientific article published on 19 July 2018

Genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in Africa: methods used for Phase 1 of the AWI-Gen population cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 01 January 2018

H3Africa AWI-Gen Collaborative Centre: a resource to study the interplay between genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in four sub-Saharan African countries

scientific article published on 22 November 2016

HIV treatment is associated with a two-fold higher probability of raised triglycerides: Pooled Analyses in 21 023 individuals in sub-Saharan Africa

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Helminthic Infections Rates and Malaria in HIV-Infected Pregnant Women on Anti-Retroviral Therapy in Rwanda

scientific article published on August 15, 2013

High burden of the metabolic syndrome and its component disorders in South Africans with psoriasis

scientific article published on 19 December 2018

Immunological and insulin secretory studies on isolated porcine islets of Langerhans

scientific article published on 01 July 1990

Influence of socioeconomic status on changes in body size and physical activity in ageing black South African women.

scientific article published on 26 April 2018

Insulin Resistance in the Control of Body Fat Distribution: A New Hypothesis

scientific article published on November 30, 2010

Is There an Association between Sleeping Patterns and Other Environmental Factors with Obesity and Blood Pressure in an Urban African Population?

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Lactate and glycerol release from subcutaneous adipose tissue in black and white lean men

scientific article published on 01 August 1999

Menopausal symptoms, menopausal stage and cognitive functioning in black urban African women

scientific article published on 28 August 2019

Metabolic and Body Composition Risk Factors Associated with Metabolic Syndrome in a Cohort of Women with a High Prevalence of Cardiometabolic Disease

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Metabolic response to a mixed meal in obese and lean women from two South african populations.

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Metformin inhibits intracellular lipid accumulation in the murine pre-adipocyte cell line, 3T3-L1.

scientific article published on 12 May 2008

Once fat was fat and that was that : our changing perspectives on adipose tissue

scientific article published on May 1, 2011

Organ-selective growth in the offspring of protein-restricted mothers.

scientific article published in October 1996

Patterns, levels and correlates of self-reported physical activity in urban black Soweto women

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Porcine islet isolation, cellular composition and secretory response

scientific article published on 01 November 1989

Prevalence, incidence, predictors, treatment, and control of hypertension among HIV-positive adults on antiretroviral treatment in public sector treatment programs in South Africa

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Regional and Sex Differences in the Prevalence and Awareness of Hypertension: An H3Africa AWI-Gen Study Across 6 Sites in Sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on 13 March 2017

Regional and sex-specific variation in BMI distribution in four sub-Saharan African countries: The H3Africa AWI-Gen study

scientific article published on 01 January 2018

Reproducibility and levels of blood lactate transition thresholds in persons with metabolic syndrome.

scientific article published in February 2013

Research capacity. Enabling the genomic revolution in Africa

scientific article published in June 2014

Review: Metabolic Syndrome in Black South African Women

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Sensitive amplified immunoenzymometric assays (IEMA) for human insulin and intact proinsulin.

scientific article published on January 1992

Socio-demographic and behavioural determinants of body mass index among an adult population in rural Northern Ghana: the AWI-Gen study

scientific article published on 01 January 2018

Sociodemographic, socioeconomic, clinical and behavioural predictors of body mass index vary by sex in rural South African adults-findings from the AWI-Gen study

Specific knock-down of tissue non-specific alkaline phosphatase mRNA levels inhibits intracellular lipid accumulation in 3T3-L1 and HepG2 cells.

scientific article published on 19 September 2017

Staging reproductive aging using Stages of Reproductive Aging Workshop + 10 in black urban African women in the Study of Women Entering and in Endocrine Transition

scientific article published on November 2014

Standing up against office sitting: A study protocol

scientific article published on 04 September 2020

Steatosis in South African women: How much and why?

scientific article published on 19 January 2018

The Role of Body Fat and Fat Distribution in Hypertension Risk in Urban Black South African Women

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The Role of Lifestyle and Psycho-Social Factors in Predicting Changes in Body Composition in Black South African Women

scientific article published on 14 July 2015

The Use of 3T3-L1 Murine Preadipocytes as a Model of Adipogenesis

scientific article published on 01 January 2019

The association between body composition, 25(OH)D, and PTH and bone mineral density in black African and Asian Indian population groups.

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The association of waist circumference with ambulatory blood pressure is independent of alternative adiposity indices.

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The burden of dyslipidaemia and factors associated with lipid levels among adults in rural northern Ghana: An AWI-Gen sub-study

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

The clinical relevance of fasting serum insulin levels in obese subjects.

scientific article published in July 2004

The cytotoxic effects of a traditional Zulu remedy, impila (Callilepis laureola).

scientific article published in December 2002

The early effects of stavudine compared with tenofovir on adipocyte gene expression, mitochondrial DNA copy number and metabolic parameters in South African HIV-infected patients: a randomized trial.

scientific article published on 4 October 2012

The effect of HIV infection on glycaemia and renal function in type 2 diabetic patients.

scientific article published on 28 June 2018

The effect of lifestyle interventions on maternal body composition during pregnancy in developing countries: a systematic review

scientific article published on 24 August 2017

The effect of poly-L-lysine/alginate bead membrane characteristics on the absorption of heparin.

scientific article published in January 2009

The influence of metabolic syndrome components on plasma PAI-1 concentrations is modified by the PAI-1 4G/5G genotype and ethnicity.

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The interrelationship between bone and fat: from cellular see-saw to endocrine reciprocity.

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The prevalence of gastroesophageal reflux disease in an adult, South African black population, and the association with obesity

scientific article published on 27 November 2018

The prevalence of the platelet glycoprotein IIIa Pl(A1/A2) polymorphism in three South African ethnic groups and its effect on platelet function.

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The relationship between anthropometry and serum concentrations of alkaline phosphatase isoenzymes, liver-enzymes, albumin, and bilirubin

scientific article published on 01 September 2006

The role of alkaline phosphatase in intracellular lipid accumulation in the human hepatocarcinoma cell line, HepG2.

scientific article published on 13 February 2017

Visceral adiposity is a predictor of parathyroid hormone levels in healthy adults

scientific article published on 26 October 2015

Weight-related differences in glucose metabolism and free fatty acid production in two South African population groups

scientific article published on 01 August 2001