Matshazi, Don M. http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6810-2842
Weale, Cecil J.
Erasmus, Rajiv T.
Kengne, Andre P.
Davids, Saarah F. G.
Raghubeer, Shanel
Davison, Glenda M.
Matsha, Tandi E. http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5251-030X
Funding for this research was provided by:
South African Medical Research Council (MRC-RFA-UFSP-01-2013/VMH Study)
National Research Foundation (Grant no. 115450)
Article History
Received: 14 January 2021
Accepted: 18 March 2021
First Online: 23 March 2021
Declarations
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: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: This investigation was based on the ongoing Cape Town Vascular and Metabolic Health (VMH) study, which was approved by the Research Ethics Committees of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT) and Stellenbosch University (respectively, NHREC: REC—230 408 – 014 and N14/01/003). Ethical approval was also obtained for this sub-study from the CPUT Health and Wellness Sciences Research Ethics Committee (CPUT/HW-REC 2019/H7).
: The study was conducted as per the provisions of the Declaration of Helsinki and institutional guidelines. All procedures were explained to the participants in their language of choice and once participants fully understood their participation, they signed informed consent forms to allow the collection of blood and anthropometric data.
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