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Beetroot supplementation lowers daily systolic blood pressure in older, overweight subjects
Jajja, A.; Sutyarjoko, A.; Lara, J.; Rennie, Kirsten; Brandt, K.; Qadir, O.; Siervo, Mario (2014-10)Although inorganic nitrate and beetroot juice supplementation are associated with decreased systolic blood pressure (BP), these results have primarily been obtained from short-term trials that focused on healthy young ... -
Children's physical activity assessed with wrist- and hip-worn accelerometers
Rowlands, Alex; Rennie, Kirsten; Kozarski, Robert; Stanley, Rebecca; Eston, Roger; Parfitt, Gaynor; Olds, Tim (2014-12)Recently, triaxial raw acceleration accelerometers have become available from GENEActiv and ActiGraph; both are designed for wrist and hip wear. It is important to determine whether the output from these monitors is ... -
Evaluation of waist-to-height ratio to predict 5 year cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan African adults
Ware, L.J.; Rennie, Kirsten; Kruger, H. Salome; Kruger, I.M.; Greeff, M.; Fourie, C.M.T.; Huisman, H.W.; Scheepers, J.D.W.; Uys, A.S.; Kruger, R.; Van Rooyen, J.M.; Schutte, R.; Schutte, A.E. (2014-08)Simple, low-cost central obesity measures may help identify individuals with increased cardiometabolic disease risk, although it is unclear which measures perform best in African adults. We aimed to: 1) cross-sectionally ... -
Have Radiographic Progression Rates in Early Rheumatoid Arthritis Changed? : A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Long-term Cohorts
Carpenter, Lewis; Nikiphorou, Elena; Sharpe, Rachel; Norton, Sam; Rennie, Kirsten; Bunn, Frances; Scott, David; Dixey, Josh; Young, Adam (2016-06-01)The objectives of this systematic review are to evaluate firstly, all published data on baseline and annual progression rates of radiographic damage from all longitudinal observational cohorts, and secondly, the association ... -
The Influence of Deprivation and the Food Environment on Food and Drink Purchased by Secondary School Pupils Beyond the School Gate : final report
Wills, Wendy; Kapetanaki, Ariadne Beatrice; Rennie, Kirsten; Danesi, Giada; Martin, Alice; Hamilton, Laura; Bygrave, Aiden (Food Standards Scotland, 2015-04)The aim of the study was to investigate what food and drink young people aged 13-15 years purchase beyond the school gate at lunchtime and to explore the factors related to this purchasing. The importance of relative ... -
Marketing foods to children : a comparison of nutrient content between children's and non-children's products
Lythgoe, Amelia; Roberts, Caireen; Madden, Angela; Rennie, Kirsten (2013-12)OBJECTIVE: The predominance of marketing of products high in fat, sugar and/or salt to children has been well documented and implicated in the incidence of obesity. The present study aimed to determine whether foods marketed ... -
Physical activity and hypertension in South African adults
Ware, L.J.; Rennie, Kirsten; Gafane, L; Collard, Jade; Nell, T.; Shutte, Aletta (2014)Estimates suggest that approximately 6-million South Africans have hypertension, with half classified as stage 1 (mild). Mindful of the cost of lifelong drug therapy, the South African Hypertension Society guidelines suggest ... -
A pilot study to investigate the effect of using current, reported and surrogate height measurements in nutritional screening of the elderly
Butler, Rose; McClinchy, Jane; Rennie, Kirsten (2013)Adults naturally lose height as part of the aging process. This pilot study was undertaken following the observation in clinical practice that when older people were asked how tall they were, they invariably reported the ...