Why the study?
Is psychological distress associated with cardiovascular function in urbanised black South Africans?
Is psychological distress associated with cardiovascular function in urbanised black South Africans?
Psychological distress is associated with higher blood pressure and the development of left ventricular hypertrophy in hypertensive urbanised black South Africans.
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Supports depression-LVH associations in hypertensive South Africans; hypothesis-generating and should not yet change practice.
Mashele et al. (2010) studied this question.
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