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

• Sandra Pretorius ,

  * E-mail: sandra@nutriafrica.co.za

  Affiliations Soweto Cardiovascular Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Preventative Cardiology/National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Centre of Research Excellence to Reduce Inequality in Heart Disease, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia

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• Simon Stewart,

  Affiliations Soweto Cardiovascular Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Preventative Cardiology/National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Centre of Research Excellence to Reduce Inequality in Heart Disease, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia, Hatter Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Melinda J. Carrington,

  Affiliations Preventative Cardiology/National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Centre of Research Excellence to Reduce Inequality in Heart Disease, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia, Hatter Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Kim Lamont,

  Affiliations Soweto Cardiovascular Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Preventative Cardiology/National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Centre of Research Excellence to Reduce Inequality in Heart Disease, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia

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• Karen Sliwa,

  Affiliations Soweto Cardiovascular Research Unit, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Preventative Cardiology/National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia Centre of Research Excellence to Reduce Inequality in Heart Disease, Baker IDI Heart and Diabetes Institute, Melbourne, Australia, Hatter Cardiovascular Research Institute, Department of Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Nigel J. Crowther

  Affiliation Department of Chemical Pathology, National Health Laboratory Service, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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