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

• Cindy George ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Cindy George, Julia H. Goedecke, Lisa K. Micklesfield

  * E-mail: cindy.george@mrc.ac.za

  Affiliation Non-Communicable Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Parow, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Julia H. Goedecke ,

  Contributed equally to this work with: Cindy George, Julia H. Goedecke, Lisa K. Micklesfield

  Affiliations Non-Communicable Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Parow, Cape Town, South Africa, South African Medical Research Council/University of the Witwatersrand Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Nigel J. Crowther ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

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

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• Nicole G. Jaff,

  Affiliations South African Medical Research Council/University of the Witwatersrand Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, Department of Chemical Pathology, National Health Laboratory Service, University of the Witwatersrand Medical School, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Andre P. Kengne ,

  ¶‡ These authors also contributed equally to this work.

  Affiliation Non-Communicable Disease Research Unit, South African Medical Research Council, Parow, Cape Town, South Africa

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• Shane A. Norris,

  Affiliation South African Medical Research Council/University of the Witwatersrand Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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• Lisa K. Micklesfield

  Contributed equally to this work with: Cindy George, Julia H. Goedecke, Lisa K. Micklesfield

  Affiliation South African Medical Research Council/University of the Witwatersrand Developmental Pathways for Health Research Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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