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ReviewFrontiers in pediatrics2021

An Overview of Vascular Dysfunction and Determinants: The Case of Children of African Ancestry.

Edna N Matjuda, Godwill Azeh Engwa, Constance R Sewani-Rusike, Benedicta N Nkeh-Chungag

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Review in Frontiers in pediatrics, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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5citing papers in PubMed
0.9field-weighted citation impact, top 22% of its field
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What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 9 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Edna N MatjudaDepartment of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University PBX1, Mthatha, South Africa.
Godwill Azeh EngwaDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Walter Sisulu University PBX1, Mthatha, South Africa.
Constance R Sewani-RusikeDepartment of Human Biology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Walter Sisulu University PBX1, Mthatha, South Africa.
Benedicta N Nkeh-ChungagDepartment of Biological and Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Natural Sciences, Walter Sisulu University PBX1, Mthatha, South Africa.
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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The balance between dilatory and constrictive factors is important as it keeps blood vessels in a homeostatic state. However, altered physiological processes as a result of obesity, hypertension, oxidative stress, and other cardiovascular risk factors may lead to vascular damage, causing an imbalance of vasoactive factors. Over time, the sustained imbalance of these vasoactive factors may lead to vascular dysfunction, which can be assessed by non-invasive methods, such as flow-mediated dilation, pulse wave velocity, flow-mediated slowing, retinal vessel analysis, peripheral vascular reactivity, and carotid intima-media thickness assessment. Although there is increasing prevalence of cardiovascular risk factors (obesity and hypertension) in children in sub-Saharan Africa, little is known about how this may affect vascular function. This review focuses on vasoactive factors implicated in vascular (dys)function, highlighting the determinants and consequences of vascular dysfunction. It further describes the non-invasive methods used for vascular (dys)function assessments and, last, describes the impact of cardiovascular risk factors on vascular dysfunction in children of African ancestry.

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African childrencardiovascular risk factorsobesityvascular dysfunctionvascular function

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PMID34956981
PMCPMC8709476
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