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J R M'Buyamba-Kabangu
Researcher at Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Publications - 24
Citations - 369
J R M'Buyamba-Kabangu is an academic researcher from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven. The author has contributed to research in topics: Blood pressure & Population. The author has an hindex of 10, co-authored 18 publications receiving 349 citations. Previous affiliations of J R M'Buyamba-Kabangu include University of Kinshasa.
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Calcium, vitamin D-endocrine system, and parathyroid hormone in black and white males
TL;DR: It is concluded that calcium intake is low in blacks but stimulation of parathyroid hormone and 1,25(OH)2D3 required to achieve normocalcemia does not occur.
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Hypertension artérielle chez l’adulte Congolais du Sud Kivu : résultats de l’étude Vitaraa
Philippe Bianga Katchunga,Jean-René M’Buyamba-Kayamba,Burhole E. Masumbuko,Daniel Lemogoum,Zacharie Kashongwe,Jean-Paul Degaute,Jeff M. Kabinda,J R M'Buyamba-Kabangu +7 more
TL;DR: The results indicate a heavy burden of uncontrolled risk factors in the Congolese population the potential complications of which run at a high mortality rate and highlight the need for reasonable prevention measures at the population level.
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Correlates of blood pressure in rural and urban Zaïre.
TL;DR: It is suggested that higher blood pressure in the rural setting was mostly accounted for by the older age of the population, and correlated positively with age, weight, pulse rate, sex and sodium:potassium ratio.
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Blood pressure and urinary cations in urban bantu of zaire
TL;DR: In this urban Bantu population of Kinshasa, Zaïre, age and body weight are the major predictors of systolic pressure in youths and the major Predictors of both syStolic and diastolic Pressure in adults.
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In-hospital mortality among black patients admitted for hypertension-related disorders in Mbuji Mayi, Congo.
J R M'Buyamba-Kabangu,J R M'Buyamba-Kabangu,Rachel T. Biswika,Lutgarde Thijs,Gilbert M. Tshimanga,Francine M. Ngalula,Tumba G. Disashi,Patrick K. Kayembe,Tom Richart,Tom Richart,Jean-René M’Buyamba-Kayamba,François B. Lepira,Jan A. Staessen,Jan A. Staessen +13 more
TL;DR: The in-hospital mortality among African patients hospitalized for hypertension-related disorders in a Congolese provincial capital city is over 20%.