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Jean Fourie

Researcher at Medical Research Council

Publications -  51
Citations -  3990

Jean Fourie is an academic researcher from Medical Research Council. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Blood pressure. The author has an hindex of 26, co-authored 51 publications receiving 3490 citations. Previous affiliations of Jean Fourie include South African Medical Research Council.

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Associations of fats and carbohydrate intake with cardiovascular disease and mortality in 18 countries from five continents (PURE): a prospective cohort study

Mahshid Dehghan, +355 more
- 04 Nov 2017 - 
TL;DR: High carbohydrate intake was associated with higher risk of total mortality, whereas total fat and individual types of fat were related to lower total mortality.
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Obesity in South Africa: The South African Demographic and Health Survey

TL;DR: Obesity increased with age, and higher levels of obesity were found in urban African women, particularly women.
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Fruit, vegetable, and legume intake, and cardiovascular disease and deaths in 18 countries (PURE): a prospective cohort study

Victoria Miller, +355 more
- 04 Nov 2017 - 
TL;DR: Higher total fruit, vegetable, and legume intake was inversely associated with major cardiovascular disease, myocardial infarction, cardiovascular mortality, non-cardiovascular mortality, and total mortality in the models adjusted for age, sex, and centre (random effect).
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Hypertension in South African adults: results from the Demographic and Health Survey, 1998.

TL;DR: High levels of hypertension in the South African community with inadequate treatment status is revealed, as revealed in the national cross-sectional survey visited in their homes in 1998.
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Association of dietary nutrients with blood lipids and blood pressure in 18 countries: a cross-sectional analysis from the PURE study.

Andrew Mente, +427 more
TL;DR: Simulations suggest that ApoB-to-ApoA1 ratio probably provides the best overall indication of the effect of saturated fatty acids on cardiovascular disease risk among the markers tested, which is at odds with current recommendations to reduce total fat and saturated fats.