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dc.contributor.advisorDietrich, Daneel
dc.contributor.authorOsuafor, Godswill Nwabuisi
dc.contributor.otherDept. of Medical BioSciences
dc.contributor.otherFaculty of Science
dc.date.accessioned2013-12-11T10:40:50Z
dc.date.available2011/02/23 09:21
dc.date.available2011/02/23
dc.date.available2013-12-11T10:40:50Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11394/2538
dc.descriptionMagister Scientiae (Medical Bioscience) - MSc(MBS)en_US
dc.description.abstractConclusion of this study: These data suggest that 6 weeks of high-fat feeding induces hypertension but does not produce obesity, dyslipidemia and insulin resistance. However, this model may be useful in studying vascular reactivity in hypertension in the absence of insulin resistance.en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.subjectGlucose tolerance testen_US
dc.subjectHigh-fat dieten_US
dc.subjectHypertensionen_US
dc.subjectInsulin resistanceen_US
dc.subjectLipid profileen_US
dc.subjectQUICKIen_US
dc.subjectSprague Dawley raten_US
dc.subjectVascular reactivityen_US
dc.subjectVisceral faten_US
dc.subjectÎ- adrenergic responseen_US
dc.titleAspects of the interrelation between hypertension and insulin resistanceen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.rights.holderUniversity of the Western Capeen_US
dc.description.countrySouth Africa


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