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QF-PCR: a valuable first-line prenatal and postnatal test for common aneuploidies in South Africa by Cottino, Laura, Sahibdeen, Venesa, Mudau, Maria, Lekgate, Nakedi, Krause, Amanda

“…Quantitative fluorescence-polymerase chain reaction (QF-PCR) is useful for the detection of aneuploidies involving chromosomes 13, 18, 21, X and Y. Due to the…”
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Genetic risk score for adult body mass index associations with childhood and adolescent weight gain in an African population by Munthali, Richard J, Sahibdeen, Venesa, Kagura, Juliana, Hendry, Liesl M, Norris, Shane A, Ong, Ken K, Day, Felix R, Lombard, Zané

“…Ninety-seven independent single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) are robustly associated with adult body mass index (BMI kg/m ) in Caucasian populations. The…”
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Insights into the genetics of blood pressure in black South African individuals: the Birth to Twenty cohort by Hendry, Liesl M, Sahibdeen, Venesa, Choudhury, Ananyo, Norris, Shane A, Ramsay, Michèle, Lombard, Zané

“…Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading cause of non-communicable disease deaths globally, with hypertension being a major risk factor contributing to…”
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C679X loss-of-function PCSK9 variant is associated with lower fasting glucose in black South African adolescents: Birth to Twenty Plus Cohort by Chikowore, Tinashe, Sahibdeen, Venesa, Hendry, Liesl M, Norris, Shane A, Goedecke, Julia H, Micklesfield, Lisa K, Lombard, Zané

“…AbstractAimTo evaluate the association between loss-of-function (LOF) PCSK9 variants (A433T/rs28362263 and C679X/rs28362286) and biomarkers of cardiometabolic…”
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Short- and long-read metagenomics of urban and rural South African gut microbiomes reveal a transitional composition and undescribed taxa by Tamburini, Fiona B., Maghini, Dylan, Oduaran, Ovokeraye H., Brewster, Ryan, Hulley, Michaella R., Sahibdeen, Venesa, Norris, Shane A., Tollman, Stephen, Kahn, Kathleen, Wagner, Ryan G., Wade, Alisha N., Wafawanaka, Floidy, Gómez-Olivé, F. Xavier, Twine, Rhian, Lombard, Zané, Hazelhurst, Scott, Bhatt, Ami S.

“…Human gut microbiome research focuses on populations living in high-income countries and to a lesser extent, non-urban agriculturalist and hunter-gatherer…”
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Genetic variants in SEC16B are associated with body composition in black South Africans by Sahibdeen, Venesa, Crowther, Nigel J., Soodyall, Himla, Hendry, Liesl M., Munthali, Richard J., Hazelhurst, Scott, Choudhury, Ananyo, Norris, Shane A., Ramsay, Michèle, Lombard, Zané

“…Objective The latest genome-wide association studies of obesity-related traits have identified several genetic loci contributing to body composition (BC)…”
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