Atherosclerosis in the Nigerian

Lipid and Lipoprotein Cardiovascular Risk Factor Responses to Episodic Academic Stress.

“…4,8) Most of the reported studies were conducted in the Caucasian population. This present study was conducted in the black African population, in whom coronary heart diseases were known to be low [9][10] ; recently, however, high cholesterol levels have been reported in apparently healthy businessmen in a certain community in Nigeria. 11) This study therefore examined the effects of final medical degree examinations on the serum lipids, lipoproteins, urea and uric acid profiles in medical students.…”

Vertebral artery atherosclerosis: a risk factor in the use of manipulative therapy?

“…This is substantiated by the above studies of American Blacks and Whites. Similarly, lifestyle would explain the lower incidence of atherosclerosis in Central and West African peoples, who are believed to be more rural, as compared with Americans and South Africans (Williams, 1969). However, it is appreciated that the sample used in the pre-sent study may not have been truly representative of the South African population at large.…”

“…Atherosclerosisis is usually associated with the aorta, coronary arteries, subclavian and carotid arteries, renal arteries and arteries to the lower limbs, and rarely, the arteries to the upper limbs (MacSween and Whaley, 1993;Ross, 1999). A higher incidence of atherosclerosis has been reported to occur in extracranial as compared to intracranial arteries (Meyer et al, 1964;Callow et al, 1968;Solberg et al, 1968a;Williams, 1969;Gorelick et al, 1985;Anim, 1987;Madiba and Robbs, 1990;Moossy, 1993). For example, in cases of involvement of the subclavian artery, the first part (origin) of the vertebral artery, in the neck, is often atherosclerotic (Whisnant et al, 1961;Callow et al, 1968;Gorelick et al, 1985;Min et al, 1999;Staikov et al, 1999), whereas the carotid artery, and the second and third parts of the vertebral artery which traverse the foramina transversaria of the cervical spine, are usually involved simultaneously (Solberg et al, 1968a;Madiba and Robbs, 1990).…”

“…Of the reports in the current literature of atherosclerosis of the third and fourth parts of the vertebral artery, most refer to American (Solberg et al, 1968a;Gorelick et al, 1985;McGarry et al, 1985;Broderick et al, 1992;Sacco et al, 1995;Gorelick, 1998), European (Solberg et al, 1968a), West African (Williams et al, 1961;Williams, 1969;Anim, 1987;Anim and Kofi, 1989) and Central African populations (Owor et al, 1976). Few studies have been reported with reference to the South African population (Becker, 1958;Strong et al, 1959;Reef and Isaacson, 1962;Meyer et al, 1964;Meyer, 1970;Madiba and Robbs, 1990).…”