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Ruan Kruger

North-West UniversityORCID

Also Known As

C Mels, Catharina M. C. Mels, R Kruger, R Krüger, R. Kruger, R. T. Kruger, Ruan Kruger, Teruhide Koyama, Tochigi

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North-West UniversityThe George Institute for Global HealthUNSW SydneyLund UniversityImperial College London
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About

Ruan Kruger is an author at North-West University specializing in medicine, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension.

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Public Health

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Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: a pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults

Nowell H Phelps, Rosie Singleton, Bin Zhou,

The Lancet

2024

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May Measurement Month 2017: an analysis of blood pressure screening results worldwide

Thomas Beaney, Aletta E. Schutte, Maciej Tomaszewski,

The Lancet Global Health

2018

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May Measurement Month 2018: a pragmatic global screening campaign to raise awareness of blood pressure by the International Society of Hypertension

Thomas Beaney, Louise M. Burrell, Rafael R. Castillo,

European Heart Journal

2019

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Estimated carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity has similar predictive value as measured carotid–femoral pulse wave velocity

Sara V. Greve, Marie K. Blicher, Ruan Kruger,

Journal of Hypertension

2016

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Lifestyle management of hypertension: International Society of Hypertension position paper endorsed by the World Hypertension League and European Society of Hypertension

Fadi J. Charchar, Priscilla R. Prestes, Charlotte Mills,

Journal of Hypertension

2023

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The African Prospective study on the Early Detection and Identification of Cardiovascular disease and Hypertension (African-PREDICT): Design, recruitment and initial examination

Aletta E. Schutte, Philimon Gona, Christian Delles,

European Journal of Preventive Cardiology

2019

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Propagation velocity and reflection of pressure waves in the canine coronary artery

Theo Arts, Ruan Kruger, W. Van Gerven,

American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology

1979

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Ethnic differences regarding arterial stiffness of 6‐8‐year-old black and white boys

Gontse Mokwatsi, Aletta E. Schutte, Ruan Kruger

Journal of Hypertension

2017

62

Diminishing benefits of urban living for children and adolescents’ growth and development

Anu Mishra, Bin Zhou, Andrea Rodriguez‐Martinez,

Nature

2023

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Evaluation of waist-to-height ratio to predict 5 year cardiometabolic risk in sub-Saharan African adults

Lisa J. Ware, Kirsten L. Rennie, Herculina S. Kruger,

Nutrition Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

2014

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