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M. Alberts

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h-index: 28
Works: 64
Citations: 2,301

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Prevalence and determinants of stunting and overweight in 3-year-old black South African children residing in the Central Region of Limpopo Province, South Africa
R. L. Mamabolo, M. Alberts, N. Steyn, Henriëtte A. Delemarre-van de Waal +1 more
2005Public Health Nutrition188 citations Open access
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Prevalence of cardiovascular diseases and associated risk factors in a rural black population of South Africa
M. Alberts, P. Urdal, K. Steyn, I. Stensvold +3 more
2005European Journal of Cardiovascular Prevention & Rehabilitation181 citations
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Regional and sex differences in the prevalence and awareness of hypertension across six sites in sub-Saharan Africa: an H3Africa AWI-Gen study
F. Gómez-Olivé, Stuart A Ali, F. Made, C. Kyobutungi +27 more
2017Global Heart155 citations Open access
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H3Africa AWI-Gen Collaborative Centre: a resource to study the interplay between genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in four sub-Saharan African countries
M. Ramsay, N. Crowther, E. Tambo, Godfred Agongo +44 more
2016Global Health, Epidemiology and Genomics149 citations Open access
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The Prevalence and Determinants of Chronic Non-Communicable Disease Risk Factors amongst Adults in the Dikgale Health Demographic and Surveillance System (HDSS) Site, Limpopo Province of South Africa
E. Maimela, M. Alberts, S. Modjadji, S. Choma +3 more
2016PLoS ONE121 citations Open access
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Genomic and environmental risk factors for cardiometabolic diseases in Africa: methods used for Phase 1 of the AWI-Gen population cross-sectional study
Stuart A Ali, C. Soo, Godfred Agongo, M. Alberts +32 more
2018Global Health Action111 citations Open access
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Feeding practices and growth of infants from birth to 12 months in the central region of the Limpopo Province of South Africa.
R. L. Mamabolo, M. Alberts, Gertrude X Mbenyane, N. Steyn +3 more
2004Nutrition (Burbank, Los Angeles County, Calif.)92 citations
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Dietary intake and barriers to dietary compliance in black type 2 diabetic patients attending primary health-care services
Gladys Nthangeni, N. Steyn, M. Alberts, K. Steyn +5 more
2002Public Health Nutrition84 citations Open access
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Kidney damage and associated risk factors in rural and urban sub-Saharan Africa (AWI-Gen): a cross-sectional population study
J. George, Jean-Tristan Brandenburg, J. Fabian, N. Crowther +17 more
2019Lancet Global Health81 citations Open access
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Genetic substructure and complex demographic history of South African Bantu speakers
Dhriti Sengupta, A. Choudhury, Cesar A. Fortes-Lima, S. Aron +13 more
2020Nature Communications80 citations Open access
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Prevalence and associated risk factors of hypertension amongst adults in a rural community of Limpopo Province, South Africa
S. Ntuli, E. Maimela, M. Alberts, S. Choma +1 more
2015African Journal of Primary Health Care & Family Medicine71 citations Open access
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Regional Patterns and Association Between Obesity and Hypertension in Africa
O. Akpa, F. Made, A. Ojo, B. Ovbiagele +35 more
2020HYPERTENSION70 citations Open access
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Prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus and the effect of weight on measures of insulin secretion and insulin resistance in third‐trimester pregnant rural women residing in the Central Region of Limpopo Province, South Africa
R. L. Mamabolo, M. Alberts, N. Levitt, H. D. D. de Waal +1 more
2007Diabetic Medicine64 citations
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Seasonal variation in dietary intake of the adult population of dikgale
N. Steyn, S. Burger, K. Monyeki, M. Alberts +1 more
200162 citations
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Assessment of cardiovascular risk factors in people with HIV infection treated with ART in rural South Africa: a cross sectional study
Felistas Mashinya, M. Alberts, J. Van Geertruyden, R. Colebunders
2015AIDS Research and Therapy61 citations Open access
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The perceptions and perspectives of patients and health care providers on chronic diseases management in rural South Africa: a qualitative study
E. Maimela, J. Van Geertruyden, M. Alberts, S. E. Modjadji +3 more
2015BMC Health Services Research56 citations Open access
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Health & Demographic Surveillance System Profile: The Dikgale Health and Demographic Surveillance System.
M. Alberts, S. Dikotope, S. Choma, Matshane L. Masemola +6 more
2015International Journal of Epidemiology54 citations
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Folate and iron status of South African non-pregnant rural women of childbearing age, before and after fortification of foods
S. E. P. Modjadji, M. Alberts, R. L. Mamabolo
200748 citations Open access
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Regional and sex-specific variation in BMI distribution in four sub-Saharan African countries: The H3Africa AWI-Gen study
M. Ramsay, N. Crowther, Godfred Agongo, Stuart A Ali +21 more
2018Global Health Action46 citations Open access
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Weight and health status of black female students.
N. Steyn, M. Senekal, S. Brits, M. Alberts +2 more
2000South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde38 citations
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Descriptive epidemiology of ambulatory activity in rural, black South Africans.
I. Cook, M. Alberts, J. Brits, S. Choma +1 more
2010Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise37 citations Open access
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Spatial and temporal clustering of mortality in Digkale HDSS in rural northern South Africa
C. Kanjala, M. Alberts, Peter Byass, S. Burger
2010Global Health Action37 citations Open access
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Causes of Deaths in Children under-Five Years Old at a Tertiary Hospital in Limpopo Province of South Africa
S. Ntuli, N. Malangu, M. Alberts
2013Global Journal of Health Science35 citations Open access
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Influence of cut-points on patterns of accelerometry-measured free-living physical activity in rural and urban black South African women.
I. Cook, M. Alberts, E. Lambert
2012Journal of Physical Activity and Health35 citations
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Prevalence of anaemia and its associated factors in African children at one and three years residing in the Capricorn District of Limpopo Province, South Africa.
R. L. Mamabolo, M. Alberts
2014Curationis30 citations Open access
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Determinants of body mass index by gender in the Dikgale Health and Demographic Surveillance System site, South Africa
Felistas Mashinya, M. Alberts, I. Cook, S. Ntuli
2018Global Health Action29 citations Open access
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Can the high prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies, stunting and overweight in children at ages 1 and 3 years in the Central Region of Limpopo province be explained by diet?
R. L. Mamabolo, N. Steyn, M. Alberts
200628 citations Open access
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The Dikgale field site.
M. Alberts, S. Burger, S. Tollman
1999South African medical journal = Suid-Afrikaanse tydskrif vir geneeskunde28 citations
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Classical Cardiovascular Risk Factors and HIV are Associated With Carotid Intima‐Media Thickness in Adults From Sub‐Saharan Africa: Findings From H3Africa AWI‐Gen Study
E. Nonterah, P. Boua, K. Klipstein-Grobusch, G. Asiki +41 more
2019Journal of the American Heart Association : Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease25 citations Open access
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Evaluation of the effectiveness of iron and folate supplementation during pregnancy in a rural area of Limpopo province
W. Cape, R. L. Mamabolo, M. Alberts, N. Steyn +3 more
200423 citations Open access
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Apolipoprotein E genotypes and their relation to lipid levels in a rural South African population 1
Matshane L. Masemola, M. Alberts, P. Urdal
2007Scandinavian journal of public health. Supplement22 citations Open access
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Interventions for improving management of chronic non-communicable diseases in Dikgale, a rural area in Limpopo Province, South Africa
E. Maimela, M. Alberts, H. Bastiaens, J. Fraeyman +3 more
2018BMC Health Services Research21 citations Open access
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Conflicting effects of BMI and waist circumference on iron status.
S. Choma, M. Alberts, S. Modjadji
2015Journal of Trace Elements in Medicine and Biology18 citations
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All-cause mortality trends in Dikgale, rural South Africa, 1996—2003
I. Cook, M. Alberts, S. Burger, P. Byass
2008Scandinavian Journal of Public Health18 citations
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The prevalence of anaemia and selected micronutrient status in pregnant teenagers of Polokwane Municipality in the Limpopo Province
M. Bopape, Xg Mbhenyane, M. Alberts
200813 citations Open access
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Effect of traditional beer consumption on the iron status of a rural South African population
Solomon Simon Ramphai Choma, M. Alberts, P. Urdal
200713 citations Open access
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International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity Development of a Four-item Physical Activity Index from Information about Subsistence Living in Rural African Women: a Descriptive, Cross-sectional Investigation
I. Cook, M. Alberts, E. Lambert
200911 citations
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The effect of maternal glucose metabolism, iron, vitamin B12 and folate status on pregnancy outcomes
R. L. Mamabolo, M. Alberts, N. Steyn, N. Levitt
200611 citations Open access
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Compliance with physical activity guidelines in rural, black South Africans in the Limpopo Province: an energy expenditure approach
I. Cook, M. Alberts, E. Lambert
2011British Journal of Sports Medicine9 citations
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Association between insulin-like growth factor-1, insulin-like growth factor-binding protein-1 and leptin levels with nutritional status in 1-3-year-old children, residing in the central region of Limpopo Province, South Africa.
R. L. Mamabolo, M. Alberts, N. Levitt, H. D. D. de Waal +1 more
2007British Journal of Nutrition8 citations Open access
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Motherhood, migration and mortality in Dikgale: modelling life events among women in a rural South African community.
P. Byass, M. Alberts, S. Burger
2011Public Health7 citations
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Cardiovascular risk factors in a treatment-naïve, human immunodeficiency virus-infected rural population in Dikgale, South Africa
Felistas Mashinya, M. Alberts, R. Colebunders, J. Van Geertruyden
20146 citations Open access
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Community engagement in Genomics research; Challenges and lessons learnt in the AWI-Gen study at Dikgale Health and Demographic Surveillance System (HDSS) Site, South Africa
Felistas Mashinya, M. Alberts, R. G. Mashaba, P. Tindana
20205 citations Open access
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The effect of different apo(a) isoforms on plasminogen activation in black South African subjects.
S. Choma, M. Alberts, H. Potgieter, P. Ojwang
2003Cardiovascular Journal of Africa5 citations
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Descriptive epidemiology of objectively-measured, free-living sleep parameters in a rural African setting
I. Cook, Matlawa Mohlabe, M. Alberts
2020BMC Research Notes3 citations Open access
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Tobacco use among ARV treated HIV infected rural South Africans : prevalence and its determinants
Felistas Mashinya, M. Alberts, S. Choma, J. Van Geertruyden +1 more
20153 citations
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Effect of body mass and physical activity volume and intensity on pedometry-measured activity energy expenditure in rural black South Africans in the Limpopo Province.
I. Cook, M. Alberts, E. Lambert
20103 citations Open access
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Causes of death in patients treated at a tertiary hospital in the Limpopo province: a retrospective study from 2008-2010
N. Malangu, S. Ntuli, M. Alberts
20142 citations Open access
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Factors at Follow-Up Associated With Medication Compliance for Hypertensive Patients From a Rural Teaching Hospital in South Africa
K. Peltzer, J. Mekwa, L. Khoza, M. Lekhuleni +2 more
20022 citations
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Dietary patterns and food behaviours of pregnant youth : a survey in the Polokwane Local Municipality of Limpopo Province, South Africa
M. Bopape, M. Alberts, X. Mbhenyane
20181 citations Open access
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