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ajlm-10	Rensburg, Megan A.; Matsha, Tandi; Hoffmann, Mariza; Hassan, Mogamat S.; Erasmus, Rajiv T.	Distribution and association of hs-CRP with cardiovascular risk variables of metabolic syndrome in adolescent learners	2012		.htm	text/html	4442	257	50	Ethnic differences in body fat patterning are thought to account for some of the observed differences.28 In the Bogalusa study, hs-CRP levels showed racial differences and related to measures of obesity.3 For a given waist circumference, Black boys and girls from the USA were found to have higher abdominal subcutaneous adipose tissue and lower visceral adipose tissue than their White peers.28 Similar observations have been reported in South African children, in whom relatively more subcutaneous fat and greater waist circumference have been observed in stunted girls, which may predispose them to obesity in adulthood.29 In the Strong Without Anorexia Nervosa (SWAN) study, which examined 3154 women from different ethnic groups, Afro-American ethnicity was associated with higher hs-CRP levels after controlling for BMI, age and other risk factors, suggesting that genetic variants of hs-CRP and dietary and lifestyle factors could also be contributory factors.27,30 As observed in adults,27 we found that there were also ethnic differences, with Black and Coloured children having higher hs-CRP levels.	cache/ajlm-10.htm	txt/ajlm-10.txt