Ruan Kruger

Ruan Kruger

Northwest University

H-index: 19

North America-United States

About Ruan Kruger

Ruan Kruger, With an exceptional h-index of 19 and a recent h-index of 16 (since 2020), a distinguished researcher at Northwest University, specializes in the field of Childhood hypertension, preventive cardiology.

His recent articles reflect a diverse array of research interests and contributions to the field:

Twenty-four-hour ambulatory, but not clinic blood pressure associates with leptin in young adults with overweight or obesity: The African-PREDICT study

Validation of a short food group questionnaire to determine intakes from healthy and unhealthy food groups in 5–9‐year‐old South African children

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

Food intake in South African children and retinal microvascular health: The ExAMIN Youth SA study

Hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa: the current profile, recent advances, gaps, and priorities

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

PS-BPC03-8: MORNING BLOOD PRESSURE SURGE AND THE VASCULATURE: A COMPARISON BETWEEN YOUNG DIPPERS AND NON-DIPPERS FROM THE AFRICAN-PREDICT STUDY

Gaps, priorities, and advances in cardiovascular medicine in Africa

Ruan Kruger Information

University

Position

Professor of Physiology Hypertension in Africa Research Team

Citations(all)

2090

Citations(since 2020)

1752

Cited By

977

hIndex(all)

19

hIndex(since 2020)

16

i10Index(all)

46

i10Index(since 2020)

37

Email

University Profile Page

Northwest University

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Ruan Kruger Skills & Research Interests

Childhood hypertension

preventive cardiology

Top articles of Ruan Kruger

Title

Journal

Author(s)

Publication Date

Twenty-four-hour ambulatory, but not clinic blood pressure associates with leptin in young adults with overweight or obesity: The African-PREDICT study

Hypertension Research

Elandi van Niekerk

Botha-Le Roux

Catharina Mels

Mariette Swanepoel

Christian Delles

...

2024/2

Validation of a short food group questionnaire to determine intakes from healthy and unhealthy food groups in 5–9‐year‐old South African children

Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietetics

H Salome Kruger

Persuade Makore

Tertia van Zyl

Mieke Faber

Lisa J Ware

...

2024/2

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

Journal of hypertension

Fadi J Charchar

Priscilla R Prestes

Charlotte Mills

Siew Mooi Ching

Dinesh Neupane

...

2024/1/1

Food intake in South African children and retinal microvascular health: The ExAMIN Youth SA study

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Vuledzani F Maugana

Ruan Kruger

Herculina S Kruger

Henner Hanssen

Wayne Smith

2024/1/1

Hypertension in sub-Saharan Africa: the current profile, recent advances, gaps, and priorities

Lebo F Gafane-Matemane

Ashleigh Craig

Ruan Kruger

Omotayo S Alaofin

Lisa J Ware

...

2024/5/2

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

The Lancet

Nowell H Phelps

Rosie K Singleton

Bin Zhou

Rachel A Heap

Anu Mishra

...

2024/2/29

PS-BPC03-8: MORNING BLOOD PRESSURE SURGE AND THE VASCULATURE: A COMPARISON BETWEEN YOUNG DIPPERS AND NON-DIPPERS FROM THE AFRICAN-PREDICT STUDY

Journal of Hypertension

Gontse Gratitude Mokwatsi

Aletta Elisabeth Schutte

Wayne Smith

Catharina Martha Cornelia Mels

Ruan Kruger

2023/1/1

Gaps, priorities, and advances in cardiovascular medicine in Africa

Ruan Kruger

Augustine Odili

Lebo F Gafane-Matemane

2023

Early vascular ageing phenotypes and urinary targeted metabolomics in children and young adults: the ExAMIN Youth SA and African-PREDICT studies

Amino Acids

Ashleigh Craig

Ruan Kruger

Lebo F Gafane-Matemane

Roan Louw

Carina MC Mels

2023/8

Markers of arterial stiffness and urinary metabolomics in young adults with early cardiovascular risk: The African-PREDICT study

Metabolomics

Wessel L du Toit

Ruan Kruger

Lebo F Gafane-Matemane

Aletta E Schutte

Roan Louw

...

2023/3/29

Running from depression: The antidepressant-like potential of prenatal and pre-pubertal exercise in adolescent FSL rats exposed to an early-life stressor

Acta Neuropsychiatrica

Ashleigh J Whitney

Zander Lindeque

Ruan Kruger

Stephan F Steyn

2023/11/16

S-15-5: GAPS AND ADVANCES FOR THE PREVENTION OF HYPERTENSION IN AFRICA: INSIGHTS FROM THE EXAMIN YOUTH SA STUDY

Journal of Hypertension

Ruan Kruger

2023/1/1

PS-C26-9: A URINARY PEPTIDOMICS APPROACH FOR EARLY STAGES OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE RISK: THE AFRICAN-PREDICT STUDY

Journal of Hypertension

Dalene de Beer

Catharina MC Mels

Aletta E Schutte

Christian Delles

Sheon M Samji

...

2023/1/1

Using urinary metabolomics to identify metabolic pathways linked to cardiac structural alterations in young adults: The African-PREDICT study

Nutrition, Metabolism and Cardiovascular Diseases

Wessel L du Toit

Ruan Kruger

Lebo F Gafane-Matemane

Aletta E Schutte

Roan Louw

...

2023/8/1

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

Nature

2023/3/30

Urinary Peptidomics and Pulse Wave Velocity: The African-PREDICT Study

Journal of Proteome Research

Dalene de Beer

Catharina MC Mels

Aletta E Schutte

Christian Delles

Sheon Mary

...

2023/9/9

Urinary metabolomics, dietary salt intake and blood pressure: the African-PREDICT study

Hypertension Research

Michél Strauss-Kruger

Tertia van Zyl

Marlien Pieters

Ruan Kruger

Gontse Mokwatsi

...

2023/1

S-28-6: URINARY METABOLOMICS, DIETARY SALT INTAKE AND BLOOD PRESSURE: THE AFRICAN-PREDICT STUDY

Journal of Hypertension

Michél Strauss-Kruger

Tertia van Zyl

Marlien Pieters

Ruan Kruger

Gontse Mokwatsi

...

2023/1/1

Global distributions of age-and sex-related arterial stiffness: systematic review and meta-analysis of 167 studies with 509,743 participants

Yao Lu

Sophia J Kiechl

Jie Wang

Qingbo Xu

Stefan Kiechl

...

2023/6/1

Identifying a urinary peptidomics profile for hypertension in young adults: The African-PREDICT study

Proteomics

D de Beer

C Mels

AE Schutte

C Delles

SM Samji

...

2023/3/21

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Co-Authors

H-index: 70
Christian Delles

Christian Delles

University of Glasgow

H-index: 22
Roan Louw

Roan Louw

Northwest University

H-index: 13
Shani Botha-Le Roux

Shani Botha-Le Roux

Northwest University

H-index: 11
Lebo Gafane-Matemane

Lebo Gafane-Matemane

North-West University

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