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THE SOUTH AFRICAN JOURNAL OF
Diabetes & Vascular Disease
Corresponding Editor
DR FA MAHOMED
Head of Internal Medicine
Madadeni Hospital
Newcastle
KwaZulu-Natal
Consulting Editor
PROF J-C MBANYA
National Editorial Board
DR A AMOD
Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and
Metabolic Diseases, Life Healthcare,
Chatsmed Gardens Hospital, Durban
SR K BECKERT
Diabetes Nurse, Paarl
PROF F BONNICI
Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Health
Sciences, University of Cape Town and
President of Diabetes South Africa
PROF R DELPORT
Department of Family Medicine,
University of Pretoria
DR L DISTILLER
Director of the Centre of Diabetes
and Endocrinology, Houghton,
Johannesburg
PROF WF MOLLENTZE
Head of Department of Internal
Medicine, University of the Free State,
Bloemfontein
PROF CD POTGIETER
Specialist Nephrologist, University
of Pretoria and Jakaranda Hospital,
Pretoria
PROF K SLIWA
Associate Professor of Medicine and
Cardiology, Baragwanath Hospital,
University of the Witwatersrand,
Johannesburg
PROF YK SEEDAT
Emeritus Professor of Medicine and
Honorary Research Associate,
University of Natal, Durban
International Editorial Board
PROF IW CAMPBELL
Physician, Victoria Hospital, Kircaldy,
Scotland, UK
PROF PJ GRANT
Professor of Medicine and head of
Academic Unit of Molecular Vascular
Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and
Health, University of Leeds; honorary
consultant physician, United Leeds
Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, UK
PROF J-C MBANYA
Professor of Endocrinology, Faculty of
Medicine and Biomedical Sciences,
University of Yaounde I, Cameroon
and President, International Diabetes
Federation
PROF N POULTER
Professor of Preventive Cardiovascular
Medicine, Imperial College, School of
Medicine, London, UK
DR H PURCELL
Senior Research Fellow in Cardiology,
Royal Brompton National Heart and
Lung Hospital, London, UK
VOLUME 17 NUMBER 1 • JULY 2020
www.diabetesjournal.co.zaCONTENTS
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From the Editor’s Desk
FA Mahomed
Research Articles
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Prevalence of gestational diabetes mellitus in urban women in Blantyre, Malawi:
a cross sectional study evaluating diagnostic criteria and traditional risk factors
TJ Phiri, M Kasiya, TJ Allain
10 Prevalence of diabetic neuropathy and risk factors for diabetic foot ulcers among
patients in a tertiary health institution
MA Olamoyegun, AT Akinlade, GO Ajani, EY Fagbemiro
15 Relationship between obesity and blood pressure among employees in the
Vhembe district municipality of Limpopo Province, South Africa
TC Muluvhu, MA Monyeki, GL Strydom, AL Toriola
23 Prevalence of hypertension and selected cardiovascular risk factors among
adolescents in selected rural and urban secondary schools in Botswana
M Mokgwathi, JC Mwita