Longitudinal assessment of high blood pressure in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

Longitudinal assessment of high blood pressure in children with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

OBJECTIVE:Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) affects 9.6% of children and may put these children at elevated risk of high blood pressure and subsequent cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Therefore, we sought to determine the prevalence of and risk factors for high blood pressure in childr...

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Main Authors: Jeffrey B Schwimmer, Anne Zepeda, Kimberly P Newton, Stavra A Xanthakos, Cynthia Behling, Erin K Hallinan, Michele Donithan, James Tonascia, Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4242611?pdf=render

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