Prevalence and Risk Factors of Hypertension Among Children Attending Out Patient Department of a Tertiary Care Hospital in Karachi

Introduction: The childhood obesity epidemic has caused the global prevalence of hypertension (HTN) in children to increase from 2% to 4%. However, there is limited data regarding this issue in Pakistan. Hence this cross-sectional study aims to document the prevalence of HTN and its risk factors amo...

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Autores principales: Bilal, Muhammad, Haseeb, Abdul, Saeed, Alina, Saeed, Aena, Ghaffar, Palwasha
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2020
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Cardiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7270837/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32509482
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7957

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7270837/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32509482
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.7957

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