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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...
Autores principales: | Bilal, Muhammad, Haseeb, Abdul, Saeed, Alina, Saeed, Aena, Ghaffar, Palwasha |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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Cureus
2020
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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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