PubMed ID:
25419656
Public Release Type:
Journal
Publication Year: 2014
Affiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, United States of America.
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0112569
Authors:
Hoofnagle JH,
Kleiner DE,
Abrams SH,
Alazraki A,
Amsden K,
Angeles J,
Aouizerat B,
Arnon R,
Arroyo S,
Awai HI,
Barlow S,
Behling C,
Behling C,
Behr G,
Belt P,
Bernstein K,
Boyd M,
Bross C,
Brunt EM,
Byam E,
Cecil K,
Clark JM,
Cleeton R,
Collins J,
Cooper K,
Cummings OW,
Derdoy J,
DeVore S,
Donithan M,
Donithan M,
Doo EC,
Durelle J,
Ferrell LD,
Fishbein MH,
Fleck S,
Fleming C,
Fowler K,
Gill R,
Grave GD,
Hallinan E,
Hallinan EK,
Himes R,
Horslen S,
Hsu E,
Isaacson M,
Jain A,
Karpen S,
King D,
Kirwan E,
Klipsch A,
Kohli R,
Krisnamurthy R,
Lake K,
Langlois C,
Lavine JE,
Maldonado L,
May KP,
Mencin A,
Middleton M,
Miriel L,
Mohammad S,
Molleston JP,
Morris B,
Murray K,
Newton K,
Newton KP,
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network,
Osmack P,
Otto R,
Ovchinsky N,
Paiz M,
Perito ER,
Pfeifer K,
Podberesky D,
Quinn A,
Raviele N,
Reynoso E,
Rich D,
Rigsby C,
Robuck PR,
Romo D,
Rosenthal P,
Sandrasegaran K,
Scheimann A,
Schwimmer JB,
Schwimmer JB,
Sherker A,
Siegner J,
Sirlin C,
Slaughter C,
Sternberg A,
Stewart S,
Subbarao G,
Tonascia J,
Tonascia J,
Torbenson M,
Tsai P,
Ugalde-Nicalo P,
Ünalp-Arida A,
Van Natta M,
Vaughn I,
Vos M,
Whitington PF,
Wilson L,
Xanthakos S,
Xanthakos SA,
Yates K,
Yeh M,
Young M,
Zepeda A,
Zepeda A
Studies:
Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis Clinical Research Network
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 children with NAFLD.