The prevalence of hypertension in children with spina bifida
| Autor: | B. Lacy, Lynnette J Mazur, Lisa D. Wilsford |
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| Rok vydání: | 2011 |
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Pediatrics
medicine.medical_specialty education.field_of_study National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey Neural tube defect business.industry Spina bifida Population General Medicine Odds ratio medicine.disease Confidence interval Blood pressure Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health medicine business education Body mass index |
| Zdroj: | Acta Paediatrica. 100:e80-e83 |
| ISSN: | 0803-5253 |
| Popis: | Aim: To determine whether children with spina bifida (SB) have a higher prevalence of hypertension (HTN) than population-based controls. Methods: Charts of all patients (n = 123) seen in the Spina Bifida Clinic at Shriners Hospital in Houston, Texas, were reviewed for age, gender, ethnicity, type and level of neural tube defect, height, weight and blood pressure (BP). HTN was defined as a systolic blood pressure or diastolic blood pressure ≥95th percentile for age, gender and height on ≥3 occasions. Data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey and from a Houston-based study were used for comparison. Results: Fifty-one (41.5%) patients were hypertensive. This was significantly higher than the 3% prevalence in the national controls, p |
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