Population
107 children: 46 diabetic children without retinopathy and persistent microalbuminuria, 29 healthy non-obese…
Design
Cross-sectional
Authors
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Hemorheological factors may contribute to hypertension in diabetic children; hypothesis-generating and requires prospective validation before any practice change.
In diabetic children, elevated arterial blood pressure is primarily associated with changes in plasma viscosity and fibrinogen, suggesting a hemorheological mechanism in the pathogenesis of hypertension.
Çam et al. (2003) studied this question.
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