Factors influencing blood pressure fluctuation in pediatric patients with sickle cell disease in Saudi Arabia: A retrospective single-center cohort study.

Saud BahaidarahFatma AlzahraniMohammed AlshinqitiNader MoriaFahad AlahwalKhalid NaghiAmmar AbdulfattahMohammed AlharbiGaser A Abdelmohsen

Published in: Saudi medical journal (2023)

Pediatric overweight SCD patients exhibited higher average systolic BP than those underweight or normal weight. Body mass index and serum creatinine significantly influenced the average systolic BP more than the Hb level or Hb S percentage.

Keyphrases

blood pressure
end stage renal disease
heart failure
left ventricular
physical activity
weight loss
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
hypertensive patients
chronic kidney disease
weight gain
peritoneal dialysis
prognostic factors
type diabetes
adipose tissue
blood glucose
body weight