Abstract:Hypertension is directly associated with increased cardiovascular disease risk, renal insufficiency, and stroke as well as mortality. 1 Patients with hepatitis C (HCV) and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in the United States follow national trends toward a sedentary lifestyle and are increasingly at risk for hypertension 2-11 and its complications. NAFLD in particular is rising in prevalencebetween 13.48% and 31.79% of the global population, depending upon continent-and is the most rapidly increasing… Show more
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