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Objective@#To examine the relationship between clustering of metabolic abnormalities with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) in hypertensive children and adolescents, and to provide a scientific reference for the prevention and control of NAFLD among children and adolescents.@*Methods@#Data were based on a school-based cross-sectional study conducted from September 2012 to September 2014 in Jinan. A total of 261 hypertensive children and adolescents aged 6 to 17 years were included in this study. Chi-square test was used to analyze the prevalence of NAFLD by numbers of metabolic abnormalities. Multivariable logistic regression model was used to examine the relationship between clustering of metabolic abnormalities and NAFLD in hypertensive children and adolescents after adjustment for potential confounding variables.@*Results@#Among the included 261 hypertensive participants, the prevalence of NAFLD with the number of metabolic abnormalities ≤1, 2 and ≥3 was 5.3%, 25.5% and 36.0%, respectively. After adjustment for sex, age and systolic/diastolic blood pressure, compared with hypertensive children and adolescents carrying ≤1 metabolic disorder, those with two metabolic disorders had 6.51 (95%CI=2.52-16.81) times higher risk for NAFLD, and those with≥3 metabolic disorders had 8.89 (95%CI=3.03-26.06) times higher risk.@*Conclusion@#Clustering of metabolic abnormalities is an independent risk factor for NAFLD in hypertensive youth. Comprehensive prevention and control of metabolic disorders in childhood may be helpful to prevent NAFLD.
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<p><b>OBJECTIVE</b>To observe the effectiveness and safety of electroacupuncture (EA) at Neimadian (Extra) and Neiguan (PC 6) for analgesia after thoracic surgery.</p><p><b>METHODS</b>One hundred and twenty cases of thoracic surgery were randomly divided into an electroacupuncture (EA) group (60 cases) and a medication group (60 cases). EA was applied at Neimadian (Extra) and Neiguan (PC 6) for postoperation analgesia in the EA group, while patient-controlled intravenous analgesia (PCIA) was applied in the medication group. The score of visual analogue scale (VAS), analgesia effect, safety and beta-endorphin level after the treatment in both groups were compared.</p><p><b>RESULTS</b>Compared with those before the treatment, the VAS scores in every time point after surgery were decreased (all P < 0.05), which were lower in the EA group (P < 0.01). The excellent and good rates were 96.7% (58/60) and 75.0% (45/60) seperately, the analgesia effect in the EA group (2 h after operation) was superior to that in the medication group (P < 0.01). The safety degree in EA group was higher to that in the medication group (P < 0.01). Compared with that before the treatment, the beta-endorphin level in two groups after treatment was both increased, which was higher in the EA group (P < 0.01).</p><p><b>CONCLUSION</b>Electroacupuncture at Neimadian (Extra) and Neiguan (PC 6) has better analgesia effect (2 h after operation) and safety than PICA on analgesia after thoracic surgery.</p>