The Association Between Essential Hypertension Merged Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver and Metabolic Syndrome / 中华高血压杂志

Objective To investigate the association between essential hypertension(EH)and nonalcoholic fatty liver(NAFL).Methods Four hundred and nine patients of EH underwent liver uhrasonographic examina- tion during 2006-2007 year were enrolled.Patients were categorized as MS(n=312)or non-MS(n=97)ac- cording to the criteria by CDA.Body mass index(BMI),blood pressure,the profiles of blood lipid,liver func- tion,renal function,plasma sugar were determined.Results 1)The prevalence of fatty liver in EH+MS group (66.0%)was significantly higher than that of EH without MS group(41.2%,P