Hyperglycaemia; a risk factor for hypertension.
The epidemiological evidence for an association between diabetes mellitus and ischaemic heart disease is reviewed briefly. The relationship between blood sugar after challenge and blood pressure is described, with particular reference to studies in populations of U.S. and Jamaican adults and Dutch children.
D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000150:complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006943:Hyperglycemia / Q000150:complications*; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000209:etiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012306:Risk