title: Prevalence of hypertension among diabetic patients and its relation to vascular risk. Diabetes Hypertension Study Group.
abstract: In order to determine the factors related to the occurrence of hypertension in diabetic patients, blood pressure distributions were determined, using standardised methods, in a sample of 5,842 patients attending ten diabetic clinics in the London area. After allowing for the influence of age and obesity, BPs tended to be higher in patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes compared with those with insulin-dependent diabetes, and were in general higher in males compared with females. Average BPs were lower in South Indian patients when contrasted with Caucasians and Afro-Caribbeans. The frequency of WHO-defined hypertension was highest in the non-insulin-dependent patients older than 55 years, being 43% for males and 52% for females. A substantial proportion of subjects already taking anti-hypertensive treatment had BPs above 160/95 mmHg. Centile distributions of BP in this population have been used to assess the implications of treatment strategies in diabetic patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Community Medicine, University College, London, UK.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fuller
authors.forename: L K
authors.initials: LK
authors.lastname: Stevens
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001794:Blood Pressure; D015992:Body Mass Index; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000503:physiopathology; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D044469:Racial Groups; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors