Diabetes mellitus and other cardiovascular risk factors in an elderly population.
The purpose of this study was to describe the prevalence of diabetes in a community-dwelling elderly population, and to assess whether other cardiovascular disease risk factors were more frequent in older diabetics than in non-diabetics. Results suggest that, with the exception of hypertension, other cardiovascular disease risk factors are not more prevalent in older diabetics and do not aggregate in older diabetics. However, there was a very high prevalence of hypertension among older diabetics. Of particular concern is the observation that 40% of diabetic individuals under treatment for hypertension still have unacceptably high blood-pressure levels. These results indicate a need for follow-up of high-blood-pressure treatment in older diabetic people.
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Department of Epidemiology, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205.
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D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000097:blood; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000209:etiology; D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000097:blood / Q000453:epidemiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D009765:Obesity / Q000453:epidemiology; D016017:Odds Ratio; D015995:Prevalence; D012307:Risk Factors; D012737:Sex Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014527:Uric Acid / Q000097:blood
D014527:Uric Acid; D002784:Cholesterol