Control of hypertension among diabetic patients.
We reviewed the data on 100 randomly selected patients who were treated for diabetes as well as hypertension in the Hypertension Clinic of the Zablocki VA Medical Center. We found that, while normal blood pressure (diastolic BP less than 90 mmHg) was achieved in 82% of the patients during the 3-year follow-up, diabetes control (fasting serum glucose less than 140 mg/dL during all follow-up visits) was achieved in only 17% of the patients. Despite extensive and repeated dietary counselling by dietitians, most patients failed to lose weight. The current methods employed to get the patients to lose weight are inadequate. Better methods are needed to achieve weight loss which could accomplish greater control of diabetes as well as hypertension.
Sorokin
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Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee 53295.
Sheth
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AP
Kochar
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D000368:Aged; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000628:therapy; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010349:Patient Compliance; D015431:Weight Loss