Survival of diabetic hypertensive patients.
Seventy-nine of 673 patients attending a hypertensive outpatient clinic were classified as diabetics at the first examination. These patients were age- and sex-matched to two control groups: nondiabetic hypertensives and the background population. Nondiabetic hypertensive patients had a significantly poorer survival than expected during a 10-year observation period; the survival of diabetic hypertensives was even poorer, although not significantly. No sex difference was observed in the survival rates of hypertensive diabetics, neither was a difference seen between insulin-dependent and non-insulin-dependent patients. Acute myocardial infarction was the most frequent cause of death in both diabetic (40%) and nondiabetic (42%) hypertensive persons.
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D003718:Denmark; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications / Q000401:mortality*; D003927:Diet, Diabetic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality*; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged
D000959:Antihypertensive Agents; D007004:Hypoglycemic Agents