title: Prevalence of hypertension and albuminuria in a teaching hospital diabetes clinic.
abstract: The prevalence of hypertension and its relationship to nephropathy were measured in a hospital-based diabetic clinic. Six hundred patients (300 insulin treated, 300 non-insulin treated) were randomly selected from a clinic population of 1054 insulin treated and 1039 non-insulin treated subjects. Eighty-three percent of patients with insulin treated diabetes and 72% of patients with non-insulin treated diabetes were studied. Blood pressure data from the Belfast MONICA project were used for the control group. In patients with insulin treated diabetes (age 25-64 years) the prevalence of a systolic blood pressure > 160 mmHg or a diastolic blood pressure > 95 mmHg or on treatment for hypertension (WHO criteria) was 19.1% in males (NS, vs. control group) and 17.8% in females (NS); the prevalence of a systolic blood pressure > 140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure > 90 mmHg was 17.6% in males (NS, vs. control group) and 9.5% in females (NS). In patients with non-insulin treated diabetes (age 35-65 years) the prevalence of hypertension by WHO criteria (see above) was 26.8% in males (NS, vs. control group) and 28.9% in females (NS); the prevalence of a systolic blood pressure > 140 mmHg and diastolic blood pressure > 90 mmHg was 21.4% in males (NS, vs. control group) and 17.8% in females (NS).(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Sir George E. Clark Metabolic Unit, Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast, Northern Ireland.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Ritchie
authors.forename: O L
authors.initials: OL
authors.lastname: Beatty
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: McKnight
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Hadden
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Kennedy
authors.forename: A B
authors.initials: AB
authors.lastname: Atkinson
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000419:Albuminuria / Q000453:epidemiology*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000652:urine; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000652:urine; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D005260:Female; D006784:Hospitals, Teaching / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009660:Northern Ireland / Q000453:epidemiology; D010044:Outpatient Clinics, Hospital / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D015995:Prevalence; D012727:Sex Characteristics; D012737:Sex Factors