Pattern of blood pressure in African diabetics: report from Sudan.
The objective of this study was to determine the prevalence of hypertension in diabetic patients in an urban Sudanese population compared with a non-diabetic group. It was found that there was a higher prevalence of diastolic hypertension (44%) in the non-insulin-dependent (NIDM) patients. The blood pressures did not correlate with age, duration of diabetes or nephropathy (9% of cases), but obesity which was detected in 34% of the NIDD group may possibly explain the high prevalence of hypertension.
Ahmed M el-B
Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Khartoum, Sudan.
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D000328:Adult; D044383:Black People; D001795:Blood Pressure Determination; D003922:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 1 / Q000150:complications* / Q000208:ethnology; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000150:complications* / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D013397:Sudan / Q000453:epidemiology; D014505:Urban Population