title: [Study on prevalence rates of hypertension and chronic diabetic complications of in-patients with diabetes].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To understand the relationship between prevalence rates of chronic diabetic complications and related macro-vascular diseases and hypertension, to provide evidence for diabetes prevention and control.
  
  
  METHODS
  To retrospectively analyze the clinical and laboratory data on 24 496 in-patients with diabetes during Jan. 1, 1991 to Dec. 31, 2000 from 30 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The prevalence rate of hypertension was 31.95%. The prevalence rates of other chronic diabetic complications and related macro-vascular diseases were 12.2% for cerebrovascular diseases, 15.9% for cardiovascular diseases, 5.0% for lower extremity vascular diseases, 34.3% for eye diseases, 33.6% for nephropathy and 60.3% for neuropathy, with a total rate of chronic diabetic complications and macro-vascular diseases of 73.2%. Hypertension was related with all kinds of chronic diabetic complications and macro-vascular diseases odds ratio (OR) of related systolic blood pressure was 1.148 - 1.866, and OR related diastolic was 1.141 - 1.242.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The prevalence rates of chronic diabetic complications and related macro-vascular diseases of in-patients with diabetes mellitus were much higher than those of non-diabetics, and was close to the levels seen in the western countries. Hypertension, especially high systolic blood pressure was the most important risk factor of chronic diabetic complications and the related macro-vascular diseases.
authors.affiliation: Department of Endocrinology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing 100730, China.
authors.forename: Hong-ding
authors.initials: HD
authors.lastname: Xiang
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002908:Chronic Disease; D048909:Diabetes Complications; D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015995:Prevalence; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012307:Risk Factors