title: [Hypertension].
abstract: Hypertension is a highly prevalent comorbidity of diabetes mellitus. It contributes substantially to morbidity and mortality in those patients. The present article represents the recommendations of the Austrian Diabetes Association for the treatment of hypertension in diabetic patients according to current scientific evidence.
authors.affiliation: Medizinische Abteilung, Krankenanstalt der Stadt Wien, Wien, Osterreich. guntram.schernthaner@wienkav.at
authors.forename: Guntram
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Schernthaner
mesh_terms: D003925:Diabetic Angiopathies / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D006801:Humans; D006973:Hypertension / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D009017:Morbidity