1. Hypertension in Diabetes Study (HDS): I. Prevalence of hypertension in newly presenting type 2 diabetic patients and the association with risk factors for cardiovascular and diabetic complications
- Author
-
M E Nanson, J E Tooke, Hadden, R J Seaman, Peacock Ida., C Roxburgh, R J Young, S Aldington, C Battersby, Hayes, C J Fox, P A Bassett, L Kennedy, Neil Haw., J Singer, R B Paisey, M H Charlton, N A Levi, L J Borthwick, M Badenoch, S F Oakes, R W Henry, C Hagan, J S Yudkin, A B Atkinson, N Keen, R C Turner, M J Williams, M S Hammersley, R S Spivey, S L Franklin, E M Kohner, Ae Fletcher, R T Jung, B Kilgallan, S E Manley, C A Cull, Clyne, E M Sellen, Lean Mej., R H Greenwood, Brunt Ahe., Boulton Ajm., M S Fetherston, V Frighi, P M Brown, Matthews, R Coster, A S Spathis, Richard Peto, A D Wright, J M Roland, A J Tucker, Shearer Aci., J M Tyrell, Petrie Xmp., Rury R. Holman, M C Holloway, R A Christie, R W Newton, H M Coghill, Culverwell Njc., T L Dornan, L E Murchison, S L Palmer, M C Doddridge, A M Robertson, R C Temple, L M James, Thompson Rjw., I Ross, I M Stratton, M R Stearn, C Gould, E A Eeley, Brown Npr., C Rose, A C Burden, J Youens, D W Macpearson, J Wilson, M J Denholm, D J Brown, I A Kennedy, D J Wheatcroft, Hockaday Tdr., Connolly Bps., A M Culbert, Davidson Ajm., and E G Bown
- Subjects
medicine.medical_specialty ,education.field_of_study ,Physiology ,business.industry ,Population ,Type 2 diabetes ,medicine.disease ,Left ventricular hypertrophy ,Insulin resistance ,Blood pressure ,Internal medicine ,Diabetes mellitus ,Internal Medicine ,Cardiology ,Medicine ,Cardiology and Cardiovascular Medicine ,business ,education ,Body mass index ,Retinopathy - Abstract
Objective: To determine the prevalence of hypertension in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients and its association with risk factors for cardiovascular and diabetic complications.Design: Cross-sectional study.Patients: Newly diagnosed type 2 diabetic patients (n = 3648, mean age 52 years, 59% male) recruited for the UK Prospective Diabetes Study (UKPDS).Measurements: Blood pressure, body mass index, waist:hip ratio, ECG signs of ischaemia and of left ventricular hypertrophy (Minnesota code), fasting plasma glucose, urate, creatinine, insulin, triglycerides, high-density lipoprotein-, low-density lipoprotein- and total cholesterol, urinary albumin: creatinine ratio, retinopathy grading.Results: Thirty-nine per cent of the patients (35% of the males, 46% of the females) were hypertensive (mean blood pressure greater-than-or-equal-to 160 systolic and/or greater-than-or-equal-to 90 mmHg diastolic 2 and 9 months after diagnosis of diabetes, or taking antihypertensive therapy). The hypertensive patients had a greater mean body mass index (30.1 versus 28.0 kg/m2, P 5.0 g/mol; 24 versus 14%, P < 0.0001), of ECG signs of probable and possible ischaemia (24 versus 14%, P < 0.0001) and of left ventricular hypertrophy (8.5 versus 3.8%; P < 0.0001). The prevalence of retinopathy was similar in the two groups.Conclusions: Hypertension is common in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes and is associated with obesity. The association between hypertension and higher triglyceride and insulin levels may be secondary to obesity in this population. An association between hypertension and cardiovascular complications is already apparent at diagnosis of diabetes.
- Published
- 1993
- Full Text
- View/download PDF