Abstract

VALDES RAMOS, Eduardo  and  BENCOSME RODRIGUEZ, Niurka. High blood pressure frequency and its relation to some clinical variables in patients diagnosed with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Rev Cubana Endocrinol [online]. 2009, vol.20, n.3, pp. 77-88. ISSN 1561-2953.

A cross-sectional and descriptive study was conducted in 300 patients with type 2 diabetes admitted in Diabetes Care Center of Bayamo, Granma province between October, 2007 and May, 2008 to know the high blood pressure frequency and its relation to some clinical variables in these cases. Medical records of each patient were reviewed to obtain data on the following features: age, sex, skin color, toxic habits, arterial pressure, and chronic complications of diabetes. High blood pressure was present in 210 patients (70 %), from them 57 (27.1 %) had isolated systolic hypertension, 39 (18.5 %) diastolic hypertension, and 114 (54.4 %) systolic-diastolic hypertension. Arterial hypertension was present from onset of diabetes in 62.9 %. The 76.1 % of hypertensive patients had overweight or obesity (p= 0.0557). The relationship was significant between arterial hypertension and ischemic heart disease (p = 0.0117). With regard to ictus and peripheral arterial failure, although most of cases were hypertensive, there was not statistic significance (p= 0.8261, p= 0.8600). The 71,1 % of patients presenting with diabetic retinopathy and the 75 % with diabetic nephropathy were hypertensive (p= 0.8261, p= 0.8600). We conclude that arterial hypertension shows a high incidence in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus due to its presence in a significant percentage from the diabetes diagnosis and it is markedly associated with presence of ischemic heart disease.

Keywords : arterial hypertension; type 2 diabetes mellitus; diabetes chronic complications.

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