ABSTRACT
OBJECTIVE@#To investigate the risk factors for type 2 diabetes complicated with hypertension in adult residents in Liuyang, Hunan Province, P. R. China. @*METHODS@#The residents aged at or over 18 were selected through a method of multi-stage cluster random sampling from 10 towns in Liuyang. Questionnaires, physical measurements and laboratory tests were conducted. Type 2 diabetes complicated with hypertension were served as an experimental group, while simple diabetes, non-diabetes and non-hypertension (healthy control), or non-complication and healthy group (simple hypertension, simple diabetes, and healthy group) were served as control group, respectively. Three kinds of logistic regression model were used to analyze the risk factors for type 2 diabetes complicated with hypertension. @*RESULTS@#A total of 5 669 residents were included in the analysis, and the response rate was 97.74%. The results showed that the prevalence of type 2 diabetes complicated with hypertension of residents at or over 18 years old in Liuyang was 2.6% (95%CI: 2.2%, 3.1%). Logistic regression analyses demonstrated that for people at or over 60 years old, obesity and abnormal triglyceride were the independent risk factors for type 2 diabetes complicated with hypertension. @*CONCLUSION@#Aging, obesity and abnormal triglyceride can increase the risk of type 2 diabetes complicated with hypertension in adult residents in Liuyang.