RESUMEN
Objective: To see the frequency of diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose levels in hypertensive patients
Design: Descriptive study
Place of Study: OPD / Filter clinic. Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences. Islamabad
Patients and Methods: This study was carried out on 116 hypertensive patients during the period from August to September 2008. Out of 116 patients, 64 were females and 52 were males with age group between 20 to 70 years. Secondary causes are ruled out on the basis of history and physical examination. Blood samples were sent to PIMS laboratory for fasting glucose. Data and results were analyzed in SPSS
Results: According to this study, out of 116 patients, there were 18 patients who had diabetes mellitus while 33 had hypertension with impaired fasting glucose tolerance which is statistically significant. The females as compared to males were increased in number who had both diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose. According to age diabetes mellitus increased in age groups between 41-50 and 61-70 years while impaired fasting glucose were increased in age group between 31-60 yrs. The results indicate that impaired fasting glucose is present in significant number of hypertensive patients
Conclusions: Hypertension is associated with diabetes mellitus and impaired fasting glucose