Type 2 diabetes mellitus; determination of frequency and pattern of hypertension in patients

ABSTRACT

Determine frequency of hypertension in type 2 diabetics. Determine pattern of hypertension in type 2 diabetics. Cross sectional survey. The study was conducted in the out patient department of Combined Military Hospital, Lahore. Study was carried out over a period of 01 year from July 2010 to July 2011. Total 700 cases were recruited in this study. Blood pressure of all the patients was recorded in a sitting position with a mercurial sphygmomanometer4-6 hours apart. It was interpreted as prehypertension, stage 1 and stage 2 according to operational definitions. Out of total 700 patients, 490 [70.0%] were hypertensive Pattern of hypertension showed 100 [20.4%] pre-hypertension, 160 [32.6%] stage-l and 230 [47.0%] stage-ll .Majority of the patients i.e. 245 [50.0%] were between 41-50 years and minimum 9 patients [1.8%] were 20-30 years old with mean age of 55.9_3.7 .Out of 700 patients, 350 [50.0%] were male while remaining 350 [50.0%] were females. Married patients were 400 [57.1%] and unmarried 300 [42.9%]. Patients with diabetes mellitus have increased risk of developing hypertension than normal population