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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-1-23
pubmed:abstractText
We review the epidemiology of hypertension in diabetic patients and discuss the implications for treatment. The relationship between coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality and blood pressure (BP) in the World Health Organization Multinational Study of Vascular Disease in Diabetics (WHO MSVDD) is evaluated. One thousand two hundred seventy-seven patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM) and 3463 patients with non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (NIDDM), aged 35-55 yr at baseline, from 10 centers throughout the world were evaluated. CHD mortality after a follow-up of 6-7 yr was measured. Estimates of usual diastolic BP were made with data from the Framingham study. The relative risk (RR) of CHD death was plotted against usual diastolic BP for IDDM and NIDDM, and the shapes of the relationship were compared with a meta-analysis of nine prospective studies in nondiabetic populations. For the NIDDM group, the CHD RRs were significantly greater than 1.0 only for the uppermost diastolic BP category (RR 2.23, 95% confidence interval 1.14-4.40). For the IDDM group, the shape of the diastolic BP-CHD relationship was difficult to assess in view of the small number of events. In neither diabetic group was the evidence for a J-shaped relationship. Elevated BP is associated with increased cardiovascular/renal mortality in both types of diabetes. However, the efficacy of antihypertensive therapy in the prevention of these outcomes remains unclear. Prospective data from the WHO MSVDD do not provide clear evidence of benefit from treating diastolic BP less than 95-100 mmHg in NIDDM patients.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0149-5992
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
14 Suppl 4
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
8-12
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Epidemiology of hypertension in diabetic patients and implications for treatment.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Community Medicine, University College and Middlesex School of Medicine, London, UK.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Review, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't