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Prevalence of Hypertension among Type 2 Diabetes Patients Attending Diabetes Clinic at Tertiary Care Hospital, Nagpur

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Author	Priya, Diti Dudhal, K.
Copyright Year	2013
Abstract	Introduction The prevalence of diabetes in adults worldwide was estimated to be 4% in 1995 and it is expected to rise to 5.4% by 2025. In India, in early 70's, the prevalence was 2.3% in urban and 1.5% in rural areas. Prevalence of disease has now increased from 2.3 to 11.6% in urban and 1.5% to 4% in rural areas. It is expected that by 2025, the prevalence would increase upto 17.4%. Patients with diabetes if undiagnosed or inadequately treated, develop multiple chronic complications leading to irreversible disability and death. Thus, the present study was carried out as a first step to study the prevalence of hypertension among the patients. Material & Methods The present descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out to study the prevalence of hypertension among diabetic patients served by Govt. Medical College and Hospital, Nagpur. All the patients of type -2 Diabetes Mellitus attending Diabetes Clinic in a first fortnight of June were enrolled in the study. Total 952 patients attended the Diabetes clinic during this period. Detailed history of all the patients regarding the duration of Diabetes, mode of diagnosis, personal habits was noted with predesigned and pretested proforma. Information about family history of Diabetes was recorded. General and systemic examination was done for each study subject. Data analysis was done using Statistical software SPSS. Results Total 952 patients attended the Diabetes clinic during this period. Out of total 927 study subjects, 510 (55%) were having one or the other complications. In our study 396 (42.7%) study subjects were hypertensive. Out 25 study subjects with the duration of the diabetes more than 25 years, 22 (100%) study subjects were hypertensive. Conclusion: As the duration of diabetes increases, prevalence of complications also increases.
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