[Inadequate treatment and control of arterial hypertension in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus]. / L'ipertensione arteriosa non e' adeguatamente trattata e controllata nei pazienti con diabete mellito di tipo 2.
G Ital Nefrol
; 19(4): 413-8, 2002.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Aim of this study is to evaluate the treatment and control of arterial hypertension in patients with type 2 diabetes.METHODS:
We identified 5815 diabetic patients in our health-care district (191,568 inhabitants) through prescriptions for insulin and/or hypoglycaemic drugs in the first 6 months of 2000; 3810 of them (65%) also had prescriptions for antihypertensive drugs. We evaluated a randomly selected sample of 171 patients with type 2 diabetes, 100 of whom were receiving antihypertensive drugs (94 males and 77 females, mean age 66.6 +/- 8 years, mean diabetes duration 12+/-9 years).RESULTS:
Fifty-seven out of 71 patients not treated with antihypertensive drugs (80.3%) had a BP = 130/85 mmHg; 24.4% of them had a diastolic BP = 85 mmHg and 79% had a systolic BP = 130 mmHg. Thirteen out of 100 treated patients (13%) had a BP < 130/85 mmHg. Among the patients treated with antihypertensive drugs 36% received one drug, 36% two drugs and 28%=3 drugs; mean 1.98 +/- 0.9 drugs/patients. Among the patients treated with monotherapy 36.1% received ACE-inhibitors, 36.1% dihydropyridinic calcium-antagonists, 11.1% alpha-blockers, 11%, diuretics, 2.8% non-dihydropyridinic calcium-antagonists, and 2.8% angiotensin II antagonists. Patients treated with two antihypertensive drugs received more frequently an ACE-inhibitor plus a diuretic (31%) or an ACE-inhibitor plus an alpha-blocker (23%) or an ACE-inhibitor plus a dihydropyridinic calcium-antagonists (20%). A diuretic was used in 40% of the patients with two antihypertensive drugs and in 78% of those with >= 3 drugs.CONCLUSIONS:
Many hypertensive type 2 diabetic patients are left untreated and only a minority of those treated reach optimal blood pressure control. The importance of an elevated systolic pressure is underestimated, and the number of antihypertensive drugs prescribed is suboptimal.
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Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Diabetes Mellitus Tipo 2
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Hipertensión
Tipo de estudio:
Clinical_trials
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Etiology_studies
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Incidence_studies
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Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Prognostic_studies
País/Región como asunto:
Europa
Idioma:
It
Revista:
G Ital Nefrol
Asunto de la revista:
NEFROLOGIA
Año:
2002
Tipo del documento:
Article