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Survival of Diabetic Hypertensive Patients
Survival of Diabetic Hypertensive Patients
SUMMARY Seventy-nine of 673 patients attending a hypertensive outpatient clinic were classified
as diabetics at the first examination. These patients were age- and sex-matched to two control groups:
nondiabetic hypertensives and the background population. Nondiabetic hypertensive patients had a
significantly poorer survival than expected during a 10-year observation period; the survival of
diabetic hypertensives was even poorer, although not significantly. No sex difference was observed in
the survival rates of hypertensive diabetics, neither was a difference seen between insulin-dependent
and non-insulin-dependent patients. Acute myocardial infarction was the most frequent cause of death
in both diabetic (40%) and nondiabetic (42%) hypertensive persons.
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FIGURE 2. Age distribution of hypertensive patients with and
0 IDOM (Median. 15 years) without diabetes mellitus (DM).
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Hypertension. 1985;7:II14
doi: 10.1161/01.HYP.7.6_Pt_2.II14
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