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Determinants of Sustained Uncontrolled Blood Pressure in a National Cohort of Persons With Diabetes
Author(s) -
James A Greenberg,
Ashutosh Tiwari,
Madhavan S. Rajan,
Donald R. Miller,
S. Natarajan,
Leonard Pogach
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
american journal of hypertension
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.009
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1941-7225
pISSN - 0895-7061
DOI - 10.1016/j.amjhyper.2005.06.032
Subject(s) - medicine , diabetes mellitus , blood pressure , cohort , veterans affairs , population , cohort study , emergency medicine , endocrinology , environmental health
Randomized clinical trials have demonstrated that strict blood pressure (BP) control in diabetes reduces cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. Previous observational studies have confirmed that hypertension is inadequately controlled in the general population of the United States. In this study we evaluated the prevalence and determinants of severe, sustained, uncontrolled hypertension in a national cohort of persons with diabetes.

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