Open AccessSurvival Time to Development of Hypertension and Its Predictors among a Cohort of Diabetic Patients in Health Facilities of Gurage Zone: A Retrospective Follow-Up Study
Author(s) -
Biru Migora,
Mulugeta Geremew Geleso,
Tadele Girum,
Meskele Bireda,
Mehari Gebru,
Samuel Dessu
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
vascular health and risk management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.892
H-Index - 68
eISSN - 1178-2048
pISSN - 1176-6344
DOI - 10.2147/vhrm.s297968
Subject(s) - medicine , medical record , blood pressure , diabetes mellitus , retrospective cohort study , hazard ratio , cohort , incidence (geometry) , proportional hazards model , checklist , cohort study , pediatrics , confidence interval , psychology , physics , optics , cognitive psychology , endocrinology
It is expected that around 50% of individuals with diabetes mellitus will develop hypertension in the course of medical follow-up. However, with strict medical follow-up and adherence to medical advice the incidence of hypertension can be highly reduced and the time to occurrence can be delayed. Therefore, this paper aimed to measure the time to development of hypertension and identify its predictors among a 10-year cohort of diabetic patients who have medical follow-up in health facilities of Gurage Zone.