Endocrine Abstracts

Aim:To study hypertension in diabetics and non-diabetics, it's degree of control and the type of antihypertensive agents used.Method:The study was conducted at King Abdulaziz University Hospital in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Hypertensive patients being followed at the medical outpatient clinic from February 2001 to February 2002 were studied. They were divided into two groups according to the presence or absence of diabetes. The following data were recoded; age, sex, na...