Endocrine Abstracts

Background/purpose: The combination of DM and HT accelerates vascular complications and increases the risk of mortality and morbidity. Hypertension is seen in half of diabetic patients. HT can be detected in approximately 40% of newly diagnosed diabetic patients. DM frequency increased 2.5 times in hypertensive patients. The association of HT and DM is due to the common mechanism responsible for the pathogenesis of both diseases. There is a limited number of studies investigat...