ea0019p83 | Clinical practice/governance and case reports | SFEBES2009
Steven S
, Mettayil J
, Chapman J
Introduction: Hypertension remains a significant co-morbidity in the population with diabetes, with a prevalence of 2060%. In type 2 diabetes, hypertension is often present as part of the metabolic syndrome of insulin resistance. In type 1 diabetes, hypertension may reflect the onset of diabetic nephropathy.Aims: To investigate the prevalence of, and to stratify, hypertension in our diabetes clinic population. To investigate prevalence of risk fact...