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Indeed, study co-author Patrick O'Connor (HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) and colleagues suggest that "insufficient attention has been devoted to the aggressive early management of blood pressure in patients with diabetes."
For the study the researchers recruited 15,665 patients aged an average of 51.5 years with Type 2 diabetes, but without diagnosed coronary or cerebrovascular disease at baseline, who met standard criteria for new-onset HT.
The latter was defined by the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC-7) as two consecutive elevated office blood pressure readings with systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 130 mmHg or higher and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of 80 mmHg or higher.
At the start of the study the average blood pressure in patients was 136.8/80.8 mmHg. Subsequently in the year after HT onset, mean blood pressure decreased to 131.4/78.0 mmHg and was less than 130/80 mmHg in 32.9% of patients and less than 140/90 mmHg in 80.2%.
Indeed, study co-author Patrick O'Connor (HealthPartners Research Foundation, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA) and colleagues suggest that "insufficient attention has been devoted to the aggressive early management of blood pressure in patients with diabetes."
For the study the researchers recruited 15,665 patients aged an average of 51.5 years with Type 2 diabetes, but without diagnosed coronary or cerebrovascular disease at baseline, who met standard criteria for new-onset HT.
The latter was defined by the Joint National Committee on Prevention, Detection, Evaluation, and Treatment of High Blood Pressure (JNC-7) as two consecutive elevated office blood pressure readings with systolic blood pressure (SBP) of 130 mmHg or higher and diastolic blood pressure (DBP) of 80 mmHg or higher.
At the start of the study the average blood pressure in patients was 136.8/80.8 mmHg. Subsequently in the year after HT onset, mean blood pressure decreased to 131.4/78.0 mmHg and was less than 130/80 mmHg in 32.9% of patients and less than 140/90 mmHg in 80.2%.
