Prevalence of hypertension among diabetic patients attending diabetic clinic at teaching hospital, Batticaloa

Abstract

Diabetes Mellitus (DM), Hypertension are most common disorders in world population. Both are chronic medical conditions that frequently co-exist. It is a cross sectional descriptive study involving simple random sample of hundred diabetic patients who are attending to Diabetic clinics at Teaching Hospital, Batticaloa. Prevalence of hypertension among diabetic patients was 59%. Type of DM, family history of hypertension, lipid disorders had influence on development of Hypertension among DM patients (p<0.05). Prevalence of Hypertension among DM patients was moderately high. Awareness about complication of Hypertension and DM was inadequate in the sample studied