A CROSS SECTIONAL STUDY; COMPARISON OF DIAGNOSTIC PARAMETERS AND COMORBID CONDITIONS IN HYPERTENSION ALONE AND HYPERTENSION PLUS DIABETES

Abstract

Comorbidities such as hypertension and type 2 diabetes are widespread. Hypertension is twice as common in diabetic individuals as it is in non-diabetics. The purpose of this research was to better understand the clinical profile, laboratory features, and vulnerability to end organ damage in hypertensive patients with and without diabetes. Method: This was a cross-sectional observational study conducted in the outpatient and inpatient departments of Medicine. Study participants were divided into two groups according to their presence of hypertension or diabetes mellitus. Patients were examined clinically and the data was further analysed using statistical methods. We observed th Results: e mean age of 53.08 years (±11.48) and 55.96 years (±11.23) with no associations between the age group and gender of the hypertensive patient group (p<0.344) and the hypertensive diabetic group (p<0.597). The most frequent symptom of presentation in both groups was a headache. There was a significant statistical difference in mean systolic blood pressure between hypertensive and hypertensive-diabetic group t (165.8) =4.643, p<0.001. Our study shows a higher value of mean HbA1c, mean postprandial glucose levels, and mean fasting blood glucose levels in the hypertensive diabetic group as compared to the hypertensive group. Our study demonstrated that end organ damage Conclusion: was more prevalent in hypertensive diabetic individuals, indicating the effect of diabetes-hypertension co-morbidity on target organs.