Evaluation of glycemic control, arterial stiffness, and hypertension improves risk of macrovascular complications
China: A recent study published in Cardiovascular Diabetology has indicated the clinical importance of the combined evaluation of glycemic and hypertension control and arterial stiffness to improve the risk of macrovascular complications among patients with type 2 diabetes.
In type 2 diabetes patients, blood pressure, glycemic control, and arterial stiffness are reported to be risk factors for macrovascular complications. Adverse macrovascular events include cerebrovascular disease, coronary heart disease, and peripheral artery disease. They have become the primary cause of impaired life quality and mortality in diabetes, resulting in severe health and economic burden.
Against the above background, Zhiyuan Wu, Capital Medical University, Youanmen Street, Beijing, China, and their colleague, therefore, aimed to examine the combined association of glycemic control, arterial stiffness, and hypertension status with diabetic macrovascular complications.
For this purpose, the researchers enrolled 1870 diabetes patients from the Beijing Health Management Cohort. They were then followed for the onset of macrovascular complications. They proposed a composite risk score (0–4) by the severity of arterial stiffness, hypertension status, and poor glycemic control. The hazard ratio (HR) was estimated using the hazard ratio (HR).
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