PMID: 8949381Aug 1, 1996Paper

Prevalence of hypertension in a black African diabetic population

Archives des maladies du coeur et des vaisseaux
M DucorpsC Castagné

Abstract

It has been established that hypertension prevalence rate was higher in American Blacks than Whites or Mexicans. And hypertension is more frequent in diabetics. The prevalence of hypertension among diabetic African Blacks is not well documented. A total of 550 diabetic patients attending to Central Hospital of Yaounde (Cameroon) were followed between 1990 and 1994. The 1993 WHO criteria were used to define hypertension (systolic blood pressure (SBP) > or = 140 or diastolic blood pressure (DBP) > or = 90 mmHg. We also have considered as hypertensive patients being treated with an antihypertensive medication before inclusion. All quantitative data are given as means +/- SD. For the whole study population characteristics were: age (at inclusion): 54.2 +/- 12.8 yrs: sex distribution: 341 men for 209 women (sex ratio: 1.63:1); known duration of diabetes: 5.7 +/- 5.6 yrs; Body Mass Index (BMI): 24.4 +/- 4.8 kg/m2. They are dividing into 136 IDDM, 405 NIDDM and 9 other types. In normotensive patients, blood pressure levels were: SBP 117 +/- 11 and DBP 75 +/- 8 mmHg, while in hypertensive: SBP 156 +/- 23 and DBP 95 +/- 13 mmHg. The difference between normo and hypertensive diabetics was significant (p > or = 0.001). Characteristics of ...Continue Reading

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