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Published online June 12, 2008
Diabetes Care 31:1889-1891, 2008
DOI: 10.2337/dc08-0405
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Cardiovascular and Metabolic Risk
Original Research

Association Between Raised Blood Pressure and Dysglycemia in Hong Kong Chinese

Bernard M.Y. Cheung, PHD1,2, Nelson M.S. Wat, FRCP1, Annette W.K. Tso, MRCP(UK)1, Sidney Tam, FACB3, G. Neil Thomas, PHD4, Gabriel M. Leung, MD5, Hung Fat Tse, MD1, Jean Woo, MD6, Edward D. Janus, MD7, Chu Pak Lau, MD1, Tai Hing Lam, MD5 and Karen S.L. Lam, MD1

1 Department of Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
2 Department of Clinical Pharmacology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K.
3 Clinical Biochemistry Unit, Queen Mary Hospital, Hong Kong, China
4 Department of Public Health and Epidemiology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, U.K.
5 Department of Community Medicine, University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
6 Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
7 Department of Medicine, University of Melbourne, Western Hospital, Footscray, Victoria, Australia

Corresponding author: Bernard M.Y. Cheung, b.cheung{at}bham.ac.uk

OBJECTIVE—To investigate the association between raised blood pressure and dysglycemia.

RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS—We studied the association between raised blood pressure and dysglycemia in 1,862 subjects in the Hong Kong Cardiovascular Risk Factor Prevalence Study cohort. We determined the factors predicting the development of diabetes and hypertension in 1,496 subjects who did not have either condition at baseline.

RESULTS—Diabetes and hypertension were both related to age, obesity indexes, blood pressure, glucose, HDL cholesterol, and triglycerides. Of subjects with diabetes, 58% had raised blood pressure. Of subjects with hypertension, 56% had dysglycemia. BMI and blood glucose 2 h after a 75-g oral glucose load were independent predictors of new-onset diabetes. Age, systolic blood pressure, and 2-h glucose were independent predictors of new-onset hypertension. BMI, systolic blood pressure, and 2-h glucose were independent predictors of the development of diabetes and hypertension together.

CONCLUSIONS—Diabetes and hypertension share common etiological factors. Patients with diabetes or hypertension should be screened and managed for the precursor of the other condition.


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