@article{Adnan_Noor_Baig_2023, title={Risk factors of previously undiagnosed and known untreated hypertension among patients with Type-2 diabetes mellitus}, volume={39}, url={https://pjms.org.pk/index.php/pjms/article/view/6329}, DOI={10.12669/pjms.39.2.6329}, abstractNote={<p><em><strong>Objectives:</strong></em> To find the risk factors of previously undiagnosed and known untreated hypertension among patients with Type- 2 diabetes mellitus.</p> <p><em><strong>Methods:</strong></em> The cross-sectional analytical study was conducted at Diabetes Clinic of Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Lahore during Oct–Dec 2021. Total 153 known diabetics were enrolled using convenience sampling. Patients (n=24) with ischemic heart disease, hepatitis or missing information excluded. Data from 129 cases of Type-2 diabetes presenting with and without hypertension analyzed using SPSS. Binary logistic regression analyses were performed to calculate the adjusted odds ratios.</p> <p><em><strong>Results:</strong></em> Mean age of all diabetics (n=129) was 49.0±10.7 years. The participation of females was higher than males (65.1% vs. 34.9%). The frequency of hypertension, previously undiagnosed hypertension and known untreated hypertension was 58.1%, 25.3% and 19.6%, respectively. Among risk factors, frequency of high intake of salt was 67.4%, sedentary lifestyle was 65.1%, obesity was 37.2%, and poor glycemic control was 58.9%. Young age [aOR=2.01, 95.0% CI 0.53–7.61], low family income &lt;20000 PKR/month [aOR=2.70, 95.0% CI 0.92–7.96], high intake of salt [aOR=3.22, 95.0% CI 0.98–10.61], elevated total cholesterol [aOR=3.68, 95.0% CI 0.85–15.85], poor glycemic control [aOR=3.28, 95.0% CI 0.51–21.13], and overweight/ obesity [aOR=9.07, 95.0% CI 1.6–51.39] had higher risk of previously undiagnosed or known untreated HTN.</p> <p><em><strong>Conclusions:</strong></em> Prevalence of previously undiagnosed and known untreated hypertension is high among Type-2 diabetics. Strict compliance to diabetes care guidelines is much needed to minimize the risk of undiagnosed and untreated hypertension.</p> <p><strong>doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.2.6329</strong></p> <p><em><strong>How to cite this:</strong> </em>Adnan M, Noor W, Baig MMA. Risk factors of previously undiagnosed and known untreated hypertension among patients with Type-2 diabetes mellitus. Pak J Med Sci. 2023;39(2):361-366. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.39.2.6329</p> <p>This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.</p&gt;}, number={2}, journal={Pakistan Journal of Medical Sciences}, author={Adnan, Muhammad and Noor, Wasif and Baig, Mirza Muhammad Ayub}, year={2023}, month={Feb.} }