Abstract
In patients with type 2 diabetes the risk of diabetic complications was strongly associated with raised blood pressure. Any reduction in blood pressure is likely to reduce the risk of complications, with the lowest risk being in those with systolic blood pressure less than 120 mm Hg.
Keywords
MedicineBlood pressureDiabetes mellitusInternal medicineType 2 diabetesMyocardial infarctionCardiologyStroke (engine)United Kingdom Prospective Diabetes StudyRelative riskSurgeryConfidence intervalEndocrinology
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- 2000
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- article
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- 321
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- 7258
- Pages
- 412-419
- Citations
- 2125
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Amanda Adler
(2000).
Association of systolic blood pressure with macrovascular and microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 36): prospective observational study.
BMJ
, 321
(7258)
, 412-419.
https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.321.7258.412
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- DOI
- 10.1136/bmj.321.7258.412