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© 1990 Oxford University Press

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Diabetes Mellitus and Other Cardiovascular Risk Factors in an Elderly Population

STEFANIA MAGGI1, TRUDY L. BUSH2,3 and WILLIAM E. HALE3

1Department of Epidemiology,School of Hygiene and Public Health,The Johns Hopkins University 615 N. Wolfe St.,Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
2Istituto di Medicina Interna,Universita' di Padova Italy
3The Florida Geriatric Research Program Dunedin, FL, USA

4Address correspondence to Dr T. L. Bush

The purpose of this study was to describe the prevalence of diabetes in a community-dwelling elderly population, and to assess whether other cardiovascular disease risk factors were more frequent in older diabetics than in non-diabetics. Results suggest that, with the exception of hypertension, other cardiovascular disease risk factors are not more prevalent in older diabetics and do not aggregate in older diabetics. However, there was a very high prevalence of hypertension among older diabetics. Of particular concern is the observation that 40% of diabetic individuals under treatment for hypertension still have unacceptably high blood-pressure levels. These results indicate a need for follow-up of high-blood-pressure treatment in older diabetic people.

Revision received July 28, 1989.
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