Association of systolic blood pressure with macrovascular and microvascular complications of type 2 diabetes (UKPDS 36): prospective observational study.

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OBJECTIVE: To determine the relation between systolic blood pressure over time and the risk of macrovascular or microvascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes. DESIGN: Prospective observational study. SETTING: 23 hospital based clinics in England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland. PARTICIPANTS: 4801 white, Asian Indian, and Afro-Caribbean UKPDS patients, whether randomised or not to treatment, were included in analyses of incidence; of these, 3642 were included in analyses of rela...

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Authors: Adler, A; Stratton, I; Neil, H; Yudkin, J; Matthews, DR

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
• Volume: 321
• Issue: 7258
• Pages: 412-419
• Publication date: 2000-08-01
• DOI: 10.1136/bmj.321.7258.412
• EISSN: 1756-1833
• ISSN: 0959-8138
• Language: English
• Keywords: Female; Humans; Incidence; Prospective Studies; Stroke; Heart Failure; Hypertension; Regression Analysis; Middle Aged; Adult; Cataract Extraction; Proportional Hazards Models; Aged; Risk; Diabetic Angiopathies; Systole; Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2; Male; Myocardial Infarction