Comparisons of blood pressure and fasting plasma glucose
Background Hypertension and diabetes mellitus are growing public health concerns in China, contributing to the global pandemic.1,2 Of importance, the comorbidity of diabetes and hypertension is increasingly becoming an issue. Hypertension mainly occurs in diabetics3 and, conversely, the incidence of hypertension is twice as high in diabetic patients as in non-diabetics.4 According to the Chinese epidemiological survey, the detection rate of hypertension in diabetic patients in China is about 49.4%,…