Investigation of the Correlation between Diabetes Mellitus and Blood Pressure in Tripoli Central Hospital

Basem Rajab, Ayad Abud, Bayram Kran

Abstract: One of the most widespread diseases related to diabetes is hypertension. This is why it is essential to investigate the correlation between these two diseases which are very common among the people at the global or regional level. Patients suffering from high blood pressure are diabetes-prone, and those suffering from diabetes are also exposed to hypertension at any time. This study was performed on 200 (57 %) of the 350 total patients, who had both hypertension and diabetes. Of these 200 patients, 117 were women, and 83 were men.

Keywords: BLOOD PRESSURE, DIABETES MELLITUS, THE CORRELATION BETWEEN DIABETES MELLITUS AND BLOOD PRESSURE