Relation between Blood Pressure Control and Insulin Secretion Markers among Elderly Diabetic Females | ||
| The Egyptian Journal of Geriatrics and Gerontology | ||
| Article 2, Volume 4, Issue 1, March 2017, Pages 6-10 PDF (563.56 K) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/ejgg.2017.5346 | ||
| Authors | ||
| Elsorady KE1; Taha HM1; Aly WW1; Mortagy AK1; Saad WE2 | ||
| 1Geriatrics and Gerontology Department, Faculty of Medicine- Ain Shams University ,Ain Shams Ageing Research Center | ||
| 2Clinical Pathology Department, Ain Shams University Hospitals | ||
| Abstract | ||
| Background: Hypertension is a common condi tion among elderly individuals, of ten present concur rently wi th diabetes or a part of metabol ic syndrome, and each can accelerate the progression of the other. The importance of identi fying the relation between blood pressure cont rol and i nsul in secretion abi l i ties is of utmost importance to decrease progression of vascular compl ications among diabetics. Aim: To identi fy the prevalence of hypertension and detect the relation between blood pressure cont rol and insul in secretion markers including C-peptide (CP) levels and C-peptide index (CPI ) among elderly diabetic females Methods: A cross sectional study conducted f rom the fi rst of October, 2014 to the end of March, 2016, where 163 elderly diabetic females were recrui ted f rom the Inpatient wards of Ain shams universi ty hospi tal at that time. They underwent careful history taking, blood pressure measurement and assessment of insul in secretion including fasting serum C-peptide and CPI measurement in addi tion to assessment of glycemic cont rol b y fasting blood sugar (FBS) estimation. Results: 82.8 % of our participants were hypertensives, 32.5% had uncont rol led systol ic blood pressure and 33.7% had uncont rol led diastol ic blood pressure, there was statistical ly signi ficant di fference between uncon t rol led and control led systol ic and diastol ic blood pressure as regard insul in secretion indicators including fasting serum CP level and CPI . Conclusions: Hyper tension is a common heal th problem among diabetic female geriat ric population, and i ts presence and even cont rol could be related to insul in secretion markers such as fasting serum C -peptide level and CPI value. | ||
| Keywords | ||
| C-peptide index . insul in secretion in hypertensive elderly | ||
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