diabetes mellitus and hypertension

Diabetes and hypertension are both common diseases, and the two are closely related. The prevalence of hypertension in diabetic patients is significantly increased, approximately 2 times that of the non-diabetic population, and increases with age, weight gain, and prolonged disease duration, with higher rates in females than in males. Foreign data show that the prevalence of hypertension in diabetic patients is 40%-80%; reports in China are lower than those abroad, ranging from 28.4% to 48.1%. In addition, hypertension occurs earlier in the diabetic population, with the peak prevalence occurring 10 years earlier than in the non-diabetic population.