FREQUENCY OF IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS

Authors

  • KHUSHI RAM
  • MUHAMMAD MASROOR
  • RANA QAMAR
  • IFTEKHAR AHMED
  • ABDUL SATTAR
  • KHALID IMRAN
  • MASOOD HAMEED KHAN

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.47144/phj.v38i3-4.63

Keywords:

Hypertension, Impaired Glucose Tolerance, hypertensive diabetic

Abstract

OBJECTIVE: To determine the frequency of impaired glucose tolerance (IGT) in hypertensive patients.
DESIGN: Descriptive cross-sectional study
PLACE: Civil Hospital Karachi
SAMPLE SIZE: Eighty patients
DURATION: July 2001 to July 2002
PATIENTS AND METHODS: All the hypertensive patients above 30 years of age of both sexes were included
in this study. A detailed relevant history, physical examination including BP was carried out and all the base
line investigations and Glucose Tolerance Test (GTT) were performed. Data of each patient were entered on
a separate perfoma.
RESULTS: Eighty hypertensive patients were studied, out of these 46 (57.5%) were females and 34 (42.5%)
were males. The ages of patients were between 32-80 years, mean age + SD was 55.725 + 13.364. The
maximum patients were in 41-60 years of age (56.25%). Results of this study showing that the frequency of
IGT was 46.2%, prevalence of impaired fasting glucose (IFG) was 8.7% and prevalence of diabetes was 5%
in these hypertensive patients.
CONCLUSION: It is concluded hat impaired glucose tolerance is related to hypertension and other clinical
and metabolic abnormalities such as obesity, smoking, hyperlipidemia and family history of DM and positive
history of intake of diabetogenic antihypertensive drugs such as diuretics and beta-blockers. Hypertensive
patients should be screened for glucose tolerance by OGTT on mass level for the prevention of diabetes. It is
an easy and cost effective approach.

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RAM K, MASROOR M, QAMAR R, AHMED I, SATTAR A, IMRAN K, KHAN MH. FREQUENCY OF IMPAIRED GLUCOSE TOLERANCE IN HYPERTENSIVE PATIENTS. Pak Heart J [Internet]. 2012May10 [cited 2024Dec.24];38(3-4). Available from: https://pakheartjournal.com/index.php/pk/article/view/63

Issue

Vol. 38 No. 3-4 (2005): Pakistan Heart Journal

Section

Original Article

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