Why the study?
To determine whether elderly patients with systemic arterial hypertension and diabetes mellitus have greater central arterial stiffness than elderly hypertensive patients without diabetes mellitus.
Does diabetes mellitus increase central arterial stiffness in elderly patients with systemic arterial hypertension?
Population
1,133 patients aged >= 60 years in Brazil
Comparison
Hypertensive and normotensive patients with DM vs without DM across blood pressure control strata
Design
Cross-sectional database analysis
Authors
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Should not yet change practice in elderly hypertensives; leaves open causal role of diabetes in stiffness and need for outcome trials.
Does diabetes mellitus increase central arterial stiffness in elderly patients with systemic arterial hypertension?
Diabetes mellitus is associated with increased central arterial stiffness in elderly hypertensive patients, independent of blood pressure control.
Galvão et al. (2020) studied this question.
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