Trends in blood pressure control in patients with type 2 diabetes – Data from the Swedish National Diabetes Register (NDR)
Population
180,369 patients with type 2 diabetes from the Swedish National Diabetes Register, including a cohort of…
Design
Cohort
Follow-up
5 years
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Implication
Modest BP gains in Swedish T2D patients should not yet change practice; leaves open generalizability and drivers in contemporary cohorts.
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Population
180,369 patients with type 2 diabetes (aged 30-85 years) from the Swedish National Diabetes Register (NDR), including a cohort of 79,185 patients followed individually for 5 years.
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Outcome
Trends in blood pressure (mean BP and proportion with uncontrolled BP ≥140/90 mmHg)surrogate
Blood pressure control in Swedish patients with type 2 diabetes improved significantly from 2005 to 2009, driven by decreased BMI and increased antihypertensive treatment, though nearly half still had uncontrolled BP.
Cite This Study
Nilsson et al. (2011) studied this question.