Highlights the high prevalence of hypertension among patients with type 2 diabetes in Bangladesh, emphasizing the need for regular blood pressure monitoring.
The prevalence of hypertension as well as its awareness and control were very high among people with known type 2 diabetes. As there is a strong relationship between hypertension and diabetes, patients with diabetes should have their blood pressure regularly monitored to prevent major diabetes-related complications.
Alsaadon et al. (2022) studied this question.