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SUBMITTER: Lin CC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC8678759 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Lin Cheng-Chieh CC Li Chia-Ing CI Liu Chiu-Shong CS Lin Chih-Hsueh CH Wang Mu-Cyun MC Yang Shing-Yu SY Li Tsai-Chung TC
Journal of clinical hypertension (Greenwich, Conn.) 20210712 8
Hypertension (HTN), which frequently co-exists with diabetes mellitus, is the leading major cause of cardiovascular disease and death globally. This study aimed to develop and validate a risk scoring system considering the effects of glycemic and blood pressure (BP) variabilities to predict HTN incidence in patients with type 2 diabetes. This research is a retrospective cohort study that included 3416 patients with type 2 diabetes without HTN and who were enrolled in a managed care program in 20 ...[more]