Achieving recommended goals for blood-glucose and blood-pressure control in diabetic patients: a multi-center cross-sectional evaluation in the Niigata prefecture.

摘要

Hypertension in patients with diabetes mellitus can contribute to a deterioration of the patient's status as much as most diabetes mellitus-related complications. Previous interventional trials have found that to prevent the onset and progression of diabetic microangiopathy, the optimal glycemic threshold is an HbA1c of less than 6.5% and the optimal blood pressure is less than 130/85 mmHg. The present study investigated the prevalence of achieving these recommended goals for glycemic and blood pressure control in type 2 diabetic patients in the Niigata prefecture. A questionnaire was administered in this multi-center study to 3573 patients from 92 participating Niigata Diabetic Complication Study hospitals. Patients aged 63.5 +/- 11 years with type 2 diabetes were evaluated. Only 46.8% of patients achieved the recommended glycemic control level, and only 41.4% of patients achieved the BP target. Moreover, only 20.5% of all patients achieved both target levels for blood glucose and blood pressure. Thisdemonstrates the difficulty in clinical practice of achieving concurrent glucose and blood pressure control in diabetic patients.