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Age, BMI, HbA1c, family history of hypertension, and waist circumference are independent predictors of silent hypertension in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes patients.
Your risk of having undiagnosed high blood pressure when you get diabetes depends on your age, weight, blood sugar control, family history, and waist size. If you have these risk factors, you are more likely to have silent hypertension and should be screened aggressively.
Logistic regression revealed age, BMI, HbA1c, family history of hypertension, and waist circumference as independent predictors of hypertension.
Why this rating
Multivariable logistic regression with significant p-values for all predictors.
Source
Age-stratified prevalence of silent hypertension in newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes: a multicentre cross-sectional study with cardiovascular risk implications
Shubhashree Patil et al. · Journal of Diabetes Metabolic Disorders & Control · 2025
DOI 10.15406/jdmdc.2025.12.00301
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