Arif Gulzar, Zoya Arif, M. Faheem Siddiqui, Muhammad Aleem Uddin, Riasat Ali

Prevalence of Prediabetes in Hypertension in Young Population

Arif Gulzar, Zoya Arif, M. Faheem Siddiqui, Muhammad Aleem Uddin, Riasat Ali



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Abstract

Aim: To assess the prevalence and correlation of prediabetes in hypertension cases in young population in age group 18 to 35 years.

Place & date: The study is conducted in young outpatient door casesin Pak Red Crescent Medical and Dental college in department of medicine OPD cases Dina Nath in the period wef January 2020 to September 2020.

Methods: Finding Central Obesity and fasting blood sugar in essential hypertension cases without DM

Results: In Sixty Male And Female essential hypertension cases high fastingblood sugarmore than 100 mg was noted in 35% cases. Only .however obesity was noted in 55 % cases.

Conclusions: The results of prediabetes in hypertension  were computed in patients with hypertension only 35 % cases were prediabetic .it was concluded that prediabetes is not the etiological factor in hypertension and some other factors such as obesity or renal factor or dyslipidemia may be responsible for hypertension



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