Increasing trend of diabetes combined with hypertension or hypercholesterolemia: NHANES data analysis 1999-2012.

ABSTRACT: In order to prevent cardiovascular endpoints, control of diabetes, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia is a necessity as those risk factors frequently occur in combination. Prevalence trends of concurrent diabetes, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia in 36,673 subjects were obtained from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from 1999-2012. The prevalence of concurrent diabetes, hypertension and hypercholesterolemia increased from 3% in 1999-2000 to 6.3% in 2011-2012 (P < 0.001). The diabetes with concurrent hypertension or hypercholesterolemia incidences also increased significantly, while the occurrence of concurrent hypertension and hypercholesterolemia was stable over the study period. Overall medical drug treatments for concurrent diabetes, hypertension, hy

SUBMITTER: Song Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5090961 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature