Hypertension is often left untreated and albuminuria is inadequately managed in patients with type 2 diabetes in primary care settings, concludes an Italian study presented here July 17 at the XXXIX Congress of the European Renal Association – European Dialysis and Transplant Association (ERA-EDTA).
Dr. Roberto Boero, a nephrologist at San Giovanni Bosco Hospital in Turin, Italy, also said the importance of systolic hypertension is underestimated in these patients and there is suboptimal usage of antihypertensive drugs.
The study identified 5,815 diabetics in the first half of 2000 in an area of about 200,000 people, through prescriptions for insulin, hypoglycemic drugs or both. Of these, 171 type 2 diabetes patients were randomly selected, 99 of whom had prescriptions for anti-hypertensive drugs. Over half the patients were male, with a mean age of 66.6 years and a mean diabetes duration of 12 years.
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