CLINICAL COURSE OF TYPE 2 DIABETES MELLITUS WITH CONCOMITANT ARTERIAL HYPERTENSION

Abstract

Arterial hypertension (AH) and type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) are common chronic diseases that often coexist, have common links in pathogenesis and mutually aggravate each other’s course. Despite the fact that blood pressure (BP) control, along with glycemia, is the most important stage in the prevention of complications associated with the development of diabetes, patients with hypertension and type 2 diabetes have on average a higher blood pressure level and are relatively more difficult to achieve its target values compared to those who have hypertension without diabetes.