Body Mass Index and Risk for Hypertension of Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Body Mass Index and Risk for Hypertension of Adults with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus

Obesity has been proven to significantly increase the prevalence of hypertension and limiting the effectiveness of antihypertensive drug therapy. Several different studies have reported an increase in risk of rising blood pressure in individuals with higher BMI. Multiple studies claim the independent correlation between sex, age, and race towards the changes in onset risks. A multicenter observational study was conducted with cross-sectional approach on 153 GLD controlled T2DM patients. Data on GLD, doses, HbA1c, the first time being diagnosed T2DM, symptoms of heart failure, weight and BMI will be extracted from the medical record. Correlative Analysis of Hypertension and BMI with Chi Square and Spearman test. Stratum analysis of Hypertension, BMI, and diabetes was conducted with Chi Square. The results showed that 98 (64.1%) respondents develop hypertension with 63 of them being overweight (BMI > 25). BMI and onset of hypertension showed a not significant yet positively linear relation compared to the normoweight counterpart (OR 1.39, 95% CI 0.71 - 2.74; p = 0.39).