The Correlation Between Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus and Hypertension in Iraqi Patients

Type 2 diabetes (T2DM) is a long-term situation. It is indicated by the elevated blood glucose levels. Hypertension is a common comorbidity in people with some chronic diseases that may be very harmful. The goal of the study is to find if there is a link between T2DM, hypertension, and the other some biochemical parameters. This study included that 135 participants in this study, with 100 of them being patients with T2DM (35), hypertension (30), patients with T2DM and hypertension (35), and the remaining (35) being healthy controls who met the inclusion criteria. T2DM, hypertension, and type 2 diabetic hypertensive patients, as well as healthy controls had the blood collected under the aseptic conditions. For statistical evaluation, the necessary investigations were carried out and values were tabulated separately for cases and controls. The result of this study was showed the majority of having T2DM was females more than males and for hypertension group. It was in females more than males and for hypertension with T2DM group; it was in females more than males. The overweight patients were in T2DM group (71.4%) and the majority of obese patients were in hypertension group (46.7%). The most common smoker patients were in hypertension group (26.7%). In this study, it was concluded that the mean± Std. The glucose value of in hypertension higher compared with the other study groups. The majority of abnormal total cholesterol was in hypertension group compared with the other study groups. There was a higher percentage of abnormal TG in hypertensive group and hypertensive diabetic type 2 patients’ group.