Abstract:
BACKGROUND:The association of type 2 diabetes mellitus and hypertension is so high that it cannot be explained on the basis of diabetic nephropathy. This phenomenon has been attributed to a condition known as metabolic syndrome. Depression may be another aspect of metabolic syndrome. PATIENTS AND METHODS:We conducted a cross-control study with 110 patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DM) and 110 control subjects of comparable age and sex. We determined the time since diagnosis of diabetes, the presence of hypertension (HT), coronary heart disease, cerebrovascular insufficiency, and depression, and took several anthropometric measurements, including height, weight, body mass index (BMI) waist circumference (WC), waist-to-hip circumference ratio (WHR), triceps skin fold thickness (TSFT), mid-upper arm circumference (MUAC), and mid-upper arm muscle area (MAMA). We also investigated depression in metabolic syndrome by comparing patients with type 2 diabetes alone and with type 2 diabetes and hypertension who attended a diabetes clinic. RESULTS:The prevalence of depression in hypertensive diabetics was 57% whereas in diabetics alone it was 40% (X2=4.3, P is less than 0.05). Likewise, combined hypertension and depression was more common among diabetics than controls (66% vs 25% respectively P is less than 0.01). CONCLUSION:The presence of combined hypertension and type 2 diabetes should alert the clinician to look for other features of the metabolic syndrome and for associated depression, which should be treated in most cases by pharmacotherapy.
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Ann Saudi Medjournal_title
Annals of Saudi medicineauthors
Saeed AK,Al-Dabbagh TQdoi
10.5144/0256-4947.2003.254subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2003-09-01 00:00:00pages
254-9issue
5eissn
0256-4947issn
0975-4466pii
23-254journal_volume
23pub_type
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journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2014.291
更新日期:2014-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1996.521
更新日期:1996-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::The patterns of smoking in Jordan were determined in a sample of 3489 subjects representing various strata of society. The sample included 2103 students and 1386 nonstudents. In the nonstudent population, 58.5% of the male and 27.4% of the female subjects were smokers; overall, 96% smoked manufactures cigarettes. Male...
journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1991.144
更新日期:1991-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1997.200
更新日期:1997-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1996.650
更新日期:1996-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2018.352
更新日期:2018-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1994.467
更新日期:1994-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1994.136
更新日期:1994-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2012-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2014-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.4103/0256-4947.55162
更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2006.444
更新日期:2006-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1992.57
更新日期:1992-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2003.367
更新日期:2003-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2010-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2013.45
更新日期:2013-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.2013.134
更新日期:2013-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1995.462
更新日期:1995-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1998.221
更新日期:1998-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1991.658
更新日期:1991-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1994.383
更新日期:1994-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1998.117
更新日期:1998-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:1998-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2011-01-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2019-03-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2017-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:Annals of Saudi medicine
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.5144/0256-4947.1986.49
更新日期:1986-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2020-09-01 00:00:00