Coexistence of Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus in Elderly Population of Arar City, Northern Saudi Arabia
Alanazi, T., Alenezi, Y., Alalawi, M., Alghamdi, E., Alsulami, A., Alzahrani, A., Albarqi, B., Alotaibi, S., Owaid Z, A., Furayhan O, A., Alghanmi, A., Asiri, S. (2017). Coexistence of Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus in Elderly Population of Arar City, Northern Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 69(8), 3154-3159. doi: 10.12816/0042867
Thamer Owaid Alanazi; Yusef Muhana Alenezi; Mohammed Ibrahim Omar Alalawi; Essam Abdullah Alghamdi; Assaf Nahar J Alsulami; Abdullah Khaled J Alzahrani; Bandar Ali Mohammed Albarqi; Saleh Saad T Alotaibi; Alanazi Ahmed Owaid Z; Alharthi Saleh Furayhan O; Abdullah Hameed Alghanmi; Sultan Hassan Y Asiri. "Coexistence of Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus in Elderly Population of Arar City, Northern Saudi Arabia". EKB Journal Management System, 69, 8, 2017, 3154-3159. doi: 10.12816/0042867
Alanazi, T., Alenezi, Y., Alalawi, M., Alghamdi, E., Alsulami, A., Alzahrani, A., Albarqi, B., Alotaibi, S., Owaid Z, A., Furayhan O, A., Alghanmi, A., Asiri, S. (2017). 'Coexistence of Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus in Elderly Population of Arar City, Northern Saudi Arabia', EKB Journal Management System, 69(8), pp. 3154-3159. doi: 10.12816/0042867
Alanazi, T., Alenezi, Y., Alalawi, M., Alghamdi, E., Alsulami, A., Alzahrani, A., Albarqi, B., Alotaibi, S., Owaid Z, A., Furayhan O, A., Alghanmi, A., Asiri, S. Coexistence of Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus in Elderly Population of Arar City, Northern Saudi Arabia. EKB Journal Management System, 2017; 69(8): 3154-3159. doi: 10.12816/0042867

Coexistence of Hypertension and Diabetes Mellitus in Elderly Population of Arar City, Northern Saudi Arabia

The Egyptian Journal of Hospital Medicine
Article 30, Volume 69, Issue 8, October 2017, Page 3154-3159  XML PDF (335.57 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.12816/0042867
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Thamer Owaid Alanazi1; Yusef Muhana Alenezi2; Mohammed Ibrahim Omar Alalawi3; Essam Abdullah Alghamdi4; Assaf Nahar J Alsulami5; Abdullah Khaled J Alzahrani6; Bandar Ali Mohammed Albarqi7; Saleh Saad T Alotaibi8; Alanazi Ahmed Owaid Z9; Alharthi Saleh Furayhan O10; Abdullah Hameed Alghanmi11; Sultan Hassan Y Asiri12
1King Fahad Medical City, Al-Dahrran
2Family and Community Medicine Department, Faculty of Medicine, Northern Border University, Arar
3Internal Medicine Department, King Khalid University
4General Surgery Department, Umm Alqura university,
5Military Hospital, Al Madina, KSA
6Faculty of Medicine,Taif University, Taif,
7Military Hospital, Khamis Mushait
8Faculty of Medicine,Taif University, Taif
9Medical Student, Faculty of Medicine, NBU, Arar, KSA
10Faculty of Medicine, University of Debrecen, Debrecen, Hungary
11King Fahad Military Hospital, Jeddah
12King Khalid University, Abha
Abstract
Background: Type 2 diabetes (DM) mellitus and Hypertension (HT) are among the most common chronic non-communicable diseases affecting at a higher prevalence in the older age group. The presence of hypertension in diabetic patients substantially increases the risks of coronary heart disease, stroke, nephropathy and retinopathy. The objective of this study is to determine the prevalence rate and risk factor associated with co-existence of hypertension and diabetes mellitus in elderly population in Arar city, Northern Saudi Arabia. Methods: A cross sectional study, included 181 elderly attending seven randomly selected primary healthcare centers in Arar city during the period from 1st January to 30th June 2017. Participants selected using a systemic random sampling procedure as we take every second elderly attending the PHC during the study period. Data collected by means of personal interview using a predesigned questionnaire covering the required items. Results: The prevalence of coexistence of diabetes and hypertension was 16.6% while coexistence of diabetes, hypertension and obesity were found in 9.9%. Two-thirds (66.66%) of cases of coexisting diabetes and hypertension were females (P value>0.05). The relation between coexisting diabetes and hypertension with smoking status was significant (P value<0.05) while the relation with BMI was non-significant (P value>0.05).
Conclusion: Coexistence of diabetes and hypertension were found in 16.6% of elderly population of Arar, Northern KSA. This association leads to several cardiovascular complications, so it is mandatory to adopt more strategies for the control of DM and HT in Arar elderly population by appropriate methods.
 
 
Keywords
Coexistence of diabetes and hypertension; elderly population; Arar; Northern Saudi Arabia
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