Reduces stroke
by 44% and reduces kidney and eye disease for patients with Type 2
diabetes
Aggressive
treatment of high blood pressure in people with Type 2 diabetes
improves their health and life expectancy and reduces their lifetime
health care costs by about $1,000, says a new study by the Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Intensive
control of high blood pressure can reduce stroke by 44 per cent and
lower the cases of kidney and eye disease in people with Type II
diabetes, according to the research, which appears in tomorrow's
Journal of the American Medical Association.
The
CDC researchers used a mathematical model to evaluate the benefits of
three different treatment approaches for people with Type II diabetes
- controlling high blood pressure, blood sugar control and cholesterol
reduction.
The
researchers based their model on a hypothetical group of Americans
aged 25 and older who were newly diagnosed with the disease.
Type
II diabetes is also known as adult-onset diabetes, which affects an
estimated 14 million Americans. Another three million have juvenile
diabetes, also known as insulin-dependent diabetes. People with
diabetes are at increased risk for heart disease, stroke and other
serious health complications. May
15, 2002, Journal of the AMA (DIAB~~HIBP)
FACT
A
study conducted at the Vrije Universiteit in Amsterdam found that
people who have experienced at least three life-changing events, like
the death of a spouse or a financial crisis, were 60 percent more
likely to have type II diabetes than their less-stressed counterparts.
