Observational Study
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World J Clin Cases. Feb 16, 2015; 3(2): 171-179
Published online Feb 16, 2015. doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v3.i2.171
Correlation between hypertension and hyperglycemia among young adults in India
Tanu Midha, Vinay Krishna, Rishi Shukla, Praveen Katiyar, Samarjeet Kaur, Dinesh Singh Martolia, Umeshwar Pandey, Yashwant Kumar Rao
Tanu Midha, Dinesh Singh Martolia, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh 209732, India
Vinay Krishna, Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, LPS Institute of Cardiology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208002, India
Rishi Shukla, Department of Endocrinology, Regency Hospital Pvt. Ltd. Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208002, India
Praveen Katiyar, University Institute of Health Sciences, Chatrapati Shahuji Maharaj University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208024, India
Samarjeet Kaur, Department of Community Medicine, GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208002, India
Umeshwar Pandey, Department of Cardiology, LPS Institute of Cardiology, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208002, India
Yashwant Kumar Rao, Department of Pediatrics, GSVM Medical College, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 208002, India
Author contributions: Midha T, Krishna V and Shukla R contributed to conception and design, acquisition of data, or analysis and interpretation of data, drafting the article and final approval of the version to be published; Katiyar P, Kaur S, Martolia DS, Pandey U and Rao YK helped in conception and design, and interpretation of data, revising the article and final approval of the version to be published.
Ethics approval: The manuscriot has been approved by the Institutional Ethical Committee of govt. Medical College, Kannauj, Uttar pradesh.
Informed consent: All study participants, provided informed written consent prior to study enrollment.
Conflict-of-interest: There are no conflicting interests (including but not limited to commercial, personal, political, intellectual, or religious interests) to declare.
Data sharing: Technical appendix, statistical code, and dataset available from the corresponding author at tanumidha2001@gmail.com. Participants gave informed consent for data sharing.
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Correspondence to: Tanu Midha, Assistant Professor, Department of Community Medicine, Government Medical College, National Highway 91, Kannauj, Uttar Pradesh 209732, India. tanumidha2001@gmail.com
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Received: July 29, 2014
Peer-review started: July 29, 2014
First decision: September 18, 2014
Revised: December 10, 2014
Accepted: December 29, 2014
Article in press: January 15, 2015
Published online: February 16, 2015
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Core Tip

Core tip: In the present study, 32.9% young adults were pre-diabetic whereas 10.8% were pre-hypertensive. Around 2.7% young adults had both pre-diabetes and pre-hypertension. Among the pre-hypertensives, 25% also had pre-diabetes. However among the pre-diabetics, 8.2% had pre-hypertension. The correlation between systolic blood pressure and fasting plasma glucose was not statistically significant. However, the correlation between diastolic blood pressure and fasting plasma glucose was significant. The mean diastolic blood pressure of pre-diabetics (82 ± 5 mmHg) was significantly higher than normoglycemics (79 ± 6 mmHg). Upon multiple linear regression analysis, it was observed that body mass index (β = 0.149), diastolic blood pressure (β = 0.375) and serum LDL (β = 0.483) were significantly associated with fasting plasma glucose.