Abstract
Objective: The present study was conducted to determine the prevalence of hypertension among patients with T1DM and its associated factors in Saudi Arabia. Methodology: An analytic cross-sectional study was conducted among patients with T1DM at a tertiary hospital in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The data were collected via a telephone survey and electronic medical record. Adult patients (>18 years) with T1DM who followed up at the tertiary hospital were enrolled in this research. Data regarding patient variables were collected (e.g.,diagnosis of hypertension, duration of diabetes, smoking, glycosylated hemoglobin (HbA1c), age, sex, body mass index (BMI), urine albumin to creatinine ratio (UACR), and hemoglobin). Results: A Total of 240 patients (55.4% females, 44.6% males) with T1DM were included in the study. Mean age, HbA1C, and BMI were 30.6 +/- 9.6 years, 8.8 +/- 1.98 %, and 26.2 +/- 6.1 kg/m(2), respectively. The prevalence of hypertension in the study was 17.9%. The study revealed that age (p = 0.000), BMI (p = 0.000), duration of diabetes (p = 0.000), eGFR (p = 0.000), triglycerides (p = 0.000), and retinopathy (p = 0.000) have significant association with hypertension among the patients with T1DM. However, Gender (p = 0.462), HbA1c (p = 0.243), LDL (p = 0.454), HDL (p = 0.086), and smoking (p = 0.986) showed no significant association with hypertension among T1DM patients. Conclusion: Hypertension is prevalent among patients with T1DM in Saudi Arabia, warranting making certain policies to hamper the coexistence of these two risk factors of increased morbidity and mortality.