Here’s why pulse pressure is important in diabetes
Once systolic BP is controlled, it's better to avoid too low a diastolic pressure: cardiologist
Pulse pressure is a better predictor of severe diabetic retinopathy than systolic blood pressure, researchers from Japan report.
Hypertension is thought to be an excellent predictor of incident diabetic retinopathy, but only weak evidence supports a role for systolic blood pressure in developing severe diabetic retinopathy.
Researchers used data from a national health insurance claim database in Japan to test their hypothesis that high pulse pressure is a better indicator of future development of severe diabetic retinopathy than high systolic blood pressure alone.
The study included more than 12,000 individuals with diabetes, 165 who developed severe diabetic retinopathy during a median follow-up of 4.8 years.
