Diabetes and masked hypertension

Sabuncu et al. published a study dealing with the relationship hypertension and diabetes [ [1] Sabuncu T. Sonmez A. Eren M.A. TEMD Study Group et al. Characteristics of patients with hypertension in a population with type 2 diabetes mellitus. Results from the Turkish Nationwide SurvEy of Glycemic and Other Metabolic Parameters of Patients with Diabetes Mellitus (TEMD Hypertension Study). Prim. Care Diabetes. 2021; 15: 332-339https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pcd.2020.11.001 Abstract Full Text Full Text PDF PubMed Scopus (2) Google Scholar ] focusing on the demographical and clinical characteristics of patients with hypertension in a population with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) in Turkey. The authors concluded that 67.5% of adult patients with T2DM had hypertension, only about half of the patients reached the blood pressure (BP) target values and prevalence of masked hypertension was 41.2%.