THE DEVELOPMENT OF ARTERIOSCLEROSIS IN THE DIABETIC, BASED ON THE STUDY OF A GROUP OF PATIENTS DURING TEN TO THIRTEEN YEARS

Abstract

52 diabetic patients were divided into 3 groups: those who had had excellent or good care throughout most of their diabetic life; those who were uncooperative ; those who had passed through the pre-insulin treatment but who had been undernourished as a result of a low calorie diet or of very severe diabetes but who had been well controlled since insulin. Authors observed no inordinate rise of systolic or diastolic blood pressure in either the cooperative or uncooperative group. There was no correlation between the height of the blood pressure and the impairment of the circulation of the lower extremities.