Relationship between chronic complications, hypertension, and health-related quality of life in Portuguese patients with type 2 diabetes

Conclusion: The presence and increased number of diabetes-related chronic complications, and the presence of hypertension were related to worse age-adjusted HRQoL. Peripheral neuropathy and cardiovascular disease were more strongly related to age-adjusted HRQoL. Keywords: retinopathy, nephropathy, peripheral neuropathy, cardiovascular disease, peripheral arterial disease
Source: Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy - Category: Endocrinology Tags: Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity: Targets and Therapy Source Type: research