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Overall medication adherence as an indicator for health outcomes among elderly patients with hypertension and diabetes [Diabetes and endocrine disease]

Annals of Family Medicine

Methods The study included individuals aged 75 to 90 years, diagnosed with diabetes or hypertension, who were treated with at least one antihypertensive, or antidiabetic medication in 2017. 93% had hypertension, 46% had diabetes, and 39% had both diabetes and hypertension. The mean age was 81.2

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Higher Dietary Inflammatory Index Tied to Elevated CHD Risk

Physician's Weekly

Independent Association The study involved analysis of data from 43,842 adults in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES, 1999-2018). had hypertension, and 12.1% had diabetes. A total of 1,842 participants reported physician-diagnosed CHD, and the mean DII score was 1.33.