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In North America and other parts of the developed world, obesity is increasingly common and is associated with the pathophysiology of both hypertension and diabetes. Both the prevalence of Type 2 diabetes mellitus and the prevalence of hypertension are expected to increase substantially in the first two decades of the next century as aging Baby Boomers enter the ranks of senior citizens. Worldwide, the demographic trends of increasing urbanization, weight gain, increasing blood pressure and increasing prevalence of diabetes mellitus that mimic current Western cardiovascular risk profiles will also create a major public health problem of unprecedented proportions in developing countries. The preeminence of cardiovascular diseases as the leading international cause of mortality that was anticipated in the early years of the third millennium is already a reality at the end of the 1990s.
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Carruthers, S.G. (2001). The Diabetic Hypertensive (or Hypertensive Diabetic) - A Compelling Need to Optimize Blood Pressure. In: Angel, A., Dhalla, N., Pierce, G., Singal, P. (eds) Diabetes and Cardiovascular Disease. Advances in Experimental Medicine and Biology, vol 498. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1321-6_16
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