DOI: 10.36347/sjams.2016.v04i07.054

Pages: 2563-2568

Diabetes and hypertension are two major diseases which account heavily for overall mortality and morbidity. Various associations have been studied between diabetes and hypertension with different markers to diagnose and assess the severity of these diseases. However, in current scenario carotid intimal thickness, fibrinogen and CRP have been most sought after. Not only these markers help in assessing the disease but also provide a lead to prognosis. The objective is to find association of Carotid Intimal thickness with fibrinogen and CRP in Diabetic Hypertensives. This was a prospective, non-interventional cross sectional study. Subjects were identified using inclusion criteria and investigations were done using standard guidelines. Patient privacy and confidentiality was maintained. In this study CRP was found significantly high in diabetic hypertensives. Fibrinogen was found significantly high in diabetic hypertensives. Carotid intimal thickness was on higher side in diabetic hypertensives. There was significant association between CRP and carotid intimal thickness in diabetic hypertensives. There was significant association between Fibrinogen and carotid intimal thickness in diabetic hypertensives. From this study we can conclude that there is a significant association of markers of inflammation CRP and fibrinogen wit carotid intimal thickness in diabetic hypertensives.