Following up on the repercussions on patients with high blood pressure and diabetes, including atherosclerosis

Abstract Background & objective: The current investigation examined the relationship between cortisol levels and adrenomedullin (ADM) in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus (DMT2) and hypertension (HT). As DMT2 patients experience HT at a rate of (40–60)%, DMT2 is thought to be one of the known complications of HT. The combination of these two conditions can result in the development of stroke and myocardial infarction, which are the primary causes of death in Iraq due to the disease progressing to atherosclerosis and diabetic nephropathy. Methodology: The study included sixty individuals with DMT2 and HT, ages 45 to 65 (36 males and 24 females). Samples were taken from the Al-Sadr Teaching Hospital's diabetic section in Najaf Al-Ashraf, Iraq. As a control group, however, thirty healthy individuals (15 men and 15 women) were chosen. The ELISA technique was used to measure the levels of cortisol and ADM. This was a case-control study.