Abstract
Blood pressure estimations were carried out on one hundred and forty cases of diabetes for varying lengths of time. Some of these cases have been studied for a period as long as ten years. On the basis of these studies it may be concluded that the blood pressure in uncomplicated diabetes is normal or slightly under normal. In every case of elevated blood pressure in this series I found complications such as aortitis, arteriosclerosis, nephritis, cardiac hypertrophy and aortic endocarditis. In conditions of acidosis the blood pressure falls. The presence or absence of hyperglycemia had no effect on the blood pressure.
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