THE DIFFERENCES IN FASTING BLOOD GLUCOSE LEVELS IN DM PATIENTS TYPE-2 WITH AND WITHOUT HYPERTENSION IN PUSKESMAS CEMPAKA PUTIH DISTRICT CENTRAL JAKARTA

Abstract

Blood sugar levels in the body that are not controlled can cause various kinds of complications in type 2 diabetics, one of the complications that often occurs is macroangiopathy, namely complications in large blood vessels that affect changes in blood pressure. Hypertension is the leading cause of death and disability worldwide. Cardiovascular disease plays a major role in the morbidity and mortality of DM patients. This study aims to determine whether there is a difference between fasting blood glucose levels in patients with type 2 diabetes with and without hypertension at the Cempaka Putih District Health Center, Central Jakarta. This is an analytic observational study with a cross sectional study design.Analysis of the data used is the Mann Whitney test with a 95% confidence level (α= 0.05). In this study, two groups of samples were used, namely 30 samples of type-2 DM with hypertension and 30 samples of type-2 DM without hypertension. The test results from this study showed that the average blood glucose level with hypertension was 186.57 mg/dL while the average blood glucose level without hypertension was 169.53 mg/dL. The analysis of significance was tested with the Mann Whitney test. The results showed that the value (p>0.05). This means that there is no significant difference between the results of blood glucose with and without hypertension. 
 Keywords: type-2 diabetes mellitus, blood glucose, hypertension