High Pulse Pressure Associated With Proteinuria In Diabetes.

MedWire  (4/11, Robertson) reports, "High pulse pressure is associated with proteinuria in patients with diabetes in the Japanese population," according to a study  published online April 3 in the journal Diabetes Care. After examining "a nationwide health check-up database including information on 228,778 Japanese individuals," then dividing the study population into quintiles, investigators found that "in patients with diabetes, the highest quintile of pulse pressure (≥63 mmHg) was significantly associated with proteinuria, independently of significant covariates, including systolic BP, at an odds ratio (OR) of 1.15."