THE CORRELATION OF GLUCOSE LEVEL AND DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2 PATIENTS BLOOD PRESSURE AT THE SOKARAJA 1 HEALTH CENTER

Abstract

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus is a condition when blood glucose in the body is not controlled
due to impaired sensitivity of pancreatic cells to produce the hormone insulin. The World
Health Organization (WHO) states that there are 422 million people in the world who
suffer from diabetes mellitus, an increase of about 8.5% in the adult population and an
estimated 2.2 million deaths. The purpose of this study was to determine the
characteristics of patients with type 2 diabetes at the Sokaraja 1 Health Center and to find
out how the relationship between blood sugar levels and blood pressure of type 2 diabetes
mellitus patients at the Sokaraja 1 Health Center. The method used is observational
analysis in perspective with a cross sectional approach. The results of this study using the
Pearson correlation test showed that 46 patients were majority aged 51 to 60 (39.1%),
male 13 patients (28.3%) female 33 patients (711.7%), long time to diagnose diabetes
mellitus greater than 1-4 years (73.9%) and there is a relationship between blood sugar
levels and blood pressure with a significance value of 0.375.