Scientists have found that blood pressure lowering drugs are effective in fighting diabetes reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 16 percent. An article dedicated to a new way of dealing with diabetes was published in The Lancet.
Researchers from Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Sweden and France analyzed the health data of more than 145 thousand participants in clinical trials over five years. They found that a five millimeter Hg reduction in blood pressure was associated with an 11 percent reduction in the risk of type 2 diabetes.
The researchers then analyzed data from 22 clinical studies on the effectiveness of five different types of drugs for hypertension. The greatest protective effect was found in angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors and angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs). Both of these types of drugs reduced the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by 16 percent.
“Our study clearly shows that administering widely available and widely available ACE inhibitors and ARBs to high-risk patients can reduce the growing burden of type 2 diabetes. type “, – said the lead author of the work, professor at the University of Oxford Kazem Rahimi (Kazem Rahimi).
At the same time, for other types of drugs against hypertension, such an effect was not found. Calcium antagonists did not have any significant effect, and the use of beta-blockers and thiazide diuretics even increased the risk of developing diabetes.