Structural Alterations in Subcutaneous Small Arteries of Normotensive and Hypertensive Patients With Non–Insulin-Dependent Diabetes Mellitus

Abstract

Our data suggest that the effects of NIDDM and EH on small artery morphology are quantitatively similar but qualitatively different and that the presence of hypertension in diabetic patients has little additive effect on small artery morphology and none on endothelial dysfunction.