The aim of this short communication is to present some additional data regarding whether a relationship exists between HbA1c levels and Blood pressure values in a specific subset of Type II Diabetes Mellitus patients in India from our earlier study.

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Abhishek Sinha

Associate Professor, Department of Physiology, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Guwahati, India