India, Aug. 10 -- A Delhi-NCR study of over 56,000 adults has found diabetes and hypertension to be coexisting in more people than the researchers had expected, with the likelihood of having both conditions rising sharply after the age of 40.

The study, conducted by the Department of Clinical Research and Preventive Health Programme at Max Healthcare, analysed health records of 56,000-plus adults who underwent preventive health check-ups between January 2021 and December 2024 at select Max Healthcare hospitals and medical centres in Delhi-NCR.

Nearly five per cent of the adults had both diabetes and hypertension, which was almost twice the number that would have been expected if the two conditions occurred independently, according to th...