Result and conclusion: There was a relationship between the risk factors for osteoarthritis (age, sex, BMI, smoking habits, dyslipidemia) in type 2 diabetic patients with hypertension of carotid IMT: The average of carotid IMT was significantly higher with p<0.05 in the male patient group (1.03 mm compared with 0.93 mm), the ≥ 65-year-old patients group (1.1 mm compared with 0.9 mm), Smoking group (1.06 mm compared to 0.94 mm), group of overweight and obese patients BMI ≥ 23 (1.04 mm compared with 0.93 mm), in dyslipidemia patients (1.03 mm compared with 0.91 mm).