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Eficacia de la metformina en pacientes con obesidad exógena / Effectiveness of the metformine in patients with exogenous obesity
Pereira Despaigne, Olga Lidia; Palay Despaigne, Maricela Silvia.
  • Pereira Despaigne, Olga Lidia; Hospital Clinicoquirúrgico Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso. Santiago de Cuba. CU
  • Palay Despaigne, Maricela Silvia; Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico "Saturnino Lora Torres", Santiago de Cuba, Cuba. Santiago de Cuba. CU
Medisan ; 19(2)feb.-feb. 2015. tab
Article in Spanish | LILACS, CUMED | ID: lil-735269
RESUMEN
Se realizó una intervención terapéutica en 12 pacientes con obesidad exógena, atendidos en la consulta de Endocrinología del Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico "Saturnino Lora Torres" de Santiago de Cuba, desde julio de 2013 hasta igual mes de 2014, quienes fueron seleccionados aleatoriamente y luego asignados a 2 grupos de idéntica cantidad de integrantes el de control, que realizó dieta como única terapéutica, y el de estudio, que recibió dieta y metformina como tratamiento; a fin de determinar la eficacia de este medicamento en la pérdida de peso. La información fue analizada y procesada mediante las pruebas de hipótesis de Mann Whitney y de comparación de medias, con un error de 5 %, y se obtuvo que este medicamento resultó más eficaz combinado con la dieta, que la monoterapia dietética como único tratamiento.
ABSTRACT
A therapeutic intervention was carried out in 12 patients with exogenous obesity, assisted in the Endocrinology Department from "Saturnino Lora Torres" Teaching Clinical Surgical Provincial Hospital in Santiago de Cuba, from July, 2013 to the same month of 2014, who were randomly selected and then assigned into 2 groups of identical quantity of members a control group which had the diet as the only therapy, and that of study which received diet and metformine as treatment; in order to determine the effectiveness of this drug in the weight loss. The information was analyzed and processed through the hypothesis tests of Mann Whitney and of means comparison, with an error of 5%, and it was obtained that this drug was more effective combined with the diet that the dietary monotherapy as the only treatment.
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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Metformin / Obesity Type of study: Controlled clinical trial Language: Spanish Journal: Medisan Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2015 Type: Article Affiliation country: Cuba Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital Clinicoquirúrgico Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso/CU / Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico "Saturnino Lora Torres", Santiago de Cuba, Cuba/CU

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Full text: Available Index: LILACS (Americas) Main subject: Metformin / Obesity Type of study: Controlled clinical trial Language: Spanish Journal: Medisan Journal subject: Medicine Year: 2015 Type: Article Affiliation country: Cuba Institution/Affiliation country: Hospital Clinicoquirúrgico Dr. Juan Bruno Zayas Alfonso/CU / Hospital Provincial Docente Clinicoquirúrgico "Saturnino Lora Torres", Santiago de Cuba, Cuba/CU