Prevalencia de diabetes mellitus en la VII Región de Chile / Prevalence of diabetes in the seventh Region of Chile
Rev. méd. Chile
; 130(11): 1257-1264, nov. 2002. tab
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em Espanhol
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ABSTRACT
Background:
The prevalence of diabetes mellitus in Latin America is not well known.Aim:
To study the real prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) and its associated risk factors in the VII region of Chile. Material andMethods:
A probabilistic sample of 1,325 subjects over the age of 20, stratified by age and differentiated by place of residence was studied. The criteria of the World Panel of Experts convened by the World Health Organization in 1997, was used to define the presence of diabetes (two fasting blood glucose values over 126 mg/dl or a blood glucose over 200 mg/dl, 2 hours after a 75 g carbohydrate oral load).Results:
The global prevalence estimated for DM in this population was 5.39 percent. The calculated prevalence in subjects between 20 and 44 years was 1.88 percent (CI 0.39-3.37); between 45 and 64 years, 10.75 percent (CI 8.35-13.14); 65 years or older 11.30 percent (CI 8.00-14.60), p <0.05. The prevalence was 5.8 percent in urban areas and 4.5 percent in rural areas. Forty five percent of diabetics were not aware of their condition. Forty eight percent of diabetics and 31 percent of non diabetics were hypertensive (p <0.01), whereas 47.8 percent of diabetics and 24.6 percent of non diabetics had at least one diabetic parent (p <0.01). Smoking was less frequent in diabetics than in non diabetics (15.7 and 24.3 percent respectively, p <0.05). Ninety percent of both diabetics and non diabetics were sedentary.Discussion:
Health care systems require an epidemiological monitoring system to provide information about the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and to control the evolution of patients
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Disponível
Coleções:
Bases de dados internacionais
Contexto em Saúde:
ODS3 - Saúde e Bem-Estar
Problema de saúde:
Meta 3.8 Atingir a cobertura universal de saúde
Base de dados:
LILACS
Assunto principal:
Diabetes Mellitus
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo de etiologia
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Estudo de prevalência
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Fatores de risco
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Estudo de rastreamento
Limite:
Adulto
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Feminino
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Humanos
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Masculino
País/Região como assunto:
América do Sul
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Chile
Idioma:
Espanhol
Revista:
Rev. méd. Chile
Assunto da revista:
Medicina
Ano de publicação:
2002
Tipo de documento:
Artigo
País de afiliação:
Chile