Precocious detection of patients with diabetes mellitus risk in the primary health care.

Authors

  • Daylin Mirabal Izquierdo Policlínico Universitario "Héroes del Moncada", Cárdenas, Matanzas
  • Junior Vega Jiménez Policlínico Comunitario Manuel “Piti” Fajardo, Cárdenas, Matanzas

Keywords:

pre-diabetes, altered fasting glucose, tolerance to altered glucose, primary health care, diabetes mellitus.

Abstract

Pre-diabetes is a condition that is present before diabetes mellitus type 2 develops. Our aim was clinically and epidemiologically characterizing the patients diagnosed with pre-diabetes. A cross-sectional, descriptive study was carried out in 60 patients diagnosed as pre-diabetic ones, belonging to the Teaching Polyclinic “Heroes del Moncada”, of Cardenas, Matanzas province, from January to December 2013. Female patients and 40-49 and 50-59 age groups predominated. Among the most frequent risk facts, we identified: obesity and overweight (66,7 %), arterial hypertension (48,3 %) and dyslipidemia (45 %). The altered fasting blood glucose was the category showing more quantity of cases, with 65 % of the patients. The associated co-morbidity we found, in order of frequency corresponded to arterial hypertension (48,3 %), dyslipidemia (45 %) and ischemic cardiopathy (30 %). In the current research we identified several patients apparently healthy with pre-diabetes.

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Author Biographies

Daylin Mirabal Izquierdo, Policlínico Universitario "Héroes del Moncada", Cárdenas, Matanzas

Residente de segundo año en Medicina General Integral.

Junior Vega Jiménez, Policlínico Comunitario Manuel “Piti” Fajardo, Cárdenas, Matanzas

Médico Residente de Medicina Interna.

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Published

2015-09-24

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Mirabal Izquierdo D, Vega Jiménez J. Precocious detection of patients with diabetes mellitus risk in the primary health care. Rev Méd Electrón [Internet]. 2015 Sep. 24 [cited 2025 Jan. 23];37(5):469-78. Available from: https://revmedicaelectronica.sld.cu/index.php/rme/article/view/1401

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Vol. 37 No. 5 (2015)

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