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BUSTILLO SOLANO, Emilio Enrique et al. Prevalence of diabetes mellitus and of altered glycemia on fasting in an area of the city of Sancti Spiritus. Rev Cubana Endocrinol [online]. 2013, vol.24, n.2, pp. 107-124. ISSN 1561-2953.

Objectives: to determine the prevalence of non-ketoacidosis prone diabetes mellitus and of altered glycemia on fasting in the patients of 20 doctor's offices located in the northern area of the city of Sancti Spiritus. Methods: the population for the analysis was taken from a cross-sectional study of 20 doctor's offices located in the northern health area of the city of Sancti Spiritus, which had been conducted from January 2006 to December 2010. In the previous research, the universe of study was the population aged 16 years and over attended by 20 randomly selected family doctor's offices (n=9 895 people) of whom 1 019 people had been studied. Most of the patients lived in the urban area of the city (93.62 %). There was then reconsidered whether this sample, previously studied through the Epinfo 6 program, Statcal module, would be suitable to attain the objective of the new analysis, and finally an estimated sample of 340 and 574 persons was obtained for a 95 % confidence interval and 99 % reliability index, respectively. This new analysis made it possible to reassess the information stored at the database. Results: the global prevalence index of diabetes mellitus was 13.64 % (CI 95 %:11.53-15.745). The diabetes type 2 patients and the normoweighted diabetics accounted for 10.4 % (CI 8.25-12.27 %) and 3.4 % (CI 95 %: 3.03-3.43 %) of the studied population, respectively. The frequency of diabetes mellitus type 2 increased from the age of 50 years on whereas females were slightly predominant (11.6 vs. 8.8 %). The altered glycemia on fasting was diagnosed in 25.22 % (CI 95 %: 19.91-30.52 %), with predominance of this prediabetic condition in the studied urban population (26.2 % vs. 10.8 %). Conclusions: the prevalence of diabetes mellitus and of altered glycemia on fasting was high in the population under study.

Palabras clave : prevalence; diabetes mellitus; altered glycemia on fasting; blood hypertension; hyperlipidemia.

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