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CANCIANO CHIRINO, Ernesto et al. Diabetes mellitus in old men, epidemiology characterization and clinic therapeutic behaviour in San Antonio de los Baños. Rev haban cienc méd [online]. 2011, vol.10, n.1, pp. 54-60. ISSN 1729-519X.

Population aging is a world problem, harnessed with high prevalence of diabetes mellitus (DM) according to years advance. It carried out one transversals study during one year determining epidemiology; clinic and therapeutic problems associated a diabetic mobility people with 65 years and more in San Antonio de los Baños, Havana. It was defined as objectives: bigger frequency for ages and sexes, use therapeutics modality and glicemia controls, more frequently complications a reveille organs according the evolutions of diabetes mellitus time. It was obtained global mediates at 86.3 years with right Gaussians distributions, increasing the frequency of DM in women as they aged, although men was discreetly majority (reason1.4/1). 37.5 % used diabetic's oral treatment, although those that only completed diet presented better blood sugar controls. Ischemic cardiopathy prevailed (33 %) in a 94 % of complicated, frequency increasing according Diabetes Mellitus evolved at years. Aged, not blood sugar controls, withy several complications a reveille organ and a long time of evolutions; diabetic's old people are health problem still will not solution at San Antonio de los Baños Town, Havana.

Palabras clave : Diabetes Mellitus; morbility; reveille organ; old men.

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