Abstract

DE LA PAZ CASTILLO, Katia Leonor et al. Risk factors in the elderly with diabetes mellitus. MEDISAN [online]. 2012, vol.16, n.4, pp.489-497. ISSN 1029-3019.

A descriptive and retrospective study of 50 aged adults with diabetes mellitus, belonging to the doctor's office No. 6 of "Francisca Rivero Arocha" University Polyclinic in Manzanillo was carried out from April, 2008 to January, 2010, aimed at describing the risk factors to suffer this disorder. A randomly non probabilistic sampling was carried out. Females between 70-79 years, coffee drinkers, who suffered associated hypertension and scarce practice of physical exercises and who did not follow the established diet and took their medications regularly prevailed in the case material.

Keywords : aged adult; diabetes mellitus; type II diabetes; non-communicable chronic disease; risk factor; primary health care; Manzanillo.

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