Introduction:

The aging of populations also brings an increase in chronic non-communicable diseases, including type 2 diabetes mellitus, which constitutes a serious public health problem worldwide due to the high prevalence, constant growth, chronic complications and mortality.

Objective:

To identify the chronic complications of type 2 diabetes mellitus and associated diseases in people aged 60 years and older in Punta Brava town.

Methods:

A descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out from the elderly with diabetes who attended the Internal Medicine consultation from January to June 2019. A database was created in Visual Fox Pro 8.0 with the information collected from the medical records.

Results:

The age group of 60 to 69 years and the female sex prevailed. Hypertension was the most frequent associated disease (86.0%), followed by ischemic heart disease (70.6%) and cerebrovascular disease (67.0%). Diabetic polyneuropathy was the most representative chronic complication (79.3%), followed by nephropathy (15.0%), appearing later in the course of the disease.

Conclusions:

Hypertension and cerebrovascular disease predominated as associated conditions in older adults with type 2 diabetes. Diabetic polyneuropathy and nephropathy were the most frequent chronic complications, with differences according to sex and related to the longest evolution time.

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