Introduction:

rheumatic diseases are considered as a group of conditions that occur mainly in people over 40 years of age, although they can present at early ages of life. A series of factors that can precipitate the appearance of these are described, within these are mentioned endocrine metabolic diseases and mainly diabetes mellitus.

Objective:

to describe the relationship between rheumatic diseases and diabetes mellitus.

Method:

descriptive study in 827 patients with rheumatic diseases according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology to describe the relationship between rheumatic diseases and diabetes mellitus. Pearson's correlation coefficient was used to determine the relationship between both conditions.

Results:

average age of 53.28 years and of patients with diabetes of 63.57 years. Predominance of female patients (80.17 %), of patients with osteoarthritis (50.55 %) and with evolution time between 3 and 5 years. The 30,96 % of the cases presented diabetes mellitus confirmed, with predominance of incidence in patients with lupus (40,74 %), rheumatoid arthritis (40,55 %) and osteoarthritis (32,06 %). In 66.36 % the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus prevented that of rheumatic disease.

Conclusions:

there is a media positive correlation between the presence of diabetes mellitus and rheumatic diseases, both incorporate immunological components as part of their etiopathogenic mechanism, however, it is not clear what is the interaction level between them.

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