Epidemiological characterization of patients with type 2 Diabetes Mellitus who visited a clinic in the city of Cali, Colombia

Abstract

Type 2 diabetes mellitus is considered a Public Health problem due to the high risk of complications, mortality and economic impact. The objective of this study was to establish the sociodemographic and clinical factors associated with Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus in patients who are treated in the Cardiovascular Program in a hospital in the city of Cali.
Materials and methods: A descriptive cross-sectional study was carried out from the review of 1053 medical records of patients with risk factors for the development of DM2 during 2018. Predictive factors of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus were determined by bivariate logistic regression, presented as odds ratio and its respective 95% confidence interval (95% CI).
Results: The mean age of the diabetic patients was 56 years (SD ± 12); 59,1% were women and they were mostly grouped between 56-65 years (35,8%, p = 0,007). After adjustment, the risk of DM2 was higher in people with metabolic syndrome (OR: 27,388 [95% CI: 9,531-119,572], p <0,001), hypercholesterolemia (OR: 24,962 [95% CI: 2,710- 229,956], p = 0,005), overweight (OR: 8,819 [95% CI: 1,088-71,506], p = 0,041), obesity (OR: 7,214 [95% CI: 2,071-25,129], p = 0,002) or hypertriglyceridemia (OR: 5,042 [95% CI: 1,798-14,138], p = 0,002).
Conclusion: In this study it was determined that the predictive factors of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus were: metabolic syndrome, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, obesity and overweight.