Risk factors for atherosclerosis in diabetic old people in a medical office

Authors

  • Jessica María González Casanova Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna”.
  • Roylando de la Caridad Valdés Chávez Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna”.
  • Adrián Ernesto Álvarez Gómez Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna”.
  • Karina Toirac Delgado Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río. Facultad de Ciencias Médicas “Dr. Ernesto Che Guevara de la Serna”.
  • María de la Caridad Casanova Moreno Universidad de Ciencias Médicas de Pinar del Río

Keywords:

DIABETES MELLITUS TYPE 2/epidemiology, RISK FACTORS, ATHEROSCLEROSIS.

Abstract

Introduction: atherosclerosis is one of the great predators of human health; diabetes mellitus and aging are considered among its causes, which have become an important health problem.
Objective: to identify the main risk factors of atherosclerosis in old people with type 2 diabetes mellitus in a medical office.
Method: an observational, descriptive and cross-sectional study was carried out in the medical office No.16 at Hermanos Cruz Polyclinic in Pinar del Rio municipality and province, during December 2015 and February 2016. A target group of 77 old people with the diagnosis of diabetes mellitus type 2 was studied. All the old people under study applied a survey arranged by the authors. Descriptive statistics were used and the principles of medical ethics were met.
Results: female sex was the most affected, hypertension 71,4 % was the prevailing risk factor in both sexes, the combination of most frequent risk factors were hypertension-obesity in 19,5 %, the consequent diseases of atherosclerosis turned out to be ischemic heart disease in 18,2 %, and in 16,4 % peripheral venous insufficiency.
Conclusions: a high prevalence of risk factors for atherosclerosis and hypertension is the most frequent. Differentiated care has to be assumed in the presence of hypertension-obesity, due to its high association with the arteriosclerotic causes studied.

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Published

2018-05-28

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González Casanova JM, Valdés Chávez R de la C, Álvarez Gómez AE, Toirac Delgado K, Casanova Moreno M de la C. Risk factors for atherosclerosis in diabetic old people in a medical office. Univ. Méd. Pinareña [Internet]. 2018 May 28 [cited 2025 Jun. 13];14(2):121-8. Available from: https://revgaleno.sld.cu/index.php/ump/article/view/278

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Vol. 14 No. 2 (2018)

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